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“My Brain Broke, and Out Came Donuts” – Neill Cameron Looks Back on ‘Mega Robo Bros’ and Forward with ‘Donut Squad’, the Latest Smash Hit Strip from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • November 4, 2025

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Neill Cameron’s Donut Squad has become one of the absolute highlights of UK kids weekly comic The Phoenix in recent months. I described it here at…

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Donut Squad Take Over the World! – Comedy Genius for All Ages as Neill Cameron’s ‘The Phoenix’ Faves Arrive in Book Form

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 23, 2025

UK weekly kids comics The Phoenix has given us some real gems over the years, traversing genre boundaries from slapstick silliness like Bunny Vs. Monkey through to the piercing social…

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The Phoenix is Heading to Thought Bubble 2025 with Neill Cameron, Ron Deas, Sam Davies, Abby Bulmer, Emily Kimbell and Zak Simmonds-Hurn

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • August 18, 2025

Exciting news from the direction of our friends at Thought Bubble with the announcement of this collaboration with the brilliant The Phoenix weekly. Particularly cool because it includes Neill Cameron…

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3 Reasons Why You Need to Read ‘The Phoenix’ – UK Anthology Upholds the Great Tradition of Children’s Weekly Serial Comics

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 6, 2019

‘3 Reasons Why You Need to Read…‘ is Broken Frontier’s semi-regular spotlight on a given serial comic that we think should be on your pull list. Whether it’s because of its…

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Sgt. Chip Charlton and Mister Woofles of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police – Heroic Hilarity from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’ Via Jim Medway and Bog Eyed Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 13, 2017

Sgt. Chip Charlton and Mister Woofles is a book that will genuinely appeal to all generations of comics readers. I’ve made this statement to the point of tedium here at…

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Staff Picks for January 11, 2017 – House of Penance, The Deep, The Phoenix and More!

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 10, 2017

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 or digital storefront, the…

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The Pirates of Pangaea Book 1 – Dinosaurs and Buccaneers Collide in Daniel Hartwell and Neill Cameron’s Winning Offering from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • March 5, 2015

The Pirates of Pangaea really is the perfect entry point for that younger reader in the family who has yet to discover the joys of the comics form. One of…

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Gary’s Garden Book 1 – The Residents of Gary Northfield’s Back Yard Provide Plenty of Laughs in this Unmissable All-Ages Offering from the Pages of ‘The Phoenix’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • October 7, 2014

Gary’s Garden is a sprawling and witty ensemble piece from an ever inventive creator at the very forefront of the current renaissance in UK children’s comics. Originally published in the…

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The DFC Library in Softcover

  • by Andy Oliver
  • August 7, 2013

Last week saw the re-release of five books from the children’s comics specialists The DFC Library in new softcover editions. For those unaware of The DFC it was a brave…

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Etherington Brothers Announce Once-in-a-Lifetime Monkey Nuts Auction

  • by Andy Oliver
  • July 24, 2013

We’ve always been big fans of the all-ages work of those fraternal fictioneers the Etherington Brothers here at Broken Frontier. If there’s such a thing as a national treasure in…

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