Comics has proved to be an ideal format for explorations of the refugee crisis over the last few years. From Broken Frontier Award-winning offerings like the Red Cross’s Over Under…
This Thursday July 30th sees the return of our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw. We’re back again at 7.30pm BST on Twitter. Not only do…
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Kristensen’s vibrant visual characterisation, immersive employment of colour and playful sense of pacing marks her out as a genuinely exciting new emerging talent to watch. Those were my words earlier…
Upgrade Soul is a thought-provoking science fiction comic about Hank and Molly Nonnar, an elderly couple who are deciding how to be remembered by the world; and how they can…
Shazleen Khan’s webcomic series Buuza!! gained notable recognition here at Broken Frontier when our readers and team voted it Best Webcomic in our 2019 Awards. Khan’s tale of “found family,…
Recalling a moment in US history from 1971, the story of Frank ‘Big Black’ Smith and the Attica State Prison rebellion feels no less timely today. A collaboration between Big…
As with just about every comics-related event in 2020 this year’s UK and Ireland Small Press Day has moved online with a day of events on August 15th taking part…
Fights, Joel Christian Gill’s often bruising memoir, pretty much starts with his nightmarish earliest memory. The scared young Joel, dragged along by his mother after her release from prison, sees…
UPDATED: We hope you enjoyed our ELCAF Online video chats with Shangomola Edunjobi, Charlot Kristensen and Rachael Smith over on the ELCAF Instagram. Below are all the links you’ll need…
Huge news coming from IDW overnight that Chris Ryall, who has been with the publisher since 2004 is leaving as President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer. Ryall’s new ventures are…
In his letter at the end of That Texas Blood #1, writer Chris Condon admits that this story was originally intended as a movie, but no one was willing to…
In The Nixie of the Mill-Pond and Other European Stories a range of Iron Circus artists tackle classic folk tales in fresh and freaky ways, appropriate for children, if they’re…
Ahoy Comics are rapidly becoming the serial comics publisher of the moment with an ever changing and always eclectic line-up of books that can be fun, socially relevant, outrageous, or…
With Sebastian Girner (whose work we enjoyed on Scales & Scoundrels a few years back) and John Bivens (again, a creator whose contributions to Cult Classic: Creature Feature got a big…
Between 2014 and 2017, Image Comics’s Nailbiter took the thriller genre to harrowing new heights of terror. The plot centers around what makes someone a serial killer and explores the small town…
Hello to our loyal Broken Frontier readership! As of today, Monday June 29th 2020, Broken Frontier will be on hiatus for a few days while some essential maintenance on the…
2000 AD has been a Great British institution for over forty years. This thrill-packed anthology, the home of numerous classic British comic strips – including Judge Dredd, Nemesis the Warlock…
Way back when, Otto Von Bismarck famously said something along the lines of “laws are like sausages – it is better not to see them being made”. I’ve no doubt…
“We Wanted to Publish the Books We Wanted to Read” – Outgoing Avery Hill Co-Founder Dave White Looks Back on 14 Years at the UK’s Game-Changing Indie Comics PublisherJune 8, 2026
“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
