Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…
‘3 Reasons Why You Need to Read…‘ is Broken Frontier’s semi-regular spotlight on a given serial comic that we think should be on your pull list. Whether it’s because of its…
While I have been aware for some time that today’s announcement was coming in some form, the news that the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair is calling it a day…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
Last week at Broken Frontier we announced the shortlist for this year’s Laydeez do Comics Prize for a graphic novel in progress by a female-identifying UK-based creator (won last year…
Before the weekend we provided details about three new book announcements from Avery Hill Publishing for the latter part of 2019. You can find out all about Alabaster Pizzo’s Mimi…
Avery Hill Publishing have let us know about some of their plans for the rest of 2019 which includes three previously unannounced titles. Alabaster Pizzo’s acclaimed Mimi and the Wolves…
He’s Babak Ganjei, the artist who once infamously sold a handful of twigs on eBay for £60-odd quid and re-imagined Patrick Swayze’s movie Roadhouse as a scene-by-scene, philosophical graphic narrative…
Our friends at Laydeez do Comics have announced the shortlist for their 2019 Laydeez do Comics Award for a graphic novel in progress by a female-identifying UK-based creator. The final…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
Fantagraphics have had a steady presence in our reviews section here at Broken Frontier this year with coverage of some standout books like Now, The Sea and Dementia 21. You…
The second Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2019 is nearly here! And we’re continuing the year with a cracking line-up of small press artists on Wednesday February 27th….
With a publishing history that spanned a number of companies (beginning at Eclipse in the early ’80s and ending at DC in the early ’90s) Max Allan Collins and Terry…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
News today from Myriad Editions that another artist to be recognised in their 2018 First Graphic Novel Competition has been picked up for publication. The Wolf of Baghdad by Carol…
Just days after Gary Groth’s extensive interview with Tomi Ungerer in the relaunched print version of The Comics Journal came the news that the veteran artist had passed away at the…
Now in its tenth year the International Graphic Medicine Conference returns to Brighton from July 11th-13th. Graphic medicine has arguably been one of the most influential strands of comics over…
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi AnthologyNovember 10, 2025
“It’s about Fame, Friendship, and Just How Long You’re Willing to Fake it to Make it” – Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat Talk ‘Who Are the Power Pals?’ from Dark HorseNovember 6, 2025
“It’s Tough Out There, But You’re Absolutely Not Alone!” – Dave Cook on ‘Killtopia: Phantoms’, Challenging Times for Crowdfunding, and Returning to Thought BubbleNovember 5, 2025
“My Brain Broke, and Out Came Donuts” – Neill Cameron Looks Back on ‘Mega Robo Bros’ and Forward with ‘Donut Squad’, the Latest Smash Hit Strip from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’November 4, 2025
“The Biggest Challenge for Me Was Having to Think More Like a Director” – Michael Schwartz on Writing for Comics for the First Time and His Supernatural Ghost Story ‘Armored’October 31, 2025
