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DEBUTING AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! To date the output of the Big Brown Eyes Collective has focused on the comics of the three sisters who founded it – Freya, Karis and…
DEBUTING AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Sarah Crosby is one of those artists whose work has crossed my path intermittently over the years – whether it’s been her self-published offerings (Occupational Hazards,…
DEBUTING AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Howard Hardiman’s self-published Badger character has been appearing intermittently for the best part of a decade now, beginning on-page life as a vehicle to explore themes of solitude and…
Thought Bubble is approaching imminently and we’re busy here in what passes for the Broken Frontier Bullpen in the fortnight before the convention weekend posting teasers of just some of…
DEBUTING AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! In the time since 2014 that we have been covering the work of Rozi Hathaway here at Broken Frontier her comics have, arguably, become known for…
The first three issues of Fraser Geesin’s darkly witty The Cleaner: Man of Destiny were a post-Thought Bubble 2016 review pick at Broken Frontier so, in the run-up to this…
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If there’s been one obvious throughline to the work of creator Jessica Martin since she burst onto the comics scene a few, short years back it’s been her love of…
Thought Bubble is coming and, in the fortnight leading up to the festival weekend, we’re running a series of previews at BF of some of the debut books that have…
It’s festival season in the UK and, with Thought Bubble fast approaching on the horizon, we’re sifting through the annual plethora of debut comic, graphic novel and zine coverage requests…
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One of the great joys of overseeing our various Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch‘ programmes at BF is observing the artists involved as their work evolves and…
One of the many new releases to debut at Safari Festival earlier this month, Joseph P Kelly’s Paywall was a book we also included in our list of Staff Picks…
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The Newcastle-based Paper Jam Comics Collective celebrated their tenth anniversary this year and also put out their fourteenth anthology offering – the all-ages Amazing Adventure Comics Machine …and That, which…
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Earlier this year UK small press mainstay Sean Azzopardi spoke in length to us at Broken Frontier here about the creative process behind his (then) upcoming autobiographical comic 50 –…
A couple of years ago I was collared at a comics festival – exactly which one now is lost in the mists of my middle-aged memory I’m afraid – by…
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A few months back we reported on ‘It’s Going to Be Okay‘, an exhibition of the work of cartoonist Matt Boyce at Beer Rebellion in London’s Gypsy Hill (above) at…
The main UK festival season is rapidly approaching and with it comes the usual welcome influx of launch announcements. Today we’re previewing one of Avery Hill Publishing’s Autumn debuts which…
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I’ve said this before in this column but Richy K. Chandler is one of the great facilitators of the UK small press scene – a creator who, through his various…
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Last night saw the opening of Burnt Roti magazine’s ‘The Beauty of Being British Asian’ at the Old Truman Brewery on London’s Brick Lane – an exhibition that includes new…
“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
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics CommunityNovember 13, 2025
