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Section: Features

Articles and interviews on all things comics-related.

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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…

Eyecatcher · Features

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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…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“Community Growth Continues to Be a Positive Area of Development” – Sean Azzopardi on Taking the Medium to New Audiences and His Own Autobio Comics Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Back in the day Sean Azzopardi was the very first person I got to know when my comics coverage shifted dramatically from the US genre comics…

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“It Exists to Perpetually Publish Cool Comics” – Zach Clemente on the Ethos and Philosophy of Bulgilhan Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Micropublishers who bring exciting new talents to a broader readership and appreciate just how diverse approaches to the comics page have a parallel mission to ours…

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Inside Look: Salamanca Blues – Alba Ceide Gives Us an Intimate Insight into Her Creative Process on ‘Salamanca Blues’

  • by Alba Ceide
  • November 4, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! As part of our 20th birthday celebrations we’ve been running a number of creator pieces from our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artists past and present…

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“We Make Art Because We Must. We Make Art to Push Back. We Make Art to Question Authority” – Tony Wolf Introduces His ‘Tales From The Wolf’ Anthology Collecting 15 Years of Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! One of the undeniable pleasures of an operation like BF is seeing artists that we have either directly championed or who are associated with the site…

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Inside Look: The Dog and the Cat – Dominique Duong Gives Us a Behind-the-Scenes Look at Her Ignatz-Nominated Queer Asian Romance

  • by Dominique Duong
  • November 3, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! We continue our series of ‘Inside Look’ creator commentaries today at BF celebrating both our ‘Six to Watch‘ artists and our 20th anniversary. Today’s subject is…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“The Best Titles Begin with an Inspired Editor at the Helm” – The Legendary Shelly Bond Talks Vertigo, Black Crown and Off Register Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! As we approach the end of our 20th anniversary celebrations at BF we have a very special interview to take us into the last couple of…

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Inside Look: Neurotic Fiction #1 – Joe Stone Talks About the Creative Process Behind His Darkly Comedic Anthology

  • by Joe Stone
  • November 2, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! In another of our creator commentary ‘Inside Looks’ to celebrate Broken Frontier’s 20th anniversary Joe Stone guides us through the pages of his comic Neurotic Fiction #1….

Eyecatcher · Features

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“It’s a Hobby that Got Out of Control” – To Mark Avery Hill’s 10th Anniversary Co-Publisher Ricky Miller Looks Back on 10 Landmark AHP Releases

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! It’s an amazing thing to be there at the beginning of an ongoing comics journey that leads to ever more exciting destinations. We have been following…

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“Self-Publishing is Political in Nature Because Taking Control of the Means of Production is a Radical Act” – Simon Moreton Talks Autobio, Supporting Grassroots Creators, and Why Creating Art Should Be a Right Not a Privilege

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 1, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! The practice of Simon Moreton may have evolved into a more multi-media incarnation but his place in the UK comics community over the last decade has…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“The Move Away from Hetero White Boys/Men is the Most Positive Aspect of Comics Since I Started Doing This” – Andy Brown Talks About the History and Ethos of Conundrum Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 1, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Publishers with an eclectic catalogue of comics work always appeal to us here at BF, and publishers with a consistently excellent eclectic catalogue of comics work all…

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Inside Look: Zines, Secrets, and Loneliness – An Exclusive Creator Commentary on the Recent Autobiographical Zines and Comics of R. E. Burke

  • by Rebecca Burke
  • October 31, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Perhaps unsurprisingly many of our team at Broken Frontier are hugely talented artists in their own right. Over the last few years such luminaries of the…

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“They’re Like My Children” – An Interview with Sourya, Creator of ‘Talli: Daughter of the Moon’

  • by François Vigneault
  • October 31, 2022

Sourya is a French-Laotian manga artist who lives and works in Paris. The first volume of his ongoing fantasy series Talli: Daughter of the Moon arrived in stores on October…

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“It Feels Almost a Bit Like Comics Are Leading Us to a More Open and Inclusive World!” – David Schilter on 15 Years of kuš! comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 31, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Inductees into the Broken Frontier Hall of Fame for their championing of comics and creators from across every continent on the planet (with the exceptions of the…

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“I’d F**king Love to Make Brexiteers Come in and Do All the Additional Hours” – Tom Oldham Talks Breakdown Press, Alternative Comics, and the Cost to Publishers of Leaving the EU

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 31, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! BF always tries to put a significant focus on creators and publishers who exploit the full potential of the unique storytelling devices of comics and embrace…

Eyecatcher · Features

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Looking Back on 20 Years of Broken Frontier – A Walk through BF History with Founder Frederik Hautain in this Comprehensive Interview

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 28, 2022

BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! So far all articles in our 20th birthday event have been prefaced with an introductory paragraph explaining their importance in BF history or their relevance in representing…

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