ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Now considered an architectural design classic E-1027, a villa situated near the sea in the south of France, has a difficult and checkered past. The vision of Irish…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Illustrator Lizzy Stewart has displayed a marked ability in the past to take us back to that pivotal moment in our lives when childhood was largely behind us…
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ELCAF FORTNIGHT! I first discovered Aleesha Nandhra’s powerful slice-of-life comics in the pages of much-missed anthology OFF LIFE back in 2016. Last year I looked at Aleesha’s haunting Thinking in…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Even if you’re not a regular ELCAF-goer it’s unlikely – given its ubiquity on social media over the last few months – that you’ll have missed Jon McNaught’s…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There’s an obvious immediacy to illustrated zine delivery that allows artists to make an instant impact on their audience in a relatively short presentational space. Holly St Clair’s…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis,…
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ELCAF FORTNIGHT! There’s something about Frances Castle’s Stagdale that is very reminiscent of classic children’s British TV serials of the Seventies; which is rather fitting given its 1975 setting. To…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Today at Broken Frontier we’re delighted to launch our annual coverage of the East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) with two weeks of reviews, interviews, features and…
“After Reading… So Many Works… from Caribbean-British Writers and African Americans… I Wanted to Create that Space for Myself in Comics”- Lara Boyle Talks to Michael D. Kennedy on the Process Behind the Making of ‘Milk White Steed’September 30, 2026
“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics FairSeptember 17, 2026
“Human Identity is a Very Complex Thing” – Yudori on ‘Lovers of the Empire’, Period Piece Comics, and the Importance of EscapismAugust 31, 2026
“There’s Nothing More Tedious than a Predictable Protagonist” – Roberta Gregory On Revisiting the Life of Her Classic Character in ‘Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken’August 31, 2026
“Shedding Light on the Absence of Queer Narrative is Like Laying Flowers for the Ghosts of Queer Souls” – Marina Lisa Komiya on the Themes of ‘On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides’August 31, 2026
