THOUGHT BUBBLE 2019! One of my annual traditions for Thought Bubble in years past was to devour that year’s Thought Bubble Anthology on the train journey up to Leeds. What…
It’s nearly Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital…
HCZF FORTNIGHT! Originally introduced way back in 2010 in Hildafolk, at the time part of Nobrow Press’s fledgling 17 x 23 series, the adventures of Luke Pearson’s plucky heroine Hilda…
Jon McNaught, Luke Pearson and Philippa Rice (above). Three artists whose diverse and distinctive approaches to comics have had remarkable success in proving the potential crossover appeal of the form over the…
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Quality UK publisher Nobrow publishes the third album of creative powerhouse Luke Pearson’s Hildafolk series which mixes humour, mystery and fantasy into another superb piece of escapism for young and…
This year’s shortlist for the British Comic Awards has just been released providing a telling reflection of the robust creative health and rich diversity of the art form on these…
A perfect entry point to the Nobrow outlook and a reminder that it’s not hyperbolic to state that the publisher continues to produce some of the most beautiful examples of…
Founded and co-edited by Amber Hsu and Katriona Chapman, Tiny Pencil is the latest anthology publication to burst onto the British small press scene. As its name suggests, the raison…
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