This past weekend saw a whole host of events at the British Library as the hugely popular Comics Unmasked exhibition reached its final days. On Friday night Panel Borders’ Alex…
Josh Howard provides a fine jumping-on point and a strong springboard for the final chapter of Nara Kilday’s story. Setting up the conclusion of a book with a sharp retelling of the events…
For fans of classic British comic weeklies the big news from yesterday’s day of Comica Festival Conversations at the British Library came from the ‘Draw Misty for Me’ panel. The event,…
Athena Voltaire first soared into our imaginations over a decade ago, as one of a handful of those newfangled “webcomics”. However, Steve Bryant’s exciting and vivacious adventuress was more than just…
If there’s one thing that constantly attracts me to Sarah Gordon’s artwork it’s its vibrancy and animated energy. That was very much on show in Last Tape in Hell – the minicomic which…
Like all good storytellers, Ryan Burton knows that to hook his audience from the get-go, it’s best to start the story in the middle. There is no quicker way to…
As I said a short while back here – in probably the most well-received edition of ‘Small Pressganged’ since its inception – I tend to shy away from those areas…
At more than 300 pages and five years in the making, Farel Dalrymple’s The Wrenchies is an epic achievement of imagination and illustrative splendour. But can you have too much…
Fifteen years in the making, Derek McCulloch’s latest OGN explores the stories that connect families with heart, craft, and just a dash of time travel. San Francisco has always been…
One of the mostly highly anticipated graphic novel debuts of the year has been The Wrenchies. But there is, perhaps, no one more relieved by the book’s eventual release (by First…
On the Trail of Sandalwood Smugglers is proof positive of the advantages of graphic journalism as a tool to educate and enlighten. The power of sequential art as a means…
It was last year, when I interviewed Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition winner Jade Sarson here at Broken Frontier, that I was first alerted to Sarah Burgess’s The Summer of…
What does it take to drive an ordinary man over the edge? It might seem like a cliché to outline a crappy childhood as the root cause of criminal judgments…
If there’s a perception in the comic industry that there are aren’t enough characters that serve as role models for young, female readers, none of the blame should be placed…
A gorgeously illustrated and charmingly pure tale of imagination and creativity, Richard Swan’s In a Flat Land will make you smile and contemplate your daily life at pretty much the…
Sometimes it’s all too easy to forget that comics as a medium are just as appropriate a format for dwelling on the smaller, quieter moments of life as they are…
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, BF…
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Since its publication in 1993, Tardi’s It Was the War of the Trenches (C’était la Guerre des Tranchées) has set the standard for World War I comics. But after 20 years there’s a…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
