In late 1926, following an argument with her husband Archie, celebrated crime novelist Agatha Christie’s sudden disappearance caused a media sensation. Having abandoned her car at a quarry she would…
By now you’ve heard the sad news that Stan Lee passed away. The heartfelt tributes from comics creators and fans on social media since the news broke have been nothing…
On November 12th we lost Stan Lee, and within hours the whole world knew about it. Which is no small thing, since the whole world, in general, does not read…
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…
Reverse Flâneur by M. Sabine Rear is a travelogue in multiple senses of the word. On one hand it serves as vicarious document of Rear’s time visiting art museums in…
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,…
The creation of the (genuinely) legendary cartoonist Leo Baxendale and former The Beano editor George Moone, the long-running Minnie the Minx strip celebrated its 65th birthday this year. Eternally aged…
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Earlier this year at Broken Frontier we spoke in great depth about Decadence Comics here when our Tom Baker explored the work of Decadence artists Lando and Stathis Tsemberlidis. Tom spoke…
We’ve been very impressed at BF this year with the original graphic novels coming from BOOM! Studios through all their imprints, including Archaia and kaBOOM!. Given that you can read…
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…
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,…
It’s a bit of a truism to point out that comics isn’t the most obvious medium for dealing with music – and I’m certainly not going to dig out that overworked…
As much as indie comics is the realm of emotionally exploratory stories, the freedom inherent in the medium also allows for work that is more interested in tickling our funny…
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…
I admit to having been initially wary about the subject matter of Dokudami Tenement Vol. 3. Bearing the subtitle ‘Confessions of a Transgender (Killing Me Softly)’, and written and drawn…
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…
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“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
