Small Press Spotlight on… Dirty Rotten Comics and Throwaway Press
ELCAF WEEK! Since their emergence as one of the most pivotal anthology projects on the small press scene in 2014, Dirty Rotten Comics have given a platform to dozens of…
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Small Press Spotlight on… Peony Gent
ELCAF WEEK! If you’re a regular BF reader then Peony Gent will need little introduction. She is, of course, one of Broken Frontier’s 2017 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘…
A View from the Frontier – Welcome to ELCAF Week! And Announcing the Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook Launch at Gosh! Comics
ELCAF WEEK! Sometimes timing is everything. Several years ago, when I first shifted my Broken Frontier coverage almost exclusively to the UK indie world, I was fortunate enough to find…
A View from the Frontier – First Cover Reveal for the Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook 2017 and Interior Preview Pages
I can be short and sweet in this week’s ‘A View from the Frontier’ because the visual eloquence of what is to come below will speak to you all on…
Dirty Rotten Comics #10 – Celebrating Ten Issues of Throwaway Press’s Pivotal Small Press Anthology in Colourful Style!
Since 2014 Dirty Rotten Comics have been bringing us some of the most exciting new voices in UK comics and putting them side-by-side with acclaimed and established artists while also…
Staff Picks for May 17, 2017 – Dirty Rotten Comics, 4 Kids Walk into a Bank, Outburst, Sunburning and More!
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…
The BF Bulletin Board – The UK Small Press at TCAF and ComicPopUp in Brighton this Saturday May 13th!
Welcome to the Broken Frontier Bulletin Board, our semi-regular round-up of comics-related events, panels, exhibitions, shows and fairs designed to give our readers inspiration for extra-curricular activities of a sequential…
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Exclusive Preview: Dirty Rotten Comics #10 – An Unmissable Colour Extravaganza Featuring Lucie Ebrey, Jey Levang, Emily Rose Lambert, Peony Gent, Olivia Sullivan and Danny Noble
The upcoming tenth issue of Dirty Rotten Comics – one of Broken Frontier’s favourite small press offerings – promises to be something extra special as publishers Throwaway Press put together a…
A View from the Frontier – Free Comic Book Day, Appealing to Younger Readers and the Curious Case of Mr. Toad, the Spirit of Vengeance
Let’s start this week’s ‘A View from the Frontier’ with an unlikely confession… I have never been to Free Comic Book Day before. That’s perhaps not as odd a statement…
A View from the Frontier – The Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook at the Cartoon Museum’s ‘The Inking Woman’ Exhibition Plus the BF Panel at ELCAF Announced!
Given the frenetic pace (14 articles and around 15,000 words!) of our Myriad Week last week, spotlighting the creators and graphics list of the Brighton-based publisher, you could be forgiven for thinking…
For the Love of God, Marie! – Jade Sarson’s Stunning Debut Book Underlines the Vital Importance of the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition
MYRIAD WEEK! A truly joyous graphic novel from one of the UK’s fastest rising indie comics stars. There’s a little backstory to this review so bear with me… Back in…
Covers Album: Ricky Miller – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Simon Bisley, Jaime Hernandez and Alan Davis
In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…
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Dirty Rotten Comics #9 – Slice-of-Life, Horror, Comedy, Visual Poetry and More in Another Top Edition of the Throwaway Press Anthology
We all know by now that if you want an all-encompassing sampler of the breadth and diversity of the ever vibrant small press publishing scene in the UK (and beyond!)…
A View from the Frontier – And We’re Off… the Comics Calendar Kicks into Gear at Leamington Comic Con
“Excuse me, are you Broken Frontier?” “Yes. But my friends call me Broken…” In reality only the first part of that exchange has ever actually happened. But, such are my…
Meet the Broken Frontier Team: EdieOP – “For Me Comics is the Best of Both Worlds… It’s Like Jelly and Ice Cream!”
It’s a new era at Broken Frontier and to usher in the next stage in BF’s evolution we’ve been building an expanded writing team to broaden our scope and approach…
A View from the Frontier – Shining a Grateful Spotlight on Comics’ Vital and Supportive Community Hubs
The self-publishing explosion in comics over the last several years has meant there has never been a better time for new creators to get their work out there and in…
Broken Frontier is on Instagram! – Follow the Exciting New Comics Voices We Champion with Us on the Photo-Sharing App
BF filled a noticeable hole in its “social media portfolio” today with a new presence on Instagram. In future, to a lesser degree, we’ll be using the photo-sharing app to give…
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Small Press Inside Look: Glorious Wrestling Alliance – Meet the Colourful Combatants of the GWA as Josh Hicks Examines His Creative Practice
Josh Hicks’s Glorious Wrestling Alliance came as something of a revelation to me when I reviewed it here last summer. I wasn’t expecting that on finishing this comedic take on those…
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