ARC FESTIVAL! Sometimes in preparation for a piece like this you realise there are so many projects you could ask your subject about that you could probably run half a…
PINNED POST! Introducing Broken Frontier Connects, the next stage in our evolution! Broken Frontier Connects is our new initiative designed to extend our community hub philosophy. BF already has an…
LICAF have announced a major new initiative for the festival this year. Full details below on ‘Belgian Comics Now’. Best of Belgian Talent comes to the Lake District to celebrate…
One of the many things that make comic books great is how they can be used to explore existential questions. This may be because visual metaphors are always great for…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! As we wind up Pride Month 2026 at Broken Frontier just a little reminder that you can read all our coverage for this annual BF event in…
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! Originally published digitally via the ShortBox Comics Fair, Alas, has the kind of premise for a comic that you could only expect from Sajan Rai. We’re thrown…
ARC FESTIVAL 2026! Compiling comics created by Andrés Magán in small notebooks between November 2025 and January 2026 the strips in Big Comic for Boy combine absurdism with off-centre reflections…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Pride Month at Broken Frontier may be drawing to a close but it’s also overlapping with the beginning of our summer spotlight interview series with this year’s…
The incredible work that the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival (LICAF) are doing to bring the stories of those affected by events in Gaza needs far more acknowledgment. Their From…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…
It may not quite be spooky season yet for those of us who love all things ghostly and ghoulish, but Hotel Limbo by Ben Harel, published by Top Shelf Productions,…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Irish comics creator AJ O’Neill’s breakout moment on the UK small press comics scene came two years ago with the powerful autobiographical comic The Kid in the Cave….
Ready for Halloween a new Scream! Special is coming from Rebellion… The Scream Halloween Special 2026 Brings Vengeful Violence This October! October 2026 will see the return of the Eisner-Nominated…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Described as “a thoughtful and immersive coming-of-age memoir about one girl’s struggle to figure out and then claim her asexual identity” Cooklin’s Ace of Hearts: Lessons in…
Last year the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw – an event that has been running in multiple versions online and in-person since the summer of 2015 –…
Lots of information in the press release below… {hr] South London Comic and Zine Fair Returns for its 5th year Showcasing some of the finest established and fresh talent in…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Bone Broth by Alex Taylor (aka azbt) was the winner of the esteemed First Graphic Novel Award in 2023 and, as a result, was published last year…
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Over the course of Pride Month at Broken Frontier we have included coverage of a number of children’s books on the grounds that there’s a growing adoption…
We’re always here to give a community shout-out for indie comics at BF. So please do share this call for help with organising the Selkie Awards for Scottish comics and…
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, June 26th, 2026. And this time our artist line-up…
“I Think ‘Limbo’ is Probably the Best Work I’ve Ever Done in Any Medium” – Ferry Gouw on His New Book from Breakdown Press, Cross-Media Work on ‘Major Lazer’, and Adapting His Style for Different ProjectsJune 30, 2026“Trans People Are Facing Pronounced Challenges to Our Rights Across the World Right Now” – Jua OK! on ‘Road to Chimera’ and Finding Spiritual Meaning in the Trans JourneyJune 29, 2026“Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Done – Finish Things” – AJ O’Neill on Finding Your Voice in Comics, Queer Autobio, and Experimenting with the FormJune 25, 2026“At its Heart, ‘Bone Broth’ is a Story about Transgender Rage and Defiance” – Alex Taylor on His First Graphic Novel Award-Winning Debut Book from SelfMadeHeroJune 23, 2026
“These Stories Still Aren’t Told Enough Which is Why I Created Florrie” – Anna Trench on Recreating a Period in Sporting History in Her Queer Romance ‘Florrie: A Football Love Story’June 19, 2026
