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When Simon Moreton previewed zine-style anthology Lettuce Bee (co-edited by Moreton and Ali Bamford) to us here at Broken Frontier he described its contributors as “old friends, new friends, strangers, and…
Last year at Thought Bubble I had the pleasure of meeting the team from the Indian comics storytelling and publishing house Studio Kokaachi who gave me copies of their flagship…
To describe Sarah Lightman’s The Book of Sarah as simply autobiography would be to miss the important questions it also poses on identity, belonging and the familial threads that connect…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
Bags (Or a Story Thereof) has been adapted by Gavin Fullerton from a projected novel that eventually became an experimental short story by animator Patrick McHale (creator of Over the…
It’s a rare thing indeed to read a debut comic as assured and confident in its storytelling, and as conversant with the language of the form, as writer Chino Moya…
Last year saw a new comics event debut in Glasgow when João Sobral (O Panda Gordo), Jules Scheele (Queer: A Graphic History) and Jessica Taylor co-founded and launched Ghost Comics…
Comics have a particular connective power when it comes to depicting and exploring issues of mental health. So much so that we’ve dedicated a whole list of sequential art resources…
If you’ve been following UK small press comics Twitter/Instagram over the last few weeks you will have seen the daily reveals of artists, publishers and comics institutions tabling at this…
Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…
We’ve reviewed six SelfMadeHero graphic novels this year at Broken Frontier which is rather synchronous as the acclaimed publisher of graphic biography, international comics, literary adaptations and OGNs have just…
The longstanding appeal of super-hero comics is arguably as much about their wider narrative tapestry – the sprawling universes they take place in and the rich history that represents –…
Bringing together a collection of painted work by illustrator Lizzy Stewart ‘Garden Party’ is new exhibition at London’s Garden Museum that promises to explore the “joy, madness and solitude of…
Debuting in the short-lived British weekly comics anthology Speed in 1980, Death Wish would go on to be featured in both Tiger and Eagle as the various weekly comics that hosted…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
One of a number of self-published comics I discovered this year on Small Press Day at London’s Mega City Comics, Lizzie Fray’s Apollo & Daphne retells the Greek myth in…
If you’ve been a fan of Gary Northfield’s all-ages comics output over the years (and we’ve certainly reviewed lots of it including The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs! and Gary’s…
Our many generations of Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ never cease to amaze us with their diverse approaches to the form and their ongoing achievements. So we…
New York Review Comics – the New York Review of Books’ sequential art imprint – have been doing vital work in introducing new readers to some long out-of-print classic material…
“After Reading… So Many Works… from Caribbean-British Writers and African Americans… I Wanted to Create that Space for Myself in Comics”- Lara Boyle Talks to Michael D. Kennedy on the Process Behind the Making of ‘Milk White Steed’September 30, 2026
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics FairSeptember 17, 2026
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
