Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
It seems hardly possible that this is the tenth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ yearly round-up at Broken Frontier. Way back in 2012 I was…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Ten years ago today at Broken Frontier when we launched a new feature called ‘Small Pressganged‘ – a column dedicated to “unearthing the gems of the small press” – we…
This isn’t the first time I have said this and it certainly won’t be the last, but over the years that I have been writing for Broken Frontier I have…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
There wasn’t much to celebrate in 2020 but one thing we could take some joy in was that, despite everything, there was still plenty of amazing self-published comics work to…
Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 17th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. Last year in our BF Awards write-up…
Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 17th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…
Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 16th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team This year’s Broken Frontier Awards saw unprecedented…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
We supplemented our annual Broken Frontier tradition of rounding up just ten UK small press comics representing the diversity of approach in self-published comics practice this year with an additional…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
A bit of fun today as we head towards the end of the year and the end of the decade (and yes, technically, I know that’s actually really a year…
Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 16th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…
As the comics events calendar winds to a close we’re preparing here at BF for our final tabling appearance of the year at the Catford Comic & Zine Fair at…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
HCZF FORTNIGHT! One aspect of Olivia Sullivan’s experimental comics work that always appeals is the way in which the reader is free to take their own meaning from her often…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Olivia Sullivan was one of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ and is an artist whose work many readers will first have discovered in…
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital storefront,…
Taking new creators to new audiences. That was the title of this year’s Broken Frontier Panel at the East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) but it could just as…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
While I have been aware for some time that today’s announcement was coming in some form, the news that the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair is calling it a day…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
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