10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Icon’s series of graphic guides have, for some years, provided readers with an accessible and easily digestible entry point to subjects that…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Before the pandemic hit the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw had become something of an institution on the UK London comics scene. Launched…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! In 2015 cartoonist Danny Noble was among the number of our very first Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ programme; an initiative that, perhaps…
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With 8 years of creators featured in our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ initiative this feature is our semi-regular round-up of what our very talented #BF6toWatch…
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A little bit of flight of fantasy fun today at BF based on a series of Twitter posts of mine from some years ago. We’ve probably all at some point…
Our long-running, fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday December 10th with a Street Noise Books Special! As usual we start at 7.30pm UK…
With a focus on work that champions inclusivity and marginalised voices, new publishers on the indie comics scene Street Noise Books have a line-up of books that represents exactly the…
The accomplishments of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artists are always a delight to us at BF. So you can imagine how pleased we are tonight to hear that…
The Comedy Women in Print Prize has announced its shortlists today. Lots to check out across the categories but obviously our focus at Broken Frontier is on the new ‘Humorous…
Danny Noble’s comics have been extensively featured here since 2014 when we first covered her autobiographical work in the pages of Monday Morning. She was one of our original Broken…
In graphic memoir Shame Pudding, artist Danny Noble takes a markedly different approach to autobiographical comics work than her past practice in this area. Noble, one of Broken Frontier’s first…
The Comedy Women in Print Prize has announced its longlists today, including the artists and projects in the new ‘Humorous Graphic Novel’ category (in association with LDComics) which also covers…
Comics, graphic novels, sequential art… whatever you call the medium we all love it cannot be denied that the growing respect and recognition for it in the wider arts world…
This coming Monday, January 27th, sees the announcement of the winners of the Arts Foundation’s Futures Awards at the ICA, with the five sections including Experimental Short Film, Social…
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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…
After the recent announcement of the shortlisted artists in the comics section of this year’s Arts Foundation Futures Awards there’s an opportunity to hear the final four creators in conversation…
The full press release for the shortlisted artists for the Arts Foundation Futures Awards for the Comics category runs below. Congratulations to the shortlisted quartet! Esther McManus, Danny Noble, Zara Slattery and Jess Taylor have…
Between the end of 2014 and the early months of 2016 the name “Danny Noble” was ubiquitous at Broken Frontier. One of our original Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…
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
