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Preview: Kris Kool – Passenger Press and Floating World Bring Caza’s 1970 Psychedelic Graphic Novel Back to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 4, 2022

Let’s go into the weekend with a preview of some gorgeous pages from Passenger Press and Floating World Comics’ upcoming reprint of Caza’a Kris Kool… “Kris Kool has known the…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2022 – Spotlighting the Work of Alba Ceide, Beatrice Mossman, Jason Chuang, Kat Cass, Manon Wright and Sammy Ward

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2022

2021 was another year where the self-publishing and small press scene in the UK had to continue to adapt to our changed world, and our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small…

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Junk #2 – Sam Baldwin’s Anthology Brings Us Offbeat Tales from a North London Estate

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2022

Sam Baldwin’s second issue of anthology Junk begins with a two-pager detailing a number of ever more outlandish ways way to dispose of the comic should one make the supposed…

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Handlebar Gumbo – Anna Readman’s Collected Diary Comics Are the Work of a Careful Student of the Language, Intricacies and Nuances of the Medium

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2022

A few years back when I selected Anna Readman as one of our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists it was on the basis of one very short digital…

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Gripe Night – Paul B. Rainey is Back with Another Collection of Darkly Humorous Strips and Semi-Autobio Flights of Fancy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 1, 2022

Paul B. Rainey is indisputably one of the true veterans of the UK small press comics scene with a prominent presence on the circuit for decades rather than years. His…

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Colossive Cartographies #22-32 – The Pandemic, Joni Mitchell, Mental Health Awareness and a Fear of Wasps Feature in the Latest Releases from Colossive Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 26, 2022

Whenever I review the Colossive Press Colossive Cartographies series there’s an obvious piece of necessary introductory housekeeping that needs to be addressed first for those unfamiliar with these tactile zines…

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Prismatik Man #2 – Biological Horror and Technological Unreality Meet in the Second Issue of Stathis Tsemberlidis’s Decadence Comics Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2022

It’s been a little while since we reviewed the first chapter of Prismatik Man at Broken Frontier. The eagerly anticipated second issue of Stathis Tsemberlidis’s Decadence Comics series made its…

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“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’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 21, 2022

At the end of last year the first book of The Queen’s Favorite Witch, a new series of graphic novels from Papercutz, debuted with the first volume The Wheel of…

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London’s Cartoon Museum to Host Cartoon Conference 2022 this February

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 21, 2022

An exciting development from our friends over at the Cartoon Museum in London is coming this February 7th as they present the Cartoon Conference, the first in a planned annual…

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Ant Story – King Louie’s Lab Bring Us the Darkly Funny World of Rory and His Sarcastic Father, Ant Dad

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2022

Coming to us from the King Louie’s Lab team of Fred Morris and Dominic Linton, Ant Story is a collection of the comic strips previously presented on Instagram and in…

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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 Decade

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 14, 2022

As promised when we announced the 2021 Broken Frontier Awards results last week at BF today we’re celebrating the comics activism of the latest inductee into our Hall of Fame…

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Framed – Sean Azzopardi Curates a New Comics Exhibition Including Work from Sarah Gordon, Olivia Sullivan and Dan White as He Looks to Make Hull “a Magical Comics City!”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 12, 2022

That great comics activist Sean Azzopardi, the man behind the Crouch End Comics Art Festival, has curated ‘Framed’, a new exhibition of the work of UK indie comics creators at…

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Spit Dog – Jamie Kinroy Takes Us to Middle Ages Germany in a Promising Fantasy Tale

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 10, 2022

It may be set mostly in the environs of a middle ages kitchen in late fifteenth century Germany but it could be argued that Jamie KInroy’s Spit Dog has social…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2021: Announcing the Winners – Socially Relevant Work is at the Forefront and Steve Walsh is this Year’s Hall of Fame Entrant!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2022

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 18th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. Twelve months ago when I wrote the…

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Happy New Year! Looking Forward to 2022 at Broken Frontier

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 31, 2021

As 2022 beckons, a very “Happy New Year!” to all our visitors. It’s been another year full of challenges but we’re looking forward to what the next twelve months in…

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The Complete Johnny Future – A Rare 1960s British Foray into Super-Hero Territory Collected by the Treasury of British Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 30, 2021

Not all archival comics collections need to be showcases for the best of what the medium can offer in terms of originality and technique. Some can exist solely for nostalgic…

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ELCAF (the East London Comics and Arts Festival) Announces Hiatus in These Uncertain Times for In-Person Events

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 29, 2021

It might have slipped under the radar in the run-up to the festive season but ELCAF, the East London Comics and Arts Festival, has announced it is officially “on pause”…

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Celebrating 2021 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 28, 2021

It seems hardly possible that this is the tenth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ yearly round-up at Broken Frontier. Way back in 2012 I was…

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