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Alas, – Sajan Rai Brings Us a Wonderfully Absurd Tale of an Alien Grey, a Gnome and Shakespeare

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2026

ARC FESTIVAL 2026! Originally published digitally via the ShortBox Comics Fair, Alas, has the kind of premise for a comic that you could only expect from Sajan Rai. We’re thrown…

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Big Comic for Boy – Andrés Magán’s Gloomy Existentialism Has a Strangely Enticing Appeal

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2026

ARC FESTIVAL 2026! Compiling comics created by Andrés Magán in small notebooks between November 2025 and January 2026 the strips in Big Comic for Boy combine absurdism with off-centre reflections…

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The House My Father Built – Mollie Ray Tells Sophie Shamieh Mukarker’s Story of the 1940s Displacement of Palestinians with Power and Empathy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 29, 2026

The incredible work that the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival (LICAF) are doing to bring the stories of those affected by events in Gaza needs far more acknowledgment. Their From…

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Hotel Limbo Book 1 – Ben Harel Teams with 28 Artists in this Layered Supernatural Story from Top Shelf

  • by Lydia Turner
  • June 26, 2026

It may not quite be spooky season yet for those of us who love all things ghostly and ghoulish, but Hotel Limbo by Ben Harel, published by Top Shelf Productions,…

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Ace of Hearts: Lessons in Love from an Asexual Girl – Love Without Sex Examined in Cooklin’s Insightful Graphic Memoir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 24, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Described as “a thoughtful and immersive coming-of-age memoir about one girl’s struggle to figure out and then claim her asexual identity” Cooklin’s Ace of Hearts: Lessons in…

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Superheroes in the Park – Ian Eagleton and Hayley Wells Take Us on a Journey into Imagination on a Two-Dad Family Day Out

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 22, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Over the course of Pride Month at Broken Frontier we have included coverage of a number of children’s books on the grounds that there’s a growing adoption…

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First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth – Angélique Roché, Alvin Epps, Bex Glendining and Millicent Monroe Bring the Inspiring Story of a Remarkable Woman to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 19, 2026

As a graphic biography First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth could not be more relevant in 2026. Sadly, its celebratory tone is, to a degree, contrasted by…

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Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative – A Thorough and Absorbing Guide to Graphic Journalism by Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk

  • by Edward Picot
  • June 19, 2026

Eleri Harris and Shay Mirk are “award–winning graphic journalists and long-time editors of the critically acclaimed graphic journalism site, The Nib”, and Making Nonfiction Comics is described in the blurb…

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Charity & Sylvia – Tillie Walden Uses a Profound Record of Same-Sex Love to Paint a Broader Picture of 19th Century America

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • June 17, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! A little over a decade ago, the American Canadian historian Rachel Hope Cleves published a book titled Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America. It…

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I Didn’t Ask for This — Influencer Culture Criticized in Jennie Wood, Josh Cornillon and Maverick’s Young Adult Graphic Novel

  • by Harish P. I
  • June 15, 2026

One of the biggest revolutions that social media brought into the world is the culture of influencers. Product marketing and endorsement, dominated by celebrities and professional models, became democratized. The…

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Princess Pete – The Non-Binary Experience from a Child’s Eye Perspective in Zoey Allen and Frenci Sanna’s Delightful Children’s Book

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 11, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Giving space to relevant illustrated children’s books always seems vitally important as part of our annual Pride Month celebrations here at Broken Frontier. Especially at a time…

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Leo Rising – Archie Bongiovanni’s Graphic Novel is a Considered Character Study About Navigating Queer Spaces

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 10, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Something I wanted us to be more aware of this year when planning our annual Pride Month coverage at Broken Frontier was to be mindful of the…

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Star Trek: Celebrations 2026 – Queer Characters from Across the Franchise Get Spotlight Moments in this Anthology of Hope and Heart

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 8, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Pride Month often sees us branching out a little in terms of our coverage boundaries. For other outlets “branching out” might mean expanding into experimental or indie…

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Dogs on Dates – Luke Healy’s Graphic Novel is a Charming, Funny Reminder About What Successful Relationships Are Built Upon

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • June 5, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! One of the hardest things to capture, in prose or visual art, is that heady feeling of falling in love with someone. This isn’t simply because that…

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Jacob’s Transition Goals – Arthur Webber and Ang Hui Qing’s Inspirational and Inclusive Sporting Story is a Beacon of Hope for Trans Kids

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 3, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! Over the years we have covered a lot of work in the areas of graphic medicine and social commentary from the direction of Jessica Kingsley Publishers and…

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Ghost Trains: Quotes from Partition – Bhavani Bala Illustrates First Hand Testimony of the Displacement and Trauma Resulting from the 1947 Partition of India and Pakistan

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 2, 2026

Recently at Broken Frontier we chatted with the Kutty Press team of Bhavani Bala and Deepesh Sangtani about their minicomics and zines; work that is “rooted in South Asian identity…

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Totally – Laura Zajacz’s Queer Slice-of-Life Story is a Highly Impressive Print Comic Debut

  • by Andy Oliver
  • June 1, 2026

PRIDE MONTH 2026! If there’s one thing that seems even more important than celebrating queer voices during our Pride Month coverage at BF it’s celebrating new  queer voices (to us…

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I, René Tardi, P.O.W. Vol. 1-3 – Jacques Tardi Chronicles Memory and Survival After World War II

  • by Swati Nair
  • May 28, 2026

How do you tell a story that has already been told many times? How do you tell a story that at times seems stuck in time because the past, present,…

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