SelfMadeHero have announced their 2021 Spring line-up of books which includes I Feel Love, an anthology featuring work from our 2018 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Cat Sims (XENOS,…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Two and a half years ago, Gareth Brookes contributed a story to the ‘BFFs’-themed issue of Latvian publisher kuš! comics’ digest-sized š! anthology. It was one of the…
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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…
News of a new Gareth Brookes exhibition of embroideries, prints and drawings at London’s 155a Artists Space will no doubt be of huge interest to regular Broken Frontier readers given…
No sooner is this year’s ELCAF behind us than we’re looking at the next events on the UK indie comics calendar. The second South London Comic and Zine Fair opens…
Our fifth Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2018 is this week! And, as you have come to expect by now, we have a fabulous line-up of guest artists with us…
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…
When the premise of Afterwords was announced it gave me a sense of acute anticipatory glee. Forget your various super-hero cinematic blockbusters, if you’re a fan of UK indie comics…
Pushing individual Patreon accounts here at BF is something that we rarely do simply because there are so many talented folk out there and time is limited. But we’re going…
The name of Gareth Brookes is hardly an unfamiliar one here at Broken Frontier. From his brilliant first long-form work The Black Project – which won both the Myriad First Graphic Novel…
While it’s another excellent year for high-profile London comics festivals like ELCAF and Safari Festival, 2017 was looking to be a quieter one for more grassroots events, with both CECAF…
ELCAF WEEK! While the latest issue of graphite arts anthology Tiny Pencil was a long time in coming, this fifth edition – a sci-fi spectacular with many of the darker overtones…
MYRIAD WEEK! This re-imagining of twee middle class suburbia, as seen through the fractured lens of a distinctively Brookesian eyeglass, is a visual triumph. There are things we have come…
MYRIAD WEEK! The winner of the very first Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition for his debut book The Black Project, Gareth Brookes is an artist whose reach straddles both the…
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 or digital storefront, the…
MYRIAD WEEK! We’re championing the output of Myriad Editions this week at Broken Frontier with a series of reviews, interviews and features on the publisher’s recent and upcoming projects. This wouldn’t…
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For the recently released ‘BFF’-themed edition of their digest-sized š! anthology the kuš! comics team opened up the book to submissions for the first time in a number of years….
Forget NYCC 2016! Comica‘s long-running independent comics fair Comiket returns this Saturday at The Lightbox in Woking featuring a select line-up of UK indie comics talent. The venue is currently playing host…
“I Want There to Be Many More Stories About and by These Kinds of Storytellers” – Zain Dada and Kumail Rizvi Talk About Khidr Comix Lab, a New Micropublisher Providing a Platform for Black, Brown and Muslim CreatorsDecember 14, 2020
“It’s Ultimately About Courage and Hope and Love and Friendship” – Jenny Robins Talks About the Characters and Themes of Her Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition-Winning ‘Biscuits (assorted)’, Published TodayNovember 12, 2020
Retroflect: The Living Mummy – Supernatural Thrillers with an Oft Overlooked Star of Marvel’s 1970s Horror BoomOctober 30, 2020
Inside Look: Good Comics Kickstarter Books – Natasha Natarajan, Niki Bañados, Emre Altındağ and RAMZEE Provide Exclusive Insights into Their Creative ProcessesOctober 28, 2020
“My Publishing Ethos is Very Much Creator Led” – Lizzie Kaye Exclusively Reveals What We Can Expect from Her New Venture Cast Iron Books Coming into 2021October 16, 2020
