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Small Press Day 2023 – How Emerging Creators Can Apply for a Zoom ‘Work-in-Progress’ Meeting with BF’s Andy Oliver as Part of SPD/Our ‘Broken Frontier Connects’ Initiative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 21, 2023

It’s nearly here! In just over two weeks Small Press Day returns on Saturday, August 5th. With event notifications flooding in this is going to be the biggest in-person Small…

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SLCZF 2023 – Looking Back on this Year’s Triumphant South London Comic and Zine Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 20, 2023

While debate remains open on whether it’s pronounced Slick-Ziff, Sluk-Zuff, slƏzƏf or any other number of variables there’s one thing we can all agree on. This year’s South London Comic…

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Preview: Change – More on the New WIP Comics Anthology Currently Crowdfunding on Kickstarter

  • by Joe Stone
  • July 20, 2023

One of the finest community ventures in UK comics, the WIP Comics group has a proven track record in boosting creators and providing a supportive space for collaborative endeavour. Their…

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Fantagraphics to Publish Book Two of Emil Ferris’s ‘My Favorite Thing is Monsters’ in April 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 19, 2023

They don’t come more “eagerly anticipated” than this! The second book of My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris will be published in April 2024 by Fantagraphics. Back in…

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A Spell of Trouble – The Treasury of British Comics Presents Two Beautifully Illustrated Supernatural Stories by Trini Tinturé

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 18, 2023

It seems almost inconceivable that both of the strips collected in the recent Treasury of British Comics collection of classic 1970s/1980s comics for girls are missing writer credits. But such…

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Élodie Durand’s ‘Transitions: A Mother’s Journey’ to Give an Another Perspective on the Trans Experience in November Via Top Shelf Productions

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 18, 2023

Admittedly we are catching up a little with some important press releases post-SLCZF including this one from Top Shelf Productions spotlighting November’s releases of Transitions: A Mother’s Journey by Élodie…

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Fantagraphics and MSX: Mangasplaining Extra to Publish Manga Titles ‘Search and Destroy’ and ‘Wandering Cat’s Cage’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 17, 2023

As we recover from two weeks of South London Comic and Zine Fair coverage and the SLCZF weekend we’re very grateful to Fantagraphics and MSX: Mangasplaining for giving us an…

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Crab Lane Crew – Jim Medway’s Wonderful All-Ages Evocation of Childhood from Bog Eyed Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Whether it be the understated slice-of-life drama of Playing Out or the wonderfully silly hilarity of the lengthily titled Sgt. Chip Charlton and Mister Woofles of the Royal…

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Banana Trap – Zhenyi Zheng’s Atmospheric Account of Historical Worker Exploitation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Comics exploring themes of worker exploitation represent work we will always be keen to give space and consideration to at Broken Frontier. When they examine those issues with…

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“People Whose Identity Crosses Strongly Policed Social Boundaries Are Perfectly Positioned to Appeal to a Broader Audience” – Ed Firth on ‘Horny & High’ and the Eloquence of Comics as a Medium

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Since we interviewed comics creator Ed Firth at Broken Frontier back in 2021 his series Horny & High has become something of a constantly selling-out phenomenon. An uncompromising…

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The Last Day of Rain #1 and #2 – Claudia Matosa’s Ecological Sci-Fi Story Projects the Warnings of the Present on the Future

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Back in April at Broken Frontier we ran one of our themed coverage events with a special Earth Day Week of reviews on the site. The material featured…

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Inside Look: Myth & Lore – Everything You Need to Know About the Folklore Zine!

  • by Myth & Lore
  • July 13, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…

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Browner-Knowle Vol. 2 #1 – Paul Ashley Brown Reflects on Identity, the Pandemic, Thatcherism and the Realities of the Comics Industry

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 13, 2023

SLCZF 2023! A year or two back at Broken Frontier I described UK horror comics artist Sarah Gordon as one of our finest practitioners in the area of “graphic melancholy”….

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Endswell #4-5 – Peter Morey’s Graphic Memoir Series is Unpredictable and Creatively Daring to the Very End

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 13, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Peter Morey’s Endswell has jumped around both narratively and chronologically since the first issue was published nearly five years ago. An autobiographical story (“based loosely on real events”),…

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Big Ugly – Ellice Weaver’s Second Avery Hill Graphic Novel is an Understated Yet Profound Study of the Sibling Relationship

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 12, 2023

SLCZF 2023! As I have mentioned before on occasion here at Broken Frontier one of the great privileges of being involved with BF is getting to see work-in-progress months… or…

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Zayani Zam – The Isolation of Life on the Mongolian Coal Road in Mereida Fajardo’s Latest Graphic Novella Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 12, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Mereida Fajardo describes one of her new projects Zayani Zam (Fate’s Road) as “a silent graphic novel about loneliness and connection on the Mongolian coal road”. Interestingly when…

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Mzungu Nusu: The Half Foreigner – Nancy ArtMusic’s Short Comics Cover the Black Lives Matter Protests, the Pandemic and Mixed Race Hair Care

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 11, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Last year at Broken Frontier we followed the progress of the Reveal! Awards; an initiative for championing the work of women comics artists from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and…

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Meems & Feefs: Ferrets from Planet Ferretonia! Vol. 1 – Liza N. Cooper’s Delightful All-Ages Tale of Friendship and Musteline Mirth

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 11, 2023

SLCZF 2023! As we continue our South London Comic and Zine Fair coverage it’s important to remind our audience that SLCZF has been so carefully curated that there really is…

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