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There’s an early scene in Lewis Hancox’s Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure that looks back to his pre-transition schooldays as Lois and being referred to by classmates…
A book detailing the history of the trade union movement in comics form would, of course, always be a project that we would gravitate to here at Broken Frontier. With…
In the four decades since they self-published the first issue of Love & Rockets with their brother Mario, Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez have crafted ground-breaking narratives that rewrote the rules…
Leslie Stein, full-time cartoonist, part-time bartender, famous meme (Google it) and all-round cool person based on the accounts of those who know her, has been playing music with friends for…
Mathew Klickstein’s ambitious project See You at San Diego from Fantagraphics Books is described as a “comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless intimate,…
Estrela d’Oeste, or “Star of the West” if you require a direct translation, is an autobiographical one-shot by Brazilian-Irish artist Ashling Larkin (also known as Ashling Draws) whose comics endeavours…
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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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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,…
The plight of those affected by the refugee crisis has been conveyed to wider audiences with great empathy by many comics projects over the last decade, both online and in…
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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…
Originally presented via the #ASDComicTakeover tag on social media, the short comics collected in the pages of Sensory: Life on the Spectrum – An Autistic Comics Anthology come to us…
They’re referred to as ‘truth bombs’, defined as ‘blunt, undiplomatic statements of something true that others may not want or expect to hear.’ You can experience a whole lot of…
Maria Medem’s body of work seems to exist as a record of some alternative envisioned landscape. There are certain key formal aspects to her style: a fine, clear-line for example,…
Reports of UFO sightings and alien abduction begin roughly around the same time manned space flights began. As ghosts represent the landed gentry’s guilt over their legacies, Dracula’s a xenophobic…
Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and themes…
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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…
Silver Sprocket, our 2022 Broken Frontier Award winners in the Best Publisher category, did not have the best start to the New Year. They began 2023 with a storm-flooded basement…
It’s always difficult to predict what Paul B. Rainey will decide to work upon next. His history in comics is so varied and intriguing that it sometimes feels as if…
“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
“It’s Tough Out There, But You’re Absolutely Not Alone!” – Dave Cook on ‘Killtopia: Phantoms’, Challenging Times for Crowdfunding, and Returning to Thought BubbleNovember 5, 2025
“My Brain Broke, and Out Came Donuts” – Neill Cameron Looks Back on ‘Mega Robo Bros’ and Forward with ‘Donut Squad’, the Latest Smash Hit Strip from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’November 4, 2025
“The Biggest Challenge for Me Was Having to Think More Like a Director” – Michael Schwartz on Writing for Comics for the First Time and His Supernatural Ghost Story ‘Armored’October 31, 2025
“It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative ToolOctober 30, 2025
