Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
Announcing this a little earlier than usual but with BF taking a holiday break we want to make sure you have the necessary notice… Your favourite online comics social is…
Here’s a neat piece of comics community news as we come to the endpoint of Broken Frontier’s 2024 coverage. Denis Kitchen has been announced as the first winner of the…
Details on Arcana Royale, coming from Dark Horse next year, below. A new four-issue supernatural thriller! Dark Horse Comics presents Arcana Royale, a new four-issue comic series from Cullen Bunn and A.C….
Looking forward to 2025 with Silver Sprocket again with this peek at Paige Hender’s The Confessional… A newly turned vampire struggles with salvation in a graphic novel perfect for fans…
Here’s some welcome news before the holidays. Sláine is the latest 2000 AD character to get a Definitive Edition series. Details below. Following the huge success of Nemesis The Warlock:…
Well, this is very welcome news. J.M. DeMatteis and Glenn Barr’s Brooklyn Dreams is one of my all-time favourite comics works. It’s nothing short of a masterpiece of its genre….
Another advance peek at 2025 work from Silver Sprocket with this preview of Barbara Mazzi’s Hourglass. Will the bond between two young women be the sand that breaks the gears…
Debuting in 1995 it must surely be the longest-running comics series with self-published origins, and now Gary Spencer Millidge’s Strangehaven is coming to an end with an Epilogue final chapter….
Your favourite online comics social is back for an end-of-the-year party! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, December 12th with a festive special…
A heads up for this year’s Graphic Brighton festival which, as ever, has a great line-up of presentations, talks and academic panels, all taking place at the University of Brighton City…
In the circumstances it would be spectcularly remiss of us not to alert you to the latest press release from Caption, the small press-focussed comics show returning to Oxford next…
Last month we figured that with our marathon Thought Bubble Month coverage we had probably spotlighted enough debut books in November to make a Staff Picks post redundant. But we’re…
Cartoonists Rights, the “first global human rights organisation to focus on the need for protection of the socio-political cartoonist to carry out their work without fear of recrimination” have announced…
Another comics festival is reborn for 2025! Full details on the welcome return of Caption in the press release below. 2025 sees the return of a vintage classic of the…
Anything that has the words “community empowerment” in its press release blurb is obviously going to catch our attention here at Broken Frontier Towers. Check out some preview pages from…
One of the great joys of Thought Bubble 2024 for the residents of Broken Frontier Towers was getting to meet one of our fave publishers Silver Sprocket for the first…
Your favourite online comics social is back! But in a new location. With recent events on Twitter/X/Xitter seeing a mass exodus of comics folk from the platform we will be…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! I’ve been to several zine/comic festivals this year, all of which have been incredibly well-curated and well-attended. However, I have never been to a comic art…
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
“I Have a Vague Endpoint in Mind” – Linnea Sterte on the Epic ‘A Garden of Spheres’, Inspirations, and the Appeal of AmphibiansJuly 3, 2026
“I Think ‘Limbo’ is Probably the Best Work I’ve Ever Done in Any Medium” – Ferry Gouw on His New Book from Breakdown Press, Cross-Media Work on ‘Major Lazer’, and Adapting His Style for Different ProjectsJune 30, 2026
“Trans People Are Facing Pronounced Challenges to Our Rights Across the World Right Now” – Jua OK! on ‘Road to Chimera’ and Finding Spiritual Meaning in the Trans JourneyJune 29, 2026
“Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Done – Finish Things” – AJ O’Neill on Finding Your Voice in Comics, Queer Autobio, and Experimenting with the FormJune 25, 2026
