In Memoriam: Marleen Starksfield Lowe – 1979-2020
The comics medium has lost a rare talent with the passing of Marleen Starksfield Lowe on the evening of 7th November 2020, after a long battle with Leukemia which she…
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Preview: Happy Hour #2 – Milligan and Montenat Return to a World Where Unhappiness is Illegal Via Ahoy Comics
Hitting stores next week from Ahoy Comics, Peter Milligan and Michael Montenat’s Happy Hour (with colouring from Felipe Sobreiro and lettering by Rob Steen). Set in a world where unhappiness…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 26th for an Avery Hill Publishing Special Featuring Owen D. Pomery, Abs Bailey and Claire Scully
Our long-running, fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday November 26th with an Avery Hill Publishing Special! As usual we start at 7.30pm UK…
Listen to Broken Frontier’s Jenny Robins and Andy Oliver Talking Graphic Novels on Radio Reverb’s Brighton Book Club
Broadcast over the weekend and now available as a podcast, the graphic novels special of Radio Reverb’s Brighton Book Club featured our own Jenny Robins talking about her new graphic…
Preview: Specter Inspectors #1 – New Queer Paranormal Series from Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto Debuts from BOOM! in Early 2021
February 2021 seems to be a pivotal month in publishers’ schedules with a flurry of previews for new series having been sent to us this week. Today it’s another book…
Preview: Chained to the Grave #1 – Wild West Weirdness from Brian Level, Andy Eschenbach and Kate Sherron Comes to IDW Publishing in Feb 2021
Yet another preview of a new series debuting in February 2021 (it’s been quite a week for them!) hits our inbox today and this time it’s Chained to the Grave, a…
2000 AD’s All-Ages ‘Regened’ Specials to Return in 2021
Hot on the heels of their latest Regened Special (which featured the art of 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Anna Readman and was reviewed here at BF) 2000…
London’s Cartoon Museum is a Finalist in the Prestigious British Guild of Travel Writers’ International Tourism Awards 2020
Fantastic news for our friends at London’s Cartoon Museum who have been shortlisted as a finalist in the British Guild of Travel Writers’ International Tourism Awards in the category of…
Dark Horse Announce ‘Fear Case’ – New Horror Detective Series from Matt Kindt, Tyler Jenkins and Hilary Jenkins
If you’re a serial comics fan then early 2021 is already shaping up as a launching pad for a number of impressive looking new releases. Here’s news of yet another…
Preview: Orcs #1 – Christine Larsen’s New Fantasy Miniseries Debuts from BOOM! Studios in February 2021
There’s been a noticeable increase in previews for books debuting early in 2021 coming into our inbox over the last couple of weeks. The latest is Orcs! by cartoonist Christine…
Black Hammer Visions – Patton Oswalt, Dean Kotz and Jason Wordie Are the First Guest Creators on a New Series of ‘Black Hammer’ One-Shots
The ever-expanding world of Black Hammer gets a little bit bigger next year with the news of a new series of one-shots with guest creator takes on the characters and…
Preview: Luna #1 – Maria Llovet’s “Lysergic Story About Love and Destiny” Debuts from BOOM! Studios in Feb 2021
Maria Llovet’s sensual and dreamy art has seen her profile rise significantly of late. We reviewed her collaboration with Brian Azzarello on Faithless here at Broken Frontier earlier this year,…
BHP Comics Announce Two New Books for the End of 2020 with ‘Charlie Adlard Drawings + Sketches’ and ‘Dungeons on a Dime’
In this most challenging of all years it’s still reassuring to see some of our favourite indies getting new projects out there and onto the shelves. BHP Comics have announced…
#DrawYourBookshop – UK Publisher SelfMadeHero Announces Social Media Initiative to Support Bookshops in Lockdown
Here’s a neat idea from UK publisher SelfMadeHero to help some of our very favourite institutions in these challenging times. The #DrawYourBookshop initiative launches on Wednesday November 18th. Full details…
Lawrence Lindell and Breena Nuñez Announce Laneha House, a New Bay Area-Based Small Press
Last month at Broken Frontier we drew your attention to anthology The BAYlies, curated by Lawrence Lindell (From Truth with Truth) and featuring the work of “22 Bay Area Cartoonists…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 12th with Guest Artists Katriona Chapman and Shane Melisse
The nights are drawing in so what better way to cheer yourself up as winter approaches than to join in our long-running, fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, October 29th for a Halloween Spectacular with Mark Stafford and Douglas Noble!
We’re back this Thursday October 29th as our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw for a Halloween Spooktacular! As usual we start at 7.30pm BST on…
Preview: Good Comics Kickstarter Titles – Check Out Sneak Peeks from Comics by RAMZEE, Natasha Natarajan, Niki Bañados and Emre Altındağ
It goes without saying that it’s a tough time all round for micropublishers and self-publishers. A year of no comics shows means one of their major sources of income has…
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