SAFARI FESTIVAL FORTNIGHT! Breakdown Press’s Safari Festival is coming on August 27th and at Broken Frontier we’re focusing on this essential celebration of new waves in contemporary comics and art with…
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The Analogue Press are a smaller micropublishing outfit from the North East of England who have to date put out two copies of Radio On, an annual music-themed anthology. The…
Back in July I had the pleasure of chairing a panel at ELCAF on the subject of ‘Championing Comics’ with zine-maker Simon Moreton (Minor Leagues), One Beat Zines co-founder Julia Scheele, and…
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Emily Rose Lambert’s Dreamscape is an atmospheric and haunting journey through the subconscious, a shorter version of which first appeared in the pages of Dirty Rotten Comics #4 last year. In this…
The last time feminist small press collective and distro One Beat Zines (co-founded by Sarah Broadhurst and Julia Scheele) published an anthology project we liked it so much here at Broken…
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Depending on the reader’s preference Brigid Deacon’s Room could just as easily be classified as a zine as it is a minicomic. It comprises just three pages of comics and…
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Hot on the heels of her extremely well-received Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook contribution, small press creator Jess Milton launched her new fantasy webcomic series The Flying Ship last month. Milton’s…
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SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! Saturday July 9th sees the first Small Press Day in the UK and Ireland – an event that seeks to spotlight the exciting new voices…
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SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! Saturday July 9th sees the first Small Press Day in the UK – an event that seeks to spotlight the exciting new voices in self-publishing…
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SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! Saturday July 9th sees the first Small Press Day in the UK and Ireland – an event that seeks to spotlight the exciting new voices…
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SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! Saturday July 9th sees the first Small Press Day in the UK and Ireland – an event that seeks to spotlight the exciting new voices…
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There’s less than a fortnight to go until the inaugural Small Press Day on July 9th. This celebratory day showcasing the amazing wealth of talent on show in the allied…
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Championing comics. Two words that we like to think of here at Broken Frontier as summing up our entire ethos. They’re also the title of the panel I chaired at the…
After their British Comic Awards nomination for Fairytales for Bad Bitches it seemed a given that the Comic Book Slumber Party collective would return to their signature character Greasy with…
Sometimes the seemingly smallest moments in comics can be the ones that resonate with us the most. I Told You it Was Summer – the latest self-published offering from artist…
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Crafting a genuinely all-ages story is a very different thing to creating a children’s comic that also appeals to adults. The latter connects with an older audience by allowing us…
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 or digital storefront, the…
Another of our new 2016 intake of the Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Kim Clements will be tabling at the DIY Cultures Fair at London’s Rich Mix…
“In Order to Create Societal Change, We Have to First Imagine It” – Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner Talk A Wave Blue World, Their LGBTQIA+ Anthologies and Publishing with a Social PurposeJune 9, 2026
“We Wanted to Publish the Books We Wanted to Read” – Outgoing Avery Hill Co-Founder Dave White Looks Back on 14 Years at the UK’s Game-Changing Indie Comics PublisherJune 8, 2026
“There is No Singular or Correct Intersex Narrative” – LJ Nakamura on Intersex Representation and the Liberating Nature of Pulp Sci-FiJune 4, 2026
“We Want Trans and Queer Teens to Feel Seen and Understood” – Tilly Bridges and Susan Bridges on Their New Graphic Novel ‘Just Another Summer’ and the Collaborative Writing ProcessJune 2, 2026
“A Room Full of Comics People is a True Joy to See!” – Marc Jackson on Bringing MACC-POW! to Macclesfield and the Resurgence of Kids Comics in the UKMay 25, 2026
