THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Is there anyone in UK comics who thinks more deeply about taking comics into new spaces and finding uses of the form that push at its…
Details below of ‘Origin Stories’, a comics conference coming to us in February, courtesy of the Art & Design department at Sheffield Hallam University. Origin Stories is a one day…
Your must-read comics article of the weekend! If you are active in comics community you may already be aware of the work of a small group of comics activists have…
Comics responses to the Covid pandemic have been many and varied in their approaches to the crisis, as can be seen in our list of pandemic comics resources here. Today…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is back this week, once again re-imagined as the ultimate online imbibing and illustrating party! We’ll be kicking off on Thursday…
The vitally important work of PositiveNegatives has been spotlighted before here at Broken Frontier but admittedly not nearly enough. Their growing online catalogue of comics and animation explores “contemporary social…
Can it really be four years? Our next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw! marks the fourth anniversary of London’s favourite comics social. As ever, we have a…
We have a very special guest blog today at BF from double Broken Frontier-Award winning graphic novelist Karrie Fransman (Death of the Artist, Over Under Sideways Down). At the weekend…
PositiveNegatives is an award-winning non-profit who “produce literary comics, animations and podcasts about contemporary social and human rights issues” and “combine ethnographic research with illustration and photography, adapting personal testimonies…
It’s World Book Day in the UK today (for the rest of the world it’s late April!). Last year we asked comics folk for their graphic novel recommendations and we always grasp WBD…
BROKEN FRONTIER AWARDS – BEST ONE-SHOT NOMINEE! SelfMadeHero‘s 10th anniversary year in 2017 was packed full of high-profile releases that underlined the UK publisher’s always eclectic and dizzyingly diverse line-up….
The gallery space in London’s Eisner Award-winning Orbital Comics has hosted a number of must-see exhibitions over the last few years. Some of them have been topical and covered more recognisable,…
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…
One of the great pleasures of being involved in comics commentary is that you can be aware of exciting projects going on in the background long before they’re announced to…
Two years ago comic creator Karrie Fransman’s short comic Over Under Sideways Down won the 2014 Broken Frontier Award for Best One-Shot. Published by the Red Cross for Refugee Week,…
Friday 29th April was a banner day for Broken Frontier. Not one but two BF collections of comics were launched at the esteemed Gosh! Comics shop in London’s Soho. The Broken…
Karrie Fransman is something of a regular fixture when it comes to the annual Broken Frontier Awards. Her debut full-length work The House that Groaned was nominated in our 2012…
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics CommunityNovember 13, 2025
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi AnthologyNovember 10, 2025
“It’s about Fame, Friendship, and Just How Long You’re Willing to Fake it to Make it” – Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat Talk ‘Who Are the Power Pals?’ from Dark HorseNovember 6, 2025
