The Brixton Library LGBTQ+ Zine Fair Returns on February 11th, 2023
A new year is always an appropriate time to remind our audience that we’re always happy to spread the word on events that cater to the small press community, especially…
Happy Holidays from the Broken Frontier Team! We’ll Be Back Again on January 3rd, 2023
A final post of 2022 to wish you all a very Happy Holidays from the Broken Frontier team. What’s that you say? Doesn’t BF normally publish reviews and articles between…
New Heritage Comics Digital Releases Include Early Grant Morrison Work from ‘Starblazer’ and the ‘Sci-Fi Files’ from ‘Commando’
News today of more forays into the vaults by D.C. Thomson’s Heritage Comics imprint. This month with a space opera flavour. News of Starblazer Presents and The Sci-Fi Files below……
Coming Home #1 – A Moving Exploration of Military Veterans’ Struggles
Like all popular forms, comic books have long been used for propaganda purposes. From Commando War Stories in Pictures to Marvel’s moronic Northrop Grumman collab, they inevitably reflect militaristic orthodoxy. The West…
Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2022 – Socially Conscious Work Goes Hand-in-Hand with Pure Comics Escapism in a Nominations List Reflecting the World Around Us in 2022
Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 19th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, December 22nd for a Festive Special
Your favourite online comics social is back for an end-of-the-year party! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, December 22nd with a festive special….
Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard Bring ‘Rogue Trooper’ Back to ‘2000 AD’ in 2023
With a continuity so convoluted that it matched DC’s Hawkman for complexity (for more on that see our article some years ago here) 2000 AD‘s Rogue Trooper strip eventually found…
Russia 2018: A World Cup Journal – Sputnikat Press Offers a Gimlet-Eyed, Picaresque Journey through Compromised Footballand
You have to put up with a lot as a football fan. In that sense, they actually have a surprising amount in common with their natural nemesis: the comic book…
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So Buttons #12 – Jonathan Baylis Hosts Another Top Line-Up of Indie Comics Artists in His Latest Autobio Anthology
Jonathan Baylis’s long-running collaborative project So Buttons hit its twelfth issue this Autumn with another collection of his autobio whimsy being brought to life by a roll call of diversely…
Space Trash Vol. 1 – Jenn Woodall Blends High School Rivalries with Science Fiction in a Character-Led Opener
Framing the recognisable in the fantastic has always been a clever narrative tool for underlining the universality of certain human experiences. In the first volume of Space Trash, published by…
Laneha House Announce the Winners of the Inaugural Kinnard Awards Celebrating Comics Community
Announced over the weekend the awardees of the inaugural Kinnard Awards – set up to acknowledge deserving names working to the benefit of the comics community – were announced by…
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The Forest – Jacek Matysiak Takes Us on a Gorgeously Illustrated Trip through Europe’s Woodlands
We have never been too hung up on rigid definitions of what comics are and are not when it comes to our coverage choices here at Broken Frontier. Whether you…
Small Press-Related Events this Saturday, December 10th – The Feminist Library Winter Fayre in London and Cartoon County Comics Winter Fair in Brighton
Two events in London and Brighton this weekend if you’re looking for small press-related events. Info on the Feminist Library Winter Fayre and the Cartoon County Comics Winter Fair below….
Kevin O’Neill Apex Edition of the Late Artist’s Ground-Breaking ‘2000 AD’ Work to Be Published by Rebellion in 2023
Bittersweet news from Rebellion today with the announcement of what looks like an absolutely stunning a Kevin O’Neill Apex Edition just a few weeks after his passing. Full details in…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, December 8th for an ‘All-Stars’ Special
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, December 8th with a ‘Drink and Draw All-Stars’ evening. Not…
John’s Worth – Cosmic Horror, Action Men and Psychedelic Nastiness Abound in Jon Chandler’s Breakdown Press Offering
Obviously there’s a lot of gross stuff flying about in (most) David Cronenberg films, but when I first encountered his work as a gore-hungry teen, I’d already had access to…
Birdking Vol. 1 – Daniel Freedman and CROM Invite Us to Embark on an Epic Fantasy Journey
Given that I first reviewed his small press comics around a decade ago it feels rather strange to be describing the first volume of Birdking, published a couple of months…
Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips – A Pivotal Part of Black Comics History Handsomely Collected By Ablaze
What elevates a collection of classic comics material from impressive to outstanding is often the care with which a publisher curates its supplementary material. Ablaze’s Friday Foster: The Sunday Strips…
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