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The anthology Wings: A Prison Odyssey – collecting the personal stories of inmates at a London men’s prison in a variety of mediums – was the product of a project…
Self-publisher Wallis Eates is an artist who will be very familiar to long-time Broken Frontier readers. Her autobio comics and zines have been reviewed multiple times at BF with her…
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…
There are many comics crowdfunding projects out there worthy of attention for reasons of craft, aesthetics or narrative. And then there are those that need to happen for reasons beyond the…
We’re at that point in the month again when we look forward to another guest-artist filled D&D and this one has a particularly BF flavour with three artists who have…
My admiration for the work of Wallis Eates began back in 2014 when I was a judge for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. Eates was shortlisted for her graphic memoir…
“I first went to The Cartoon Museum before I got into doing comics, whilst having a secret plan to give it a shot. That I’m now in an exhibition there…
“When I was making my early work zines were probably more important to me than comics, and exposure to the politics, aesthetics and DIY ethos of zine-making had a huge…
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“Liz was one of the neighbours in our block of flats. She lived on the other side of the fifth floor. She had one eye. My mum somehow got the…
“Over 100 artists present positive political actions that anyone can take.” That’s the soundbite that beautifully embodies the Draw the Line project – an idea dreamt up by UK small…
One of the great pleasures of being involved in comics commentary is that you can be aware of exciting projects going on in the background long before they’re announced to…
As public relations crises go, the publicity surrounding the 2016 Angoulême Festival‘s failure to include a single woman creator on its prestigious Grand Prix award shortlist was something of a benchmark moment. One…
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They may be one of the newest micropublishing crews in town but Good Comics are quickly building up a reputation as a publishing platform for some of the best up-and-coming talents on…
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Welcome to the fifth annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up here in ‘Small Pressganged’! This celebration of the self and micropublishing world has become something of a…
Earlier this month at Broken Frontier we ran the collected version of Broken Frontier Award-nominated artist Wallis Eates’s #30DaysComics November. A vast, sprawling visual metaphor, ‘November’ was something of a departure…
November always sees a flurry of artists taking part in the #30dayscomics challenge and – just as we did earlier in the year when we collected the #hourlycomicday strips of…
By its very definition editor Rozi Hathaway’s new multi-creator Sneaky Business anthology is a difficult prospect for any reviewer to tackle. Comprised of 17 short strips – most of them…
Back in the early 1980s Altered Images memorably sang about the forgotten fate of ‘Dead Pop Stars’ reaching out from beyond the grave to implore fans to remember their one-time…
“Making Comics is Good Noise” – Niki Bañados on Her New Comic ‘Return’, and Global and Local Perspectives on Small PressApril 15, 2021
“This Comic Initiative Aims to Raise Awareness of Autism and Dispel Some of the Stigma” – Cartoonist Bex/Schnumn on the ASD Comic Takeover to Celebrate Autism Acceptance Month on Social MediaApril 9, 2021
“I’m Always Trying to Be a More Elastic Cartoonist, Especially with My Character Designs” – Michael DeForge on His New Book ‘Heaven No Hell’ from Drawn & QuarterlyApril 6, 2021
“In Terms of Approach – I Have a Habit of Just Starting Things. I Don’t Think Too Much, I Just Start” – Natasha Natarajan Talks ‘FML Comics’ and Her Autobio PracticeMarch 29, 2021
“This Series is All About Introducing Sexuality, Gender and Related Topics in an Engaging, Accessible and Somewhat Playful Way” – Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele on Their Icon Books ‘Graphic Guides’March 25, 2021
