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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, August 13th for an ‘Insider Art’ Special Edition with Guest Artists Sofie Dodgson and Sarah Gordon

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2020

It’s time for more bacchanalian bonhomie this Thursday August 13th as our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returms. As usual we’re back again at 7.30pm…

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Zebedee and the Valentines – Abs Bailey’s Intense, Rewarding and Occasionally Trippy Character Study is a Confident and Affecting Debut Graphic Novel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 11, 2020

Zebedee and the Valentines is not the first time 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Abs Bailey has been published by Avery Hill. Two years ago, in the Comic…

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Insider Art – Over 100 Creators Come Together in this Remarkable Benefit Anthology for Female and Non-Binary Retailers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 10, 2020

Launched in June, the Insider Art digital anthology aims to provide financial help for female and non-binary retailers as a response to the repercussions of the pandemic. With a playfully…

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The Last Kaiju – A Stunningly Illustrated Homage and Eco-Fable from Tobias Hamilton, Shane Melisse and Ishan Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 7, 2020

A loving homage to the Japanese Kaiju mega-monster genre of science fantasy, Tobias Hamilton and Shane Melisse’s The Last Kaiju (published by the Ishan Comics imprint) nevertheless manages to surpass…

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The Unknown – Anna Sommer’s Interlinked Parallel Narratives Make for a Compelling Study of Human Frailties

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 6, 2020

What makes the characters in Anna Sommer’s The Unknown so compelling is that they are all such flawed and, in some cases, almost broken individuals. Yet such is the subtlety…

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Glass Town – Part Speculative Biography, Part Metafiction, Isabel Greenberg Brings the Brontë Juvenilia to Comics in Her Most Accomplished Work to Date

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 4, 2020

Isabel Greenberg’s previous books from Jonathan Cape – The Encyclopedia of Early Earth and The One Hundred Nights of Hero – adapted and re-imagined myth and legend to create a…

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The UK Comics Creator Survey Publishes Its Research Report – Download it Here Today at Broken Frontier

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 4, 2020

Published today, the results of the first UK Comics Creator Survey – originally announced by our esteemed Comics Laureate Hannah Berry back in April – make for fascinating if perhaps…

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#ArtMubarak – Art Hashtag Initiative to Celebrate Art from the Muslim Community on August 10th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 3, 2020

It’s no secret that online promotion of artists and their practice has taken on a whole new added level of importance since March. Today on Twitter Shazleen Khan (creator of…

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The Junction – A Missing Child Reappears 12 Years After His Disappearance Not One Day Older in Norm Konyu’s Debut Graphic Novel Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 3, 2020

When I originally read the soundbite summary for Norm Konyu’s graphic novel The Junction – a debut work exploring the mysterious return of a missing child – it immediately grabbed…

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Hedra – Jesse Lonergan’s Cosmic Narrative is an Exquisite Piece of Pure Comics Craft from Image Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2020

The premise of Jesse Lonergan’s Hedra is, in isolation, a straightforward one. After nuclear war devastates the Earth, one lone astronaut wins a lottery that will see them embark on…

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The Flood That Did Come – Patrick Wray’s Experimental Tale of “a Little England Drowning in its Own Future Past” is a Wittily Eccentric and Darkly Comedic Affair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 30, 2020

Avery Hill Publishing describe Patrick Wray’s debut graphic novel The Flood That Did Come as being set in “a little England drowning in its own future past” which is a…

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When Stars Are Scattered – Victoria Jamieson Adapts Omar Mohamed’s Poignant Coming-of-Age Story of Escaping the Somali Civil War and Growing Up in a Refugee Camp

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2020

Comics has proved to be an ideal format for explorations of the refugee crisis over the last few years. From Broken Frontier Award-winning offerings like the Red Cross’s Over Under…

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What We Don’t Talk About – Charlot Kristensen’s Exploration of Racism, Privilege and Interracial Relationships Marks the Emergence of a Major New Voice in Indie Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 28, 2020

Kristensen’s vibrant visual characterisation, immersive employment of colour and playful sense of pacing marks her out as a genuinely exciting new emerging talent to watch. Those were my words earlier…

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Buuza!! Vol. 2: In the Land of Spider Silk – Shazleen Khan’s Broken Frontier Award-Winning “LGBTQ, Slice-of-Life, Urban Fantasy Webcomic” Showcased in a Second Essential Print Volume

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 27, 2020

Shazleen Khan’s webcomic series Buuza!! gained notable recognition here at Broken Frontier when our readers and team voted it Best Webcomic in our 2019 Awards. Khan’s tale of “found family,…

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We’re on a Short Hiatus for Essential Maintenance but Broken Frontier Will Be Back Very Soon!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2020

Hello to our loyal Broken Frontier readership! As of today, Monday June 29th 2020, Broken Frontier will be on hiatus for a few days while some essential maintenance on the…

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Shortlist Announced for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2020

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 26, 2020

Online voyeurism, risky sex, dementia, suicide, racism, murder and selling the earth: topical and contemporary issues dominate the shortlist for Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition and show that the graphic…

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Preview: The Spider’s Syndicate of Crime – The Treasury of British Comics to Collect Early Adventures of the Classic British Character by Ted Cowan, Reg Bunn and Jerry Siegel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 25, 2020

My first exposure to classic UK comics character The Spider was in the pages of the short-lived curiosity Vulcan (look it up – it’s an intriguing footnote in UK comics…

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Preview: The Autumnal #1 – New Horror Series by Kraus, Shehan, Wordie and Campbell Launches from Vault Comics in September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 25, 2020

Autumn may seem a long way off but in this nebulous time of lockdown where time no longer has any meaning it will arrive sooner than you’re expecting. Something to…

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