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Coming Home #2 – The “Veterans’ Mental Health Stories” Anthology Returns with a Hard-Hitting LGBTQ+ Focus

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 10, 2024

In 2022 Broken Frontier reviewer Tom Baker described the first issue of the charity Re-Live’s Coming Home anthology series as “a creatively daring, admirably moral, and consciousness-raising book”, adding “here’s…

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Tall Tales & Short Stories – The Vibrancy, Versatility and Brilliance of the UK Small Press Scene Brought to the Fore in this Year’s WIP Comics Anthology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 14, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! If anyone ever tells you that the UK small press comics scene is in a state of decline…

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There is No Alternative – Ed Firth Provides a Number of Emotionally Charged Vignettes in this Queer Comics Zine

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 6, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In the vein of his NP zine (reviewed here at Broken Frontier a few months back) Ed Firth’s new queer comics short…

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Ed Firth’s ‘Horny & High’ Comes to North America Via Northwest Press’s Crowdfunding Campaign

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 19, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In the UK we are, of course, already aware of the growing profile of 2023 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Ed…

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NP – Ed Firth’s New Comics Zine Expands on the Themes of His ‘Horny & High’ Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 15, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Making its festival debut at the ever excellent Silver Sprocket’s Pride in Panels event in San Francisco this Sunday, Ed Firth’s new…

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“People Whose Identity Crosses Strongly Policed Social Boundaries Are Perfectly Positioned to Appeal to a Broader Audience” – Ed Firth on ‘Horny & High’ and the Eloquence of Comics as a Medium

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 14, 2023

SLCZF 2023! Since we interviewed comics creator Ed Firth at Broken Frontier back in 2021 his series Horny & High has become something of a constantly selling-out phenomenon. An uncompromising…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, March 23rd with Guest Artist Ed Firth

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 22, 2023

Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, March 23rd with guest artist Ed Firth, of our 2023…

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Horny & High Vol. 2 – Ed Firth Continues His Character Study Set in the World of Gay Chemsex Culture

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 20, 2023

When I interviewed Ed Firth last year about his queer comics series Horny & High he gave me an editor’s dream pull quote for the article title: “One friend said…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2023 – Spotlighting the Work of Becca “Beck” Kubrick, Ed Firth, J Webster Sharp, Kry Garcia, Rachel Tubb and Xiaoyi Hu

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 3, 2023

Welcome to our Broken Frontier Six to Watch 2023 announcement! But before we look forward let’s quickly look back. In 2022 the UK small press world slowly began to emerge…

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Much-Featured Broken Frontier Favourites Rebecca K. Jones and Ed Firth Are Winner and Joint Runner-Up in this Year’s Observer/Faber Graphic Short Story Competition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 21, 2022

The annual Observer/Faber (formerly the Observer/Cape/Comica) graphic short story competition has given nods in the direction of a number of creators deservedly much-featured at Broken Frontier in recent years, including…

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“One Friend Said to Me I’d Written a Daily Mail-Reading Homophobe’s Nightmare” – Ed Firth on Exploring the World of Chemsex in His Acclaimed Queer Comics Series ‘Horny & High’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 29, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Ed Firth is a newer name on the UK indie comics circuit but one we are sure will be coming to far greater prominence in the immediate future….

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, September 9th for Our First HCZF D&D with Guest Artists 2B Or Not 2B and Ed Firth!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 7, 2021

HCZF MONTH! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, September 9th for another comics extravaganza with…

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Horny & High Vol. 1 – Ed Firth’s Queer Comics Anthology Proves to Be a Memorable Study of Human Fragility

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 24, 2021

In a year when for many simply treading water was an understandable achievement in itself, Ed Firth bucked the trend with a profile-raising 2020 that saw his Myriad First Graphic…

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‘Success’ and ‘Failure’ – A Double Hit of WIP Comics Anthology Goodness Features Work from Olivia Sualdea, Joe Stone, Havva Bird, Rachel Tubb and Many More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 12, 2020

The London-based WIP Comics (work-in-progress) group, overseen by 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Joe Stone, exists to provide a mutually supportive community of aspiring comics creators. With monthly…

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