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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
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…
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…
“The Simplicity of Black and White Can Deliver a Powerful Visual Impact” – Tinglin Liu on Adapting Poe’s ‘The Masque of the Red Death’ for ComicsSeptember 4, 2024
“Fantasy Seems to Have Had a Bit of a Renaissance in Comics” – Gary Moloney Takes Us to the World of ‘When the Blood Has Dried’September 3, 2024
“I Do Think that Art Elevates Life” – Zoè Delautre Corral Speaks About the Responsibilities of Autobiographical Comics and Her Love of Ink and GraphiteAugust 28, 2024
“I Feel I Do My Best Work When I’m Trying to Channel a Message” – Mike Armstrong Talks Fantasy Cartooning, Comics Community, and Tackling Social Injustice in StorytellingAugust 21, 2024
“I’m Most Interested in Characters that Are Not So Easily Written Off as Only Good or Only Bad” – Beth Hetland Blurs the Lines in Body Horror in ‘Tender’ from FantagraphicsAugust 9, 2024
