When Sophie and Scarlett Rickard adapted Robert Tressell’s The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists for SelfMadeHero in 2021 they introduced an always relevant socialist masterpiece to a new audience of readers at…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, April 6th with a special evening spotlighting UK publisher SelfMadeHero….
One of the pleasures of repeat reviewing is being able to observe and appreciate how the practice of individual artists evolves and grows in confidence. My Usual Nonsense is the…
When I reviewed Sick Chip last year, the first of Ria Grix’s ‘From the Adventures of the Anomalous Viola Holm’ series, I described it as “weird, offbeat, rambling and ignores…
The role of policing in modern society has never been under such a level of scrutiny as it is today; be it the police brutality in the States and the…
Can it really be two years since we lost Alison Brown? For many years the first welcoming face you would see at London’s Cartoon Museum, Alison was also an embedded…
As it’s International Trans Day of Remembrance it seems more than appropriate today to be giving some space to the stories of trans creators, especially given the current atmosphere of…
Douglas Noble and Tom Oldham’s Dark & Golden publishing imprint is owed more attention than we have given it to date. Shining a light in the largely forgotten or obscure…
Repetition mode engaged. As I have said on numerous occasions previously at Broken Frontier (probably to the point of tedium), Gareth A Hopkins is one of a small group of…
When festival promotion includes images of one of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators like Shane Melisse (below) it gets extra priority on the posting list. The first guests…
Despite the writer/artist’s fantastical illustrations, Volume One of Tyler Crook’s The Lonesome Hunters from Dark Horse Comics soars too close to the sun and drowns in its own story. First,…
“Mr. Fibby said, “I never lie. I am the Prime Minister and I am going to save the National Health Service £350 million a second by taking the power back…
To describe the Treasury of British Comics’ A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics as a labour of love seems like an understatement that borders on gross…
Featuring a veritable who’s who of Broken Frontier-featured artists (including our own Jenny Robins!) All About the Ink! is a new exhibition of “contemporary cartoonists and comics art” at the…
A quick note for your comics-related diaries! Small Press Day – the UK and Ireland’s annual celebration of the self-publishing comic scene – will be returning this year on Saturday,…
Another Dark Horse announcement to go into the weekend with and the news that The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos, previously available only on Substack, is coming to print….
It’s a sad reality that some artistic endeavours are as relevant today as they were when they were created decades ago, however much we’d prefer that not to be the…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 23rd with guest artist Ed Firth, of our 2023…
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi AnthologyNovember 10, 2025
“It’s about Fame, Friendship, and Just How Long You’re Willing to Fake it to Make it” – Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat Talk ‘Who Are the Power Pals?’ from Dark HorseNovember 6, 2025
“It’s Tough Out There, But You’re Absolutely Not Alone!” – Dave Cook on ‘Killtopia: Phantoms’, Challenging Times for Crowdfunding, and Returning to Thought BubbleNovember 5, 2025
“My Brain Broke, and Out Came Donuts” – Neill Cameron Looks Back on ‘Mega Robo Bros’ and Forward with ‘Donut Squad’, the Latest Smash Hit Strip from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’November 4, 2025
“The Biggest Challenge for Me Was Having to Think More Like a Director” – Michael Schwartz on Writing for Comics for the First Time and His Supernatural Ghost Story ‘Armored’October 31, 2025
