Even with its minimalist style, blank slate characters, and a complete lack of dialogue, Penguins – Nick Thorburn’s collection of tragi-comic strips – is still acutely able to tap into the anxieties…
Filled with supernatural thrillers that were surprisingly uncompromising in their approach, Misty is one of the great cult publications of British comics history. Debuting in the late 1970s, and running…
From 1972-1995, Marvel UK, a subsidiary arm of Marvel Comics, had what should have been the exclusive rights to publish reprints of Marvel material in the UK (hence the name…
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…
Remembering childhood is not unlike remembering a dream, or a story you heard a long time ago, for Rachael Ball it’s all three at once: “When things are mixed up…
The profound eloquence of artist Jon McNaught’s storytelling lies in his ability to speak to us without words; to evoke a sense of shared experience on a purely empathetic level;…
Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF every week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…
Some comics you hear about and just know they’re going to be right up your street. I’ve been a fan of Diigii Daguna’s work for a while so when I…
Kugali comics first came to my attention at CECAF earlier this year, where I had the pleasure of meeting Ziki Nelson. The founder of Kugali – a new comics anthology bringing together creators from all…
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…
To anyone with even a passing interest in the development of mainstream comics over the past – gulp – 30-odd years, editor Karen Berger will need no introduction. So when…
One of the best things about the first and second issues of Live/Work by Pat Palermo is that they feel like comics from a different era, specifically the early 2000s….
It’s nearly Halloween which means our penultimate Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2018 is here! And, as ever, we have a line-up of the most utterly splendid guest…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Cathy Brett’s Who Killed JoJo? had already achieved significant critical renown this year before even a single page of it had been published. Brett’s debut graphic-novel-in-progress was shortlisted for both…
News of a new Gareth Brookes exhibition of embroideries, prints and drawings at London’s 155a Artists Space will no doubt be of huge interest to regular Broken Frontier readers given…
Lessons from classic comic creators for making it as an indie! It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and…
Our Bullpen Boot-Camp columnist Nick Prolix has been building up an ever-growing audience of fans over the last few months for his fortnightly illustrated feature at Broken Frontier. The column…
Any good M.R. James story — or more appropriately, what with this being a comics site and all, any good Hellboy short — will see an old, seemingly forgotten myth…
Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” Part 1 – “Nothing it Offers Has Any Tangible Value or Originality”July 28, 2025
“I Just Wanted it to Be Beautiful and Raw and Weird” – Donya Todd on Her New Experimental Graphic Novel ‘The Witch’s Egg’ from Avery Hill PublishingJuly 8, 2025
Inside Look: The Keluarga Cable Ship Company – Mereida Fajardo Brings Her Boundary-Pushing Practice to Digital PresentationJuly 4, 2025
Inside Look: Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood – Lonnie Mann Provides a Creator Commentary on the Evolution and Process of His Gay, Jewish, Coming-of-Age StoryJune 24, 2025
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. MauriJune 13, 2025
