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In our final interview with 2021’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artists I speak today to Hannah Carwardine whose flowing visuals, considered use of colour and inventive page layouts immediately…
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I love comics that I can’t easily define! Where No One Goes fits neatly into that niche area of comics practice whose genre classification is at best hazy. It’s kind…
HCZF MONTH! There are times you pick up a small press project and realise that the term “labour of love” isn’t even remotely adequate to express the obvious thought and…
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HCZF MONTH! Ed Firth is a newer name on the UK indie comics circuit but one we are sure will be coming to far greater prominence in the immediate future….
HCZF MONTH! Irish artist Stephen Morton’s Conniptions takes a distinctively dark approach to (assumed) autobio comics. If creators like Joe Decie and Matthew Dooley can be said to be combining…
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HCZF MONTH! Shiqian Pan describes her comic Waiting Room as “a story for those girls who have been crushed bit by bit by neverending anticlimactic waiting.” It begins as something…
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HCZF MONTH! A couple of months back when I interviewed Mereida Fajardo about her practice I asked whether her constant experimentation with the form was a conscious decision to learn…
HCZF MONTH! Back in 2018 when I asked small press creator Jade King about the genres she worked in and themes of her comics she defined them as “wonky faces,…
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HCZF MONTH! One of the most pleasurable things about being involved in the UK comics festival circuit is the opportunities it provides to meet new creators on a more one-to-one…
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HCZF MONTH! A very special treat for those of you following our Hackney Comic + Zine Fair month of coverage as we talk with Jane and Tom Murphy of DIY…
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HCZF MONTH! Sometimes you don’t need to see an extensive portfolio of a creator’s work to know their potential. When I was selecting artists for our 2020 Broken Frontier ‘Six…
HCZF MONTH! I have covered the work of Beatrice Mossman a couple of times before in this column at Broken Frontier with reviews of The Lure of the Flesh and…
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Many of us can no doubt remember that one special friend from our childhood whose presence in our lives became such a vital and important experience that years (or even…
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HCZF MONTH! The opportunity to give some spotlight time to talented creative voices yet to have been given coverage at Broken Frontier has certainly been one of the most rewarding…
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HCZF MONTH! Over the last 18 months we have seen the emergence of a new sub-genre of graphic medicine in the form of the pandemic comic. So much so that…
HCZF MONTH! The annual Manga Jiman competition has brought a number of new creators to the attention of the comics community over the last few years. Indeed our very own…
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HCZF MONTH! Sometimes a cover doesn’t so much capture your imagination as entrance it in an alluring (yet sinister) embrace. The opening image to Sammy Ward’s short comics story The…
HCZF MONTH! We’ve featured WIP Comics a number of times over the last few years at BF in terms of both their publishing output and their work in providing a…
“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
“There Are Hard Parts and There Are Wonderful Parts. I’m Just a Mum Trying Her Best” – Rachael Smith Gives Us the Lowdown on the Collected ‘Nap Comix’October 21, 2025
“Comics Bring Art at Its Highest Level to the People” – Alison Sampson Talks Comics and Architecture, Crossing Genres, and the Communicative Power of the FormOctober 20, 2025
“I’m Always Trying to Make Comics the Other Way Around” — An Interview with Portuguese Cartoonist Joana Mosi on Her Graphic Novels ‘The Mongoose’ and ‘Physical Education’October 13, 2025
