Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
Announced just before the weekend by Publishers Weekly, Fantagraphics have secured the rights to R. E. Burke’s graphic memoir Visiting America: 19 Days in an I.C.E. Facility. As long-term Broken Frontier…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…
Good news from the team at CCIC to go into the weekend on in the press release below… Arts Council England funding for CCIC Comics Cultural Impact Collective receives Arts…
Last year the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw – an event that has been running in multiple versions online and in-person since the summer of 2015 –…
New release from the ever eclectic Top Shelf Productions coming this Summer. Top Shelf Set to Release We Are Pan, The Extraordinary Story of the Children Who Escaped Castro’s Cuba In Stores…
And we’re back with BF’s Staff Picks feature for March 2026! This regular blog piece is where members of the team give a monthly overview of recommended new releases, designed…
And here we are with another monthly look at what we’ve been up to behind the scenes at Broken Frontier. This time around things are going to be a little…
Check out the autumn graphic novel schedule from Oni Press in the press release below… Get Ready For a Spooky, Spellbinding, and Seriously Stunning Autumn With Oni Press’ Fall 2026…
Before Christmas we brought you news of a new event for our UK comics calendar. Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) debuts this October and, courtesy of organiser Chris Mole, we…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns for iat our new venue of The Royal George on Friday, February 27th, 2026. And this time we have…
Yo Comics! Fair – described by Tom Murphy in his report at Broken Frontier last year as an event that “oozed creativity, comics community spirit and FUN” – is back…
We like to go into the weekend with a preview of exciting upcoming comics work and this one certainly fits the bill. Check out the press release for Muslim Futures,…
Well here’s some huge news from Dark Horse this week. Paul Chadwick is returning to his much loved creation for the first time since 2012 in Concrete: Stars Over Sand……
If you are a fan of the worlds of Archie Comics then the publisher’s diminishing output in recent years will no doubt have been of some disappointment. That all looks…
We’ve seen some powerful comics work centring on the atrocities in Gaza over the last couple of years. You can discover more of it via our Palestine comics resource list…
As regular readers know we have in recent years dedicated June to an extensive month of LGBTQIA comics coverage (see our Pride Month 2024 coverage here and Pride Month 2025…
It’s always a pleasure to be able to use BF as a community hub and give some space to wider arts projects within the community on request as and when…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
