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John Muir: To the Heart of Solitude – Lomig’s Biography of the American Naturalist is More Important Than Ever

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 21, 2025

It has long turned into a cliché: our collective need to hail books about the environment or environmentalism as timely or relevant. It is a cliché because, despite how good…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online on Thurs, April 24th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 21, 2025

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some recent art from…

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Nothing is Real: Talks Gender – Space Station Sixty-Five Panel Event to Celebrate Queer and Gender Non-Conforming Creatives Including Steven Appleby and MJ Barker

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 18, 2025

An important event to make note of if you are situated in or near London, especially given the recent and deeply concerning developments at the Supreme Court in the UK….

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Single Camera Sitcom – Katie Lane’s Ambitious Collage Graphic Novel Collected by Comics Blogger Books 

  • by Gary Usher
  • April 18, 2025

Katie Lane has been a comics artist, writer, editor and critic in her long career. Single Camera Sitcom first appeared online on Webtoons and Instagram around 2019, and was subsequently…

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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective Makes the Case to the UK Government for £1.5 Million Funding for Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2025

News today from the direction of the Comics Cultural Impact Collective, the independent collective of professionals from the UK comics community who have been collaborating since February 2023 to amplify…

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More News from Caption Comic Festival Including Panels on the Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’, Shortform and Longform Comics, and Autobiography

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 17, 2025

This is shaping up to be a highlight of the small press year! More details on Caption Comic Festival below. 2025 sees the return of a vintage classic of the…

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“I Think Comics Have So Much Versatility in the Way They Can Tell a Story” – Zen K. Talks Comics Craft and Language, Manga Inspirations, and Being Published by Koguchi Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 16, 2025

Today we bring you the first of our interview series for the Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists for 2025 and our initial subject is Zen K. aka Zenab Khan….

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Check out the Small Press Day 2025 Poster by David Ziggy Greene as SPD Gears Up for Its Landmark 10th Edition!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 15, 2025

With Small Press Day 2025 on its way in just a few short months we have the official poster for the day below for your enjoyment. Created by SPD’s founder…

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There’s No Time Like the Present – Time-Travelling Isn’t All it’s Cracked Up to Be in Drawn & Quarterly’s Reissue of Paul B. Rainey’s Graphic Novel 

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 15, 2025

“I like the idea of creating comics for people who might not otherwise read them. People who enjoy watching classic British TV soaps, for example.” That’s how Paul B. Rainey…

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Covers Album: Keegan Lannon – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Frank Miller, Gabriel Bá, and Ron Lim & Al Milgrom

  • by Keegan Lannon
  • April 15, 2025

In ‘Covers Album’ each Tuesday, we ask comics creators, publishers, and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers… but with a small twist. One must be chosen for inspirational…

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WetNurse #1 – Offbeat Tales from Nicholas J Woodhead, Via the Lethargic Margin

  • by Edward Picot
  • April 14, 2025

Nicholas J Woodhead is a cartoonist from Birmingham, UK, who lives in London. His website is called Lethargic Margin Comics, and he is the creator of the “one-person anthology comic”…

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Dark Horse to Collect Jim Starlin’s Classic Sci-Fi Series ‘Dreadstar’ in Three Paperback Omnibus Editions

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 14, 2025

Whether you discovered Jim Starlin’s Dreadstar through its original Marvel/Epic incarnation or the short-lived newsstand Dreadstar and Company reprint series it will undoubtedly have left an impression on any ‘80s…

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Preview: Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine – An Extensive Advance Look at the New Charity Comics Anthology to Support the Palestine Red Crescent Society

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 12, 2025

We have an extensive advance look in an exclusive capacity today at BF at the upcoming anthology Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine, a charity anthology to benefit the Palestine…

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“It Oozed Creativity, Comics Community Spirit and FUN” – Yo Comics! Proves that Kids Can’t Get Enough of Comics

  • by Tom Murphy
  • April 11, 2025

The other week I was lucky enough to volunteer at the wonderful Yo Comics! – “a comic fair for kids and by kids”. Organised by comics advocate and educator Helen…

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“All I Had at the Beginning Was Vampire Brothel, Priest, Period Setting, Sexy!” – Paige Hender Tells All about ‘The Confessional’ from Silver Sprocket

  • by Lydia Turner
  • April 10, 2025

Here at Broken Frontier, we recently had the pleasure of reviewing Paige Hender’s debut graphic novel The Confessional from Silver Sprocket. ‘Sensual, grisly and totally unique’, this compelling horror focuses…

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We All Got Something – Lawrence Lindell’s Drawn & Quarterly Graphic Novel is a Reminder that the Simplest Stories Can also Be Profound

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 9, 2025

There may be an easy way of paraphrasing Lawrence Lindell’s new book. Here goes one attempt: Things may sometimes be hard, but we should remind ourselves that there are always…

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Covers Album: David Avallone – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Bill Sienkiewicz, Jack Kirby & Mike Royer, and Russ Heath

  • by David Avallone
  • April 8, 2025

In ‘Covers Album’ each Tuesday, we ask comics creators, publishers, and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers… but with a small twist. One must be chosen for inspirational…

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Not Red Deeps! – A New Entry in the UK’s Long-Running ‘Life’s A Party’ Autobiography Series from Sean Azzopardi 

  • by Gary Usher
  • April 8, 2025

On his site, Sean Azzopardi describes ‘Life’s A Party’ as “15 years, 600+ pages, one autobiographical series.” Previously, BF’s Andy Oliver has reviewed two entries in this series Once There…

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