THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! That we learn more about the characters and their world from the short blurb on the back of Ria Grix’s short comic Bicycle Vampire Hunters is…
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…
In 2022 Broken Frontier reviewer Tom Baker described the first issue of the charity Re-Live’s Coming Home anthology series as “a creatively daring, admirably moral, and consciousness-raising book”, adding “here’s…
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 2023! Ria Grix’s The Anomalous Adventures of Viola Holm comics have had some very positive reviews here at Broken Frontier in the last couple of years. Grix’s new…
When I reviewed Sick Chip last year, the first of Ria Grix’s ‘From the Adventures of the Anomalous Viola Holm’ series, I described it as “weird, offbeat, rambling and ignores…
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Comics that defy easy categorisation are, unsurprisingly, among my very favourite forms of sequential art. Case in point: I don’t know where to begin in that regard when trying to…
In ‘Covers Album’ we ask comics creators, publishers and commentators to pick three of their favourite comic covers …but with a small twist. One must be chosen for aesthetic reasons,…
Your favourite online comics social is back! Our fortnightly online Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw returns this Thursday, April 22nd with a terrific trio of titanic talent…
“You Laugh to Keep from Crying” — A Conversation with Pascal Girard and Cathon on Their New Comic Strip Collections ‘Pastimes’ and ‘Fruit Salad’November 19, 2025
“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
