It’s important, I think, to firstly put my visit to last weekend’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival into some kind of personal context because when you haven’t been to a…
A few days later than normal but welcome to our BF Staff Picks for October! Before the pandemic BF’s Staff Picks feature had run for many years, with members of the…
Translated by the fantastic Andrea Rosenberg (of Ocultos and Totem acclaim), Mothballs from Sole Otero and Fantagraphics is set in Buenos Aires in the year 2001. The gorgeous Argentinian landscape…
You don’t need Broken Frontier to remind you that the ShortBox Comics Fair 2024 is now open for business but it would be remiss of us not to give it…
One of the most recognisable of the 1960s line-up of IPC heroes – in part because of his memorable later appearances in Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s Zenith series –…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, October 3rd. This time we are using the classic…
There’s a certain irony in the way a collection of imaginary comics covers can evoke such evocative feelings of nostalgia considering that, obviously, they never existed in the first place….
There’s something incredibly evocative about the way Sam Hart’s Memories: Ruins captures a universally recognisable period of our lives with its wistful reflection on childhood. A fusion of autobiography and…
He’s the fifth UK Comics Laureate and also the first person of colour to fill that position, and creator Bobby Joseph is obviously relishing his time in that role! An…
Four issues in and Caroline Cash’s PeePee PooPoo finally gets its #1 “first” issue and loses that titular hyphen too. The Broken Frontier Award-winning title from Silver Sprocket continues to…
Coming from Dark Horse Comics in November Welcome to the Maynard is a fantasy adventure comic with an intriguing premise and sees James Robinson collaborate with artist J. Bone. We have…
Since its inception in 2021, Pride Comic Art Festival, affectionately known as PrideCAF has come back each year, bigger and better than ever. Every year, the festival occurs at The…
Once again we’re delighted to say that Broken Frontier’s work in comics commentary and comics community has been recognised by the Tripwire Awards 2024. Voting is now open until midnight…
Yasmeen Abedifard’s When to Pick a Pomegranate is a collection of thought-provoking vignettes from indie publisher Silver Sprocket. With a focus on reflection, interconnectedness, sensuality and the cyclical nature of…
We are all aware that there’s a certain aspect of fandom who can get… let’s say… overly invested in their favourite comics characters. In Moe’s in Love with a Manga…
Comics are a particularly effective medium when it comes to taking an extended visual metaphor and running with it. AJ O’Neill’s The Kid in the Cave is a strong example…
Coming to Kickstarter this week the unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability and Neurodivergence Comic Anthology is “a 64-page comic anthology amplifying underrepresented voices in the disability and neurodivergent communities.” Exactly the kind of…
From a Broken Frontier perspective Small Press Day is one of the most rewarding days of the year not simply because BF has an organisational role in it, and thus…
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
