Celebrating 2023 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! While we quietly retired the ‘Small Pressganged’ branding early in 2022 one of that former regular feature’s most popular pieces was always…
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Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.
“Beauty is Not Only to Be Seen by Our Eyes” – Xiaoyi Hu on Bringing the World of the Visually-Impaired to the Comics Page
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! With 2024 bringing our tenth intake of the Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators to wider recognition we’re looking forward to celebrating…
“I Miss Magazines that Are Substantial” – Barry Renshaw on the Return of ‘REDEYE Magazine’ and the Importance of Comics Commentary
In a year when so many comics commentary outlets in the UK disappeared or went on apparent hiatus there is at least one chink of light shining at the end…
“Holmes is Such a Wonderful, Iconic Character” – Joel Meadows Talks ‘Sherlock Holmes: The Empire Builders’ and 30 Years of ‘Tripwire’
Joel Meadows has been a fixture of UK comics commentary for three decades via the various print and online incarnations of his long-running Tripwire magazine. This month, though, he will…
“Single Issues Would Have Forced ‘Birdking’ into a Rhythm We Weren’t Interested in” – Daniel Freedman and CROM Give Us the Lowdown on Their Epic Dark Horse Fantasy Story
It’s been almost a year to the day since I reviewed the first volume of Daniel Freedman and CROM’s epic fantasy story Birdking, published by Dark Horse Comics. If you…
“The Sort of Events Depicted in this Book Now Seem Far Less Remote” – Chris Oliveros Brings a Lesser-Known Part of Montreal’s History to Life With ‘Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?’ from D+Q
History lessons aren’t always easy to stomach, which may explain why so many of us refuse to learn from them. Recent events only reinforce this, making the work of artists…
“It Was Wonderful to Connect with Others Who Are in My Place” – Rachael Smith Talks New Motherhood and ‘Nap Comix’
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Back in the early days of the pandemic cartoonist Rachael Smith brought people together in those darkest of days with her powerfully relatable Quarantine Comix. Over the last…
Wales Millennium Centre Responds to the United Condemnation of the Comics Community – Their Upcoming AI Art Graphic Novel “Creation” Course Will Run Regardless
Update: As of October 26th Wales Millennium Centre have issued a second statement acknowledging a lack of consideration of the technology being used for their AI Art graphic novel course…
“Magical, Transcendental, Visibly Muslim, But Also Ordinary and Mundane” – Sabba Khan Talks About Her Graphic Memoir ‘The Roles We Play’/’What is Home, Mum?’
It’s been quite a while since I last chatted with Sabba Khan here at Broken Frontier and, in the intervening years, our 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist has…
“We Wanted this to Be a Fast-Paced, Funny Adventure” – Rob Williams and Pye Parr on ‘Petrol Head’, Their “Fast & the Robo-Furious” Sci-Fi Series from Image Comics
Coming in November from Image Comics, Rob Williams and Pye Parr’s Petrol Head is a fast-paced foray into a future ravaged by climate change. It brings together an unlikely hotrod-racing…
Down a (Welsh) Rabbit Hole – A Work-in-Progress Look at ‘The Noisy Valley’ by Myfanwy Tristram
Simon Russell begins a series of articles today looking at upcoming projects that are still in progress and speaking to the voices behind them. He starts today with a focus…
“Our Internal Shorthand for AHOY is Funny Vertigo” – Celebrating Five Years of Acclaimed Satire and Humour with AHOY Comics’ Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore
With titles like Billionaire Island, Second Coming, The Wrong Earth and G.I.L.T. AHOY Comics have been leading the way in putting the fun back into serial comics over the last…
Looking Back on Small Press Day 2023 – A Remarkable Celebration of the Creative Affluence of the Small Press Scene in the UK and Ireland
Moving to a predominantly in-person occasion again after the online or hybrid events of the pandemic, Small Press Day returned on August 5th with events across the UK and Ireland,…
“Trust Yourself Enough to Stick to Your Vision” – Beck Kubrick on the Comics Publishing Journey
In our fourth of our 2023 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ interviews, and ahead of their appearance at Travelling Man Manchester for Small Press Day, we chat today with comics…
“Writing and Drawing Fantasy is Simply a Lot of Fun” – Kry Garcia Talks Self-Publishing, Pushing Boundaries, and the Spanish Indie Scene
It’s time for another spotlight interview for one of our 2023 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators and today’s subject is Spanish artist Kry Garcia whose Shortbox Fair comic Meteors…
“I Can’t Wait for It to Be in People’s Hands” – Dan White on the Eagerly Awaited ‘Cindy and Biscuit’ Collection from Oni Press
It’s been one of the great unanswered questions in UK indie comics for many years now: How has Dan White’s singularly brilliant Cindy and Biscuit all-ages series not been picked…
“I Love the Escapism that Genre Fiction Offers” – Rachel Tubb on Comics Community, Creative Process and Contributing to Anthologies
Continuing our series of interviews featuring this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators we turn today to the work of frequent WIP Comics contributor Rachel Tubb. With her fluid,…
SLCZF 2023 – Looking Back on this Year’s Triumphant South London Comic and Zine Fair
While debate remains open on whether it’s pronounced Slick-Ziff, Sluk-Zuff, slƏzƏf or any other number of variables there’s one thing we can all agree on. This year’s South London Comic…
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Inside Look: Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood – Lonnie Mann Provides a Creator Commentary on the Evolution and Process of His Gay, Jewish, Coming-of-Age StoryJune 24, 2025
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. MauriJune 13, 2025
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025