THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! What makes a good small press comics anthology? This may be contentious but I don’t necessarily believe that technical proficiency is the answer to that question….
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…
Described as “a darkly comic adventure through club culture, spanning space and time”, Acid Box is a multi-creator graphic novel with a difference, currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. Written by Sara Kenney…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! 10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! If anyone ever tells you that the UK small press comics scene is in a state of decline…
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…
10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! While we quietly retired the ‘Small Pressganged’ branding early in 2022 one of that former regular feature’s most popular pieces was always…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Where does one even begin when writing about a book like Change, the 2023 edition of the annual WIP Comics group anthology? Packed to bursting with work…
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! 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…
One of the finest community ventures in UK comics, the WIP Comics group has a proven track record in boosting creators and providing a supportive space for collaborative endeavour. Their…
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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…
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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…
BROKEN FRONTIER AT 20! In another of our creator commentary ‘Inside Looks’ to celebrate Broken Frontier’s 20th anniversary Joe Stone guides us through the pages of his comic Neurotic Fiction #1….
THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! Adopting a flip book format with a fun physical flourish, Matthew (Flake) Dooley and Joe (Stutter) Stone’s Split is (contradictorily) a collaborative effort that isn’t a collaboration….
HCZF MONTH! We’ve featured WIP Comics a number of times over the last few years at BF in terms of both their publishing output and their work in providing a…
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HCZF MONTH! This year’s month-long Hackney Comic + Zine Fair kicked off over the weekend with great fanfare on social media. The brainchild of comics community activist Joe Stone this…
HCZF MONTH! Hackney Comic + Zine Fair kicks off tomorrow Saturday, September 4th promising a month of indie comics and DIY culture goodness from an amazingly eclectic and diverse line-up…
One of the true highlights of the UK indie comics circuit of 2019 was the inaugural edition of the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair. A joyous day of small press…
“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
