Dean Haspiel and Mark Waid once again usher in a new chapter of superhero hijinks in this wonderful follow-up to last year’s sleeper hit from Archie Comics. Under the new…
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One of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’, Rozi Hathaway first came to prominence last year as part of the amazing line-up of artists on Ravi…
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…
Small in form but breathtakingly diverse in output, Soaring Penguin Press have become renowned for their eclectic publishing catalogue. From Régis Loisel’s Peter Pan to Howard Hardiman’s The Lengths, through…
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Last Man, a 12-issue maxi series, was released in France to much fanfare and is now finally available in English, courtesy of publishing house First Second. Last Man is essentially a shounen…
Coverage of poetry in comics is hardly unheard of here at Broken Frontier – in the last year I’ve given mention to projects like Ravi Thornton’s HOAX Psychosis Blues and…
Our ongoing series of reports on the current state of UK comics self-publishing – grouped together under the banner term of ‘State of the Small Press Nation’ – have certainly…
Pushing comics into the wider world of art and culture, these two pamphlets by Annie Mok and Warren Craghead are among my favourite reads of the year so far. I know superheroes have…
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…
The recent publication of Paul B. Rainey’s sprawling time-travel epic There’s No Time Like the Present by Escape Books gives much deserved recognition to one of the true mainstays of…
To say that Alex de Campi is unflinching in her approach to creating comics would be akin to saying Warren Ellis is a little skewed: neither statement does their subject…
A celebration of the sprawling possibilities of comics as a form? A dissection of the fundamental nature of a creator’s relationship with their audience? Or a slice-of-life drama about growing…
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…
The opening issue of Convergence promises a wild ride down memory lane that should appeal to all fans of the DC Universe. Convergence is the ultimate DC crossover event for fans who hate…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
The Adventures of Nero, by Marc Sleen, is that rare breed of comic that appeals to both pre-adolescents and adolescents alike. Nero is an impulsive know-it-all whose supporting cast is…
If there’s one thing I have wanted to see more of in the nevertheless always very worthy free anthology Off Life in its short life to date then it’s been a greater…
Back in 2012, Paula Knight was one of the shortlisted creators for the very first Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel Competition and – like a number of the finalists from…
Fairs, submissions and Kickstarters feature in our latest round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…
“Lots of My Sapphic Comics Focus on Small, Intimate Moments” – Nessie Mooo Talks ‘Deathmetal’, Comics Community, and Queer Representation in the MediumJune 12, 2026
“In Order to Create Societal Change, We Have to First Imagine It” – Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner Talk A Wave Blue World, Their LGBTQIA+ Anthologies and Publishing with a Social PurposeJune 9, 2026
“We Wanted to Publish the Books We Wanted to Read” – Outgoing Avery Hill Co-Founder Dave White Looks Back on 14 Years at the UK’s Game-Changing Indie Comics PublisherJune 8, 2026
“There is No Singular or Correct Intersex Narrative” – LJ Nakamura on Intersex Representation and the Liberating Nature of Pulp Sci-FiJune 4, 2026
“We Want Trans and Queer Teens to Feel Seen and Understood” – Tilly Bridges and Susan Bridges on Their New Graphic Novel ‘Just Another Summer’ and the Collaborative Writing ProcessJune 2, 2026
