While stories of addiction – in all its multiple forms – are an established sub-genre of graphic medicine it could be argued that when that dependency is alcohol-related the amount…
There has certainly been something of a noticeable uptick in children’s books being offered for review to us at Broken Frontier of late that combine narrated illustration and traditional comics….
Many people who have been around the UK small press scene for decades rather than years have a version of the same anecdote; of how when they first discovered small…
After an Ignatz win in 2022 for Outstanding Minicomic and a 2023 nomination for Outstanding Artist, there’s far, far more than just a growing buzz around Caroline Cash’s PeePee-PooPoo anthology…
Joe Kessler’s singular vision has been one of UK indie comics’ greatest gifts to us over the last decade. Not solely because of his astonishingly intuitive understanding of the form,…
A recent Ignatz nominee in the Best Artist category, Darlin’ and Her Other Names Part 1: Marta is described as a werewolf-western-horror-romance comic. If that blending of genres doesn’t immediately…
I have bemoaned the marginalisation of old school DIY culture on multiple occasions here at Broken Frontier; that ethos that declares self-publishing comics and zines gives a voice to everyone…
As something of a lapsed reader of 2000 AD as a weekly phenomenon, who these days dips into trade collections rather than following short serialised strips, I find the comic’s…
And so this week to our fourth and final look at the latest batch of mini kuš! short comics from Latvian publisher kuš! comics. For our last foray into minicomics…
Time again this week to resume our spotlight on the latest batch of mini kuš! short comics from Latvian publisher kuš! with a focus on issue #117’s ‘Grapefruit’ by Portugal-based…
Continuing our look at the latest batch of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ mini kuš! series of short comics this week and our attention today turns to #116 – Xeric Award-winning…
kuš! comics’ mini kuš! series of short, self-contained comics narratives are always a strong signifier of how far we can still use comics innovatively as an experimental storytelling platform. To…
With titles like Billionaire Island, Second Coming, The Wrong Earth and G.I.L.T. AHOY Comics have been leading the way in putting the fun back into serial comics over the last…
We do like to remind you every so often that we have a rather impressive record here at Broken Frontier of predicting future stars of the comics world through our…
Moving to a predominantly in-person occasion again after the online or hybrid events of the pandemic, Small Press Day returned on August 5th with events across the UK and Ireland,…
It’s been a hectic few months here at Broken Frontier Towers, what with our mammoth Pride Month coverage, our intensely busy SLCZF event, and working on Small Press Day and…
‘Breaking Frontiers’ is our first Broken Frontier-curated exhibition and it opens at Jam Bookshop in East London ready for Small Press Day this weekend! To get you ready for this…
In our fourth of our 2023 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ interviews, and ahead of their appearance at Travelling Man Manchester for Small Press Day, we chat today with comics…
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“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
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