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…
In All at Sea #1 – the first instalment of a three-part drama – creator Samuel C. Williams explores themes surrounding one of the most profound rites of passage in life,…
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Marvel Comics was a household name even in the Netherlands in the sixties and seventies. Dutch translations of Thor, Namor, X-Men, Daredevil, Avengers etc were published by Classics Netherlands under…
It’s not uncommon to find comics in the classroom these days, whether as the subject of academic exploration or as the medium for teaching new ideas. However, a new exhibition…
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Unearthing the gems of the small press. That was the tagline of ‘Small Pressganged’ when it debuted at Broken Frontier back in 2011. As a mini-mission statement it was designed…
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Over the last few years Isabel Greenberg has carved something of a niche out for herself with work that puts her own distinctive spin on the worlds of myth, legend…
When 2000AD announced on Tuesday morning that ‘art droid’ Brett Ewins had died the previous day, aged 59, there was an outpouring of shock and sadness across social media, from…
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It seems fair to say that while graphite-boosting artzine Tiny Pencil has, to date, displayed a willingness to adopt radically diverse thematic approaches to its content, it has shown an inclination…
Smart and crafty, Rafael Albuquerque and Mike Johnson use color and character development to take the artist’s former webcomic Tune 8 to the next level. There’s more to being a…
Screwjob – the recent anthology comic from Rhode Island micropublisher Hidden Fortress Press – adopts a distinctly frenetic, in-yer-face attitude in its celebration of both the extreme showmanship and the…
Comics-maker Simon Moreton is a bit of a favourite here at Broken Frontier. That’s why, when we heard he was running a Kickstarter campaign in tandem with Grimalkin Press to…
When Skinner Sweet burst forth from his grave to wreak bloody havoc in the pages of American Vampire, it was hard not to get the sense that artist Rafael Albuquerque…
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
Collecting three reviews of war in all its various appearances, Crossing Borders tackles comics from the Netherlands, France and the UK. Missions: 10 Veterans, 10 Stories Tasked by the Foundation…
Robert Brown’s Killjoy returns with this third issue of quietly understated but oh-so familiar childhood recollections that will, in turn, make you smile, wince and nod knowingly at his spot-on…
‘Small Pressganged’ has been, perhaps, a little micropublisher-heavy over the last couple of weeks so today we’re returning to the world of DIY culture comics with one of the true…
In a flawed arc, Geoff Johns’ script and John Romita Jr.’s artwork have conflicted from the beginning. With issue #38, the first story arc by this new creative team comes…
It’s exhibitions (and other events!) galore in February’s round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
“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
