The time has come again for our Broken Frontier Six to Watch announcement. This is our most anticipated and well-read article of the year and let me say straight out…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, April…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Yes, it’s time again for our Broken Frontier Six to Watch announcement! Undoubtedly one of our most eagerly anticipated posts of the…
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Welcome to our Broken Frontier Six to Watch 2023 announcement! But before we look forward let’s quickly look back. In 2022 the UK small press world slowly began to emerge…
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2021 was another year where the self-publishing and small press scene in the UK had to continue to adapt to our changed world, and our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small…
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As redundant an observation as it is to make, 2020 was a challenging year for the UK comics self-publishing community. In a time of continuing uncertainty, and with real world…
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The most exciting time of the year here on the site is our announcement of the names of the artists selected for the year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…
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It’s that time of year again when we showcase the work of six up-and-coming artists as part of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative – half a…
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Have we really reached the fourth intake of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative here at Broken Frontier? It seems no time at all since we published…
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Last night saw the opening of Burnt Roti magazine’s ‘The Beauty of Being British Asian’ at the Old Truman Brewery on London’s Brick Lane – an exhibition that includes new…
It sneaked up on me unexpectedly this past week. Indeed, had it not been for one of those countless, seemingly hourly, social media reminders about our past online activity I probably…
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The Broken Frontier Breakout Talent Award is always the most fiercely contested category in BF’s annual list of accolades. As a site that actively champions new creative voices, of course, that…
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Two years ago at Broken Frontier we announced our first set of ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ – half a dozen self-published comics and zine artists whose craft was…
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While we’re celebrating the announcement of the first Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook (featuring the work of our ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’) it’s also time…
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Last night at London’s Gosh! Comics a very special announcement was made to the sell-out audience at the Broken Frontier special edition of the monthly Laydeez do Comics meeting. We’re…
For London-based lovers of small press and indie comics tomorrow’s Crouch End Comic Art Festival (organised by that stalwart of the scene, Sean Azzopardi) will, of course, be a must-attend…
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Unearthing the gems of the small press. That was the tagline of ‘Small Pressganged’ when it debuted at Broken Frontier back in 2011. As a mini-mission statement it was designed…
Shining a spotlight on emerging voices in comics is a huge part of what we’re about here at Broken Frontier. As is putting work that tackles socially relevant issues front…
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