PRIDE MONTH 2023! Even if you haven’t read all-ages graphic novel The Real Riley Mayes yet the chances are you will have heard of it. Rachel Elliott’s book has been…
Some books carry with them the palpable weight of their creator’s lived experience. One can sense the ambition, a reaching for something big, or the effort poured into getting all…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! The last time we reviewed Okura’s manga series I Think Our Son is Gay was for our Pride Month celebrations in 2022, so it’s fitting that we…
It’s Pride Month which means it’s a very good time to be sending us your LGBTQ+-related comics press releases. Coming around the Halloween season, Emmett Nahil and George Williams’s Let…
A new set of awards have been announced by the Jewish Comics Experience (JewCE) convention with a focussed commitment to recognising Jewish comics narratives and coverage. More on the JewCie…
I love comic conventions. There’s no better way to spend a weekend than walking around, basking in the enthusiasm and talent of fellow comic creators. I love seeing what everyone’s…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! June is Pride Month and, as you know, we like to occasionally event-theme our coverage here at Broken Frontier. At a time when rising levels of homophobia,…
The South London Comic & Zine Fair is back in July and, in conjunction with Avery Hill Publishing, their 2023 programming line-up has just been announced. For BF fanpersons it’s…
Writer David Hine has a longstanding association with BF given his time with us as a columnist some years ago and his contribution to the Broken Frontier Anthology in 2016….
There’s such a wealth of untranslated European comics work that it’s surprising and frustrating that so much excellent practice remains unreleased in an English language format. All the more reason…
For those of us of… a certain age… today’s announcement of an old-school hardback-style Treasury of British Comics Annual for 2024 will bring back nostalgic memories of Christmas stocking stuffers…
Given how heavily it drew from the Lee-Ditko era of Amazing Spider-Man, the status of The Leopard from Lime Street as one of the more celebrated strips of the 1970s…
So here’s some very welcome news in these grim times. Thought Bubble, in partnership with the Travelling Man chain of comics shops, will be providing three sets of micro-bursaries again…
Over the last four years at Broken Frontier we have covered the collaborative work of the Nicole Goux-Dave Baker team on a number of projects, including Fuck Off Squad, Everyone…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 1st with a Crowdfunding Special. Not only do our…
So this will no doubt delight 2000 AD fans. Rebellion are to publish a second Mick McMahon Apex Edition in November. Check out the art below! A master artist at…
More from the Mœbius Library later this year as The Major is published in English for the first time. DARK HORSE BOOKS PRESENTS: “MŒBIUS LIBRARY: THE MAJOR” Mœbius takes Major Grubert…
Time for another batch of Thought Bubble 2023 guests to be announced! This time it includes such names as Juni Ba, Rachael Smith, Lucy Sullivan and Explodikid. Full details below….
“There is No Singular or Correct Intersex Narrative” – LJ Nakamura on Intersex Representation and the Liberating Nature of Pulp Sci-FiJune 4, 2026
“We Want Trans and Queer Teens to Feel Seen and Understood” – Tilly Bridges and Susan Bridges on Their New Graphic Novel ‘Just Another Summer’ and the Collaborative Writing ProcessJune 2, 2026
“A Room Full of Comics People is a True Joy to See!” – Marc Jackson on Bringing MACC-POW! to Macclesfield and the Resurgence of Kids Comics in the UKMay 25, 2026
“Our Work is Rooted in South Asian Identity and Community-Led Histories” – Exploring the Publishing Output and Ethos of Kutty Press with Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh SangtaniMay 18, 2026
“There’s Value in Being the Oddbeat Offering Which Has an Unusual Niche” – Steve Morris Talks about Shelfdust’s Approach to Comics Criticism and Where it All Went Wrong for Comics Commentary OnlineMay 11, 2026
