THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Viraj Joshi’s Eliza – The Ghost in Every Machine: The Complete Collection came us something of a revelation. If you imagine science comics as likely to…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! What makes a good small press comics anthology? This may be contentious but I don’t necessarily believe that technical proficiency is the answer to that question….
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! There’s been a recent marketing move to describe long forgotten US serial comic collections as compiling “lost” comics. That has never sat well with me given…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! “For rebellious girls, mischievous femmes and daring thems” says the tagline for Kamila Krol aka Pigeon’s collection Fine Young Ladies. The comic collects two of Krol’s…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! When last we visited Claudia Matosa’s ecological sci-fi thriller The Last Day of Rain here at Broken Frontier its protagonist Carol was working to bring back…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Bex Glendining’s On Starlit Shores is one of the graphic novel releases of 2025 that I have been most eagerly awaiting this year. That was based…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Is there anyone working in UK indie comics who can match the truly visceral visual storytelling of Erika Price? Last year at Broken Frontier the first…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! It’s been far too long since we had the opportunity to talk about work by 2024 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Manon Wright (Children of…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Experimental comics work is, as all our readers know, a huge part of our coverage remit here at Broken Frontier. As such, work like Shri Gunasekara’s…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! I am often asked exactly what I am looking for when I select artists for our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ programme every year. That is…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Originally presented in digital format as part of the LDComics Fair this past Summer, Abs Bailey’s Mother will be available in print at this year’s Thought…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! So this is a somewhat different theme for a comics anthology. MD Penman (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) has put together a very impressive line-up…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Writer Chad Bilyeu’s The Re-Up (illustrated by Juliette de Wit) has already proven itself to be some of the most uncompromising autobio comics you are ever…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! We like our Thought Bubble traditions here at Broken Frontier and Joe Stone and Matthew Dooley’s flipbook comics (one half by each cartoonist) are a staple…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! If this year’s Thought Bubble coverage has a human interest story then the origins of debuting anthology Beyond the Black Void is surely it. A titanic…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Current Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph and LICAF Breakthrough Initiative artist Abbigayle Bircham come together on My Dad Fights Demons!, a book that in some ways feels…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! I have made no secret of my belief that community groups in the form of creative collectives are an absolutely vital part of the comics ecosystem…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Over a decade ago at Broken Frontier Tom Murphy reviewed the Chrissy Williams and Tom Humberstone-edited poetry comics anthology Over the Line calling it “a selection…
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi AnthologyNovember 10, 2025
“It’s about Fame, Friendship, and Just How Long You’re Willing to Fake it to Make it” – Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat Talk ‘Who Are the Power Pals?’ from Dark HorseNovember 6, 2025
“It’s Tough Out There, But You’re Absolutely Not Alone!” – Dave Cook on ‘Killtopia: Phantoms’, Challenging Times for Crowdfunding, and Returning to Thought BubbleNovember 5, 2025
“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’November 4, 2025
“The Biggest Challenge for Me Was Having to Think More Like a Director” – Michael Schwartz on Writing for Comics for the First Time and His Supernatural Ghost Story ‘Armored’October 31, 2025
