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“Thought Bubble Continues to Be an Intoxicating Comics Brew of Styles, Approaches, Subject Matter and Presentation” – BF’s Andy Oliver Looks Back on Another Memorable Weekend in Harrogate

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Already feeling separation anxiety from Harrogate? Our traditional Thought Bubble report may make that sense of loss linger but I’m sure we can all agree TB…

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The Inspirational Quindrie Press to Close at the End of 2026 – Read Publisher Eve Greenwood’s Statement Here

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 17, 2025

Just before this year’s Thought Bubble we received the news that Eve Greenwood had decided to take the difficult step of shutting down the inspirational publishing force that is Quindrie…

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What Are the Broken Frontier Comics of the Festival for Thought Bubble 2025? – Some Must-Buys Here!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 14, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Every year at Broken Frontier we select two or three comics of the festival from the debuting titles that you need to make an absolute beeline…

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Where to Find the Broken Frontier Six to Watch at Thought Bubble 2025!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! We can’t finish our Thought Bubble coverage this year without a mention as to where you can find artists from the 11 years of our Broken…

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“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience Interactions

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Thought Bubble regulars Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins have had a busy 2025. On top of another volume of their collected webcomic Our Super Adventure this…

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“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative Process

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Tying into both our Thought Bubble Month coverage and our spotlight interviews with this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators we’re speaking today at BF…

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Altiplano – Gustaffo Vargas’s Universally Acclaimed Peruvian Cyberpunk Series Collected

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Since we first covered the work of Gustaffo Vargas way back in 2018 the UK-based South American artist’s star has risen to such a degree that…

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Magical – Mark Stafford Gives Us a Typically Cynical Take on the Standards of Fairy Tales

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! In a more just universe Mark Stafford would be one of the industry’s most sought after and renowned cartoonists. His work, with its singular visionary blend…

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“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics Community

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! This weekend Thought Bubble hosts drop-in portfolio review sessions. Organised by that great comics community booster Alison Sampson (Winnebago Graveyard, The Department of Truth, Sleeping Beauties)…

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Eliza – The Ghost in Every Machine: The Complete Collection – Viraj Joshi Brings Complex Technological Questions to Comics in an Accessible Way

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2025

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…

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∞ : The new WIP Comics Anthology – The WIP Crew Are Back, Doing Their Thing and Providing a Platform for New and Established Artists Alike

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2025

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….

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Secret Oranges: Early Comics 2005-2008 – Dan White’s New Collection Takes Us Back to the Formative Years of the ‘Cindy & Biscuit’ Creator

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2025

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…

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Fine Young Ladies – Kamila Krol/Pigeon Collects Two Stories of Dark Fantasy that Show Her Command of the Language of Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2025

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…

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The Last Day of Rain #3 and #4 – Claudia Matosa’s Environmental Thriller Reaches the Penultimate Instalment

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2025

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…

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On Starlit Shores – Bex Glendining Combines Fantasy and Slice-of-Life Storytelling in a Truly Magical Reflection on Loss and Love

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2025

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…

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Worms Book the Second – More Visceral Horror in the Second Collection of Erika Price’s Tale of Vatican Intrigue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2025

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…

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Magic and Memory – Manon Wright Presents a Quartet of Mystical Short Comics Including the All-New ‘The Witch’s Cookbook’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2025

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…

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Runner – Shri Gunasekara’s Experimental Graphic Novel is a Powerful Metaphorical Examination of Responsibility and Generational Trauma

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2025

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…

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