Former Gosh! Comics Favourite Steve Walsh Joins Avery Hill Publishing as Head of Sales
It was just a couple of short weeks back that we were bidding farewell on Twitter to Gosh! Comics’ Steve Walsh (right) as he rang up his final BF-bound sale…
A View From the Frontier – Chatting with John Stokes at the Gosh! ‘Marney the Fox’ Launch and Another Top Year at Bristol Comic and Zine Fair
It was a busy weekend indeed for the Broken Frontier team! While our Tyler Chin-Tanner was representing the site at this year’s New York Comic Con I was busy hosting…
Godhead Revisited – Shaky Kane Returns to Orbital Comics with an Expanded Exhibition and a Shaky-Themed Party this Saturday October 7th
The Shaky Kane Renaissance continues apace this weekend after the recent exhibition of his work returned to Orbital Comics in a new expanded incarnation! Saturday sees a special Shaky-themed party…
Bristol Comic and Zine Fair 2017 – One of the UK’s Friendliest and Most Welcoming Shows Returns to The Station this Saturday October 7th
Wedged as it is this year between Thought Bubble and the Lakes we probably haven’t given the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair anything like the attention it deserves here at…
Marney the Fox – The Stunning Scott Goodall and John Stokes 1970s Wildlife Epic Collected in Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics Series
One of the most exciting news stories of 2016 for British comics fans was the announcement that 2000 AD publisher Rebellion had landed the rights to a huge portfolio of…
Covers Album: Jenny Robins – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers by David Mack, Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá and Mike Kaluta
In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…
Staff Picks for October 4, 2017 – Marney the Fox, Breaks, Eugenic, Geis 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…
Ismyre – B. Mure’s Very Human Fantasy Mystery from Avery Hill Publishing Speaks to the Reader on Multiple Levels
Whether they’re bringing the first major work from new voices to an anticipative audience or taking mainstays of the small press scene to a broader readership, somewhere in the process…
Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Wired Up Wrong Deluxe Version – Rachael Smith Returns to Her Accessible and Touching Comics Exploration of Depression and Anxiety
Creator Rachael Smith (Doctor Who, Blue Bottle Mystery: An Asperger Adventure) has been a long-term fixture here at Broken Frontier over the last few years. We’ve followed her work from…
A View from the Frontier – A Belated Look Back at Thought Bubble 2017 by BF’s EdieOP and Andy Oliver
Our batteries recharged after a hectic weekend in Leeds, today the Broken Frontier Editorial team of EdieOP and Andy Oliver take a belated lookback on the new-look Thought Bubble Festival……
Gipsy Hill Comic Fair – Small Press Creators Gather at South London’s Beer Rebellion on October 1st for a Compact Comics Festival!
It’s certainly going to be the snuggest comics festival of the Autumn UK comics calendar but it’s still brimming with awesome artistic talent. Sandwiched between Thought Bubble and the Bristol…
Steve Dillon Memorial Charity Sketchbook Debuts at NYCC and MCM London – All-Star Contributor Line-Up Announced!
We rarely run press releases without additional commentary here at Broken Frontier but sometimes the content really does speak for itself and anything supplementary is redundant. When it comes to…
Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Like an Orange – Wallis Eates Introduces Her New Collaborative Comics Work Focusing on Brain Injury Survivors and Their Artistic Practice
My admiration for the work of Wallis Eates began back in 2014 when I was a judge for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. Eates was shortlisted for her graphic memoir…
Staff Picks for September 27, 2017 – Talking to Gina, Katzine, Bottoms Up!: True Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom 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,…
Covers Album: Richy K. Chandler – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers by Simone Lia, Andi Watson and Featuring Scooby-Doo and His TV Friends
After a summer hiatus our ‘Covers Album’ feature returns this week with three eclectic choices. Each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic…
Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Ladies’ Night Presents Sisters – New Anthology Explores “the Many Ways that One Can Be a Sister”
Every so often we like to break out of the normal format of our ongoing semi-regular ‘Crowdfunding Corner‘ feature on the site and give some time to a deserving project…
A View from the Frontier – Cure Those Post-Thought Bubble Blues at the Next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw
Like a huge chunk of the UK comics community we’re suffering a post-Thought Bubble hangover this week after a fabulous weekend in Leeds for the annual festival. We had a…
Thought Bubble Staff Picks – Six Small Press Debuts Including SID, Cafe Suada. Street Dawgz and More!
It’s Thought Bubble, and you know what that means: a fresh load of debut small press comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting the festival tables, BF’s resident…
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