This past weekend I had the pleasure of being one of the speakers at the online LDComics Festival, giving a presentation on the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and…
Avery Hill’s first ever Kickstarter is now in its final few days. So to give it one last push on our end here at Broken Frontier we’re chatting today with…
This Sunday December 5th sees the return of the LDComics Festival online. For those not in the know LDComics is the UK’s largest women-led comics forum. They describe their ethos…
We have an exclusive (unsurprisingly!) preview today from Broken Frontier team member Jenny Robins from her new self-published comic Poogurtory, a spin-off from her lauded debut graphic novel Biscuits (assorted),…
Building a haunting tale around the life of the teenage Grand Duchess Anastasia, the daughter of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II, The Gift merges historical events with the stark…
With Avery Hill’s first ever Kickstarter approaching its final week we chat today with one of the featured creators, George Wylesol, whose book 2120 is one of the three projects…
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“Pray that the stories, names, characters and incidents portrayed in this comic are untrue” says the knowing subversion of the traditional opening disclaimer in Strip for Me’s latest A Pocket…
One of a trio of new comics that Peony Gent debuted at Thought Bubble this year (see our review of Three Comics here for another of those offerings) London to…
Molly Naylor and Lizzy Stewart’s Lights, Planets, People! is a layered book, not just in terms of theme but also in its storytelling structure. Three intertwining narrative strands weave in…
Psychogeographical comics work looks to explore the intersections between place, time and memory. It can look at how we shape our environments and, in turn, how our environments shape us….
Our Crowdfunding Corner feature returns again today as we continue to once again actively spotlight the more intriguing, exciting, experimental, community-based or daring uses of the form that we spot…
Reading RAMZEE’s first long-form book LDN I was struck by how his role with this anthology collection went beyond that of creator (he writes the multiple stories compiled herein and…
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Back in the summer, as part of the online Small Press Day events programming I spent many hours giving SPD “one-tweet reviews” to anyone who posted four pages from their…
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! The third instalment in the series, Sarararara: Homecoming returns to Hicks!’s darkly comedic 1950s high school world where Archie Comics-style goofiness is warped into something altogether more…
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT 2021! Ver’s Wolvendaughter was one of the original batch of releases from Quindrie Press, the Scottish micropublisher who burst onto the indie comics scene this year with…
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT 2021! With Thought Bubble looming there are, of course, scores of fantastically talented exhibitors to investigate in Harrogate this coming weekend, and many comics debuting there you…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! From Sherlock Holmes to M.R. James to Alice in Wonderland, John Reppion (alongside Leah Moore) has a proven track record in adapting classic literature to comics. Debuting…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Returning to his autobiographical comic Endswell, Peter Morey takes another unexpected sidestep in a series which continues to surprise with its multiple perspectives on intergenerational family life…
“Hanging Out with a Young Witch and Her Rat Friend Was Indeed Quite the Tonic” – Benjamin Dickson and Rachael Smith Talk ‘The Queen’s Favorite Witch’January 21, 2022
Welcoming Steve Walsh into the Broken Frontier Hall of Fame and Celebrating His Incredible Work in Building Comics Community in the UK in the Last DecadeJanuary 14, 2022
Inside Look: I Am a Leader of My House – PositiveNegatives’ New Webcomic with The New Humanitarian and Fahmida Azim Tells the Stories of Two Rohingya Women in Their Fight for EqualityDecember 21, 2021The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw – The History of a Comics Community Success StoryDecember 6, 2021“Comics is Where I Live” – Taki Soma on Her Powerful Graphic Memoir ‘Sleeping While Standing’ and the Avery Hill KickstarterDecember 3, 2021
