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Pamphlet 01 – Bryan Lim Junyan and Singaporean Micropublisher PPIPPIPRESS’s “Interuniversal Newsletter for Humanoids” is a Fun, Tactile Artefact

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 22, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! So this is an intriguing little curiosity. Pamphlet 01 (subtitled The Interuniversal Newsletter for Humanoids) comes to us via creator Bryan Lim Junyan and new Singaporean…

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Down North, Where No One Goes – Ramón Perales Cano and Company’s Brutal Far Future Tale of Conquest and Greed

  • by Gary Usher
  • October 21, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Spanish artist Ramón Perales Cano is a first time exhibitor at TB under the moniker of “Ramonkey Perales”. He may best be remembered for editing and…

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The Owl Lady – Claire O’Brien’s Story of a Lifetime Obsession is Both Darkly Funny and Deeply Poignant

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 20, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Claire O’Brien’s The Owl Lady fits into that traditional idea of the minicomic before that word became horribly overused and lost all meaning. Short in page…

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Socrates – The Father of Philosophy Taken Out of His Ivory Tower by Barilli, Ranghiasci and Mad Cave

  • by Edward Picot
  • October 17, 2025

Socrates is essentially a courtroom drama. It deals with the trial of the Greek philosopher Socrates, known as the father of philosophy. As many readers will know, he was accused…

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Brooklyn Dreams – DeMatteis and Barr’s Darkly-Humoured Meditation on Truth and the Efficacy of Memory is an Exultant Masterpiece of Sequential Art

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 16, 2025

The following review of Brooklyn Dreams first appeared at Broken Frontier in 2012 when IDW reprinted the series in hardcover form. With Dark Horse Comics republishing it this month it…

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Sleepless Planet – Maureen Burdock Presents Insomnia as a Symptom of Capitalism, Via Graphic Mundi

  • by Edward Picot
  • October 14, 2025

Sleepless Planet is a long book – 240 pages, if you include the notes and acknowledgements at the end. It’s narrated mainly by Burdock herself, who tells us that “It’s…

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Bean Jr. – A Big-Hatted Bean on a Tiny Car Quest for Fast Food Glory from Ollie Wollerman and ShortBox Comics Fair

  • by Lydia Turner
  • October 9, 2025

Can a girl ask for more than a cutesy comic about a baked bean in a large hat? I think not. Introducing Bean Jr., a story about a man with…

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Gracie’s Ghost Vol. 1 – Dawn Brown’s Story About Bullying and Learning to Cope from Image Comics

  • by Edward Picot
  • October 8, 2025

One of the main themes of Gracie’s Ghost is bullying. “Every day,” says the Afterword at the end of the book, “we have the chance to decide what kind of…

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mini kuš! #132: The Big Spill – Food-Based Stunts Go Viral in Janne Marie Dauer’s Satirical Short

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 7, 2025

Janne Marie Dauer’s ‘The Big Spill’ (mini kuš! #132) takes the Latvian minicomics series in a deliciously bizarre direction. This one is, perhaps, a little more densely packed than some…

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Hibernating – Vaso Michailidou’s Comic Debut, Where Mundane Life Collides with Surreal, Magical Chaos

  • by Lydia Turner
  • September 29, 2025

The word ‘hibernating’ always provides such a sense of cosiness and warmth. Meaning ‘to spend the winter in a dormant state’, for a homebody, this might sound like total bliss….

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Shadowplay Vol. 1: Midnight School – Samuel Fonseca Unleashes a Brutal, Mind-Bending School of Horrors

  • by Lydia Turner
  • September 26, 2025

Imagine attending a school with violent teachers, barbed wires fences, and torture devices. Worse, imagine being unable to remember how or why you ended up there. Introducing Shadowplay: Volume 1:…

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The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang – Stan Yan’s Comedy-Horror for Kids, with a Bit of Extra Depth

  • by Edward Picot
  • September 25, 2025

The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang sets off as if it’s going to be a graphic-novel version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, with an Asian slant. But it soon…

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We See Stars Only at Night – Cole Pauls Takes Us on a Dream-Like Visual Journey of Tahltan Symbolism and Motifs in this ‘Conundrum 25’ Offering

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 24, 2025

Conundrum Press’s anniversary Conundrum 25 series of one-shots has provided the Canadian publisher with an opportunity to spotlight a diverse number of approaches to the medium alongside some powerful creative…

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Donut Squad Take Over the World! – Comedy Genius for All Ages as Neill Cameron’s ‘The Phoenix’ Faves Arrive in Book Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 23, 2025

UK weekly kids comics The Phoenix has given us some real gems over the years, traversing genre boundaries from slapstick silliness like Bunny Vs. Monkey through to the piercing social…

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Zarjaz Vol.3, #1 and #2 – Alba Ceide’s Art on ‘Strontium Dog’ is the Pick of the Batch in Two Issues that Make Playful Use of ‘2000 AD’ Continuity

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2025

Earlier this year at Broken Frontier we looked at the Zarjaz Special that acted as prelude to the third volume of the long-running small press anthology series based on characters…

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The Hive Vol. 1 – An Ultra-Violent Thrill-a-Minute Crime Caper from Lieberman, Henderson, Azpiazu and Image Comics

  • by Edward Picot
  • September 17, 2025

The Hive is a crime thriller with a science fiction twist. Certain individuals in the story are able to control the thoughts and actions of others by getting inside their…

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Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me – Mimi Pond Makes History Lessons Cool Again With Her D+Q Biography of an Oddly Intriguing Family 

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • September 16, 2025

It’s hard to try and paraphrase how colourful (a term that doesn’t do justice) the lives of the Mitford sisters were. Daughters of British aristocrats David Freeman-Mitford and Sydney Bowles,…

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Strategies for Survival – Abod Nasser’s Account of Reinventing Life in Gaza in the Midst of Genocide

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 15, 2025

That Abod Nasser’s Strategies for Survival is presented in an unrefined, uncorrected format makes it all the more important an historical document of the genocide in Gaza. Capturing the artist’s…

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