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Seasons – Moments of Love, Loss and Quiet Change by Rebecca K Jones

  • by Lydia Turner
  • November 11, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! As we cosy up for autumn and drift towards winter, short story collections feel like the perfect comfort read. There’s something so relaxing about curling up…

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Runner – Shri Gunasekara’s Experimental Graphic Novel is a Powerful Metaphorical Examination of Responsibility and Generational Trauma

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Experimental comics work is, as all our readers know, a huge part of our coverage remit here at Broken Frontier. As such, work like Shri Gunasekara’s…

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Through the Looking Glass – KitsuneArt Deconstructs AI Dangers Viewed from a Wonderland Perspective

  • by Gary Usher
  • November 10, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! KitsuneArt (aka, Lucia Fioretti) is no stranger to Broken Frontier readers or Thought Bubble. At Thought Bubble 2025 KitsuneArt will be part of the Very Tiny…

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Star! – Cara Brown Investigates Abuse in the Music Industry in a Hard-Hitting One-Shot

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! I am often asked exactly what I am looking for when I select artists for our Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ programme every year. That is…

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Mother – The Oozing Body Horror of Abs Bailey’s Graphic Novel is a Sight to Behold

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Originally presented in digital format as part of the LDComics Fair this past Summer, Abs Bailey’s Mother will be available in print at this year’s Thought…

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GREB: The Little Guys Anthology – A Collection of Short Comics Stories from MD Penman, Will Morris, Flo Woolley, April Newton and More

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! So this is a somewhat different theme for a comics anthology. MD Penman (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) has put together a very impressive line-up…

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The Re-Up #5 and #6 – Poignancy Goes Hand in Hand with Brutal Candour in the Next Two Chapters of Chad Bilyeu and Juliette de Wit’s Series about Life as a Dealer

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Writer Chad Bilyeu’s The Re-Up (illustrated by Juliette de Wit) has already proven itself to be some of the most uncompromising autobio comics you are ever…

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Spite – Joe Stone and Matthew Dooley’s New Flipbook Comic is a Darkly Comedic Delight

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 10, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! We like our Thought Bubble traditions here at Broken Frontier and Joe Stone and Matthew Dooley’s flipbook comics (one half by each cartoonist) are a staple…

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Angry Duck Vol. 1 – KA Sandholm Breaks Down the Most Annoying People in the World Through the Eyes of an Angry Duck 

  • by Gary Usher
  • November 7, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Angry Duck (Arga Ankan in Swedish) is the creation of KA aka Karen Anna aka Karen Anna S. Sandholm, a Norwegian cartoonist attending Thought Bubble for the…

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My Dad Fights Demons! – Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph and Artist Abbigayle Bircham Provide a Fun YA Adventure with an Inclusive Ethos and Diverse Cast

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 7, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Current Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph and LICAF Breakthrough Initiative artist Abbigayle Bircham come together on My Dad Fights Demons!, a book that in some ways feels…

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Mixtape of Mystery – The Latest Leeds Comics Collective Anthology Takes a Musical Turn Courtesy of Anna Readman, Cara Brown, Beardedhorse and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 7, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! I have made no secret of my belief that community groups in the form of creative collectives are an absolutely vital part of the comics ecosystem…

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I Know the Way Out – Chrissy Williams and Tom Humberstone’s Poetry Comics Form a Very Special Relationship with the Reader

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 7, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Over a decade ago at Broken Frontier Tom Murphy reviewed the Chrissy Williams and Tom Humberstone-edited poetry comics anthology Over the Line calling it “a selection…

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The Hanging – A Pre-Apocalyptic Dystopia Seen Through a Family Dynamic by Aaron Losty, from Strangers Publishing 

  • by Gary Usher
  • November 6, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Aaron Losty is originally from Ireland and currently working from Canada. He has built a strong portfolio of unique publications including: his webcomic on Patreon, Clearwater; The Waves…

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A Duel of Fools 1 and 2 – Warring Jester Hijinks Abound in Cat Laird’s Likeably Diverting Series

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! It’s been incredibly exciting over the last few years to see the new wave of Scottish creators emerging on the indie and small press scene there….

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Bicycle Vampire Hunters – Wittily Choreographed Slapstick Violence and Dark Humour from Ria Grix’s New Short Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! That we learn more about the characters and their world from the short blurb on the back of Ria Grix’s short comic Bicycle Vampire Hunters is…

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Rasp Book 1 – Martin Simpson’s New Dystopian Comics Series is Gritty, Hardboiled and Cleverly Constructed

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 6, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Martin Simpson (NORD) describes his new comics venture Rasp as something that will appeal to those who appreciate Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Sherlock Holmes, Bladerunner, The Good,…

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All the Effort You Are Making Will Ultimately Pay Off – A Year of Moments Collected by Peony Gent in Yet Another Striking Poetry Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Peony Gent has never been one to shy away from a longer title for her projects and her latest…

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Who Killed Nessie? – Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith’s Cryptozoological Murder Mystery Beautifully Explores Ideas of Finding Your Place in the World

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 5, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! We first covered Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith’s Who Killed Nessie? last year with an interview for its initially self-published crowdfunding campaign. This cryptid murder mystery…

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