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Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Given his extensive comics CV when it comes to small press anthology contributions – The Comix Reader, Wu Wei, A Bit of Undigested Potato, To Arms!, Off Life, Dirty Rotten…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
“To all who wander lost and take sick solace in the plight of others.” Those ominous words open Owen D. Pomery’s latest comic The Victory Motel – debuting this weekend…
If you weren’t aware of UK comics creator Andy Poyiadgi’s love of the humble brew it wouldn’t take too much research into his previous work for you to quickly come…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! A dedicated showcase collection of work for newer artists on the small press circuit is a vital step in building up a profile and creating a…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! From Dirty Rotten Comics to Off Life through to his Cape/Observer/Comica Short Story Prize win last year, Matthew Dooley has long been a creator whose work…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! In January of last year we told you all that Ellice Weaver was an artist to keep the closest of eyes on and we weren’t wrong!…
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! It seems particularly appropriate to be covering Emily B. Owen’s zine-style minicomic Brain Shoodles in the week of Small Press Day not just because it…
SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! If you’re already a fan of John Cei Douglas’s meditative and poignant comics then Badger Vs. Tiger! may come as a surprise. Douglas has made…
CLICK HERE TO ORDER THE BROKEN FRONTIER SMALL PRESS YEARBOOK! It’s Small Press Day this coming Saturday July 8th so what better occasion to mark the publication of our second…
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SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! One of our 2017 ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ at Broken Frontier, Anja Uhren has a lyrical artistic style that lends itself to all manner…
It’s so easy to overuse the superlatives when it comes to describing some of the work on show on the current UK small press scene but in the case of…
While it’s another excellent year for high-profile London comics festivals like ELCAF and Safari Festival, 2017 was looking to be a quieter one for more grassroots events, with both CECAF…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Safari Festival Fortnight has been a major piece of event coverage here at Broken Frontier over the last two years as we’ve sought to support Breakdown Press’s celebration of new waves…
ELCAF WEEK! Since their emergence as one of the most pivotal anthology projects on the small press scene in 2014, Dirty Rotten Comics have given a platform to dozens of…
ELCAF WEEK! “When I said goodbye to my mum and dad at the airport, I had no idea it would be the last time I’d see her with no wires,…
ELCAF WEEK! Where to even begin with the absorbing and often deeply disquieting brilliance of Theo Ellsworth’s An Exorcism? The third and latest book in Latvian publisher kuš!’s mono series…
ELCAF WEEK! Although I covered the last issue of the Decadence anthology here at BF last summer it’s been a couple of years since I last took a look at…
ELCAF WEEK! When I last reviewed Todd Oliver’s Boxes series I was particularly taken by the slapstick body horror on show – that cringingly funny and deliciously gross procession of…
“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
“It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative ToolOctober 30, 2025
“I Cannot Wait to Really Dig into the Nuts and Bolts of Literary Adaptation” – Kristen Haas Curtis on Bringing Chaucer to Comics and on Moderating the Thought Bubble Literary Adaptation PanelOctober 29, 2025
“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
