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BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONGOING SERIES NOMINEE! Latvian-based micropublishers kuš! comics celebrated a decade of publishing in 2017 – a year that also saw their alternative comics fare nominated for…
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Ben Williams is a young British creator who I first had the pleasure of meeting last year when I reviewed his portfolio at the East London Comics and Arts Festival’s…
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The myth of Persephone and her abduction by Hades, the God of the Netherworld is an allegorical tale with a familiarity that extends far beyond the focused interests of the…
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BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST PUBLISHER! There’s been an almost parallel evolution between acclaimed UK indie publisher Avery Hill Publishing and Broken Frontier over the last several years. Back in…
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It’s back! Small Press Day 2018 will be held this year on Saturday July 7th as the comics community comes together once again to celebrate self and micropublishing across the…
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Describing her work as examining “first world city life as a second generation Pakistani Muslim migrant” Sabba Khan is the last of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…
There’s been something of a gap between issues but the second chapter of Patt Kelley’s dark contemporary fantasy series Scout proves to be well worth the wait. Kelley is an…
A small press comics anthology with a 20-year pedigree seems a remarkable but unlikely achievement by any standard but that’s exactly what editor Delaine Derry Green has achieved with Not…
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BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST PUBLISHER WINNER! Existential angst, weary fatalism and a casual sense of nihilism… all qualities that have attracted me to the comics of Alex Potts over…
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BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONGOING SERIES WINNER! Over the last couple of years Katriona Chapman’s amiable and beautifully crafted autobiographical series Katzine has fast become one of the most respected…
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Have we really reached the fourth intake of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative here at Broken Frontier? It seems no time at all since we published…
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One of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Anja Uhren’s work is notable for its sometimes dreamlike, sometimes haunting and almost lyrical quality. Having made a…
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Hot on the heels of this week’s Broken Frontier Awards announcements comes our sixth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up here in ‘Small Pressganged’. Despite this edition…
You may have missed it on Twitter this week but the TGC collective of Scottish women artists responsible for the long-running anthology Team Girl Comic (more recently re-branded as That…
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Collecting Melanie Gillman’s continuing and multiple award-nominated webcomic in a first volume, As the Crow Flies was successfully crowdfunded earlier this year and brought to print by Iron Circus comics….
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What a year it’s been for Avery Hill Publishing. From the Ignatz-nominated Comic Book Slumber Party Deep Space Canine anthology to Something City, the hugely acclaimed debut graphic novel of Ellice…
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A member of the long-running small press collective Backwards Burd, Shane Melisse is a regular face on the London small press circuit. His projects have included Joel and his contributions…
One of our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘, Kate-mia White has been working steadily on the dark fantasy series A Dark Forest for the last couple…
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics CommunityNovember 13, 2025
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi AnthologyNovember 10, 2025
“It’s about Fame, Friendship, and Just How Long You’re Willing to Fake it to Make it” – Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat Talk ‘Who Are the Power Pals?’ from Dark HorseNovember 6, 2025
