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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
@brokenfrontier.bsky.socialLast week at Broken Frontier... The Goblin Market Returns to Stanley Arts on October 18th – Check Out the Exhibitors and Programming Here Today at BF. www.brokenfrontier.com/goblin-marke...
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialAgain, if we were doing all of this for the clicks I'd be uploading all that Marvel/Star Wars crossover preview art to the site right now. I'm not. Because writing a review of a self-published comic which I doubt has a print run of even 100 copies is the priority. This is how it works at BF Towers.
@brokenfrontier.bsky.socialLast week at Broken Frontier… Ahoy Comics Reveal New Titles for 2027 – Line-Up Includes ‘Kindergarten Gulag’ by Russell and Mauricet and ‘Absolutely the Wrong Earth’ by Peyer and Igle. www.brokenfrontier.com/ahoy-comics-...
@brokenfrontier.bsky.socialLast week at Broken Frontier… Broken Frontier Andytorial for October 2026 – The Extended BF Family Hit the Lakes, More on Thought Bubble Month, and an Apology for Some Downtime…
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialSometimes I think about the angry guy who not that long ago tried to post a comment on BF attacking us for not doing enough to speak out about AI slop. I hope Bizarro-Earth is nice at this time of the year.
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialI know many events/platforms already do this but what would be amazing in 2027 would be seeing every single comics fair, festival, review site and con have a zero tolerance statement on AI slop. We have one in our Contact Us page here. www.brokenfrontier.com/contact-us/
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialRealised something I linked to on mental health and ADHD had a misleading and out of context title in the link card here that didn’t reflect the content of the piece. Annoying. So deleted! Anyway we have excellent comics resources on both subjects here at BF. www.brokenfrontier.com/resource-lis...
@nsousanis.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialStudents made their first minicomics in my intro making course - mostly standard format but this student, a first time maker(!), did something so off the charts I’m still reeling from it! & he made like 12 of them for his classmates! A paper engineering feat of flipbookery as well as killer drawing!
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialThis just came up in my FB memories. Ah yes.
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialTough on slop. Tough on the causes of slop.
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialLove me a good "can I speak to your manager" e-mail at Broken Frontier. No you can't. Because I am unmanageable. I am disorder incarnate. I am pandemonium and anarchy. I am the churning sea of chaos that crashes against the shores of your soul.
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialAnyway. Back to comics. They're nice aren't they?
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialI really love what Ahoy do and I've realised with great regret that we've done very little to cover their titles of late. Will need to remedy that once I recover from the Thought Bubble crush.
@brokenfrontier.bsky.socialNews! Ahoy Comics @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social Reveal New Titles for 2027 – Line-Up Includes ‘Kindergarten Gulag’ by Russell and Mauricet and ‘Absolutely the Wrong Earth’ by Peyer and Igle. www.brokenfrontier.com/ahoy-comics-...
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialTwo great small press-centric events coming up in the UK.
First up Sheffield Comic ARts Fair (SCARF) is tomorrow! scarf.chrismole.co.uk
And then on the 17th October it's Winchester Comics Fair. www.instagram.com/winchcomics/
Support some grassroots comicking if you can!
@andywpoliver.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialI really love this pic of @rein-lee.bsky.social and Shri Gunasekara at LICAF this past weekend. Two of *the* most exciting emerging voices in comics.
@colinsmith.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialReading some posts by @englishmansdcc.bsky.social about AI & doing so made me realise that AI would undoubtedly be a component of Darkseid’s Anti-Life Equation. Which puts it into a context I can make sense of in emotional terms. No wonder AI makes my flesh crawl. How else to respond to Anti-Life?
@katedrawscomics.bsky.socialReposted by @brokenfrontier.bsky.socialI'm here tomorrow! my first post widdershins con... come say hello!
@brokenfrontier.bsky.socialAnd our round 3 winner because the punchlines are always worth the wait. #GoshBFDD
See you in two weeks for a slightly early Halloween special!
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