Sometimes a comic’s presentation, design and visual approach is so in contrast to its subject matter that the incongruous and the apposite become happy bedfellows. Such is the case with…
We’re on a roll right now with Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists and crowdfunding campaigns! The latest comes from one of our 2021 creators Alxndra Cook, whose Momotekku will…
There’s a reason established musicians sometimes put out collections of early demos, late into their careers. There’s a hint of vanity, of course, underpinning the assumption that someone wants to…
While work exploring socially relevant subject matter has been a growing area of comics publishing over the last decade a relatively newer phenomenon has been the surge of graphic biographies…
The period between childhood and adulthood has confounded, engaged, and frustrated the world’s most amazing minds. To write about this transition is to account not just for physical or intellectual…
While the world around us continues to collapse into chaos there’s some good news incoming about an old comics fave at least. Sergio Aragonés and Mark Evanier are back chronicling…
Shanti Rai’s Sennen is a project that I have admittedly been anticipating eagerly given that Rai was one of my choices for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…
The final guests for this year’s Thought Bubble have been announced today featuring some long-time BF favourites, including our own ‘Six to Watch’ artist Sabba Khan. Full details in the…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, September 15th with another of our popular ‘Classic Covers’ nights….
Over the summer Broken Frontier has been talking to creators, publishers and commentators from across every aspect of the UK comics scene about the negative consequences they have experienced since…
A fresh but darker take on time travel, Forever Forward #1 is the latest sci-fi thriller from writer Zack Kaplan (Eclipse, Port of Earth). Dr. Lewis Moody has finally cracked…
Launched earlier this week on Kickstarter, new horror series Lurker is notable for us at Broken Frontier for featuring interior art by our 2019 ‘Six to Watch’ artist Anna Readman…
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In the first of our series of interviews with Broken Frontier’s 2022 ‘Six to Watch‘ artists I chat today with Spanish artist Alba Ceide, whose ‘Earth Blues’ series of ecologically-focussed…
Important news for Stan Sakai fans this week with the announcement of the new Dogu Publishing imprint at Dark Horse. Full details below. STAN SAKAI BRINGING NEW IMPRINT TO DARK HORSE…
One of comics’ hidden geniuses UK artist Hurk (often Lord Hurk though he now appears to have embraced the zeitgeist and renounced his peerage for his latest book) has long…
This week saw the Kickstarter campaign launch for All Ghosts, Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Sammy Ward’s collection of her spooky illustrations from the 2022 #AuGhost drawing challenge on…
At the end of last year at Broken Frontier I covered Zoe Maeve’s first published work The Gift, a supernaturally charged journey into pseudo-history and the life of Anastasia Romanova….
These are important times to be amplifying work in graphic narrative that explores the topical, the socially conscious, and the immediately relevant. Practice in these areas continues to grow, allowing…
“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
