The easiest way to describe a kōan — a Japanese reading of the Chinese gong’an — is to compare it to our version of a riddle, although Zen Buddhists probably…
Today Dark Horse Comics announced Killer Queens 2: Kings, Not Wings, a follow-up to last year’s sci-fi miniseries. When we reviewed the trade paperback collection of that run here at Broken…
Another of Canadian publisher Conundrum Press’s ‘Conundrum 25’ celebratory series of graphic shorts, Billy Mavreas’s Next Time Around sits somewhere on the border between graphic medicine and graphic poetry. We’ve…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, May 18th with a special Quindrie Press night pushing their…
We all know that trans representation in comics is more important now than ever. So great news today from the direction of Archie Comics whose upcoming Archie Horror one-shot Chilling…
Today at BF, courtesy of Oni Press, we have a preview of Derek M. Ballard’s graphic novel Cartoonshow which will be debuting this August. We’re rather taken with editor Zack Soto’s…
Since they arrived on the UK indie comics circuit just over two years ago Quindrie Press have made a powerful mark on the scene. With a socially progressive publishing ethos,…
“Never in my life have I laughed more than a couple of hours I spent in an SPX hotel room with a half-dozen people listening to Henriette Valium say things.”…
Good news for those, especially like myself in the UK, who have struggled to get hold of every issue of Jay Stephens’ Dwellings. The self-published title will be re-presented three…
Given that it bridges the 1950s both pre and post formation of the Comics Code Authority, in terms of its historical relevance The EC Archives: Incredible Science Fiction is a curious…
Coming from Dark Horse Comics just in time for Christmas, Alfonso Font’s middle grade graphic novella Shelter for Lost Dreams promises us a story exploring themes of “wealth, environmentalism, racism…
Back in 2020 I said of Norm Konyu’s first graphic novel The Junction “this is one of the most accomplished debut books I have ever reviewed for Broken Frontier.” My…
Back in the in the early 1990s, and riding the coat-tails of the success of the UK adult humour comic Viz, a slew of largely forgettable imitators suddenly burst onto…
Over the weekend the sad news that Chris Reynolds, one those great mainstays of UK indie comics who helped build the foundations of the scene as we know it today,…
We’re always more than happy here at Broken Frontier to promote awesome initiatives like Vault Comics and Gatecrashers’ second annual Pride Auction. This year it’s in aid of Trans Lifeline….
While cartoonist Syd Hoff (1912-2002) is best known for his celebrated children’s book Danny and the Dinosaur, and syndicated newspaper strips like Tuffy and Laugh It Off, there’s a strand…
Abstract comics are a rich source of material for those interested in the possibilities and nuances of the form’s language. Trigger Shot by Tal Brosh (one of our 2022 Broken…
After their acclaimed adaptations of two powerful Edwardian novels (Robert Tressell’s renowned socialist masterpiece The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and Constance Maud’s lesser known but still vitally important contemporary account of…
“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
