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Pamphlet 01 – Bryan Lim Junyan and Singaporean Micropublisher PPIPPIPRESS’s “Interuniversal Newsletter for Humanoids” is a Fun, Tactile Artefact

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 22, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! So this is an intriguing little curiosity. Pamphlet 01 (subtitled The Interuniversal Newsletter for Humanoids) comes to us via creator Bryan Lim Junyan and new Singaporean…

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Alba Ceide’s Tall Tale – A Delightful Foray into Childhood Imagination in this Tactile, Fold-Out Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Alba Ceide’s Tall Tale is one of the stories you can read in this year’s WIP Comics two-book…

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The Painted Nuns of Santa Catalina – Tactile Experimentation Collides with 17th Century Death and Debauchery in Mereida Fajardo’s Latest Comics Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Where the work of Mereida Fajardo is concerned it is not simply the material itself that one awaits eagerly each time a…

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“The Emotions All Hit Me After I Released ‘Daddy'” – Beatrice Mossman on Tactile Presentation in Comics, Allegorical Narrative, and the Sensitivity of Autobio Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2023

Beatrice Mossman has been cultivating a growing audience of admirers over the last couple of years for her tactile, experimental comics that have their roots in horror motifs, coming-of-age standards,…

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Throwing Pennies – Mereida’s Multi-Part Experimental Comics Narrative is a Tactile Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 24, 2021

HCZF MONTH! A couple of months back when I interviewed Mereida Fajardo about her practice I asked whether her constant experimentation with the form was a conscious decision to learn…

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The Lure of the Flesh – Beatrice Mossman’s Horror/Fairy Tale Hybrid Explores the Possibilities of the Page with Its Distinctive Tactile Presentation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2020

Beatrice Mossman’s The Lure of the Flesh brings together dark fantasy, allegorical storytelling and autobiographical elements in an enticingly unusual physical format. Freya is a young girl who has struggled…

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ØMIT – Nic Mac Uses Dreamlike Visual Metaphor to Explore Living with Depression and Anxiety in this Tactile, Fold-Out Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 25, 2019

The empathetic nature of comics as a communicative tool has seen an explosion of material in the area of graphic medicine over the last few years. Sequential art explorations of…

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Hot Schitt: The Official Comic Adaptation of the Trailer of the Hit Film – Gordon Johnston’s ’80s Action Film Parody is a Wittily Tactile Recreation of an Era of Cinema History

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 23, 2018

“He just got Schitt-faced!” A throwaway punchline to a champagne-bottle-in-the-face action sequence via ’80s movie sensation Jack Schitt. Creator Gordon Johnston’s self-published Hot Schitt is something of a curiosity. Describing itself as the…

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A Portrait of Sheffield – Anja Uhren’s Psychogeographical Art Object is a Tactile Graphic Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 30, 2017

One of the great joys of overseeing our various Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ programmes at BF is observing the artists involved as their work evolves and…

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Samhain – Mhairi Braden’s Tale of Iron Age Rituals is a Tactile Zine Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 13, 2017

ELCAF WEEK! For the lover of the unique properties and storytelling possibilities of the physical object there are few comics festivals more filled with opportunities to immerse oneself in the…

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BLOCKS Comics – A Looping Minicomic with an Irrepressibly Tactile Aesthetic from Ryan Cecil Smith

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 30, 2014

Ryan Cecil Smith’s BLOCKS minicomic began life as an explanatory design for the Loop de Loop Animation Challenge – the cyclical reading experience inherent in its distinctive physicality mimicking the creation…

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The Tragedy of Morty, Prince of Denmarke – The Absurdity of Life Shown Through Steve Willis’s Adaptation of ‘Hamlet’, Published by Phoenix Productions 

  • by Gary Usher
  • January 29, 2026

Steve Willis is a Washington state-based creator who has been self-publishing his own particular brand of strange and surreal comics out of the Pacific Northwest of the United States since…

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Colossive Cartographies #68 – Michelle Kent Invites Us to ‘Hit Escape’ and Get Away from Everything

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2026

We have, admittedly, a little bit of catching up to do with our coverage of the Colossive Press series of Colossive Cartographies fold-out zines. So we are going to endeavour…

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Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor’s ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 26, 2025

Another batch of fold-out Colossive Cartographies zines launched a few weeks back ready for the Autumn with the first of these always worthy Colossive Press artist showcases spotlighting the practice…

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Runner – Shri Gunasekara’s Experimental Graphic Novel is a Powerful Metaphorical Examination of Responsibility and Generational Trauma

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Experimental comics work is, as all our readers know, a huge part of our coverage remit here at Broken Frontier. As such, work like Shri Gunasekara’s…

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“Themes Around Human Connection and Loneliness Are a Constant Throughline in All of My Works” – Rein Lee on Exploring Identity and Queerness in Comics, and Finding Your Way in the Small Press Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 28, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! When I discovered the work of self-published comics artist Rein Lee at the inQ! queer comics fair last year I pretty much instantly knew that they were…

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Deadly Knitshade Launches the ‘Very Tiny Comics Anthology’ at Thought Bubble – 25 Minicomics from Top Talents Available from a Vintage Gumball Machine

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 27, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Something a little different launching at Thought Bubble for those who like a tactile edge to their comics. Deadly Knitshade’s Very Tiny Comics Anthology #1: Monsters…

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Toto Bunny Zine #1 and #2 – Kiera Won’s Minicomics Are a Delightful, Fold-Out Experience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 26, 2025

Kiera Won’s Toto Bunny Zine – the first two of which we will be looking at today at Broken Frontier – take us into genuinely minicomic territory, given that each…

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