The first issue of Giga from Vault Comics is, quite simply, an object lesson in how to write an opening chapter of a monthly comic. That’s an art that has been…
“Who is more real: Us? Or Superman?”. This is the provocative question that opens the anticipated new Image series Crossover by Donny Cates, Geoff Shaw, Dee Cunniffe and John J….
Alex de Campi and Erica Henderson bring us a bite-sized morsel of psychedelic Stoker set in the 1970s with Dracula, Motherf*cker! from Image Comics. Vampire fans, rejoice! If you’re tired…
Sometimes it’s okay to be unhappy, see. Sometimes being miserable is a sane reaction to shitty circumstances. At the time of writing, Agent Mann, a leading player in this opening…
Part of the 2000 AD ‘Regened’ initiative that provides accessible, all-ages, one-shot issues with complete-in-one stories every few months, Prog #2206 of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic is a heady mix…
Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column here in the past. Today we return to this irregular feature…
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Even pre-pandemic, one element of the UK small press scene that had been dwindling noticeably with each passing year was the open submissions anthology. It’s something I’ve mentioned with regret…
Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…
We’re back this Thursday October 29th as our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw for a Halloween Spooktacular! As usual we start at 7.30pm BST on…
It’s an unfortunate reality in serial comics publishing that the necessity of providing enticing pre-publication hooks means that plot twists that should have been the readers to discover in their…
An autumnal visit from horror hosts Misty and Ghastly McNasty has become something of a Rebellion tradition in recent years. The 2020 Misty & Scream! Special (perfect for Halloween reading)…
A procrastinating and distracted Rowan can’t dodge her hereditary responsibilities much longer as the forces of good and evil close in. Glorious story tension and gorgeous art enchant Black Magick…
The work of Katie Skelly – a very welcome guest artist at a Broken Frontier/Gosh! Comics Drink and Draw back in 2017– is usually characterised by pop energy and playful…
The first English language comics work of Spanish cartoonist Rayco Pulido, Ghostwriter is a book full of contradictions… but oddly reconcilable ones. It’s uncomfortably bleak, for example, but in that…
Jim Terry never understood why his parents drank. “They never seemed happier when drunk”, Terry reflects in his autobiography Come Home, Indio, “just sad or angry. And mean”. Alcohol only…
Back in 2018, online comics sensation Branson Reese won our Broken Frontier Best Webcomic Award for Swan Boy. Hell Was Full is the first print collection of Reese’s work and…
Memoirs in the form of graphic narratives have long moved from the realm of novelty to that of genuinely intriguing exploration. The medium has, over the past decade alone, been…
It goes without saying that it’s a tough time all round for micropublishers and self-publishers. A year of no comics shows means one of their major sources of income has…
“I Just Wanted it to Be Beautiful and Raw and Weird” – Donya Todd on Her New Experimental Graphic Novel ‘The Witch’s Egg’ from Avery Hill PublishingJuly 8, 2025
Inside Look: The Keluarga Cable Ship Company – Mereida Fajardo Brings Her Boundary-Pushing Practice to Digital PresentationJuly 4, 2025
Inside Look: Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood – Lonnie Mann Provides a Creator Commentary on the Evolution and Process of His Gay, Jewish, Coming-of-Age StoryJune 24, 2025
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. MauriJune 13, 2025
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
