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Updating children’s icons for either a new generation or a new (older) audience is a well-worn path in US superhero comics, with examples including the updating of CC Beck’s Captain Marvel by…
The new ComixTribe one-shot Find is the story of a young boy and the night that changes everything. With an emotional density that belies its page count, it’s easy to see why…
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Back in November I alerted ‘Small Pressganged’ readers to artist Alice Urbino here, suggesting you check out her online work for its intriguing short form use of the medium to…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Writing a column with a stated mission of “unearthing the gems of the small press” for a few years here at Broken Frontier means I have had the pleasure of…
It’s hard not to hum along with the thoughts of Rex Harrison’s Doctor Dolittle when reading Paddy Johnston’s Long Divisions. “Think of the amazing repartee/If I could walk with the…
For the heroes of writer Cullen Bunn’s newest series, work is hell—and they don’t need a theme song to save humanity from the demons lurking in the shadows. Cullen Bunn’s…
It’s been a surprisingly long time since I last covered a solo Lizz Lunney comic in this column. Of course her work has hardly been totally forgotten here at Broken…
If you were waiting for Jason Aaron’s next masterwork to follow Scalped, look no further. Southern Bastards is definitely it. Want to see a grown man cry? Make him read…
A new book by Michael DeForge is always worthy of attention, and even a slender volume like First Year Healthy provides stylish food for thought. With his mesmerising style, prolific output…
James Kochalka’s American Elf was not just one of the finest diary comics we have ever had the privilege of consuming but also an acutely observed piece of social commentary…
It’s almost 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…
Avani is about to discover a whole new world of after-school adventure in Star Scouts, a new title from First Second Books. Broken Frontier has your first look at Mike Lawrence’s first solo graphic…
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Roman Muradov is a Russian illustrator residing in San Francisco. The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Vogue, Penguin and Random House are just some of the clients who are enamored…
It was Latvian publisher kuš komiksi who first introduced me to the work of Mexican comics creator Inés Estrada, and the grotesque near-psychedelia of her Borrowed Tails minicomic (mini kuš…
Comics Unmasked is not just a reminder of the darker and more esoteric layers of British comics history but also of the power of the medium as a tool of…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Rozi Hathaway’s work originally came to my notice last year in the Broken Frontier Award-nominated graphic novel HOAX Psychosis Blues. Hathaway was one of ten creators – including names like…
In a beautifully produced edition from Breakdown Press, the first part of Generous Bosom, a major new work from rising star Conor Stechschulte, is a startling comic. Without a lot…
Backwards Burd have been establishing themselves as a small press collective with a noticeably irreverent and off-the-wall approach to comics for a while now. Last summer I reviewed Petty Beach…
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025
“A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture” – Sara Kenney and Company on ‘Acid Box’, Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young CreatorsMay 16, 2025
“A Single Panel Can Depict a Multitude of Narratives” – Chris King Talks ‘Cold Chips’, Psychogeography in Comics, and Cross-Media PracticeMay 7, 2025
