EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Shane Melisse’s profile on the London small press scene is inextricably linked with his place as part of the Backwards Burd collective; a collaborative group of creators…
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…
As far as comics go, Carlos Sanchez Ezquerra (1947-2018) wasn’t one of the biggest names on the largely American-dominated world stage, but he should have been; certainly, the world of…
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EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Jayde Perkin’s I’m Not Ready – a short compilation of some of the artist’s autobio comic strips – begins with a prose introduction to the collection that…
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EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Graphic medicine – the term coined by graphic novelist and GP Ian Williams – is one of the strands of comics narrative that has played a vitally…
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Two years ago at Broken Frontier I picked out the work of Aleesha Nandhra as being one of the highlights of the thirteenth issue of the much…
Comics are by nature an intimate medium. The imagination required by the reader to fill the spaces both between and inside of panels fostering a deep connection between themselves and…
It’s probably no surprise that artists’ biographies make up a sizeable chunk of the market for high-end, broadsheet-acceptable ‘Waitrose comics’. Those among us who are enthralled by the visual arts…
SPX‘s importance as a small press comics convention in North America cannot be overstated. The reasons have less to do with business and more to do with its consistent geographic…
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 event or digital storefront,…
Tired but so, so inspired. Five words that sum up our post-Thought Bubble feelings here at Broken Frontier Towers. B-Fronts hit T-Bubs (did I really just type that?) in Leeds…
If you were in Leeds for Thought Bubble this weekend then you may well have caught the first leg of the Avery Hill Follow Me In and Retrograde Orbit Launch…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! That long-time favourite on the UK small press circuit Douglas Noble describes Jazz Creepers as “an anthology of florid stories, of disreputable comics, and of unruly…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Since I first met her at our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw this year and reviewed her minicomic Quiet Moments Laurel Pettitt’s graphic travelogue…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Liebestrasse is a gorgeous mini-comic debuting at Thought Bubble this year uniting the talents of Tim Fish, Héctor Barros and Greg Lockard. The story is set…
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…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Admittedly this review is going to be something of a cheat, as will quickly become apparent below. But first a word or two about Gary Northfield’s…
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AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Sarararara: All-American Girl, the webcomic creation of Olivia Hicks, makes its print debut at Thought Bubble this weekend. The strip is an intriguing oddity in terms…
“Lots of My Sapphic Comics Focus on Small, Intimate Moments” – Nessie Mooo Talks ‘Deathmetal’, Comics Community, and Queer Representation in the MediumJune 12, 2026
“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
