Broken Frontier
@brokenfrontier.bsky.social
Socially conscious European comics culture site exploring the comics universe, celebrating the small press and championing new creative voices since 2002. Managed by @andywpoliver.bsky.social
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So that would just be the Broken Frontier Anthology (our first book) chosen to be part of the display representing the comics collection of the V&A at V&A East Storehouse (top row, second from the left). Neat recognition for both BF and all the contributors! (Photo courtesy of Mauricio Molizane)
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If you’re the only person at a dealer’s table you can 100% guarantee that the next punter to come along will ignore the other 20 longboxes on offer and instead try and look through the very same box you’re browsing with absolute extreme space invader energy.
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you’re the only person at a dealer’s table you can 100% guarantee that the next punter to come along will ignore the other 20 longboxes on offer and instead try and look through the very same box you’re browsing with absolute extreme space invader energy.
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Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing
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Friday’s #GoshBFDD was my last big comics event of the year. 2025 was the first time post-pandemic I felt really back in the events groove. Panels, interviews, gallery tours and socials. Good times! @averyhill.bsky.social @sxbond.bsky.social @captioncomicfest.bsky.social @goshcomics.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Friday’s #GoshBFDD was my last big comics event of the year. 2025 was the first time post-pandemic I felt really back in the events groove. Panels, interviews, gallery tours and socials. Good times! @averyhill.bsky.social @sxbond.bsky.social @captioncomicfest.bsky.social @goshcomics.bsky.social
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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THE PHOENIX is simply the best.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
THE PHOENIX is simply the best.
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News! Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists’ Association’s Young Cartoonist Awards 2025. www.brokenfrontier.com/young-cartoo...
Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists' Association's Young Cartoonist Awards 2025 – Broken Frontier
The Young Cartoonist Awards 2025 are now taking submissions. See all the details here at Broken Frontier today.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
News! Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists’ Association’s Young Cartoonist Awards 2025. www.brokenfrontier.com/young-cartoo...
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Review! I Feel Awful, Thanks – @larapickle.bsky.social Lara Pickle’s Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth. @goshcomics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/i-feel-awful...
I Feel Awful, Thanks - Lara Pickle's Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth – Broken Frontier
'I Feel Awful, Thanks' is another addition to the mental health awareness strand of comics from creator Lara Pickle.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Review! I Feel Awful, Thanks – @larapickle.bsky.social Lara Pickle’s Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth. @goshcomics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/i-feel-awful...
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That time of year when I start getting e-mails asking how to apply to the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social #BF6toWatch. So, once again, here's that application process in full:
(1) Make bloody good comics.
(2) Make sure I see them.
(3) Wait and see.
(1) Make bloody good comics.
(2) Make sure I see them.
(3) Wait and see.
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
That time of year when I start getting e-mails asking how to apply to the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social #BF6toWatch. So, once again, here's that application process in full:
(1) Make bloody good comics.
(2) Make sure I see them.
(3) Wait and see.
(1) Make bloody good comics.
(2) Make sure I see them.
(3) Wait and see.
THE PHOENIX is simply the best.
November 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
THE PHOENIX is simply the best.
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The Dublin Comic Arts Festival winter market is TOMORROW (Sunday Nov 30th if the algorithm is showing you this post three weeks later)
The shop will be closed during @dublincomicarts.bsky.social cause I’m going to be there at The Complex and we’re not a “2 locations” sized business!
The shop will be closed during @dublincomicarts.bsky.social cause I’m going to be there at The Complex and we’re not a “2 locations” sized business!
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The Dublin Comic Arts Festival winter market is TOMORROW (Sunday Nov 30th if the algorithm is showing you this post three weeks later)
The shop will be closed during @dublincomicarts.bsky.social cause I’m going to be there at The Complex and we’re not a “2 locations” sized business!
The shop will be closed during @dublincomicarts.bsky.social cause I’m going to be there at The Complex and we’re not a “2 locations” sized business!
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Cool comics night at the @goshcomics.bsky.social and @brokenfrontier.bsky.social drink and draw IN-PERSON. #GoshBFDD
November 28, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Cool comics night at the @goshcomics.bsky.social and @brokenfrontier.bsky.social drink and draw IN-PERSON. #GoshBFDD
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Last @goshcomics.bsky.social x @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Drink and Draw ❣️ always good times!
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Last @goshcomics.bsky.social x @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Drink and Draw ❣️ always good times!
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You need to get in on this!
@starspilli.bsky.social Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!
www.brokenfrontier.com/daisy-crouch...
@starspilli.bsky.social Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!
www.brokenfrontier.com/daisy-crouch...
Daisy Crouch's 'Very Hungry Women' Comes to Kickstarter - Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now! – Broken Frontier
Up-and-coming comics talent Daisy Crouch's crowdfunding campaign for 'Very Hungry Women' has launched on Kickstarter.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
You need to get in on this!
@starspilli.bsky.social Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!
www.brokenfrontier.com/daisy-crouch...
@starspilli.bsky.social Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!
www.brokenfrontier.com/daisy-crouch...
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Come and join me on a tour of this years Thought Bubble Festival and take a look at ‘SOME’ of the goodies I picked up 😃 @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social @averyhill.bsky.social @brokenfrontier.bsky.social #comics
THOUGHT BUBBLE - Exploring The Coolest Indie Comic Con Ever!
youtu.be/7gkXIR_P0U0
THOUGHT BUBBLE - Exploring The Coolest Indie Comic Con Ever!
youtu.be/7gkXIR_P0U0
THOUGHT BUBBLE - Exploring The Coolest Indie Comic Con Ever!
YouTube video by I Make Arty Stuff
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November 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Come and join me on a tour of this years Thought Bubble Festival and take a look at ‘SOME’ of the goodies I picked up 😃 @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social @averyhill.bsky.social @brokenfrontier.bsky.social #comics
THOUGHT BUBBLE - Exploring The Coolest Indie Comic Con Ever!
youtu.be/7gkXIR_P0U0
THOUGHT BUBBLE - Exploring The Coolest Indie Comic Con Ever!
youtu.be/7gkXIR_P0U0
You need to get in on this!
@starspilli.bsky.social Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!
www.brokenfrontier.com/daisy-crouch...
@starspilli.bsky.social Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!
www.brokenfrontier.com/daisy-crouch...
Daisy Crouch's 'Very Hungry Women' Comes to Kickstarter - Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now! – Broken Frontier
Up-and-coming comics talent Daisy Crouch's crowdfunding campaign for 'Very Hungry Women' has launched on Kickstarter.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:29 AM
You need to get in on this!
@starspilli.bsky.social Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!
www.brokenfrontier.com/daisy-crouch...
@starspilli.bsky.social Daisy Crouch’s ‘Very Hungry Women’ Comes to Kickstarter – Back this Super-Hero Story with a Genuine Twist Now!
www.brokenfrontier.com/daisy-crouch...
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Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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artists and designers using ai like
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
artists and designers using ai like
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Review! Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor's ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine. @colossive.com www.brokenfrontier.com/colossive-ca...
Colossive Cartographies #67 - Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor 'Fleece and Fibre' Zine – Broken Frontier
'Fleece and Fibre' is the title of Taran Taylor's entry in the Colossive Cartographies series of fold-out zines.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Review! Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor's ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine. @colossive.com www.brokenfrontier.com/colossive-ca...
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Just sent out another @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 'Six to Watch' 2026 invitation tonight. It's going to be an incredibly strong year. Just like its eleven predecessors.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just sent out another @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 'Six to Watch' 2026 invitation tonight. It's going to be an incredibly strong year. Just like its eleven predecessors.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
Review! I Feel Awful, Thanks – @larapickle.bsky.social Lara Pickle’s Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth. @goshcomics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/i-feel-awful...
I Feel Awful, Thanks - Lara Pickle's Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth – Broken Frontier
'I Feel Awful, Thanks' is another addition to the mental health awareness strand of comics from creator Lara Pickle.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Review! I Feel Awful, Thanks – @larapickle.bsky.social Lara Pickle’s Fantasy Graphic Novel Confronts Themes of Anxiety, Stress, Bullying and Self-Worth. @goshcomics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/i-feel-awful...
Review! Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor's ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine. @colossive.com www.brokenfrontier.com/colossive-ca...
Colossive Cartographies #67 - Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor 'Fleece and Fibre' Zine – Broken Frontier
'Fleece and Fibre' is the title of Taran Taylor's entry in the Colossive Cartographies series of fold-out zines.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Review! Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor's ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine. @colossive.com www.brokenfrontier.com/colossive-ca...
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Happy gentleman sleuths day #benoitblanc #wakeupdeadman
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy gentleman sleuths day #benoitblanc #wakeupdeadman
News! Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists’ Association’s Young Cartoonist Awards 2025. www.brokenfrontier.com/young-cartoo...
Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists' Association's Young Cartoonist Awards 2025 – Broken Frontier
The Young Cartoonist Awards 2025 are now taking submissions. See all the details here at Broken Frontier today.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
News! Submissions Now Open for the British Cartoonists’ Association’s Young Cartoonist Awards 2025. www.brokenfrontier.com/young-cartoo...
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ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford on Friday, November 28th – Broken Frontier
Come one and all! Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw for pub and art fun this Friday November 28th.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...