THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! I’ve been to several zine/comic festivals this year, all of which have been incredibly well-curated and well-attended. However, I have never been to a comic art…
In 2020, French journalist Benoist Simmat delved into one of his country’s oldest obsessions. The result was a graphic history of wine, tracing its origins from the Middle Ages to…
Looking forwards to 2025 now and BOOM! Studios’ new series Bronze Faces… Shobo, Shof and Alexandre Tefenkgi Bring Nigerian Mythology to BOOM! Studios A Nigerian Cultural Horror Story Celebrated authors…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! It’s the great UK comics end-of-year party and this year, for the first time since 2019, Cinderella did finally get to go to the ball. The…
As someone who, back in the mists of time, was a judge for the second edition of what is now the First Graphic Novel Award I can certainly attest to…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! So that was Thought Bubble Month at BF… When our festival report goes up next week we will have exceeded our ambitious plan to get 50…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! A perennial favourite in the Broken Frontier Awards in the Best Periodical Series category, Strip for Me’s A Pocket Chiller series has produced some truly disquieting one-shot…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Film-maker Chris Shepherd’s debut graphic novel Anfield Road – a working class coming-of-age story set in 1980s Liverpool – is already receiving critical acclaim, including an…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! If anyone ever tells you that the UK small press comics scene is in a state of decline…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Living with the Living originally saw life a few years ago as a webcomic but went on hiatus…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan’s Pricks, in all its multi-named and numbered incarnations, has become one of my favourite Thought Bubble print fixtures, albeit a delightfully…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Annabel Hewitson’s Nostos minicomics follow the adventures of Alexandros and m3.tis, the AI aboard his spaceship, as the pair travel through the stars. To date there…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Lovers of all things warm, fuzzy and cute will surely have heard of creator Beatrijs Brouwer, professionally known as Beastly Worlds. Renowned for her delicate prints (largely…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Every year at Broken Frontier as part of our Thought Bubble coverage we like to pick out one…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! There are times when you read comics work that is so captivating and so delightful that you immediately fall in love with it. This was my…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! With a remit to explore “queer love stories in medieval/historical fantasy settings” Queer Knights features three stories; one from KitsuneArt who has featured on a number…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! In Hometown Harl Jones explores feelings that will, no doubt, be familiar to many. This minicomic short examines that odd sense of displacement that can occur…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Kai Dylan’s work first came to my attention via our most recent Broken Frontier Connects day of one-to-one Zoom mentoring sessions. The title Fifteen Minutes is…
Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell and Yu-Ching ChiuJanuary 15, 2026
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“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 InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
