📚TWO MONTHS TO GO📚 Only two months until Small Press Day 2026 returns on Saturday 25th July! 🎉 Expect comics, zines, workshops, signings, panels, indie publishers, and brilliant small press creators popping up in shops and venues across the UK & Ireland. #SmallPressDay #SPD2026

Review! Artichoke Knight – Alex Newton’s Culinary Fantasy is a Real Treat. www.brokenfrontier.com/artichoke-kn... Review by our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

The nine fantastic folk at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social who have joined me in exploring the comics universe for you. Full details on our team page here, including social media links: www.brokenfrontier.com/contact-us/ Please give them a follow across socials!

‼️The countdown to #SmallPressDay 2026 is officially ON!‼️ With just under 3 months to go, we’re so excited for another year of championing self-publishing, DIY culture, and grassroots comics!🎉 Want to know more? Check out our website (link in bio) and make sure you’re following us here for updates!

Small Press Day 2026 Poster Reveal – Check Out this Gorgeous Design for SPD by Kamila Krol AKA Pigeon! @smallpressday.bsky.social #smallpressday And make sure to follow @pigeonface.bsky.social too! www.brokenfrontier.com/small-press-...

What do you think of our 2026 #SmallPressDay poster by the wonderful @pigeonface.bsky.social! We're so chuffed with this. :-)

I have the completed Small Press Day poster in my grubby little hands and IT IS EVEN MORE GORGEOUS in colour! We'll reveal it at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social this week and on the @smallpressday.bsky.social site too. Astonishing job from [name redacted]!

He’s not wrong - it is gorgeous!

#SmallPressDay is run by a tiny team of volunteers happy to give up their time for free for the community. But there are still costs we have to take on (hosting, artist for this year's poster, apps, etc.). Want to help? Donations to the Broken Frontier Ko-fi welcome! ko-fi.com/andyoliver70...

Review! Sanctuary – @slowedmountains.bsky.social Jenny Mure’s Haunting Fairy Tale of Motherhood, Magic and the Limits of Protection. www.brokenfrontier.com/sanctuary-mu... Review by @lydiaturner97.bsky.social.

Last week at Broken Frontier... London’s Cartoon Museum @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social Turns 20 – Anniversary Programme Revealed Plus a Call for Funding Support in 2026. www.brokenfrontier.com/twenty-years...

Last year's #SmallPressDay was *huge* around the UK and Ireland. 24 events was by far the biggest since pre-Covid and it was probably the most well-received SPD since year one. Loads of photos here at BF: www.brokenfrontier.com/looking-back... We want to beat that this year!

Small Press Day is back on Saturday, July 25th, 2026. #smallpressday #smallpressday2026 Let's make this the biggest one yet after last year's triumph! smallpressday.co.uk

We'll be sending out a press release early next week for those interested in running anything on this decade-plus UK and Ireland small press comics institution. Last year we had a US shop joining in so let us know if you're outside the UK and would still like to receive the pr.

Save the Date! – Small Press Day @smallpressday.bsky.social is Back on Saturday July 25th, 2026. #SmallPressDay www.brokenfrontier.com/small-press-...

More updates to our UK and Ireland Events Page here as the press releases come in: www.brokenfrontier.com/events-compe...

Review! Brain Damage – Shintaro Kago Pushes Absurdist Horror to New Extremes, from Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social. www.brokenfrontier.com/brain-damage... Review by our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

More events added to the Broken Frontier Events Page today. www.brokenfrontier.com/events-compe...

Updates to the Broken Frontier Events Page include two anthology submissions call-outs. www.brokenfrontier.com/events-compe...

Snow day lets me catch up on some reading. Still need to grab issue #3 of The Comics Courier. cc @explodingarrow.bsky.social @robsalk.bsky.social @kellykanayama.bsky.social @nickmarino.bsky.social @adrienneresha.bsky.social @averykaplan.bsky.social @rosiemarx.bsky.social @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Review! Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen – @cartoonkate.bsky.social Kate Evans’s Portrait of Jane Austen Beyond the Literary Icon, from Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/patchwork-ka... Review by our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Broken Frontier Awards 2025: Announcing the Winners – Comics Centring on Gaza Win Nearly a Third of the Categories and London’s Cartoon Museum @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social and Conundrum Press @conundrumpress.bsky.social Enter Our Hall of Fame. www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

If you like what we do with initiatives like this supporting emerging creators, our community outreach, our platforming of socially conscious work, and our commitment to marginalised voices, please repost/spread the word about BF's work. We're currently at about only half the followers we had on X.

Just had a very exciting editors meeting with @andywpoliver.bsky.social about @brokenfrontier.bsky.social’s vision for 2026 - SO much cool stuff coming! 🎉🎉🎉

It's time! The new #BF6toWatch are here! Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch @starspilli.bsky.social, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell @skhoshbell.bsky.social and Yu-Ching Chiu. www.brokenfrontier.com/six-small-pr...

I love @simonelia.bsky.social’s Fluffy SO much! Felt very lucky to review the sequel 🐰

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...

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

Let's face it... that's kind of outstanding. But we're still aware of how many people we didn't cover. (Andy stopped counting submissions when they got to 200 a few weeks ago.) Also Andy wants to say a huge thanks to @lydiaturner97.bsky.social & Gary Usher for all their work on #ThoughtBubbleatBF25.

Still a few more @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Month 2025 pieces to go up at BF but apologies to everyone we didn't get to. None of us managed to cover everything we wanted to but current projection is 71 TB articles will have been published this year. www.brokenfrontier.com

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! The Corus Wave – A Lost Theory, a Strange Fossil and a Discovery that Could Change Everything by Karenza Sparks. From @averyhill.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/corus-wave-s... Review by @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Thank you so much for the lovely words and thoughtful review!! @brokenfrontier.bsky.social and @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Visions of the Phantomfield Book One: Counting Shabbits – Magic, Monsters and Memories in a World Beyond the Living from Edward “Rohkova” Welch. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/visions-of-t...

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Mære – Annabel Hewitson @annabelhewitson.bsky.social Explores Where Art Ends and Madness Begins. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/maere-annabe...

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Seasons – Moments of Love, Loss and Quiet Change by Rebecca K Jones. @rebeccakjones1.bsky.social. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/seasons-mome... Review by @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Wow. I can't tell you how delighted I am with this review! Thank you so much @lydiaturner97.bsky.social!

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Silent Horizon – Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social Gives Us Faith, Fear, and the End of the World? @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/silent-horiz... Review by our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Highly recommend for all lovers of fantasy, fae and whimsy! Absolutely gorgeous ✨ @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social

Review! Aimé – L. Adassovsky Weaves a Whimsical Fairy Tale of Magic, Melancholy and Wonder. Available from the @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social. www.brokenfrontier.com/aime-l-adass... Review by our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

And so it begins... Welcome to Thought Bubble Month 2025 at Broken Frontier! www.brokenfrontier.com/welcome-to-t... #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Bertilo the Little Baldy – Jingo Li and Bertit Butturini’s Bertilo is Topless, Tiny and Totally Iconic. #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/bertilo-jing... Review by @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Last week at Broken Frontier... Broken Frontier Andytorial, October 2025 – Lydia Turner @lydiaturner97.bsky.social is BF’s New Managing Editor, Swati Nair Joins the Team, and Broken Frontier at the Lakes @comicartfestival.bsky.social. www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

Tonight! Here on Bluesky. Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, October 9th – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here! #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/october-9th-...

Review! Bean Jr. – A Big-Hatted Bean on a Tiny Car Quest for Fast Food Glory from Ollie Wollerman and @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social ShortBox Comics Fair. www.brokenfrontier.com/bean-jr-shor... Review by our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Beyond excited to be stepping up as Broken Frontier’s managing editor! So many fun things to come!👀

Welcoming @lydiaturner97.bsky.social as Broken Frontier's new Managing Editor! So exciting. www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

Review! Hibernating – Vaso Michailidou’s Comic Debut, Where Mundane Life Collides with Surreal, Magical Chaos. www.brokenfrontier.com/hibernating-... Review by our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Review! Shadowplay Vol. 1: Midnight School – Samuel Fonseca Unleashes a Brutal, Mind-Bending School of Horrors. From @topshelfcomix.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/shadowplay-t... Review by our @lydiaturner97.bsky.social

Finally got round to reading Shimmer Paths by @beastlyworlds.bsky.social. It was warm, magical, emotional and a must-read for cat owners 🐱 The world building! The snacks! The creatures! I loved every second ♥️

Review! Night Terror – Grisly, Whimsical and Sinister Dreams from John Kenn Mortensen and Fantagraphics. www.brokenfrontier.com/night-terror/ Review by @lydiaturner97.bsky.social