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Avery Hill Publishing Announce Autumn 2025 Books – Donya Todd’s ‘The Witch’s Egg’ and Karenza Sparks’ ‘The Corus Wave’ Coming Later this Year

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 11, 2025

An old favourite and a new name to us here at BF as Avery Hill announce Donya Todd’s The Witch’s Egg and Karenza Sparks’ The Corus Wave. Great to see…

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Pageant – Justin Gradin’s Anti-Romance from Fantagraphics Books Explores the Enigma of the Soulless Soul Mate  

  • by Gary Usher
  • June 10, 2025

The copywriter for the online catalogue listing of Justin Gradin’s sophomore graphic novel, Pageant, certainly doesn’t do him any favors by comparing him to legendary transgressive cartoonists: Gary Panter, Gary…

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Treading Water – Rowan Frewin’s Story of Gender Identity and Self-Realisation Spreads a Welcome and Positive Message

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 10, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! We’ve reviewed a number of projects featuring Rowan Frewin’s work over the last year and a half here at Broken Frontier, encompassing a number of different formats….

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The Metalhead Next Door – Mamita’s Gay Love Story of the Awkward Relationship Between Neighbours is a Slowly Building Yet Intense Character Piece

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 9, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! As love stories go, Mamita’s The Metalhead Next Door is something of a slow burn. This is not a criticism because this pensive, introspective pacing is very…

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Quindrie Press Announce New Comics for 2025 – Includes Work from Ashling Larkin, Judy Powell and Hel Mel

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 9, 2025

Since they first appeared on the scene in 2021 Quindrie Press have gone from strength to strength with a range of titles that showcase the finest genre fiction narrative, alongside…

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Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer Identity

  • by Eve and Spire Greenwood
  • June 6, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process…

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Thought Bubble 2025 – First Guests Announced Including Caroline Cash, Garth Ennis and Posy Simmonds

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 6, 2025

Is it really time for Thought Bubble 2025 announcements? The full exhibitor list is now up on the TB site including around 25 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artists. And…

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“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious Universe

  • by Lydia Turner
  • June 6, 2025

When you open a graphic novel and are immediately greeted by a food-based class system, and a city called Foodtopia, you know you’re not in Kansas anymore – you’re in…

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Boy Island – Leo Fox Takes Us to an Allegorical Fantasy World as He Again Explores the Realities of the Trans Lived Experience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 5, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! Last year for Pride Month at Broken Frontier I covered Leo Fox’s My Body Unspooling, a remarkable study of dysphoria and trans identity. Here we are, almost…

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Florrie: A Football Love Story – Anna Trench Brings Us a Touching Queer Love Story Set in the Early Years of Women’s Football

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 4, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! When a project has been shortlisted for both the First Graphic Novel Competition and the LDComics Prize you know it has quite the impressive back story. Anna…

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It Rhymes with Takei – Set to Stun? George Takei’s New Graphic Memoir from Top Shelf Tells a Story of Coming Out Later in Life

  • by Edward Picot
  • June 3, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! George Takei played Sulu in the original Star Trek. In 2019 he published They Called us Enemy, a graphic memoir which tells how he and his family,…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, June 5th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • June 2, 2025

The big news over the weekend was the return of the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw in person. Yes, after five years in the wilderness, thanks to…

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Tidal Waves – Homophobia and Cycles of Abuse Explored in Rein Lee’s Unflinching Portrayal of a Toxic Relationship

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! Earlier this year at Broken Frontier I reviewed our 2025 ‘Six to Watch’ creator Rein Lee’s comic My Taxidermy Angel declaring it to be “incredibly confident early…

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Happy Pride Month! – Welcome to Broken Frontier’s 2025 Celebration of Our Queer Comics Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2025

PRIDE MONTH 2025! Although LGBTQIA coverage is a regular all year round part of our posting at BF, Pride Month is always extremely important to us as an even more…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns IN PERSON – Celebrate 10 Years of Our D&D Event with Guests Mark Stafford, Lucy Sullivan and Dominique Duong on Friday, June 27th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • May 30, 2025

Nearly a decade ago on Friday, June 25th, 2015 the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw was born. That first meet-up was held in the John Snow pub…

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Souvenir – Sara L Jewell’s Memoir in Fragments from Fieldmouse Press

  • by Edward Picot
  • May 30, 2025

Souvenir is described in the back-page blurb as Sara Jewell’s first graphic novel, but also as a “collection” – “In this deeply intimate collection, Sara Jewell searches for meaning in…

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Don’t Fold Press Presents the ‘Something Alien’ Anthology – Established Indie Creators Team Up with Exciting New Voices in this Debut Comic from a New UK Micropublisher

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 30, 2025

It’s always exciting to see a new micropublishing venture on the UK scene and PJ Fairweather’s Don’t Fold Press makes its debut with an anthology mixing familiar small press names…

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Generative AI Art and Comics, an Articles Series at Broken Frontier – Guidelines for Contributors

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 29, 2025

There are few discussions that have brought the comics community together as firmly in recent years as the threat of generative AI “art”. In the same vein as some of…

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