THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! I have made no secret of my belief that community groups in the form of creative collectives are an absolutely vital part of the comics ecosystem…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Over a decade ago at Broken Frontier Tom Murphy reviewed the Chrissy Williams and Tom Humberstone-edited poetry comics anthology Over the Line calling it “a selection…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! It’s been incredibly exciting over the last few years to see the new wave of Scottish creators emerging on the indie and small press scene there….
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…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! A bumper interview offering today as part of our Thought Bubble coverage as we chat with Duane Murray and Ahmed Raafat, the writer and artist behind…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Martin Simpson (NORD) describes his new comics venture Rasp as something that will appeal to those who appreciate Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, Sherlock Holmes, Bladerunner, The Good,…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! 2017 Broken Frontier ‘Six to Watch’ creator Peony Gent has never been one to shy away from a longer title for her projects and her latest…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! We first covered Paul Cornell and Rachael Smith’s Who Killed Nessie? last year with an interview for its initially self-published crowdfunding campaign. This cryptid murder mystery…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Can it really be an entire eight years since Hannah Berry’s last work in comics in the pages of the Broken Frontier Award-winning graphic novel Livestock?…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! The last time we talked with Dave Cook his first Killtopia cyberpunk series had just been collected and published by Titan. With the second arc Killtopia:…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Hourly Comic Day strips can be a variable reading experience when compiled simply because their method of delivery was never about eventual collection; more about the…
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…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Let’s say this yet again. The more I read of Rein Lee’s comics the more convinced I am of their place as one of the most…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Jua OK!’s Road to Chimera instantly strikes the reader with its powerful and expressive use of visual metaphor. Described as a book that “explores themes of…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! I am probably breaking some unspoken rule of reviewing by writing about R. E. Burke’s Diary of a Detainee given that I am, of course, personally…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! With her short comic Fury 2020 Broken Frontier Six to Watch artist Dominique Duong gives us a story that is told initially with intense full-page imagery…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! As it’s Halloween it seems most appropriate to be running our interview with Armored writer Michael Schwartz today at Broken Frontier. Illustrated by Ismael Hernández, Armored…
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! It’s an old comics storytelling trick but it’s an effective one. By casting either themself in the form of an on-page animal avatar cartoonists can often…
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 5, 2026
“I Wanted to Change the Narrative as I Believe Comic Art Deserves the Same Respect!” – Dominica Claribelle on Experimentation, Representing Southeast Asian Culture in Her Work, and Her Debut Graphic Novel ‘Finding Home’December 3, 2025
“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
