Although the “c-word” doesn’t appear anywhere, Giacomo Bufarini’s Parabola di G exhibition at London’s Howard Griffin Gallery is another example of how comics can burst off the page and become an…
Twenty-five years on from its original publication in Raw, Richard McGuire has expanded his innovative six-pager ‘Here’ into a lavish visual symphony of time and place, eternity and ephemerality. Back…
One of the true pleasures – no, the ultimate pleasure – of writing a column with a primary mission statement to unearth the real gems of small press and self-published…
“When was the last time you took time out for beauty?” So asks Josie Schuller on the opening pages of Lady Killer, the upcoming ongoing series Lady Killer by Joëlle…
This article was originally published by Tom Whiteley on his excellent Suggested for Mature Readers blog. We are sharing it here to mark the release of the new hardback edition…
Broken Frontier proudly presents the nominees for its 11th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our staff has selected five nominees for each of the 13 categories that comprise the BF Awards,…
Inside Look is Broken Frontier’s director’s commentary-like feature in which creators take you behind the scenes of one of their latest comics to hit the stands. In this edition, Jamie…
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…
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Focusing on a forgotten history, Baruti and Cassiau-Haurie recount a tale of a friendship in the Belgian Congo between a Royal Belgian pilot and a native of Africa – a…
The great appeal of Alex Potts’s A Quiet Disaster is that on the one hand not very much actually occurs and yet, conversely, it’s in that same triviality of happenstance…
Whimsical, witty, and absolutely wonderful, this collection of modern interpretations of Little Nemo in Slumberland by today’s master creators is the perfect introduction to one of the most innovative storytellers…
In Ody-C, one of the year’s most ambitious and talked-about books, Matt Fraction and Christian Ward take Homer’s original and forge a dazzling new comics idiom out of it. By…
Alienation; the relentless oppression of modern life; the sense that we’re trapped like lab rats in a vast, nightmarish and illogical system in which we can never truly comprehend any…
The four stories in Nothing is Forgotten, published following a highly successful Kickstarter campaign, showcase a confident cartoonist with a flair for the enigmatic. There are so many talented cartoonists at…
Free comics! It’s hardly a difficult proposition is it? It’s been a while since I last spotlighted accessible online work covering creators who have either appeared in ‘Small Pressganged’ in…
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…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
Ayak + Por is a remarkable collaboration between veteran writer Marc Légendre and up-and-coming artist Wilbert van der Steen, whose exceptional linework just drips with an atmosphere reminiscent of The Arabian…
On the Trail of Sandalwood Smugglers was the first graphic novel published by Lush Comics, an imprint of the Lush cosmetics company, earlier this summer. The book is an account from two…
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
