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First Guests for Thought Bubble 2023 Announced Including Jeff Lemire, ND Stevenson, Molly Knox Ostertag and Zoe Thorogood

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 29, 2023

When festival promotion includes images of one of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators like Shane Melisse (below) it gets extra priority on the posting list. The first guests…

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All About the Ink! – A New Exhibition of Contemporary Cartooning at London’s Bookery Gallerie Featuring Mark Stafford, Shaky Kane, Sarah Gordon, Jenny Robins and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 27, 2023

Featuring a veritable who’s who of Broken Frontier-featured artists (including our own Jenny Robins!) All About the Ink! is a new exhibition of “contemporary cartoonists and comics art” at the…

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Save the Date! – Small Press Day Returns for 2023 on August 5th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 24, 2023

A quick note for your comics-related diaries! Small Press Day – the UK and Ireland’s annual celebration of the self-publishing comic scene – will be returning this year on Saturday,…

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LGBTQ+ Horror Series ‘The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos’ Comes to Print Via Dark Horse in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 24, 2023

Another Dark Horse announcement to go into the weekend with and the news that The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos, previously available only on Substack, is coming to print….

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Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis – Dark Horse and Berger Books’ Upcoming Graphic Novel Based on a Suppressed Opera by Two Concentration Camp Prisoners

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2023

It’s a sad reality that some artistic endeavours are as relevant today as they were when they were created decades ago, however much we’d prefer that not to be the…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 23rd with Guest Artist Ed Firth

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 23rd with guest artist Ed Firth, of our 2023…

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Matthias Lehmann’s Acclaimed Historical LGBTQ+ Graphic Novel ‘Parallel’ to Be Released by Oni Press in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 21, 2023

Pride Month is not that far off now (and yes we will be following up with some themed coverage in June!) so here’s news of a new release from Oni…

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The Cartoon Museum Takes an Environmental Stance with New Exhibition ‘Norman Thelwell Saves the Planet’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 20, 2023

With Earth Day not that far away London’s Cartoon Museum has the climate crisis in mind with its new Norman Thelwell exhibition. Full details in the press release below. Norman…

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Special Half Price Tickets Offer for Broken Frontier Readers for the Lucie Arnoux and Lucy Sullivan Comica Festival Event on Thursday March 23rd

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 17, 2023

With the Comica Festival 20th anniversary celebrations continuing apace this month we have a very special opportunity for Broken Frontier readers! This Thursday March 23rd sees another of the Comica…

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From Queer Coats-of-Arms to Feminist Commemorative Platters – Zine-Maker, Comics Creator and Small Press Activist Rachael House is Artist-in-Residence at the Feminist Library

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 15, 2023

Rachael House, one of our favourite voices on the DIY culture and zine scene, is the current Artist-in-Residence at the Feminist Library in London. The library was set up in…

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‘Cartoonists Against Racism: The Secret Jewish War on Bigotry’ Coming from Dark Horse and Yoe Books Later this Year

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 10, 2023

One final upcoming book announcement to go into the weekend with and details of Cartoonists Against Racism. What looks to be a vitally important release in November from Dark Horse…

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Dark Horse Comics to Publish Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou and Juni Ba’s ‘The Unlikely Story of Felix and Macabber’ in October

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 10, 2023

Sometimes in comics coverage there are those interesting projects that come up and then seem to get lost somewhere along the way. Five years ago at Broken Frontier we covered…

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Fantagraphics to Publish ‘Monica’, Daniel Clowes’ First Graphic Novel in Five Years

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 9, 2023

Well we hardly need a build-up intro in to this press release from Fantagraphics. Daniel Clowes’ first graphic novel in five years will be on its way to us later…

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Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Aleesha Nandhra Illustrates ‘Climate Change’ from the Iconic Ladybird Books Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 7, 2023

Exciting publishing news as this week sees our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Aleesha Nandhra (insert the usual “we did tell you” statement here) as illustrator of the…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 9th for a Silver Sprocket Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 7, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 9th with a special evening spotlighting 2023 Broken Frontier…

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The 2023 Minicomic Award Winners Have Been Announced!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 3, 2023

The 2023 Minicomic Award winners have been announced; the second year of an initiative to spotlight “the unique and challenging work in this underrecognized short form medium.” The event was…

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Romance Comes to the Fore in the Latest Heritage Comics Release as DC Thomson Bring Us Classic ‘Star Love Stories’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 28, 2023

Just when it was beginning to look like DC Thomson‘s Heritage Comics series of archival digital reprints was veering into Commando-only content they send an announcement that will no doubt…

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New Initiative the Cartoonist Cooperative Launches with the Empowerment of Artists and an Anti-Capitalist Ethos in Mind

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 27, 2023

So here’s an initiative we can really get behind here at Broken Frontier. The Cartoonist Cooperative is a new collective-style venture that looks to support fellow artists in their creative…

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