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Can a girl ask for more than a cutesy comic about a baked bean in a large hat? I think not. Introducing Bean Jr., a story about a man with…
One of the main themes of Gracie’s Ghost is bullying. “Every day,” says the Afterword at the end of the book, “we have the chance to decide what kind of…
Janne Marie Dauer’s ‘The Big Spill’ (mini kuš! #132) takes the Latvian minicomics series in a deliciously bizarre direction. This one is, perhaps, a little more densely packed than some…
The word ‘hibernating’ always provides such a sense of cosiness and warmth. Meaning ‘to spend the winter in a dormant state’, for a homebody, this might sound like total bliss….
Imagine attending a school with violent teachers, barbed wires fences, and torture devices. Worse, imagine being unable to remember how or why you ended up there. Introducing Shadowplay: Volume 1:…
The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang sets off as if it’s going to be a graphic-novel version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, with an Asian slant. But it soon…
Conundrum Press’s anniversary Conundrum 25 series of one-shots has provided the Canadian publisher with an opportunity to spotlight a diverse number of approaches to the medium alongside some powerful creative…
UK weekly kids comics The Phoenix has given us some real gems over the years, traversing genre boundaries from slapstick silliness like Bunny Vs. Monkey through to the piercing social…
Earlier this year at Broken Frontier we looked at the Zarjaz Special that acted as prelude to the third volume of the long-running small press anthology series based on characters…
The Hive is a crime thriller with a science fiction twist. Certain individuals in the story are able to control the thoughts and actions of others by getting inside their…
It’s hard to try and paraphrase how colourful (a term that doesn’t do justice) the lives of the Mitford sisters were. Daughters of British aristocrats David Freeman-Mitford and Sydney Bowles,…
That Abod Nasser’s Strategies for Survival is presented in an unrefined, uncorrected format makes it all the more important an historical document of the genocide in Gaza. Capturing the artist’s…
The chances are that I will be long dead before Josh Simmons’ Jessica Farm reaches its projected conclusion around 25 years from now. And yet, perhaps peculiarly, this harsh reality…
A viscous, elongated creature with the body of a large crow, the skull of a man, and a gaping mouth full to the brim of sharp teeth shrieks down at…
A decade or so ago, while speaking about her plan for The Weight, which had yet to be completed, American artist Melissa Mendes spoke of her love of family sagas that spanned generations….
The act of invention is rarely just about machines or ideas. It’s also about survival and resilience, and finding ways to imagine freedom when the world insists on restraint. In…
“One night in April 2022”, begins Hayley Gullen’s memoir, “PAIN PAIN PAIN. [thought bubble:] That’s weird… Wrong time of the month and only one boob. Oh. It’s stopped. [Yawn] I’ll…
Niki Bañados describes her new comic Seeing in the Watery Underworld in the following intriguing terms: “A comic in which we descend 60 metres underground and meet prawnlike creeps with…
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics CommunityNovember 13, 2025
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi AnthologyNovember 10, 2025
“It’s about Fame, Friendship, and Just How Long You’re Willing to Fake it to Make it” – Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat Talk ‘Who Are the Power Pals?’ from Dark HorseNovember 6, 2025
