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 events or digital…
What a year it’s been for SelfMadeHero! During their tenth anniversary they’ve put out another eclectic and enthralling list of original graphic novels, translated material, graphic biographies, literary adaptations, mindfulness…
Myriad Editions announce the return of their First Graphic Novel Competition providing aspiring new graphic novelists with a unique opportunity to be published. Around four years ago I had the honour of being…
Time has been at something of a premium this last week in the BF Bullpen as we start gearing up for our slightly revamped Broken Frontier Awards (look for an…
Few would argue that artist and activist Darren Cullen’s work is frequently challenging and often provocative. But in our current political climate these are qualities that need to be embraced and…
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 events or digital…
This coming Saturday November 11th sees an all-new small press-oriented comics festival added to the ranks of the UK fair circuit when the very first Wimbledon Comic Art Festival opens…
Traditionally this point in the year is when the great and the good of British comics gears up for the final big blow-out and hits Leeds for the grand finale…
It’s 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 events or digital storefront,…
FRONTIER FRIGHTS! Halloween is coming and our spookily festive Frontier Frights two-day mini-event starts today with a look at some suitably supernatural comics offerings. To get us in the mood…
Halloween is nearly upon us and 2000 AD publishers Rebellion have a double dose of devilish delights on offer for the season. Fans of vintage UK horror comics will no doubt…
This coming Monday October 30th sees another top comics-related event at the always welcoming House of Illustration, near London’s King’s Cross. Comics commentator, curator and historian Paul Gravett – the…
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 events or digital…
With Rachael Smith’s successful Kickstarter for a deluxe version of her Wired Up Wrong having smashed its target not long after launching here’s another crowdfunding campaign that includes work by the…
This coming Saturday October 28th marks the fifteenth anniversary of Broken Frontier – a decade and a half of exploring the comics universe, championing the ninth art, and doing our…
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 events or digital…
We’re at that point in the month again when we look forward to another guest-artist filled D&D and this one has a particularly BF flavour with three artists who have…
It’s 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 events or digital storefront,…
“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
