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EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Earlier this year Emma Burleigh was announced as the inaugural winner of the Laydeez do Comics Prize for her work-in-progress graphic novel My Other Mother, My Other…
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Shane Melisse’s profile on the London small press scene is inextricably linked with his place as part of the Backwards Burd collective; a collaborative group of creators…
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EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Jayde Perkin’s I’m Not Ready – a short compilation of some of the artist’s autobio comic strips – begins with a prose introduction to the collection that…
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EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Graphic medicine – the term coined by graphic novelist and GP Ian Williams – is one of the strands of comics narrative that has played a vitally…
EXHIBITING AT BCZF! Two years ago at Broken Frontier I picked out the work of Aleesha Nandhra as being one of the highlights of the thirteenth issue of the much…
Tired but so, so inspired. Five words that sum up our post-Thought Bubble feelings here at Broken Frontier Towers. B-Fronts hit T-Bubs (did I really just type that?) in Leeds…
If you were in Leeds for Thought Bubble this weekend then you may well have caught the first leg of the Avery Hill Follow Me In and Retrograde Orbit Launch…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! That long-time favourite on the UK small press circuit Douglas Noble describes Jazz Creepers as “an anthology of florid stories, of disreputable comics, and of unruly…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Since I first met her at our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw this year and reviewed her minicomic Quiet Moments Laurel Pettitt’s graphic travelogue…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Admittedly this review is going to be something of a cheat, as will quickly become apparent below. But first a word or two about Gary Northfield’s…
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AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Sarararara: All-American Girl, the webcomic creation of Olivia Hicks, makes its print debut at Thought Bubble this weekend. The strip is an intriguing oddity in terms…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Over the last few months Nick Prolix’s Bullpen Boot-Camp column here at Broken Frontier has become a very popular feature on the site. Nick’s illustrated fortnightly…
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Back in early 2017 I reviewed a short autobiographical zine by UK small presser Eleanor Crewes and was struck by the immediate connection its creator made with her readership in…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! To describe Roger Langridge as a true comics great is hardly hyperbole; in fact if anything it’s more a case of being unduly economical with the…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! With effectively the third issue of his Glorious Wrestling Alliance series, 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Josh Hicks returns to the ring at Thought…
While we’re all gearing up in the UK for the juggernaut of comics festivals that is the all-encompassing Thought Bubble at the weekend our chums at Gosh! Comics in London…
AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Fraser Geesin – he of the splendidly funny and self-deprecating autobio comic The Cleaner: Man of Destiny – has a new comic debuting at Thought Bubble. Komisk…
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AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Thought Bubble just wouldn’t be Thought Bubble without the annual entry in John Riordan and Dan Cox’s music industry send-up Hitsville UK. And yet that’s the…
“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
