Back in July I had the pleasure of chairing a panel at ELCAF on the subject of ‘Championing Comics’ with zine-maker Simon Moreton (Minor Leagues), One Beat Zines co-founder Julia Scheele, and…
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SMALL PRESS DAY IS COMING! Saturday July 9th sees the first Small Press Day in the UK and Ireland – an event that seeks to spotlight the exciting new voices…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Championing comics. Two words that we like to think of here at Broken Frontier as summing up our entire ethos. They’re also the title of the panel I chaired at the…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
“We started Off Life back in 2012 as a way to not only help break new or undiscovered talent, but almost to break the indie side of comics to a…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Formed in 2012, free street press comics anthology Off Life looked to connect comics with an audience of readers unfamiliar with the potential of the form, and to also give…
Since 2012 street press anthology Off Life has been bringing comics to a wider audience through a combination of online delivery and free distribution in print. Its line-up of contributors…
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While we’re celebrating the announcement of the first Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook (featuring the work of our ‘Six UK Small Press Creators to Watch in 2015’) it’s also time…
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…
Crowdfunding has changed the comics landscape as we knew it over the last few years. But the unsurprising upshot of its ever growing presence as a tool for securing publication is…
A SAFARI FESTIVAL TIE-IN! “Keep an eye out for Darren Cullen because whether it’s via the comics page or another artistic medium I suspect you will be hearing a lot…
If there’s one thing I have wanted to see more of in the nevertheless always very worthy free anthology Off Life in its short life to date then it’s been a greater…
Fairs, submissions and Kickstarters feature in our latest round-up of what the great and the good of the small press scene are up to, both within and without the world…
Over the last two years the “street press” anthology Off Life has firmly established itself as a vital showcase for the indie side of the UK comics scene, proactively bringing…
“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
