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“I Feel I Do My Best Work When I’m Trying to Channel a Message” – Mike Armstrong Talks Fantasy Cartooning, Comics Community, and Tackling Social Injustice in Storytelling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 21, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In our second interview session with this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists we talk today with cartoonist Mike Armstrong. A…

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In/Between the GutterZ – New London Comic and Zine Fair Showcasing Diverse Artists Debuts on Saturday, August 24th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 21, 2024

Another new London comics and zine fair in a year of inaugural events in the capital makes its debut this Saturday, August 24th. In/Between the GutterZ is free and runs…

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Murdervale – The Hell of Daily Life Becomes Something Far More Literal in Vicente Cifuentes’ Horror Story from Dark Horse

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 20, 2024

“What if by trying to escape the hell of daily life, you’ve instead actually entered hell?”. The tagline on Dark Horse’s website to promote their newest supernatural horror compendium Murdervale…

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The Night Never Ends – Get Ready for the Spooky Season with New Horror Comedy from Steve Thueson and Silver Sprocket

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 19, 2024

“Why go to the movies when you can read a horror comic?!”. This absolute belter of a quote from Caroline Cash stands out against the black background of the cover…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, August 22nd for a ’10 Years of the Broken Frontier Six to Watch Party’ Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 19, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, August…

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Around 100 Creators Signing for Small Press Day this Saturday, August 17th!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 16, 2024

One final shout-out for Small Press Day 2024, coming to you from across the UK and Ireland  tomorrow, Saturday, August 17th. Around 100 creators will be signing at shops including…

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Limit Break Comics Return to Kickstarter with Science Fiction Anthology ‘Wish Upon a Star’ in September

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 15, 2024

If you listened to the Nth Panel Grid Podcast this week and heard Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver chatting to host Paul Carroll about Small Press Day then you will be…

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Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver Talks Small Press Day on the Nth Panel Grid Podcast

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2024

Unless you have been hiding in a long box for the last month you will already be well aware that it’s Small Press Day on Saturday. Our Andy Oliver, also…

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Preview: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve & Spire Greenwood’s Graphic Novel Launches on Kickstarter

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 14, 2024

Preview time today and a chance to acquaint yourselves with Eve and Spire Greenwood’s Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage… RUIN OF THE HOUSE OF THE DIVINE VISAGE…

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Star of Swan – Margot Ferrick Provides a Timely Reflection on Parasocial Connections

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 13, 2024

Margot Ferrick’s Star of Swan leans heavily into that unlikely truth in visual storytelling that anthropomorphised characters allow us important insights into the human condition by, ironically, the stripping of…

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My Mum is a Wolf – Shuning Ji Explores a Toxic Mother-Daughter Relationship in this Outstanding Piece of Visual Storytelling

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 12, 2024

You may already recognise Shuning Ji’s name from the Catalyst comics anthology published by SelfMadeHero a couple of years back. That book was the result of their Graphic Anthology Programme…

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SelfMadeHero Announce Autumn 2024 Line-Up – List Includes Graphic Biographies and the “Strangest Christmas Story You Will Ever Read”

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 9, 2024

SelfMadeHero have announced their latest batch of release for Autumn 2024 including They Shot the Piano Player, Madame Choi and the Monsters, Adieu Birkenau and Edifice. More details below. AUTUMN…

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“I’m Most Interested in Characters that Are Not So Easily Written Off as Only Good or Only Bad” – Beth Hetland Blurs the Lines in Body Horror in ‘Tender’ from Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 9, 2024

Shocking, thrilling and intriguing, Beth Hetland’s Tender, a psychological thriller from Fantagraphics, erupted onto the comics scene earlier this year, both startling and delighting horror lovers, and cementing Hetland as…

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Hate Revisited! #1-2 – Buddy Bradley and Company’s Return is a Bleakly Funny Triumph from Peter Bagge and Fantagraphics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 8, 2024

When Fantagraphics teased us with the unexpected return of Peter Bagge’s Hate series back in February for many it will have undoubtedly been one of the comics announcements of the…

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Absolute Simultaneity – Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro Tap into the Anxiety of our Zeitgeist

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • August 7, 2024

There’s something comforting about artists choosing to publish what they want, without worrying about whether established publishers will put their weight behind it. Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro’s latest…

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Everything Sucks and Everything Sucks: All Cats Go to Hell! – A Hilarious Low Stakes Alt Comic from Michael Sweater and Silver Sprocket

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 6, 2024

I had no idea what to expect when I picked up the first two volumes of Everything Sucks from Michael Sweater and Silver Sprocket. Sure, the covers are pretty jazzy;…

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Won’t Back Down! – Comics Creators Speak Out for Women’s Reproductive Rights in the Trina Robbins-Edited Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2024

As something of a final gift to us from its editor and comics legend Trina Robbins, pro-choice anthology Won’t Back Down! is a fittingly defiant collection. It acts as a…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, August 8th for a Small Press Day Special

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, August 8th. And this time we’re theming our drawing…

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