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    Pretty Good Fest Reveals Special Guests Chris Ware, Tara Booth and Michael DeForge for Saturday, October 24th

    • by Andy Oliver

    Chicago’s Pretty Good Fest has revealed its special guest line-up for October and it’s an impressive one. The exhibitor list is pretty amazing too! Check that and other details out…

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Introducing ‘Broken Frontier Connects’ – The Next Step in BF’s Ethos of Proactive Comics Community Support

  • by Andy Oliver
  • April 17, 2023

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…

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Boss of the Underworld: Book 3 – Shirley vs. Seven Deadly Dangers in Another Funny and Inventive Quest in a Bizarre Underworld from Tor Freeman

  • by Edward Picot
  • September 24, 2026

In Tor Freeman’s Boss of the Underworld Book 1, a girl called Shirley drops a pound coin into a manhole, and while attempting to retrieve it she falls into the…

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Penelope’s Escape from the Platypusary – Arianna Irwin and Prenzy’s Charming Animal Adventure Packs a Powerful Punch About Freedom and Agency

  • by Swati Nair
  • September 23, 2026

In 1957, a platypus named Penelope vanished from the Bronx Zoo in New York. Zookeepers were astonished to find that she could have tunnelled her way out or climbed over…

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Who Needs Donuts? – No Childhood is Complete Without Some Time Spent on Mark Alan Stamaty’s Classic, Republished by D+Q

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • September 22, 2026

One of the nicest ways of spending an hour or so is with a book that hides more than it reveals. This is easier to do with a prose epic,…

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All the Living – Roman Muradov’s Tale of Loneliness, Existential Angst and Living with Your Own Ghost is a Memorably Eerie Affair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2026

You know a full-length graphic novel has caught the imagination of readers when it goes back to print in the same year it was published. Roman Muradov’s All the Living,…

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Come Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, September 24th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 21, 2026

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…

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The Amazing Spider-Man: Classic Newspaper Comics 1977-1978 – A Forgotten Part of Marvel History Collected by Clover Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2026

For readers who were picking up Spider-Man comics in the 1970s but never saw the more ephemeral newspaper strips Clover Press’s The Amazing Spider-Man: Classic Newspaper Comics will be like…

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“We’re Here, We’re Queer, and We Are Going to Make Glorious Comics About it! Get Used to It!” – The inQ! Team Are Back with the Second Edition of London’s Queer Comics Fair

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2026

Two years ago queer comics fair inQ! debuted in London to heavy footfall and the most buzzing atmosphere possible for a first-time event. This month, across the weekend of September…

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Murder School – Paul B. Rainey Effortlessly Taps into the Many Insecurities and Indignities of Adolescent Life

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • September 16, 2026

In February 2026, a major study of adolescent bullying in the United Kingdom revealed the scale of challenges for health and education systems in that country. It surveyed over 8,400…

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Oni Press/EC Comics Give Us Another Fear-Filled Festive Season with ‘Shiver Suspenstories 3’ #1 in December

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 16, 2026

More horror-filled holiday hijinks are coming from Oni Press and EC Comics this Christmas… ‘Tis the Season for Terror! EC Comics’ Haunting Holiday Tradition Returns in SHIVER SUSPENSTORIES 3 #1…

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The Fiftieth Anniversary of ‘2000 AD’ Begins in January with ‘2000 AD: A Visual History 1977-2027’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 16, 2026

More on the celebrations for the Galaxy’s Greatest’s big birthday next year. 2000 AD: A Visual History 1977-2027 is coming in January… Fifty years after it exploded onto shelves and…

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Just Work: The Gig Economy, Platform Capitalism and the Battle for Worker Rights – More Standout Graphic Journalism from Tom Humberstone

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2026

Tom Humberstone’s Just Work: The Gig Economy, Platform Capitalism and the Battle for Worker Rights is not simply representative of his graphic journalism. It’s also a fine example of how…

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Thought Bubble Reveals Festival Programme for 2026’s 20th Anniversary

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 15, 2026

A Thought Bubble press release gives us an opportunity to remind you again of how to submit your TB debut comics for review here at Broken Frontier. Got that? Then…

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Archie #1 – Oni’s Relaunch Beautifully Captures the Spirit of Archie’s World with an Appeal for New and Old Readers Alike

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 14, 2026

Less reboot or even reimagining and more business as usual, the new Oni Press incarnation of everyone’s favourite red-headed teenager debuted this month with Archie #1. If you were worrying…

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The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists Roman Muradov, Daisy Crouch and Mark Stafford on Friday, September 25th

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 14, 2026

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw In-Person returns at our regular venue of The Royal George on Friday, September 25th, 2026. And this time our artist line-up…

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Them-Shaped Clouds – Max Huffman’s Ignatz-Nominated Collection of Cynically Surreal Strips is the Perfect Entry Point to His Angular Cartooning Style

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 11, 2026

This summer’s ARC Festival was a triumph not just in terms of showcasing indie and experimental work, or the new discoveries we all may have made there, but also for…

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Joe’s Comix: Wild Kingdom – Classic Hutchinson Brothers 1980s Mini-Comics Reformatted for the 21st Century from Phoenix Productions

  • by Gary Usher
  • September 10, 2026

Previously at Broken Frontier we covered Steve Willis and Edward Bolman volumes from Tom Fellrath’s Phoenix Masters series, both of which explore absurdity in the extreme with a humorous, all-ages…

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Dark Horse to Bring Paul Chadwick’s Classic ‘Concrete’ Series Back to Print in 2027 in the First of an Omnibus Range

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 10, 2026

The news I imagine we were all hoping for when Paul Chadwick started creating new Concrete stories for Dark Horse! The first Concrete Omnibus will bring the classic of the…

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Preview: Bulletproof Coffin: Giant! Cease to Exist – David Hine and Shaky Kane Return to Their Metafictional Super-Hero Universe with Oni Press in January

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • September 9, 2026

It’s very easy to get jaded in the comics commentary game as press release after press release comes in about the 400 variant covers on the latest issue of Captain…

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