HCZF FORTNIGHT! Our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist Aleesha Nandhra Thinking in the Dark series explores “the thoughts and feelings that come to mind when…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! The list of comics accomplishments of UK small presser Rebecca K. Jones is an impressive one. Her short story ‘Lazy Sunday’ was shortlisted for the Cape/Observer/ Comica Graphic…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! The latest anthology from the WIP Comics group – a supportive monthly London “work-in-progress” meet-up for aspiring creators to share practice and foster comics community – debuts at…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Before Komisk back in March it had been a few years since I last covered the work of Tom Mortimer here at Broken Frontier in what would have…
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HCZF FORTNIGHT! Obviously, the immediate element of Shangomola Edunjobi’s self-published comic Miseyieki to first catch the reader’s attention is its powerfully striking cover with that quite stunning use of colour…
As we hit late summer it means that UK festival season is on the horizon and our comics diaries here at Broken Frontier Towers are beginning to fill. Returning to…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! “My name is Elizabeth and I am addicted to creating and expressing thoughts.” So much of UK small presser Elizabeth Querstret’s practice can be summed up in that…
Just a couple of months back we interviewed BHP Comics founder Sha Nazir here at Broken Frontier and today there’s more exciting news coming from his direction with the announcement…
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HCZF FORTNIGHT! On a long-term mission in space aboard the SS Kitsune, a lone explorer reflects on his years of solitude and a voyage where human contact seems almost like…
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HCZF FORTNIGHT! Many BF readers will remember that cartoonist Matthew Dooley’s work was a fixture in such well-regarded anthologies as Dirty Rotten Comics and Off Life before his 2016 Cape/Observer/Comica…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Olivia Sullivan was one of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ and is an artist whose work many readers will first have discovered in…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Last year’s Thought Bubble saw the debut of the first instalment of Peter Morey’s Endswell; a self-published generational saga that combined family politics and social commentary and was…
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HCZF FORTNIGHT! Two and a half years ago, Gareth Brookes contributed a story to the ‘BFFs’-themed issue of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ digest-sized š! anthology. It was one of the…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Originally introduced way back in 2010 in Hildafolk, at the time part of Nobrow Press’s fledgling 17 x 23 series, the adventures of Luke Pearson’s plucky heroine Hilda…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Beginning today at Broken Frontier we have two weeks of coverage of comics and creators you can catch at the inaugural Hackney Comic + Zine Fair on Sunday…
It’s a catchy hook but whether the somewhat awkward tagline “Teen Victorian Fairy Fight Club” really gives the premise of Sparrowhawk its due is debatable. Written by Delilah S. Dawson…
Running for ten years between 1974 and 1984, Bella at the Bar holds a place as not just one of the most popular comic strips in the UK’s weekly Tammy…
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If you’ve been following our coverage of micropress/distro O Panda Gordo’s Seven Stories so far then you’ll be aware that the anthology’s ostensible premise is based on 19th-20th century literary…
“Lots of My Sapphic Comics Focus on Small, Intimate Moments” – Nessie Mooo Talks ‘Deathmetal’, Comics Community, and Queer Representation in the MediumJune 12, 2026
“In Order to Create Societal Change, We Have to First Imagine It” – Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner Talk A Wave Blue World, Their LGBTQIA+ Anthologies and Publishing with a Social PurposeJune 9, 2026
“We Wanted to Publish the Books We Wanted to Read” – Outgoing Avery Hill Co-Founder Dave White Looks Back on 14 Years at the UK’s Game-Changing Indie Comics PublisherJune 8, 2026
“There is No Singular or Correct Intersex Narrative” – LJ Nakamura on Intersex Representation and the Liberating Nature of Pulp Sci-FiJune 4, 2026
“We Want Trans and Queer Teens to Feel Seen and Understood” – Tilly Bridges and Susan Bridges on Their New Graphic Novel ‘Just Another Summer’ and the Collaborative Writing ProcessJune 2, 2026
