Save the Date! – Small Press Day Returns for 2024 on August 17th
A quick note for your comics-related diaries! Small Press Day – the UK and Ireland’s annual celebration of the self-publishing comic scene – will be returning this year on Saturday,…
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Preparing for Pride Month at Broken Frontier – Creator Commentary Opportunities for Your Queer Comics in June!
Pride Month is a big deal every year here at Broken Frontier. Last year at BF we managed to get a review, interview, feature or creator commentary up every single…
Titan Comics to Publish ‘Killtopia: The Complete Collection’ in 2024
So this is pleasing news indeed. Formerly published in a 5-volume run by BHP Comics, sci-fi saga Killtopia is getting a complete collection from Titan later this year. Dave Cook…
The Cartoon Museum Announces Major New Comics Exhibition ‘HEROES: The British Invasion of American Comics’
The Cartoon Museum have announced a major new comics exhibition celebrating those trailblazing British creators who made such a major impact on the US publishing scene. Full details on HEROES:…
The Comics Cultural Impact Collective Launches Their Report on the State of Comics in the UK
If you attended the Comics Cultural Impact Collective online meeting in January (and the turn-out was huge) you will already be aware of the multi-perspective conversations being had about the…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 21st for a ‘Monster Fun’-Themed Special
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, March…
The First Occultz: Oxford Comic, Cult and Zine Fair Makes Its Debut on May 4th
It’s no secret that the pandemic year cost us a number of long-running and much loved comics fairs and festivals. Over the last few months though it’s been apparent that…
Preview: A Quick & Easy Guide to Coming Out – The Next Edition of the Acclaimed Oni Press Series to Be Published in September
Oni Press, the multiple Eisner and Harvey award-winning publisher of landmark graphic novels including Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer: A Memoir and Sophie Campbell’s Wet Moon, is proud to announce the next segment in the…
Fantagraphics to Publish New Edition of Joe Sacco’s ‘Palestine’, as Webcomic ‘The War on Gaza’ Launches on ‘The Comics Journal’
As the genocide in Gaza rages on, Fantagraphics have announced both a new edition of Joe Sacco’s acclaimed Palestine and the launch of webcomic The War on Gaza. The press…
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announces the ‘British Comics Now’ Initiative, Taking UK Talent to International Audiences
Announced this week, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s new British Comics Now programme is set to give UK indie creators some amazing opportunities in the course of coming months….
Eric Drooker’s ‘Naked City’ Takes Us into the Mind of an Artist, from Dark Horse Comics
So here’s an upcoming project that will no doubt resonate with the comics practitioners in the Broken Frontier audience. Eric Drooker’s Naked City asks the question “Is it possible for…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 7th for a Beano-Themed Special
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, March…
Limit Break Comics Launches Kickstarter for Futuristic Fairy Tales Anthology ‘Wish Upon a Star’
With a cracking creator line-up Limit Break Comics have a new crowdfunding campaign online today for their latest anthology book Wish Upon a Star. Take a look at the press…
Preview: How Could You – Ren Strapp’s “Heartwarming, Queer Coming-of-Age Tale” to Be Published by Oni Press in December
It’s always neat to go into the weekend with a preview for you and this week we have a bumper selection of pages from Ren Strapp’s How Could You, due…
Jeremy Massie’s Celebration of Grunge and the ’90s is Coming this September as the ‘Holler’ Series is Collected by Dark Horse
We had good things to say about Jeremy Massie’s graphic novel All My Ghosts a few years back at BF. Massie’s series Holler is to be collected by Dark Horse…
Peter Bagge’s Buddy Bradley Returns in ‘Hate Revisited!’ from Fantagraphics
New Buddy Bradley misadventures are coming via Peter Bagge and Fantagraphics with miniseries Hate Revisited!. Already a contender for most exciting press release received at Broken Frontier Towers in 2024….
NBM’s Autumn 2024 Line-Up Revealed – Includes New Jeffrey Brown and a Graphic Biography on Audrey Hepburn
It may be a way off yet but the end-of-year publishing slate from NBM Publishing has been announced and it includes more from Jeffrey Brown and an Audrey Hepburn graphic…
The Toxic Avenger Returns to Comics Courtesy of Matt Bors, Fred Harper and Ahoy Comics
A big week of announcements from Ahoy Comics continues with the news that they’re bringing the Toxic Avenger back to comics. THE TOXIC AVENGER Returns In an All-New Comic Book…
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