An actual year without comics festivals and cons may only be a matter of months in real terms but somehow it’s felt like decades for all of us whose world…
Thought Bubble – like so many festivals/conventions since March this year – has had to reinvent itself as an online experience for 2020. The UK’s largest comics festival event announced…
While we were all aware of the inevitability of today’s announcement the news that there will be no Thought Bubble in a physical sense in 2020 has already been greeted…
THOUGHT BUBBLE 2019! Our final Thought Bubble post every year is the customary festival scrapbook round-up (from a very Broken Frontier perspective of course) and, with the festival’s double move…
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: a fresh load of comics and graphic novels! With so many publications hitting your local comics store, comics event or digital storefront,…
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…
While we’re all gearing up in the UK for the juggernaut of comics festivals that is the all-encompassing Thought Bubble at the weekend our chums at Gosh! Comics in London…
Our batteries recharged after a hectic weekend in Leeds, today the Broken Frontier Editorial team of EdieOP and Andy Oliver take a belated lookback on the new-look Thought Bubble Festival……
In the run-up to Thought Bubble we’ve been concentrating on previewing and reviewing a large number of new material from British artists. That’s hardly surprising – such is the festival’s…
In just a few short days the comics world will be descending on Leeds for the convention weekend of the 11th Thought Bubble festival and Broken Frontier will be among…
And we’re off… In less than two weeks time the Broken Frontier Editorial Team will be on their way to Leeds for this year’s Thought Bubble festival and, as you…
There’s less than a month to go until this year’s Thought Bubble – rescheduled to September this year – which means the Broken Frontier team are preparing for the best part of…
The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic reached a landmark 40th anniversary this year and the celebrations continue at this year’s Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds with the Zarjaz! An Art Tribute To…
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It’s the tenth Thought Bubble comic art festival at the weekend and this week at Broken Frontier we’re taking a tour of just some of the debut book highlights. Over the…
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…
It’s festival season again in the UK and here at Broken Frontier we’re gearing up for the plethora of exciting new debut comics that entails. One of those is the…
The call for entries will be opened later this week but the British Comic Awards – now in their fourth year of existence – have today announced 2015’s BCA Committee….
With Thought Bubble imminent, if you blink you can quite easily miss another announcement of an intriguing new project. Below is the press release for that master of the macabre…
“Making Comics is Good Noise” – Niki Bañados on Her New Comic ‘Return’, and Global and Local Perspectives on Small PressApril 15, 2021
“This Comic Initiative Aims to Raise Awareness of Autism and Dispel Some of the Stigma” – Cartoonist Bex/Schnumn on the ASD Comic Takeover to Celebrate Autism Acceptance Month on Social MediaApril 9, 2021
“I’m Always Trying to Be a More Elastic Cartoonist, Especially with My Character Designs” – Michael DeForge on His New Book ‘Heaven No Hell’ from Drawn & QuarterlyApril 6, 2021
“In Terms of Approach – I Have a Habit of Just Starting Things. I Don’t Think Too Much, I Just Start” – Natasha Natarajan Talks ‘FML Comics’ and Her Autobio PracticeMarch 29, 2021
“This Series is All About Introducing Sexuality, Gender and Related Topics in an Engaging, Accessible and Somewhat Playful Way” – Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele on Their Icon Books ‘Graphic Guides’March 25, 2021
