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Edgar Allan Poe: A Tale of Mystery and Intervention – Norm Konyu’s Take on the Master of Horror Manages to Be Both Awe-Inspiring and Irreverent

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Norm Konyu has undeniably made a name for himself in comics in recent years as an accomplished purveyor of the macabre and the unsettling. A number…

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Carmilla through Time – KitsuneArt and Carmineclaire’s Zine Pays Homage to Sheridan Le Fanu’s Classic Vampire Character

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! “We will haunt you and drink all your blood if you ever think of throwing any part of this into an AI’s hellhole.” That’s a statement…

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“I Want to Build a Feeling of Curiosity and Wonder about the World” – Skai Campbell, AKA Skhoshbell, on Exploring Environmental Themes in Comics, Navigating the Small Press Scene, and the Allure of Hedgehogs

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Just in time for Harrogate we have the next of our spotlight interviews with this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators and this time it’s…

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Coady – Donald Calabrese’s Meta Graphic Biography on the Canadian Social Reformer Also Asks Us Questions About How We Perceive and Mythologise the Past

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! From an international perspective graphic biographies can introduce us to figures either contemporary or historical that we may be unfamiliar with. That, in turn, can lead…

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Pablo and Splash – Sheena Dempsey’s Time-Travelling Penguin Duo Are a Hoot for Readers Both Young and Older

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! As we have mentioned on numerous occasions during this year’s Thought Bubble Month coverage at Broken Frontier this is the con where comics gems are to…

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Warriors of Junk Food – This Year’s Leeds Comics Collective’s Anthology is Another Timely Reminder of the Importance of Community and Collaboration in the Small Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! The Leeds Comics Collective’s annual Thought Bubble anthology has become a welcome addition to the small press debut traditions in Harrogate every year. After their Cryptids…

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One Day in the Life of Xero Slingsby – Meet the Anarchist with a Bikepumpaphone in Another Essential Anna Readman Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 3, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! If you’re a long-term Broken Frontier reader you know by now that Anna Readman is one of my absolute favourite creators working in the form today….

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Mad Villain #2 – Nikesh Shukla and Camille Aubry’s Socially Relevant, Nazi-Punching Comic Continues to Make Pertinent Points

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Comics that reflect the disturbing times we live are not simply a desirable development. They’re a crucial one. Earlier this year at Broken Frontier I reviewed…

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Katzine: The Catch-Up Issue – After Nearly a Decade Katriona Chapman’s Much-Loved Slice-of-Life Series Returns for a Special Issue this Autumn

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Running from 2015 to 2017, Katriona Chapman’s Broken Frontier Award-winning series Katzine mixed autobiographical comic strips, illustration pieces and and regular features. It’s one of those…

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The Great Marc Evers: The True Story of a Champion Against All Odds – An Inspiring Account of the Dutch Paralympic Swimmer that Makes Able Use of the Language of Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 2, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! To start with the obvious observation readers will make about this graphic biography, The Great Marc Evers: The True Story of a Champion Against All Odds…

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Sgadanach – Letty Wilson’s Fluid Artwork Brings this Tale of Scottish Folklore to Enchanting Life

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 29, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! While the text of Letty Wilson’s Sgadanach is presented in Scots and Scottish Gaelic (Gaidhlig), it’s a narrative designed to be entirely readable for those who…

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Star Chamber – The Illustrative Splendour of Joe Killick’s Fantasy One-Shot is Something to Behold

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 29, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! It takes a particular skill in presenting a narrative in comics without the props of dialogue and exposition. Pure visual storytelling relies on an able and…

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Deathmetal Chapter One – The Fantastical and the Urban Converge in the Opener of Nessie Mooo and Mouette’s Magical Girl Saga

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 28, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! When I spoke to small press creator Nessie Mooo here at Broken Frontier earlier this year about Deathmetal, their comics collaboration with Mouette, they said of…

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Preview: Visiting America – Fantagraphics to Publish R. E. Burke’s Graphic Memoir Account of Being Unjustly Incarcerated by ICE and the Stories of the Detained Women She Met

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2026

It goes without saying that there’s a personal element to promoting this particular graphic memoir here at BF. Early last year our friend and former Broken Frontier teammate R. E….

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The Artist: The Portfolio Edition – Breakdown Press Present the Ultimate Compilation of Anna Haifisch’s Satirical Take on the Art World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Laughing at the pretensions and idiosyncrasies of the art world – whether doing so with fond and gentle humour or scathingly acidic wit – is hardly…

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To Catch a Landed Gull – Noah Frear Takes Us into an Allegorical Dreamscape of the Symbolic and the Oddly Familiar

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 27, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! Comics with an experimental edge are an integral part of our coverage here at Broken Frontier. We are the site that probably oversaturates our coverage with…

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“At the Base of Every Story I Tell is Some Aspect of Myself” – Michael Furler Talks Inspiration, Process, His ShortBox and Peow Work, and the Swiss Comics Scene

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 26, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! With a body of quirky but relatable work behind him from publishers like ShortBox and Peow, Swiss artist Michael Furler has already built a knowing following…

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P*nk Lab Grl! Book One – Shannon Spence’s Protagonist Takes on Big Pharma and End-Stage Capitalism in this Likeable Romp with Something Serious to Say

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 23, 2026

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2026! As we know Thought Bubble is an opportunity to discover voices entirely new to us but it also provides us with a chance to pick up…

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