European comics culture site exploring the comics universe, celebrating the small press and championing new creative voices since 2002. Managed by
@AndyWPOliver
Oh No! We have an extensive interview with online comics phenomenon Alex Norris
@dorrismccomics
today at BF here: Our
@jennyrobins
talks to Alex about his work as part of our
@ELCAFest
Fortnight!
#ELCAF
The utterly splendid
@dorrismccomics
has an 'oh no' book launching next week at the equally splendid
@GoshComics
. Get yourselves in the party mood by reading our interview with Alex Norris here at BF last year:
How to Help Out Broken Frontier Award-Winning Publisher Silver Sprocket
@ssbcpunk
as They Deal with Major Flood Damage at Their San Francisco Store! Details here:
Your semi-regular reminder that British comics are not "dead" and, indeed, have never been more vibrant, diverse, experimental and exciting in style, genre and approach than they are today!
Lots more to see here:
Alex Norris
@dorrismccomics
Needs Your Help to Keep ‘Webcomic Name’ Alive! – GoFundMe Launched to Aid Them with Legal Fees in Battle to Protect the Popular ‘Oh No’ Strips
Absolutely appalled to see Wales Millennium Centre
@theCentre
offer a course in creating graphic novels with AI. How about using your resources to showcase actual artists teaching comics rather than tech that actively rips off the work of others?
“Everybody has a tale to tell…”
Oh, Frazer, don’t they just…
An Exploration of the Unfulfilled ‘Tales from the Quarantine’ Kickstarter, Part 1 – Contributors Talk About the Impact on Them
#tftq
We are 20 years old today! Here's to another two decades of exploring the comics universe, championing new voices, and putting socially conscious work at the forefront of what we do. Thank you all for being part of BF!
#BrokenFrontierAt20
Art by
@R_E_Burke
Our
@_allyrussell
reviews
@jenn_woodall
's MAGICAL BEATDOWN from Silver Sprocket
@ssbcpunk
today at BF here: "A no-holds-barred new series tackling the street harassment faced by women on a daily basis."
The transphobia on Twitter is overwhelming right now. If we see anyone in comics retweeting JKR et al then we'll block them. Simple as that. You should do the same.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Validation and vindication for everything we try and do at BF in putting progressivism and social justice at the forefront of our coverage mission.
We could not have had a more ringing endorsement than these sentiments from this direction. Delighted and over the moon!
ICYMI BIRDKING Vol. 1 announced from
@DarkHorseComics
by Daniel Freedman and
@BITSOFCROM
(whose work we first covered way back in his self-publishing days - as ever, we do give you lots of advance warning!). Just check out that cover! Details here:
Congrats to double 2018 Broken Frontier Award winner
@TillieWalden
who picks up 'Best Artist' and 'Best Graphic Novel' (ON A SUNBEAM). Tillie has been ever present since 2015 and has now won no less than 6 BF Awards!
@AveryHillPubl
@01FirstSecond
THREAD! Time to be proactive about getting the word out about who we are & what we do! So here's a quick look at everything you need to know about Broken Frontier, one of the longest-running comics sites (founded in 2002 by
@frederikhautain
). Please retweet! Spread the thread!
Micropublishers and small pressers - we’re seeing a lot of you understandably concerned about so many festivals you rely on for a living being unavoidably cancelled/postponed. So tmrw (Fri) we’ll do some Twitter online store shout-outs if you DM or reply to this tweet.
"In nearly 14 years at Broken Frontier... I have rarely seen a first graphic novel as accomplished as this one." Our
@AndyWPOliver
reviews
@zoethorogood
's THE IMPENDING BLINDNESS OF BILLIE SCOTT from
@AveryHillPubl
here today at BF:
Given all the unrepentant transphobia on Twitter a reminder that
@brokenfrontier
stands with the trans community.
If you want to read about trans lives & the trans experience here's a list of some really great comics resources.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Time for a new pinned thread about who we are and what we do! So read on, chums...
BF is a comics culture site that looks to prioritise championing emerging talent, promoting comics community, and providing a coverage platform for marginalised voices.
“You can just let the characters act out the story in your head and write it down” –
@JeffLemire
unboxed, talking SWEET TOOTH, his creative process and breaking into comics. A major 3,500-word interview here at BF: (Courtesy of BF founder
@frederikhautain
)
Rebellion to Publish 2021 Deluxe Edition of 2000 AD’s Harry Harrison ‘The Stainless Steel Rat’ Novel Adaptations, by Kelvin Gosnell and Carlos Ezquerra:
@2000AD
Self-publishers! Let us know if your online stores are still open and if you're still sending out comics by post. Especially if we've covered your comics extensively at BF.
#BrokenFrontierSupports
Thanks! (RTs appreciated)
We’re so, so sad to hear this morning that we’ve lost Steve Walsh
@ventswhales
, an integral part of the UK
#comicscommunity
who made such a difference to so many up-and-coming creators. So much love for Steve was expressed here earlier this year at BF:
Regrettably, after they gave a platform to someone as odious as Suella Braverman last night, Broken Frontier will be stepping back from future coverage, promotion or any form of support to any cartoonist still intending to associate in any way with the
#PoliticalCartoonAwards
.
Alice Urbino
@Alicerrrr
is back with new self-published comics! First up today we look at her creepy minicomic BLINDENHUND here: "an excellent reminder of exactly why she was one of the very first names on our ‘Six to Watch’ list back in 2015"
#BF6toWatch
This year's 'Best Colorist' category in the Broken Frontier Awards saw the first new winner in several years as
@beccaandthebox
picked up the prize for UNDERSTANDING. Congrats to Becca!
@retrofitcomics
News! Rebellion to Publish ‘A Very British Affair: The Best of Classic Romance Comics’, Curated by David Roach, in Early 2023. Cover below by Ángel Badia Camps.
@britcomics
@2000AD
Enjoyed our
@SmallPressDay
efforts yesterday to support, promote and champion emerging artists? Remember we do that 365 days a year on the site! Help us take new creators to even wider audiences by RT-ing this as a recommendation to follow Broken Frontier.
Last week at Broken Frontier... “Making this comic also helped me slowly get more comfortable with my own identity” –
@shazleenmkhan
talks ‘Buuza!!’, representation in comics and celebrating art from the Muslim community.
We decided to celebrate what is nearly the first birthday of
@TillieWalden
's graphic memoir SPINNING by finally reviewing it! You will be unsurprised to hear that our conclusion is it's "a masterpiece of comics narrative". More here today at BF:
Short thread! We need to refresh the advertising on BF. So here's the deal. Today we're offering free, no-strings advertising to any self-publishing LGBTQ+, PoC, marginalised comics creators who work in autobio. Send us a shop link plus an advertising image.
Our Encounters with Evil – Dark Horse to Publish Sequel to Mike Mignola and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell’s Acclaimed Horror Graphic Novel ‘Mr. Higgins Comes Home’
Get voting, chums!
Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2022 – Socially Conscious Work Goes Hand-in-Hand with Pure Comics Escapism in a Nominations List Reflecting the World Around Us in 2022.
#BFAwards22
So when BF describes something as "a comics masterpiece" we hope you take note! We look at
@zoethorogood
's must-buy IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH from
@ImageComics
here today at BF.
#TBF22atBF
Our
@ThoughtBubbleUK
2022 coverage continues!
"It was actually cheaper to get a plane ticket and hand deliver them than send them in the post." The
#Brexit
Effect - a new multi-part BF series - begins today as creators talk about how it has seriously impacted their income.
#BrexitReality
#brexitchaos
Thank you to everyone who took part in
#BrokenFrontierAt20
! Here's a HUGE final round-up piece where the comics community talk about creators they discovered via BF. We'll keep carrying on doing what we do best for another two decades.
Delighted to be able to join in the 20th birthday celebrations of
@OKComics
today at BF!
“Quite Simply, We’re Here to Hook Up Good People with Good Comics” – Celebrating 20 Years of a Leeds Comics Shop Institution with Jared of OK Comics
Interview here:
Hey
@RedCabinComics
- you’re very active on Insta but you seem to have accidentally set your account to stop replies to posts. Do let us - the UK’s leading coverage site according to the last UK comics creator survey - know if this book, crowdfunded in 2020, is ever coming.
Broken Frontier Awards 2020: Announcing the Winners – A Huge Year for Zoe Thorogood
@zoethorogood
, Shazleen Khan
@neonlanterns
and Avery Hill Publishing
@AveryHillPubl
, and Gosh! Comics
@GoshComics
Are this Year’s Hall of Fame Entrants!
1/3 Being an ally means taking a public stand. Not just talking the talk. In light of the surrounding controversy and the expressed deep offence caused to many in our community by this blog post from 1/3 of
@theawesomepod
we await a contrite public apology
Preview: Berzerkid – Gax Vallez
@Gaxix
and
@mkl_lpz
Mikael Lopez’s “Dizzying Ride with Robots, Mechs, Cops and Criminals” is
@peowstudio
Peow’s First Graphic Novel of 2021.
Were you a backer of the TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE anthology? If so could you respond below with one of the following:
"Yes and I'm still waiting for my print copy."
or...
"Yes and I've received my print copy."
This is purely an info-gathering exercise. Thank you!
This is a heartbreaking thread to read and again it's down to
@ComicPrintingUK
's efforts that we saw it. If you were a first-time contributor to TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE and have been affected like this let's see what we can do to cover your work at BF.
I don't like public airing of laundry. My autistic brain can't handle it. But it's time we talk about Tales From the Quarantine (
@TalesfromtheQ
), which I contributed to way back in 2020, and have banged the drum for these past two years. 🧵
The UK's STARLORD weekly is 40 years old this week! Check out our
@TonyIng82432643
's history of the short-lived first comic to merge with 2000 AD here at BF: (and thanks to the
@2000AD
crew for the traffic surge today!).
We never link to Amazon out of choice but just a quick heads up that going forwards we will only be including pre-order links to indie bookstores and comics shops when we run press releases. They're the lifeblood of our medium of choice and the ones most deserving of the support!