Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
Those of you who follow my own rather self-indulgent social media streams as well as the official Broken Frontier one will be aware of my posts over the summer focusing…
Recently, we covered the crowdfunding campaign for the collection of Dan Cox and John Riordan’s Hitsville UK here at Broken Frontier and, as this veritable institution of UK self-publishing reaches its…
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…
Eisner and British Comic Awards-nominated creator Rob Davis’s trilogy of graphic novels that began in The Motherless Oven five years ago is set to conclude in the coming month with…
Three years ago at Broken Frontier I covered Sarah Lippett’s graphic memoir Stan and Nan here; a comics record of the life of the grandfather she never knew and the…
The full press release for the shortlisted artists for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards for the Comics category runs below. Congratulations to the shortlisted quartet! Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor have…
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…
We’re always pleased to publicise the wider artistic activities of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ here at Broken Frontier and, for the second time this year (after…
Fresh off their recent crowdfunding success for Hey, Amateur!, comes the news that the Black Crown crew will be hosted by London’s Orbital Comics for a huge signing and party…
Something is Killing the Children has proved to be one of the monster serial comics hits of the summer, with numerous reprintings already for its first issue. We reviewed its…
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…
Summer may be drawing to a close but our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw has one last hurrah for the lighter evenings. Say goodbye to the summer…
Our friends at Laydeez do Comics have let us know about their latest Professional Development Workshops for comics creators running in October and November. With no less than three Broken…
We’ve been covering the work of Owen D. Pomery for so long now that our earliest reviews are on the old Broken Frontier site from way back in 2013. We…
Top news for fans of the Broken Frontier Award-nominated Harrow County series today with an announcement that a new story arc comes later this year, and just in time for…
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…
If you’ve been anywhere near comics social media today then you will no doubt have seen the outpouring of love for yesterday’s first Hackney Comic + Zine Fair and its…
“In Order to Create Societal Change, We Have to First Imagine It” – Tyler and Wendy Chin-Tanner Talk A Wave Blue World, Their LGBTQIA+ Anthologies and Publishing with a Social PurposeJune 9, 2026
“We Wanted to Publish the Books We Wanted to Read” – Outgoing Avery Hill Co-Founder Dave White Looks Back on 14 Years at the UK’s Game-Changing Indie Comics PublisherJune 8, 2026
“There is No Singular or Correct Intersex Narrative” – LJ Nakamura on Intersex Representation and the Liberating Nature of Pulp Sci-FiJune 4, 2026
“We Want Trans and Queer Teens to Feel Seen and Understood” – Tilly Bridges and Susan Bridges on Their New Graphic Novel ‘Just Another Summer’ and the Collaborative Writing ProcessJune 2, 2026
“A Room Full of Comics People is a True Joy to See!” – Marc Jackson on Bringing MACC-POW! to Macclesfield and the Resurgence of Kids Comics in the UKMay 25, 2026
