The Foldings #1 – A Delightful New Fantasy Series from Joann Dominik and Faye Simms
After attending Thought Bubble this year I purchased a number of small press comics, one of the best of which has to be Joann Domink and Faye Simms The Foldings….
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Portugal – An Alternately Candlelit and Sun-Soaked Musing on a Lusophilic Awakening of the Senses and the Importance of Family
I have to say that I love Portugal more than any comic I’ve read since Moon and Ba’s Daytripper. I don’t know why, I must actually have a thing for…
Staff Picks for December 20, 2017 – X-Men: Grand Design, Black Hammer, Comic Book History of Comics and More!
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 events or digital…
Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2017 – Celebrating Another Year of Indie, Alt and Small Press Coverage at BF!
Broken Frontier proudly presents the shortlists for our 14th annual Broken Frontier Awards. Our staff have selected five nominees for each of the 15 main categories that comprise the BF…
Magritte: This is Not a Biography – Oh Yes it Is, Oh No it Isn’t, etc… Art History with a Healthy Helping of Hallucinatory Hat Hijinks
What if you were writing a biography, and the (deceased) subject of your work was trying to stop you? No wait, that’s too simple. What if you didn’t want to…
The BF Bulletin Board – The ‘Kirby Consciousness’ Exhibition at Orbital, Olivier Kugler at Rich Mix, Catford Comic & Zine Fair and More!
It’s been a while since we ran one of our ‘BF Bulletin Board’ pieces but with so much comics-related fun happening in London this weekend it seems almost criminal not…
4 Kids Walk into a Bank – Pulp Fiction Meets Middle-School Reality in the Heist Thriller’s Trade Paperback Collection
King of quirk Wes Anderson’s first film, Bottle Rocket, is distinct from the rest of his oeuvre in genre if not style. It’s a crime thriller. More than that, it’s…
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As the Crow Flies – Melanie Gillman’s Critically Acclaimed YA Webcomic Exploring Gender, Sexuality and Marginalisation Comes to Print Via Iron Circus
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….
Staff Picks for December 6, 2017 – Paradiso, Klaus and the Crisis in Xmasville, Sleepless and More!
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 events or digital…
Mirror Mirror II – Horror and Erotica Converge in the Julia Gfrörer and Sean T. Collins-Led Anthology for 2dcloud
Horror, as we’re often told, is a safe space to explore the things that scare us. You sit in a cinema, read a book, play a videogame that gently guides…
Best Wishes – Mike Richardson and Paul Chadwick’s Tale of Hope and Romance is a Magical Piece of Storytelling
When I first set out to read Best Wishes, I was poised to be both its biggest fan and its harshest critic. Concrete being my favourite comics work of all…
Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Swan Song – A New Music-Based Anthology from the Canadian Cloudscape Comics Society
Time for another of our intermittent Crowdfunding Corner blogs and this one has something of a link to Broken Frontier history as it contains work from our former Operations Editor…
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Avery Hill Publishing Announce Schedule for 2018 – Including Books from Tillie Walden, Katriona Chapman, Tim Bird, Luke Healy, Seekan Hui and Ricky Miller & Julia Scheele
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…
Staff Picks for November 29, 2017 – Faceache: The First 100 Scrunges, The Green Hand and Other Stories, Zegas, Minor Leagues and More!
It’s 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 events or digital storefront,…
All is Not Well – Jonathan Clode Talks Graphic Medicine and Comics Exploring Caregiving
Founded by comics writer and former care manager Jonathan Clode, in conjunction with Cardiff University and with funding from ESRC Impact Acceleration, All Is Not Well (AINW) is a new online space for independent…
Patreon Push: Gareth Brookes – Help ‘The Black Project’ Creator Bring New Self-Published Comics to Life in 2018
Pushing individual Patreon accounts here at BF is something that we rarely do simply because there are so many talented folk out there and time is limited. But we’re going…
Staff Picks for November 22, 2017 – Giant Days 2017 Holiday Special, Winnebago Graveyard, Forlorn Funnies and More!
It’s 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 events or digital storefront,…
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The Knight – Not All is as it Seems in Shane Melisse’s Supernatural Fantasy
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…
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