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The Waiting Room – Chie Hosaka Gives Us a Concise Yet Touching Human Drama in this Short A4 Riso Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 24, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! I was rather taken by Tia and Guthrie, Chie Hosaka’s LDComics Fair offering, a few months ago when I reviewed it here at Broken Frontier. Affable…

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Bertilo the Little Baldy – Jingo Li and Bertit Butturini’s Bertilo is Topless, Tiny and Totally Iconic

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 23, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! If there’s one thing you need to know about Bertilo, it’s that he’s a “chubby bald Italian fella who loves pizza and is always topless. He…

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Watch Andy Luke on Making Northern Ireland’s Most Seen Comic from Caption Festival 2025 Here at BF!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 23, 2025

We’re very pleased to again present another video from this year’s Caption Festival today. Thanks to Caption’s Andy Luke for providing the information on ‘Making Northern Ireland’s Most Read Comic’…

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Preview: Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition – Oni Press to Publish Expanded Version of Maia Kobabe’s Graphic Memoir in 2026

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 23, 2025

Maia Kobabes’s Gender Queer is one of the most important graphic memoirs of the 21st century. News today from Oni Press of a new annotated edition coming in 2026. Check…

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“Basically, I’m Hoping to Please Both Nostalgia Fans and Those Who Enjoy Pop Culture Critique!” – Paul Cornell on the Bronze Age Avengers, His First ‘Commando’ Comic, and New Publishing Venture Cosmic Lighthouse

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 23, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! It’s been another busy year for writer Paul Cornell who has dipped his toes into more pop cultural pools over the course of 2025 than most…

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“We Hope to Explain Our Passion for the Medium to Gallery Visitors Who May Not Have Any Idea about Comics” – Katriona Chapman on the Avery Hill Exhibition ‘Vision & Labour: Making Comics’ at the Mercer Gallery for Thought Bubble

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 22, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Last year at Thought Bubble Avery Hill launched the Adrift on a Painted Sea exhibition which combined work from Tim Bird’s graphic memoir about his late…

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Pamphlet 01 – Bryan Lim Junyan and Singaporean Micropublisher PPIPPIPRESS’s “Interuniversal Newsletter for Humanoids” is a Fun, Tactile Artefact

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 22, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! So this is an intriguing little curiosity. Pamphlet 01 (subtitled The Interuniversal Newsletter for Humanoids) comes to us via creator Bryan Lim Junyan and new Singaporean…

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Watch the ‘Sustaining Safe Spaces’ Panel from Caption Festival 2025 Here at BF!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 21, 2025

We’re delighted to present another panel video from this year’s Caption Festival today. Thanks to Caption’s Andy Luke for providing the information on ‘Sustaining Safe Spaces’ below. Sustaining Safe Spaces (55m)…

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Down North, Where No One Goes #1 – Ramón Perales Cano and Company’s Brutal Far Future Tale of Conquest and Greed

  • by Gary Usher
  • October 21, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Spanish artist Ramón Perales Cano is a first time exhibitor at TB under the moniker of “Ramonkey Perales”. He may best be remembered for editing and…

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“There Are Hard Parts and There Are Wonderful Parts. I’m Just a Mum Trying Her Best” – Rachael Smith Gives Us the Lowdown on the Collected ‘Nap Comix’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 21, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Rachael Smith’s Kickstarter for the collected Nap Comix launched this week so it’s a most opportune time to welcome Rachael (the most interviewed creator ever at…

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“Comics Bring Art at Its Highest Level to the People” – Alison Sampson Talks Comics and Architecture, Crossing Genres, and the Communicative Power of the Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Alison Sampson’s work has been seen over an incredibly wide-ranging number of genres over the last decade or so. She’s a remarkably versatile artist and writer,…

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Come Join the Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE on Thurs, October 23rd for a Spooky Special – Check Out Our Gallery of Recent D&D Art Here!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 20, 2025

The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Online is back again this week and we’re inviting you to join in the fun with a little reminder of some…

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The Owl Lady – Claire O’Brien’s Story of a Lifetime Obsession is Both Darkly Funny and Deeply Poignant

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Claire O’Brien’s The Owl Lady fits into that traditional idea of the minicomic before that word became horribly overused and lost all meaning. Short in page…

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Welcome to Thought Bubble Month 2025 at Broken Frontier!

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Welcome to our celebration of all things TB for 2025! Last year at Broken Frontier we extended our annual coverage of Thought Bubble by turning two…

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Socrates – The Father of Philosophy Taken Out of His Ivory Tower by Barilli, Ranghiasci and Mad Cave

  • by Edward Picot
  • October 17, 2025

Socrates is essentially a courtroom drama. It deals with the trial of the Greek philosopher Socrates, known as the father of philosophy. As many readers will know, he was accused…

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Brooklyn Dreams – DeMatteis and Barr’s Darkly-Humoured Meditation on Truth and the Efficacy of Memory is an Exultant Masterpiece of Sequential Art

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 16, 2025

The following review of Brooklyn Dreams first appeared at Broken Frontier in 2012 when IDW reprinted the series in hardcover form. With Dark Horse Comics republishing it this month it…

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Small Press Fair at Travelling Man Newcastle this Sunday, October 19th – The Paper Jam Comics Collective Lead a Day of Self-Publishing Magic

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • October 15, 2025

The Paper Jam Comics Collective are something of an unsung hero of the UK small press scene. They’re one of those community groups in comics who deserve far more recognition….

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Rebecca Hall, Creator of ‘Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts’, Announces Wake Productions, an AfroFuturist Education Project Based in the Black Radical Tradition

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 15, 2025

Back in 2021 Dr. Rebecca Hall, alongside illustrator Hugo Martinez, won that year’s Broken Frontier Award for Best Graphic Non-Fiction for Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts. It’s…

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