HCZF MONTH! The annual Manga Jiman competition has brought a number of new creators to the attention of the comics community over the last few years. Indeed our very own…
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HCZF MONTH! Sometimes a cover doesn’t so much capture your imagination as entrance it in an alluring (yet sinister) embrace. The opening image to Sammy Ward’s short comics story The…
HCZF MONTH! We’ve featured WIP Comics a number of times over the last few years at BF in terms of both their publishing output and their work in providing a…
There’s a quote from Emile Griffith that is the first thing the reader sees when opening Knock Out!, Reinhard Kleist’s exploration of the life of the bisexual Black boxer whose…
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HCZF MONTH! Olivia Sullivan’s latest print comics zine Systems is described as exploring “the world of botany, environmental landscapes and themes of wanderlust” as it “documents observations of the weird…
Broken Frontier Award-nominated creators Peter and Maria Hoey of Coin-Op fame have a new comics anthology collection coming from Top Shelf Productions this December. The duo’s work is very highly…
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HCZF MONTH! Aled Lies is one of the trio of creators (alongside Dylan Wyn Owen and Shehzad Ahmad) who worked together on the recent experimental comics anthology Idiot Corpse (reviewed…
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HCZF MONTH! Collecting Peggy Wang’s popular webcomics series Peanut Butter Season 1 is a compilation of short strips exploring the minutiae of life living as a couple; one that does…
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HCZF MONTH! One of the joys of events like Hackney Comic + Zine Fair is the opportunity to discover new practice from creators you have not encountered before. I consider…
HCZF MONTH! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, September 9th for another comics extravaganza with…
HCZF MONTH! There are self-published comics that I have reviewed over the years here at Broken Frontier that particularly stick with me not because they are necessarily profound in subject…
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HCZF MONTH! This year’s month-long Hackney Comic + Zine Fair kicked off over the weekend with great fanfare on social media. The brainchild of comics community activist Joe Stone this…
HCZF MONTH! Hackney Comic + Zine Fair kicks off tomorrow Saturday, September 4th promising a month of indie comics and DIY culture goodness from an amazingly eclectic and diverse line-up…
Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…
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While my coverage to date of the A Pocket Chiller series from Strip for Me has been perhaps a touch sporadic – cherry picking issues from a publishing output so…
Cheer Up!: Love and Pompoms gets straight into the story, introducing us to all the characters through its high school setting. Annie is academically gifted but brash, which is what…
A new small press event is always something to celebrate and ZineZilla, debuting on Saturday September 18th in Bristol, is particularly of note to us here at Broken Frontier given…
News of a major new release from Fantagraphics coming in the first quarter of next year. The full press release with details of Keeping Two by Jordan Crane runs below….
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
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“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
