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

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Dark Horse to Parody the Pop Cultural Zeitgeist with John Allison and Max Sarin’s ‘The Great British Bump-Off’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 20, 2023

Feeding into our obsessions with gentle reality TV shows and adding a wicked twist, The Great British Bump-Off comes to us via John Allison, Max Sarin, Sammy Borras, Jim Campbell…

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Titan Comics Announce Graphic Biography ‘In Search of Gil Scott-Heron’, Celebrating a Legend of the Afro-American Music Scene

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 18, 2023

Something that sounds well worth looking out for this summer as Titan announce a new graphic biography of the legendary Gil Scott-Heron… TITAN COMICS TO PUBLISH IN SEARCH OF GIL…

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Steve Foxe and Piotr Kowalski’s ‘All Eight Eyes’ Coming from Dark Horse Comics in April

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 17, 2023

Another eerily entrancing horror series from Dark Horse Comics has been announced for April. Details of Steve Foxe and Piotr Kowalski’s All Eight Eyes below. EISNER-NOMINATED AUTHOR STEVE FOXE AND…

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Europe Comics Announce an End to All Consumer-Facing Activities – Digital Publishing Will Continue Via Online Retailers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2023

Sad news in the last week from the team at Europe Comics who have announced the shuttering of their online publicity presence. From the Europe Comics website: “As of January…

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How to Help Out Broken Frontier Award-Winning Publisher Silver Sprocket as They Deal with Major Flood Damage at Their San Francisco Store!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2023

Silver Sprocket, our 2022 Broken Frontier Award winners in the Best Publisher category, did not have the best start to the New Year. They began 2023 with a storm-flooded basement…

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Cover Reveal: Saving Sunshine – Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan’s Eagerly Anticipated Tale of Muslim American Siblings to Be Published by First Second this September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2023

Published by First Second this September ‘Saving Sunshine’, the graphic novel written by Saadia Faruqi and illustrated by Shazleen Khan, is one of our most anticipated new releases of 2023!…

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Birdcage Bottom Books Announce Spring 2023 Publishing Schedule – Includes Books from Fred Noland, Desmond Reed and Lance Ward

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 11, 2023

Birdcage Bottom Books have announced their Spring 2023 line-up. Full details in the press release below. COMING IN APRIL! Keep an eye out for our crowdfunding campaign… STEADY ROLLIN’: Preacher’s…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, January 12th with a New Year Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 10, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back as we celebrate the first D and D of 2023! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday,…

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Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy’s OGN ‘Hogbook and Lazer Eyes’ to Be Published by Fantagraphics in June

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 6, 2023

Hot on the heels of their double Broken Frontier Awards win this week we have the first press release of the year from publisher Fantagraphics. Details of Hogbook and Lazer…

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Preview: Ashes – Álvaro Ortiz’s Surreal Road Trip Debuts from Top Shelf in February

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 5, 2023

A new year means new releases to plug. Below we have a first look at Álvaro Ortiz’s Ashes from Top Shelf Productions, hitting stores on February 7th. Polly, Moho, and…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2022: Announcing the Winners – Comics in All Their Shapes and Forms Make Up this Year’s Awardees, and Avery Hill Publishing and C. Spike Trotman Enter the BF Hall of Fame

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2023

Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 19th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you, our readers, and the BF team. As another difficult year passes us by…

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The Brixton Library LGBTQ+ Zine Fair Returns on February 11th, 2023

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 3, 2023

A new year is always an appropriate time to remind our audience that we’re always happy to spread the word on events that cater to the small press community, especially…

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Happy Holidays from the Broken Frontier Team! We’ll Be Back Again on January 3rd, 2023

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 23, 2022

A final post of 2022 to wish you all a very Happy Holidays from the Broken Frontier team. What’s that you say? Doesn’t BF normally publish reviews and articles between…

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New Heritage Comics Digital Releases Include Early Grant Morrison Work from ‘Starblazer’ and the ‘Sci-Fi Files’ from ‘Commando’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 22, 2022

News today of more forays into the vaults by D.C. Thomson’s Heritage Comics imprint. This month with a space opera flavour. News of Starblazer Presents and The Sci-Fi Files below……

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Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2022 – Socially Conscious Work Goes Hand-in-Hand with Pure Comics Escapism in a Nominations List Reflecting the World Around Us in 2022

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 20, 2022

Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 19th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our team has selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, December 22nd for a Festive Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 19, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back for an end-of-the-year party! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, December 22nd with a festive special….

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Garth Ennis and Patrick Goddard Bring ‘Rogue Trooper’ Back to ‘2000 AD’ in 2023

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 16, 2022

With a continuity so convoluted that it matched DC’s Hawkman for complexity (for more on that see our article some years ago here) 2000 AD‘s Rogue Trooper strip eventually found…

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Laneha House Announce the Winners of the Inaugural Kinnard Awards Celebrating Comics Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 12, 2022

Announced over the weekend the awardees of the inaugural Kinnard Awards – set up to acknowledge deserving names working to the benefit of the comics community – were announced by…

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