I’ve always been a huge fan of Benji Nate’s graphic novels – from the hilariously deadpan Lorna, to sweet Catboy to the mysterious Hell Phone. So, when her latest project…
While it perhaps feels more accurate to say Oni Press are bringing back the ethos of the EC Comics line rather than the line itself (which was so rooted in…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Some years back when I chose artist Anna Readman as one of our Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ for 2019 it was a decision…
Olivia Sualdea’s propensity for communicating theme, emotional depth and character through wordless narrative is an essential part of her comics work that I have long admired. Sualdea was, of course,…
Coming in November from Image Comics, Rob Williams and Pye Parr’s Petrol Head is a fast-paced foray into a future ravaged by climate change. It brings together an unlikely hotrod-racing…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! My Life in Transition is the second collection of Julia Kaye’s Super Late Bloomer series detailing her trans journey. We reviewed the first volume here last year…
We talk a lot about the tactile possibilities of self-publishing here at Broken Frontier but Xiaoyi Hu’s comic Fire Flowers adds extra emphasis on that quality (as can be seen…
PINNED POST! Introducing Broken Frontier Connects, the next stage in our evolution! Broken Frontier Connects is our new initiative designed to extend our community hub philosophy. BF already has an…
Comics anthologies that give space to emerging voices alongside established and renowned creative forces on the indie scene are always to be admired. It’s been a little while since we…
When I interviewed Ed Firth last year about his queer comics series Horny & High he gave me an editor’s dream pull quote for the article title: “One friend said…
OK Comics reaches an important milestone this month as the shop celebrates two decades of bringing comics goodness to the people of Leeds and beyond. At a time when the…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! To say I am far more interested in Zoe Thorogood’s work when it’s her own pure and unfiltered artistic vision rather than when she’s illustrating someone else’s…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! It’s an amazing thing to be there at the beginning of an ongoing comics journey that leads to ever more exciting destinations. We have been following…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Some years ago I was chatting with Avery Hill Publishing’s Ricky Miller and, as often happens in our conversations, we turned to promising new artists we…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! When planning our Broken Frontier 20th anniversary coverage one strand seemed absolutely key – the artists who have made up our several generations of our ‘Six…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Before the pandemic hit the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw had become something of an institution on the UK London comics scene. Launched…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! In 2015 cartoonist Danny Noble was among the number of our very first Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ programme; an initiative that, perhaps…
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…
“I Just Wanted it to Be Beautiful and Raw and Weird” – Donya Todd on Her New Experimental Graphic Novel ‘The Witch’s Egg’ from Avery Hill PublishingJuly 8, 2025
Inside Look: The Keluarga Cable Ship Company – Mereida Fajardo Brings Her Boundary-Pushing Practice to Digital PresentationJuly 4, 2025
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
