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The Hanging – A Pre-Apocalyptic Dystopia Seen Through a Family Dynamic by Aaron Losty, from Strangers Publishing 

  • by Gary Usher
  • November 6, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Aaron Losty is originally from Ireland and currently working from Canada. He has built a strong portfolio of unique publications including: his webcomic on Patreon, Clearwater; The Waves…

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A Duel of Fools 1 and 2 – Warring Jester Hijinks Abound in Cat Laird’s Likeably Diverting Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! It’s been incredibly exciting over the last few years to see the new wave of Scottish creators emerging on the indie and small press scene there….

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Bicycle Vampire Hunters – Wittily Choreographed Slapstick Violence and Dark Humour from Ria Grix’s New Short Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! That we learn more about the characters and their world from the short blurb on the back of Ria Grix’s short comic Bicycle Vampire Hunters is…

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Rasp Book 1 – Martin Simpson’s New Dystopian Comics Series is Gritty, Hardboiled and Cleverly Constructed

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Martin Simpson (NORD) describes his new comics venture Rasp as something that will appeal to those who appreciate Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Sherlock Holmes, Bladerunner, The Good,…

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All the Effort You Are Making Will Ultimately Pay Off – A Year of Moments Collected by Peony Gent in Yet Another Striking Poetry Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Peony Gent has never been one to shy away from a longer title for her projects and her latest…

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Who Killed Nessie? – Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith’s Cryptozoological Murder Mystery Beautifully Explores Ideas of Finding Your Place in the World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! We first covered Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith’s Who Killed Nessie? last year with an interview for its initially self-published crowdfunding campaign. This cryptid murder mystery…

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5 More Minutes – Existential Angst is at the Heart of Hannah Berry’s Study of the Mother-Daughter Relationship

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Can it really be an entire eight years since Hannah Berry’s last work in comics in the pages of the Broken Frontier Award-winning graphic novel Livestock?…

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Creature Day – Letty Wilson, Ell J Walker, Eve and Spire Greenwood Remember a Day of Friendship and Fun from Different Perspectives

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Hourly Comic Day strips can be a variable reading experience when compiled simply because their method of delivery was never about eventual collection; more about the…

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Beyond the Black Void Vol. 1 – A Vibrant Science Fiction Anthology from 2024 ‘2000 AD’ Talent Search Runners-Up 

  • by Gary Usher
  • November 4, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! The 2000 A.D. Talent Search takes place at Thought Bubble every year, with one talented writer and artist winning a competition for a chance to contribute to the…

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I Will Meet You on the Other Side of Space – Rein Lee’s Story of a Young Boy on a Quest to Build a Rocketship is Beautiful in Its Melancholy

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Let’s say this yet again. The more I read of Rein Lee’s comics the more convinced I am of their place as one of the most…

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Road to Chimera – Trans Identity Explored as a Spiritual Pathway in Jua OK!’s Fantasy Story

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Jua OK!’s Road to Chimera instantly strikes the reader with its powerful and expressive use of visual metaphor. Described as a book that “explores themes of…

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Diary of a Detainee – R. E. Burke’s Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! I am probably breaking some unspoken rule of reviewing by writing about R. E. Burke’s Diary of a Detainee given that I am, of course, personally…

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Fury – Dominique Duong Gives Us a Visceral Study of Repressed Anger

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! With her short comic Fury 2020 Broken Frontier Six to Watch artist Dominique Duong gives us a story that is told initially with intense full-page imagery…

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Shetland Travel Comics – Junooo’s Travelogue Allows Us to Experience Island Life in an Appealing Comics Short

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 30, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! It’s an old comics storytelling trick but it’s an effective one. By casting either themself in the form of an on-page animal avatar cartoonists can often…

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Silent Horizon – Benjamin Dickson Gives Us Faith, Fear, and the End of the World? 

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 29, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Silent Horizon. A new, self-published graphic novel written and illustrated by Benjamin Dickson. Five years in the making to illustrate and complete. A mystery so intriguing,…

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The Gloriously Untrue Adventures of Sapphira #1 – Bending Reality with Sapphira Olson and Her Fictionalized Versions of Herself (and Her Cat, Felicette)

  • by Gary Usher
  • October 28, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Sapphira Olson is a novelist and poet (Woman in the Ship, Parables, The Dandelion Tree, Android Author, Anna Newton Destroys the World, Stanley Park), but around…

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Dougborne – Light-Hearted ’90s Animated Sitcom ‘Doug’ and Gritty Video Game ‘Bloodborne’ Converge in this Unlikely Shanefaced Mash-Up

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! The ever versatile Shane Melisse, aka Shanefaced, has proven himself at home in multiple genres but one of the things he does the very best is…

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Aimé – L. Adassovsky Weaves a Whimsical Fairy Tale of Magic, Melancholy and Wonder

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 27, 2025

Having had the pleasure of reviewing L. Adassovsky’s Hibernation Guide for Rabbits and Hares at Broken Frontier for last year’s ShortBox Comics Fair, seeing her name pop up again in…

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