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Section: Blog

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

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Dark Horse to Collect Jim Starlin’s Classic Sci-Fi Series ‘Dreadstar’ in Three Paperback Omnibus Editions

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 14, 2025

Whether you discovered Jim Starlin’s Dreadstar through its original Marvel/Epic incarnation or the short-lived newsstand Dreadstar and Company reprint series it will undoubtedly have left an impression on any ‘80s…

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Preview: Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine – An Extensive Advance Look at the New Charity Comics Anthology to Support the Palestine Red Crescent Society

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 12, 2025

We have an extensive advance look in an exclusive capacity today at BF at the upcoming anthology Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine, a charity anthology to benefit the Palestine…

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Covers Album: David Avallone – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Bill Sienkiewicz, Jack Kirby & Mike Royer, and Russ Heath

  • by David Avallone
  • April 8, 2025

In ‘Covers Album’ each Tuesday, we ask comics creators, publishers, and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers… but with a small twist. One must be chosen for inspirational…

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Preview: Zarjaz Vol.3 #1 – The Indie Anthology Inspired by ‘2000 AD’ Returns with Work from BF ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Alba Ceide

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 7, 2025

Last year the long-running indie anthology Zarjaz, presenting stories based on the worlds of 2000 AD, returned with a Zarjaz Sci-Fi Special (reviewed here at Broken Frontier). The first issue…

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Fieldmouse Press Asks for the Community’s Support as Trump’s Tariffs Hit Home

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 7, 2025

And so it begins. Fieldmouse Press put out the kind of indie and alt work that will always appeal to the Broken Frontier audience and they have been hit hard…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online – Join Us Thurs, April 10th for a Sci-Fi Special (NOW ON BLUESKY!)

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 7, 2025

Your favourite online comics social is back! And on Bluesky, our new home. Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns on Thursday, April 10th. Not only…

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Covers Album: David Gallaher – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from John Buscema & Tom Palmer, Greg LaRocque & Mike Esposito, and George Pérez and Al Vey

  • by David Gallaher
  • April 1, 2025

In ‘Covers Album’ each Tuesday, we ask comics creators, publishers, and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers…but with a small twist. One must be chosen for aesthetic…

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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for April 2025 – Huda F Wants to Know?, Goes Like This, The Cabbie: Definitive Edition and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 1, 2025

Before the pandemic BF’s Staff Picks feature had run for many years, with members of the team giving a weekly overview of recommended new releases. Now, retooled and re-imagined to fit…

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There Was Screaming Everywhere II – The Cartoon Museum’s Live Comics-Reading Event Returns on May 8th with Peony Gent, Jade King and Roman Muradov

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • April 1, 2025

News from our friends at London’s Cartoon Museum who will be putting on their second ‘There Was Screaming Everywhere’ evening of comics reading, this time with Jade King, Roman Muradov…

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Celebrating Trans Day of Visibility! – Check Out Our Broken Frontier Coverage of Trans-Related Comics and Graphic Novels

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 31, 2025

March 31st is the international Trans Day of Visibility where, in the words of GLAAD, we recognise “a day to celebrate the lives and contributions of trans people, while also…

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Fieldmouse Press Announce Five Books in Their Winter 2025 Collection

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 27, 2025

Check out this cracking line-up of  books from Fieldmouse Press, now available for pre-order. Fieldmouse Press Announces its 2025 Winter Collection Pre-Sale 5 new books are available for pre-order via…

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Celebrating 10 Years of Small Press Day! – SPD is Back on July 19th, 2025

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 26, 2025

Can it really be the tenth edition of Small Press Day? Founded by JAM Bookshop’s David Ziggy Greene (Private Eye, Scene & Heard), the event’s mission is to forge links…

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Preview: Witchcraft – Sole Otero’s Follow-Up to ‘Mothballs’ is Coming from Fantagraphics Books in October

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 26, 2025

Witchcraft is Sole Otero’s new book which Fantagraphics have announced will be published in the Autumn. Check out our Lydia Turner’s review of Otero’s 2024 graphic novel Mothballs here at…

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Covers Album: Benjamin L. Clark – Spotlighting Three Favourite Comics Covers from Charles M. Schulz, Charles M. Schulz and…Charles M. Schulz

  • by Benjamin L. Clark
  • March 25, 2025

A return for an old favourite feature today at Broken Frontier as we resume our ‘Covers Album’ posts that previously ran on the site in two bursts in 2017 and…

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The Cartoon Museum Announces the Winners of the Young Cartoonist Awards 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 24, 2025

You never know. You could be looking at future Broken Frontier Six to Watch artists here! The winners of the 29th Young Cartoonist Awards have been announced and you can…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online – Join Us Thurs, March 27th for a Spring Special (NOW ON BLUESKY!)

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 24, 2025

Your favourite online comics social is back! And on Bluesky, our new home. Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns on Thursday, March 27th. Not only…

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Becky Burke is Home – A Family Statement Clarifying the Realities of British Cartoonist R. E. Burke’s Ordeal and Thanking the Community for Its Support

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 23, 2025

Over the last few weeks the comics community has been deeply concerned about the plight of British cartoonist R. E. Burke, detained for 19 days in the US by ICE…

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Zinezilla is Back on September 7th, 2025 – The Bristol-Based Comic, Zine, Illustration and Animation Festival Returns

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • March 21, 2025

We may be losing count but we think this is the fourth Zinezilla event to be hosted in Bristol and from the press release it looks to be its biggest…

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