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Designed to shine a spotlight on the often overlooked world of small press, self-published and altcomics.

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2023 – Spotlighting the Work of Becca “Beck” Kubrick, Ed Firth, J Webster Sharp, Kry Garcia, Rachel Tubb and Xiaoyi Hu

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2023

Welcome to our Broken Frontier Six to Watch 2023 announcement! But before we look forward let’s quickly look back. In 2022 the UK small press world slowly began to emerge…

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“The Emotions All Hit Me After I Released ‘Daddy'” – Beatrice Mossman on Tactile Presentation in Comics, Allegorical Narrative, and the Sensitivity of Autobio Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2023

Beatrice Mossman has been cultivating a growing audience of admirers over the last couple of years for her tactile, experimental comics that have their roots in horror motifs, coming-of-age standards,…

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Once There Was Dancing – Sean Azzopardi’s Latest Autobiographical Work is a Knowingly Reflective and Accepting Piece of Gentle Self-Deprecation

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 27, 2023

The autobiographical works of Sean Azzopardi recently found a new “home” under the banner imprint of Life’s a Party. One of the UK’s greatest, yet still criminally underappreciated, proponents of…

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Celebrating 2022 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2023

A little later than usual – and I must admit I nearly stepped back from this annual tradition this year – but we have been running these ‘Ten UK Small…

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Laneha House #6 – Lawrence Lindell and Breena Nuñez Cover Mental Health Awareness, Black Lives Matter, and Meta Comic Strips in Their Latest Anthology Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 9, 2023

In this post-2020 era time can sometimes take on a deceptive quality. That seems to be very much the case sometimes when I check on our coverage of some of…

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Not Quite Almost 10 Years: A Breakup Zine – Edie Woolf’s Minicomic is a Cathartic Tale of Endings and New Beginnings

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 6, 2023

Autobiographical work in comics can come from a number of places. On one hand it can be about informing and educating on situations, conditions or experiences. On the other the…

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So Buttons #12 – Jonathan Baylis Hosts Another Top Line-Up of Indie Comics Artists in His Latest Autobio Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 14, 2022

Jonathan Baylis’s long-running collaborative project So Buttons hit its twelfth issue this Autumn with another collection of his autobio whimsy being brought to life by a roll call of diversely…

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The Forest – Jacek Matysiak Takes Us on a Gorgeously Illustrated Trip through Europe’s Woodlands

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 9, 2022

We have never been too hung up on rigid definitions of what comics are and are not when it comes to our coverage choices here at Broken Frontier. Whether you…

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Cindy and Biscuit: End of Level – Dan White’s British Small Press Institution Returns with Another Outing for Our Favourite Monster-Hunting Duo

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 1, 2022

What I have always appreciated about Dan White’s Cindy and Biscuit comics is the way in which the artist has constantly shifted his presentational (and as a result his narrative)…

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Dead Girls: Beach Day – Becca Kubrick’s Atmospheric Horror One-Shot is the Work of an Artist with a Growing Buzz Surrounding Them

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 29, 2022

Sometimes the buzz around a new creator or title means events move too fast for even Broken Frontier to keep up. Such is the case with Becca Kubrick’s Dead Girls:…

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Ant Story: Coffee Days – Rory and Richard Return in Another Bleakly Comedic Tale of Father-Son Conflict from King Louie’s Lab

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 28, 2022

At the beginning of this year at Broken Frontier I reviewed Ant Story, a collection of brutally funny short strips by the King Louie’s Lab team of Fred Morris and…

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Forest Spirit – Jack Smith’s Minicomic Expresses the Experience of Gender Transition Via the Fantasy Genre

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 24, 2022

Another of my comics picks for our Small Press Day One-Tweet Reviews event last August, Jack Smith’s Forest Spirit is a fantasy tale that acts as an extended metaphor for…

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April’s Chop to the Top – Morgan Mei’s Fun Fantasy Quest Employs a Musical Accompaniment in this Cross-Media Comics Experience

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Multimedia comics allow us an opportunity to think about how we interpret and interact with the form, giving us extra levels on which to appreciate narrative and…

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Meat 4 Burgers #1 and #2 – Christof Bogacs and Becca Kubrick Serve Up a Delicious Mystery in this Existential Fantasy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! We all like an intriguing premise that immediately grabs us before we even begin reading a comic. Christof Bogacs and Becca Kubrick’s Meat 4 Burgers certainly accommodates…

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WiPXL – WIP Comics’ Giant Newspaper-Style Anthology Features Boundary-Pushing Work from Mike Armstrong, Emily Maher, Mereida Fajardo and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Cliché-ridden as it may sound you can always expect the unexpected when it comes to the WIP Comics group’s annual anthology. WIP is a regular meet-up of…

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Children of the Earth & Sky – Manon Wright’s Debut Comic is a Cleverly Structured and Thought-Provoking Sci-Fi Parable

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Sometimes you only need the smallest sampling of material to know an artist has both that extra special understanding of the mechanics of comics and also that…

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Pricks – Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan Revisit the World of ‘Purple Hate Balloon’ in Another Caustically Funny Dark Comedy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! For Thought Bubble last year Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan introduced us to the cast of Purple Hate Balloon. In that memorable one-shot they took us to…

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Splat – Joe Stone and Matthew Dooley’s Warped Comedy Stylings Return in a Second Split Comic Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2022

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Last year for Thought Bubble Joe Stone and Matthew Dooley, those two much respected gentlemen of the UK indie comics scene, collaborated on a split format, reversible…

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