Farewell to Bristol Comic and Zine Fair – BCZF Bows Out After 8 Glorious Years
While I have been aware for some time that today’s announcement was coming in some form, the news that the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair is calling it a day…
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Summer Break – Lottie Pencheon Explores Mental Health Issues in a Quietly Powerful Comics Masterpiece from ShortBox
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Graphic medicine – the term coined by graphic novelist and GP Ian Williams – is one of the strands of comics narrative that has played a vitally…
A View from the Frontier – Catch Broken Frontier Tabling at this Year’s CECAF and SLCZF Festivals, Plus Applications Open for BCZF
Spring has finally (almost) sprung and with it we look forward at BF, as ever, to the UK festival season ramping up between now and the Autumn. Broken Frontier doesn’t…
A View From the Frontier – Chatting with John Stokes at the Gosh! ‘Marney the Fox’ Launch and Another Top Year at Bristol Comic and Zine Fair
It was a busy weekend indeed for the Broken Frontier team! While our Tyler Chin-Tanner was representing the site at this year’s New York Comic Con I was busy hosting…
Bristol Comic and Zine Fair 2017 – One of the UK’s Friendliest and Most Welcoming Shows Returns to The Station this Saturday October 7th
Wedged as it is this year between Thought Bubble and the Lakes we probably haven’t given the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair anything like the attention it deserves here at…
A View from the Frontier – Where to Catch the Broken Frontier Team as the Autumn Festival Season Approaches
There’s less than a month to go until this year’s Thought Bubble – rescheduled to September this year – which means the Broken Frontier team are preparing for the best part of…
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Inside Look: Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood – Lonnie Mann Provides a Creator Commentary on the Evolution and Process of His Gay, Jewish, Coming-of-Age StoryJune 24, 2025
Inside Look: How to Love Yourself – An Exclusive Creator Commentary from Artist A. MauriJune 13, 2025
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025