Autumn is festival time in the UK and, after last month’s fantastic inaugural Hackney Comic + Zine Fair, the Broken Frontier team were at two established events this past weekend….
Exciting news today via UK small press mainstay Douglas Noble that his Strip For Me imprint will be bringing the work of Paul Jon Milne, whose comics we’ve covered in…
Those of you who follow my own rather self-indulgent social media streams as well as the official Broken Frontier one will be aware of my posts over the summer focusing…
Some of the most powerful slice-of-life work speaks to us so eloquently not through an overt attempt at ostentatious profoundness but rather because it reveals familiar truths with a quiet…
It would be inappropriate to describe B. Mure’s Ismyre series of books as indie comics’ best kept secret. The first two volumes have been consistently critically acclaimed, after all, with…
Legendary actor; LGBTQ+ advocate; community activist; social media influencer. As one of the most visible Japanese Americans in the public eye, George Takei has consistently used his platform to draw attention to urgent…
That space between lucidity and sleep has always been an elusive one, especially for writers and artists who have long tried to pin it down. Kevin Huizenga has made a…
Recently, we covered the crowdfunding campaign for the collection of Dan Cox and John Riordan’s Hitsville UK here at Broken Frontier and, as this veritable institution of UK self-publishing reaches its…
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…
Eisner and British Comic Awards-nominated creator Rob Davis’s trilogy of graphic novels that began in The Motherless Oven five years ago is set to conclude in the coming month with…
In the third and fourth issue of Haleigh Buck’s I Feel Weird series she mixes grim and grotesque humor with achingly honest confession to depict the challenges of her depression and…
Three years ago at Broken Frontier I covered Sarah Lippett’s graphic memoir Stan and Nan here; a comics record of the life of the grandfather she never knew and the…
Undoubtedly the most delightful hidden gem in the Big Two’s super-hero publishing schedules, DC’s Scooby-Doo Team-Up came to an end this month with a fittingly celebratory 50th anniversary issue. Over…
If your vague memories of the 1970s UK girls comics market were limited to twee tales of ballerinas and boarding schools then Rebellion’s recent Treasury of British Comics volumes will…
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If you were reading US serial comics in the 1990s you’ll remember the craze for “cover enhancements” during that period, when the major publishers became locked in an ever escalating…
The sharpest satire always comes from satirists who are well versed in the subject matter they are skewering. In his graphic novella Arrowheads, Steven Christie takes aim at the haughty…
The full press release for the shortlisted artists for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards for the Comics category runs below. Congratulations to the shortlisted quartet! Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor have…
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…
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
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
