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“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2026

Two years ago queer comics fair inQ! debuted in London to heavy footfall and the most buzzing atmosphere possible for a first-time event. This month, across the weekend of September…

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Oni Press/EC Comics Give Us Another Fear-Filled Festive Season with ‘Shiver Suspenstories 3’ #1 in December

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2026

More horror-filled holiday hijinks are coming from Oni Press and EC Comics this Christmas… ‘Tis the Season for Terror! EC Comics’ Haunting Holiday Tradition Returns in SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 3 #1…

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Just Work: The Gig Economy, Platform Capitalism and the Battle for Worker Rights – More Standout Graphic Journalism from Tom Humberstone

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2026

Tom Humberstone’s Just Work: The Gig Economy, Platform Capitalism and the Battle for Worker Rights is not simply representative of his graphic journalism. It’s also a fine example of how…

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Archie #1 – Oni’s Relaunch Beautifully Captures the Spirit of Archie’s World with an Appeal for New and Old Readers Alike

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 14, 2026

Less reboot or even reimagining and more business as usual, the new Oni Press incarnation of everyone’s favourite red-headed teenager debuted this month with Archie #1. If you were worrying…

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Them-Shaped Clouds – Max Huffman’s Ignatz-Nominated Collection of Cynically Surreal Strips is the Perfect Entry Point to His Angular Cartooning Style

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 11, 2026

This summer’s ARC Festival was a triumph not just in terms of showcasing indie and experimental work, or the new discoveries we all may have made there, but also for…

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It’s Bitter, Baby, and it’s Very Sweet – Keezy Young’s Twisting Horror Tale is a Multi-Layered Masterpiece of Short Storytelling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2026

Few creators’ work has instantly grabbed my attention in the last couple of years as Keezy Young’s has. Their short comic Sunflowers, about living with bipolar disorder was an exceptional…

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Broken Frontier at Zinezilla this Saturday, September 12th – Come Visit Our ‘Six to Watch’ Table and Meet Pigeon, Shri Gunasekara and Beastly Worlds/Beatrijs Brouwer

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 8, 2026

The UK Autumn comics festival season is about to begin! And we’ll have a Broken Frontier presence in some shape or form at a number of events over the next…

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The Zinezilla Comics Anthology Vol. 3 – ‘Zine Shanties’ is the Theme of Another Eclectic Collection of Work from Mereida Fajardo, Abs Bailey, Marcy Fraser, WeiJia Wu and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 7, 2026

Mereida Fajardo and Marcy Fraser’s Zinezilla festival has become a welcome spiritual successor to the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair and now also occupies the same space as its geographical…

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Thought Bubble Month 2026 is Coming to Broken Frontier – Here’s All the Information You Need to Submit Comics for Review or Secure a Potential Interview

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 3, 2026

So… if you’re exhibiting in Harrogate in November then our pals on the TB team will have e-mailed you this week with the below offer for our annual ‘Thought Bubble…

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Broken Frontier Andytorial for September 2026 – Looking Back on ‘Fantagraphics at 50!’ and Forwards to Thought Bubble 2026 at BF

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 1, 2026

So that was Fantagraphics at 50! Month at Broken Frontier… We managed to post 34 reviews, interviews and exclusive previews across August to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Fantagraphics and,…

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“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of Escapism

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 31, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! In our final interview and article for our Fanta month of 50th anniversary celebrations here at Broken Frontier we talk today with Yudori about her graphic novel series…

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1 – Tardi’s Stories of Supernatural Adventures in Belle Époque Paris is Every Bit the Classic You’ve Been Told it Is

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 31, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! It’s been fifteen years since Fantagraphics first published a collection of the first four stories of Jacques Tardi’s adventuring anti-hero. To celebrate the character’s 50th anniversary (some…

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“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 31, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Fantagraphics describe Roberta Gregory’s Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken as collecting “one of the most influential, feminist comics series.” Presenting the character’s life for the…

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“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 31, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Marina Lisa Komiya’s On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides Vol. 1 has had a lot of attention already this month at Broken Frontier with…

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Bimbo Agitprop – With its Unfiltered Honesty, Bleak Humour and Visceral Approach Raquelle Jac’s Graphic Memoir is an Outstanding Breakout Book

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 28, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! When I interviewed creator Raquelle Jac about Bimbo Agitprop earlier this month at Broken Frontier I described it as one of my books of the year. This…

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Lost Marvels No. 4: The Gil Kane Rarities Vol. 1 – Take a Tour of Some of the More Obscure Corners of the Legendary Artist’s Bronze Age Marvel Work with Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 26, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The title Lost Marvels may be something of a misnomer (forgotten, obscure, rare… yes… lost? Not so much) but Fantagraphics’ reprint series of some of the hidden…

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Comics Cultural Impact Collective to Hold Online Scottish Comics Roundtable for Creators in September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 25, 2026

One final Comics Cultural Impact Collective online roundtable meeting for the moment with a Scottish Comics Roundtable coming in September. There’s an incredible evolving small press and indie scene in…

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Precious Rubbish – Kayla E.’s Remarkable Graphic Memoir of Childhood Trauma Subverts and Repurposes the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2026

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Reading a book as raw and candid as Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish the reader can’t help but ask themself the question of whether this truly singular approach…

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