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Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.

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Broken Frontier 2024 ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Tom Philipson Announced as Contributing Back-Up Stories to Image’s ‘Radiant Black’ Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 13, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF 6 TO WATCH! At the beginning of 2024 we announced that as this was our tenth year of our Broken Frontier ‘Six Creators to Watch‘…

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Preview: Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze – Mellow Brown, Tom Mandrake and Justin Prokowich’s “Psychedelic Space Odyssey” Coming from Titan in July

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 12, 2024

A chance to get a first look at some gorgeous art from Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze today at BF in the preview below! FIRST LOOK AT JIMI HENDRIX: PURPLE HAZE GRAPHIC…

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Zinezilla is Back! – The Illustration and Zine Fair Returns to Bristol for Its Third Outing and the Debut of the ‘Zinezilla: Megalazine’ Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2024

We’re all about the event announcements today at Broken Frontier and next up it’s the return of Zinezilla, the event spearheaded by indie creator Mereida Fajardo. As an added bonus…

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The New Scriptorium and LICAF’s Open Call for a Comic Artist and a Two-Week Residency in Arbroath

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 7, 2024

In partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival the New Scriptorium – an an artist-designed and built structure sited inside the historical grounds of Arbroath Abbey – is looking…

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Thought Bubble 2024 Dates Announced! – Convention to Return to Harrogate November 16th-17th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 7, 2024

The dates for Thought Bubble 2024 have been announced and with them comes our determination that after five years of pandemic-related absence BF will also make a defiant return to…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, February 8th for a Valentine’s Day Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 5, 2024

Your favourite online comics social is back as we return to our guest artist format! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw takes place this Thursday, February…

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“Everybody Has a Tale to Tell…” – A Final Call-Out for Contributions to Our ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Series on the Notoriously Unfulfilled Kickstarter Campaign

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2024

It’s one of the most notorious as yet unfulfilled crowdfunding campaigns in comics history and yet the saga of Tales from the Quarantine drags on and on. Conceived by organiser…

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How Emerging Creators Can Apply for a Zoom ‘Work-in-Progress’ Meeting on February 11th with BF’s Andy Oliver as Part of Our ‘Broken Frontier Connects’ Initiative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 2, 2024

After the success of last year’s sessions, Broken Frontier’s Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver (that’s me!) will again be offering a small number of one-to-one Zoom meet-ups with artists nearer the beginning…

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Principal Photography Wraps on Duncan Jones’ ‘Rogue Trooper’ Movie

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 29, 2024

Much anticipated news today on the long-awaited Rogue Trooper movie… DUNCAN JONES WRAPS PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON 2000 AD’S ROGUE TROOPER MOVIE As revealed exclusively by Variety today, Duncan Jones’ (Moon, Source…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, January 25th with Guest Artists Mike Armstrong and Beck Kubrick

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Your favourite online comics social is back as we return to our guest artist format! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier…

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SelfMadeHero Announce Early 2024 Publishing Plans Including a New Edition of Kuper’s ‘Ruins’ and a Biography of George Sand

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 23, 2024

SelfMadeHero’s early 2024 publishing plans have been revealed and they include a new edition of Peter Kuper’s Eisner-winning Ruins and a biography of George Sand. Details on all four books…

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Give the Cartoon Museum a Lift! – Crowdfunding Campaign Looks to Make a Fave London Comics-Related Venue Accessible to All Again

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2024

Time for a comics community shout-out on behalf of our pals at London’s Cartoon Museum where Broken Frontier has appeared at multiple events over the last decade-plus, at both its…

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Comics and Graphic Novels Will (Probably) Change Your Life! – New Comics Exhibition at the Workers Gallery Features Rachael House, Ian Williams, Rachael Ball and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2024

The first exhibition announcement for 2024 here at BF with news of ‘COMICS and GRAPHIC NOVELS will (probably) change your life!’ – a new show in South Wales at the…

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Preview: Wait It Gets Worse… If We Only Knew – Gideon Kendall and Doug Latino’s Alternative Comics to Be Collected by Cosmic Lion

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2024

From Cosmic Lion, the publisher of Broken Frontier contributor and cartoonist Tony Wolf’s Tales From The Wolf, comes a new collection of Gideon Kendall and Doug Latino’s self-published alt comics…

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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announces the Comics Rights Market for 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 19, 2024

Creating opportunities for creators and for the form in the UK is a hot talking point at the moment. The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has its own contribution to…

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Dark Horse and Yoe Books to Collect a 1950s Oddity with ‘Space Western Comics: Cowboys vs. Aliens, Commies, Dinosaurs, and Nazis!’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 12, 2024

With a title like Space Western Comics: Cowboys vs. Aliens, Commies, Dinosaurs, and Nazis! how could we not give a spotlight to a new collection of vintage Charlton comics coming…

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Comics Conference ‘Origin Stories’ Celebrates the Influence and Impact Comics Have on Wider Culture

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 12, 2024

Details below of ‘Origin Stories’, a comics conference coming to us in February, courtesy of the Art & Design department at Sheffield Hallam University. Origin Stories is a one day…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2023: Announcing the Winners – A Glorious Year for Indie and Small Press Picks, and Thought Bubble and TCAF Enter the BF Hall of Fame

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 11, 2024

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 20th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you, our readers, and the BF team. It may not have been a vintage…

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