Cardiff Comics Carnival Returns on March 29th!
After the winter break it’s time to be thinking again about the annual comics calendar of events. We have a notable Spring one to announce today with the return of…
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“Go Forth with Glee!” – Sequential Art in the Spotlight at the Arts Foundation Future Awards as Esther McManus Wins in the Comics Category
Comics, graphic novels, sequential art… whatever you call the medium we all love it cannot be denied that the growing respect and recognition for it in the wider arts world…
The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2020 – Comics Category Shortlisted Artists Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor Talk About Practice, Process and what Being Nominated Means to Them
This coming Monday, January 27th, sees the announcement of the winners of the Arts Foundation’s Futures Awards at the ICA, with the five sections including Experimental Short Film, Social…
Koyama Press Provides – New Community Initiative from the Canadian Publisher Promises a Year of “Monthly Giving”
Three years ago at Broken Frontier, Koyama Press founder Annie Koyama was the first inductee into our Broken Frontier Hall of Fame, a category in our annual BF Awards designed…
Preview: Heavy Metal #298 – Venerable Comics Anthology Magazine Goes Back to its Sci-Fi Roots and Journeys to the “Furthest Reaches” in March
We have an extensive preview of Heavy Metal #298 today at BF (the magazine that, of course, published work by our 2020 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Miranda Smart…
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Celebrating 2019 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
We supplemented our annual Broken Frontier tradition of rounding up just ten UK small press comics representing the diversity of approach in self-published comics practice this year with an additional…
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Celebrating the 2010s – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Should Have Read Over the Last Decade!
A bit of fun today as we head towards the end of the year and the end of the decade (and yes, technically, I know that’s actually really a year…
Don’t Miss the Catford Comic and Zine Fair on Sunday December 8th! – Details Here on Getting Your Comic on the Communal Table Run by Broken Frontier
As the comics events calendar winds to a close we’re preparing here at BF for our final tabling appearance of the year at the Catford Comic & Zine Fair at…
Thought Bubble 2019 – A Visual Look Back on an Inspirational Two Days at the New Incarnation of the Yorkshire Comic Art Festival
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2019! Our final Thought Bubble post every year is the customary festival scrapbook round-up (from a very Broken Frontier perspective of course) and, with the festival’s double move…
See Arts Foundation Futures Awards Finalists Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor in Conversation with Comics Laureate Hannah Berry at the Cartoon Museum on October 19th
After the recent announcement of the shortlisted artists in the comics section of this year’s Arts Foundation Futures Awards there’s an opportunity to hear the final four creators in conversation…
Staff Picks for October 9, 2019 – The Tower in the Sea, Rain, These Savage Shores, The Book of Forks and More!
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital storefront,…
The UK’s Autumn Festival Season Has Arrived – A Quick Look Back at the Weekend’s Leam Comic Con and Brighton Illustration Fair
Autumn is festival time in the UK and, after last month’s fantastic inaugural Hackney Comic + Zine Fair, the Broken Frontier team were at two established events this past weekend….
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š! #36 – ‘Plant Power’ is the Theme of the Latest kus! comics Digest Anthology with Work from Peony Gent, Patrick Kyle and Roman Muradov
As one might suspect from an anthology with the theme of ‘Plant Power’, the latest issue of Latvian publisher kuš! comics signature š! anthology sees more than its fair share…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Thursday September 26th with Guest Creators Sabba Khan, Peter Morey, Tom Woodman and Rupert Smissen
Summer may be drawing to a close but our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw has one last hurrah for the lighter evenings. Say goodbye to the summer…
Looking Back at Hackney Comic + Zine Fair 2019 – Joe Stone’s Triumphant Day of Comics Community is One We’ll Be Remembering for a Long Time to Come
If you’ve been anywhere near comics social media today then you will no doubt have seen the outpouring of love for yesterday’s first Hackney Comic + Zine Fair and its…
The Small Press Day 2019 Scrapbook – Looking Back on the Biggest and Best SPD to Date!
With 31 registered events over 33 venues, Small Press Day 2019 was our biggest and best annual celebration of all things self and micropublished in comics to date! A huge…
Small Press Day 2019 is this Saturday July 13th – Stores and Event Organisers on What You Can Expect from the Fourth Annual Celebration of Self and Micropublished Comics
After months of build-up, Small Press Day is back this Saturday July 13th in venues across the UK and Ireland as shops, activists and organisers come together to celebrate all…
Staff Picks for June 26, 2019 – Lettuce Bee, Marble Cake, Tammy & Jinty Special 2019, Marilyn Manor and More!
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital storefront,…
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