Last Saturday Broken Frontier was honoured to be part of the SMASH event hosted at the Barbican Library by CityRead London, the London Graphic Novel Network and Comica Festival. In a packed…
Back in October, at London’s Orbital Comics, our own Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver took part in the ‘Defend Comics’ panel hosted by Chris Thompson with comics artist Khary Randolph and Comic…
This enlightening little book offers some interesting thoughts on an increasingly visible strand of comics work, and presents a selection of fresh and stimulating work that isn’t afraid to step beyond formal…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
It’s been three decades since the music of The Wedding Present burst onto the UK indie scene with a distinctive and engagingly frenetic energy that certainly caught the imagination of…
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…
This polished debut issue from Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott oozes comics craft but ultimately feels a little too generic to fully cast its spell on this reader. One of the side-effects of the…
This Saturday November 7th sees not one, not two, but three expert panels on the world of comics for this year’s S.M.A.S.H. event at the Barbican Library, part of Comica…
New York City – the Carroll Gardens neighbourhood of Brooklyn, to be precise – comes to life in all of its quirky, garish glory under the watchful eye of native…
Beneath the lightest of sci-fi trappings, Sophie Goldstein’s The Oven (AdHouse Books) is a thought-provoking and relevant look at freedom, commitment, community and responsibility. With just 72 pages of story…
What does it take to be Batman? Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo explore this arc’s ultimate question in #45. Hint: It’s all about the mission. When Scott Snyder took over…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! There are few creators who have featured here in ‘Small Pressganged’ as regularly as Simon Moreton. Indeed we’ve interviewed him three times in just over a…
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…
One of the five shortlisted entries for the Best Comic category in this year’s British Comic Awards Beast Wagon returns for the second part of its serialised story this November….
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
From Germany to Belgium, we take a look at two recent releases, by up-and-coming alt talent Jan Soeken and Judith Vanistendael, who already has two books released in English. Friends…
“There’s never been a better time for bringing exciting comics voices into contact with an eager and engaged audience.” Longtime Staffers Murphy and Wilkins Assume New Editorial Roles Broken Frontier has…
One of the most eagerly awaited publications of the year, the latest edition of Lose, Michael DeForge’s annual anthology from Koyama Press, doesn’t disappoint. Michael DeForge’s career so far epitomises what…
The more well-mined seams of genre fiction are something I tend to shy away from in ‘Small Pressganged’, preferring instead to cover work that focuses on playing with the form…
Comics and beer. If you follow the social media feeds of our Editor in Chief Andy Oliver then you will already be aware that he’s a staunch believer in the…
“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
