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Sometimes the buzz around a new creator or title means events move too fast for even Broken Frontier to keep up. Such is the case with Becca Kubrick’s Dead Girls:…
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At the beginning of this year at Broken Frontier I reviewed Ant Story, a collection of brutally funny short strips by the King Louie’s Lab team of Fred Morris and…
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Another of my comics picks for our Small Press Day One-Tweet Reviews event last August, Jack Smith’s Forest Spirit is a fantasy tale that acts as an extended metaphor for…
The introduction to the striking Movements and Moments anthology makes an interesting point that doesn’t often crop up in discussions about comics. It points out that while there have been more…
Given the current cost-of-living crisis and the UK’s imminent descent into a debilitating, Brexit-influenced recession, a graphic novel that touches on the housing crisis (the only thing we are not…
Translated from the original Spanish edition, Voices That Count is described by English language publishers IDW as an “anthology [that] dissects what it means to be a woman in today’s…
Hunting ghosts is a messy business, you’d think. Cobwebs getting in your hair, ectoplasm spraying this way and that, decrepit old houses absolutely covered in dust. That’s no excuse for…
In May 2021, when cartoonist Keiler Roberts published My Begging Chart, she was asked how she viewed her work and if there was any distance between her and the person depicted…
The clash between Godfolk and Demonfolk rages hard in the trade paperback collection of Best Jackett Press’s ComiXology Original We Have Demons from Dark Horse Comics. Back in March of…
In 2013, Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh was detained while crossing the King Hussain checkpoint between Jordan and the occupied West Bank. This wasn’t altogether unexpected, as Sabaaneh has been working…
“Is it possible to build a strong home that transcends one’s history and culture?” asks Maureen Burdock, the award-winning graphic storyteller in Queen of Snails. As much as it is…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Multimedia comics allow us an opportunity to think about how we interpret and interact with the form, giving us extra levels on which to appreciate narrative and…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! We all like an intriguing premise that immediately grabs us before we even begin reading a comic. Christof Bogacs and Becca Kubrick’s Meat4Burgers certainly accommodates us in…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Cliché-ridden as it may sound you can always expect the unexpected when it comes to the WIP Comics group’s annual anthology. WIP is a regular meet-up of…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! To say I am far more interested in Zoe Thorogood’s work when it’s her own pure and unfiltered artistic vision rather than when she’s illustrating someone else’s…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Sometimes you only need the smallest sampling of material to know an artist has both that extra special understanding of the mechanics of comics and also that…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! For Thought Bubble last year Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan introduced us to the cast of Purple Hate Balloon. In that memorable one-shot they took us to…
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THOUGHT BUBBLE 2022! Last year for Thought Bubble Joe Stone and Matthew Dooley, those two much respected gentlemen of the UK indie comics scene, collaborated on a split format, reversible…
“I Think it’s Really Important to Follow Your Dreams!” – Sarah Graley Talks Working on ‘Pizza Witch’ with Stef Purenins and the Pleasures of Rewarding Audience InteractionsNovember 13, 2025
“I Hugely Admire Comics with Dynamic Page Structure!” – Beatrijs Brouwer/Beastly Worlds on the Lure of Fantasy Storytelling and Her Creative ProcessNovember 13, 2025
“People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice” – Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics CommunityNovember 13, 2025
“I Liked the Uncertain Nature of it… the Feeling of Dread and the Unknown” – Jason Measures Gives Us the Lowdown on the ‘Beyond the Black Void’ Sci-Fi AnthologyNovember 10, 2025
“It’s about Fame, Friendship, and Just How Long You’re Willing to Fake it to Make it” – Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat Talk ‘Who Are the Power Pals?’ from Dark HorseNovember 6, 2025
