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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The online version of our monthly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday June 25th at 7.30pm GMT on Twitter. To the day, this will be the…
With this year’s 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special imminent we have a preview today at BF and if you’re a long-time fan of the comic this promises to be a treat,…
Continuing with their mission of preserving the legacy of classic British comics for a new generation, Rebellion have announced two volumes of the fondly remembered Major Eazy strip from the…
Two years ago Broken Frontier’s Jenny Robins won the prestigious Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition, saying at the time of her win “there are all of the emotions.” You can…
Debuting last year in 2000 AD Prog 2130 (cover below by Neil Googe) as part of a one-shot ‘Regened’ all-ages takeover, Full Tilt Boogie returned to the pages of the…
With a hybrid approach that fuses elements of traditional comics storytelling with illustrated children’s books, Joel Christian Gill’s Fast Enough: Bessie Stringfield’s First Ride is an inspirational short story. It…
We’re huge fans of the work of London’s Cartoon Museum at Broken Frontier and its recent relocation to a wonderful new space has ensured that every event there is a…
While we were all aware of the inevitability of today’s announcement the news that there will be no Thought Bubble in a physical sense in 2020 has already been greeted…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Described as “Kinda a Graphic Memoir” Lawrence Lindell’s From Truth with Truth works as a visual essay on identity, mental health, Blackness and healing. Lindell adopts an informal, conversational approach…
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“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
