Lighting the Way for Queer-Focused Pop Culture – A Flame Con 2017 Recap
Hosted by the Geeks Out organization, the third annual Flame Con was held on August 19th and 20th at the Downtown Brooklyn Marriot. It was open to fans of all…
A View from the Frontier – The World of UK Comics Comes Together at the SelfMadeHero Tenth Anniversary Party
Last Friday, September 1st, saw publishers, creators (and even the odd comic commentator) come together in London’s West End to celebrate ten years of SelfMadeHero – undeniably one of the…
Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Griff Gristle, PersonaЖ, Comicker Press: Season 2 and Sam Glanzman’s Combat Dunkirk
Every fortnight-(ish) we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF every week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental and…
Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension Alpha #1 – A Multi-Doctor Jumping-on Point to Titan’s Acclaimed Who Range
If you’re a long-time aficionado of Doctor Who – the BBC’s 54-year-old science fiction series – then you’ll be aware that when its titular hero crosses his own timeline it…
Borderliners: True Realities – Brian Gorman’s Mind-Bending Tale Pays Homage to the Legacy of Patrick McGoohan
Borderliners: True Realities is a book that is unashamed to wear its fannish influences on its sleeves. Brian Gorman’s two-decades-in-the-making graphic novel (see his creator’s commentary here at Broken Frontier a few…
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A Portrait of Sheffield – Anja Uhren’s Psychogeographical Art Object is a Tactile Graphic Delight
One of the great joys of overseeing our various Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ programmes at BF is observing the artists involved as their work evolves and…
Staff Picks for August 30, 2017 – Darkseid Oversize Special, Michael Dormer and the Legend of Hot Curl, Doctor Who 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…
Preview: PayWall – Joseph P Kelly’s New Graphic Novel from Landfill Editions Combines Science Fiction and Social Commentary
One of the many new releases to debut at Safari Festival earlier this month, Joseph P Kelly’s Paywall was a book we also included in our list of Staff Picks…
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Amazing Adventure Comics Machine …and That – Newcastle’s Paper Jam Comics Collective Capture the Comics Spirit of DIY Culture
The Newcastle-based Paper Jam Comics Collective celebrated their tenth anniversary this year and also put out their fourteenth anthology offering – the all-ages Amazing Adventure Comics Machine …and That, which…
A View from the Frontier – Where to Catch the Broken Frontier Team as the Autumn Festival Season Approaches
There’s less than a month to go until this year’s Thought Bubble – rescheduled to September this year – which means the Broken Frontier team are preparing for the best part of…
The One Hundred Nights of Hero – Isabel Greenberg Returns to the World of Early Earth in a Triumphant Sequel from Jonathan Cape
Back in 2013 Isabel Greenberg was the winner of the Breakout Talent category in our annual Broken Frontier Awards for her much lauded debut graphic novel The Encyclopedia of Early…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Tuesday August 29th with Guest Artists Sabrina Scott, Zoë Taylor and Wai Wai Pang
It’s fast approaching that time of the month again when we look forward to another guest-artist filled D&D! The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back on Tuesday August…
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50 – Sean Azzopardi Celebrates a Milestone Birthday with His Finest Collection of Autobiographical Work to Date
Earlier this year UK small press mainstay Sean Azzopardi spoke in length to us at Broken Frontier here about the creative process behind his (then) upcoming autobiographical comic 50 –…
The Customer is Always Wrong – Juggling Coffee, Cartoons and Cocaine in Mimi Pond’s Oakland Epic
The Customer is Always Wrong, Mimi Pond’s sequel to the critically lauded Over Easy, is a semi-autobiographical account of Margaret – an inspiring comic book artist and waitress at the…
Ripples – The Undeniable Charm of Wai Wai Pang’s Original Take on the Detective Genre from Peow! Studio
A couple of years ago I was collared at a comics festival – exactly which one now is lost in the mists of my middle-aged memory I’m afraid – by…
Staff Picks for August 23, 2017 – The Dark Horse Book of Horror, The Dying and the Dead, The Hard Place 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…
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Radioactive Future Mutant – Irradiated Pints All Round in Matt Boyce’s Post-Apocalyptic Slacker Comedy
A few months back we reported on ‘It’s Going to Be Okay‘, an exhibition of the work of cartoonist Matt Boyce at Beer Rebellion in London’s Gypsy Hill (above) at…
Preview: Ismyre – B. Mure’s Fantasy Mystery Debuts at Bristol Comic and Zine Fair Via Avery Hill Publishing
The main UK festival season is rapidly approaching and with it comes the usual welcome influx of launch announcements. Today we’re previewing one of Avery Hill Publishing’s Autumn debuts which…
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