‘3 Reasons Why You Need to Read…‘ is Broken Frontier’s semi-regular spotlight on a given serial comic that we think should be on your pull list. Whether it’s because of its…
While I have been aware for some time that today’s announcement was coming in some form, the news that the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair is calling it a day…
Last week at Broken Frontier we announced the shortlist for this year’s Laydeez do Comics Prize for a graphic novel in progress by a female-identifying UK-based creator (won last year…
Before the weekend we provided details about three new book announcements from Avery Hill Publishing for the latter part of 2019. You can find out all about Alabaster Pizzo’s Mimi…
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If you’re following her social media accounts then you will be well aware that the gradual reveals of new work-in-progress from our 2019 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist…
Combining the starkest humour, a line in energetic yet bleak slapstick, and the rawest autobiography, The Vagabond Valise by Siris (published by Conundrum Press) traces the artist’s story from the…
Avery Hill Publishing have let us know about some of their plans for the rest of 2019 which includes three previously unannounced titles. Alabaster Pizzo’s acclaimed Mimi and the Wolves…
He’s Babak Ganjei, the artist who once infamously sold a handful of twigs on eBay for £60-odd quid and re-imagined Patrick Swayze’s movie Roadhouse as a scene-by-scene, philosophical graphic narrative…
Hobo Mom is not the first comics link between The End of the Fucking World‘s Charles Forsman and Belgian creator Max de Radiguès (Weegee: Serial Photographer). If you were a subscriber…
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“Sci-fi is way not my usual thing. But look, honestly I just wanted to draw lots of stars. Space is a great excuse to draw stars. And I feel like…
Our friends at Laydeez do Comics have announced the shortlist for their 2019 Laydeez do Comics Award for a graphic novel in progress by a female-identifying UK-based creator. The final…
Fantagraphics have had a steady presence in our reviews section here at Broken Frontier this year with coverage of some standout books like Now, The Sea and Dementia 21. You…
Norwegian artist Maria Midttun’s 8-page story Lava Rock was originally published as part of the collection Fragment by Blokk Forlag last year. This standalone self-published version is described by the artist in the…
I first discovered the comics of artist Camille Aubry back in 2017 when I gave her feedback at the portfolio review ELCAF Springboard Meetings. I was particularly struck at the…
Just a couple of months back Jayde Perkin was voted ‘Breakout Talent’ Award winner in our 2018 Broken Frontier Awards and, as 2019 progresses, the Bristol-based creator is going to…
The second Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2019 is nearly here! And we’re continuing the year with a cracking line-up of small press artists on Wednesday February 27th….
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A look at the comics of Scott Roberts has been long overdue here in ‘Small Pressganged’. Roberts is an artist whose practice both experiments with and interrogates the possibilities of…
With a publishing history that spanned a number of companies (beginning at Eclipse in the early ’80s and ending at DC in the early ’90s) Max Allan Collins and Terry…
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