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Once again at this point in the year I am going to repeat the sentiments of twelve months before. Every time we make our Broken Frontier Six to Watch announcement…
Since way back in 2012 we have been running this annual ‘Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!’ round-up at Broken Frontier, choosing a handful of comics we…
As always… we did tell you. Back in 2024, when I selected Dominica Claribelle to be one of that year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators, I said of that…
Pascal Girard and Cathon are two of the most distinctive voices in Montreal’s vibrant indie comics landscape, each cultivating a devoted readership through their wry, sharply observed work. Girard is…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Thought Bubble regulars Sarah Graley and Stef Purenins have had a busy 2025. On top of another volume of their collected webcomic Our Super Adventure this…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Tying into both our Thought Bubble Month coverage and our spotlight interviews with this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ creators we’re speaking today at BF…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! This weekend Thought Bubble hosts drop-in portfolio review sessions. Organised by that great comics community booster Alison Sampson (Winnebago Graveyard, The Department of Truth, Sleeping Beauties)…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! If this year’s Thought Bubble coverage has a human interest story then the origins of debuting anthology Beyond the Black Void is surely it. A titanic…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! A bumper interview offering today as part of our Thought Bubble coverage as we chat with Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat, the writer and artist behind…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! The last time we talked with Dave Cook his first Killtopia cyberpunk series had just been collected and published by Titan. With the second arc Killtopia:…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Neill Cameron’s Donut Squad has become one of the absolute highlights of UK kids weekly comic The Phoenix in recent months. I described it here at…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! As it’s Halloween it seems most appropriate to be running our interview with Armored writer Michael Schwartz today at Broken Frontier. Illustrated by Ismael Hernández, Armored…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! After choosing the self-publishing route writer-artist Joe Latham came to much wider attention recently with his acclaimed Haru graphic novel trilogy from Andrews McMeel. I reviewed…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! From diary comics to Chaucer adaptations Kristen Haas Curtis’s work can never be said to be predictable. Kristen will be moderating the ‘Out of Olde Bokes:…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! When I discovered the work of self-published comics artist Rein Lee at the inQ! queer comics fair last year I pretty much instantly knew that they were…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Is there anyone in UK comics who thinks more deeply about taking comics into new spaces and finding uses of the form that push at its…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! An early entry in the graphic medicine area of comics, Al Davison’s The Spiral Cage was first published in 1988 and followed his life living with…
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…
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, 2026Celebrating 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
