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Sequential Scotland 2026 Returns to Glasgow on August 8th – This Year’s Event Includes Headline Artist Fran Morton, and Guest Artists Blue Fox Comics, Chris Lau Manson, Erika Price and John Lees

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 3, 2026

Wonderful to see Sequential Scotland back for a second outing this August. And with a really cool list of headlining/guest artists… Sequential Scotland is back on the 8th of August…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for April 2026 – Oracles, Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here), EC Archives: Panic Vol. 1, Nerd Inferno: The Essential Evan Dorkin and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 1, 2026

And we’re back with BF’s Staff Picks feature for April 2026! This regular blog piece is where members of the team give a monthly overview of recommended new releases, designed…

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Broken Frontier Andytorial for April, 2026 – “Synthetic Comics” is Just a Pretentious Way of Saying “I Stole This”: Why Broken Frontier Will Continue to Operate a Zero Tolerance Policy Towards Generative AI “Art”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 1, 2026

For this month’s ‘Andytorial’ I am opting not to give you our normal behind-the-scenes look at the goings-on at Broken Frontier over the last few weeks. Instead I want to…

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Scribble through the Struggle – UK Young Comics Laureate Mollie Ray Invites Comic Artists to Share a Moment when They Could Have Given Up on Their Creative Dream, but Didn’t

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 25, 2026

This is a very cool comics community project via Young Comics Laureate Ray and Comics Youth CIC. Ray is, of course, one of our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’…

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Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection – Kay Medaglia Explores Wellbeing in Comics Form in Their New Book from SelfMadeHero this Spring

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2026

Great to see old friend of BF Kay Medaglia back with their new book Comic Therapy from SelfMadeHero. Sounds like just the kind of project we all need in 2026….

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Zinezilla Arts Fair Returns to Bristol – The Comics, Illustration and Zine Fair Teams Up Again with Animinspo Animation Festival on Saturday, September 12th (Applications Open!)

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2026

The brilliant Zinezilla is back this Autumn for its fifth outing in Bristol. Find out more about this fantastic comics community event in the press release below. And please note…

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Come Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, March 26th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 23, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…

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Preview: New Adventures from the Trigan Empire – Michael Carroll and Tom Foster Return to a Comics Classic Later this Year

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 20, 2026

Back in January we announced the news that The Trigan Empire – the gorgeously illustrated classic science fantasy strip from the pages of Look & Learn – was returning with its…

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Save the Date! – Small Press Day is Back on Saturday July 25th, 2026

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 19, 2026

Yes it’s back! Small Press Day is coming on Saturday, July 25th, 2026. Founded by David Ziggy Greene (Private Eye, Scene & Heard, JAM Bookshop), the event’s mission is to…

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‘Saucer Country’ Optioned by Plot Point 1 – Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly’s Acclaimed Comics Series Set for Television Adaptation

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 17, 2026

With a circuitous route to its concluding comics chapters (see more on that in our review of The Complete[d] Saucer Country here at BF) Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly’s Saucer…

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London’s Cartoon Museum Turns 20 – Anniversary Programme Revealed Plus a Call for Funding Support in 2026

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 17, 2026

Broken Frontier’s relationship with London’s Cartoon Museum goes way back to 2011 and our interview with then director Anita O’Brien. Since then I have had the pleasure of speaking at…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists Peony Gent, Joe Stone and Mark Stafford on Friday, March 20th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 16, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, March 20th, 2026. And this time we have an…

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Preview: Archipelago Vol. 1 – Middle-Grade, Climate-Driven Adventure Coming from Papercutz in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 12, 2026

Check out an extensive preview of Archipelago from Papercutz below… ARCHIPELAGO VOL. 1 A Climate-Driven Adventure About Survival, Family, and Hidden Strength Nothing looks the way it used to. Mad Cave Studios’…

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Fantagraphics to Publish R. E. Burke’s ‘Visiting America: 19 Days in an I.C.E. Facility’ – Former BF Team Member’s Graphic Memoir to Explore Her Story and Those She Was Incarcerated With

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 9, 2026

Announced just before the weekend by Publishers Weekly, Fantagraphics have secured the rights to R. E. Burke’s graphic memoir Visiting America: 19 Days in an I.C.E. Facility. As long-term Broken Frontier…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, March 12th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 9, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…

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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC) Receives Arts Council England Funding – New Projects to Include Fair Pay Charter, Consultation Roundtables and Expanded Website

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 6, 2026

Good news from the team at CCIC to go into the weekend on in the press release below… Arts Council England funding for CCIC Comics Cultural Impact Collective receives Arts…

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The Gallery – Take a Look at Some of the Amazing Art from February’s Two In-Person Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Evenings!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 5, 2026

Last year the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw – an event that has been running in multiple versions online and in-person since the summer of 2015 –…

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Andre Frattino and Yasmin Flores Montanez’s ‘We Are Pan’, the Story of the Children Who Escaped Castro’s Cuba, Coming from Top Shelf in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 3, 2026

New release from the ever eclectic Top Shelf Productions coming this Summer. Top Shelf Set to Release We Are Pan, The Extraordinary Story of the Children Who Escaped Castro’s Cuba In Stores…

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