Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – Pre-Orders Now Open!
100 pages. 18 creators. Boundless talent. Unless you boarded, bagged and packed yourself away in a longbox at the end of last year then you’ll be aware that the debut…
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Broken Frontier Anthology and Small Press Yearbook 2016 – Multi-Creator Launch Party Announced at London’s Gosh! Comics on Friday April 29th
Clear your social calendars, save up your pennies, and get ready to celebrate two of the most eagerly anticipated anthology releases of 2016! On Friday April 29th, at London’s acclaimed…
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Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2016 – The Nine Back-Up Creators Revealed!
A few weeks ago at the special Broken Frontier edition of the London Laydeez do Comics meet-up we announced our very first Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook – a near 100-page…
Red – A Classic Tale of Yesteryear Re-Imagined by a Comics Star of Tomorrow in Jess Milton’s Take on the ‘Red Riding Hood’ Story
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! We’re returning to the familiar but always rewarding territory of my ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’ in ‘Small Pressganged’ today but with a…
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State of the Small Press Nation – How Do You Promote Your Small Press Comics? What Are the Challenges in Getting Publicity for Self-Published Projects?
Throughout 2015 at Broken Frontier we’ve been holding monthly discussions on the current UK self-publishing scene in our regular ‘State of the Small Press Nation’ series of multi-creator discussions and…
The Crouch End Comic Art Festival 2015 – Sean Azzopardi’s CECAF Returns on June 6th Featuring Roger Langridge, Breakdown Press, Simon Moreton, Danny Noble, Tiny Pencil and More!
On June 6th the Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF) – Sean Azzopardi’s smaller scale but incredibly welcoming and relaxed show – returns to the Earl Haig Hall as part…
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’
Pascal Girard and Cathon are two of the most distinctive voices in Montreal’s vibrant indie comics landscape, each cultivating a devoted readership through their wry, sharply observed work. Girard is…
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi Anthology
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! If this year’s Thought Bubble coverage has a human interest story then the origins of debuting anthology Beyond the Black Void is surely it. A titanic…
“It’s Tough Out There, But You’re Absolutely Not Alone!” – Dave Cook on ‘Killtopia: Phantoms’, Challenging Times for Crowdfunding, and Returning to Thought Bubble
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! The last time we talked with Dave Cook his first Killtopia cyberpunk series had just been collected and published by Titan. With the second arc Killtopia:…
The First Graphic Novel Competition 2025 Longlist Announced – Winning Entry Will Be Published by SelfMadeHero
Just before the weekend the First Graphic Novel Competition announced their longlist line-up for this year. It’s a great set of names, some of whom you will recognise from recent…
The Colour Out of Space – Colour Reproduction; Gou Tanabe’s Adaptation Does Full Justice to Lovecraft’s Original Story
“It was just a colour out of space—a frightful messenger from unformed realms of infinity beyond all Nature as we know it; from realms whose mere existence stuns the brain…
Colossive Press to Celebrate 5 Years of the ‘Colossive Cartographies’ with a Party Night at Gosh! Comics on June 20th, 2025
One of our very favourite series here at Broken Frontier is getting its own night in the spotlight next month. Colossive Press’s Colossive Cartographies are five years old and Colossive…
Preview: Vanishing Point #1 – A New Sci-Fi Anthology Series is Coming from Mad Cave Studios and Mark Russell
The genre fiction anthology comic seems to be having something of a renaissance right now. Details on Mad Cave’s Vanishing Point below. Mad Cave Studios Brings a Six-Issue Sci-Fi Anthology Series Exploring…
My Taxidermy Angel – Rein Lee’s Tale of Queerness, Religious Trauma, Identity and Self-Acceptance is Incredibly Assured Early Work from a Newer Voice on the Indie Scene
When I am asked what I look for when selecting artists for our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Creators to Watch’ initiative the answers I could give would be multitudinous. But…
Fizzle #4 and #5 – Catching Up With Whit Taylor’s Slice-of-Life Classic from Radiator Comics
Andy Oliver reviewed Fizzle #1-3 on this site in the halcyon pre-pandemic days. Today we revisit the long-running Whit Taylor series with its latest issue being published earlier this year…
Cold Chips – Sibling Conflict, Seaside Nostalgia and Psychogeographical Exploration All Come Together in Chris King’s Remarkable Debut Self-Published Comic
As I said when we announced Broken Frontier’s 2025 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ list last week it’s a rare occurrence but every so often someone comes along with…
Radical Comics Publisher Silver Sprocket’s Spring 2025 Schedule Revealed – Includes Work from Caroline Cash, Alex Krokus, Michael Sweater and More!
One of the great joys of Thought Bubble 2024 for the residents of Broken Frontier Towers was getting to meet one of our fave publishers Silver Sprocket for the first…
“I Have Always Been an Advocate for Diversity and Representation” – UK Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph on Bringing Comics to Wider Readerships
He’s the fifth UK Comics Laureate and also the first person of colour to fill that position, and creator Bobby Joseph is obviously relishing his time in that role! An…
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