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Section: Features

Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.

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HOW, WHAT, WHERE, WHY – Vertigo and ‘2000 AD’ Writer David Baillie on the Importance of Portfolio Reviews

  • by David Baillie
  • June 1, 2023

I love comic conventions. There’s no better way to spend a weekend than walking around, basking in the enthusiasm and talent of fellow comic creators. I love seeing what everyone’s…

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The UK Indie Comics Scene Loses the Great Chris Reynolds, Creator of ‘Mauretania Comics’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 8, 2023

Over the weekend the sad news that Chris Reynolds, one those great mainstays of UK indie comics who helped build the foundations of the scene as we know it today,…

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“We Chose to Adapt These Stories Because of Their Enduring Relevance” – Scarlett and Sophie Rickard on Bringing Socially Conscious Edwardian Novels to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 2, 2023

After their acclaimed adaptations of two powerful Edwardian novels (Robert Tressell’s renowned socialist masterpiece The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists and Constance Maud’s lesser known but still vitally important contemporary account of…

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“I Am Comfortable with My Lack of Faith” – Miriam Katin on the Paperback Edition of ‘We Are on Our Own’, from D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 28, 2023

It has been a little over 15 years since Hungarian-born American artist Miriam Katin’s award-winning memoir We Are on Our Own (the story of Katin and her mother’s escape from…

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“Adding a Layer of ‘Weird’ also Helps to Decipher Reality” – Aisha Franz Takes a Cold, Hard Look at the Absurdity of Our Times With ‘Work-Life Balance’

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • April 25, 2023

There are moments of recognition on almost every page of German artist Aisha Franz’s latest book; moments that make one nod, then sigh in frustration at the manner in which…

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“Quite Simply, We’re Here to Hook Up Good People with Good Comics” – Celebrating 20 Years of a Leeds Comics Shop Institution with Jared of OK Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 14, 2023

OK Comics reaches an important milestone this month as the shop celebrates two decades of bringing comics goodness to the people of Leeds and beyond. At a time when the…

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“Enjoy Whatever You’re Working on Now and Get it Out There” – John-Paul Kamath on Self-Publishing and the Landmark Tenth Issue of ‘London Horror Comic’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 22, 2023

If you’ve been attending UK comics festivals and cons to any degree in the last 15 years it’s very unlikely that you haven’t at some point encountered British small press…

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Retroflect: Wasteland – An Appreciation of DC’s Forgotten 1980s Horror Anthology Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 17, 2023

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 for the first time…

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Inside Look: Blackward – Lawrence Lindell Talks About His Graphic Novel About Black Love, Joy, Rebellion and the Power of Community

  • by Lawrence Lindell
  • February 15, 2023

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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“We Never Learned That We Shouldn’t Be Doing This” — A Conversation with Los Bros Hernandez Looking Back on 40 Years of ‘Love and Rockets’

  • by François Vigneault
  • February 10, 2023

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…

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“It’s Essential We Acquire First-Hand, Primary Sources of Personal Anecdotes and Memories” – Mathew Klickstein on the Archival Importance of ‘See You at San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 8, 2023

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,…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2023 – Spotlighting the Work of Becca “Beck” Kubrick, Ed Firth, J Webster Sharp, Kry Garcia, Rachel Tubb and Xiaoyi Hu

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2023

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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“The Emotions All Hit Me After I Released ‘Daddy'” – Beatrice Mossman on Tactile Presentation in Comics, Allegorical Narrative, and the Sensitivity of Autobio Work

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 31, 2023

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,…

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“I Always Think that Humor is the Best Way to Get Any Message Across” – Eric Nguyen on Subverting a Narrative Trope in ‘White Savior’ from Dark Horse

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2023

Out this week from Dark Horse Comics, Eric Nguyen and Scott Burman’s White Savior takes a deeply problematic cinematic standard and puts a new and very distinct spin on it….

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Inside Look: A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings – Will Betke-Brunswick Talks About Their Graphic Memoir on the Mother-Child Relationship, Loss, and Coming Out as Genderqueer

  • by Will Betke-Brunswick
  • January 17, 2023

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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Celebrating 2022 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2023

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…

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“I Am My Favourite Subject” –  Paul B. Rainey on ‘Why Don’t You Love Me?’, His First Work with D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • January 12, 2023

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…

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Broken Frontier at 20 – The Comics Community on Creators They’ve Discovered During Two Decades of BF!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! To mark Broken Frontier’s 20th anniversary we invited the comics community to give a shout-out to a creator or project they first discovered through BF. In…

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    • HOW, WHAT, WHERE, WHY – Vertigo and ‘2000 AD’ Writer David Baillie on the Importance of Portfolio ReviewsJune 1, 2023
    • The UK Indie Comics Scene Loses the Great Chris Reynolds, Creator of ‘Mauretania Comics’May 8, 2023
    • “We Chose to Adapt These Stories Because of Their Enduring Relevance” – Scarlett and Sophie Rickard on Bringing Socially Conscious Edwardian Novels to the Comics PageMay 2, 2023
    • “I Am Comfortable with My Lack of Faith” – Miriam Katin on the Paperback Edition of ‘We Are on Our Own’, from D+QApril 28, 2023
    • “Adding a Layer of ‘Weird’ also Helps to Decipher Reality” – Aisha Franz Takes a Cold, Hard Look at the Absurdity of Our Times With ‘Work-Life Balance’April 25, 2023
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