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While my coverage to date of the A Pocket Chiller series from Strip for Me has been perhaps a touch sporadic – cherry picking issues from a publishing output so…
Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms gets straight into the story, introducing us to all the characters through its high school setting. Annie is academically gifted but brash, which is what…
A new small press event is always something to celebrate and ZineZilla, debuting on Saturday September 18th in Bristol, is particularly of note to us here at Broken Frontier given…
News of a major new release from Fantagraphics coming in the first quarter of next year. The full press release with details of Keeping Two by Jordan Crane runs below….
It’s hard to explain why Wendy, the awkward, funny millennial created by artist Walter Scott not so long ago, continues to be so relatable. She has played a starring role…
To take us into the weekend today at BF, an advance look at the BOOM! Studios/Archaia Better Angels graphic novel coming this October… BOOM! Studios today revealed a new look…
The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was once asked a series of questions by other artists from around the world, one of which came from German photographer Wolfgang Tillmans: ‘In free…
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In some ways I feel like a bit of a cheat when approaching a review of the deliberately enigmatic short comic Quivertree by our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, August 26th for another comics extravaganza with our first…
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Strip for Me’s A Pocket Chiller line promises “new nightmares and strange visions from a world next to yours”. Its line-up of UK indie and alt talent to date has…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
One of the most pleasing things about how our small press coverage has developed here at Broken Frontier over the years is the way that our reach has grown so…
Disillusioned with life in his cramped family house, and determined to achieve his dream of becoming a champion fighter, young Jimmy runs away from home seeking his fortune elsewhere. His…
We love to shine a spotlight on a good comics community project here at Broken Frontier and Thought Bubble’s Comic Book Drive certainly fits that category. Details on a really…
In It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, Lizzy Stewart shows us in her gentle, raw way, how beautiful and foolish we look, trying to live our lives with…
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With the UK and Ireland’s Small Press Day remaining an online event this year I took to Twitter again to write one-tweet reviews of your small press comics with the…
Hitting shelves not long after Halloween this year, Lunar Room is a new Vault Comics werewolf series with a fantasy/crime twist. Check out the details and preview art in the…
Another volume of reprints from classic UK weekly Misty is always welcome and this November sees yet another volume from the Treasury of British Comics. This one spotlights Spanish artist…
As comics festivals and fairs have continued to adapt and evolve online in response to the events of the last 18 months there’s been a growing move towards events that…
“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
