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Thought Bubble 2018 – A Broken Frontier Scrapbook Celebration of the UK’s Most Expansive Comics Festival

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 25, 2018

Tired but so, so inspired. Five words that sum up our post-Thought Bubble feelings here at Broken Frontier Towers. B-Fronts hit T-Bubs (did I really just type that?) in Leeds…

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Thought Bubble Preview 2018: Jazz Creepers #1 – An Anthology of Florid Stories by Douglas Noble, Sarah Horrocks, Sarah Gordon and Company

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! That long-time favourite on the UK small press circuit Douglas Noble describes Jazz Creepers as “an anthology of florid stories, of disreputable comics, and of unruly…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Island – Laurel Pettitt’s Comics Memoir Takes a Charmingly Scrapbook Style Approach to the Graphic Travelogue

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 21, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Since I first met her at our Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw this year and reviewed her minicomic Quiet Moments Laurel Pettitt’s graphic travelogue…

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Liebestrasse – Tim Fish, Héctor Barros and Greg Lockard Present a Powerful Romantic Story Set in 1930s Germany

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 21, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Liebestrasse is a gorgeous mini-comic debuting at Thought Bubble this year uniting the talents of Tim Fish, Héctor Barros and Greg Lockard. The story is set…

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Welcome to Oddleigh – Tor Freeman’s Delightful and Oddball All-Ages Stories Published by Bog Eyed Books

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Admittedly this review is going to be something of a cheat, as will quickly become apparent below. But first a word or two about Gary Northfield’s…

Columns · Eyecatcher · Small Pressganged

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Sarararara: All-American Girl – Olivia Hicks Ensures Archie-Style Alien Hijinks Abound in this 1950s Comics Parody

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Sarararara: All-American Girl, the webcomic creation of Olivia Hicks, makes its print debut at Thought Bubble this weekend. The strip is an intriguing oddity in terms…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Slang Pictorial – Nick Prolix Takes Us Back to North London in the Early 1960s in His ‘The Sheep and the Wolves’ Comedy-Drama

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 20, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Over the last few months Nick Prolix’s Bullpen Boot-Camp column here at Broken Frontier has become a very popular feature on the site. Nick’s illustrated fortnightly…

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Zoot! Vol. 2 #2 – Roger Langridge’s Latest Cracking Collection of Short Strips Ranges from Slapstick Comedy and Thoughtful Autobio to the Terrible Verse of William McGonagall

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 19, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! To describe Roger Langridge as a true comics great is hardly hyperbole; in fact if anything it’s more a case of being unduly economical with the…

Columns · Small Pressganged

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Glorious Wrestling Apocalypse – Tough Times Ahead for the GWA as Josh Hicks’s Colourful Comedy-Drama Cast Return for a Third Outing

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 19, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! With effectively the third issue of his Glorious Wrestling Alliance series, 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch‘ artist Josh Hicks returns to the ring at Thought…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Komisk – Fraser Geesin and Chums Debut Their IKEA-Inspired Anthology Comic

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Fraser Geesin – he of the splendidly funny and self-deprecating autobio comic The Cleaner: Man of Destiny – has a new comic debuting at Thought Bubble. Komisk…

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Hitsville UK #6-7 – It’s the End of a Small Press Era as Riordan and Cox’s Eccentric Musical Romp Draws to a Close

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Thought Bubble just wouldn’t be Thought Bubble without the annual entry in John Riordan and Dan Cox’s music industry send-up Hitsville UK. And yet that’s the…

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Sticky Ribs #1 – Dan White’s New Horror Anthology Provides an Enticingly Warped Double Bill of Twisted Tales

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 18, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Sometimes deadlines exist to be broken. In the run-up to this year’s Thought Bubble we set cut-off dates for review requests but left the door open…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: UGH! Zine – Immerse Yourself in the Wild Imagination of Korinna Mei

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! The Thought Bubble previews are coming in thick and fast and here’s another artist whose work we’ve covered before at Broken Frontier who you should be…

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Work – The London Comics ‘Work in Progress’ Group Tackle the Highs and Lows of the World of Employment in an Impressive Anthology Debut

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! The value of supportive comics community is vitally important to us here at Broken Frontier sitting, as it does, at the very heart of our mission…

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Retrograde Orbit – Kristyna Baczynski Explores Themes of Identity, Family, Belonging and Home in Her Unforgettable Debut Graphic Novel

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! At its heart the very best science fiction isn’t about alien civilisations, space exploration or future tech, it’s work that on a very personal level speaks…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Kels Choo’s Zines and Comics – Take a Look at ‘The Coven of Wellington Woods’, ‘Happy Home’ and ‘Windows’

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 17, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Another day and another piece of pre-Thought Bubble coverage here at Broken Frontier! This one’s extra exciting for us at BF as today’s subject Kels Choo…

Eyecatcher · Reviews

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Finding Home Vol. 1: The Traveller – Hari Conner’s Fantasy Romance is a Thought Bubble Top Pick

  • by Holly Raidl
  • September 14, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! Making its convention debut at Thought Bubble, Hari Conner’s fantasy graphic novel Finding Home Volume 1: The Traveller combines rich landscapes with delightful storytelling. Based on the journey…

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Thought Bubble 2018 Preview: Nexus Chapter 1 – C Vinter’s New Sci-Fi Series Debuts in Print in Leeds

  • by Andy Oliver
  • September 13, 2018

AVAILABLE AT THOUGHT BUBBLE! While one of them tries to keep it all together, the other keeps tearing it down. Hyder is doing his best trying to provide for his…

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