When you review serialised comics as rarely as I do one immediate and obvious observation you make is that comics commentary on a first issue is like critiquing the first…
Welcome to August at Broken Frontier Towers! As I said last month from hereon out we will be endeavouring to start the month at BF with a little round-up of…
Allegory by its very nature is, of course, a perfect narrative delivery system for deeper truths. By couching life lessons in the fantastic or the relatable their messages become all…
What works so well about Daniel Freedman and CROM’s Birdking is that it manages to blend the familiar escapist elements of fantasy fiction – quests, kingdoms, warring factions and magic…
I have already extolled the virtues of Paul Kirchner’s the bus when I chose it as one of my “Desert Island Comics” for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival’s Between…
Here we are with just a week and a few days from the end of the Kickstarter for ThirdBear Press’s fourth issue of acclaimed comics anthology Boxes and the realisation…
AI “art” is already encroaching on our comics spaces. There have been allegations of its use on well known mainstream properties; popular digital platforms host AI comics regardless; AI art…
LDC ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! It seems that every time I think we have finished up with our LDC Online Comics Fair coverage for this year that I find one…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMIC FAIR 2025! Chie Hosaka’s LDComics Fair offering Tia and Guthrie loosely fits into the romcom category, albeit a succinct one-act one. It’s the story of the relationship…
News that will no doubt please many with Rebellion informing fans today of the upcoming Judge Dredd by Carlos Ezquerra: Apex Edition. This one looks epic. Rebellion is proud to…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMIC FAIR 2025! Moi Tu’s A Eye (the title a play on artificial intelligence) is a difficult comic to define. Perhaps that’s because in many ways it’s a…
We were looking for something triumphant for the tenth year of Small Press Day and you certainly delivered! SPD 2025 was very possibly the most enthusiastically received yet with 24…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! One of the great joys of this inaugural LDComics Fair has been discovering so much experimental work. Comics that really grasp the potential of the…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Mereida Fajardo is probably largely known for her tactile comics work; practice the physicality of which is a key ingredient in its presentation. But first…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMIC FAIR 2025! Have we already reached three weeks of our LDComics Fair coverage? Today’s first subject of coverage at Broken Frontier is Rayne Booth’s Falcão, a haunting…
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! Jenny Robins has applied the subtitle ‘Imagined Conversations with Great Women Artists’ to her LDComics Online Comics Fair offering A Woman’s (Art) Work is Never Done….
LDCOMICS ONLINE COMICS FAIR 2025! While the LDComics Online Comics Fair is an international event the large of amount of work from UK-based creators is a reflection of just how rich…
LDCOMICS ONLINE FAIR 2025! There’s an origin story of sorts to Rachael Ball’s 1972 short comic. The premise of it is based on an exercise given to attendees at her…
“Basically, I’m Hoping to Please Both Nostalgia Fans and Those Who Enjoy Pop Culture Critique!” – Paul Cornell on the Bronze Age Avengers, His First ‘Commando’ Comic, and New Publishing Venture Cosmic LighthouseOctober 23, 2025
“We Hope to Explain Our Passion for the Medium to Gallery Visitors Who May Not Have Any Idea about Comics” – Katriona Chapman on the Avery Hill Exhibition ‘Vision & Labour: Making Comics’ at the Mercer Gallery for Thought BubbleOctober 22, 2025
“There Are Hard Parts and There Are Wonderful Parts. I’m Just a Mum Trying Her Best” – Rachael Smith Gives Us the Lowdown on the Collected ‘Nap Comix’October 21, 2025
“Comics Bring Art at Its Highest Level to the People” – Alison Sampson Talks Comics and Architecture, Crossing Genres, and the Communicative Power of the FormOctober 20, 2025
“I’m Always Trying to Make Comics the Other Way Around” — An Interview with Portuguese Cartoonist Joana Mosi on Her Graphic Novels ‘The Mongoose’ and ‘Physical Education’October 13, 2025
