Fantagraphics Announces the Return of ‘The Comics Journal’ to Print in 2019
We view press releases at BF as a springboard for potential future coverage rather than content in and of themselves. But every so often we receive one that contains news…
Losing the Girl – Extraterrestrial Undercurrents Rise to the Surface in MariNaomi’s YA Slice-of-Life Drama
Recently, many indie comics artists have been picking up work for larger publishers in the ever-expanding Young Adult graphic novel market. In Losing the Girl (Life on Earth: Book 1) MariNaomi…
Scream! and Misty – Listen to BF’s Andy Oliver Interviewing Simon Furman and Keith Richardson about the Classic British Horror Comics at London’s Orbital
Last October, to celebrate the release of the Scream! and Misty Special from Rebellion and the Scream! reprint volumes from the Treasury of British Comics series I had the pleasure…
Von Hoffman’s Invasion Book One – From the Pages of ‘Buster’ and ‘Jet’, Tully and Bradbury’s Mad Scientist Serial is a True Gem of Classic British Comics
It’s been quite some time now since we learned that Rebellion had acquired the rights to much of the old IPC back catalogue, but the 2000 AD publishers continue to…
Staff Picks for July 18, 2018 – Dry County, Archie Meets Batman ’66, Infidel, Euthanauts and More!
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 events or digital…
PROCESS! – OOMK Present a Two-Day Celebration of Independent Media and Making at London’s Somerset House this Weekend July 21st-22nd
Since 2014, London-based art publishing collective OOMK (One of My Kind) have been a vitally important presence on the UK small press scene, facilitating and championing self-publishing practice via a…
A View from the Frontier – Tales from the Communal Table at the South London Comic and Zine Fair
The briefest of behind-the-scenes at BF catch-ups today as we give you a quick visual record of this past Saturday’s South London Comic and Zine Fair (SLCZF) which took place…
Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Sweaty Palms, Princess Wolf and Her Life of Darkness, Erol Vs Evil and Drugs & Wires
Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…
Bullpen Boot-Camp #4: Charles Schulz – “Show Up Every Day”
It’s time for another Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix! Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and the Wolves webcomic, published in print in his Slang Pictorial comics. Every couple of…
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South London Comic and Zine Fair Spotlight: Hattie Comics – “It’s Important that Young People See True-to-Life, Uncensored Versions of Themselves in Storytelling”
It’s the second South London Comic and Zine Fair this weekend and, to get Londoners in the mood for this most welcoming day of small press comics magic, we’re providing…
Staff Picks for July 11, 2018 – A Projection, Memoirs of a Very Stable Genius, Come Again and More!
It’s 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 events or digital storefront,…
South London Comic and Zine Fair Spotlight: Jade King – “My Themes Are Wonky Faces, Gross Food, Bodies, Aliens and Strange British Phenomena”
It’s the second South London Comic and Zine Fair this weekend and, to get Londoners in the mood for this most welcoming day of small press comics magic, we’re providing…
South London Comic and Zine Fair Spotlight: Joe Stone – “If I Had to Give My Comics a Genre it Would Probably Be Contemporary Observational Comedy with a Heavy Dose of Melancholy”
It’s the second South London Comic and Zine Fair this weekend and, to get Londoners in the mood for this most welcoming day of small press comics magic, we’re providing…
30 Miles of Crazy! #5-6 – Engaging with the Nuanced Character Studies of Karl Christian Krumpholz
In the realm of small press comics we often get to see an artist advance, but we rarely see them age. In issues #5 and 6 of his long running…
A View from the Frontier – Looking Back at this Year’s Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook Launch and Forwards to BF at SLCZF 2018!
We’re still recovering from this past weekend’s Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2018 launch at London’s Gosh! Comics (as part of this year’s Small Press Day celebrations) at BF so…
“There Are All of the Emotions” – Broken Frontier’s Jenny Robins on Winning the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition
“I actually can’t even believe it, and there are all of the emotions, but the best thing is I get to finish the book now.” The words of our very…
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A Projection – Seekan Hui Captivates the Audience with an Ever Inventive Approach to Page Structure in Her Avery Hill Debut
Taking a job as a live-in photographer and nanny, Cecilia finds herself in a sprawling home working for a couple who seem obsessed on capturing their children’s exploits for posterity….
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Quiet Moments – Laurel Pettitt’s Evocative Vignettes Speak to Us on a Fundamentally Human Level
One of the greatest strengths of comics as a form is that we don’t necessarily need characters to invest in, or narratives to become involved with, to fully appreciate their…
Broken Frontier Anthology
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