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#ArtMubarak 2022 is imminent! The hashtag-led social media event aiming to celebrate art from the Muslim community and uplift the voices of Muslim artists from around the world returns for…
With an established pedigree in graphic biography SelfMadeHero‘s comics studies of influential or inspiring lives are always worth checking out. This month sees the publication of Alice Guy: First Lady…
A very quick post today to put some eyes on Joe Latham’s currently crowdfunding anthology Lustration & Other Stories simply because not just the art but the visual storytelling as…
As it’s just a couple of week away a reminder that the South London Comic and Zine Fair (SLCZF) returns to Stanley Arts on July 10th after a four-year absence….
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 23rd as Scarlett and Sophie Rickard, who recently adapted…
The Comics Time Capsule, an eagerly anticipated documentary project from Creating Comics UK and LDComics, has debuted on YouTube. With interview contributions from 31 movers and shakers in the UK…
Interesting developments today as Marvel have revealed that they have regained the license to the Planet of the Apes comics for the first time since the 1970s. Part of the…
Celebrating Pride Month! Vault Comics have certainly taken the initiative this year for Pride Month with their Unbanned initiative featured here recently at Broken Frontier. This week they have announced…
Opening tomorrow at the Bookery Gallerie in London ‘The Graphic Novels of Mary Talbot’ is a new exhibition of original art by Bryan Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Alwyn Talbot from…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 9th as Norm Konyu joins us as guest artist….
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With 8 years of creators featured in our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ initiative it seems long overdue that we start giving some regular reports on…
Celebrating Pride Month! With Pride Month well and truly with us now US publisher Vault Comics have announced an initiative for free queer comics that we can really get behind…
New series alert! The Roadie debuts from Dark Horse this September. Details in the press release below. HELL MEETS HEAVY METAL IN ‘THE ROADIE’ A new horror series combining the…
Congratulations today to our very own Jenny Robins who has been shortlisted in the V&A Illustration Awards 2022 for her Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition-winning book Biscuits (assorted), published by…
As reported by The Guardian today, Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Sabba Khan (Class of 2017 and, once again, we did tell you!) has been announced as the winner…
Of all the Archie Comics sidesteps into new incarnations of their classic characters over the last decade it’s undoubtedly the Archie Horror imprint that has most caught readers’ imaginations. News…
Described by no less a cartooning legend than Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau as a “beautifully-rendered account of a rookie’s initiation into state politics: an exhilarating baptism of fire, and a…
In 1974, David Bowie created 3 songs inspired by Orwell’s novel 1984, as a proposal towards crafting an entire musical theater piece based on the iconic dystopian book. Orwell’s widow…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
