Just a reminder that we are more than happy to run press about small press and DIY Culture events. Details on this year’s East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest…
Dark Horse have recently published a number of the classic EC Archives in paperback versions and the good news this week is that they’re set to do the same for…
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Sometimes the buzz around a new creator or title means events move too fast for even Broken Frontier to keep up. Such is the case with Becca Kubrick’s Dead Girls:…
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At the beginning of this year at Broken Frontier I reviewed Ant Story, a collection of brutally funny short strips by the King Louie’s Lab team of Fred Morris and…
Always pleasing to see bigger publishers teaming up with educational organisations to provide material aimed at a younger audience. Full details on Dark Horses and Trackers Earth’s Captain Nick &…
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Another of my comics picks for our Small Press Day One-Tweet Reviews event last August, Jack Smith’s Forest Spirit is a fantasy tale that acts as an extended metaphor for…
The introduction to the striking Movements and Moments anthology makes an interesting point that doesn’t often crop up in discussions about comics. It points out that while there have been more…
If Twitter survives for another few days then your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, November 24th…
Given the current cost-of-living crisis and the UK’s imminent descent into a debilitating, Brexit-influenced recession, a graphic novel that touches on the housing crisis (the only thing we are not…
The annual Observer/Faber (formerly the Observer/Cape/Comica) graphic short story competition has given nods in the direction of a number of creators deservedly much-featured at Broken Frontier in recent years, including…
Translated from the original Spanish edition, Voices That Count is described by English language publishers IDW as an “anthology [that] dissects what it means to be a woman in today’s…
Hunting ghosts is a messy business, you’d think. Cobwebs getting in your hair, ectoplasm spraying this way and that, decrepit old houses absolutely covered in dust. That’s no excuse for…
In May 2021, when cartoonist Keiler Roberts published My Begging Chart, she was asked how she viewed her work and if there was any distance between her and the person depicted…
The clash between Godfolk and Demonfolk rages hard in the trade paperback collection of Best Jackett Press’s ComiXology Original We Have Demons from Dark Horse Comics. Back in March of…
Details below about a new multi-media comics venture looking at the importance of vaccines and immunisation. This is exactly the kind of socially responsible project we like to get behind…
In 2013, Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh was detained while crossing the King Hussain checkpoint between Jordan and the occupied West Bank. This wasn’t altogether unexpected, as Sabaaneh has been working…
“Is it possible to build a strong home that transcends one’s history and culture?” asks Maureen Burdock, the award-winning graphic storyteller in Queen of Snails. As much as it is…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Multimedia comics allow us an opportunity to think about how we interpret and interact with the form, giving us extra levels on which to appreciate narrative and…
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. MauriJune 13, 2025
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025
“A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture” – Sara Kenney and Company on ‘Acid Box’, Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young CreatorsMay 16, 2025
