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Last year’s online Hackney Comic + Zine Fair introduced me to a number of new comics talents whose practice I had yet to encounter. One of those artists was Lesley…
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Way back in 2013, nearly a decade ago, I reviewed Hannah Lee Miller’s short self-published comic Dementia Dad, an autobio offering that I described as “heartrending” in terms of subject…
This weekend sees the much awaited 2000 AD 45th anniversary online event ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest: 2000 AD at 45’ with an intriguingly curated line-up of panellists representing not just the…
Let’s head into the weekend with another new comics preview. Details of Mindset #1 from Vault Comics and sample pages in the press release below. Vault is thrilled to announce…
Dark & Golden Books is a new imprint “dedicated to charting a less travelled course through the history of British comics, finding and celebrating mislaid and forgotten classics for the…
The story in We Have Demons #1 starts out quietly with Lam Lyle, a young girl, visiting her neighbors. But just when we think something terrible is about to happen,…
Another monthly slice-of-life comics offering today from frequent contributors writer/artist Tony Wolf and colourist SirGryphon with an Atari/Pac-Man blast from the past! Roll back the years to the early days…
A quick online search for the word “Helem” – the name of Stanley Wany’s eerie graphic journey through the psyches of two lost characters – reveals that the name has…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 17th with another ‘Classic Covers’ night. Not only do…
A new digital, app-led anthology Yoshin; Tales of the Tohoku Earthquake Ten Years On features illustrations from a number of Broken Frontier-championed artists including our ‘Six to Watch’ creators Jem Milton…
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Psychogeographical comics are perhaps more widely acknowledged for their autobiographical explorations of the intersections between place, time and memory. But there are other strands to this area of graphic narrative,…
Exciting news today from the direction of LDComics‘ latest newsletter that, following the receipt of a British Council International Collaboration award, the ‘REVEAL! Women’s Comics East Africa-UK’ initiative will soon…
I went into Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s new Image Comics series Little Monsters completely blind, not having read so much as a press release or even a line of…
At about the midway point in Scott Finch’s The Domesticated Afterlife, one character advises another: ‘Things are getting weird. Roll with it.’ He’s right, of course, but he’s understating, and…
It’s a most appropriate time to be looking at SelfMadeHero’s Catalyst anthology – the end product of their 2021 Graphic Anthology Programme designed to mentor and champion emerging creators of…
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Emerging from an Inktober-related exercise, Myfanwy Tristram’s Sorry for the Inconvenience… We Are Trying to Save the World (the title coming from an Extinction Rebellion placard) is an 80-page celebration…
One final news update to go into the weekend with the news that acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Smith is to launch a new line of comics with Dark Horse. Full details…
Time for a sneak peek at another upcoming comics project. This time Asaf Hanuka’s The Realist: Last Day on Earth, another collection of autobio work published by BOOM! Studios/Archaia in…
“It’s About Queerness, Family, Loyalty, Grief, and at its Core Love in All its Forms”- Bex Glendining on Debut Graphic Novel ‘On Starlit Shores’April 2, 2026
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
