Mereida Fajardo and Marcy Fraser’s Zinezilla festival has become a welcome spiritual successor to the Bristol Comic and Zine Fair and now also occupies the same space as its geographical…
HCZF MONTH! There are self-published comics that I have reviewed over the years here at Broken Frontier that particularly stick with me not because they are necessarily profound in subject…
Now fortnightly due to popular demand! Thanks to your continued enthusiasm for the online version of our monthly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw we’re now running it…
Last year in this column I reviewed Ed Stockham’s minicomic Owl Goes for a Walk and was so taken by its titular avian protagonist’s nonchalant, jaunty journey through a series…
The first Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2019 is imminent! And we’re starting the year with a cracking line-up of small press artists on Wednesday January 30th. Indie…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Since 2012 we’ve been running these annual, end-of-year round-ups of ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!‘ as a coda to that year’s ‘Small Pressganged’ coverage at Broken…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
I discovered a number of new comics talents through the UK and Ireland’s Small Press Day this year and have already been giving some of them coverage on the site…
“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
“I Want to Build a Feeling of Curiosity and Wonder about the World” – Skai Campbell, AKA Skhoshbell, on Exploring Environmental Themes in Comics, Navigating the Small Press Scene, and the Allure of HedgehogsNovember 5, 2026
“At the Base of Every Story I Tell is Some Aspect of Myself” – Michael Furler Talks Inspiration, Process, His ShortBox and Peow Work, and the Swiss Comics SceneOctober 26, 2026
