G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker’s ‘Air’ to Be Reprinted by Dark Horse/Berger Books Later this Year
Like many of us in those early days of lockdown I took the opportunity to catch up with or re-read some of the piles of trades that had sat unloved…
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Montana Diary – Whit Taylor’s Engaging Travelogue Explores Issues of Climate Change, Racism and White Privilege
It’s a marker of the distinctive properties of comics narrative that sometimes so much more can be expressed and communicated with an economy of line than the most detailed artwork…
“Making Art is How I Transcend My Self” – Matthew Thurber on ‘Mr Colostomy’, His New Graphic Novel for Drawn & Quarterly
A colostomy involves the creation of an opening for the colon through the abdomen. The cartoonist Matthew Thurber refers to it as something in the body that passes out in…
Tony Vs. Dinosaur: A Mini Golf Comic – All-New Autobio Comic Strip Debuts Today at BF by Tony Wolf and SirGryphon
This month’s autobio comics offering from writer/artist Tony Wolf and colourist SirGryphon is an all-new, never-before-published story, making its debut here at Broken Frontier! It’s the true and titanic tale…
Cara Grainger, Rohan Rooney and Bianca Hsu Announced as Winners of the Young Cartoonist of the Year Competition for 2021
Promoting up-and-coming talent is at the heart of what we do here at Broken Frontier so our heartiest congratulations to Cara Grainger, Rohan Rooney and Bianca Hsu, the recently announced…
Broken Frontier: Who We Are and What We Do – Championing Emerging Talent, Prioritising Marginalised Voices and Boosting Comics Community
Pinned post! Want to know more about the history, mission and ethos of Broken Frontier? We have a handy guide here to who we are and what we do, complete…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, April 14th with a BHP Comics ‘Bold Universe’ Special
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, April 14th with a special evening tying into the current…
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Ghosts in Things – It’s a Hopkins Family Affair in this Witty Cartoon Collection of Unlikely Apparitions
There’s something undeniably appealing about intergenerational creative projects. We’ve seen it before on the small press scene, perhaps most notably with the stalwart presence of father and son duo Henry…
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Hell-Hued: The Periwinkle Issue – Beatrice Mossman Curates Another Spooky Collection of Colour-Themed Supernatural Stories
When Beatrice Mossman launched her horror anthology Hell-Hued in 2020 she found a novel way of theming each issue. Rather than choosing a defined subject area, a phrase or a…
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What If… UK Small Press Creators Worked on DC Characters? – 12 Comics/Artist Match-Ups We’d All Like to See!
A little bit of flight of fantasy fun today at BF based on a series of Twitter posts of mine from some years ago. We’ve probably all at some point…
Time Zone J – Julie Doucet Uses Her Distinctive Style to Dissect a Whirlwind Romance In Her Latest Book for Drawn & Quarterly
There is an early panel in Time Zone J where a version of Roy Lichtenstein’s 1962 pop art painting, Kiss II, appears to show up. One isn’t quite sure about…
Watch the Trailer for Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Norm Konyu’s ‘The Junction’, Published on April 12th by Titan
Norm Konyu was selected to be one of our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ after his acclaimed self-published debut graphic novel The Junction wowed readers and…
G.I.L.T. #1 – The Conventions of Temporal Adventuring Are Very Different in the Appealing First Issue of Alisa Kwitney and Mauricet’s New Ahoy Comics Series
It wasn’t as if I hadn’t already fostered a sense of growing appreciation for the output of Ahoy Comics. Second Coming and Billionaire Island feature the writing of Mark Russell…
Bryan Talbot’s Luther Arkwright: 50 Years of a British Comics Legend – Cartoon Museum Exhibition Celebrates a Landmark Piece of British Comics History this Summer
A landmark part of British comics history will be celebrated this summer at London’s Cartoon Museum. ‘Bryan Talbot’s Luther Arkwright: 50 years of a British comics legend’ will tie in…
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Pixie Lice – Amanda Vähämäki’s Unlikely Blend of Slice-of-Life and Fantasy Takes Us to a Fantastic World that Deserves Revisiting
It’s always a pleasure to give attention to a comics micropublishing outfit we haven’t spotlighted before at Broken Frontier, especially one with a focus on alt and experimental comics offerings….
“I’m Not Surprised Canada Isn’t Helping Us” – Emily Carrington on Confronting Her Painful Past with Drawn & Quarterly’s ‘Our Little Secret’
It is impossible to read Emily Carrington’s graphic memoir, Our Little Secret, dispassionately. The pages are weighed down by her documentation of a traumatic personal history, but so many panels…
‘GirlFIEND in Paris: A Bloodthirsty Bedtime Story’ by the Pander Brothers, Coming from Dark Horse this October
It’s certainly been a big week for announcements of upcoming graphic novels and collections from Dark Horse. And it’s not quite over yet. Details of GirlFIEND in Paris: A Bloodthirsty…
Preview: Fox and Hare #1 – Jon Tsuei and Stacey Lee’s New Cyberpunk Series Launches from Vault Comics in May
As is becoming a Friday regular here at BF we have another preview to go into the weekend with. Take a look below at sample pages from Jon Tsuei and artist Stacey Lee’s…
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“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
“A Room Full of Comics People is a True Joy to See!” – Marc Jackson on Bringing MACC-POW! to Macclesfield and the Resurgence of Kids Comics in the UKMay 25, 2026
“Our Work is Rooted in South Asian Identity and Community-Led Histories” – Exploring the Publishing Output and Ethos of Kutty Press with Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh SangtaniMay 18, 2026
“There’s Value in Being the Oddbeat Offering Which Has an Unusual Niche” – Steve Morris Talks about Shelfdust’s Approach to Comics Criticism and Where it All Went Wrong for Comics Commentary OnlineMay 11, 2026