Cathy Brett’s tale of two 1920s penfriends reunited in reflection in the latter days of their lives may sound like touching if standard slice-of-life comics fare at a first glance…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2019! Shortlisted for both the 2018 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition and the Laydeez do Comics Prize, the first chapter of Cathy Brett’s work-in-progress graphic novel Who Killed…
It’s nearly Halloween which means our penultimate Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2018 is here! And, as ever, we have a line-up of the most utterly splendid guest…
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Cathy Brett’s Who Killed JoJo? had already achieved significant critical renown this year before even a single page of it had been published. Brett’s debut graphic-novel-in-progress was shortlisted for both…
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Earlier this year Cathy Brett was one of the shortlisted creators for the Laydeez do Comics Prize for her graphic-novel-in-progress, announced at the first LDC Festival back…
The waiting is over and the seven shortlisted works-in-progress for the 2018 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition have been announced and, once again, the list is a testament to the…
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