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    Pricks #4 – The Latest Issue of Geesin and Rowan’s Darkly Comedic Skewering of Patriarchal Attitudes Ends with the Greatest Cliffhanger in the History of Comics

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 14, 2024

    THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2024! Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan’s Pricks, in all its multi-named and numbered incarnations, has become one of my favourite Thought Bubble print fixtures, albeit a delightfully…

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    Pricks #3 – Another Winning Episode of Geesin and Rowan’s “Laugh-Out-Loud Grim” Parody of the Patriarchy

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 9, 2023

    THOUGHT BUBBLE 2023! Before diving into the contents of Fraser Geesin’s traditional Thought Bubble debut comic (again a collaboration with Laurie Rowan) let’s get the confusing part out of the…

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    Pricks – Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan Revisit the World of ‘Purple Hate Balloon’ in Another Caustically Funny Dark Comedy

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 9, 2022

    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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    Purple Hate Balloon – Fraser Geesin and Laurie Rowan’s One-Shot Has a Darkly Comedic Appeal that is Both Sublime and Delicious in Its Delivery

    • by Andy Oliver
    • November 4, 2021

    THOUGHT BUBBLE FORTNIGHT! One of the most important traditions of Thought Bubble in recent years has been the annual unveiling of Fraser Geesin’s latest exploratory foray into the forbidding narrative…

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