Danish artist Rikke Villadsen’s The Sea – her debut English language comics offering from Fantagraphics – is as much extended visual metaphor as it is narrative. Its protagonist is a seaworn…
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital storefront,…
Even with its minimalist style, blank slate characters, and a complete lack of dialogue, Penguins – Nick Thorburn’s collection of tragi-comic strips – is still acutely able to tap into the anxieties…
Back in 2015, Robert Goodin’s The Kurdles proved to be an eerie delight of a graphic novel from Fantagraphics Books. It told the story of Sally, a teddy bear separated…
We view press releases at BF as a springboard for potential future coverage rather than content in and of themselves. But every so often we receive one that contains news…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital storefront,…
The crime noir opener to Ho Che Anderson’s latest output via Fantagraphics reveals a man blindfolded and held at gunpoint. Painted contours depict a masked kidnapper, his motivations as shadowy…
Why Art? Not What Art or When Art or How Art Thou? Eleanor Davis tackles one of those kind of stupid while at the same time super important questions with…
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST NEW SERIES NOMINEE! While the US serial comics anthology seems unlikely to enjoy a populist re-emergence in the immediate future – as Dark Horse’s abrupt…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital…
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL WINNER! Every year the comics critics’ “best of” lists start to congregate like wiry hairs in the internet plughole, and every year…
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital storefront,…
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital storefront,…
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics events or digital storefront,…
It’s been a significant period of time since I last covered the work of alt comics artist Katie Skelly here at Broken Frontier. In fact, it was back on the…
“Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Done – Finish Things” – AJ O’Neill on Finding Your Voice in Comics, Queer Autobio, and Experimenting with the FormJune 25, 2026
“At its Heart, ‘Bone Broth’ is a Story about Transgender Rage and Defiance” – Alex Taylor on His First Graphic Novel Award-Winning Debut Book from SelfMadeHeroJune 23, 2026
“These Stories Still Aren’t Told Enough Which is Why I Created Florrie” – Anna Trench on Recreating a Period in Sporting History in Her Queer Romance ‘Florrie: A Football Love Story’June 19, 2026
“How Damaging and Dangerous this Techno-Fascist Hellscape We Are Already Living in Is” – KitsuneArt on the Threat of Generative AI, LGBTQ+ Comics Anthologies and Building a Profile on the SceneJune 18, 2026
“Lots of My Sapphic Comics Focus on Small, Intimate Moments” – Nessie Mooo Talks ‘Deathmetal’, Comics Community, and Queer Representation in the MediumJune 12, 2026
