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SLCZF WEEK! Forged in the fires of comics community, the Idiot Corpse crew’s first experimental anthology was a fine exercise in exploring the intricacies of the collaborative comics process. I…
Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 18th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. Twelve months ago when I wrote the…
It might have slipped under the radar in the run-up to the festive season but ELCAF, the East London Comics and Arts Festival, has announced it is officially “on pause”…
When the pandemic hit last year it threw publishing schedules seriously off course for even the biggest outfits in the business. But while Marvel and DC put short-term pragmatism over…
This past weekend I had the pleasure of being one of the speakers at the online LDComics Festival, giving a presentation on the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and…
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HCZF MONTH! A very special treat for those of you following our Hackney Comic + Zine Fair month of coverage as we talk with Jane and Tom Murphy of DIY…
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It’s just days since the announcement that The Junction, the much lauded and self-published graphic novel by Norm Konyu, has been picked up by Titan for publication in a new…
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London-based illustrator and designer Alxndra Cook first featured a few years ago on Broken Frontier when we covered some of her lively and quirky zines. Her relatively recent move into…
To a certain extent I have been fortunate enough to have had something of a unique perspective on the development of the comics practice of Sabba Khan, whose debut long-form…
Fictional Father, by legendary Canadian cartoonist Joe Ollmann, declares its intention at the outset, its ingenious cover image pointing to what lies within. This is a faux memoir, supposedly written…
Over the past decade, few creators have been as active as Jeff Lemire. Not only the volume of work he produces is crazy, it becomes even more spectacular when you…
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As mentioned the last time I looked at the Colossive Cartographies from Colossive Press, this tactile series of one-shot art objects took its inspiration from Colossive co-publisher Tom Murphy’s toying…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 25th with a couple of likely lads who…
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When it comes to small press coverage for Broken Frontier I am always on the lookout for work that experiments with the form – practice that interrogates its perceived boundaries…
We’re back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, January 28th with drawing themes by two of our regulars – Myriad graphic novelist…
Avery Hill Publishing, Broken Frontier Best Publisher Award winners for 2020, have announced six books coming this year and it’s another cracking line-up of returning artists and new names. A…
Our long-running, fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday December 10th with a Street Noise Books Special! As usual we start at 7.30pm UK…
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I have expressed sentiments like this before on many occasions at Broken Frontier but I never tire of repeating them. One of the greatest joys of our championing emerging creative…
“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
