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Originally created by the legendary Leo Baxendale under the alternate title When the Bell Rings!, and later illustrated by the equally key David Sutherland for a staggering 3,000-plus strips, The…
It’s always interesting to look at recurring tropes in literature, and this is particularly enjoyable when it comes to fairy tales because of how they reflect the commonality of our…
10 YEARS OF THE BROKEN FRONTIER SIX TO WATCH! My go-to advice for aspiring comics creators who decide to plunge straight into full-length work is that it’s essential not to…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Where the work of Mereida Fajardo is concerned it is not simply the material itself that one awaits eagerly each time a…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! A couple of weeks back at a University of the Arts London event I was invited to speak at I was asked…
There are two immediate advantages offered by NBM whenever it issues a new graphic biography of an iconic musician. For those familiar with the subject in question, these comics are…
Originally presented online via that great platform for graphic journalism The Nib, Tom Humberstone’s I’m a Luddite (And So Can You!) & Other Tales from The Nib brings some of…
Colossive Press’s Colossive Cartographies have become such a well-regarded series of zines not simply because of the clever ways in which each creator uses the Turkish Map Fold format to…
While in the early years of 2000 AD there was little in the way of direct crossovers between the anthology’s strips, there were plenty of tangential links that pointed to…
Another book recognised in the 2023 Broken Frontier Awards nominations, Lawrence Lindell’s Blackward has already had some extensive spotlight time at BF when Lindell provided this pre-publication creator commentary ‘Inside…
The beauty of comics is that, in terms of connecting with readers on an emotional level, they are such a sophisticated visual storytelling form that sometimes less really is more….
Cole Pauls’ Kwändǖr has already gained a significant degree of acclaim, having won a BC and Yukon Book Prize to sit aside the Indigenous Voices Award he won for previous…
Whimsical, warm and magical. Three words that can easily be ascribed to recent small press gem Fox Flight Market Night, from creator Beatrijs Brouwer (professionally known as Beastly Worlds). From…
My first introduction to the art of Molly Stocks came at Gosh! Comics via Small Press Day last summer which goes to show that SPD can be a journey of…
An enchanting thriller-in-the-making, Pine & Merrimac #1 delivers your new favorite dynamic duo. A delightful couple of characters who also happen to be a delightful married couple, the Kents are…
New stories about Aya, Bintou, Adjoua, and their families: if that’s not a great start to a new year, what is? Any happiness associated with this news will be undeniably…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Part of the new collaboration between Dark Horse Comics and Tapas, Jem Milton’s The Flying Ship Vol. 1 brings the artist’s webcomic…
The story behind Jonathan Traynor’s first self-published comic BUG+ is a fascinating sidebar in itself. Originally presented online during the pandemic, the comic’s first iteration consisted of 31 panels published…
“After Reading… So Many Works… from Caribbean-British Writers and African Americans… I Wanted to Create that Space for Myself in Comics”- Lara Boyle Talks to Michael D. Kennedy on the Process Behind the Making of ‘Milk White Steed’September 30, 2026
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics FairSeptember 17, 2026
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
