With the vote on Scottish independence this September getting ever closer, a new online project to provide a platform for politically focused comics created in Scotland has made a call…
Jaime Huxtable is a creator whose work I have come across on a number of occasions, and in varying capacities, of late. He’s an artist who continually impresses with his versatility;…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Ten issues is a phenomenal achievement for a small press anthology comic. In the near three years I’ve been writing ‘Small Pressganged’ at Broken Frontier I’ve seen anthologies come, I’ve…
In the debut issue of The Life After, Joshua Hale Fialkov and Gabo demonstrate their depth of skill and imagination, crafting a world that blends and balances lofty philosophical questions with the…
With its heady mix of music industry drama, time-travel fantasy and borderline psychogeographical undertones, the basic premise of Avery Hill’s Metroland defies easy genre definitions. At its core are two…
The third volume of this substantial, Eisner-nominated anthology, edited by Sonny Liew and Joyce Sim, sheds light on the vibrant indie comics scene in South-East Asia. Here at Broken Frontier we’re…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
“Quite simply, he is one of the most important and intelligent creative voices in current UK small press comics.” That soundbite, adorning the back cover of Simon Moreton’s Days –…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Gill Hatcher’s role in the Team Girl Comic anthology, and the comics community that has evolved from that collective, have been covered here at Broken Frontier a number of times…
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…
After yesterday’s interview with Gene Luen Yang, today we talk to his artistic collaborator on The Shadow Hero (First Second Books), Singapore-based artist Sonny Liew, whose previous work includes My Faith in…
Columns · Crossing Borders · Eyecatcher
In an alternate timeline, mythology expert Joseph Campbell, strung out of his mind on acid, benzedrine and the ashes of Philip K Dick, created a graphic novel that detailed the…
The clean lines and minimal storytelling of Kanarp and Edenborg’s graphic ghost story Hunger House glaze over a darker, unsettling story in the same way that the clean crisp surface of a…
In the two years since I first reviewed their flagship anthology title Reads, Avery Hill Publishing have gone from relatively unknown proponents of the DIY culture of comics creation to…
A creative dream team of Geoff Johns, John Romita Jr. and Klaus Janson launch a bold new chapter in the life of Superman. One of the reasons I love Paul Dini’s work on…
Fresh from the acclaim for Boxers and Saints, his epic two-volume treatment of the Boxer Rebellion in China, Gene Luen Yang has collaborated with Singapore-based artist Sonny Liew to pick up…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Four eagerly anticipated titles from British micropublisher Avery Hill Publishing officially launch at London’s Orbital Comics this week on Friday 11th July. Those making it to Newport Street are promised an…
Owen Michael Johnson’s Reel Love is the second book to debut from Dogooder Comics, the latest welcome addition to the ranks of micropublishers on the British small press scene. My…
Joe Keatinge’s story – along with artwork from Khary Randolph and Dave McCaig – balances the action, intrigue, and danger of modern storytelling with a sense of wonder and fantasy that feels…
“How Damaging and Dangerous this Techno-Fascist Hellscape We Are Already Living in Is” – KitsuneArt on the Threat of Generative AI, LGBTQ+ Comics Anthologies and Building a Profile on the SceneJune 18, 2026
“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
