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Epitaphs from the Abyss #1 – Oni Press’s Much Anticipated EC Comics Revival Arrives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 2, 2024

There’s an obvious question to be asked when considering Epitaphs from the Abyss, Oni Press’s first foray into reviving the classic EC brand. EC Comics, the game-changing line of genre…

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Preview: Tall Tales & Short Stories – The New WIP Comics Anthology Project is on Kickstarter Now with Work by Alba Ceide, Joe Stone, Manon Wright, Ed Firth and Many More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 1, 2024

We’ve always been huge fans of the WIP Comics anthologies here at BF and this year’s offering is no exception. With another intriguing physical format and some of the most…

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More Thought Bubble 2024 Guests Announced Including Elsa Charretier, Jamie McKelvie, Shazleen Khan, Leo Fox and Lucy Sullivan

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 1, 2024

Time for an announcement of another batch of Thought Bubble 2024 guests including international names like Elsa Charretier and BF faves like Shazleen Khan and Lucy Sullivan. THOUGHT BUBBLE ANNOUNCE…

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Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race and Voting Rights in the U.S. – An In-Depth, Intersectional History of Women’s Fight for the Vote from Caitlin Cass and Fantagraphics

  • by Lydia Turner
  • August 1, 2024

Perhaps now more than ever, the right to vote and have our voice heard is at the forefront of many people’s minds. It’s so important that we remember the drastic…

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Exclusive Preview: Deadweights #5 – Enjoy an Advance Look at the Latest Issue of Ahoy’s Henchmen Buddy Comedy by Tyrone Finch and Sebastián Píriz

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 31, 2024

It’s preview time at BF and this time around we have a neat sneak peek at next week’s issue of Deadweights #5 from the ever delightful Ahoy Comics below. Let’s…

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“Thought Bubble 2019… I Think that Experience Changed My Life” – Tom Philipson Talks CoCo Comics, Autobio and Working on Image’s ‘Radiant Black’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 31, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Event organiser, collective member, writer and artist… Tom Philipson is a man of many roles within the UK indie comics world. He’s…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for August 2024 – The Scrapbook of Life and Death, PeePee-PooPoo #1, Star of Swan, Boy Island and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 30, 2024

Before the pandemic BF’s Staff Picks feature had run for many years, with members of the team giving a weekly overview of recommended new releases. Now, retooled and reimagined to…

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Gosh! Comics Presents ‘A Celebration of 10 Years of the Broken Frontier Six to Watch’ Party – Join BF and Around 30 ‘Six to Watch’ Artists on August 31st at London’s Much Loved Comics Shop

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! If you’re in London on Saturday August 31st between 7-9pm then keep your diaries free! Our chums at Gosh! Comics are putting…

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Small Press Day 2024 – How Emerging Creators Can Apply for a Zoom ‘Work-in-Progress’ Meeting with BF’s Andy Oliver as Part of SPD/Our ‘Broken Frontier Connects’ Initiative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 29, 2024

It’s nearly here! In just under three weeks Small Press Day returns on Saturday, August 17th. With event notifications coming in there are some incredible SPD celebrations on the calendar…

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Colossive Cartographies #56 – Judy Powell Takes Us on a Nostalgic Trip for ‘Tea with Granny’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 26, 2024

Sometimes comics can bring us into the immediacy of a moment – or in this case a series of moments – with a profound eloquence. Judy Powell’s ‘Tea with Granny’…

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Talking Shelves – A New Event from Comics Youth CIC Aims to “Share and Showcase Marginalised Comics to the Wider Public”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 25, 2024

Comics Youth CIC is a creative community organisation led by young people, for young people with “an aim is to empower youth across the Liverpool City Region to flourish from…

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French Girl – Jessie Lee Kercheval’s Graphic Memoir Debut is an Eloquent Reflection on Feelings of Displacement

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 25, 2024

“Comics made to challenge and delight, from a nonprofit publisher built to serve.” This is the mantra of Fieldmouse Press, a small, nonprofit publisher of comics based in California. Fairly…

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Loud: Stories to Make Your Voice Heard – Dark Horse’s New Anthology Reclaims the Narrative and Gives Women Their Voice Back

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 24, 2024

There are few women I know who haven’t experienced some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime. Fewer have never felt intimidated or threatened by a man, and when it…

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Drink and Draw Fundraiser for the inQ! Queer Comics Fair at The Glitch in London on August 6th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 23, 2024

A quick heads up that the inQ! queer comics fair (mentioned recently here at BF) will be running a drink and draw fundraising event on August 2nd. For those familiar…

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New ‘Bigger Inside’ Pop-Up Exhibition to Feature Work from Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artists at The Chapel at St. Margaret’s House, Bethnal Green, from July 28th-30th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 23, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! As the debut event from the ‘Bigger Inside’ series, a new pop-up exhibition of the work of some of our Broken Frontier…

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The Selkies – New Scottish Indie Comics Awards Announced for 2024

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 22, 2024

Awards specifically for UK comics are a rare commodity right now and have been since the British Comic Awards disappeared several years ago. One of the last holdouts was the…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, July 25th for a Classic Newspaper Strips Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 22, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, July 25th. And this time we’re theming our drawing…

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Rebellion to Publish Two Graphic Novels as Part of the ‘Monster Fun Collection’ this Summer

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 19, 2024

For a couple of years now Rebellion’s Monster Fun monthly has been doing some epic work in bringing younger readers into the form. This summer some of that material is…

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