Bite-sized chunks on what’s going on in the comics industry and beyond.
Welcome back to Broken Frontier Towers as we re-emerge after our Christmas and New Year break. Though to be honest “break” is something of a misnomer. It was less time…
Happy Holidays! We’re shutting up shop now here at BF Towers for a seasonal break as we recharge our batteries and look forward to the new year. We will be…
Announcing this a little earlier than usual but with BF taking a holiday break we want to make sure you have the necessary notice… Your favourite online comics social is…
Here’s a neat piece of comics community news as we come to the endpoint of Broken Frontier’s 2024 coverage. Denis Kitchen has been announced as the first winner of the…
Details on Arcana Royale, coming from Dark Horse next year, below. A new four-issue supernatural thriller! Dark Horse Comics presents Arcana Royale, a new four-issue comic series from Cullen Bunn and A.C….
Looking forward to 2025 with Silver Sprocket again with this peek at Paige Hender’s The Confessional… A newly turned vampire struggles with salvation in a graphic novel perfect for fans…
Here’s some welcome news before the holidays. Sláine is the latest 2000 AD character to get a Definitive Edition series. Details below. Following the huge success of Nemesis The Warlock:…
Well, this is very welcome news. J.M. DeMatteis and Glenn Barr’s Brooklyn Dreams is one of my all-time favourite comics works. It’s nothing short of a masterpiece of its genre….
Another advance peek at 2025 work from Silver Sprocket with this preview of Barbara Mazzi’s Hourglass. Will the bond between two young women be the sand that breaks the gears…
Debuting in 1995 it must surely be the longest-running comics series with self-published origins, and now Gary Spencer Millidge’s Strangehaven is coming to an end with an Epilogue final chapter….
Your favourite online comics social is back for an end-of-the-year party! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, December 12th with a festive special…
A heads up for this year’s Graphic Brighton festival which, as ever, has a great line-up of presentations, talks and academic panels, all taking place at the University of Brighton City…
In the circumstances it would be spectcularly remiss of us not to alert you to the latest press release from Caption, the small press-focussed comics show returning to Oxford next…
Last month we figured that with our marathon Thought Bubble Month coverage we had probably spotlighted enough debut books in November to make a Staff Picks post redundant. But we’re…
Cartoonists Rights, the “first global human rights organisation to focus on the need for protection of the socio-political cartoonist to carry out their work without fear of recrimination” have announced…
Another comics festival is reborn for 2025! Full details on the welcome return of Caption in the press release below. 2025 sees the return of a vintage classic of the…
Anything that has the words “community empowerment” in its press release blurb is obviously going to catch our attention here at Broken Frontier Towers. Check out some preview pages from…
One of the great joys of Thought Bubble 2024 for the residents of Broken Frontier Towers was getting to meet one of our fave publishers Silver Sprocket for the first…
B. Mure and Kit Anderson in Conversation – The Avery Hill Artists on Creating Visual Fantastical Worlds, ‘Second Shift’ and the ‘Ismyre’ SeriesMarch 17, 2025
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2025 – Spotlighting the Work of Beatrijs Brouwer AKA Beastly Worlds, Cara Brown, Chris King, Rein Lee, Shuning Ji and Zen K.January 15, 2025
Celebrating 2024 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 10, 2025
“Portrayal of a Person with a Long Term Disability Living Their Life is So Rare” – Jeremy Whitley on ‘Navigating with You’, His Slice-of-Life Graphic Novel Collaboration with Cassio RibeiroJanuary 10, 2025
“There is a Beauty in What is Forgotten” – Chris Shepherd Talks About ‘Anfield Road’, His Graphic Novel Love Letter to the City of LiverpoolNovember 14, 2024
