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‘State of the Small Press Nation’ was the umbrella title for Broken Frontier’s ground-breaking series of reports last year on the UK’s rapidly expanding self-publishing world and the challenges it faced…
Thought Bubble 2016 is nearly upon us and, with somewhere in the region of 440 tables across the three exhibitor areas, to say that punters will be spoilt for choice…
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There’s very exciting news indeed today for those of our readers who follow our regular ‘Six to Watch coverage! Danny Noble – one of our first group of Broken Frontier…
This Saturday, September 17th, sees the latest DIY Art Market at the Copeland Gallery in Peckham. The regular event is described by its organisers as “a celebration of London’s independent…
We’re delighted today at BF to give you a first look at Danny Noble’s striking cover for our first Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook which features the work of the…
There are points when you can’t help but repeat yourself when you cover the same comics projects multiple times in a year. But sometimes those same recycled sentiments simply cannot be…
Once again at this point in the year I am going to repeat the sentiments of twelve months before. Every time we make our Broken Frontier Six to Watch announcement…
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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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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“At the Base of Every Story I Tell is Some Aspect of Myself” – Michael Furler Talks Inspiration, Process, His ShortBox and Peow Work, and the Swiss Comics SceneOctober 26, 2026
