Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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……
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…
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….
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 &…
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…
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…
“After Reading… So Many Works… from Caribbean-British Writers and African Americans… I Wanted to Create that Space for Myself in Comics”- Lara Boyle Talks to Michael D. Kennedy on the Process Behind the Making of ‘Milk White Steed’September 30, 2026
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics FairSeptember 17, 2026
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
