Tillie Walden is Vermont’s New Cartoonist Laureate
Can it really be over 8 years since we were the first site to preview Tillie Walden’s debut graphic novel The End of Summer? We are all aware of the…
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Z2 Comics to Pay Tribute to a Jazz Legend in ‘Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound’ this September
On the back of six Eisner nominations Z2 Comics have announced a new title in their music comics line-up. Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound will be published…
The Caliburn Prize Offers a £2,500 Grant to an Unpublished UK-Based Comics Creator – Deadline Now Extended Until June 7th, 2023
While we only heard about this via social media today, the Caliburn Prize is an initiative that will no doubt be of great interest to the many aspiring creators on…
‘Killer Queens 2’ is Coming from Dark Horse Comics in August as the LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi Series Gets a Second Outing
Today Dark Horse Comics announced Killer Queens 2: Kings, Not Wings, a follow-up to last year’s sci-fi miniseries. When we reviewed the trade paperback collection of that run here at Broken…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 18th for a Quindrie Press Special
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, May 18th with a special Quindrie Press night pushing their…
Trans Archie Comics Character Danni Malloy Teams Up with Jinx Holliday in the Upcoming ‘Chilling Adventures Presents… Strange Science’
We all know that trans representation in comics is more important now than ever. So great news today from the direction of Archie Comics whose upcoming Archie Horror one-shot Chilling…
Preview: Cartoonshow – Derek M. Ballard’s “Satirical Reflection of Contemporary American Life” is Coming from Oni Press this August
Today at BF, courtesy of Oni Press, we have a preview of Derek M. Ballard’s graphic novel Cartoonshow which will be debuting this August. We’re rather taken with editor Zack Soto’s…
Conundrum Press Are Crowdfunding a Box Set of the Works of the Late Henriette Valium, a Giant of Canadian Cartooning
“Never in my life have I laughed more than a couple of hours I spent in an SPX hotel room with a half-dozen people listening to Henriette Valium say things.”…
Preview: Dwellings – Jay Stephens’ Acclaimed Self-Published Series to Be Published by Oni Press this Summer
Good news for those, especially like myself in the UK, who have struggled to get hold of every issue of Jay Stephens’ Dwellings. The self-published title will be re-presented three…
Dark Horse to Publish Alfonso Font’s ‘Shelter for Lost Dreams’ in December Exploring Themes of “Wealth, Environmentalism, Racism and Religion”
Coming from Dark Horse Comics just in time for Christmas, Alfonso Font’s middle grade graphic novella Shelter for Lost Dreams promises us a story exploring themes of “wealth, environmentalism, racism…
Vault Comics and Gatecrashers Announce Second Annual Pride Auction in Aid of Trans Lifeline
We’re always more than happy here at Broken Frontier to promote awesome initiatives like Vault Comics and Gatecrashers’ second annual Pride Auction. This year it’s in aid of Trans Lifeline….
Sage Coffey’s Debut Graphic Novel ‘Wine Ghost Goes to Hell’ Now Funding Via Iron Circus
From the Sweaty Palms graphic medicine anthologies to involvement with projects like Be Gay, Do Comics Sage Coffey has already demonstrated their ability to facilitate and collaborate. This month, though,…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, May 4th with Guest Artist Tal Brosh
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, May 4th with guest artist Tal Brosh, of our 2020…
Fantagraphics to Reprint Marvel’s 1950s Atlas Comics Beginning this Autumn
Good news today for those still mourning the loss of Marvel’s Atlas Masterworks from around a decade-plus years ago. Fantagraphics have today announced they will be publishing editions of these…
Silver Sprocket’s Publishing Schedule for the Second Half of 2023 Revealed – Including Work from Cam Marshall, Kimberly Wang and Mariah-Rose Marie
Silver Sprocket, Broken Frontier’s Best Publisher Award winners for 2022, have announced their publishing schedule for this autumn. Check out the list below for undoubtedly some of the very best…
Ahoy Comics to Publish Paul Cornell and Marika Cresta’s ‘CON & ON’ in July – A New Series Satirising the Comics Industry and Its Conventions
With this many pull quotes as testaments to its worth you really can’t argue that Paul Cornell and Marika Cresta’s upcoming CON & ON from Ahoy Comics is going to…
Dark Horse Comics to Publish Deluxe Art Book ‘Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean’ in November
Well this looks rather gorgeous. Thalamus: The Art of Dave McKean is coming from Dark Horse in November just in time for your Christmas lists… LEGENDARY ARTIST DAVE MCKEAN’S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE…
Quindrie Press’s New Graphic Novel Line-Up to Debut in a Kickstarter Campaign this May
Quindrie Press, the Edinburgh-based micropublisher founded by Eve Greenwood, have just announced a new set of books for 2023 to be launched on Kickstarter in May. A couple of years…
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