Celebrating 2024 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
First as part of our now retired ‘Small Pressganged’ feature, and now as an annual standalone feature, we have been running our ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to…
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A Fall from Grace – Displaced Deities Abound in an Experimental Change of Pace from Norm Konyu
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! When Norm Konyu’s first graphic novel The Junction was self-published in 2020 there had been a gap of several years between that…
Preview: Downlands – Titan to Publish Norm Konyu’s Hauntingly Eerie Graphic Novel
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ 2021 creator Norm Konyu has been on something of a prolific comics-creating spree of late. One of…
The Space Between the Trees – Norm Konyu’s Latest Supernatural Story is a Taut, Twisting, Turning Thriller
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Norm Konyu comics are designed to unsettle. Not in an outrageously over-the-top or gratuitous way. More in the manner of a narrative…
A Call to Cthulhu – Norm Konyu Takes Us on a Cheeky and Knowing Tour of the Lovecraftian Mythos
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! A Call to Cthulhu is described on its back cover as “part comic book, part art book, part unsuitable-for-toddlers storybook.” Creator Norm…
Celebrating 2023 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! While we quietly retired the ‘Small Pressganged’ branding early in 2022 one of that former regular feature’s most popular pieces was always…
Preview: A Call to Cthulhu – A New Lovecraftian Book from Titan’s Nova Imprint by 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Creator Norm Konyu
Just in time for Halloween comes A Call to Cthulhu, a new book from Titan by our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creator Norm Konyu (The Junction, Downlands). You…
Downlands – Norm Konyu’s Bittersweet Supernatural Tale Combines Horror Fantasy with a Human Story of Loneliness and Grief
Back in 2020 I said of Norm Konyu’s first graphic novel The Junction “this is one of the most accomplished debut books I have ever reviewed for Broken Frontier.” My…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, June 9th with Guest Artist Norm Konyu
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 9th as Norm Konyu joins us as guest artist….
Inside Look: The Junction – My Error Strewn Path to Publication
Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…
Watch the Trailer for Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist Norm Konyu’s ‘The Junction’, Published on April 12th by Titan
Norm Konyu was selected to be one of our 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ after his acclaimed self-published debut graphic novel The Junction wowed readers and…
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“I Wrote the First Scribbled Notes on Some Scrap Paper Way Back in 2012!” – Norm Konyu on His Critically Acclaimed Debut Graphic Novel ‘The Junction’
It’s just days since the announcement that The Junction, the much lauded and self-published graphic novel by Norm Konyu, has been picked up by Titan for publication in a new…
Norm Konyu’s ‘The Junction’ to Be Published by Titan in 2022 – Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ Artist’s Acclaimed Graphic Novel Set to Reach New Audiences
Fantastic news to share today at BF with the announcement that 2021 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Norm Konyu’s previously self-published graphic novel The Junction will be published by…
The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, Feb 25th with Guest Artists Alxndra Cook, Mollie Ray and Norm Konyu
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, February 25th with a very special Broken Frontier ‘Six…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2021 – Spotlighting the Work of Alxndra Cook, Hannah Carwardine, Mereida Fajardo, Mollie Ray, Norm Konyu and Shane Melisse
As redundant an observation as it is to make, 2020 was a challenging year for the UK comics self-publishing community. In a time of continuing uncertainty, and with real world…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
The Junction – A Missing Child Reappears 12 Years After His Disappearance Not One Day Older in Norm Konyu’s Debut Graphic Novel Triumph
When I originally read the soundbite summary for Norm Konyu’s graphic novel The Junction – a debut work exploring the mysterious return of a missing child – it immediately grabbed…
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