A View from the Frontier – Welcome to Small Press Day 2017!
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…
Radio On: Broadcast #3 – Kathryn Briggs and Riyadh Rateme Provide the Highlights in the Latest Analogue Press Anthology
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…
Crowdfunding Corner – Four Campaigns to Back Including Adventures in Science, This Nightmare Kills Fascists, Warmer and Drachein
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…
Announcing the Exhibitor List for South London Comic and Zine Fair on July 15th – SLCZF Includes Gary Northfield, Cat Sims, Avery Hill, Broken Frontier and Many More!
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…
The Inking Woman: Jessica Martin – Showcasing the Artists of the Latest Exhibition at London’s Cartoon Museum
“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….
Staff Picks for June 28, 2017 – Beautiful Canvas, Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain), Motro 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 or digital storefront, the…
A View from the Frontier – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Jey Levang Comes to Boom! Studios
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…
ELCAF 2017 – The Broken Frontier Team Look Back on a Fabulous Weekend of Comics Culture in East London!
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…
Celebrating Its 35th Anniversary Heroes Con Stays True to Its Roots by Honoring Comics, Creators and Community
While the Heroes Convention (held in Charlotte, NC) may have grown vastly in size over its 35 years of existence, it’s resisted the temptation to expand into larger media or…
The Art of Spider-Man – Revisiting the Wall-Crawler’s Classic Eras in a Major New Exhibition at New York’s Society of Illustrators
The largest, most comprehensive exhibition of Spider-Man original artwork is now on display at the Society of Illustrators in New York City and will run until August 6. The exhibit…
Staff Picks for June 21, 2017 – Space Riders, King-Cat Comix & Stories, A New Low 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 or digital storefront, the…
A View from the Frontier – A Post-ELCAF Catch-Up, Small Press Yearbook Reveals, the Gosh/BF Drink and Draw, and Broken Frontier at ‘The Inking Woman’ Exhibition
It’s been a rather busy week at Broken Frontier Towers and with no let-up in our ever packed schedule in sight over the next month or so either. Let’s catch…
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Announcing Safari Festival 2017 – Anya Davidson, Charles Forsman and Lane Milburn Headline at Breakdown Press’s New Wave Comics Celebration on August 12th
Safari Festival Fortnight has been a major piece of event coverage here at Broken Frontier over the last two years as we’ve sought to support Breakdown Press’s celebration of new waves…
Small Press Spotlight on… Dirty Rotten Comics and Throwaway Press
ELCAF WEEK! Since their emergence as one of the most pivotal anthology projects on the small press scene in 2014, Dirty Rotten Comics have given a platform to dozens of…
Outburst – Pieter Coudyzer Weaves a Brilliant and Tragic Tale of Isolation and Loneliness
ELCAF WEEK! “To get to know yourself… you have to leave others behind.” Outburst tells the story of introvert and isolated protagonist Tom Deleersnyder, a man who we quickly find…
Time May Change Me – Jayde Perkin Explores Grief and the Bonds of Music in a Poignant Autobio Offering
ELCAF WEEK! “When I said goodbye to my mum and dad at the airport, I had no idea it would be the last time I’d see her with no wires,…
Staff Picks ELCAF Special – Something City, Human Garbage, Badger Vs. Tiger!, Silica Burn #2, Tantra and More!
ELCAF WEEK! Because there were just so many ELCAF debuts that they would have swamped the regular Broken Frontier weekly Staff Picks we decided to cover just the tiniest handful of…
An Exorcism – A Terrifying Descent into a Nightmarish Abyss Courtesy of Theo Ellsworth and kuš!’s Mono Series
ELCAF WEEK! Where to even begin with the absorbing and often deeply disquieting brilliance of Theo Ellsworth’s An Exorcism? The third and latest book in Latvian publisher kuš!’s mono series…
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