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The Ardent – Carl Antonowicz Takes Us on a Journey through a World of Grungy Cynicism

  • by Edward Picot
  • July 22, 2025

The Ardent by Carl Antonowicz, from Fieldmouse Press, is set in an imaginary medieval land. It opens in a monastery which is closing down because its lands and buildings are…

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The Keluarga Cable Ship Company – Mereida Fajardo’s Scrolling Digital Comic is a Work of Experimental Genius

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 21, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Mereida Fajardo is probably largely known for her tactile comics work; practice the physicality of which is a key ingredient in its presentation. But first…

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Delayed Outing – A Poignant Reflection on Coming Out Later in Life from Toria McCallum

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 21, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! I had the pleasure of meeting Toria McCallum at last year’s Pride Comics and Art Festival (PrideCAF), and immediately recognised their cutesy style when I was…

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Falcão – Rayne Booth’s Haunting Character Study Has a Melancholy Truth at its Heart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 21, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMIC FAIR 2025! Have we already reached three weeks of our LDComics Fair coverage? Today’s first subject of coverage at Broken Frontier is Rayne Booth’s Falcão, a haunting…

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A Woman’s (Art) Work is Never Done – Jenny Robins Brings Us Imagined Conversations with Great Women Artists in this Dreamy Collage Comics Experiment

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 18, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Jenny Robins has applied the subtitle ‘Imagined Conversations with Great Women Artists’ to her LDComics Online Comics Fair offering A Woman’s (Art) Work is Never Done….

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Erin + Pig – Magical Hijinks Ensue with a Witch and her Familiar in this LDComics Fair Offering from Iliadtea

  • by Lydia Turner
  • July 18, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! Iliadtea is a creator who has been on my radar for quite a while after I had the pleasure of meeting her at last year’s Pride…

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Occultz: Oxford Comic, Cult and Zine Fair Expands for 2025 with a New Fair, Monthly Socials, and a Jack Kirby Event

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 18, 2025

Last year at BF we covered the first Occultz: Oxford Comic, Cult and Zine Fair event here on the site. Since then the cult arts group have continued to expand…

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Silver River – Catriona Q. Andrew’s Beautifully Illustrated, Sweeping and Tragic Family Memoir 

  • by Gary Usher
  • July 18, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Catriona Q. Andrew has been a freelance illustrator for three decades, as well as a speech and language therapist, art educator, and has also created…

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Small Press Day 2025 Poster Gallery – Get in the Mood for Saturday with this Selection of SPD Posters

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 17, 2025

While there’s always a template poster available for Small Press Day events every year many organisers will create their own bespoke imagery. As so much effort goes into this each…

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Running Out – Myfanwy Tristram Brings Together the Ephemeral and the Profound in this Existential and Experimental Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 17, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! While the LDComics Online Comics Fair is an international event the large of amount of work from UK-based creators is a reflection of just how rich…

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Ìrìn Àjò – An Exhibition of the Work of Cartoonist Samuel Ojo at London’s Cartoon Museum Explores His Experiences as a Nigerian Immigrant in the UK

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 16, 2025

Coming in just over a week ‘Ìrìn Àjò’ is an exhibition of the practice of Samuel Ojo which will be running at the Cartoon Museum in London. This looks like…

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(Don’t) Go To Law School – Maddy Buck Convinces Herself (and, Her Readers) Law School is Not Boring After All in this Humorous Memoir 

  • by Gary Usher
  • July 16, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Maddy Buck’s cartooning career began at the University of Michigan Law School, and her quest to distill large amounts of information into easily digestible comic…

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Preview: The New Dinosaurs – Breakdown Press to Publish a New Edition of Dougal Dixon’s Illustrated Speculative Zoology

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 16, 2025

Okay so this one isn’t comics but we’re always happy to bend the rules here at BF when it’s something exciting from one of our favourite publishers. Alt and experimental…

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1972 – Rachael Ball’s Autobio Short Will Bring Back Familiar Childhood Experiences

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 16, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! There’s an origin story of sorts to Rachael Ball’s 1972 short comic. The premise of it is based on an exercise given to attendees at her…

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Shimmer Paths – A Thematically Layered Yet Fun Romp through Fantasy Realms Courtesy of Beastly Worlds

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 15, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! Beatrijs Brouwer (aka Beastly Worlds) has been building up quite the profile for her beautifully illustrated fantasy comics. It was in no small part thanks to…

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Fieldmouse Press Ask Us to Fight Queer Censorship with Their New Comics Crowdfundr Campaign

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 15, 2025

Our fine colleagues over at SOLRAD/Fieldmouse Press certainly piqued our interest with the declared intent of their latest crowdfunding campaign. With a rallying call to fight queer censorship, at a…

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This Land Was Ravaged – Tim Bird Revisits the Devastating Environmental Impact of the Twyford Down Motorway Development

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2025

LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Tim Bird’s name has become synonymous with psychogeographical comics whether that be in long-form comics (his study of the ancient woodland that once ran across South-East…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE Small Press Day Special on Thurs, July 17th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 14, 2025

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…

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