Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, February 25th with a very special Broken Frontier ‘Six…
The last time we reviewed the work of Robyn Smith at Broken Frontier it was when we covered her collaboration with writer Jamila Rowser on the short comic Wash Day…
Two issues in and Image’s six-issue series Haha – a collection of complete-in-one stories revolving around the world of clowns – is already proving to be a bleakly comedic affair….
Avery Hill Publishing‘s popular comics podcast Signals from the Hill turned its attention to Broken Frontier’s work recently with AHP’s Steve Walsh chatting to our Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver. Andy talks…
Coming into the weekend we heard news of a new diversity-focused mentoring programme from UK publisher SelfMadeHero that will lead to an anthology to be released at the Lakes International…
Yayoi Kusama is a fascinating artist. Caught in the finite net of Elisa Macellari’s deft graphic biography, she becomes our fascinating friend for a moment. Kusama, first published in Italian…
Coming this May from BOOM! Studios Eve is a five-issue series from Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong set in a dystopian future. Details and art preview below. BOOM! Studios today…
It has been three decades since John Porcellino began sharing his singular view of the world in the form of self-published minicomics. What began as an experiment in tune with…
This March sees three new titles from Breakdown Press, those fine purveyors of cutting edge and boundary-smashing sequential art whose back catalogue has long been admired here at Broken Frontier….
Cosmic horror has discovered a brave new homeworld inhabited by Cullen Bunn & Andy MacDonald, the eerie––though imperfect––venture Rogue Planet from Oni Press. Through the vastness of space, a starship…
Alison Bechdel’s The Secret to Superhuman Strength is undoubtedly one of the most anticipated releases of 2021. Published in the UK this May by Jonathan Cape, the cover to the…
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Hope On is an anthology that, like so many slice-of-life offerings from the self-publishing world over the last year, materialised as a by-product of the current global situation. Edited by…
“Boy Scout” is a common shorthand for decency. Or at least a specifically American brand of decency, one which prioritises punctuality and obedience, grafting virginal pluckiness onto wilderness preparation. Frontiersman…
As we said last Autumn at Broken Frontier we are actively interested in supporting wider projects that embody a true sense of comics community. A couple of years back Joe…
“Somewhere along the line, King-Cat went from being something I do for fun, to something I do, to what I do.” That admission comes from John Porcellino’s introduction to King-Cat…
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In comparison to my previous experiences of Grace Helmer’s slice-of-life/autobio work Speck is a very different comic indeed. And yet within its fantastic, millennia-traversing narrative there are, perhaps, certain existential…
Rebellion have today announced their Specials publishing for 2021. It’s a reduced list compared to last year’s schedule which is unsurprising given the current situation for retail but it does…
We’re back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, February 11th with guest artists Mereida Fajardo, Rebecca Burgess and Robert Wells – three…
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
