Designed to shine a spotlight on the often overlooked world of small press, self-published and altcomics.
Coming to us from the King Louie’s Lab team of Fred Morris and Dominic Linton, Ant Story is a collection of the comic strips previously presented on Instagram and in…
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It may be set mostly in the environs of a middle ages kitchen in late fifteenth century Germany but it could be argued that Jamie KInroy’s Spit Dog has social…
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It seems hardly possible that this is the tenth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ yearly round-up at Broken Frontier. Way back in 2012 I was…
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On those occasions where I am diverted by dreamy deliberations on how I would spend an ever elusive major lottery win my thoughts are drawn not just to which talented…
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Last year at Broken Frontier we exclusively announced the formation of Laneha House, the small press dedicated to showcasing the work of artists Lawrence Lindell and Breena Nuñez. Previous coverage…
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“Pray that the stories, names, characters and incidents portrayed in this comic are untrue” says the knowing subversion of the traditional opening disclaimer in Strip for Me’s latest A Pocket…
One of a trio of new comics that Peony Gent debuted at Thought Bubble this year (see our review of Three Comics here for another of those offerings) London to…
Psychogeographical comics work looks to explore the intersections between place, time and memory. It can look at how we shape our environments and, in turn, how our environments shape us….
Reading RAMZEE’s first long-form book LDN I was struck by how his role with this anthology collection went beyond that of creator (he writes the multiple stories compiled herein and…
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Back in the summer, as part of the online Small Press Day events programming I spent many hours giving SPD “one-tweet reviews” to anyone who posted four pages from their…
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! The third instalment in the series, Sarararara: Homecoming returns to Hicks!’s darkly comedic 1950s high school world where Archie Comics-style goofiness is warped into something altogether more…
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT 2021! Ver’s Wolvendaughter was one of the original batch of releases from Quindrie Press, the Scottish micropublisher who burst onto the indie comics scene this year with…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! From Sherlock Holmes to M.R. James to Alice in Wonderland, John Reppion (alongside Leah Moore) has a proven track record in adapting classic literature to comics. Debuting…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Returning to his autobiographical comic Endswell, Peter Morey takes another unexpected sidestep in a series which continues to surprise with its multiple perspectives on intergenerational family life…
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! The fourth in Douglas Noble’s Horrible Folk series, the Thought Bubble-debuting Really Horrible Folk is another collection of brief but unsettling monologues from “a choir of desperate…
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Earlier this year at Broken Frontier our Jenny Robins interviewed artist Natasha Natarajan about her autobiographical comics collection FML Comics, the first four issues compiled into one…
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Events like Thought Bubble offer us an opportunity not just to celebrate the things we love about comics but also to make other discoveries, to open ourselves…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Over the last couple of years Sean Azzopardi has stepped back a little from regular autobiographical work to take his practice in other directions. Although arguably best…
Welcoming Steve Walsh into the Broken Frontier Hall of Fame and Celebrating His Incredible Work in Building Comics Community in the UK in the Last DecadeJanuary 14, 2022
Inside Look: I Am a Leader of My House – PositiveNegatives’ New Webcomic with The New Humanitarian and Fahmida Azim Tells the Stories of Two Rohingya Women in Their Fight for EqualityDecember 21, 2021
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw – The History of a Comics Community Success StoryDecember 6, 2021
“Comics is Where I Live” – Taki Soma on Her Powerful Graphic Memoir ‘Sleeping While Standing’ and the Avery Hill KickstarterDecember 3, 2021
“I Think There’s So Much Room in Comics for Experimentation – George Wylesol on His “Point and Click” Graphic Novel ‘2120’ and the Avery Hill KickstarterNovember 29, 2021
