In the latest of our series of articles on publisher plans for 2021, the UK’s Myriad Editions have announced their line-up for this year. Of particular interest for us here…
Chaired by Aneurin Wright and featuring a whole host of comics folk from editors to artists through to the odd commentator on the form, the recently recorded online ‘Galvanising Comics’…
Today marks the publication of Biscuits (assorted), the debut graphic novel of Broken Frontier’s very own Jenny Robins, published by Myriad Editions. The winner of the Myriad First Graphic Novel…
We have something of a history with Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition here at Broken Frontier given that our own Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver was a judge for the 2014 edition…
“You’re telling me, I live there! It makes The Wicker Man look like Balamory.” That description of the titular town of Blackwood comes from one of the book’s large cast…
London artist Sabba Khan was one of our annual Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ back in 2017. I’ve described her importance as “one of the true rising…
Online voyeurism, risky sex, dementia, suicide, racism, murder and selling the earth: topical and contemporary issues dominate the shortlist for Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition and show that the graphic…
Two years ago Broken Frontier’s Jenny Robins won the prestigious Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition, saying at the time of her win “there are all of the emotions.” You can…
The longlist for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition has been announced today and there are, as ever, some great looking projects selected. We have some history with this great…
The title of Kate Charlesworth’s acclaimed graphic memoir/LGBTQ+ history comes from an old saying that implied the kind of woman who “preferred to wear sensible shoes” may have been, or…
If we let it, time will bury everything under dust. For nearly 200 years, that’s what threatened to happen to the terrible events of August 16th 1819, when a peaceful…
Comics exploring the refugee crisis hasve had extensive coverage at Broken Frontier over the last couple of years including Samya Kullab, Jackie Roche and Mike Freihert’s Escape from Syria, Olivier…
Carol Isaacs, aka The Surreal McCoy, is a cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, the Spectator and the Sunday Times. Her debut graphic novel The Wolf of…
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 Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition holds a special place in our hearts here at BF given that it echoes the site’s main aim to promote, champion and take the…
“Not very long ago, to say that someone was the sort of woman who ‘prefers to wear sensible shoes’ could imply that she was a lesbian” Even more recently, Kate Charlesworth’s graphic…
To describe Sarah Lightman’s The Book of Sarah as simply autobiography would be to miss the important questions it also poses on identity, belonging and the familial threads that connect…
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…
“What I’ve Looked for in My Life is a Way to Just Live in the World” – John Porcellino Talks About His Decades of Minicomics Practice and New Drawn & Quarterly CollectionsFebruary 17, 2021
Thank You, Annie Koyama! – Paying a Broken Frontier Tribute to the Inspirational Koyama PressFebruary 5, 2021
“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
