1972 – Rachael Ball’s Autobio Short Will Bring Back Familiar Childhood Experiences
LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! There’s an origin story of sorts to Rachael Ball’s 1972 short comic. The premise of it is based on an exercise given to attendees at her…
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Shimmer Paths – A Thematically Layered Yet Fun Romp through Fantasy Realms Courtesy of Beastly Worlds
LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! Beatrijs Brouwer (aka Beastly Worlds) has been building up quite the profile for her beautifully illustrated fantasy comics. It was in no small part thanks to…
This Land Was Ravaged – Tim Bird Revisits the Devastating Environmental Impact of the Twyford Down Motorway Development
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Tim Bird’s name has become synonymous with psychogeographical comics whether that be in long-form comics (his study of the ancient woodland that once ran across South-East…
Good Day – Zhenyi Zheng Experiments with Form and Structure in a Symbolic Comics Short
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Authorial intent and reader inference do not always have to align for a successful comics narrative. Indeed, finding our own truths in work that may…
Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog – Marc Torices’ Drawn & Quarterly Graphic Novel is Amusing, Absurd, and Hard to Put Down
Is this really the first of what are meant to be 40 volumes? Is Cornelius an iconic comic that has been around longer than most of us? Has the anthropomorphic…
I Am Perfectly Normal – Lindsey Sheehan’s Fantasy Autobiography is a Real “Slice” of Life with a Touch of Serial Killer
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! I Am Perfectly Normal is Lindsey Sheehan’s first published full-length comic, which is available exclusively during July through the LDComics Online Comics Fair. This comic…
The Mice that Live in My Walls – Deadly Knitshade’s Jaunty Story is Both Darkly Witty and Strangely Poignant
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! After reading through a batch of LDComics Fair offerings dealing with some fairly heavy themes Deadly Knitshade’s The Mice that Live in My Walls was…
Cows – Devi Menon’s Beautiful Meditation on Family and Loss is One of the Bargain Buys of the LDComics Online Comics Fair
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! It’s been a few years since we last reviewed work by Devi Menon here at Broken Frontier. On that occasion it was her slice-of-life graphic…
The Cat Hotel – A Charming Must-Read for Cat Lovers from Teresa Robertson
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Teresa Robertson has worked as a professional illustrator since 1986 and has recently developed a passion for creating graphic stories. In 2023, she illustrated a…
In My Shell I Am Safe – Aleesha Nandhra’s Collection of Existential Vignettes Hits Us with an Emotional Immediacy
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Aleesha Nandhra describes the genesis of the comics in this collection in the following terms: “I usually initially make these for myself, to move through…
Never Mind It’s Only the Fucking Apocalypse – AJ O’Neill’s “Queer Fever Dream” Combines Social Commentary and Claustrophobic Horror
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! With a title like Never Mind It’s Only the Fucking Apocalypse AJ O’Neill’s LDComics Fair offering immediately feels like it’s reflecting the kind of weary…
(Un)Diagnosed – Taran Taylor Shines Light On ADHD and Autism From an Adult Perspective
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Taran Taylor studied art at Staffordshire University, gaining a “BA (Hons) Cartoon & Comic Arts, First Class”. He has quite a few zines and comics…
Black Cohosh – Eagle Valiant Brosi’s Debut Announces the Arrival of a Powerful Artist and Writer
The coming-of-age novel, in any medium, has long been favoured by writers trying to make sense of their own particular worlds. In the hands of Eagle Valiant Brosi, however, it…
Bird’s Eye View – Online Avian Obsession from Asia Kazub Taken to Horrific Extremes
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Asia Kazub is originally from Poland and currently resides in Norfolk, UK. According to their website, they graduated from Norwich University of the Arts in…
Checked Out – Katie Fricas Takes Us Inside the Head of an Aspiring Artist in Her Bold, Colourful Debut from Drawn & Quarterly
There’s a lot going on in Katie Fricas’s debut, for those who take time to stop and check out the proverbial roses. There are little flourishes on every page of…
The Wall and the Uncharted Land – Yu-Ching Chiu’s Silent and Metaphorical Take on Mental Block is an Outstanding Piece of Visual Storytelling
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! A few years back at Broken Frontier, as part of our coverage of the online incarnation of the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair, I covered artist…
Hindsight – The Pull of the Past Tugs at the Present in Natalie d’Arbeloff’s Intoxicating Autobiographical Minicomic
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Natalie d’Arbeloff has certainly led a truly fascinating life in the arts. You can read more about that on her Wikipedia page here. In comics…
Hey, Mary! – Andrew Wheeler and Rye Hickman Examine the Disconnection Between Religious Upbringing and Sexuality
PRIDE MONTH 2025! With its emphasis on the convergence of sexuality and faith writer Andrew Wheeler and artist Rye Hickman’s Hey, Mary! from Oni Press tackles an important subject in…
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