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Designed to shine a spotlight on the often overlooked world of small press, self-published and altcomics.

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Laneha House #1-3 – Lawrence Lindell and Breena Nuñez’s Small Press Slice-of-Life Anthology is Eclectic, Experimental and Ever Relevant

  • by Andy Oliver
  • December 7, 2021

Last year at Broken Frontier we exclusively announced the formation of Laneha House, the small press dedicated to showcasing the work of artists Lawrence Lindell and Breena Nuñez. Previous coverage…

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A Pocket Chiller: Ripple in the Dark – Mark Stafford Joins Douglas Noble in Another One-Shot Journey Into the Macabre

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 26, 2021

“Pray that the stories, names, characters and incidents portrayed in this comic are untrue” says the knowing subversion of the traditional opening disclaimer in Strip for Me’s latest A Pocket…

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Nottingham to London – Fragments of Lived Experience Are Scattered Across the Pages of this New Work from Peony Gent

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 25, 2021

One of a trio of new comics that Peony Gent debuted at Thought Bubble this year (see our review of Three Comics here for another of those offerings) London to…

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Home – Gareth Brookes Takes Us on a Psychogeographical Journey with a Lurking Morbidity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 23, 2021

Psychogeographical comics work looks to explore the intersections between place, time and memory. It can look at how we shape our environments and, in turn, how our environments shape us….

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LDN – RAMZEE and Company Take Us on a Tour of the Vibrancy and Diversity of a Capital City

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 22, 2021

Reading RAMZEE’s first long-form book LDN I was struck by how his role with this anthology collection went beyond that of creator (he writes the multiple stories compiled herein and…

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The Catalogue of Tiredness – Insomnia Classified in its Many Forms in Jessika Green’s Zine-Style Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 18, 2021

Back in the summer, as part of the online Small Press Day events programming I spent many hours giving SPD “one-tweet reviews” to anyone who posted four pages from their…

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Sarararara: Homecoming – Hicks! Gives Us a Distinctly ‘Carry on Archie’ Vibe as the 1950s Teen Parody Series Comes to a Close

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! The third instalment in the series, Sarararara: Homecoming returns to Hicks!’s darkly comedic 1950s high school world where Archie Comics-style goofiness is warped into something altogether more…

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Wolvendaughter – Ver’s Fantasy One-Shot on the Cycle of Death and Rebirth from Quindrie Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT 2021! Ver’s Wolvendaughter was one of the original batch of releases from Quindrie Press, the Scottish micropublisher who burst onto the indie comics scene this year with…

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – Reppion and Penman’s Arthurian Adaptation is a Narrative Triumph

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! From Sherlock Holmes to M.R. James to Alice in Wonderland, John Reppion (alongside Leah Moore) has a proven track record in adapting classic literature to comics. Debuting…

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Endswell #3 – Peter Morey’s Family Epic Takes Another Unexpected Sidestep in ‘Swanny’, the Strongest Episode Yet

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Returning to his autobiographical comic Endswell, Peter Morey takes another unexpected sidestep in a series which continues to surprise with its multiple perspectives on intergenerational family life…

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Really Horrible Folk – Douglas Noble Entertains Us with Another Collection of Unsettling Monologues from “a Choir of Desperate Voices”

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! The fourth in Douglas Noble’s Horrible Folk series, the Thought Bubble-debuting Really Horrible Folk is another collection of brief but unsettling monologues from “a choir of desperate…

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FML Comics #5 -Natasha Natarajan Immerses Us in the Immediacy of the Moment in Another Collection of Candid Autobio Strips

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Earlier this year at Broken Frontier our Jenny Robins interviewed artist Natasha Natarajan about her autobiographical comics collection FML Comics, the first four issues compiled into one…

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Three Comics – Peony Gent’s Latest Collection of Graphic Poetry is the Perfect Introduction to Her Boundary-Pushing Comics Practice

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Events like Thought Bubble offer us an opportunity not just to celebrate the things we love about comics but also to make other discoveries, to open ourselves…

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One for the Road – Sean Azzopardi Returns to Autobio Comics with a Wistful Yet Forward-Looking Piece on Moving On

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 9, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Over the last couple of years Sean Azzopardi has stepped back a little from regular autobiographical work to take his practice in other directions. Although arguably best…

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Boomerang Part 2 – Rebecca K. Jones Takes Us Back to the Recession of 2009 in the Second Part of Her Pensive Coming-of-Age Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! When we last saw Claire, the protagonist of Rebecca K. Jones’s Boomerang, she was facing an uncertain future in the days of the global financial crisis of…

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Naglalamay – Mereida’s “Exploration of Filipino Funeral Rites and Superstitions” is our Thought Bubble ‘Comic of the Festival’ for 2021

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Mereida Fajardo’s Naglalamay was originally very briefly covered here at Broken Frontier as part of our Hackney Comic + Zine Fair Month event when, in minicomic format,…

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Cindy and Biscuit: Year One – Dan White’s Much Loved Monster-Hunting Duo Make a Most Welcome Return

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! With just a few days to go, one of the great unexpected treats of this year’s Thought Bubble debut books list was my discovery last week that…

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Black Dragon #1 – Nick Gonzo Combines Themes of Corporate Greed, an Exploration of Lives Lived for Audience Appreciation and a Cracking Central Premise

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2021

THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Nick Gonzo’s Black Dragon #1 is not an easy book to define. Yes, it’s science fiction. That’s the simple but ultimately unsatisfying categorisation. But it’s also a…

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