Happy Holidays! We’re shutting up shop now here at BF Towers for a seasonal break as we recharge our batteries and look forward to the new year. We will be…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
Friends of the site Creating Comics UK and LDComics have announced a new two-part documentary ‘The Comics Time Capsule’ which will feature interviews with 31 names from the comics world….
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
With Halloween imminent what better way to celebrate the spooky season than with some fearsome, fight-filled horror comics from the UK small press scene. All of these comics are either…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, July 29th for a Summer Spook-tacular with guest artists…
We’re huge fans of the work of London’s Cartoon Museum at Broken Frontier and its recent relocation to a wonderful new space has ensured that every event there is a…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
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…
Last year, London’s Cartoon Museum was home to ‘The Inking Woman‘ – undoubtedly one of its most acclaimed exhibitions to date – tracing the history of women cartoonists over the…
After 2016’s dual publication of the Broken Frontier Anthology and our first Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook it seemed unlikely that we could top such a banner year. And yet…
Today at Broken Frontier we hand over our weekly editorial spot to our brand new Operations Editor EdieOP. Edie is, of course, a British Comic Awards-nominated graphic novelist, a contributor to…
“The Inking Woman was such an exciting and amazing exhibition to be a part of, it was an honour to have my work exhibited alongside such talented women in comics…
After several weeks of being involved in events and projects outside of the site – chairing or sitting on panels at ELCAF, Gosh! Comics Process and the Cartoon Museum; co-organising…
I can be short and sweet in this week’s ‘A View from the Frontier’ because the visual eloquence of what is to come below will speak to you all on…
When you get as many small press books submitted for review as I do then it’s inevitable that sometimes more than the odd title will slip through the cracks, only…
It’s a new era at Broken Frontier and to usher in the next stage in BF’s evolution we’ve been building an expanded writing team to broaden our scope and approach…
World Book Day is celebrating its 20th year in the UK today. For two decades it has revered the wonder of stories and illustrations; a day where readers of all ages can…
“Over 100 artists present positive political actions that anyone can take.” That’s the soundbite that beautifully embodies the Draw the Line project – an idea dreamt up by UK small…
If you read our recent ‘Small Pressganged’ 5th birthday article you’ll have heard Avery Hill Publishing’s Ricky Miller recounting how he discovered the malevolently mirthful talents of EdieOP through this…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2025 – Spotlighting the Work of Beatrijs Brouwer AKA Beastly Worlds, Cara Brown, Chris King, Rein Lee, Shuning Ji and Zen K.January 15, 2025
Celebrating 2024 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 10, 2025
“Portrayal of a Person with a Long Term Disability Living Their Life is So Rare” – Jeremy Whitley on ‘Navigating with You’, His Slice-of-Life Graphic Novel Collaboration with Cassio RibeiroJanuary 10, 2025
“There is a Beauty in What is Forgotten” – Chris Shepherd Talks About ‘Anfield Road’, His Graphic Novel Love Letter to the City of LiverpoolNovember 14, 2024
“I Love Visual Storytelling: It Conjures Up Atmospheres and Feelings Difficult to Put Into Words” – Beatrijs Brouwer aka Beastly Worlds Talks New Projects and Inspirations Ahead of Her Thought Bubble DebutNovember 13, 2024
