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He also designed and manufactures the Blade Pen, a drawing tool that sets him apart at comic convention stalls, such as Thought Bubble this weekend And worked with Superbrothers A/V as Creative Producer/Assistant Director Oh yeah, and he also designs comic book lettering So he gets around. By PhilipRomanoPhoto – Own work, CC BY 4.0, Link But[...]

Puffin Graphics announced the winner of the 2025 Puffin Graphic Novel Competition at Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend: Lulubelle by Leo Marcell The Puffin Graphics Competition was launched in May this year with the aim of "seeking out and nurturing graphic novel creators from under-represented communities, to ensure every child can see themselves reflected[...]

And at Harrogate, launched for Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival, is a gallery of original art from their graphic novels, as well as the work itself, with video interviews I walked around the launch night for Thought Bubble and took a little video while I did for YouTube and TikTok Titled "Vision And Labour: Making[...]

Batman H2SH beats Transformers in the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Weekly Bestseller List

Launching at Thought Bubble in Harrogate, courtesy of Ant Williams, are The Comic Artist Survival Guide and Whambam Slam! Ant Williams tells us of The Comic Artist Survival Guide, "I'll be signing and selling a short book that takes a wander through the head of a comic book artist," and of Whambam Slam! "For the[...]

So yes, the final day of Thought Bubble kicks off in Harrogate, and there is much less rain today; the town seems to have gotten it all out of its system I'll be covering the show again today, but it was Marvel's X-Men February 2026 Solicits that was the most-read story on Bleeding Cool yesterday[...]

Today at Thought Bubble in Harrogate, six shortlisted authors were listed for the First Graphic Novel Award which includes fiction, non-fiction and memoir, following on from the long list announced at The Lakes. Lois de Silva, FALLING IN LOVE ON THE FAMILY COMPUTER Calico N.M., KITTISH BANTER Lizz Lunney, FORGET-ME-NOT Lauren O'Farrell, THE FROZENS Yu-Ching Chiu, A SLEIGH NO-ONE KNOWS Hannah[...]

I grew up on her comic book strip work on the Guardian Womens Page in the eighties and nineties, was delighted to discover her serialised graphic fiction in the Guardian years later with Tamara Drew and Gemma Bovery, both made it no films, and then followed up with the sensational Cassandra Darke, an elderly art[...]

I am at Thought Bubble in Harrogate for 2025, the best comic con in the country, taking my usual From One Side Of The Show To The Other videos And they seem to have an effect! From the YouTube comments from last year: "Rich, thanks so much for posting these walkthroughs! I'm exhibiting at my[...]

Flamevolt #1 is a new superhero comic book launching at Thought Bubble this weekend in Harrogate, by creators Bruno Catarino, Arturo Palacios, Gregory Ottaviani, and Rob Jones in Comixology Hall, table B35 with their new "Real-world superhero What if superheroes became a thing all of a sudden How would the world cope with such drastic[...]

The graphic novel Salvation's Child will be the inaugural release of Cosmic Lighthouse and will be drawn Mike Collins, comic book artist on Wonder Woman, Batman, Superman, Flash, Teen Titans, X-Men, but also Doctor Who storyboards, as well as Good Omens, and His Dark Materials. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1 img { border:[...]

My New Hobby Craves Violence, by Kristyna Baczynski, is a new comic book debuting this weekend at Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival in Harrogate, England. Baczynski will be at The 2000 AD Hall, booth A13, selling copies "Pip is bored, burnt out and blocked by her ex, so it really is the perfect time to pick up[...]

Glitch In The Mix #1, by Greg Donert, is debuting at Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend, and Bleeding Cool played its part. He told us on YouTube comments of one of last year's videos, by "Rich, thanks so much for posting these walkthroughs! I'm exhibiting at my first Thought Bubble, so this really helps give me an idea[...]

I am on the train from King's Cross to Harrogate (change at Leeds) for the Thought Bubble Festival 2025. You'll see plenty of coverage on Bleeding Cool this weekend, and I am lifted by a comment of one of last year's videos, by one Greg Donert, who says, "Rich, thanks so much for posting these walkthroughs! I'm exhibiting at[...]

Two creators, two tables at Thought Bubble, one comic shared between them both, I Know The Way Out, by Chrissy Williams and Tom Humberstone, a new collection of poetry comics by the pair dealing with isolation, loss, hope, and solidarity Risograph printed on context natural 135gsm paper in 4 colours (aqua, blue, fluo pink, black)[...]

Mother by Abs Bailey was originally self-published via Laydeez Do Comics Online Fair, and is now being published in print, as a 92-page softcover comic book, making its print debut at Thought Bubble this weekend in Harrogate, England It is also still available digitally and will be available in print online after the show Abs[...]

Chris Geary of White Hart Comics will be debuting a new ashcan for the graphic novel Tooth and Nail at Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival in Harrogate this weekend. Tooth And Nail, by Geary and Simon Lewis, is the third in a series of graphic novels that have been profiled by Bleeding Cool over recent years, part of the Green Hollow[...]

After a Chinese printer-induced delay, Joe Sacco's The Once And Future Riot was published by Metropolitan on the 14th of October in the US and by Jonathan Cape on the 13th of November in the UK, with a big launch thing at Thought Bubble this weekend in Harrogate, with Joe Sacco, who can be found at Comixology Hall[...]

Rumble: The Untold, Unpublished and Unfinished Comics of the Ultimate Universe #3 by Jack Milson is physically debuting this weekend at the Thought Bubble comic book festival in Harrogate, England Which will let you "discover the hidden history of Marvel's groundbreaking Ultimate Universe Dive into the stories that were never told — the projects that[...]

We look forward to continuing our successful partnership." "We will be holding a UK retailer event at the MCM Comic Con in the Excel centre London on Friday 24th October between 2pm-3pm and will be providing more details including how to register in the next few weeks, we will also be hosting an event at Thought[...]

My favourite kids comic and my favourite comic book convention are diving in together more than usual this year, with the Phoenix Comics Weekly taking over the Kids Zone of Thought Bubble Comic Con in Harrogate, England in November, for the 15th and 16th of November And in doing so, bringing in Neill Cameron, Abby[...]

And it is now being collected in print by Mad Cave Studios for the 4th of November this year, handily just ahead of Tula's own comic book convention that she founded, Thought Bubble, in Harrogate, England Unfortunately, though, Mad Cave is one of the few US publishers that refuse to be distributed by Diamond UK[...]

I heard a number of times from comics folks at Thought Bubble this weekend, the hot goss that Dan Slott is to write Superman comics for DC Comics I did a little asking around, and yup, it's in the bag This will be the first DC Comics title that Dan Slott has written for decades[...]

Spurious Slow Horses and Children In Need observations once again topped the traffic on Bleeding Cool yesterday, while I was running around Thought Bubble in Harrogate But now it is time to go back to London So as I pack up, welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the[...]

Talking with Christian Ward and Jazzlyn Stone on stage at Thought Bubble in Harrogate, James Tynion IV mentioned that The Nice House On The Lake, being a Vertigo comic book, fulfilled his dream of writing a "proper" DC Vertigo comic He'd had a short story in a Vertigo anthology in the dying days of the[...]

The doors of Thought Bubble at Harrogate have just closed for the final day of the show Saturday was packed; I am told that for the first time, the show actually sold all their tickets for Saturday before the show opened Sunday was a little more relaxed and not quite as full, which enabled me[...]

A spurious Slow Horses/Children In Need crossover topped the traffic on Bleeding Cool yesterday, while I was running around Thought Bubble in Harrogate, the final day of which is about to kick off in half an hour Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as[...]

It was previously announced this year that Scott Free and Mechanical Cake had partnered for three original graphic novel series: Modville, Hyde, and Nick, that Ridley Scott would be heavily involved, that Dave Elliott would be Editor-in-Chief and that artists Bill Sienkiewicz, Chris Watson, Dan Panosian, Brian Rood, Hendry Prasetya and Eko Puteh would be[...]

Last night's Thought Bubble Mid-Con party was held at Mojo in Harrogate, with comic creators taking to the DJ "tablecloth" as this uninflatable flotation device was called by the bar staff, including Sarah Gordon, Henry Barajas, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing and more through the night The Mid-Con Party has been a stable event at Thought[...]

Okay, so I may have made a slight mistake with the following videos in the From One Side Of The Show To The Other format that has been so fun over the years, in that I missed out a massive bit when going around Thought Bubble in Harrogate when it opened a couple of hours[...]