One of the particular perks of being a part of a platform like Broken Frontier is getting to see work-in-progress long before it reaches publishers and eventually book shop shelves….
PRIDE MONTH 2023! While Gabriel Ebensperger’s graphic memoir Gay Giant may be focussed on growing up queer back in the 1990s there’s obviously an entire social level that makes it…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! Earlier this year we were privileged at Broken Frontier to run an exclusive creator commentary in our ‘Inside Look’ series on Will Betke-Brunswick’s A Pros and Cons…
“Reviewing” Rachael Smith’s Snippets: 52 Weeks of Diary Comics is something of a curious exercise in that effectively this is a review of a comic that doesn’t exist yet. Or,…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! As a queer teen romance Lucie Bryon’s Thieves, published by Nobrow Press and a nominee for Best Graphic Novel in last year’s Broken Frontier Awards, has already…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! Reviewing serial comics is an odd exercise on many levels. You wouldn’t review the first chapter of a book in isolation, after all, so examining the first…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! One of the more telling claims made by those who object to socially conscious themes in mainstream comics is that manga’s rise in popularity is due in…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! Last year’s Pride celebrations at Broken Frontier saw a long overdue spotlight from us on Gengoroh Tagame’s My Brother’s Husband, so it seems appropriate to be giving…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! Combining Japanese street fashion with a trans coming-of-age story, Boys Run the Riot is a manga slice-of-life story fully deserving of the level of acclaim it has…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! One of the important aims of our Pride Month celebrations here at Broken Frontier this June was to emphasise the incredible diversity of approaches to LGBTQ+ comics…
I have my own connections to the First Graphic Novel Competition (formerly run by publisher Myriad) given that I was a judge back in 2014. In fact such is my…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! A follow-up to the equally delightful Grandad’s Camper, Harry Woodgate’s Grandad’s Pride is an obvious candidate for coverage as part of our Pride Month celebrations at Broken…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! In Yugo Limbo’s Be Kind, My Neighbor we have a trans-centric comics narrative with a very different approach than much of the trans and non-binary comics we…
Nicole Goux has become something of a semi-regular presence here at Broken Frontier over the last four years. Goux’s collaborations with Dave Baker in Fuck Off Squad, Everyone is Tulip…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, June 15th with a Pride Special. Not…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! Edmund White’s semi-autobiographical novel A Boy’s Own Story was first published in 1982 and became the first in a trilogy of queer coming-of-age books. It has been…
I have been saying for a few years now that the comparative dearth of new UK small press anthologies is not healthy for the scene so it’s always pleasing to…
PRIDE MONTH 2023! My Life in Transition is the second collection of Julia Kaye’s Super Late Bloomer series detailing her trans journey. We reviewed the first volume here last year…
“I Think Comics Have So Much Versatility in the Way They Can Tell a Story” – Zen K. Talks Comics Craft and Language, Manga Inspirations, and Being Published by Koguchi PressApril 16, 2025
“It Oozed Creativity, Comics Community Spirit and FUN” – Yo Comics! Proves that Kids Can’t Get Enough of ComicsApril 11, 2025
“All I Had at the Beginning Was Vampire Brothel, Priest, Period Setting, Sexy!” – Paige Hender Tells All about ‘The Confessional’ from Silver SprocketApril 10, 2025
“The Comics Courier is Really a Love Letter to Comics Criticism” – Tiffany Babb on Bringing Comics Commentary Back to Print in the Acclaimed Newspaper-Style PublicationApril 2, 2025
B. Mure and Kit Anderson in Conversation – The Avery Hill Artists on Creating Visual Fantastical Worlds, ‘Second Shift’ and the ‘Ismyre’ SeriesMarch 17, 2025
