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THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Wrapping up universal human truths in the trappings of genre fiction is a tried and tested storytelling device for communicating recognisable emotional states on a profoundly empathetic…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! New Thought Bubble comics from certain creators feel like a festival tradition; that some intangible spirit of TB would be violated if they didn’t have a debut…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! It’s always a pleasure (and something of a relief given the currently contracting publisher base in UK indie comics) to see a new micropublisher on the small…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Some years back when I chose artist Anna Readman as one of our Broken Frontier ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ for 2019 it was a decision…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Merging elements of illustrated narrative and pure comics, Martin Simpson’s NORD from Soaring Penguin Press lovingly evokes that sense of wonder we all felt as kids when…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Another debuting comic at this year’s Thought Bubble, Lor Phoenix and KitsuneArt’s Starlit Lovers is a slice-of-life story where the echoes of the past make themselves heard…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! One of the joys of our Thought Bubble coverage is not just in discovering new artists through review submissions but also in being able to point people…
Consider this opening statement: ‘Contrary to the glamorous clichés associated with the mythical cities of American pop music, it’s cold in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and, at the time, there were few…
Do we really need another book on David Bowie? That depends upon the quality of the work in question. If it doesn’t contribute to a better understanding of that iconic…
Sometimes a cover is so very striking that it immediately captures your attention and positively demands your further attention. Such was the case with Ian Simmons’ Unicorn, Hunted when I…
Winnie Chua’s A Walk in the Park – today’s penultimate visit to this year’s ShortBox Comics Fair at Broken Frontier – is a comic of parallels. An unnamed protagonist (in…
Returning to the digital aisles of the ShortBox Comics Fair today and we have Elizabeth Lander’s graphic memoir The Deep End; a comic that sits somewhere in that broad definition…
There’s something endearingly retro about writer Leo Healy and artist Torgo Wells’ So You’ve Been Conquered by the Human Race. It has the feel of one of the better Future…
With pre-orders launched this week it’s a most appropriate moment to return to the output of the multiple award-winning Black Josei Press and one of their newest projects, The Gift….
Olivia Sualdea’s propensity for communicating theme, emotional depth and character through wordless narrative is an essential part of her comics work that I have long admired. Sualdea was, of course,…
The between-the- panels reading comprehension that comics requires in its readers, and its associated relationship with the passage of time, means that it’s a particularly communicative medium for depicting gradual…
Strong curation is about showcasing both established, familiar practitioners and voices in the medium who are deserving of a far wider appreciation. Each year the ShortBox Comics Fair has introduced…
With the beginning of October being notable for both the ShortBox Comics Fair and the lead-up to the Halloween season it seems appropriate that our first look at what the…
“Comics, Similar to Zines, Exist as a Proletariat Art Form Within Popular Consciousness” – Raquelle Jac on Her Powerful Debut Graphic Memoir ‘Bimbo Agitprop’ from FantagraphicsAugust 13, 2026
“I Felt an Instant Connection with Bernie” – Joe D’Esposito on His Krigstein Graphic Biography ‘The Outsider’ and His Affinity with the Legendary EC Comics ArtistAugust 7, 2026
“The Creative Process is Always to Mine for Something Vibrant Inside of Me” – Jesse Moynihan on His Epic Saga ‘Forming’ and Working on One Continuous Narrative for a Decade and a HalfAugust 4, 2026
“Without ‘A1’ and ‘Deadline’, We Might Be in an Entirely Different Place in Comics” – Alison Sampson, Dave Elliott, Fred Van Lente and Cathy Kwan on the Return of Two Legendary Publications in ‘A1 Deadline’July 21, 2026
“I Want to Enjoy the Process without the Pressure of Pleasing Other People” – Henry McCausland on ‘Eight-Lane Runaways’, ‘River Rangers’ and Comics as a Physical ExperienceJuly 7, 2026
