What does my just finished chapter look like from 10,000 feet?! It started by looking out & looking in, wrested with something from nothing, & led to the birth of the stars giving rise to all that makes us possible. Fun to see black/white contrast all at once a first time... #Nostos #Unflattening 2

If you have (1) woman creator on your crowdfunded comics anthology boasting 20+ names of contributors, you can count my pledge out of its campaign in 2026

The new @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Six to Watch for 2026 will be revealed in a couple of weeks. In the meantime here's a reminder of last year's super-talented crew. #BF6toWatch www.brokenfrontier.com/six-small-pr...

Always pushing the form in whole new directions.

Just received comps of i-Doppelgänger, the final part of the @sxbond.bsky.social comics biz trilogy. It's a stunner! Check out Shelly's new comic creator's secret website here: www.filthandgrammar.com

This! Great to see a new indie-centric event on the UK calendar.

Just a reminder that our Twitter/X account has been inactive for the last year and we have zero intention of posting from it ever again for the obvious ethical reasons. It appears folk are still DM-ing us there though. E-mail us please, chums! We miss things from social media DMs so easily. Thanks!

My New Year’s resolution is to be even more of a hater to “A.I.” A soul-murdering scam to create a generation of dead-inside drones - if you use it on the reg you’re a clown at best and if you promote it you’re lower than the shit on Satan’s hoof, sorry I don’t make the rules etc.

Happy Public Domain Day to Nancy Drew, Golden Bat and The Shadow!

My post about not using ChatGPT may have had about 10 times as many 'likes' as this one but this was still a better 2025 post to pin to my profile.

I am very excited about the line-up for this year's #BF6toWatch. I am always very excited about the line-up for this year's #BF6toWatch.

My first Nancy strip, for New Year’s Day 2026❣️

Massively successful surprise hit films like SPIDER-VERSE and K-POP DEMON HUNTERS would not exist if their development depended on gen ai for their development. Those films are boldly inventive and fresh. Gen ai can only recycle what already exists.

the haunting of hill house

Just a reminder that our Twitter/X account has been inactive for the last year and we have zero intention of posting from it ever again for the obvious ethical reasons. It appears folk are still DM-ing us there though. E-mail us please, chums! We miss things from social media DMs so easily. Thanks!

Happy New Year from the Small Press Day team! Guess we'll have to start planning SPD 2026 soon... (Art by @jambookshopuk.bsky.social)

We posted 516 articles last year at Broken Frontier. Not bad for a small team of activists working around full-time day jobs to promote the form and deserving voices working within it! www.brokenfrontier.com

We don't really do big "best of" lists at BF but our annual round-up of ten UK small press comics you need to own is coming on Monday and the the BF Awards ballot for 2025 shortly thereafter. And then we'll have our 2026 'Six to Watch' announced mid-January.

You're all doing new year's stuff. Me? I'm sending e-mails to people saying "come be a Broken Frontier Six to Watch-er in 2026." So I guess I'm doing the same, really.

Not gonna lie: our annual fund could use a little push to the top. Your support helps us maintain our exhibitions, creator events, and educational programs. Please consider making a contribution as part of your year-end giving: cartoonart.org/annual-contributions-2025 Thanks for your consideration!

We don't really do big "best of" lists at BF but our annual round-up of ten UK small press comics you need to own is coming on Monday and the the BF Awards ballot for 2025 shortly thereafter. And then we'll have our 2026 'Six to Watch' announced mid-January.

Remember as well that ALL our material is written by actual humans. All the more reason to spread the word about BF's comics coverage. :-)

1/3 Broken Frontier's 2025 was, I think, a strong one - especially the huge event coverage we put on for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, @ldcomics.bsky.social Fair and #PrideMonth. I think we lost our way a little in not prioritising some of our core areas as much as we should have so that's...

‼️ Last chance for CARTOONIST DEFENDERS in the USA ‼️ Donations to our Pledge Drive made before midnight are tax deductible! Hurry & lend you support before time runs out: cartoonistsrights.org/donate

Follow the Broken Frontier Editorial Team! Our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social and @andywpoliver.bsky.social are both on Bluesky.

"One of the greatest betrayals of trust in the history of UK comics." I almost forgot we posted this coda to the whole #TFTQ thing at BF in 2025. At least the buffoon appears to have finally stopped pretending this book was ever going to actually happen now. www.brokenfrontier.com/everybody-ha...

We posted 516 articles last year at Broken Frontier. Not bad for a small team of activists working around full-time day jobs to promote the form and deserving voices working within it! www.brokenfrontier.com

Another cool interview from BF in 2025. This time with the Guru Comics crew. www.brokenfrontier.com/talvinder-se...

Follow the Broken Frontier Editorial Team! Our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social and @andywpoliver.bsky.social are both on Bluesky.

This was an excellent report on the @yocomicsfair.bsky.social (an indie comics fair focussed on kids) by @tomeenmurphy.bsky.social that we ran at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social last year. www.brokenfrontier.com/yo-comics-fa...

A thing wot I have been noticing more and more lately... Emerging comics creators *please* make sure you have e-mail contact details available online somewhere. Because you never know when someone (i.e. me) might be wanting to chat with you about something very much to your advantage.

Another fantastic 2025 @brokenfrontier.bsky.social interview, this time with emerging comics voice @chriskingart.bsky.social. What an amazing talent/prospect! #BF6toWatch www.brokenfrontier.com/chris-king-i...

One of my fave things I reviewed in 2025 at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social and it's not even a comic! www.brokenfrontier.com/a-little-boo... A LITTLE BOOK OF COMIC SHOP PRICE STICKERS by Tom Oldham and @darkandgolden.bsky.social

Revisiting some of our best @brokenfrontier.bsky.social interviews of 2025. This was a great one with emerging talent Cara Brown @caraashji.bsky.social. #BF6toWatch www.brokenfrontier.com/cara-brown-i...

Still sending out @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 'Six to Watch' 2026 invitations this week as it was *so* hard to whittle it down to just six names from my shortlist. Never quite known a year like it for having such a huge number of people I wanted to include.

Things we'll continue to refuse to link to in 2026: (1) the predatory and exploitative online retail corporation (2) the bookstore chain that sacked an employee for speaking out against transphobia (3) the digital comics platform with a history of hosting gen AI comics (4) the Nazi social media site

Remember as well that ALL our material is written by actual humans. All the more reason to spread the word about BF's comics coverage. :-)

Spot on. The UK scene, but the situation in North America, too. "We will be left with nothing but commentary about super-hero movies, anti-progressive podcasts and YouTube channels, and whatever the hell it is Comicsg*te are vomiting out this week." Ugh. Yeah, it's bleak right now.

Things we'll continue to refuse to link to in 2026: (1) the predatory and exploitative online retail corporation (2) the bookstore chain that sacked an employee for speaking out against transphobia (3) the digital comics platform with a history of hosting gen AI comics (4) the Nazi social media site

So much gratitude to the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social team for their work in keeping us afloat in what was frankly a horrendous year for me personally. Lots of love to you BF crew!

I’ve now written the first @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Andytorisl for 2026 and I’m kinda amazed at how we continued to function and do so much good work in 25 given that for 3 months in the summer my evenings & weekends were mostly spent at a hospital bedside. And then I was incapacitated by Covid.

One of the most important things I wrote last year at Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social on comics journalism and the mass disappearance of comics commentary sites. Please support those of us who are still standing if you don't want to lose us too! www.brokenfrontier.com/comics-journ...

Watching MADAME WEB in the background and it's not so much that it's a bad film as that it's a *boring* film. And two hours of boring at that.

I was heartbroken this morning to learn about the sudden passing of cartoonist and illustrator Dan Moynihan this week. I've been inspired by his work for 20+ years. Please help his family during this difficult time if you can: www.gofundme.com/f/support-be...

Finishing up this year's 'Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!' feature for next week at BF. Can't quite believe we have done one of these every year since 2012. www.brokenfrontier.com/tag/ten-uk-s...

In a couple of weeks we will be revealing the new Broken Frontier 'Six to Watch' but in the meantime you can find artists from the previous 11 years of the programme in this handy starter pack. go.bsky.app/PDpDATE Give them a follow if you love good comics! #BF6toWatch

Agree to disagree #veryhungrywomen #indiecomics

I will not buy your AI book I will not give its text a look I will not share your AI art I will not share even a part I will not play your AI game I will not play it, feel some shame! Use your soul and heart and head And make us things to love, instead (With apologies to Dr. Seuss).

An important read, comics folks.

Looking for an eBook version of Gaytheist, my graphic novel about growing up gay and Orthodox Jewish? It's popping up all over the place! It's probably cheaper, plus you can get it even if you're not in the US - so consider checking it out 😊