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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. Managed by @andywpoliver.bsky.social

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The Stranger #2 - The Mystery Deepens in Philipson, Patricks and Baker's Excellent Noir Detective Fiction Series (with a Sprinkling of Super-Heroics) – Broken Frontier Who is the Stranger? Join Philipson, Patricks and Baker as the investigation continues in the second part of the series.

Review! The Stranger #2 – The Mystery Deepens in Philipson, Patricks and Baker’s Excellent Noir Detective Fiction Series (with a Sprinkling of Super-Heroics). www.brokenfrontier.com/stranger-2-c...

06.03.2026 20:27 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
The cover to Marvel Comics' Squirrel Girl Omnibus collection featuring Squirrel Girl daydreaming about her adventures with other heroes.

The cover to Marvel Comics' Squirrel Girl Omnibus collection featuring Squirrel Girl daydreaming about her adventures with other heroes.

THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL Omnibus - I honestly think this is one of *the* great Marvel runs. Not simply because of the meta experimentation, the wit and humour, and the creative synergy. But also because at its heart it's all about friendship and found family, and it's simply beautiful for that.

06.03.2026 14:48 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
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Cruel Universe Vol. II #7 - Amy Roy and Malachi Ward's 'Artificial Insanity' is a Short-Form Comics Masterpiece and a Damning Indictment of Generative AI Slop – Broken Frontier Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver reviews 'Cruel Universe' Vol. II #7 featuring work from Pak, Lapham, Mauro, Kano and more.

@brokenfrontier.bsky.social: CRUEL UNIVERSE VOL. II #7 – Amy Roy and Malachi Ward’s ‘Artificial Insanity’ is a Short-Form Comics Masterpiece and a Damning Indictment of Generative AI Slop

www.brokenfrontier.com/cruel-univer...

06.03.2026 15:54 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC) Receives Arts Council England Funding - New Projects to Include Fair Pay Charter, Consultation Roundtables and Expanded Website – Broken Frontier The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC) have some great news for British comics on the funding front. Read their press release here!

(Very good) News! - The Comics Cultural Impact Collective (CCIC) Receives Arts Council England Funding – New Projects to Include Fair Pay Charter, Consultation Roundtables and Expanded Website.
www.brokenfrontier.com/ace-ccic/

06.03.2026 15:19 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 5
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The Gallery - Take a Look at Some of the Amazing Art from February's Two In-Person Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Evenings! – Broken Frontier In our new regular Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Gallery piece check out some work from the last #GoshBFDD.

The Gallery – Take a Look at Some of the Amazing Art from February’s Two In-Person @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Evenings! #GoshBFDD

www.brokenfrontier.com/the-gallery-...

05.03.2026 18:56 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 3
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Matter! - A Broken Frontier Commitment to Our Community in Response to Current World Events – Broken Frontier In the light of deeply disturbing actions from the Trump administration Broken Frontier stresses the importance of diversity and inclusion.

Over a year ago at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social I made this offer in regards to our coverage commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. It’s obviously even more relevant now than It was then. Please read and get In touch if we can help. www.brokenfrontier.com/diversity-eq...

06.03.2026 06:45 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Why We Must Fight to Stop HR 7661 Before It Destroys the Lives of American Children Lately I’ve been calling my House rep and screaming about one zillion things, and maybe you have too. But today I want to talk about one thing in particular you should add to your list: H.R. 7661 i…

"The bill defines “sexually oriented material” as any book that references “gender dysphoria or transgenderism,” which is a dangerous precedent." 📚

lithub.com/why-we-must-...

05.03.2026 17:52 👍 29 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 👍 23071 🔁 8827 💬 68 📌 189

This was a fun thing to put together.

05.03.2026 21:10 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Always a bloody excellent evening with a bunch of excellent people.

05.03.2026 21:42 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Good news!

01.03.2026 18:14 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This.

02.03.2026 18:37 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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The Gallery - Take a Look at Some of the Amazing Art from February's Two In-Person Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Evenings! – Broken Frontier In our new regular Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Gallery piece check out some work from the last #GoshBFDD.

The Gallery – Take a Look at Some of the Amazing Art from February’s Two In-Person @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Evenings! #GoshBFDD

www.brokenfrontier.com/the-gallery-...

05.03.2026 18:56 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 3

Generative AI is where creativity goes to die

05.03.2026 13:06 👍 221 🔁 54 💬 3 📌 0

"Did you enjoy the comics I bought you from the shop today, little Timmy?"

"Yes, mummy. My favourite bit in LOONEY TUNES was when Wile E. Coyote smashed into the painted tunnel entrance. And my favourite bit in PREACHER was when T.C. had sex with a chicken."

04.03.2026 16:40 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0
There are four panels on this page, though the first one is a record with text over it.

1. 'What do you hear?'
2. 'Is it quiet?' (the words are soft and it looks like it's a still winter scene, very peaceful)
3. 'Is it loud?' there are jagged lines around the words and the word loud is very large in the frame of the panel
4. What other senses do you engage with sound? Can you feel the vibration of the bass? (the word vibration has vibrating flourishes all around it)

There are four panels on this page, though the first one is a record with text over it. 1. 'What do you hear?' 2. 'Is it quiet?' (the words are soft and it looks like it's a still winter scene, very peaceful) 3. 'Is it loud?' there are jagged lines around the words and the word loud is very large in the frame of the panel 4. What other senses do you engage with sound? Can you feel the vibration of the bass? (the word vibration has vibrating flourishes all around it)

Side view of an eye and optic nerve and the words visual perception, color, contrast, and movement positioned throughout the page. The words have been deliberately placed in each position, the words visual perception are aligned with the suggestion of an eyeline

The word color is over a spot of pink, the word contrast is deliberately placed over a darker and lighter part of the background and the word movement has bees in motion all around it.

Side view of an eye and optic nerve and the words visual perception, color, contrast, and movement positioned throughout the page. The words have been deliberately placed in each position, the words visual perception are aligned with the suggestion of an eyeline The word color is over a spot of pink, the word contrast is deliberately placed over a darker and lighter part of the background and the word movement has bees in motion all around it.

A hand is reaching to touch somethingand the silhouette of a woman with a ponytail sort of faded into the image, there's also a fingerprint pattern that's also faded into the image, it is the white space around the silhouette of the woman

the word 'touch' is at the bottom of the page

A hand is reaching to touch somethingand the silhouette of a woman with a ponytail sort of faded into the image, there's also a fingerprint pattern that's also faded into the image, it is the white space around the silhouette of the woman the word 'touch' is at the bottom of the page

I haven't shared these pages before from BRAINS yet, they are some of my favorites in the comic

BRAINS is a 40 page love letter to the brain and thinking and perceiving and sensing and *being* a human and making human things in the face of so-called AI

www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...

03.03.2026 20:09 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

Good piece from John at DTT. The high street newsagent already feels like a thing of the past. This is obviously not good news for the last vestiges of the traditional method of UK comics delivery.

03.03.2026 10:29 👍 15 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0

This! Do this, lovely #GoshBFDD people!

01.03.2026 19:38 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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The Hectic Love Lives of the Mythical Medusa, a vampire, a werewolf, a demon, a faerie and a mermaid walk into a bar...wait...that’s not the start of a joke! This queer bunch is actually part of awesome tales about their chaotic love live...

So um, we know everything is horrifying right now but we are trying to put a comics anthology of queer romance stories out in the world & we could use your help to get it funded 👉👈

It has some amazing creators involved too so check it out if you feel like it💖

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

04.03.2026 00:01 👍 18 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 2
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"My Brain Broke, and Out Came Donuts" - Neill Cameron Looks Back on 'Mega Robo Bros' and Forward with 'Donut Squad', the Latest Smash Hit Strip from the Pages of 'The Phoenix' – Broken Frontier Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver chats with Neill Cameron about 'The Phoenix' and the phenomenon of 'Donut Squad'.

Anyway... as a palette cleanser... here's a reminder that Neill Cameron's DONUT SQUAD from THE PHOENIX is very, very good and I chatted with him here last year about the strip. (psst... serious language of comics stuff going on here!) www.brokenfrontier.com/neill-camero...

03.03.2026 19:20 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Today I learnt that at Broken Frontier we can't say we have inclusive values because we exclude the views of gen AI art enthusiasts and... I just can't... hahaha... how does anyone say stuff like this with a straight face...

03.03.2026 18:55 👍 45 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation - Paul Peart-Smith Brings this Vital Text to the Comics Page – Broken Frontier BF's Andy Oliver reviews 'Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation'.

@brokenfrontier.bsky.social just gets it!

@paulpeartsmith.bsky.social’s graphic adaptation of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s AN INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE US “isn’t simply a story of oppression. It’s equally a history of resistance.”

03.03.2026 18:21 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

There's info in this one about our plans for Pride Month this year at BF so do take a look and let us know if you're interested!

03.03.2026 13:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This will be truly appalling if it happens.

Just a reminder then that if you're feeding this particular machine we can't work with you anymore. Generative AI is an assault on art, creativity, copyright and livelihoods. Please, think again if you're engaging with this in any way.

02.03.2026 18:26 👍 22 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
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Broken Frontier Staff Picks for March 2026 - Including Dear Historian, The Lights of Niterói, Poem Strip, Animan and More! – Broken Frontier The Broken Frontier team are back with another selection of staff picks for books debuting in March 2026.

Our monthly list of recommendations for comics and graphic novel published in the next four weeks!

Broken Frontier Staff Picks for March 2026 – Including Dear Historian, The Lights of Niterói, Poem Strip, Animan and More! www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

02.03.2026 17:20 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Broken Frontier Andytorial for March 2026 - Comics Socials, New Resource Lists, and Upcoming 2026 Coverage Events at BF Revealed – Broken Frontier Back behind the scenes at Broken Frontier as Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver talks about what's coming later this year at BF.

Broken Frontier Andytorial for March 2026 – Comics Socials, New Resource Lists, and Upcoming 2026 Coverage Events at BF Revealed.
www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

02.03.2026 11:57 👍 27 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0
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Broken Frontier Andytorial for March 2026 - Comics Socials, New Resource Lists, and Upcoming 2026 Coverage Events at BF Revealed – Broken Frontier Back behind the scenes at Broken Frontier as Editor-in-Chief Andy Oliver talks about what's coming later this year at BF.

Short thread! This month's @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Andytorial is up. You can read it here: www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front... But if you just want the salient points let's do that here...

02.03.2026 18:48 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

This.

02.03.2026 18:37 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

This will be truly appalling if it happens.

Just a reminder then that if you're feeding this particular machine we can't work with you anymore. Generative AI is an assault on art, creativity, copyright and livelihoods. Please, think again if you're engaging with this in any way.

02.03.2026 18:26 👍 22 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
an image with some drawings of different stim toys and sensory items. There are ear defenders, chew toys, fidget cubes, socks, a pomodero timer, and more, all against a yellow background. There is text in the centre of the image that reads, "Autistic Creative Hub Discord Server OPEN TO NEW MEMBERS"

an image with some drawings of different stim toys and sensory items. There are ear defenders, chew toys, fidget cubes, socks, a pomodero timer, and more, all against a yellow background. There is text in the centre of the image that reads, "Autistic Creative Hub Discord Server OPEN TO NEW MEMBERS"

[2026 APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW]

Our server is 5 years old and very active with over 1000 autistic members. We chat about interests, play games, make art etc, so if you're autistic and looking for community, come join the Autistic Creative Hub!

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