Marvel continue to license out their classic back catalogue to other publishers like Dark Horse, Fantagraphics and Clover Press but it’s leading to some interesting approaches including the upcoming The…
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The title Lost Marvels may be something of a misnomer (forgotten, obscure, rare… yes… lost? Not so much) but Fantagraphics’ reprint series of some of the hidden…
A rare foray into Marvel waters for us but we love a good Christmas comic here at BF Towers. Details Uncle Scrooge: A Christmas Carol #1 below… SCROOGE EMBARKS ON…
The last time Marvel’s Vampire Tales series was collected somebody had the bright idea of shrinking the original magazine format pages into a digest-sized publication, making their 1970s text-heavy presentation…
Interesting developments today as Marvel have revealed that they have regained the license to the Planet of the Apes comics for the first time since the 1970s. Part of the…
While we don’t tend to focus on super-heroes too heavily at Broken Frontier every so often a related news story comes up that has a relevance to the wider perception…
Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column here in the past. Today we return to this irregular feature…
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 event or digital…
The longstanding appeal of super-hero comics is arguably as much about their wider narrative tapestry – the sprawling universes they take place in and the rich history that represents –…
Retroflect has a long history at Broken Frontier, having been both a series of blogs and an ongoing column in the site’s long history. Today it returns to BF as…
For decades the Marvel Universe’s success as a storytelling environment lay in its grounding of the fantastic in the recognisable. The otherworldly explorers whose reality centred on the familiar concept…
Today at Broken Frontier we’re delighted to introduce you to the first Bullpen Boot-Camp column by UK small presser Nick Prolix. Nick is the creator behind The Sheep and the…
The news was announced today that pulp-fiction (anti)-hero Conan the Barbarian – the iconic fantasy creation of writer Robert E. Howard – will be returning to his original home at…
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…
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…
In ‘Covers Album’ each Wednesday we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for…
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…
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…
“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
“I Like to Try to Write from a Place of Power” – Katie Skelly on Her New Graphic Novel ‘Heaven’, the Camaraderie Between Working Women, and Taking Readers on a Narrative RideAugust 27, 2026
“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
