Your must-read on Broken Frontier.
Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column here in the past. Today we return to this irregular feature…
In a world struggling not just with a pandemic but a general aversion towards the cultivation of a scientific temperament, the presence of a new book by Tom Gauld seems…
In Don’t Go Without Me, Rosemary Valero-O’Connell’s masterful comic storytelling takes us to three extensively detailed, captivating worlds where we are given space to reflect on love and memory, and…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Sometimes brevity can be the most powerful tool in expressing emotion or message. Floating by Pigeon (aka Kamila Król, one of this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists) is…
Back in the 1980s when Marvel had a little more… shall we say… restraint about their Conan license they published a couple of issues of “imaginary” series What If…? that…
Wage Slaves brings an audacious openness to some unknown realities: being an immigrant and having very little money, and the ease at which certain employers and institutions can exploit these…
I had no idea what a deprogrammer was until I read Talking to Strangers. It sounded like the kind of title one would give a computer technician, which is why…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
If we let it, time will bury everything under dust. For nearly 200 years, that’s what threatened to happen to the terrible events of August 16th 1819, when a peaceful…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
While artist Robert Wells (Back, Sack & Crack ( & Brain) and Malty Heave) may be more familiar to Broken Frontier readers, his collaborative partner on Department of the Peculiar…
It’s been a productive couple of years for Belgian creator Max de Radiguès whose work has spanned releases from such purveyors of indie and alternative comics excellence as Fantagraphics (Hobo…
A couple of years ago, Swedish cartoonist and illustrator Disa Wallander was asked to describe her work. It was not an inane question because, as anyone familiar with what she…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
From Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss through to J.K. Rowling it’s no secret that some of the classics of children’s illustrated storytelling have weirder, darker undercurrents to them. Kids often…
Courtesy of BOOM! Studios, we have a preview of the finale of the Broken Frontier Award-nominated Folklords series. If you’re already reading the book we don’t need to tell you…
With critical hits like Prez, The Flintstones, Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles and Second Coming, Mark Russell has proved himself to be the master of serial comics satire of…
Faith’s playful interest in magic is considered a harmless quirk among her social set but when a seeming chance coffee shop encounter with the mysterious Poppy leads to a passionate…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“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
