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THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Moving from a career as an economist to one as a comic book writer is certainly an atypical entry point into the industry but’s the one…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Shuning Ji first came to prominence as part of SelfMadeHero’s Graphic Anthology Programme a couple of years ago. That initiative was designed to champion the work…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Sometimes in this whole comics commentary game you realise to your great surprise that there’s someone whose work you have been covering on and off for…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Two important boxes immediately checked here in today’s Thought Bubble Month interview. Firstly we have an example of the power of comics community in the shape…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! One of the international creators whose work you should be looking out for at Thought Bubble this year is Emilia Strilchuk who will be at Harrogate with…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Published earlier this year by Rosarium, Colleen Douglas’s graphic novel Silk Cotton (with collaborators Jesus C. Gan and Lorenzo Palomobo) has garnered a growing level of…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! It must say something intriguing about our UK indie comics community that since Thought Bubble moved to Harrogate the thing that has most captured their imagination…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! As announced earlier today at Broken Frontier our Thought Bubble Month of coverage begins today on the site and what better place to start than by…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There are emerging artists I discover on my Broken Frontier travels who I know immediately have something extra special, next-level even, to…
He’s the fifth UK Comics Laureate and also the first person of colour to fill that position, and creator Bobby Joseph is obviously relishing his time in that role! An…
Since its inception in 2021, Pride Comic Art Festival, affectionately known as PrideCAF has come back each year, bigger and better than ever. Every year, the festival occurs at The…
Coming to Kickstarter this week the unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability and Neurodivergence Comic Anthology is “a 64-page comic anthology amplifying underrepresented voices in the disability and neurodivergent communities.” Exactly the kind of…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In the fourth of our 2024 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ interviews we chat today with Chinese artist Tinglin Liu about her…
Described as “a tragic tale of loss and redemption” by publishers Mad Cave Studios fantasy series When the Blood Has Dried follows the story of Meabh of Cklonia, a small…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In the third of our interviews with this year’s Broken frontier Six to Watch creators we chat with French-Spanish, UK-based artist Zoè…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! In our second interview session with this year’s Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ artists we talk today with cartoonist Mike Armstrong. A…
Shocking, thrilling and intriguing, Beth Hetland’s Tender, a psychological thriller from Fantagraphics, erupted onto the comics scene earlier this year, both startling and delighting horror lovers, and cementing Hetland as…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Event organiser, collective member, writer and artist… Tom Philipson is a man of many roles within the UK indie comics world. He’s…
“At the Base of Every Story I Tell is Some Aspect of Myself” – Michael Furler Talks Inspiration, Process, His ShortBox and Peow Work, and the Swiss Comics SceneOctober 26, 2026
“There’s a Real Joy in Giving a Story a Good End” – Kate Ashwin on Saying Goodbye to the Cast of Her Webcomic ‘Widdershins’ After an Impressive 15 YearsOctober 22, 2026
“There Have Been So Many Highlights!” – Publisher Andy Brown on 30 Years of Conundrum Press, Discovering Unique Voices in Comics, and the Realities of Arts Funding in CanadaOctober 20, 2026
“I Love Exploring Themes of Culture, Family and Siblinghood” – Shri Gunasekara on Experimenting with the Form, Colour as a Storytelling Device, and Artistic ProcessOctober 19, 2026
“After Reading… So Many Works… from Caribbean-British Writers and African Americans… I Wanted to Create that Space for Myself in Comics”- Lara Boyle Talks to Michael D. Kennedy on the Process Behind the Making of ‘Milk White Steed’September 30, 2026
