Broken Frontier
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Socially conscious European comics culture site exploring the comics universe, celebrating the small press and championing new creative voices since 2002. https://www.brokenfrontier.com/ Managed by @andywpoliver.bsky.social
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Review! Shock Treatment – EC Comics’ Precursor to Modern Graphic Medicine Collected by @fantagraphics.bsky.social. Review by Gary Usher. www.brokenfrontier.com/shock-treatm...
Shock Treatment – EC Comics’ Precursor to Modern Graphic Medicine Collected by Fantagraphics – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Gary Usher takes a look at 'Shock Treatment', the latest collection in the EC Artists Library series.
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Preview: Judge Dredd Compact Crimes Vol. 1 – Rebellion to Reprint the Dredd Saga from the Beginning in a New Series of Affordable Editions. @2000ad.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/preview-judg...
Preview: Judge Dredd Compact Crimes Vol. 1 - Rebellion to Reprint the Dredd Saga from the Beginning in a New Series of Affordable Editions – Broken Frontier
With the 50th anniversary of '2000 AD' imminent here's a great way to get in on the Dredd story from the start in 'Compact Crimes'.
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Last week at Broken Frontier... Rip Kirby Returns in November from Christopher Sebela, Tango and Mad Cave Studios. www.brokenfrontier.com/rip-kirby-ma...
Rip Kirby Returns in November from Christopher Sebela, Tango and Mad Cave Studios – Broken Frontier
Mad Cave Studios announced a new 'Rip Kirby' series at SDCC from the team of Sebela, Tango, Diaz and Eckleberry.
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Last week at Broken Frontier... Konni-Chhua – Deepesh Sangtani Captures Those Awkward Moments of Inadvertent Physical Contact in this Fold-Out Minicomic from Kutty Press. www.brokenfrontier.com/konni-chhua/
Konni-Chhua - Deepesh Sangtani Captures Those Awkward Moments of Inadvertent Physical Contact in this Fold-Out Minicomic from Kutty Press – Broken Frontier
Another Kutty Press publication gets a spotlight today at Broken Frontier as we look at Deepesh Sangtani's 'Konni-Chhua'.
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Last week at Broken Frontier... Looking Back on Small Press Day 2026 – 20 Events Across the UK, Ireland and the US as the Community Comes Together to Celebrate Comics Self-Publishing. www.brokenfrontier.com/looking-back...
Looking Back on Small Press Day 2026 – 20 Events Across the UK, Ireland and the US as the Community Comes Together to Celebrate Comics Self-Publishing – Broken Frontier
Small Press Day 2026 has come and gone! Look back on another epic SPD with this gallery of photos from the day.
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Caption @captioncomicfest.bsky.social the small press comics festival comes to Oxford this weekend. You can still get tickets and the amazing programme of events is below. www.brokenfrontier.com/caption-2026...
Caption Festival Brings Small Press Comics Community to Oxford with a Piratical Theme this Weekend - Trans Narratives, the BF Six to Watch, Well-Being and More All on the Programme – Broken Frontier
It's Caption 2026 this coming weekend of August 8th-9th and here's what you can expect from the programme of events.
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FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Review! The Pass – The Hustle and Bustle of Restaurant Life Sits at the Centre of @katrionachapman.bsky.social Katriona Chapman’s Rich Character Study from @fantagraphics.bsky.social. www.brokenfrontier.com/the-pass-cha...
The Pass - The Hustle and Bustle of Restaurant Life Sits at the Centre of Katriona Chapman's Rich Character Study from Fantagraphics – Broken Frontier
In our next 'Fantagraphics at 50' Month review Andy Oliver looks at Katriona Chapman's latest book 'The Pass.'
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In around a week and a half we'll have to start planning @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Month at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social and chat to the @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social team about making it even bigger than the 75 reviews/interviews we ran last year. How is it that time of year already?
I'll be at @captioncomicfest.bsky.social on Saturday. So will lots of cool folks over the weekend like @kierongillen.bsky.social @starspilli.bsky.social @karriefransman.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social @kitsuneart.bsky.social and many more. How about you? www.brokenfrontier.com/caption-2026...
Caption Festival Brings Small Press Comics Community to Oxford with a Piratical Theme this Weekend - Trans Narratives, the BF Six to Watch, Well-Being and More All on the Programme – Broken Frontier
It's Caption 2026 this coming weekend of August 8th-9th and here's what you can expect from the programme of events.
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Preview: Football Picture Story Monthly Vol. 1 and 2 – DC Thomson to Reprint Classic Sport Comics Material Via the Heritage Imprint. www.brokenfrontier.com/football-pic...
Preview: Football Picture Story Monthly Vol. 1 and 2 - DC Thomson to Reprint Classic Sport Comics Material Via the Heritage Imprint – Broken Frontier
DC Thomson returns to the archives to bring us two collections of strips from its 'Football Picture Story Monthly'.
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FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Review! Shock Treatment – EC Comics’ Precursor to Modern Graphic Medicine Collected by @fantagraphics.bsky.social. Review by Gary Usher. www.brokenfrontier.com/shock-treatm...
Shock Treatment – EC Comics’ Precursor to Modern Graphic Medicine Collected by Fantagraphics – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Gary Usher takes a look at 'Shock Treatment', the latest collection in the EC Artists Library series.
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"One of the self-published comics of the year" according to @andywpoliver.bsky.social and @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 😱 Don't miss it!
Giorgio Pandiani@giorgiopandiani.bsky.social · yesterdayAs above... not so below. Two sisters find what they're looking for inside an ancient dungeon, but nothing is what it seems. THE TWO PYRAMIDS is my new short comic 🔺🔻 You can order it from my Etsy shop 👇 giorgiopandianiart.etsy.com/listing/4512... #comics #comicbooks #indiecomics #smallpressday
Hey, folks. There's a @gofundme.com set up for artist Andy Fish, who is going through a very tough fight with two forms of cancer. He and his wife, cartoonist Veronica Fish (my Blackwood series cohorts) could use some help during this very tough time. I'm donating, hope you can. tinyurl.com/4wa86a6c
Donate to Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers, organized by Gina Gabianelli
Help Andy’s Fight Against Two Cancers Meet my cousin Andy Fish, father … Gina Gabianelli needs your support for Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers
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FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Exclusive Preview: The Abyss of Oblivion – Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa Explore the Legacy of the Spanish Civil War. @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/exclusive-pr...
Exclusive Preview: The Abyss of Oblivion - Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa Explore the Legacy of the Spanish Civil War – Broken Frontier
BF will be running a series of exclusive previews as part of its 'Fantagraphics at 50' Month starting with 'The Abyss of Oblivion'.
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Must order me a copy of this! Amazed no one mentioned it at Arc or SLCZF. I was suitably inspired by this amazing effort, and my #GOSHBFDD attempts, to dig deeper into Binjamin Bucket's life! 🤣 Apologies to Marvel for this silliness. #comics
Broken Frontier@brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 6d agoSo... @selfmadehero.bsky.social announced their COUNT BINFACE COMIC BOOK today so for round 3 of tonight's Gosh and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online something a little different. We want to see your Count Binface fan art! Post it here in 30 minutes with the hashtag #GoshBFDD
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! “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 Half. @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/jessie-moyni...
"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 Half – Broken Frontie...
In the first of our 'Fantagraphics at 50' Month interviews Andy Oliver chats to Jesse Moynihan about 'Forming'.
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FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! Exclusive Preview: The Abyss of Oblivion – Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa Explore the Legacy of the Spanish Civil War. @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/exclusive-pr...
Exclusive Preview: The Abyss of Oblivion - Paco Roca and Rodrigo Terrasa Explore the Legacy of the Spanish Civil War – Broken Frontier
BF will be running a series of exclusive previews as part of its 'Fantagraphics at 50' Month starting with 'The Abyss of Oblivion'.
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FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! “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 Half. @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/jessie-moyni...
"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 Half – Broken Frontie...
In the first of our 'Fantagraphics at 50' Month interviews Andy Oliver chats to Jesse Moynihan about 'Forming'.
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FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50 review! Lovers of the Empire Vol. 1 – Yudori Draws a Tender Portrait of Romance in Colonial Korea. @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/lovers-of-th... Review by Swati Nair
Lovers of the Empire Vol. 1 - Yudori Draws a Tender Portrait of Romance in Colonial Korea – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Swati Nair reviews the first volume of Yudori's 'Lovers of the Empire' as our Fantagraphics at 50 month begins.
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And I hope, Broken Frontier now. I'm sure there are readers and contributors and would be-contributors to @brokenfrontier.bsky.social who would like to see their work in A1Deadline. Hopefully this highlights to them that this is possible and highlights Dave and where to apply to. If I can, you can.
Andy Oliver@andywpoliver.bsky.social · 2d agoThis was a very lovely thing to run because Alison was so generous in linking it to a moment of @brokenfrontier.bsky.social history from the @frederikhautain.bsky.social era!
New Alternative and Small Press Comix Arrivals: August 2026. From @dominocomics.bsky.social @goshcomics.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social News: @comicsbeat.bsky.social @floatingworld.bsky.social Artie Romero and Par Holman. And, a recap of a very busy month @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
New Alternative and Small Press Comix Arrivals: August 2026
1 . Domino Books New Arrivals (Austin is on vacation until August 7. Order any time you want, but shipping won't start up again until Aug...
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This was a very lovely thing to run because Alison was so generous in linking it to a moment of @brokenfrontier.bsky.social history from the @frederikhautain.bsky.social era!
Alison Sampson is working@alisonsampson.bsky.social · 2d agowww.brokenfrontier.com/a1-deadline-... Missed this because I've been on holiday, but we spoke to @andywpoliver.bsky.social at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social about A1Deadline, our stories' origins with Broken Frontier & what Deadline means to us. cc @deevelliott.bsky.social @completelycathy.bsky.social
www.brokenfrontier.com/a1-deadline-... Missed this because I've been on holiday, but we spoke to @andywpoliver.bsky.social at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social about A1Deadline, our stories' origins with Broken Frontier & what Deadline means to us. cc @deevelliott.bsky.social @completelycathy.bsky.social
"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 Dea...
Bringing together two legendary comics titles from the late 20th century in one package, A1 Deadline is an anthology that both builds on the past and looks to the future....
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‘Fantagraphics at 50’ Month Begins Today at Broken Frontier! @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/fantagraphic...
'Fantagraphics at 50' Month Begins Today at Broken Frontier! – Broken Frontier
Throughout the entirety of August Broken Frontier will be celebrating Fanta's big birthday with our special 'Fantagraphics at 50' Month!
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Caption Festival @captioncomicfest.bsky.social Brings Small Press Comics Community to Oxford with a Piratical Theme this Weekend – Trans Narratives, the BF Six to Watch, Well-Being and More All on the Programme. www.brokenfrontier.com/caption-2026...
Caption Festival Brings Small Press Comics Community to Oxford with a Piratical Theme this Weekend - Trans Narratives, the BF Six to Watch, Well-Being and More All on the Programme – Broken Frontier
It's Caption 2026 this coming weekend of August 8th-9th and here's what you can expect from the programme of events.
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Why I have zero patience with anyone who supports someone like Rowling. I shouldn't have engaged today. I should have just blocked immediately.
Andy Oliver@andywpoliver.bsky.social · 2d agoAh that's very reassuring to hear. I've learnt so much from my trans friends, colleagues, mentees and acquaintances in comics over the last few years. They've enriched my life and we'll keep on doing whatever we can to elevate and support them on multiple levels.
Anyway, in happier news, our 'Fantagraphics at 50' Month begins today at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social. Interviews! Reviews! EXCLUSIVE previews! Thanks to our wonderful team at BF for working so hard on this.
Broken Frontier@brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 2d ago‘Fantagraphics at 50’ Month Begins Today at Broken Frontier! @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/fantagraphic...
FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50 review! Lovers of the Empire Vol. 1 – Yudori Draws a Tender Portrait of Romance in Colonial Korea. @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/lovers-of-th... Review by Swati Nair
Lovers of the Empire Vol. 1 - Yudori Draws a Tender Portrait of Romance in Colonial Korea – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Swati Nair reviews the first volume of Yudori's 'Lovers of the Empire' as our Fantagraphics at 50 month begins.
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So I've been branded a misogynist here on Bluesky for banning anything Harry Potter-themed at BF. Guess I can add that to the list of... (1) Small-time journalist (2) Typical hate-filled leftie (3) Pretentious c*** (4) Anti-AI freak (5) New to the scene Which should I choose for my business cards?