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James Romberger’s For Real is a narrative of layers. Not just in the overlapping timeframes of its main comics story ‘The Oven’ but also in the supplementary essay that follows…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! In much the same way that Jayde Perkin’s ELCAF-debuting I’m Not Ready is both a consolidation and an expansion of her previous comics work so too does this…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! In Waves is obviously not the first graphic memoir to deal with themes of bereavement and grief. But what makes AJ Dungo’s exploration of loss such a distinctive…
Emotionally raw and at times brutally honest, Teva Harrison’s memoir chronicling her life as a metastatic cancer patient is graphic medicine at its finest. A few years ago, my grandfather…
Graphic medicine quite unlike anything to come before it, The Inflatable Woman is a visionary use of this ever expanding area of slice-of-life comics. The Inflatable Woman marks the first full-length…
This brief but always touching read brings us into its characters’ world with a warmth and sincerity that belies its fleeting page count. Singing Dragon have been building up a most…
Who are the stories we tell for: ourselves, or those who hear them? In Jason Walz’s A Story for Desmond, a simple bedtime story brings hope to both a young…
Despite its attention-grabbing title, Jennifer Hayden’s powerful and hugely enjoyable graphic memoir offers moving and often hilarious insight into every stage of a woman’s life. As Breast Cancer Awareness Month continues,…
In Probably Nothing, her visual diary of pregnancy and cancer, Matilda Tristram uses wit and charm to relate what the cover of her book somewhat euphemistically calls “A diary of not-your-average…
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Cartoonists for Gaza Extra: Sweaty Eyes – Read AJ O’Neill’s Short Comic Story Here at Broken FrontierSeptember 10, 2025
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 4 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from Rufus Dayglo, Peter Kuper, Zara Slattery, Oscar Zárate and Corinne HalbertAugust 29, 2025
Raging Against the Machine: Comics and Generative AI “Art” (Interlude) – Read Tom Humberstone’s Comic ‘I’m a Luddite! (And So Can You!)’ on AI Art, Luddism and Activism Here at BFAugust 27, 2025
Cartoonists for Gaza Part 3 – Solidarity in Ink with Palestine from the Comics Community, Including Work from John Sadler, MariNaomi, Paul Peart-Smith, Tony Thorne and Myfanwy TristramAugust 27, 2025
