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The London-based WIP Comics (work-in-progress) group, overseen by 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Joe Stone, exists to provide a mutually supportive community of aspiring comics creators. With monthly…
Continuing our new feature for Fridays today at Broken Frontier! At the end of each week we run an extensive spotlight profile on an artist we believe deserves far more…
The longlist for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition has been announced today and there are, as ever, some great looking projects selected. We have some history with this great…
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We supplemented our annual Broken Frontier tradition of rounding up just ten UK small press comics representing the diversity of approach in self-published comics practice this year with an additional…
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A bit of fun today as we head towards the end of the year and the end of the decade (and yes, technically, I know that’s actually really a year…
We’re always pleased to publicise the wider artistic activities of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ here at Broken Frontier and, for the second time this year (after…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ artist Aleesha Nandhra Thinking in the Dark series explores “the thoughts and feelings that come to mind when…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Aleesha Nandhra’s Local Angrej depicts the 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ artist’s experiences as she travelled alone in India for the first time. It’s…
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ELCAF FORTNIGHT! I first discovered Aleesha Nandhra’s powerful slice-of-life comics in the pages of much-missed anthology OFF LIFE back in 2016. Last year I looked at Aleesha’s haunting Thinking in…
ELCAF is coming and we’ll be celebrating this year’s East London Comics and Arts Festival in style at our next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw! And, as…
I first met some of the creators who make up the Kadak Collective three years ago at the East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF). Their work was so exciting…
We’re always keen to let you know what our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ are up to here at BF and we’re very much looking forward…
Originally posted on It’s Nice That to mark World Mental Health Day in 2018, Aleesha Nandhra’s Dark Masks explores mental health issues from the perspective of those whose lives orbit…
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It’s that time of year again when we showcase the work of six up-and-coming artists as part of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative – half a…
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Two years ago at Broken Frontier I picked out the work of Aleesha Nandhra as being one of the highlights of the thirteenth issue of the much…
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“We started Off Life back in 2012 as a way to not only help break new or undiscovered talent, but almost to break the indie side of comics to a…
“This Process Turned Me into a Better Cartoonist” – Theo Ellsworth on His Adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s ‘Secret Life’ for Drawn & QuarterlyOctober 18, 2021
HCZF Round-Up – Comics and Graphic Novels You May Have Missed from Alxndra Cook, Danny Noble, Dominique Duong, Gareth Brookes, Sabba Khan and More!September 30, 2021
“We Try to Remain as True as Possible to the Original Work” – Digital Publisher Europe Comics on Bringing the Very Best of European Comics Practice to Wider AudiencesSeptember 21, 2021
“Art Should Never Be a Point of Privilege” – Nora Goldberg on the ‘Ink Well’ Exhibition Bringing Comics to the Community as Part of Hackney Comic + Zine FairSeptember 14, 2021
Inside Look: Such, Such Were the Joys – An Exclusive Creator Commentary on Pluto Press’s George Orwell Adaptation by Sean Michael Wilson and Jaime HuxtableSeptember 2, 2021
