It’s been quite a while since I last chatted with Sabba Khan here at Broken Frontier and, in the intervening years, our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist has…
Is it really already that point when we start looking forward to what is coming in 2024? With Autumn we always see an escalation of reports of intriguing new projects…
Olivia Sualdea’s propensity for communicating theme, emotional depth and character through wordless narrative is an essential part of her comics work that I have long admired. Sualdea was, of course,…
Ed Piskor’s acclaimed series Hip Hop Family Tree gets a new collection from Fantagraphics. Details below. Celebrate 50 Years of Hip Hop with Ed Piskor’s HIP HOP FAMILY TREE: THE…
While their digital comics releases seemed to dry up a few months back DC Thomson ‘s Heritage Comics imprint have announced a new print collection of the classic Starblazer strips,…
Always great to see small press comics events back after the difficulties of the last few years. SLICE, the St. Louis Independent Comics Expo returns after a three-year hiatus this…
Some sad news hitting social media ahead of the weekend. Scottish publisher BHP Comics have announced they will be winding down operations after over a decade of eclectic output. Citing…
The between-the- panels reading comprehension that comics requires in its readers, and its associated relationship with the passage of time, means that it’s a particularly communicative medium for depicting gradual…
Well this is certainly an exciting development! Thematically following on from their The Vigilant series from a few years back Rebellion will be bringing together a whole host of classic…
We’ve posted about this in the past at Broken Frontier and it’s one of the saddest things we’ve covered over the last several years. Alex Norris has been entertaining us…
Strong curation is about showcasing both established, familiar practitioners and voices in the medium who are deserving of a far wider appreciation. Each year the ShortBox Comics Fair has introduced…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, October 5th for an Autumn-themed. Not only do our online…
With the beginning of October being notable for both the ShortBox Comics Fair and the lead-up to the Halloween season it seems appropriate that our first look at what the…
With that time of year imminent the final guests for this year’s cracking Thought Bubble line-up have been announced! THOUGHT BUBBLE ANNOUNCE FINAL GUESTS FOR 2023 COMIC CONVENTION ACCLAIMED COMIC…
Readers may see the major plot twist of Joe Sparrow’s Cuckoo coming well in advance and, indeed, it’s hardly disguising itself given that it’s there front and centre in the…
We are, of course, always eager to give a shout-out to socially relevant work here at Broken Frontier. Making its UK debut at Thought Bubble Won’t Back Down! is the…
As a general rule we don’t encourage copying large swathes of text directly from the publicity of work we review at BF. But in the case of Isabel Greenberg’s The…
The ever relevant Street Noise Books have announced their first books of 2024. Check out the press release below for full details. STREET NOISE BOOKS Presents: Revolution, Disability, Religion, and Mental Health…
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
