‘Karl the Viking’ by Don Lawrence Comes to the Treasury of British Comics in 2022
If you’re a fan of the Treasury of British Comics’ reprints of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire then the New Year release of another Don Lawrence strip Karl…
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“The Pacing of How a Story is Told, Word by Word, Panel by Panel is the Heart of it for Me” – Hannah Carwardine on Comics Creation, Self-Publishing and Her Artistic Process
In our final interview with 2021’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artists I speak today to Hannah Carwardine whose flowing visuals, considered use of colour and inventive page layouts immediately…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, October 7th with Guest Artists Alba Ceide and Axe Marnie
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, October 7th featuring guest artists Alba Ceide and Axe…
Longlist Announced for the 2021 LDComics Award
The multiple-chapter monthly meet-up group LDComics have announced the longlist for their 2021 prize for a graphic-novel-in-progress by artists who identify as female or non-binary. As is always the case…
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Where No One Goes Vol. 1-3 – Zorika Gaeta Takes Us on a Journey into Symbolism in this Enchantingly Illustrated Extended Metaphor
I love comics that I can’t easily define! Where No One Goes fits neatly into that niche area of comics practice whose genre classification is at best hazy. It’s kind…
Thought Bubble 2021 Coverage at Broken Frontier – Your Essential Guide to Submitting Your TB Comics for Review!
We’ve always prided ourselves on our event coverage at BF, providing themed weeks/fortnights/months like our Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Month, ELCAF Fortnight and Safari Festival Fortnight. It’s been an…
Library – Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber Give Us a Peek Into Their Droll World, for Drawn & Quarterly
Would you pick up a book titled ‘Better Stay Up All Night Before Starting That New Job’? Imagine an unadorned cover, part of a series, the books all lined up…
HCZF Round-Up – Comics and Graphic Novels You May Have Missed from Alxndra Cook, Danny Noble, Dominique Duong, Gareth Brookes, Sabba Khan and More!
HCZF MONTH! As Hackney Comic + Zine Fair comes to a close we thought we’d wind up our HCZF Month of coverage with a round-up of some of the books…
Power Comics and Floating World to Bring Obscure Small Press Comics of the ’80s and ’90s Back to Print in New Imprint
Well here’s some news we can really get behind given Broken Frontier’s commitment to all things small press in the comics world. Power Comics and Floating World Comics are teaming…
Akio Vol. 1: Suigin Valley – Martial Arts Fantasy with a Topical Twist from Dreambaked Studios
HCZF MONTH! There are times you pick up a small press project and realise that the term “labour of love” isn’t even remotely adequate to express the obvious thought and…
The Blame #1 – Jon Aye Embraces a Truly Playful and Experimental Approach to Both Storytelling and Subject Matter
HCZF MONTH! The territory where cute meets cynical can be a dangerous one. In The Blame Jon Aye plays in that territory and stakes a claim to versions of bleakness…
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“One Friend Said to Me I’d Written a Daily Mail-Reading Homophobe’s Nightmare” – Ed Firth on Exploring the World of Chemsex in His Acclaimed Queer Comics Series ‘Horny & High’
HCZF MONTH! Ed Firth is a newer name on the UK indie comics circuit but one we are sure will be coming to far greater prominence in the immediate future….
Conniptions – Stephen Morton’s Meditation on Mortality and Oblivion Has a Strangely Morbid Appeal
HCZF MONTH! Irish artist Stephen Morton’s Conniptions takes a distinctively dark approach to (assumed) autobio comics. If creators like Joe Decie and Matthew Dooley can be said to be combining…
Burrow – Joe Callanan’s Lovely Little Comic Looks at the Experience of Anxiety through a Relatable and Playful Device that Will Speak to a Lot of Us in these Times
HCZF MONTH! Joe Callanan’s work often explores softly sinister and whimsical lands, full of richly imagined environments and characters that feel both nostalgic and contemporary. While there’s no doubt that…
Lunar Distribution Announce Distribution Deal with Floating World Comics, Silver Sprocket and Uncivilized Books
Welcome news today that Lunar Distribution will be distributing the work of top indie publishers Floating World Comics, Silver Sprocket and Uncivilized Books. More details in the press release below…
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Waiting Room – Shiqian Pan’s Short Tale Reminds Us of the Vulnerability of First Love
HCZF MONTH! Shiqian Pan describes her comic Waiting Room as “a story for those girls who have been crushed bit by bit by neverending anticlimactic waiting.” It begins as something…
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Throwing Pennies – Mereida’s Multi-Part Experimental Comics Narrative is a Tactile Triumph
HCZF MONTH! A couple of months back when I interviewed Mereida Fajardo about her practice I asked whether her constant experimentation with the form was a conscious decision to learn…
Tina & Britney & The Visitor Part 1 – More Outrageous Mermaid Slacker Comedy from the Uncompromising Imagination of Jade King
HCZF MONTH! Back in 2018 when I asked small press creator Jade King about the genres she worked in and themes of her comics she defined them as “wonky faces,…
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Inside Look: Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood – Lonnie Mann Provides a Creator Commentary on the Evolution and Process of His Gay, Jewish, Coming-of-Age StoryJune 24, 2025
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. MauriJune 13, 2025
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
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“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025