What you are about to read is, on one level, probably the most self-indulgent piece I have ever written for Broken Frontier. On another, though, I would argue its necessity…
A quick note for your comics-related diaries! Small Press Day – the UK and Ireland’s annual celebration of the self-publishing comic scene – will be returning this year on Saturday,…
Comics that deal with grief – especially the kind that comes from losing a close loved one – have long been providing creators with an outlet to process their feelings….
Pride Month is a big deal every year here at Broken Frontier. Last year at BF we managed to get a review, interview, feature or creator commentary up every single…
Hawk the Slayer was not a very good film. One of a short burst of fantasy-style movies of the late ‘70s-early ‘80s, the only thing about it more limited than…
Every issue of sibling creative team Maria and Peter Hoey’s Coin Op anthology series is a testament to the potential of comics as a storytelling form. From one perspective they…
In recent years the unforgettable artwork of Cuban American illustrator Edel Rodriguez has adorned the covers of magazines like Time and Der Spiegel, skewering the unceasing excesses of the Trump…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There have been a number of comics anthologies over the years that have focussed on fondly remembered pop cultural icons of yesteryear….
A project that brings together one of the most exciting breakout comics writers of recent years with one of the most promising emerging artists was always going to going to…
It has been a few years since we last reviewed comics work by Wallis Eates at Broken Frontier though, as can be seen by the list of tagged posts here,…
With titles like Fizzle, Días De Consuelo and Spiny Orb Weaver, US comics micropublisher and distro Radiator Comics have already established themselves as champions of genuinely indie and socially relevant work….
While the majority of the comics projects listed on our Broken Frontier Mental Health Awareness Resource List are autobiographical in nature it is important to remember that escapist fiction can…
One of the additional intriguing elements of Jonathan Baylis’s autobiographical So Buttons anthology series is that not only does it also give a deserved spotlight to the many artists he…
As the genocide in Gaza rages on, Fantagraphics have announced both a new edition of Joe Sacco’s acclaimed Palestine and the launch of webcomic The War on Gaza. The press…
Announced this week, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s new British Comics Now programme is set to give UK indie creators some amazing opportunities in the course of coming months….
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Since we announced Mereida Fajardo as one of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators back in 2021 the Bristol-based comics artist…
New York Review Comics’ output deserves significantly more acclaim given their capacity for bringing forgotten or unknown gems of comics publishing to new readerships. The splendidly titled Masters of the…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! The third incarnation of Bristol’s Zinezilla fair, as co-organised by 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Mereida Fajardo, is coming this…
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
