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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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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, July 13th for a SLCZF Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 11, 2023

SLCZF WEEK! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, July 13th with a special night celebrating SLCZF…

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Times Tables – A Dark Urban Slice-of-Life Story from the Ever Experimental Gareth Brookes

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 10, 2023

SLCZF 2023! It would be remiss, to say the least, not to include a review of the work of the South London Comic and Zine Fair’s founder as part of…

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Inside Look: Absolute Collider Press Get Interviewed by the Ghost from ‘Ghosts in Things’!

  • by Gareth A Hopkins
  • July 10, 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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A Crying Shame – Chloe Green’s Emotionally Articulate Meditation on Sadness, Wellbeing and Self-Care

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 7, 2023

SLCZF 2023! In a week when there was a sudden resurgence of interest in comics about “being sad” it seems rather appropriate to be covering Chloe Green’s first self-published short…

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Just Paper and Ink – New Small Press Comics Exhibition Opens in Hull Featuring the Work of Over 20 UK Indie Creators

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 7, 2023

After the successful ‘Framed’ exhibition last year, curated by UK self-publishing mainstay Sean Azzopardi, another small press exhibition is running  in the “magical comics city” of Hull until July 22nd….

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Inside Look: The Comics of Julie Innes – The Connective Power of Autobio Comics Explored in this Exclusive Creator Commentary

  • by Julie Innes
  • July 6, 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,…

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Colossive Cartographies #43-48 – The Popular Colossive Press Graphic Narrative Series Returns with Another Six Zines

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 6, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Just ready for the South London Comic and Zine Fair, Colossive Press have completed another wave of their popular Colossive Cartographies. This continuing zine series uses the tactile…

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Rebellion Announce the Definitive 5-Volume Unholy Collection of ‘Nemesis the Warlock’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 5, 2023

After the devastating recent loss of Kevin O’Neill it seems only right that we get the opportunity to revisit arguably his most influential early work. Rebellion have today announced a…

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“It Constantly Boils Both My Blood and My Piss, Causing Steam to Jet Out of My Ears” – Fraser Geesin and Chums Talk Ikea Comics, the Patriarchy, and the Battered Helmet of Gary Lactus

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 5, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Ahead of his appearance at this month’s South London Comic and Zine Fair we caught up with UK small press comics national treasure Fraser Geesin to talk about…

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