It sneaked up on me unexpectedly this past week. Indeed, had it not been for one of those countless, seemingly hourly, social media reminders about our past online activity I probably…
Many readers got their first introduction to Sarah Graley’s work in last year’s unsummarizable Rick and Morty spin-off, Lil’ Poopy Superstar. However, the Birmingham-based cartoonist has long been a fan-favorite…
Nothing Broken Frontier-related brings me greater pleasure than seeing the “graduates” of our various ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ projects going on to ever bigger and better things. Original 2015…
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Debuting at Thought Bubble last year, Myths and Monsters is the second anthology to come from the Big Brown Eyes Collective which consists of the three Lambert sisters – Freya, Karis…
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For the recently released ‘BFF’-themed edition of their digest-sized š! anthology the kuš! comics team opened up the book to submissions for the first time in a number of years….
After a winter break the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw hosts its first event of 2017 this coming Tuesday February 28th with another talented trio of comics creative forces…
It’s a new era at Broken Frontier and to usher in the next stage in BF’s evolution we’ve been building an expanded writing team to broaden our scope and approach…
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…
Forty years ago, in February 1977, a green-skinned alien from Betelgeuse who absolutely, quite categorically was not editor Kelvin Gosnell in a joke shop mask hurled Britain’s comics readers into…
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…
Graphic medicine quite unlike anything to come before it, The Inflatable Woman is a visionary use of this ever expanding area of slice-of-life comics. The Inflatable Woman marks the first full-length…
One of the great pleasures of being involved in comics commentary is that you can be aware of exciting projects going on in the background long before they’re announced to…
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The last year of Retrofit subscription comics has seen not just an ever alternating series of genre releases and artistic approaches but also a constantly shifting array of formats and…
Sometimes the most frustrating circumstances can be borne out of something that is actually incredibly positive… A few years ago here at Broken Frontier we published a piece titled ‘How *Do* I…
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In Patt Kelley’s strange but oddly recognisable worlds the convergence of the everyday and the utterly bizarre cis a regular occurrence. His work has an eerie quality that is both…
Take a look inside this imaginative and innovative anthology for an exploration of the creative possibilities of slice-of-life comics. Sliced is a digital-only anthology (released quarterly) edited by Ken Reynolds…
It’s a new era at Broken Frontier and to usher in the next stage in BF’s evolution we’ve been building an expanded writing team to broaden our scope and approach…
Paco Roca’s elegant storytelling takes centre stage in this slim yet extremely satisfying tale of self-determination. As he notes with great detail, in the book’s back matter, Paco Roca is…
“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
