Olivia Sualdea’s propensity for communicating theme, emotional depth and character through wordless narrative is an essential part of her comics work that I have long admired. Sualdea was, of course,…
We’re back this Thursday October 15th as our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw has a very special edition celebrating the two new anthologies Success and…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
The London-based WIP Comics (work-in-progress) group, overseen by 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artist Joe Stone, exists to provide a mutually supportive community of aspiring comics creators. With monthly…
Saturday was February 1st which also meant it was #HourlyComicDay2020. Cartoonists the world over provided a short comic strip for every hour they were awake and posted it online to…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
We supplemented our annual Broken Frontier tradition of rounding up just ten UK small press comics representing the diversity of approach in self-published comics practice this year with an additional…
Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged
Olivia Sualdea has always shown an acute understanding of how to utilise potent visual metaphor to convey emotional state through the delicate control of panel-to-panel flow in her pages. That…
Over the course of Small Press Day we’ll be uploading pages from the special dream-themed collborative comic being put together by Orbital Comics and Gosh! Comics from the amazing line-up…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Another of our 2019 Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ to be exhibiting at this year’s ELCAF, Olivia Sualdea will also be debuting her first ever…
ELCAF FORTNIGHT! When I selected artist Olivia Sualdea for this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ programme it was a decision made based entirely on her social…
ELCAF is coming and we’ll be celebrating this year’s East London Comics and Arts Festival in style at our next Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw! And, as…
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It’s that time of year again when we showcase the work of six up-and-coming artists as part of our annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ initiative – half a…
Inside Look: Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage – Eve and Spire Greenwood on Their Graphic Novel Exploring Religion and Queer IdentityJune 6, 2025
“Welcome to Foodtopia: Where the Crumbs Matter” – The ‘Aw, Nuts!’ Team Spills All on Puns, Peanut Butter, and Building a Delicious UniverseJune 6, 2025
“We Have Been Feeling the Pressure Like Never Before” – The Worrying Disappearance of Comics Commentary and Journalism Sites from a Broken Frontier/UK Small Press PerspectiveMay 19, 2025
“A Time Travel Story through Rave Culture” – Sara Kenney and Company on ‘Acid Box’, Working with Avery Hill, and Mentoring Young CreatorsMay 16, 2025
“A Single Panel Can Depict a Multitude of Narratives” – Chris King Talks ‘Cold Chips’, Psychogeography in Comics, and Cross-Media PracticeMay 7, 2025
