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Nostos – Annabel Hewitson Emphasises the Very Human in Her Science Fiction Minicomics Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 14, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Annabel Hewitson’s Nostos minicomics follow the adventures of Alexandros and m3.tis, the AI aboard his spaceship, as the pair travel through the stars. To date there…

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There’s a Party in My Body (and You’re All Invited) – Mereida Fajardo Takes Us on a Biological Rave in One of Our Thought Bubble Comics of the Festival

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Every year at Broken Frontier as part of our Thought Bubble coverage we like to pick out one…

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Haru: Book 1: Spring – Joe Latham’s All-Ages Dark Fantasy is an Instant Classic of Its Genre

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! There are times when you read comics work that is so captivating and so delightful that you immediately fall in love with it. This was my…

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Queer Knights – Three Medieval Romances with an LGBTQ Twist from KitsuneArt, Audrey Molinatti and Atlantisvampir

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! With a remit to explore “queer love stories in medieval/historical fantasy settings” Queer Knights features three stories; one from KitsuneArt who has featured on a number…

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Hometown – Psychogeography and Interacting with Our Pasts Examined in Harl Jones’ Haunting Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! In Hometown Harl Jones explores feelings that will, no doubt, be familiar to many. This minicomic short examines that odd sense of displacement that can occur…

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Fifteen Minutes – Reality and Fantasy Collide in Kai Dylan’s Slice-of-Life Tale of Sudden, Social Media-Inspired Fame

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 13, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Kai Dylan’s work first came to my attention via our most recent Broken Frontier Connects day of one-to-one Zoom mentoring sessions. The title Fifteen Minutes is…

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Sport – Joe Stone and Matthew Dooley’s Flipbook Comics Project Returns with a Match-Winning Formula

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Over the years there have staples of Thought Bubble debut books that have come to represent certain eras of…

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Seed Part One – Enter the Delightful World of the Squashed Forest in Ellie Durkin’s Fantasy Comic

  • by Lydia Turner
  • November 12, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Set in a fictional world called the Squashed Forest, Seed Part One from Ellie Durkin follows adorable wizard Figbert and his adventures (or misadventures) around the…

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Cryptids of Leeds – The Leeds Comics Collective Investigate Urban Cryptozoology with Work from Anna Readman, Cara Brown, James Patricks, James Lawrence, Frank Deacon and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! We are all about the idea of comics community here at Broken Frontier and today’s review subject is certainly a fine example of that. Cryptids of…

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The Complete[d] Saucer Country – Revisiting Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly’s Gripping Blend of Political Thriller and UFO Mythology

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Circumstances dictated that Paul Cornell and Ryan Kelly’s Saucer Country took a particularly tortuous route to eventual completion. Originally published by DC’s Vertigo imprint between 2012…

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Autobiography Has Become a Stone in My Shoe – Peony Gent’s Meditation on the All-Pervading Presence of Social Media

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 12, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! “We become what we consume > Your life is just the total sum of all the things you…

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This Comic is Haunted #4 – The 77 Publications Tap Into the Nostalgia of a Classic Era of British Comics with this Eerie Collection of Supernatural Stories

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! One of the two covers to this flipbook-style issue of This Comic is Haunted #4 – the supernatural-themed anthology from The77 Publications – is niche in…

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Uncle Zaxlor’s Robot Repair Shop – All-Ages Sci-Fi with a Mechanised Twist from Leo Healy and Torgo Wells

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Last year at Broken Frontier I reviewed a rather fun minicomic from writer Leo Healy and artist Torgo Wells titled So You’ve Been Conquered By the…

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The Black Dog of Bouley Bay – Chloe Starling Investigates Phantom Canines in a Minicomic and Zine Package

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 11, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! I have indeed noted this before here for our Thought Bubble 2024 celebrations but one of the great joys of following self-publishing comics creators is seeing…

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The Scrapbook of Life and Death – Edwardian Oddities and Mental Health Converge in J. Webster Sharp’s Dark Collection of Tales

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! George Ives’ life, even in synopsis, makes for fascinating reading. Born in 1867 he was a writer, a…

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Alba Ceide’s Tall Tale – A Delightful Foray into Childhood Imagination in this Tactile, Fold-Out Minicomic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Alba Ceide’s Tall Tale is one of the stories you can read in this year’s WIP Comics two-book…

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Secrets of the Majestic – Eerie Toiletary Hijinks Abound in this Comics Anthology Featuring Kieron Gillen, Cecil Castelluci, Sammy Ward, Asa Wheatley and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 8, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! There can surely be no comics anthology to get review space here at Broken Frontier that has a…

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The Skin You’re In – Botanical Horror is at Its Finest in this Spine-Chilling Compendium from Ashley Robin Franklin

  • by Lydia Turner
  • November 7, 2024

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! “For better or worse, the bodies we inhabit are our homes. But despite the old adage, home isn’t always the safest place to be…”. So reads…

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