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In my most read piece ever at Broken Frontier on getting coverage for self-published work I spoke a little about my reluctance to cover small press super-hero work here on…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Reviews · Small Pressganged
Kry Garcia’s Meteors is a curious comic. I certainly do not mean that in a pejorative way however, but rather to describe a short story that is idiosyncratic, unexpected and…
It takes a bold artist to reinterpret a classic work of literature, and a supremely confident one to choose Ulysses, what many refer to as “the greatest novel in the…
Forty-five may seem a somewhat arbitrary number for a major publishing anniversary celebration. But when it spawns spin-offs like the 45 Years of 2000 AD Anniversary Art Book most of…
It’s Tudor times and at Father Eglantine’s monastery the eighth librarian to be employed has been discovered murdered; a fate already suffered by his seven predecessors. Only one woman can…
Winner of the Outstanding Graphic Novel in the 2022 Ignatz Awards, No One Else is a sensitively observed family drama from The New Yorker cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson. It’s one…
The Ignatz-winning and Broken Frontier Award-nominated Fizzle by Whit Taylor returns via Radiator Comics at MICE 2022. The eagerly-awaited #4 continues the story we described as “a prime reminder of…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, September 29th with a special night supporting small press creator…
In the third of our continuing discussions on the Brexit effect on the UK comics community and beyond today at BF this week’s selection of creators talk about how the…
New work by Lucy Sullivan is always an exciting prospect and last week saw the crowdfundr launch for her new comic SHELTER: Early Doors. Sullivan is the Broken Frontier…
If you’re a hardcore fan of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic then the news that near-forgotten humour strip Bonjo From Beyond The Stars is making a return 40-plus years after the…
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One of our 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, artist Sammy Ward has been building an impressive back catalogue of work in the fantasy, horror and supernatural…
“Perfect cheer-me-up”, is how a reader describes Revenge of the Librarians, Tom Gauld’s latest collection of comic strips, on an online forum. As a succinct critique of everything he does,…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Reviews · Small Pressganged
Douglas Noble continues to curate his Strip for Me imprint’s A Pocket Chiller line with an incisive eye for the weird, the experimental and the sometimes enticingly obscure. It’s become…
While previously long consigned to history the story of the Radium Girls has recently been given a long overdue revisitation thanks to the 2018 book The Radium Girls by Kate…
Years before Itchy and Scratchy were satirising the cartoon violence of Tom and Jerry on The Simpsons Italian artist Massimo Mattioli was providing far more brutal parodies of the animated…
In the second of our continuing discussions on the Brexit effect on the UK comics community and beyond today at BF this week’s selection of publishers talk about the harsh…
Two upcoming courses/workshops at the Cartoon Museum have come to our attention which will, no doubt, be of interest to London-based Broken Frontier readers. Firstly, and tying into the current…
“It’s About Queerness, Family, Loyalty, Grief, and at its Core Love in All its Forms”- Bex Glendining on Debut Graphic Novel ‘On Starlit Shores’April 2, 2026
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
