High Vis Comic Con Announces More Guests for Its Inaugural Event in June
Another new event to add to the comics calendar! More on High Vis Comic Con below… Even More Comic Book Creators Added To High Vis Comic Con – An All-New…
War on Gaza – Joe Sacco’s Commentary on Events in Gaza Demands We Do Not Look the Other Way and Instead Confront the Horrors that Surround Us
As the cartoonist behind Palestine, unquestionably a seminal piece of graphic journalism, and its follow-up Footnotes in Gaza, Joe Sacco’s commentary on the genocide in Gaza over the last year…
Exclusive Preview: Babs #6 – Check Out the Final Issue of Garth Ennis, Jacen Burrows and Ahoy Comics’ Satirical Sword and Sorcery Series with this Huge Sneak Peek
Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows’ Babs 6-issue series from Ahoy Comics has received hugely positive reviews over the last few months for its blend of piercing satire and sword and…
Milk White Steed – Michael D. Kennedy’s Drawn & Quarterly Collection is a Bittersweet Exploration of the Meaning of Home that Rewards Patient Reading
Milk White Steed introduced this reviewer to the existence of the Ligahoo. Also known as Lagahoo or Lugarhou, the mythical shapeshifting monster comes from the folklore of Trinidad and Tobago,…
Sequential Scotland’s Featured Guest Line-Up for August Announced
Sequential Scotland is “a brand new comic convention coming to Glasgow on Saturday 2nd of August 2025, featuring an incredible guest line up showcasing some of the most talented creators…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for March 2025 – Assorted Crisis Events #1, Absolute Martian Manhunter #1, The Confessional, Bitter Root: The Next Movement #1 and More!
Before the pandemic BF’s Staff Picks feature had run for many years, with members of the team giving a weekly overview of recommended new releases. Now, retooled and reimagined to fit…
Pleasure Beach #1 – Josh Pettinger’s Dark Tale of Returning to Your Childhood Home Has a Bleakly Alluring Quality
Josh Pettinger describes the first issue of his Pleasure Beach series simply as “a PTSD fever dream about going home.” That though, and the apparent subtitle of ‘Hot Summer Megadepression’,…
My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book Two – Emil Ferris Combines Coming-of-Age Story, Murder Mystery and Sequential Experimentation in this Much Anticipated Follow-Up
When Emil Ferris’s My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book One hit shelves back in 2017 it was, as we all know, an indie phenomenon. Ostensibly a murder mystery wrapped in…
Laneha House #14 – The Latest Anthology of Experimental Strips from Laneha House Publishers Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell
Married Bay Area cartoonists Breena Nuñez and Lawrence Lindell recently released the latest installment of their two-person anthology Laneha House, which also happens to be the name of their publishing…
Preview: Vanishing Point #1 – A New Sci-Fi Anthology Series is Coming from Mad Cave Studios and Mark Russell
The genre fiction anthology comic seems to be having something of a renaissance right now. Details on Mad Cave’s Vanishing Point below. Mad Cave Studios Brings a Six-Issue Sci-Fi Anthology Series Exploring…
Span – Mike Armstrong’s Fantasy Story of Woodland Spirits Speaks of Familiar and Universal Truths
Last year here at BF we looked at Bigger, a previous minicomic from 2024 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Mike Armstrong, and one that in thematic terms used fantasy…
“Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…”: The Coda – An Ignominious End to Frazer Brown’s Unfulfilled ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Charity Anthology as Kickstarter Finally Intervenes
Kickstarter have finally intervened in the long-running saga of the unfulfilled Tales from the Quarantine “charity” comics anthology by suspending its editor and supposed publisher Frazer Brown’s account with the…
Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book Four – Laura Helsby, Alice Leclert and Rachel Tubb Join Asa Wheatley in the Fourth Outing for the Viking Western Anthology
Writer and creator Asa Wheatley’s Sagas of the Shield Maiden anthology series has from the outset taken a very different approach to its historical tales. Rather than exploring a linear…
My Taxidermy Angel – Rein Lee’s Tale of Queerness, Religious Trauma, Identity and Self-Acceptance is Incredibly Assured Early Work from a Newer Voice on the Indie Scene
When I am asked what I look for when selecting artists for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Creators to Watch’ initiative the answers I could give would be multitudinous. But…
New Series ‘Toxie Team-Up’ is Coming from Ahoy Comics and Will Include a Toxic Avenger/Jesus Christ Crossover
Well we can honestly say we never saw this one coming. News below about Ahoy Comics‘ new Toxie Team-Up series which includes a guest appearance by Jesus Christ… The Toxic…
Detective Stanley and the Mystery at the Museum – A Modernist Treat from Flying Eye with a Twist for Sherlock and Poirot Fans Alike!
Barely having polishing off his morning pancakes, retired dog-detective Stanley is hoping for some much-needed peace and quiet, when he receives an intriguing offer he can’t refuse – not even…
10 Years Ago this Week the First Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Line-Up Made Its Debut!
We don’t post at the weekends so this is a day late but back on February 23rd, 2015 the very first Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ line-up…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online – Join Us Thurs, February 27th for a BF Six to Watch 2025 Special (NOW ON BLUESKY!)
Your favourite online comics social is back! But in a new location. With recent events on Twitter/X/Xitter seeing a mass exodus of comics folk from the platform we have made…
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“It’s Tough Out There, But You’re Absolutely Not Alone!” – Dave Cook on ‘Killtopia: Phantoms’, Challenging Times for Crowdfunding, and Returning to Thought BubbleNovember 5, 2025
“My Brain Broke, and Out Came Donuts” – Neill Cameron Looks Back on ‘Mega Robo Bros’ and Forward with ‘Donut Squad’, the Latest Smash Hit Strip from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’November 4, 2025
“The Biggest Challenge for Me Was Having to Think More Like a Director” – Michael Schwartz on Writing for Comics for the First Time and His Supernatural Ghost Story ‘Armored’October 31, 2025
“It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative ToolOctober 30, 2025
“I Cannot Wait to Really Dig into the Nuts and Bolts of Literary Adaptation” – Kristen Haas Curtis on Bringing Chaucer to Comics and on Moderating the Thought Bubble Literary Adaptation PanelOctober 29, 2025