It’s back for its fifth year! Small Press Day 2020 will take place on Saturday July 18th! The brainchild of cartoonist David Ziggy Greene, its aim is to provide a…
From self-published minicomics focusing on a classic age of cinema (including It Girl and Vivacity), to her work for serial comics publishers like DC’s Vertigo imprint and Titan Comics, through…
Abs Bailey is one of a number of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists over the years to join the Avery Hill Publishing line-up (alongside such talents as Ellice…
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In our recent Broken Frontier Awards not only was digest series š! nominated for Best Ongoing Series but we also inducted kuš! comics publishing team David Schilter and Sanita Muižniece…
Acting as both chronological and thematic sequel to her earlier book Wired Up Wrong, but still entirely accessible as a standalone work, Rachael Smith’s Stand in Your Power explores the…
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…
Comics exploring the refugee crisis hasve had extensive coverage at Broken Frontier over the last couple of years including Samya Kullab, Jackie Roche and Mike Freihert’s Escape from Syria, Olivier…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
The shortlist for this year’s LDC Awards (formerly known under the Laydeez do Comics banner) has been announced. The names of the selected artists for this women-only prize for graphic-novels-in-progress,…
Coming this September, Kyle Gass and Jack Black’s comedy rock duo Tenacious D come to comics via Fantagraphics with the graphic novel Post-Apocalypto. We have a preview courtesy of Fantagraphics…
After the winter break it’s time to be thinking again about the annual comics calendar of events. We have a notable Spring one to announce today with the return of…
Cathy Brett’s tale of two 1920s penfriends reunited in reflection in the latter days of their lives may sound like touching if standard slice-of-life comics fare at a first glance…
With the Angoulême buzz still at the forefront of the comics world’s collective consciousness we welcome 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ artist and Hackney Comic +…
Monthly comics in that traditional US format can often feel inaccessible with their long story arcs designed for trade collections and a lack of easy entry, self-contained individual issues. American…
Fantagraphics’ anthology series Now (subtitled The New Comics Anthology) has gained deserved critical acclaim in its seven-issue life to date. Indeed it was nominated in both our 2017 and 2019…
The lurching feeling in your stomach as you find yourself endlessly falling into a void. It’s a triggering sensation that will have abruptly woken many of us from our slumber…
Carol Isaacs, aka The Surreal McCoy, is a cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Spectator and the Sunday Times. Her debut graphic novel The Wolf of…
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A week or two back at Broken Frontier we began a game of catch-up by looking at some of the recent issues of publisher Youth in Decline’s acclaimed and award-recognised…
“In Order to Create Societal Change, We Have to First Imagine It” – Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner Talk A Wave Blue World, Their LGBTQIA+ Anthologies and Publishing with a Social PurposeJune 9, 2026
“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
