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Storytellers use the world they inhabit to shape the stories they choose to tell. When looked at from this perspective, there is nothing particularly weird about Rumi Hara’s stories, despite…
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The most notable aspect of Molly Mendoza’s comics for me is the way they unlock the full potential of the form; absolute graphic storytelling that isn’t simply a combination of…
With an unwelcome but sadly appropriate synchronicity I found myself reading and reviewing Everyday Stories of Climate Change on the evening of the day the UK hit its hottest temperatures…
There are moments in every memoir involving a certain kind of trauma where one can sense the writer reaching deep within to find something worth holding on to. Those moments…
Two and a half years ago at Broken Frontier we advance-reviewed the first issue of Best of 2000 AD, an upcoming anthology maxiseries designed as a gateway publication into the…
Nostalgia is a tricky thing, painting the past to be a lot rosier than it often is. That overriding scepticism comes to the fore whenever the great Lynda Barry approves…
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Chad Bilyeu has been diligently producing his Chad in Amsterdam comics – collections of narrative vignettes of his experiences as an American living in Amsterdam – since 2018. Working in…
Time for more comics from two of our creative faves, writer/artist Tony Wolf and colourist SirGryphon! Devil Hotline is another autobio strip via the duo that combines nostalgic remembrance with…
With Love and Rockets – the seminal series by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez – reaching its landmark 40th anniversary this year there’s lots planned in celebration. With a special 40th…
A special sneak peek today, exclusive to Broken Frontier, of the cover art for the upcoming Pearl III #6. Check out both covers for the finale of the third storyline…
The work of Peter and Maria Hoey under Coin-Op banner has had extensive coverage here at Broken Frontier in recent years. The sibling partnership are having something of a high…
With Refugee Week not long behind us, and with the UK’s morally abhorrent decision to send asylum seekers to Rwanda sadly an actuality rather than a work of dystopian fiction,…
Comics as a medium has historically been frequently targeted by the forces of censorship. One of the reasons often posited as to why this is the case is that comics…
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One of the most fascinating aspects of comics as a medium is the way in which that very special form of interaction between reader and page can lend itself to…
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I have spoken a lot at Broken Frontier recently about the particular skills needed to communicate a wordless narrative in comics. What I probably haven’t discussed in quite so much…
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SLCZF WEEK! One of our 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists, Alba Ceide has been working behind the scenes for some time now on a world-building, shared universe project…
SLCZF WEEK! Lucy Sullivan’s debut graphic novel Barking was met with widespread plaudits on its debut a couple of years back. Informed by her own experiences it took a notably…
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SLCZF WEEK! Continuing our week of coverage of the South London Comic & Zine Fair today at BF we chat with exhibitor Rachael House whose Resistance Sustenance Protection – a…
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
