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BUUZA!! Vol. 5 Campaign is Live on Kickstarter – Shazleen Khan’s QPOC Fantasy Series Comes with the Heartiest of Broken Frontier Recommendations

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 10, 2024

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…

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Saving Sunshine – Sibling Relationships, Islamophobia and Environmentalism Explored in Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan’s Beautiful Story for Younger Readers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 26, 2024

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….

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The Cartoon Museum Conference 2023 to Feature Guest Speakers Including Posy Simmonds, Shazleen Khan, BF ‘Six to Watch’ Artist J Webster Sharp and Our Own Andy Oliver

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • February 13, 2023

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…

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Cover Reveal: Saving Sunshine – Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan’s Eagerly Anticipated Tale of Muslim American Siblings to Be Published by First Second this September

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 13, 2023

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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Dream Diaries – Shazleen Khan Ruminates on Loss and Empty Spaces in this Shortbox Comics Fair Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2022

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…

Eyecatcher · Features

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“Everywhere All Over the World People Are in More and More Fragile Positions” – Dr. Sarah Wishart Talks About EachOther’s ‘Get Out of Detention: A Comic for Immigrant Detainees’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2022

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…

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#ArtMubarak 2022 – The Hashtag Celebrating Artists from the Muslim Community is Back for a Third Outing on July 11th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 4, 2022

#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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“Making this Comic also Helped Me Slowly Get More Comfortable with My Own Identity” – Shazleen Khan Talks ‘Buuza!!’, Representation in Comics and Celebrating Art from the Muslim Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 25, 2021

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…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Sultana – Zain Dada and Shazleen Khan’s Tale is Both an Intriguing Political Drama and an Indictment on the Tyranny of Capitalism

  • by Andy Oliver
  • February 26, 2021

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…

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Broken Frontier Awards 2020: Announcing the Winners – A Huge Year for Zoe Thorogood, Shazleen Khan and Avery Hill Publishing, and Gosh! Comics Are this Year’s Hall of Fame Entrants!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 4, 2021

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…

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“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 Creators

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 14, 2020

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…

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#ArtMubarak – Art Hashtag Initiative to Celebrate Art from the Muslim Community on August 10th

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 3, 2020

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…

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Buuza!! Vol. 2: In the Land of Spider Silk – Shazleen Khan’s Broken Frontier Award-Winning “LGBTQ, Slice-of-Life, Urban Fantasy Webcomic” Showcased in a Second Essential Print Volume

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 27, 2020

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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Buuza!! Vol. 1: Good Morning Salwa – Shazleen Khan’s Broken Frontier Award-Winning Webcomic About “Found Family, Diaspora and Religion” Comes to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 3, 2020

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…

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Crowdfunding Corner Extra: Buuza!! Vol. 1: Good Morning Salwa – Rising Star Shazleen Khan’s Acclaimed Webcomic Comes to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • May 24, 2019

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…

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Cat Festival – Shazleen Khan’s ‘Buuza!!’ One-Shot is a Joyous Celebration of Friendship and Family

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 22, 2019

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…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw is Back on Wednesday April 24th with Guest Artists Barbawk, Shazleen Khan and Molley May

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 18, 2019

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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