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This Comic is Haunted #4 – The 77 Publications Tap Into the Nostalgia of a Classic Era of British Comics with this Eerie Collection of Supernatural Stories

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! One of the two covers to this flipbook-style issue of This Comic is Haunted #4 – the supernatural-themed anthology from The77 Publications – is niche in…

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Uncle Zaxlor’s Robot Repair Shop – All-Ages Sci-Fi with a Mechanised Twist from Leo Healy and Torgo Wells

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Last year at Broken Frontier I reviewed a rather fun minicomic from writer Leo Healy and artist Torgo Wells titled So You’ve Been Conquered By the…

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The Black Dog of Bouley Bay – Chloe Starling Investigates Phantom Canines in a Minicomic and Zine Package

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! I have indeed noted this before here for our Thought Bubble 2024 celebrations but one of the great joys of following self-publishing comics creators is seeing…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, November 14th for a Thought Bubble 2024 Special

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, November 14th for a Thought Bubble…

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Comic Art and Zine Fair Organiser’s Accessibility Checklist – New Guide from the Comics Cultural Impact Committee Will Be Available in Print at Thought Bubble

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 8, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! A very important press release today from our friends at the Comics Cultural Impact Collective. For comics event organisers you can now download their Comic Art…

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The Scrapbook of Life and Death – Edwardian Oddities and Mental Health Converge in J. Webster Sharp’s Dark Collection of Tales

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! George Ives’ life, even in synopsis, makes for fascinating reading. Born in 1867 he was a writer, a…

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Alba Ceide’s Tall Tale – A Delightful Foray into Childhood Imagination in this Tactile, Fold-Out Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Alba Ceide’s Tall Tale is one of the stories you can read in this year’s WIP Comics two-book…

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Secrets of the Majestic – Eerie Toiletary Hijinks Abound in this Comics Anthology Featuring Kieron Gillen, Cecil Castelluci, Sammy Ward, Asa Wheatley and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There can surely be no comics anthology to get review space here at Broken Frontier that has a…

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The Skin You’re In – Botanical Horror is at Its Finest in this Spine-Chilling Compendium from Ashley Robin Franklin

  • by Lydia Turner
  • November 7, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! “For better or worse, the bodies we inhabit are our homes. But despite the old adage, home isn’t always the safest place to be…”. So reads…

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Colossive Cartographies #59 – Nicola Streeten Provides the Case for Sustainable Farming in ‘Bottom-Up’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 7, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Thought Bubble is, of course, a time for discovery and if you have yet to dive into the world of fold-out zines in Colossive Press’s Colossive…

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“If You Have a Story You Can’t Wait to Tell, then Just Start Making It” – Dave Cook Talks the Collected ‘Killtopia’ from Titan and Taking Your First Steps Into Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 7, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! When it comes to genre fiction comics Dave Cook is a staple of the UK indie scene. With numerous successful Kickstarter campaigns behind him, and the recent…

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The Weird and Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse – Themes of Transness, the East and Southeast Asian Diaspora, Mental Health and the Pandemic Are Covered in this Candid Autobio Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! The Weird and Wonderful Surviveries of Squid Horse is a collection of comic strips that defies easy categorisation. It’s autobio but with sidesteps into fantasy interwoven…

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Adrift on a Painted Sea – Tim Bird’s Beautifully Realised Graphic Memoir Celebrates the Life and Work of His Late Mother Sue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Tim Bird has always been one of the medium’s finest practitioners when it comes to investigating that particular metaphorical crossroads where individual, memory, environment and time…

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Audrey Hepburn – Michele Botton and Dorilys Giacchetto Revisit the Life and Times of the Film Star for NBM

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • November 5, 2024

Audrey Hepburn loved comic books. That revelation, from a preface by the Hollywood icon’s second son Luca Dotti, is an apt piece of trivia with which to begin her graphic…

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Worms Book the First – Erika Price Brings Gothic Horror to Vatican City in this Intense and Brooding Opener

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Last year as part of our Thought Bubble coverage here at Broken Frontier I took a detailed look at Erika Price’s Disorder collection of comics. I…

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Queer Ecology: Pigeons – Sarah Maloney Provides Some Lesser Known Facts about Our Avian Friends in this Delightful Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! What makes an event like Thought Bubble such a draw for anyone who enjoys the full breadth and depth of the medium is the sheer diversity…

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Meryl – C A Strike Humorously Considers the Joys and Worries of Owning a Loveable, Roguish Cat!

  • by Lydia Turner
  • November 4, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! One of the many joys of the yearly Thought Bubble convention is discovering small press and indie creators. It’s especially exciting to see completely new creators…

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NBM’s Publishing Schedule for Summer 2025 Revealed – Amy Winehouse, Will Eisner, French Literature and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • November 4, 2024

Just a few weeks after announcing their Spring 2025 schedule NBM have announced Spring 2025’s line-up of books including graphic biographies of Amy Winehouse and Will Eisner. NBM Announces Summer…

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