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

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Covers Album: Josh Hicks – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Jaime Hernandez, Kazuo Umezz, Adam Grano, Bryan Lee O’Malley and More!

  • by Josh Hicks
  • October 20, 2021

Resuming the latest mini-season of our ‘Covers Album’ feature, where we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers… but with a small twist….

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, October 21st with Guest Artists Jon Aye and Joe Callanan

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 20, 2021

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, October 21st featuring guest artists Jon Aye and Joe…

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Preview: The Citadel – John Wagner Returns to ‘Judge Dredd’ for a Major New 45th Anniversary Story in ‘2000 AD’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 18, 2021

It seems no time at all since we were celebrating 2000 AD’s 40th anniversary at that splendid birthday event in London in 2017. Here we are though with the 45th…

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Don’t Miss the Exhibition of Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink & Draw Art at Thought Bubble 2021 and a Special In-Person Drink & Draw Event!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 18, 2021

While not all the Broken Frontier team will be at Thought Bubble this year, we will be there in spirit. Long-term friend of the site Nora Goldberg has organised a…

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Burning Soaking Piercing Dancing – New Exhibition of the Work of Graphic Novelist Gareth Brookes to Run at 155a Gallery in November

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 15, 2021

Broken Frontier Award-winning artist Gareth Brookes has produced a body of work over the last decade that has been consistently innovative and experimental. From The Black Project through to The…

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Penguin Classics Add Comics to Its Line-Up for the First Time with a Range of Marvel Editions

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 14, 2021

While we don’t tend to focus on super-heroes too heavily at Broken Frontier every so often a related news story comes up that has a relevance to the wider perception…

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London’s Cartoon Museum to Celebrate Its ‘V for Vendetta’ Exhibition with a Special ‘V Late Night’ Opening on October 28th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 14, 2021

As London’s Cartoon Museum prepares for the final weeks of their landmark V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask exhibition plans are afoot for one final celebration for the show. On…

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Covers Album: François Vigneault – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Jaime Hernandez, Kerascoët and A.C. Farley

  • by François Vigneault
  • October 13, 2021

It’s time for another mini-season of our ‘Covers Album’ feature where we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers… but with a small…

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Illustrator Zeppelinmoon Releases Exclusive New Book ‘Under Orion’ from The Pound Project

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 11, 2021

Back in 2019 we ran an extensive interview with illustrator and Instagram sensation Zeppelinmoon, aka Amber Fossey, on her irreverent approach to cartooning and building up a profile on social…

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‘Karl the Viking’ by Don Lawrence Comes to the Treasury of British Comics in 2022

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 8, 2021

If you’re a fan of the Treasury of British Comics’ reprints of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire then the New Year release of another Don Lawrence strip Karl…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, October 7th with Guest Artists Alba Ceide and Axe Marnie

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 6, 2021

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, October 7th featuring guest artists Alba Ceide and Axe…

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Longlist Announced for the 2021 LDComics Award

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 5, 2021

The multiple-chapter monthly meet-up group LDComics have announced the longlist for their 2021 prize for a graphic-novel-in-progress by artists who identify as female or non-binary. As is always the case…

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Thought Bubble 2021 Coverage at Broken Frontier – Your Essential Guide to Submitting Your TB Comics for Review!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 1, 2021

We’ve always prided ourselves on our event coverage at BF, providing themed weeks/fortnights/months like our Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Month, ELCAF Fortnight and Safari Festival Fortnight. It’s been an…

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Power Comics and Floating World to Bring Obscure Small Press Comics of the ’80s and ’90s Back to Print in New Imprint

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 29, 2021

Well here’s some news we can really get behind given Broken Frontier’s commitment to all things small press in the comics world. Power Comics and Floating World Comics are teaming…

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Lunar Distribution Announce Distribution Deal with Floating World Comics, Silver Sprocket and Uncivilized Books

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 28, 2021

Welcome news today that Lunar Distribution will be distributing the work of top indie publishers Floating World Comics, Silver Sprocket and Uncivilized Books. More details in the press release below…

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Gary Spencer Millidge’s ‘Strangehaven’ Optioned for Film and TV by IDW Entertainment

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 23, 2021

Now running for over a quarter of a century, Gary Spencer Millidge’s landmark Strangehaven series first appeared as a self-published offering in the 1990s. A comic that remains as difficult…

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Breakdown Press Announce New Sister Publishing House ‘Happy Books Press’ Dedicated to Contemporary and Classic Children’s Books

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 22, 2021

Breakdown Press have been one of the most important publishers over the last several years when it comes to boundary-pushing and experimental comics practice, bringing a wide range of diverse…

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Crowdfunding Corner: When I Was Me – Quindrie Press’s Anthology Explores “Moments of Gender Euphoria”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 22, 2021

Our Crowdfunding Corner feature returns again today as we continue to once again actively spotlight the more intriguing, exciting, experimental, community-based or daring uses of the form that we spot on…

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