It’s not as if Shazleen Khan needs BF’s help in getting the latest volume of the epic series BUUZA!! to its Kickstarter funding target. But this series, bringing the hugely…
The beauty of comics is that, in terms of connecting with readers on an emotional level, they are such a sophisticated visual storytelling form that sometimes less really is more….
A quick reminder that this year’s Cartoon Museum Conference will be taking place on February 27th at the museum on Wells Street, London. More details are in the event’s press…
Published by First Second this September ‘Saving Sunshine’, the graphic novel written by Saadia Faruqi and illustrated by Shazleen Khan, is one of our most anticipated new releases of 2023!…
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BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! Multiple Broken Frontier Award-winning artist Shazleen Khan has become something of a semi-regular fixture here at BF over the last few years given the success and…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! When I officially took over the top spot at Broken Frontier in 2017 one of my key aims was to push BF in the direction of…
#ArtMubarak 2022 is imminent! The hashtag-led social media event aiming to celebrate art from the Muslim community and uplift the voices of Muslim artists from around the world returns for…
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One of the rising stars of the indie comics scene Shazleen Khan has just launched the Kickstarter for volume 3 of the print edition of webcomics series Buuza!!, the much…
At the end of last year at Broken Frontier we spoke to creators Zain Dada and Kumail Rizvi about the books coming from their new micropublishing digital line Khidr Comix…
Broken Frontier proudly announces the winners of the 17th annual BF Awards, as voted for by you our readers and the BF team. Last year in our BF Awards write-up…
Launching today, Khidr Comix Lab is a new micropublishing venture seeking to provide a platform for Black, Brown and Muslim storytellers. Having had an advance look at some of the…
It’s no secret that online promotion of artists and their practice has taken on a whole new added level of importance since March. Today on Twitter Shazleen Khan (creator of…
Shazleen Khan’s webcomic series Buuza!! gained notable recognition here at Broken Frontier when our readers and team voted it Best Webcomic in our 2019 Awards. Khan’s tale of “found family,…
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Shazleen Khan describes her 2019 Broken Frontier Award-winning webcomic Buuza!! as bring about “found family, diaspora and religion, set in an urban fantasy 90s Middle East and central Asia.” Last…
Every few weeks we sift through all the dozens of crowdfunding communications we receive here at BF each week to bring you a handful of the more intriguing, exciting, experimental…
Having enjoyed her self-published work in the past, I’ve been wanting to give Shazleen Khan’s comics some Broken Frontier space for some time now but have sadly never quite managed…
The fourth Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2019 is imminent! And once again we have a tiptop trio of small press artists on Wednesday April 24th joining us…
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