You’ve not fully experienced the story of the Little Mermaid until you’ve read the Metaphrog version. Welcome to the magical underwater kingdom of the Little Mermaid, in a stunning adaptation…
The original thinking behind ‘A View from the Frontier’ as our regular start to the week was twofold. Firstly it would provide a direct point of contact between ourselves and…
Springing from the witty imagination of artist Tor Freeman, webcomic Welcome to Oddleigh depicts the (largely) crimefighting (mis)adventures of police officers Chief Inspector Jessie and Sergeant Sid and follows their exploits…
Another month, another guest-artist filled D&D! The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back this coming Tuesday April 18th with another top trio of artistic talent in John Cei Douglas, Tor Freeman…
Glamorous camping? Can there really be such a thing? Joe Decie’s new book Collecting Sticks from Jonathan Cape recounts the Decie family’s “glamping” holiday – camping from the “comfort” of…
ELCAF – the East London Comics & Arts Festival – returns for its sixth incarnation this June courtesy of Nobrow Press. Longer-term Broken Frontier readers may remember my very enthusiastic write-up…
Glasgow’s BHP Comics imprint provides the means for critically-acclaimed British TV writer Jack Lothian and up-and-coming artist Garry Mac to deliver a strange and moving tale about an “Everygran.” Let’s…
In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…
With the tenth series of the relaunched Doctor Who debuting this Saturday on the BBC, Broken Frontier’s Tony Ingram looks back today on over 50 years of the good Doctor’s…
When you get as many small press books submitted for review as I do then it’s inevitable that sometimes more than the odd title will slip through the cracks, only…
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…
Collecting Sticks is the perfect showcase offering for the singular talents of this most distinctive practitioners of autobio comics. I will confess to never having heard the term “glamping” before…
Those who follow my personal social media feeds, rather than the Broken Frontier ones, will be well aware that I like to share images of my current comics reading matter on…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
A seat for him and a seat for his bag. People watching films on their tablets at full volume with no headphones on. The person sitting opposite who never once…
In Primahood: Magenta Tyler Cohen juxtaposes slice-of-life storytelling with visual metaphor in two inter-related strands of storytelling that ostensibly sit side-by-side yet occasionally seep into each other’s narratives. On the…
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Katzine: The Factory Issue marks something of a departure for Katriona Chapman’s popular semi-regular autobio collection of comics, articles and illustrations. For the first time in the publication’s 7-issue history…
In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…
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…
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
