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With a surge of interest in her work on social media and a growing buzz about her online output it’s sometimes easy to forget that artist Anna Readman – one…
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Becca Tobin’s work has been a long-time favourite here at Broken Frontier for many reasons, not least of which for its spellbinding colour. We spoke of their issue of Youth…
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Since we announced our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ back in January we’ve published a number of reviews of their work here on the site. Part…
Sold in aid of the crowdfunding campaign for Draw the Line – the anthology of comics/illustration of actions for positive social change (and winner of the 2017 Broken Frontier Award…
Re-iterating what I said last week at Broken Frontier – when we chose Asleep in the Back as our ‘Comic of the Week‘ – Tim Bird’s practice has come a…
Originally published digitally as part of David Lloyd’s Aces Weekly line-up, Adam Wilmot and Pete Taylor’s Monster Kids: Show and Yell is a suitably creepy all-ages offering featuring the misadventures…
Described as a collection of “short comics made in the aftermath of a break-up” Beyond Death is a minicomic offering from Barbawk (aka Abi Bailey), one of our 2019 Broken…
Originally posted on It’s Nice That to mark World Mental Health Day in 2018, Aleesha Nandhra’s Dark Masks explores mental health issues from the perspective of those whose lives orbit…
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Spawned from the darkly mischievous mindscape of Fraser Geesin – comics creator (The Cleaner), comics podcaster (SILENCE!) and stand-up comedian – Komisk sees the Brighton-based artist joined by a small…
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Nicole Goux and Dave Baker’s F*ck Off Squad (or more accurately Fuck Off Squad as it’s referred to everywhere else outside the cover) follows the lives of three teenaged friends…
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Last year Top Shelf released a collection celebrating two decades of brother and sister creative team Peter and Maria Hoey’s Coin-Op Comics Anthology, a book that we included as part…
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If you’re following her social media accounts then you will be well aware that the gradual reveals of new work-in-progress from our 2019 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist…
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“Sci-fi is way not my usual thing. But look, honestly I just wanted to draw lots of stars. Space is a great excuse to draw stars. And I feel like…
Norwegian artist Maria Midttun’s 8-page story Lava Rock was originally published as part of the collection Fragment by Blokk Forlag last year. This standalone self-published version is described by the artist in the…
I first discovered the comics of artist Camille Aubry back in 2017 when I gave her feedback at the portfolio review ELCAF Springboard Meetings. I was particularly struck at the…
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A look at the comics of Scott Roberts has been long overdue here in ‘Small Pressganged’. Roberts is an artist whose practice both experiments with and interrogates the possibilities of…
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Slice-of-life comics that document the everyday moments of family life resonate, of course, because they connect with their audience on the most fundamentally human level. We empathise, we recognise and…
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It’s always an absolute privilege to be asked to write the introduction to the published work of a creator we have championed here at Broken Frontier. In the case of…
“Themes Around Human Connection and Loneliness Are a Constant Throughline in All of My Works” – Rein Lee on Exploring Identity and Queerness in Comics, and Finding Your Way in the Small Press CommunityOctober 28, 2025
The Tale Spinner – Karrie Fransman’s Immersive Peepshow/3D Comic that Can’t Be Replicated by Al Comes to Thought BubbleOctober 28, 2025
“It’s Fascinating How Many People React with Total Disbelief that Disability Hate Crime is an Actual Thing” – Al Davison on ‘The Spiral Cage’ and ‘Muscle Memory’October 27, 2025
“Basically, I’m Hoping to Please Both Nostalgia Fans and Those Who Enjoy Pop Culture Critique!” – Paul Cornell on the Bronze Age Avengers, His First ‘Commando’ Comic, and New Publishing Venture Cosmic LighthouseOctober 23, 2025
“We Hope to Explain Our Passion for the Medium to Gallery Visitors Who May Not Have Any Idea about Comics” – Katriona Chapman on the Avery Hill Exhibition ‘Vision & Labour: Making Comics’ at the Mercer Gallery for Thought BubbleOctober 22, 2025
