The Unquotable Trump – Real Quotes from a Real Life Supervillain
Petulant man-baby at his best and harbinger of nuclear apocalypse at his worst, sentient wotsit Donald Trump is certainly a ripe subject for parody. The absurdity of his pre and…
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Crawl Space – Exploring Jesse Jacobs’ Polychromatic, Psychedelic World in a Standout Offering from Koyama Press
With its kaleidoscopic manipulation of colour and deft exploitation/juxtaposition of the free form and the symmetrical, Jesse Jacobs’ Crawl Space is a remarkable celebration of the unique storytelling properties of…
Small Press Spotlight on… Olivia Sullivan
One of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Olivia Sullivan (aka Zen Bucko) first came to prominence on the UK small press scene – as so…
Spy Seal #3 – Rich Tommaso’s All-Ages Espionage Thriller Continues with a Little Patrick McGoohan, a Lot of Hergé
The market for translated bande dessinée is no longer the sole preserve of Tintin and Asterix. We’re now lucky enough to have English-language editions of Corto Maltese, the works of…
Scream! and Misty ‘Halloween Horrorshow’ – Simon Furman and Keith Richardson in Conversation with BF’s Andy Oliver at Orbital Comics on Saturday October 28th
Halloween is nearly upon us and 2000 AD publishers Rebellion have a double dose of devilish delights on offer for the season. Fans of vintage UK horror comics will no doubt…
Paul Gravett in Conversation with Graphic Novelists Yvan Alagbé and Ulli Lust at the House of Illustration on October 30th
This coming Monday October 30th sees another top comics-related event at the always welcoming House of Illustration, near London’s King’s Cross. Comics commentator, curator and historian Paul Gravett – the…
Staff Picks for October 25, 2017 – Black Crown Quarterly, Redneck, Baking with Kafka 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…
Small Press Spotlight on… B. Mure
B. Mure is a creator who has maintained a steady presence on the UK small press circuit over the last few years with both their own self-published comics titles and…
Crowdfunding Corner Extra: KOOKIE Magazine – Original Rachael Smith Comic Strip to Debut in this Inspirational New Magazine for Pre-Teen Girls
With Rachael Smith’s successful Kickstarter for a deluxe version of her Wired Up Wrong having smashed its target not long after launching here’s another crowdfunding campaign that includes work by the…
A View from the Frontier – Celebrating 15 Years of Broken Frontier!
This coming Saturday October 28th marks the fifteenth anniversary of Broken Frontier – a decade and a half of exploring the comics universe, championing the ninth art, and doing our…
Kid Lobotomy #1 – IDW’s New Black Crown Line is off to a Splendidly Weird Start with Milligan and Fowler’s Off-Centre Offering
There’s always been something indefinably “other” about much of Peter Milligan’s comics output. Sometimes his work can be disquieting in a vaguely unsettling way – an unease that subtly wheedles…
The Realm #1-2 – Fantasy and Urban Realism Combine in Peck and Haun’s Gritty Post-Civilisation Epic from Image Comics
Set some years after the Earth was overrun by creatures of legend and the subsequent collapse of civilisation, The Realm is a comic that fuses its magical elements with the grittiest…
Loogabarooga Comics Fair – New UK Small Press Event with a Self-Publishing Focus Debuts this Saturday October 21st
This weekend sees a new small press event on the comics calendar as the Loogabarooga Comic Festival, held in association with Loogabarooga Book Festival and Loughborough Comic Con, debuts on Saturday October…
Staff Picks for October 18, 2017 – Graphic Science: Seven Journeys of Discovery, The Dracula File, Maestros, Now 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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KO – Love, Family and Sacrifice Explored in Shanti Rai’s Poignant Fable
From the delicate symbolism and familial metaphor of its opening sequence Shanti Rai’s KO establishes its overarching themes of kinship and the bonds that connect us from the outset. A…
Scales & Scoundrels #1-2 – Girner and Galaad’s Accessible Fantasy Romp Proves to Be Sheer Escapist Fun
Scales & Scoundrels is a comic that wears its fantasy influences on its sleeves with the most ostentatious of flourishes. But while its tale of loveable rogues, adventurous camaraderie and…
Here Comes Cat Stevens! – Marc Jackson’s All-Ages Comic Fun Combines Pizza, Monsters and Slapstick Humour
A contributor to such esteemed comics for kids as The Beano and Moose Kid Comics, Marc Jackson is also the man behind the Macc-Pow! comic festival. One of his most…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Tuesday October 24th with Guest Artists Peony Gent, Wallis Eates and Chloe Elise Dennis
We’re at that point in the month again when we look forward to another guest-artist filled D&D and this one has a particularly BF flavour with three artists who have…
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