Comics anthologies that give space to emerging voices alongside established and renowned creative forces on the indie scene are always to be admired. It’s been a little while since we…
Pride Month is not that far off now (and yes we will be following up with some themed coverage in June!) so here’s news of a new release from Oni…
When I interviewed Ed Firth last year about his queer comics series Horny & High he gave me an editor’s dream pull quote for the article title: “One friend said…
With Earth Day not that far away London’s Cartoon Museum has the climate crisis in mind with its new Norman Thelwell exhibition. Full details in the press release below. Norman…
Joy San’s Sugar & Other Stories is a collection of short horror stories presented in a variety of narrative styles and visual techniques. If you’re expecting conventional twist-in-the-tale comics horror…
With the Comica Festival 20th anniversary celebrations continuing apace this month we have a very special opportunity for Broken Frontier readers! This Thursday March 23rd sees another of the Comica…
Compiling four short stories all, to some degree, with environmental themes at their heart Giorgio Pandiani’s A Day on the River (& Other Stories) is an anthology offering that is…
Rachael House, one of our favourite voices on the DIY culture and zine scene, is the current Artist-in-Residence at the Feminist Library in London. The library was set up in…
The nicest thing about picking up a book by Canadian artist Nick Maandag is not knowing what the next page will bring. Will there be hilarity? There almost always is….
OK Comics reaches an important milestone this month as the shop celebrates two decades of bringing comics goodness to the people of Leeds and beyond. At a time when the…
Who could ignore a tagline like “More frozen screams from the post-industrial wasteland” on an alt comics collection’s cover? Samuel Hickson’s Liquid Realm returned recently with a second issue of…
In the past here at Broken Frontier I have described Patrick Kyle’s practice as something akin to an “abstract comics masterpiece”. A description that, unsurprisingly, ensures his approach to the…
One final upcoming book announcement to go into the weekend with and details of Cartoonists Against Racism. What looks to be a vitally important release in November from Dark Horse…
One of the greatest strengths of comics as a form is its ability to communicate experiences with a profound eloquence in an often concise and deceptively minimalist way. Huda Fahmy’s…
Sometimes in comics coverage there are those interesting projects that come up and then seem to get lost somewhere along the way. Five years ago at Broken Frontier we covered…
Well we hardly need a build-up intro in to this press release from Fantagraphics. Daniel Clowes’ first graphic novel in five years will be on its way to us later…
Penge-based micropublisher Colossive Press have been providing us with a positive feast of eclectic zine and book publishing for a few years now. A Wolfgang Crowe’s Fractures is their first…
Exciting publishing news as this week sees our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Aleesha Nandhra (insert the usual “we did tell you” statement here) as illustrator of the…
“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
