Looking Back on Pride Month 2026 at Broken Frontier!
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…
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Alas, – Sajan Rai Brings Us a Wonderfully Absurd Tale of an Alien Grey, a Gnome and Shakespeare
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…
Big Comic for Boy – Andrés Magán’s Gloomy Existentialism Has a Strangely Enticing Appeal
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…
“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 Journey
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 House My Father Built – Mollie Ray Tells Sophie Shamieh Mukarker’s Story of the 1940s Displacement of Palestinians with Power and Empathy
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…
“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 Form
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….
Ace of Hearts: Lessons in Love from an Asexual Girl – Love Without Sex Examined in Cooklin’s Insightful Graphic Memoir
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…
The Gallery – Take a Look at Some of the Amazing Art from April and May’s In-Person Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Evenings!
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 –…
“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 SelfMadeHero
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…
Superheroes in the Park – Ian Eagleton and Hayley Wells Take Us on a Journey into Imagination on a Two-Dad Family Day Out
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…
The Selkie Awards Are Looking for Volunteer Deputy Organisers – Can You Help with this Annual Celebration of Scottish Indie Comics?
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…
First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth – Angélique Roché, Alvin Epps, Bex Glendining and Millicent Monroe Bring the Inspiring Story of a Remarkable Woman to the Comics Page
As a graphic biography First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth could not be more relevant in 2026. Sadly, its celebratory tone is, to a degree, contrasted by…
“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’
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Last year at Broken Frontier we gave some review time to Anna Trench’s touching graphic novel Florrie: A Football Love Story. A sporting queer romance tale set…
“How Damaging and Dangerous this Techno-Fascist Hellscape We Are Already Living in Is” – KitsuneArt on the Threat of Generative AI, LGBTQ+ Comics Anthologies and Building a Profile on the Scene
PRIDE MONTH 2026! KitsuneArt is one of the most versatile genre fiction creators currently working in the UK small press scene. From touching fantasy tales through to powerful sci-fi social…
‘Queer as Comics’ Spotlight – The Paul Gravett-Curated Exhibition at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration Includes Work from Tove Jansson, Tom of Finland, Kate Charlesworth, Ed Firth and Jason Chuang
PRIDE MONTH 2026! The new Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration (formerly House of Illustration) has opened in Clerkenwell, London with exhibitions including the very timely, Paul Gravett-curated ‘Queer as Comics’….
“Lots of My Sapphic Comics Focus on Small, Intimate Moments” – Nessie Mooo Talks ‘Deathmetal’, Comics Community, and Queer Representation in the Medium
PRIDE MONTH 2026! In another of our Pride spotlight interviews we chat today with emerging comics talent Nessie Mooo. Nessie talks about the premise of urban fantasy series Deathmetal, being…
Princess Pete – The Non-Binary Experience from a Child’s Eye Perspective in Zoey Allen and Frenci Sanna’s Delightful Children’s Book
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Giving space to relevant illustrated children’s books always seems vitally important as part of our annual Pride Month celebrations here at Broken Frontier. Especially at a time…
Leo Rising – Archie Bongiovanni’s Graphic Novel is a Considered Character Study About Navigating Queer Spaces
PRIDE MONTH 2026! Something I wanted us to be more aware of this year when planning our annual Pride Month coverage at Broken Frontier was to be mindful of the…
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“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
“I Have a Vague Endpoint in Mind” – Linnea Sterte on the Epic ‘A Garden of Spheres’, Inspirations, and the Appeal of AmphibiansJuly 3, 2026