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HCZF MONTH! Over the last 18 months we have seen the emergence of a new sub-genre of graphic medicine in the form of the pandemic comic. So much so that…
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HCZF MONTH! One of the joys of events like Hackney Comic + Zine Fair is the opportunity to discover new practice from creators you have not encountered before. I consider…
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Once more I find myself remarking on how vitally important the empathetic quality of comics as a form is and will be when it comes to a social record of…
It would be wrong to describe Demitri Vassiliadis’s Memoirs of Metamorphosis as oblique. Its thematic core is there for the reader to discover for themselves. But it is work that…
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I have said it before here at Broken Frontier and I shall say it again today. I do not believe we can overestimate how invaluable a social document pandemic comics…
As Rosie (the Rabbit) puts it part-way through Alex Graham’s Dog Biscuits, “there are certain aspects of being alive that are impossible to control.” This is true of her hormonal…
One of the most curious elements of our lockdown/pandemic existences has been the way it has forced us to examine the way we perceive the passing of time. Months merge…
For the best part of a decade Rachael Smith’s comics journey has weaved in and out of our coverage at Broken Frontier with a remarkable regularity. From her early self-published…
Given that many creators working in autobio talk of the often cathartic experience of processing events in their lives on the comics page it’s hardly surprising that over the last…
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While diary comics and graphic medicine anthologies surrounding the events of the last year have been in plentiful supply fiction – particularly fiction focusing on established characters with a long-running…
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Hope On is an anthology that, like so many slice-of-life offerings from the self-publishing world over the last year, materialised as a by-product of the current global situation. Edited by…
What can you say about COVID-19? The ongoing pandemic has been the first thing on just about everyone’s minds for almost a year now, the absences and changes to “normal…
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It goes without saying that 2020 has been a year replete with diary-style comics documenting the strangest nine months of our lives. In time, of course, they will be an…
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After a very quiet few months the last few weeks have seen a near deluge of crowdfunding coverage requests. As ever, we have only been able to give a minute…
Launched in June, the Insider Art digital anthology aims to provide financial help for female and non-binary retailers as a response to the repercussions of the pandemic. With a playfully…
It’s no secret that comics retail faces great challenges right now, so the news of a new initiative looking to lend support to female and non-binary retailers in these difficult…
“Art Should Never Be a Point of Privilege” – Nora Goldberg on the ‘Ink Well’ Exhibition Bringing Comics to the Community as Part of Hackney Comic + Zine FairSeptember 14, 2021
Inside Look: Such, Such Were the Joys – An Exclusive Creator Commentary on Pluto Press’s George Orwell Adaptation by Sean Michael Wilson and Jaime HuxtableSeptember 2, 2021
“She is Beginning to Realize that She is Not so Young Anymore” – An Interview with Walter Scott, Creator of WendyAugust 30, 2021
“Feeling Part of the Community is a Big Reason I Make Comics” – Matthew Dooley on the UK Indie Scene and His Eisner Award-Nominated Graphic Novel ‘Flake’July 21, 2021
“Where is Evil?” – A Comics Essay by Tony WolfJuly 12, 2021
