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SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! From Dirty Rotten Comics to Off Life through to his Cape/Observer/Comica Short Story Prize win last year, Matthew Dooley has long been a creator whose work…
Longer-term Broken Frontier readers may remember some of our coverage of the deliciously bad taste humour of comics artist Krent Able on the site in the past. I said here of his satirical interpretations…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! In January of last year we told you all that Ellice Weaver was an artist to keep the closest of eyes on and we weren’t wrong!…
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! It seems particularly appropriate to be covering Emily B. Owen’s zine-style minicomic Brain Shoodles in the week of Small Press Day not just because it…
Myriad Editions are a publisher we have long admired here at Broken Frontier. We do, of course, have our own associations with the Brighton-based outfit given that I was a…
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 or digital storefront, the…
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! If you’re already a fan of John Cei Douglas’s meditative and poignant comics then Badger Vs. Tiger! may come as a surprise. Douglas has made…
Political rhetoric as of late has been stuffed full of nationalistic sentiment hearkening back to a Britain which no longer exists: one of strength and stability, of Empire, of industrial…
CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE BROKEN FRONTIER SMALL PRESS YEARBOOK! It’s Small Press Day this coming Saturday July 8th so what better occasion to mark the publication of our second…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! One of our 2017 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ at Broken Frontier, Anja Uhren has a lyrical artistic style that lends itself to all manner…
It’s nearly here! Small Press Day 2017 – the second annual day of celebration of all things self-publishing, micropublishing and DIY culture in the UK and Ireland – is back…
It’s so easy to overuse the superlatives when it comes to describing some of the work on show on the current UK small press scene but in the case of…
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…
While it’s another excellent year for high-profile London comics festivals like ELCAF and Safari Festival, 2017 was looking to be a quieter one for more grassroots events, with both CECAF…
“I am so proud to be included in the collective of women artists… a validation not only of my work but the status of the feminine voice in comic art….
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 or digital storefront, the…
All regular visitors to Broken Frontier will be aware of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative here on the site. In case you’re coming in new to…
This year’s East London Comics & Arts Festival (ELCAF) saw our highest level of Broken Frontier participation in the event to date. Last week we ran a very popular ELCAF…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
