Celebrating Four Years of the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw!
It seems hard to believe that it’s a whole four years ago to the very day that the first Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw debuted at the…
Author: Andy Oliver
“We’ve Created the Special with Two Audiences in Mind” – Lizzie Boyle on Rebellion’s Latest Revival One-Shot, the ‘Tammy & Jinty Special 2019’
Rebellion continue to bring classic comics characters of yesteryear to new audiences not just via their handsomely presented Treasury of British Comics editions but also through their semi-regular Specials like…
The Day of Dredd is Coming on September 7th, 2019!
The Day of Dredd is coming this September, giving fans, retailers and libraries an opportunity to celebrate the future lawman and share their own personal memories of encountering his world…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Wednesday June 26th with Guest Artists Karrie Fransman, Ram V and David Biskup
Can it really be four years? Our next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw! marks the fourth anniversary of London’s favourite comics social. As ever, we have a…
“If BHP Ended Tomorrow, I’d Be Very Happy with its Legacy” – BHP Comics’ Sha Nazir on the Scottish Publisher’s Origins, Nurturing Emerging BAME Talent and Working with Comics Legends
For the best part of a decade, Scotland’s BHP Comics have been growing from a small self-publishing concern to the eclectic and socially conscious outfit they are today. With a…
2000 AD Sci-Fi Special 2019 – Rebellion’s Tribute to Carlos Ezquerra is a Touching Celebration of a Giant of the Medium
When we lost Carlos Ezquerra last year we lost a legend. That’s not hyperbole. If anything it’s a gross understatement. This week 2000 AD commemorates the life and work of one…
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The Adventures of Pup & Grumpicorn – Emily Owen and Gavin Mitchell’s Mischievous All-Ages Comic is a Multi-Genre Delight
When we covered Emily Owen and Gavin Mitchell’s The Adventures of Pup & Grumpicorn during its Kickstarter campaign as part of our Crowdfunding Corner feature at Broken Frontier we described…
The Winner of the Latest 2000 AD Art Stars Competition Has Been Announced! – The Winning Art and the Runners-Up Revealed Here Today
Spotlighting emerging comics talent is always at the heart of what we do here at Broken Frontier so we’re delighted to be able to announce the winner of the latest…
Preview: Thistlebone – Creepy New Folk Horror Serial Debuts this Week in ‘2000 AD’ from T.C. Eglington and Simon Davis
A new thrill – or perhaps chill – debuts in this week’s 2000 AD courtesy of writer T.C. Eglington, artist Simon Davis and letterer Annie Parkhouse. We have a sneak…
Celebrating ELCAF 2019 – Taking New Creators to New Audiences as Jayde Perkin’s ‘I’m Not Ready’ Debuts and David Biskup is this Year’s ELCAF x WeTransfer Award Winner
Taking new creators to new audiences. That was the title of this year’s Broken Frontier Panel at the East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) but it could just as…
Crescent Loop – Encroaching Terror in Suburbia in Lando’s Haunting Comics Short from Decadence
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! It’s been a few months since we last reviewed a Decadence book (Stathis Tsemberlidis’s Binary Decay last Autumn) but those perennial ELCAF favourites will be exhibiting again this…
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I’m Not Ready – Jayde Perkin’s Sequential Art Exploration of Grief and Loss is Nothing Short of a Masterpiece of Graphic Memoir
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! In much the same way that Jayde Perkin’s ELCAF-debuting I’m Not Ready is both a consolidation and an expansion of her previous comics work so too does this…
“I Find it Really Satisfying to Have a Medium that’s so Visual and Accessible” – ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Barbawk on Making Her Way into the UK Small Press Comics Scene
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Abs Bailey, aka Barbawk, is one of this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ and also a contributor to Comic Book Slumber Party’s anarchic fantasy…
Leftovers – The Collected Joe Stone Underlines the Artist’s Versatility in Terms of Both Theme and Craft
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There comes a time when every small presser must collect their minicomics work into one celebratory package representing their sequential art journey to date and that’s just what…
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Is it Vague in Other Dimensions? – Clio Isadora’s Account of Being Raised by Anti-Vaxxer, Conspiracy Theory, Past Life Believers
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Autobio comics work has risen in popularity over the last decade largely due to a growing understanding that the complex language of the form is incredibly effective in…
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Aman – Andy Barron Returns to the Brutal Fantasy Landscape of the World of OM
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! The largely silent world of Andy Barron’s OM has always been one of contradictions. This carefully crafted science fantasy environment gives us an alien landscape that can contain…
Two Stories – Lizzy Stewart’s Graphic Narrative Double Shapes the Comics Page to Her Themes and Needs
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Last week at Broken Frontier we looked at Lizzy Stewart’s Hannah and Alys at the End of the World, a quietly powerful coming-of-age story that showed the strengths…
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A Whole Flock of Detectives – Melissa Sinclair and Simon Bridgland Capture Pivotal Moments from the Films of Alfred Hitchcock
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! A collaboration between Melissa Sinclair and Simon Bridgland, A Whole Flock of Detectives is an illustrative zine inspired by the films of the “Master of Suspense” himself, Alfred…
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