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Thought Bubble Announces More Guests for 2023 Including Charlie Adlard, Jock, Tula Lotay and Shazleen Khan

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 26, 2023

Thought Bubble have announced their latest line-up of guests for this year’s festival including a number of regular favourites here at Broken Frontier. Check out the press release below for…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, July 27th for a Small Press Day Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 25, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, July 27th with a Small Press Day Special to get…

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Preview: Beyond Real – New Vault Comics Series from Zack Kaplan and a Stellar Line-Up of Artistic Talent Announced

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 24, 2023

Well this looks rather stunning! Announced at SDCC over the weekend Beyond Real from Vault Comics looks set to immerse its audience in that whole “language of comics” ideal. Just…

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Preview: BRABA – Fantagraphics to Publish New Brazilian Comics Anthology in 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 21, 2023

One last press release to go into the weekend on and just check out some of the incredible art previewed below from BRABA, a new anthology of Brazilian comics coming…

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Vote for Broken Frontier in the 2023 Tripwire Awards!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 21, 2023

For the third time in four years we’re delighted to say that Broken Frontier’s work in comics commentary and comics community has again been recognised by the Tripwire Awards. Voting…

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Small Press Day 2023 – How Emerging Creators Can Apply for a Zoom ‘Work-in-Progress’ Meeting with BF’s Andy Oliver as Part of SPD/Our ‘Broken Frontier Connects’ Initiative

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 21, 2023

It’s nearly here! In just over two weeks Small Press Day returns on Saturday, August 5th. With event notifications flooding in this is going to be the biggest in-person Small…

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Preview: Change – More on the New WIP Comics Anthology Currently Crowdfunding on Kickstarter

  • by Joe Stone
  • July 20, 2023

One of the finest community ventures in UK comics, the WIP Comics group has a proven track record in boosting creators and providing a supportive space for collaborative endeavour. Their…

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Fantagraphics to Publish Book Two of Emil Ferris’s ‘My Favorite Thing is Monsters’ in April 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 19, 2023

They don’t come more “eagerly anticipated” than this! The second book of My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris will be published in April 2024 by Fantagraphics. Back in…

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Élodie Durand’s ‘Transitions: A Mother’s Journey’ to Give an Another Perspective on the Trans Experience in November Via Top Shelf Productions

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 18, 2023

Admittedly we are catching up a little with some important press releases post-SLCZF including this one from Top Shelf Productions spotlighting November’s releases of Transitions: A Mother’s Journey by Élodie…

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Fantagraphics and MSX: Mangasplaining Extra to Publish Manga Titles ‘Search and Destroy’ and ‘Wandering Cat’s Cage’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 17, 2023

As we recover from two weeks of South London Comic and Zine Fair coverage and the SLCZF weekend we’re very grateful to Fantagraphics and MSX: Mangasplaining for giving us an…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, July 13th for a SLCZF Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 11, 2023

SLCZF WEEK! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, July 13th with a special night celebrating SLCZF…

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Just Paper and Ink – New Small Press Comics Exhibition Opens in Hull Featuring the Work of Over 20 UK Indie Creators

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 7, 2023

After the successful ‘Framed’ exhibition last year, curated by UK self-publishing mainstay Sean Azzopardi, another small press exhibition is running  in the “magical comics city” of Hull until July 22nd….

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Rebellion Announce the Definitive 5-Volume Unholy Collection of ‘Nemesis the Warlock’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 5, 2023

After the devastating recent loss of Kevin O’Neill it seems only right that we get the opportunity to revisit arguably his most influential early work. Rebellion have today announced a…

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The Legendary Shelly Bond Announced as a Broken Frontier Special Guest at SLCZF 2023

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 3, 2023

SLCZF 2023! While it was announced on social media over the weekend, such has been the rapidity of Twitter’s implosion over the last few days that this is news that…

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Tripwire Magazine Presents ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders’, Crowdfunding Now on Zoop

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 3, 2023

News from our friends over at Tripwire magazine about the crowdfunding campaign for their new Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders project. Further details and preview art in the press…

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Michael Lomon’s ‘The Palace of Tears’ Wins the Inaugural Caliburn Prize

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • July 3, 2023

While poorly publicised this year it seems the saga of the Caliburn Prize has finally had a happy ending. The winner has been announced as the much deserving Michael Lomon…

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Wrapping Up #BrokenFrontierPride 2023!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 30, 2023

PRIDE MONTH 2023! After 19 reviews, two creator commentaries and a handful of other blog posts our #BrokenFrontierPride event for Pride Month 2023 comes to an end today; although our…

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Coming from Top Shelf Productions in August, Emilia McKenzie’s Poignant Graphic Memoir ‘But You Have Friends’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2023

One of the particular perks of being a part of a platform like Broken Frontier is getting to see work-in-progress long before it reaches publishers and eventually book shop shelves….

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