What Are the Broken Frontier Comics of the Festival for Thought Bubble 2025? – Some Must-Buys Here!

THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH 2025! Every year at Broken Frontier we select two or three comics of the festival from the debuting titles that you need to make an absolute beeline for. This year is no exception so as we wrap up our Thought Bubble Month coverage here’s a handful of titles to make sure you buy in Harrogate…

Book of the Festival: On Starlit Shores by Bex Glendining

“What immediately strikes the reader about On Starlit Shores is the way in which it repositions the magical and the bizarre in a very everyday and, ironically, down-to-earth scenario. Slice-of-life storytelling blended with fantasy elements.”

Read our full review here

Available at Table A1 in the Bubbleboy Hall

Long-Form Comic of the Festival: Mother by Abs Bailey

“There’s a liquid, oozing quality to Bailey’s page layouts that add extra layers to the thematic feel of the book, and her use of lettering to emphasise these aspects is also sublime in its delivery. Bailey’s plot is admittedly (and wonderfully) off-the-wall but it touches on some universal themes, not least of which is that very human need to have purpose and a sense of belonging, and also ideas of responsibility (or lack thereof).”

Read our full review here

Short-Form Comic of the Festival: 5 More Minutes by Hannah Berry

“It’s almost beautiful in its meditations on our insignificance, solitude and ultimate helplessness. In this quiet introspection 5 More Minutes is a deeply unsettling and indeed terrifying comic. A human drama that will leave you more disconcerted than any overt horror comic could ever hope to do. Welcome back, Hannah Berry.”

Read our full review here

Available at Table G4 in the Bubbleboy Hall

Article by Andy Oliver

Thought Bubble 2025 runs from November 1oth-16th with the convention weekend taking place on the 15th-16th. More details on the Thought Bubble site here. 

Read all our Thought Bubble 2025 coverage so far in one place here.

Poster by Ng Yin Shian

— Andy Oliver

Andy Oliver is Broken Frontier’s Editor-in-Chief and site owner. He is also a co-organiser of the annual UK Small Press Day and has been a judge or committee member for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition, the British Comic Awards and the SICBA Awards.