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One of the most fascinating aspects of comics as a medium is the way in which that very special form of interaction between reader and page can lend itself to…
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I have spoken a lot at Broken Frontier recently about the particular skills needed to communicate a wordless narrative in comics. What I probably haven’t discussed in quite so much…
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SLCZF WEEK! One of our 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists, Alba Ceide has been working behind the scenes for some time now on a world-building, shared universe project…
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SLCZF WEEK! Peony Gent’s Eke It Out Then Swallow It Whole exemplifies for me a vital quality of her work; an ability to so intimately connect with the reader and…
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SLCZF WEEK! Something I have most certainly missed in the two-plus years since I was last able to attend a comics fair is picking up work that is less about…
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SLCZF WEEK! Bringing previously unseen and uncollected work to light Aled Lies’ two minicomics Other Truths 01 and 02 both have intriguing backstory to them. The first issue features a…
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SLCZF WEEK! One of the joys of a carefully curated comics festival is the diversity of work that will be on offer. Sunday’s South London Comic & Zine Fair, the…
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SLCZF WEEK! A couple of months back at Broken Frontier I took a long at the first Scavengers minicomic from 2022 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Sammy Ward. A…
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SLCZF WEEK! When picking up a new comic by Mereida (aka 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Mereida Fajardo) always be prepared for something unexpectedly inventive. In fact, paradoxically,…
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SLCZF WEEK! If you’re of a certain age you will no doubt remember having at least a passing fascination with hauntings as a child in the ‘70s/’80s. Whether it was…
Celebrating Pride Month! Takeshima’s Whisper Me a Love Song, at first glance, appears to be an average high school girl love story that, while being lighthearted and comedic in tone,…
Celebrating Pride Month! Collecting the recent four-issue Dark Horse Comics miniseries, Killer Queens is a snappy, high-speed, intergalactic romp with a queer comics focus. If the title doesn’t give a…
Catherine Meurisse’s The Young Woman and the Sea, published by Europe Comics, follows a young artist’s residency in the Japanese countryside – with the aim to draw nature. During her…
Celebrating Pride Month! Given that we have been running a number of reviews this month for Pride 2022 it feels appropriate to also give some space to relevant work that…
Last week at Broken Frontier we looked at Tales of the Talented Tenth, another comics biographical publication that put a spotlight on notable Black figures of the past largely forgotten…
Celebrating Pride Month! Taking a Scottish folk ballad dating back to the sixteenth century as its starting point Aven Wildsmith’s Tamlin, from Knight Errant Press, brings queer romance, mythology and…
Projects like Joel Christian Gill’s Tales of the Talented Tenth may be celebratory in intent, but they are also a vital reminder of how much work there is still to…
Celebrating Pride Month! Sometimes in comics commentary you can be very aware of work that can only be described as a true publishing phenomenon without having directly experienced it yourself….
“Our Work is Rooted in South Asian Identity and Community-Led Histories” – Exploring the Publishing Output and Ethos of Kutty Press with Bhavani Balasubramanyam and Deepesh SangtaniMay 18, 2026
“There’s Value in Being the Oddbeat Offering Which Has an Unusual Niche” – Steve Morris Talks about Shelfdust’s Approach to Comics Criticism and Where it All Went Wrong for Comics Commentary OnlineMay 11, 2026
“It’s About Queerness, Family, Loyalty, Grief, and at its Core Love in All its Forms”- Bex Glendining on Debut Graphic Novel ‘On Starlit Shores’April 2, 2026
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
