We were looking for something triumphant for the tenth year of Small Press Day and you certainly delivered! SPD 2025 was very possibly the most enthusiastically received yet with 24…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! One of the great joys of this inaugural LDComics Fair has been discovering so much experimental work. Comics that really grasp the potential of the…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Mereida Fajardo is probably largely known for her tactile comics work; practice the physicality of which is a key ingredient in its presentation. But first…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMIC FAIR 2025! Have we already reached three weeks of our LDComics Fair coverage? Today’s first subject of coverage at Broken Frontier is Rayne Booth’s Falcão, a haunting…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Jenny Robins has applied the subtitle ‘Imagined Conversations with Great Women Artists’ to her LDComics Online Comics Fair offering A Woman’s (Art) Work is Never Done….
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! While the LDComics Online Comics Fair is an international event the large of amount of work from UK-based creators is a reflection of just how rich…
LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! There’s an origin story of sorts to Rachael Ball’s 1972 short comic. The premise of it is based on an exercise given to attendees at her…
LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! Beatrijs Brouwer (aka Beastly Worlds) has been building up quite the profile for her beautifully illustrated fantasy comics. It was in no small part thanks to…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Tim Bird’s name has become synonymous with psychogeographical comics whether that be in long-form comics (his study of the ancient woodland that once ran across South-East…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Authorial intent and reader inference do not always have to align for a successful comics narrative. Indeed, finding our own truths in work that may…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! After reading through a batch of LDComics Fair offerings dealing with some fairly heavy themes Deadly Knitshade’s The Mice that Live in My Walls was…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! It’s been a few years since we last reviewed work by Devi Menon here at Broken Frontier. On that occasion it was her slice-of-life graphic…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Aleesha Nandhra describes the genesis of the comics in this collection in the following terms: “I usually initially make these for myself, to move through…
We have been following the career of British artist Donya Todd since her early self-publishing days and breakthrough book Death & the Girls from Blank Slate Books. Indeed she was…
Wonderful news here at Broken Frontier Towers as we celebrate the longlisting of 2024 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Zhenyi Zheng in the 2025 World Illustration Awards in the…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! With a title like Never Mind It’s Only the Fucking Apocalypse AJ O’Neill’s LDComics Fair offering immediately feels like it’s reflecting the kind of weary…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! A few years back at Broken Frontier, as part of our coverage of the online incarnation of the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair, I covered artist…
It’s nearly here! In just under three weeks Small Press Day returns on Saturday, July 19th. With event notifications coming in fast and furious there are some incredible SPD celebrations…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
