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British Comic Award-winning artist Tim Bird’s exploration of the interconnections between location, time and memory have ensured his work – from short minicomics like Asleep in the Back through to…
With so much going on online at the moment it seemed a fitting moment to resurrect an old BF feature for the interim. The Broken Frontier Bulletin Board was a…
The number of reprints indicated in the cover gallery at the end of this collection reveal that Once & Future – written by Kieron Gillen and with artwork by Dan…
Elodie – a character carrying some serious teenage angst – is the way in which Axelle Lenoir transports us to a summer camp in ’90s Canada in the pages of…
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Tony Pickering describes his Diabetes: Year One as a collection of graphic poems, created in response to his diagnosis with type 1 diabetes and the implications of that news. Where…
The Comedy Women in Print Prize has announced its longlists today, including the artists and projects in the new ‘Humorous Graphic Novel’ category (in association with LDComics) which also covers…
We’ve been aware for a while that current British Comics Laureate Hannah Berry was working on a UK Comics Creator Survey as an information-seeking exercise to continue to support and…
Siberian Haiku is a story written by Jurga Vilé about her father Algis’ memories of being exiled from his home in Lithuania as a child. These tales of exile are…
News of another summer debut from Vault Comics today (after the announcement of Giga earlier this week). We have a preview of Shadow Service #1 by Cavan Scott and Corin…
Just keep running, and maybe they’ll give you an Oscar. Or is it all a Mirage? This surreal and engaging trip through the centre of American glitz and glam from…
There’s something of the psychogeographical to the opening of Matthew Dooley’s Flake. Dooley, of course, is a Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica short story competition winner and a prolific fixture on the UK…
James Riding’s James + Jack in Crazyland is a diffficut book to define in obvious genre terms. This all-ages serial is packed to the rafters with ideas and character concepts….
For all the surface appeal of Michael DeForge’s frenetic pop surrealism, his real gift is an ability to use that dazzle to land punches of sobering pathos and wry commentary…
Coming this August in the UK and September in the US, The Flood That Did Come is the debut graphic novel of Patrick Wray. Another cool find by the Avery…
While we’re all missing our serial comics fix at the moment here’s an advance look at a new series from Vault Comics, announced today as debuting this summer. The full…
Daniel Bristow-Bailey’s The Screaming is a curious comics short, rife with ambiguity and yet oddly immediate at the same time. The catalyst for Bristow-Bailey’s dark short comes from his personal…
If keeping the kids occupied is something of a priority at the moment then, of course, there are plenty of UK comics distractions out there that fit the bill perfectly…
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, 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
