Welcome Back to the Frontier – Exploring the Comics Universe at BF in 2016!
We’re back! Did you miss us…? Firstly, an apology from all of us at Broken Frontier for our downtime over the Christmas period and into the New Year. We won’t…
Section: Blog
Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
Forbidden Planet International Blog – BF’s Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver’s ‘Best of 2015’ Comics Revealed!
It’s the end of the year again and that means it’s time for our respected colleagues at the Forbidden Planet International blog to ask the assembled masses of the comics world to…
Laydeez Do Comics Announce Special Broken Frontier Edition at Gosh! in January – Rozi Hathaway, Danny Noble and BF’s Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver Lined Up as Speakers
Creator Rozi Hathaway has announced on her website today that the first meeting of the London chapter of the popular Laydeez do Comics group (hosted by Wallis Eates and Keara Stewart)…
Staff Picks for December 9, 2015 – Snow Blind, New Romancer, Alabaster Shadows, Yellow, Scarlet Witch and Walt Disney’s Mickey and Donald Christmas Parade
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
Jamie Smart and Company Release Special Christmas Issue of ‘Moose Kid Comics’ to Raise Funds to Distribute Comics to Children’s Hospitals
Last year Jamie Smart and a team of 40 talented artists created the madcap, meta children’s anthology Moose Kid Comics as a response to the demise of the venerable British…
Staff Picks for December 2, 2015 – Dirty Rotten Comics, Feathers, Alpha, Mystery Girl, Underworld, X’ed and Carver: A Paris Story
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
From Grassroots Publishing to Internationally Renowned Creators: Presenting the Nominations for the Broken Frontier Awards 2015
Broken Frontier proudly presents the nominees for our 12th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our staff have selected five nominees for each of the 11 categories that comprise the BF Awards,…
Staff Picks for November 25, 2015 – Elsie Harris Picture Palace, Magic Whistle, Ringside, Archie, The Magician’s Wife, Dark Knight III and More
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
Last Chance to Back David Ziggy Greene’s ‘Save Our Souls’ Magazine on Indiegogo – Includes Contributions from Mark Stafford, Verity Glass, Joe Sparrow and Fumio Obata
In the aftermath of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and the run-up to Thought Bubble it’s hardly surprising that some deserving crowdfunding projects may have got lost in the…
Comics in Focus – A Brand New Archive Site for Camila Barboza’s Photographic Documentation of Comics Events in the UK and Beyond
The continuing growth of comics-related happenings in the UK over the last few years has been something of a phenomenon in and of itself. From festivals, cons and fairs to launches,…
Staff Picks for November 18, 2015 – Red Thorn, Pretty Deadly, Huck, Junction True, Seconds Helping, The Mighty Thor and Lumberjanes
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
Don’t Forget – The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Featuring Emma Rios and Isabel Greenberg is Tonight, Monday November 16th!
Thought Bubble may be over but the comics and socialising continues in London tonight with a post-TB Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw featuring Emma Rios and Isabel…
Rebellion Announces Reprints from Classic British Weekly ‘Misty’ – ‘Moonchild’ and ‘The Four Faces of Eve’ to Be Collected
Back in August 2014 at Broken Frontier I broke the news here that potential reprints from cult 1970s British girls comic Misty were on the cards; specifically collections from the…
Staff Picks for November 11, 2015 – Thought Bubble Special, Including Identity, Red, Plans We Made, I Love this Part, Greasy’s Guide to Nookie and More
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
Criticise THIS! British Comics Award Nominee Dan White Issues 21 Statements on Comics Criticism
Last Saturday Broken Frontier was honoured to be part of the SMASH event hosted at the Barbican Library by CityRead London, the London Graphic Novel Network and Comica Festival. In a packed…
Defend Comics – Listen to the Podcast from the Orbital Comics/Brooklyn Brewery Panel Featuring Khary Randolph, the CBLDF’s Alex Cox and BF’s Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver
Back in October, at London’s Orbital Comics, our own Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver took part in the ‘Defend Comics’ panel hosted by Chris Thompson with comics artist Khary Randolph and Comic…
Staff Picks for November 4, 2015 – Unfollow, The Troll, Monstress, Joe Golem, Johnny Red, Exodus: The Life After and Sky in Stereo
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store or digital storefront, the…
S.M.A.S.H. – Free London Panel Event this Sat November 7th Includes Guests Karrie Fransman, Steven Appleby, Gareth Brookes, Paul Gravett, David Hine, Frazer Irving and BF’s Andy Oliver
This Saturday November 7th sees not one, not two, but three expert panels on the world of comics for this year’s S.M.A.S.H. event at the Barbican Library, part of Comica…
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