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Lucky WIP – 30-Plus Creators from the WIP Comics Group Breathe New Life Into the Comics Anthology with this Unique Take on the Format

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2021

HCZF MONTH! We’ve featured WIP Comics a number of times over the last few years at BF in terms of both their publishing output and their work in providing a…

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It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be – Lizzy Stewart Shows Us in Her Gentle, Raw Way How Beautiful and Foolish We Look, Trying to Live Our Lives with Any Sort of Continuity in this World

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 19, 2021

In It’s Not What You Thought It Would Be, Lizzy Stewart shows us in her gentle, raw way, how beautiful and foolish we look, trying to live our lives with…

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Texas Tracts: Holy Diver – Rachelle Meyer Subverts the Format of the Notorious Chick Tracts with a Wry Slice-of-Life Appeal

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 5, 2021

Jack Chick’s Chick Tracts – religious mini-comics with a (to say the least) conservative Christian agenda – have been notorious for some decades for their hellfire and damnation-style approach to…

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Celestia – Manuele Fior’s Anticipated New Release Immerses the Reader in an Ethereal Dreamscape of Ever-present Villains, Mindreaders and Lovers, from Fantagraphics

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • July 30, 2021

Celestia, the latest graphic narrative from Manuele Fior, immerses readers in a vast and ethereal dreamscape of the future, where complex interpersonal dynamics are one of many aspects to simultaneously…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, July 29th with Guest Artists EdieOP and Beatrice Mossman

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 27, 2021

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, July 29th for a Summer Spook-tacular with guest artists…

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Resistance Sustenance Protection – Rachael House’s Essential Collection of Pandemic Comics is in Turns Scathing, Compassionate, Empathetic and Funny

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 21, 2021

I have said it before here at Broken Frontier and I shall say it again today. I do not believe we can overestimate how invaluable a social document pandemic comics…

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Monsters – A Must-Read Masterpiece of Trauma by Barry Windsor-Smith, a Book Which Was Decades in the Making

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • April 14, 2021

Much like the abused test-subject at its centre, Monsters is years in the making. Barry Windsor-Smith planned his macabre epic as a Hulk story, way back in 1984. Clashes with…

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Colossive Cartographies #15-21 – Another Batch of Boundary-Pushing Colossive Press Zines from Miranda Smart, Joe Decie, Simon Russell, Patrick Wray and Co

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 5, 2021

As mentioned the last time I looked at the Colossive Cartographies from Colossive Press, this tactile series of one-shot art objects took its inspiration from Colossive co-publisher Tom Murphy’s toying…

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New ‘Colossive Cartographies’ Announced by Colossive Press – The Acclaimed Indie Zine Series Returns with Work from Joe Decie, Hannah Lee Miller and Patrick Wray

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 8, 2021

Towards the end of 2020 we looked at the Colossive Cartographies series of beautifully tactile zines, with contributions from some of the top creators in indie and small press comics….

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Celebrating 2020 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2021

There wasn’t much to celebrate in 2020 but one thing we could take some joy in was that, despite everything, there was still plenty of amazing self-published comics work to…

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Winter Night: A Lost Kid’s Tale – Marta Selusi’s Whimsical Fantasy Comic Explores the Effects of Anxiety in a World Full of Monsters

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • January 6, 2021

Marta Selusi’s second graphic novel, Winter Night: A Lost Kid’s Tale tells the story of Shu, a young boy who wakes up one morning to find his mother gone and…

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Lost (Lives Unlived) – Anja Uhren’s Powerful Account of Pregnancy Loss and Grief is an Unforgettable Piece of Autobio Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 1, 2021

A personal reflection on my journey through pregnancy and pregnancy loss. Following the urge to acknowledge the existence of our lost babies – too precious to deny or forget. Talking…

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Reckless – Brubaker and the Phillips Provide an Intriguing Character Study Wrapped in a Satisfying Pulp Paperback

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • December 28, 2020

Ethan Reckless, freelance enforcer, operates out of an abandoned cinema. Despite his current shortage of funds, he is not eager to rent it out. The El Ricardo is a temple,”…

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Colossive Cartographies #1-14 – Colossive Press’s Experimental Zine Series Features Work from Olivia Sullivan, Peony Gent, Sean Azzopardi, Gareth A Hopkins, Douglas Noble and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2020

Given how many comics creators are on the team at Broken Frontier we have an unwritten rule on the site. While we may cover their work in terms of features…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Altitude – Jean-Marc Rochette Takes a While to Climb His Autobiography of Mountains and Cartoons

  • by Bruno Savill de Jong
  • October 14, 2020

Artistry and mountain climbing might seem like radically different interests. One is physical and dangerous, requiring tactile grasping with Nature, while the other is quiet, contemplative and achieved through reflecting…

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“Everything Comes Second to Art when it Comes to Communicating These Feelings and Themes” – Nic Mac Talks Comics and Mental Health Awareness, and Social Commentary in Illustration

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 8, 2020

I knew waaaaaay back in January 2019, when illustrator Nic Mac was a guest artist at our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw, that I would be including…

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How *Do* I Get Coverage for My Self-Published Comic? (2020 Edition) – Thoughts on How to Secure that All-Important First Review and Increasing Your Audience Afterwards…

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 5, 2020

Way back in 2014 I wrote a guide for small press comics creators on how to increase their chances of getting a review and how to build up a profile…

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And Now, Sir — Is THIS Your Missing Gonad? – A New Perspective on the Unsettlingly Alluring World of Jim Woodring’s Frank

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 24, 2020

Something of a curio and a sidestep in the annals of Jim Woodring’s Unifactor stories And Now, Sir — Is THIS Your Missing Gonad? takes his signature anthropomorphic Frank character…

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