Pagans Against AI Fight Back Against AI “Art” with a New Spell-Casting Zine
We have been very clear about our stance on generative AI “art” here at Broken Frontier Towers. It’s a “one strike and you’re out” policy if you use it in…
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Treasury of British Comics to Reprint the ’40 Years of Scream!’ Collection of the Cult 1980s Horror Weekly
Welcome news indeed from the direction of Rebellion today if you missed out on the 40 Years of Scream! collection of the cult ’80s horror comic earlier this year which…
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2024 – Looking Back on a Weekend of Shared Passion for the Form at LICAF
It’s important, I think, to firstly put my visit to last weekend’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival into some kind of personal context because when you haven’t been to a…
Broken Frontier Staff Picks for October 2024 – The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic, Nightmare Factory, Jessica Farm and More!
A few days later than normal but welcome to our BF Staff Picks for October! Before the pandemic BF’s Staff Picks feature had run for many years, with members of the…
The ShortBox Comics Fair 2024 is Open – Browse a Treasure Trove of Digital Comics Again this October
You don’t need Broken Frontier to remind you that the ShortBox Comics Fair 2024 is now open for business but it would be remiss of us not to give it…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, October 3rd for an EC Comics Special
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, October 3rd. This time we are using the classic…
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Welcome to the Maynard #1 – Check Out Fabio Moon’s Variant Cover and Preview Pages from James Robinson and J. Bone’s New Dark Horse Fantasy Series
Coming from Dark Horse Comics in November Welcome to the Maynard is a fantasy adventure comic with an intriguing premise and sees James Robinson collaborate with artist J. Bone. We have…
Vote for Broken Frontier for ‘Best Comics-Related Website/Publication’ in the Tripwire Awards 2024
Once again we’re delighted to say that Broken Frontier’s work in comics commentary and comics community has been recognised by the Tripwire Awards 2024. Voting is now open until midnight…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, September 19th for a LICAF Special
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, September 19th. This time we’re celebrating the upcoming Lakes…
Thought Bubble Announce Their 2024 Programme Line-Up of Panels, Talks, Exhibitions and More
Just a couple of months until Thought Bubble 2024. Just a month until our Thought Bubble Month of coverage begins at BF. Today we have details of all the exciting…
Bulgilhan Press to Publish Huahua Zhu’s ‘The King’s Warrior’ and Breeze Hu’s ‘A Night to Ride the Day’ this Month
Bulgilhan Press have put out some fine experimental indie comics in the last few years, and it’s great to see them back with news of two new titles coming this…
Ahoy Comics to Publish New Supernatural Action-Adventure Series ‘Archaic’ by Melissa F. Olson, Sally Cantirino and Gab Contreras
New Ahoy Comics offering on the horizon! Full details of Archaic and cover reveals below. ARCHAIC is a Action-Adventure Series About a Sentient Island and its Mythological Inhabitants From AHOY…
BUUZA!! Vol. 5 Campaign is Live on Kickstarter – Shazleen Khan’s QPOC Fantasy Series Comes with the Heartiest of Broken Frontier Recommendations
It’s not as if Shazleen Khan needs BF’s help in getting the latest volume of the epic series BUUZA!! to its Kickstarter funding target. But this series, bringing the hugely…
Nothing is Real – A New Exhibition of the Work of Acclaimed Cartoonist Steven Appleby is Coming to London’s Space Station Sixty-Five in October
Well this rather splendid news. London gallery Space Station Sixty-Five have announced a new exhibition of the wonderful work of the equally wonderful cartoonist Steven Appleby. You can read a…
Humanising Narratives Around Migration – PositiveNegatives and MIDEQ Present a Film Screening and Panel Discussion Event at London’s Rich Mix on September 18th
We’ve been covering the work of PositiveNegatives for many years here at Broken Frontier given their propensity for using comics to explore the realities of migration and the refugee crisis….
Don’t Forget that Queer Comic Fair inQ! Debuts in London this Saturday, September 7th
A quick reminder that queer comic fair inQ! holds its inaugural event this Saturday, September 7th, at the London LGBTQ+ Centre on London’s South Bank. Co-organised by Manga Jiman award-winning…
Preview: Sycamore – ThirdBear Press to Collect the Short Comics Work of K. Briggs, Coming to Kickstarter Soon
Just last week at Broken Frontier we took a look at the most recent issue of ThirdBear Press’s anthology series Boxes. From this September the micropublisher will be expanding their…
Gosh! Comics Hosts Our ’10 Years of the Broken Frontier Six to Watch’ Party – Looking Back on a Fabulous Night of Small Press Comics Celebration in London
10 YEARS OF THE BF 6 TO WATCH! Creating as many profile-raising opportunities as I can for our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists has become one of the most…
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Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” Part 4 – “So-Called Artificial Intelligence Has Been Crafted in Service to Power”September 10, 2025
Cartoonists for Gaza Extra: Sweaty Eyes – Read AJ O’Neill’s Short Comic Story Here at Broken FrontierSeptember 10, 2025
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 4 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from Rufus Dayglo, Peter Kuper, Zara Slattery, Oscar Zárate and Corinne HalbertAugust 29, 2025
Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” (Interlude) – Read Tom Humberstone’s Comic ‘I’m a Luddite! (And So Can You!)’ on AI Art, Luddism and Activism Here at BFAugust 27, 2025
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 3 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from John Sadler, MariNaomi, Paul Peart-Smith, Tony Thorne and Myfanwy TristramAugust 27, 2025