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Thought Bubble will be the first time that comic book creator Cole Henley will be running a table at a big comic convention, and he has plenty to show off You're Thinking About Tomatoes is his first graphic novel, and it was created with renowned children's author and former children's laureate Michael Rosen The 118-page,[...]

The tagline for our series Arks is: 'Read the comic that's changing science fiction' –a punchy statement designed to intrigue and annoy in equal part." And they will be bringing volume three to Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend. "The nerds would say science fiction can't be changed because it is by its very nature always[...]

This book features art and stories from LOADS of different creators though and has a truly vast range of art styles." Fishbeard and Friends will feature the following comic book creators, a number of whom will be at Thought Bubble – Aaron Rackley, Alejandro Rosado, Andy Hanks,  Charles H Raymond, Clark Bint, Dan Butcher, Dan Whitehead,[...]

Jordan Thomas has two big projects launching at Thought Bubble in Harrogate this week Metallic Dynamite and the Mugshots: Sins of the Father ashcan Created especially for Thought Bubble 2022, the Mugshots: Sins of the Father ashcan features the opening prologue of Jordan Thomas and Chris Matthews' sequel to the popular 2020's crime noir one-shot,[...]

Jenny Donaldson of comic book store Gnash Comics is setting up at Thought Bubble for the weekend, and will be highlighting the Rickard Sisters' No Surrender graphic novel, as well as bringing along the new edition of Glyn Dillon's Nao Of Brown, with Glyn Dillon taking two panels for the weekend in Harrogate. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1[...]

Adam Allsuch Boardman has his book An Illustrated History of Ghosts at Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend He writes "A bump in the night, the crack of floorboards and the uneasy coldness of a room…Signs we might attribute to a ghostly presence Through the decades, investigators and mediums have dedicated themselves to the task[...]

Aaron Reynolds has some very sweary seagulls for this year's Thought Bubble, as well as a new pin for the show, and his San Diego non-NFT pins as well He tells Bleeding Cool "I was feeling a little depressed about procedurally-generated art of monkeys with laser eyes smoking cigarettes selling for big money, so I[...]

Rogue Comics of Ireland and making the cross-country trip to Harrogate this week for Thought Bubble this weekend And here are the books they will be showing off to the North Of England. Credit: Rogue Comics Ocean City Origins Graphic Novel – 168 Pages Ocean City Origins is the story about Dillon King A Teenager who has to[...]

Alison Sampson, of Winnebago Graveyard, Sleeping Beauties and Hit-Girl has designed the official Thought Bubble T-shirt, which will be available at the show, with its red configuration donned by the show volunteers crew. The black and green combination is a choice from sponsor, the Family Store Alison Sampson states that she will "have an extremely limited[...]

Comic book creator Mark Simpson tells Bleeding Cool,  "I have a book called 'Nord' coming from Soaring Penguin Press… it begins to seek funding via Crowdfundr this Wednesday." Well, that's today, isn't it? And he will be heavily promoting the campaign at Thought Bubble this week, including exclusive 'Nord' Giclee prints, with the entire finished[...]

Small press publishers Re-Live will be exhibiting at Thought Bubble in Harrogate for the weekend at Table 42 in the Bubbleboy Hall And they will spend most of their time previewing issue 1 of Coming Home, their comic book depiction of military veterans' mental health stories. They will also be selling a limited edition print of[...]

Comic book creator Paul Tonner will be debuting his new folktale-inspired comic, The King O' The Cats at Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend He tells me "The King o' the Cats' is a traditional British folktale about a strange encounter with a mysterious talking cat Early versions date as far back as 500 years[...]

Comic book creator Katherine Holden tells me that her webcomic-turned-Kickstarter print comic "Errant Book 1, which was recently over 150% funded on Kickstarter and should hopefully be available at Thought Bubble this weekend on Table 115 in the Comixology Hall so long as there are no print disasters!" Errant is a colourful Action Fantasy webcomic about[...]

Christian Carnouche of Carnouche Productions is bringing Murky Waters: Tales From Beneath, making its debut outside of Kickstarter, at Thought Bubble this weekend An anthology of eight comic book stories Murky Waters: Tales From Beneath is to examine "the blurred lines separating reality from imagination The stories also explore life's big philosophical questions – What[...]

And they will have a display at Thought Bubble next weekend in Harrogate, with a lot to offer They have four new comics to showcase and a guide for self-publishers who are looking to hire a children's illustrator. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 25%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see[...]

Well, Robins  is launching at Thought Bubble a brand new comic book, The Hands That Make, a concertina poetry comic and extract from her ongoing project exploring feminism, art history and the connections between people who make things. And it folds out a bit like this… That's not all, she'll have What Birds are Really Thinking 3,[...]

has two new comic books out for Thought Bubble this coming weekend, Dead Girls and Meat 4 Burgers Two. Dead Girls: Beach Day sees the characters from their original graphic novel pitch called Dead Girls with the same characters but this is just a chill slice-of-life one-shot (with some light zombie horror); basically it's a beach[...]

John Dunning and Ricardo Cabral have a new graphic novel for Thought Bubble, Wiper, coloured by Brad Simpson and lettered by Jim Campbell out next week from Dark Horse But John Dunning and Ricardo Cabral will have copies ahead of that this weekend in Harrogate. Lula Nomi is a Wiper–a private detective who guarantees complete discretion[...]

At the last Thought Bubble, comic book creators Joe Stone and Matthew Dooley created a comic book together each taking one half, called Split They have now followed it up with a new comic, debuting this weekend by changing one letter, but keeping that format, called Splat Starting with Matthew Dooley's half… #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item[...]

Thought Bubble will be the first con/festival at which DOTA will be debuting." And you can find Diary Of The Astronudes at Ahmed Raafat's table at Thought Bubble, at Table 39 in the Bubble Boy Hall. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php[...]

Recently successfully Kickstarted, it will make its retail debut this weekend at Thought Bubble in Harrogate For fans of crime comic classics like Torso, Nailbiter, and Green River Killer, with gritty black and white art inspired by Frank Miller and Darwyn Cooke, it is described thus; In the dark woods of Massachusetts, Detective James Macleod finally[...]

Comic book creator Kry Garcia has a comic book debut for Thought Bubble this weekend Meteors was originally published digitally for the ShortBox Digital Comics Fair, this will be its print debut.  "Miranda has premonitions, although they never seem to come true It's the end of the Summer and she and her friends have met one[...]

Guests Confirmed: Howard Chaykin, Brian Stelfreeze, Jimmy Palmiotti, Amanda Conner, Elena Casagrande, Sean Phillips, Jock, Jorge Fornes, Carlos Pacheco, Martin Simmonds, Rob Williams, Laurence Campbell, Cavan Scott, Lysa Hawkins Saturday £18.50 Sunday £16.50 Early Bird Weekend £22.50 VIP £55 Student Saturday £12.50  Student Sunday price: £10 Family Ticket Saturday £40 Family Ticket Sunday £40 Family Ticket Weekend £50 The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, to[...]

Launching in early Spring (all things being well) at a comic book shop in Lille, France called Croafunding (where I'll also be running drawing workshops in some local art schools and cafés whilst I'm there) I met the owner Xavier Lancel of the said store at last year's Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival,[...]

Lisa Wood, also known as the comics artist Tula Lotay, is stepping down from her role as Festival Director of Thought Bubble, the comic book convention held in Yorkshire every year since 2007 She issued the following missive; Lisa Wood/Tula Lotay photo by Dave Maass CC BY 2.0 2022 marks Thought Bubble's 16th year I can't believe[...]

I may have gone a bit mad here but here is (almost) every booth and table at Thought Bubble in Harrogate, the Redshirt Room, ComiXology Originals Hall, and Bubbleboy Hall, minus a couple of asked not to be included But over four hundred did! From the most famous comic book professionals, to the smallest of[...]

Comic book creators James Tynion IV, Mike Perkins, and Ram V were on the Swamp Thing at Thought Bubble in Harrogate earlier today, talking about their history with the character, their approach to creating Swamp Thing stories and why the forests in eighties' Swamp Thing used to be purple Turns out it used to be[...]

Alice Oseman, Charlie Adlard, and Hamish Steele were part of a panel at Thought Bubble, hosted by Bucky Ringsell, talking about the process of taking a comic book to the small screen Charlie Adlard drew The Walking Dead comic book, Alice Osman's webcomic Heartstopper has been collected into four thick volumes so far, and the[...]

And this is going up from the press room at Thought  Bubble in Harrogate – see you around, with plenty of coverage to come! Images: Screencap/Cartoon Network LITG: The ten most-read stories, yesterday Yes, Adventure Time Fan Hugh Jackman Singing Bacon Pancakes Is Cool Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair Features Reversed, Numbered Card The Wheel of Time: Amazon Announces Animated[...]

Something Is Killing The Children time! At Thought Bubble Comic Con in Harrogate today, James Tynion IV attended a Thought Bubble panel with Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad dubbed Calling All Creeps – A Horror Masterclass, talking about the art of telling horror stories in comic books, sharing their motivations, their work processes and their own tastes[...]