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Bradley of Him – A Surreal and Engaging Trip through the Centre of American Glitz and Glam from Connor Willumsen and Koyama Press

  • by Jenny Robins
  • April 16, 2020

Just keep running, and maybe they’ll give you an Oscar. Or is it all a Mirage? This surreal and engaging trip through the centre of American glitz and glam from…

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Join the Future #1 – An Intriguing Look Forward and Backwards in Genre Time and Space that Might Say Something True about the Here and Now

  • by Jenny Robins
  • February 18, 2020

Why not Join the Future for an intriguing look forward and backwards in genre time-space that might say something true about the here and now. #1 out in March. If…

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“The Art You Spend Hours and Hours Labouring Over is Always the One that Bombs!” – Instagram Cartoonist ZeppelinMoon Talks Sloths, Manatees and Building that All-Important Social Media Audience

  • by Jenny Robins
  • December 5, 2019

ZeppelinMoon is part of a growing movement of irreverent Instagram cartoonists racking up serious numbers with content that is by turns relatable and ridiculous or often both. Our Jenny Robins…

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ABC of Typography – If You Thought Typography Was Boring, David Rault and His Roster of 11 Comic Artists Will Make You Eat Your Words

  • by Jenny Robins
  • November 13, 2019

If you thought typography was boring, David Rault and his roster of 11 comic artists will make you eat your words – each chapter a delightfully different visual course in…

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Other Horrible Folk – Douglas Noble Does It Again with Sinister Subtlety and Canny Uncanniness in this Poetic Time Capsule of Tradition

  • by Jenny Robins
  • November 4, 2019

THOUGHT BUBBLE 2019! “They see what they want to see, don’t they? The Devil in the long grass and old gods scratching behind the moon.” Other Horrible Folk dances through…

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“Not Very Long Ago, to Say that Someone Was the Sort of Woman Who ‘Prefers to Wear Sensible Shoes’ Could Imply that She Was a Lesbian” – More Recently, Kate Charlesworth’s Book of the Same Name Debuted, to Shed Technicolour Light on the Subject from Her Expert Angle

  • by Jenny Robins
  • October 16, 2019

“Not very long ago, to say that someone was the sort of woman who ‘prefers to wear sensible shoes’ could imply that she was a lesbian” Even more recently, Kate Charlesworth’s graphic…

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The Artist: The Circle of Life – Raw, Tender, Silly and Sweet, Anna Haifisch’s Surreal Satire on the Life of Emerging Artists Manages to be Joyful Despite Being Composed Mostly of Disasters

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 30, 2019

HCZF FORTNIGHT! When Anna Haifisch received an email from Vice magazine in 2015 inviting her to do a weekly cartoon strip she said yes right away. Given a blank slate,…

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Girl in the World – Silver Sprocket Presents Caroline Cash’s Timeless Tale of Disenfranchised Youth Embracing the Times They Live In

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 14, 2019

A timeless tale of disenfranchised youth embracing the times they live in, cool kids now constantly connected by their phones, yet often still not listening to each other very much….

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Comics in the Academy – Jenny Robins Provides an Illustrated Report on Professor Roger Sabin’s Talk on Comics Studies and the Evolution of the Form at UAL

  • by Jenny Robins
  • June 12, 2019

Is the “graphic novel” a curse? Is comics studies becoming “instrumentalised”? Should Comics become a discipline? Roger Sabin explored these three questions on ‘Comics in the Academy’. Jenny Robins went…

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After Maria – Putting the GRAPHIC in ETHNOGRAPHIC: Dr. Gemma Sou and John Cei Douglas Give an Inside Look at What it’s Like to Survive a Natural Disaster, and Rebuild Your Life in its Messy Wake

  • by Jenny Robins
  • June 4, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! After Maria is a touching and relatable look at one family’s life in the days, weeks and months following Hurricane Maria’s destructive visit to Puerto Rico in September…

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Marble Cake – Scott Jason Smith’s Avery Hill Graphic Novel is a Delicious Metaphor Baked into Stories of Unspoken Angst and Longing Mixed Up with Moments of Peace and Pithy Dialogue

  • by Jenny Robins
  • June 3, 2019

ELCAF FORTNIGHT! Dark and light swirled together, a delicious metaphor baked into stories of unspoken angst and longing mixed up with moments of peace and pithy dialogue. Some people are…

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Inside Look: Biscuits (assorted) – Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Winner Jenny Robins Talks About Her Debut GN and Previous Minicomics Practice in this Exclusive Creator Commentary

  • by Jenny Robins
  • May 9, 2019

Our Inside Look feature at Broken Frontier provides creators with the opportunity to share exclusive commentaries on their comics projects with our readers, giving insights into the genesis, process and…

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Lulu the Sensational …and the Family Secret – Cruelty, Courage, Creativity and Family Secrets that Need Some Unpacking in Helen Blejerman’s Faceless Silent Movie of a Graphic Novel

  • by Jenny Robins
  • May 2, 2019

“May God watch over you, and protect you and keep you safe.”  Lulu’s mother “enjoyed watching Gene Kelly dance and sniffing round an old poetry book. She abandoned her acting…

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DeadEndia: The Watcher’s Test – Demon Possession, Social Anxiety, Time-Travelling Assassins, Sarcastic Pop Culture References and Perfectly Timed Physical Comedy? Must Be a Tuesday in the World of DeadEndia

  • by Jenny Robins
  • January 17, 2019

Pantheon by Hamish Steele is one of my all-time favourite graphic novels, so I was really excited to read his new one DeadEndia. It’s pitched for a slightly younger audience…

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Charmingly Creepy Overlapping Worlds Slip Off Rachael Ball’s Pencil into Your Hands in the Form of Childhood Grief Fable ‘Wolf’ – We Talk to Her about Her New Graphic Novel from SelfMadeHero

  • by Jenny Robins
  • October 30, 2018

Remembering childhood is not unlike remembering a dream, or a story you heard a long time ago, for Rachael Ball it’s all three at once: “When things are mixed up…

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Faith Says You #1: It’s Dark Outside – Kate Brown’s Self-Published Comic is a Beautiful Pebble of Angst, Love and All the Questions We’re Afraid to Ask Ourselves

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 13, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Faith Says You #1: It’s Dark Outside, self-published by Kate Brown, premieres at Thought Bubble and is a beautiful 128-page pebble of angst, love and all the…

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Sylvics – Julian Payne Asks the Question “What if Trees Walked Among Us in Our Hectic Modern World?”

  • by Jenny Robins
  • September 10, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! What if trees walked among us in our hectic modern world? What would they care about? Ecological issues? Or saving hot boys? Sylvics explores some age…

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Anubis – Joanna Karpowicz’s Ubiquitous Egyptian God of Death is an Ever Present Enigma in this Masterpiece from Centrala

  • by Jenny Robins
  • August 9, 2018

Anubis, Egyptian God of Death, hangs out in dark corners, watching, then goes to the beach, the museum, the aquarium, visits the set of Twin Peaks, stairs at you out…

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