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

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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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Small Press-Related Events this Saturday, December 10th – The Feminist Library Winter Fayre in London and Cartoon County Comics Winter Fair in Brighton

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 8, 2022

Two events in London and Brighton this weekend if you’re looking for small press-related events. Info on the Feminist Library Winter Fayre and the Cartoon County Comics Winter Fair below….

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Kevin O’Neill Apex Edition of the Late Artist’s Ground-Breaking ‘2000 AD’ Work to Be Published by Rebellion in 2023

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 7, 2022

Bittersweet news from Rebellion today with the announcement of what looks like an absolutely stunning a Kevin O’Neill Apex Edition just a few weeks after his passing. Full details in…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, December 8th for an ‘All-Stars’ Special

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 7, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, December 8th with a ‘Drink and Draw All-Stars’ evening. Not…

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Top Shelf to Publish ‘Funny Things’, a Graphic Biography of ‘Peanuts’ Creator Charles Schulz, in Summer 2023

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • December 2, 2022

With the Charles Schulz centenary inspiring us all to dig out those Peanuts collections there’s timely news indeed this week via Top Shelf Productions. Coming next summer Funny Things is…

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The East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest Returns for Its 13th Year this December 10th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 30, 2022

Just a reminder that we are more than happy to run press about small press and DIY Culture events. Details on this year’s East Bay Alternative Book and Zine Fest…

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Dark Horse Comics Bring the ‘Creepy’ and ‘Eerie’ Archives Back to Print in Accessible Paperback Editions

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 30, 2022

Dark Horse have recently published a number of the classic EC Archives in paperback versions and the good news this week is that they’re set to do the same for…

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Dark Horse and Trackers Earth Announce ‘Captain Nick & the Explorer Society – Compass of Mems’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 25, 2022

Always pleasing to see bigger publishers teaming up with educational organisations to provide material aimed at a younger audience. Full details on Dark Horses and Trackers Earth’s Captain Nick &…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 24th for a ‘Crowdfunding Special’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 22, 2022

If Twitter survives for another few days then your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, November 24th…

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Much-Featured Broken Frontier Favourites Rebecca K. Jones and Ed Firth Are Winner and Joint Runner-Up in this Year’s Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Competition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 21, 2022

The annual Observer/Faber (formerly the Observer/Cape/Comica) graphic short story competition has given nods in the direction of a number of creators deservedly much-featured at Broken Frontier in recent years, including…

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Multimedia Comics Project ‘One for All, All for One’ Seeks to Cut through Anti-Vaxxer Misinformation and Stress the Importance of Immunisation and Vaccines

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 15, 2022

Details below about a new multi-media comics venture looking at the importance of vaccines and immunisation. This is exactly the kind of socially responsible project we like to get behind…

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Alex Norris Needs Your Help to Keep ‘Webcomic Name’ Alive! – GoFundMe Launched to Aid Them with Legal Fees in Battle to Protect the Popular ‘Oh No’ Strips

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2022

Hugely popular UK creator Alex Norris has asked for the comics community’s support in a legal battle against a US publishing company attempting to claim ownership of their internet sensation…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 10th for Another ‘Classic Covers’ Night

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 9, 2022

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, November 10th with another of our popular ‘Classic Covers’ nights….

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Graphic Mundi Unveil Publishing Plans for Spring/Summer 2023

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 8, 2022

It’s that point in the year when next year’s publishing plans of many of our favorite purveyors of graphic novel goodness start appearing in our inbox here at Broken Frontier…

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DC Thomson Bring Classic Comics Back to Readers Via Heritage Comics – Includes Collections from ‘Spellbound’, ‘Commando’ and ‘Warlord’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 28, 2022

A huge, bumper set of press releases from Beano publisher DC Thomson today with the announcement of their Heritage Comics collections of classic material. Fans of British Comics have long…

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Celebrate 20 Years of BF at a Very Special Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online – Join Us Thurs, Oct 27th with Guest Artists Tom Humberstone, Danny Noble, Nicole Goux and Dave Baker

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 25, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Before the pandemic hit the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw had become something of an institution on the UK London comics scene. Launched…

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Exclusive Preview: Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter #4 – Check Out an Advance Look at the Finale to David Dastmalchian and Lukas Ketner’s Supernatural Miniseries from Dark Horse

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 25, 2022

As we approach Halloween what better seasonal treat than an advance look at one of Dark Horse‘s horror comics? Count Crowley: Amateur Midnight Monster Hunter comes to a conclusion in November…

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Broken Frontier at 20! – Introducing Two Weeks of Birthday Coverage as We Celebrate Two Decades of Exploring the Comics Universe

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Hold the birthday wishes until Friday when we will officially hit our big anniversary milestone but this week sees the beginning of our celebration of two…

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