Metal Saga – Rachel Tubb’s Witty Fantasy Saga with a Contemporary Twist
SLCZF 2023! Over the last few years artist Rachel Tubb’s work has been very much on my radar through her contributions to the yearly WIP Comics anthologies. Her short comics…
Confinement – Isabel Greenberg’s First Self-Published Work in Years Provides an Eerily Atmospheric Folk Song Adaptation
SLCZF 2023! It’s hard to believe that it has been three years since we last reviewed a book by Isabel Greenberg (Glass Town, her part speculative biography/part metafictional meditation on…
The Legendary Shelly Bond Announced as a Broken Frontier Special Guest at SLCZF 2023
SLCZF 2023! While it was announced on social media over the weekend, such has been the rapidity of Twitter’s implosion over the last few days that this is news that…
“We Wanted a Community Spirit at Its Heart” – South London Comic and Zine Fair Organisers Rebecca K. Jones, Peter Morey and Chloe Starling on SLCZF 2023
SLCZF 2023! Our South London Comic and Zine Fair fortnight off coverage begins today with an opening interview with the SLCZF team, With an expanded exhibitor base and a slew…
Tripwire Magazine Presents ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders’, Crowdfunding Now on Zoop
News from our friends over at Tripwire magazine about the crowdfunding campaign for their new Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders project. Further details and preview art in the press…
Michael Lomon’s ‘The Palace of Tears’ Wins the Inaugural Caliburn Prize
While poorly publicised this year it seems the saga of the Caliburn Prize has finally had a happy ending. The winner has been announced as the much deserving Michael Lomon…
Wrapping Up #BrokenFrontierPride 2023!
PRIDE MONTH 2023! After 19 reviews, two creator commentaries and a handful of other blog posts our #BrokenFrontierPride event for Pride Month 2023 comes to an end today; although our…
The Color of Always – A Heady Mix of Styles and Approaches in A Wave Blue World’s “LGBTQIA+ Love Anthology”
PRIDE MONTH 2023! While we have covered a wide range of comics formats during our Pride Month celebrations here at Broken Frontier we haven’t as yet put a spotlight on…
Coming from Top Shelf Productions in August, Emilia McKenzie’s Poignant Graphic Memoir ‘But You Have Friends’
One of the particular perks of being a part of a platform like Broken Frontier is getting to see work-in-progress long before it reaches publishers and eventually book shop shelves….
‘2000 AD’ and ‘Battle Action’ Characters to Cross Over in September in a Special “What If…?” Event from Rebellion
Well this looks a lot of fun! Rebellion have another special event this September when they ask the question “What if 2000 AD and Battle Action had merged in the…
Gay Giant – Gabriel Ebensperger’s Graphic Memoir is a Big, Bold, Loud and Endearingly Honest Affair
PRIDE MONTH 2023! While Gabriel Ebensperger’s graphic memoir Gay Giant may be focussed on growing up queer back in the 1990s there’s obviously an entire social level that makes it…
Preview: A Call to Cthulhu – A New Lovecraftian Book from Titan’s Nova Imprint by 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Norm Konyu
Just in time for Halloween comes A Call to Cthulhu, a new book from Titan by our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creator Norm Konyu (The Junction, Downlands). You…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, June 29th for an Ahoy Comics Special
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 29th with an Ahoy Comics Special. Not only do…
Kaz Rowe’s YA Graphic Memoir ‘Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun’ from Getty Publications Celebrates a Queer Icon this September
We are, of course, always happy to promote queer-focussed comics material and in Pride Month that becomes all the more important. Details below about a new graphic memoir Liberated by…
A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings – Will Betke-Brunswick’s Graphic Memoir on Family, Love, Bereavement and Lived Genderqueer Experience
PRIDE MONTH 2023! Earlier this year we were privileged at Broken Frontier to run an exclusive creator commentary in our ‘Inside Look’ series on Will Betke-Brunswick’s A Pros and Cons…
Vault Comics to Debut Queer Romance/Time Travel Series ‘Sainted Love’ and Supernatural Mystery Book ‘Lone’ in September
Two new series Sainted Love and Lone from Vault Comics for your pull lists this September… VAULT COMICS ANNOUNCES TWO NEW SERIES LAUNCHING IN SEPTEMBER Steve Orlando and Giopota Follow…
Snippets: 52 Weeks of Diary Comics – Rachael Smith Provides a “How-to” Guide to Creating Autobiographical Comic Strips
“Reviewing” Rachael Smith’s Snippets: 52 Weeks of Diary Comics is something of a curious exercise in that effectively this is a review of a comic that doesn’t exist yet. Or,…
Thieves – Lucie Bryon’s Reverse-Heist Queer Romcom Proves a Singular Delight
PRIDE MONTH 2023! As a queer teen romance Lucie Bryon’s Thieves, published by Nobrow Press and a nominee for Best Graphic Novel in last year’s Broken Frontier Awards, has already…
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