Running between April 25th and May 2nd on Instagram ‘Scribble through the Struggle’ (#Scribblethroughthestruggle) was the recent initiative to for comics artists to “share a moment when they could have…
This is a very cool comics community project via Young Comics Laureate Ray and Comics Youth CIC. Ray is, of course, one of our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’…
Congratulations to Mollie Ray (you can call them Ray), one of our 2021 Broken Frontier Six to Watch creators who was announced as the first UK Young Comics Laureate over…
Another welcome initiative for bringing comics to wider attention. Full details on Comics Youth’s launch of the Young Comics Laureate position below. Comics Youth Launches the UK’s First Young Comics…
PRIDE MONTH 2025! We’ve reviewed a number of projects featuring Rowan Frewin’s work over the last year and a half here at Broken Frontier, encompassing a number of different formats….
The other week I was lucky enough to volunteer at the wonderful Yo Comics! – “a comic fair for kids and by kids”. Organised by comics advocate and educator Helen…
Exciting news from Comics Youth CIC that has that comics community vibe we love so much here at BF. Details on the Mersey Margins Collective Comics Fair (featuring BF Six…
Comics Youth CIC is a creative community organisation led by young people, for young people with “an aim is to empower youth across the Liverpool City Region to flourish from…
PRIDE MONTH 2024! Sometimes at Broken Frontier we’re happy to bend the rules a little and venture into the realms of zines and DIY culture, or to look at publications…
There are lots of very important conversations finally being engaged in of late about comics and inclusion, many of those being led by activist groups like the Comics Cultural Impact…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Before we look at anthology comics collection Mind Over Margins today let us first consider the aims and objectives of Comics Youth,…
“I’ve Always Loved Storytelling through Images” – Yu-Ching Chiu Talks Comics without Words, Raising your Creative Profile, and Her Work-in-Progress Graphic NovelNovember 12, 2026
Inside Look: Jenny Robins’s Zines and Comics – “I Leant into Identity Politics to Get Arts Council Funding for My Comics Experiments, but the Work I Ended up Making Takes the Idea of Identity Labels Apart”November 12, 2026
“It Started with a Compulsion to Draw a Room with Giant Eyeballs in Curtains” – John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs (Metaphrog) on Bringing the Weird and Wonderful World of ‘Wilomina’ to LifeNovember 10, 2026
“Comics Gradually Became a Way for Me to Bring Together Everything I Enjoyed” – Abu Amaan Pal on His Autobiographical Comic ‘Ranna Banna!’, Comics Community, and the ‘Indians for Palestine’ AnthologyNovember 9, 2026
“Mugshot Has Been in My Brain for About 6 Years” – Rachael Smith on Her New Webcomic, the ‘Nap Comix: First Steps’ Kickstarter and Upcoming ProjectsNovember 9, 2026
