Small Press Day – the UK and Ireland’s (and this year maybe a little beyond) celebration of all things self and micropublished comics – is coming on July 25th and…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! “For rebellious girls, mischievous femmes and daring thems” says the tagline for Kamila Krol aka Pigeon’s collection Fine Young Ladies. The comic collects two of Krol’s…
“Bridgerton meets the dancing plague in this surreal tale of sisterhood, repressed queerness and divine intervention.” That’s the hook for the new comic by 2020 Broken Frontier Six to Watch…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! What I continue to find so inspiring about ThirdBear Press’s Boxes is the way in which it blends the finest qualities of…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Another of our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creators to go on to be picked up by a publisher, Kamila Krol, AKA Pigeon, will have her first…
Currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and already virtually at its target, Rusalka – Whispers of the Forest is the latest comics work from our 2020 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist…
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HCZF MONTH! Sometimes you don’t need to see an extensive portfolio of a creator’s work to know their potential. When I was selecting artists for our 2020 Broken Frontier ‘Six…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
The most exciting time of the year here on the site is our announcement of the names of the artists selected for the year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators…
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
