Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
Before the pandemic BF’s Staff Picks feature had run for many years, with members of the team giving a weekly overview of recommended new releases. Now, retooled and reimagined to…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! If you’re in London on Saturday August 31st between 7-9pm then keep your diaries free! Our chums at Gosh! Comics are putting…
It’s nearly here! In just under three weeks Small Press Day returns on Saturday, August 17th. With event notifications coming in there are some incredible SPD celebrations on the calendar…
Comics Youth CIC is a creative community organisation led by young people, for young people with “an aim is to empower youth across the Liverpool City Region to flourish from…
A quick heads up that the inQ! queer comics fair (mentioned recently here at BF) will be running a drink and draw fundraising event on August 2nd. For those familiar…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! As the debut event from the ‘Bigger Inside’ series, a new pop-up exhibition of the work of some of our Broken Frontier…
Awards specifically for UK comics are a rare commodity right now and have been since the British Comic Awards disappeared several years ago. One of the last holdouts was the…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, July 25th. And this time we’re theming our drawing…
For a couple of years now Rebellion’s Monster Fun monthly has been doing some epic work in bringing younger readers into the form. This summer some of that material is…
In another revival of classic UK names of yesteryear Rebellion have let us know that the previously announced Roxy Special is now available to back on Kickstarter. This one features…
Next week sees the latest issue of Ahoy Comics‘ ever enjoyable anthology series Project: Cryptid, a comic that provides readers with accessible and self-contained short stories. Today at BF we…
Your favourite online comics social is back with a special edition! This coming Tuesday, July 16th the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw will be teaming up with…
While Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics continues to mine the rich seam of UK comics history there’s an equally important hoard of work over at DC Thomson that is rarely…
Gustaffo Vargas is the artist behind the Peruvian cyberpunk Altiplano series whose star is ever rising right now with contributions to the Image Comics 30th Anniversary Anthology series and Marvel’s…
As you will probably already be aware if you are a regular visitor to Broken Frontier we have a vested interest in the success of Small Press Day, the UK…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, July 11th. And this time we’re theming our drawing…
Sunday sees the debut of the first BrewZine – another new event on the small press calendar – at the Gipsy Hill Brewery in London. Mixing a zine and small…
From Fraser Geesin, the man who gave us the first IKEA-themed anthology comic and the quite brilliant satire Pricks (alongside Laurie Rowan), comes Jeff ‘N’ Elon, a collection of his Patreon…
“My Brain Broke, and Out Came Donuts” – Neill Cameron Looks Back on ‘Mega Robo Bros’ and Forward with ‘Donut Squad’, the Latest Smash Hit Strip from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’November 4, 2025
“The Biggest Challenge for Me Was Having to Think More Like a Director” – Michael Schwartz on Writing for Comics for the First Time and His Supernatural Ghost Story ‘Armored’October 31, 2025
“It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative ToolOctober 30, 2025
“I Cannot Wait to Really Dig into the Nuts and Bolts of Literary Adaptation” – Kristen Haas Curtis on Bringing Chaucer to Comics and on Moderating the Thought Bubble Literary Adaptation PanelOctober 29, 2025
“Themes Around Human Connection and Loneliness Are a Constant Throughline in All of My Works” – Rein Lee on Exploring Identity and Queerness in Comics, and Finding Your Way in the Small Press CommunityOctober 28, 2025
