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Coming home from Thought Bubble at Harrogate, I happened to pop by the town's only comic shop – and it was a revelation Destination Venus as a comic store has been around for years, but in recent years was bought out by Regie Rigby, who uses to write the Fool Britannia column that ran alongside[...]

Last year, Chip Mosher of ComiXology, discovered the mini-comic by Greg Lockard, Tim Fish and Hector Boros, Liebestrasse at Thought Bubble when it was in Leeds This week, edited by Will Dennis, it was published as an original graphic novel on ComiXology Originals and had a panel to itself at the show. Thought Bubble is a[...]

But they hadn't met until today, in a last-minute panel that concluded the final day of Thought Bubble in Harrogate. The last-minute nature of the panel, made for a smaller crowd in attendance Which is why I'm happy to share their first meeting got a wider audience They talked about Mariko being introduced to Steve's work[...]

Last night saw the Harrogate Convention Centre in Harrogate host the Thought Bubble Mid-Con Party with comic creators as DJs on the dance floor, as is traditional Bleeding Cool took an early tour before most folk arrived to get a flavour of the event, before all the cool people turned up. It was sponsored, as is[...]

She shares her home with her writer husband Brian Schirmer (creator of Fairlady) and two cats. This weekend, Dani is exhibiting at Thought Bubble in Harrogate alongside Brian And she had something to share that she started using herself and now also gives to creators she works with. The Get Sh-t Done Die You could also put[...]

Former Bleeding Cool contributor Joe Glass is exhibiting his Pride superhero comic book at Thought Bubble this weekend But some people are not entirely sure where to find him And not just because the show is now in Harrogate. Because Glass is exhibiting in the ComiXology Originals Main Hall of Thought Bubble And not, as one[...]

Donny Cates has been interviewed on stage at Thought Bubble in Harrogate, by his wife-of-a-week Megan Hutchison And he had a lot to talk about, including his secret origin in comic books (and, yes, his work for Bleeding Cool), the origin of Interceptor (and how he gamed Bleeding Cool), what is up with Dylan Brock[...]

I'm currently sitting at the front of the main panel room waiting for the Donny Cates panel to begin at Thought Bubble 2019, in Harrogate I managed to miss this palatial panel room on the video that runs below… your regular, familiar, from one side of the show to the other, in our patent-pending shaky,[...]

So I find myself stretched out on a long sofa bench with Tim Pilcher, former editor at DC Vertigo, Humanoids and now publisher of Soaring Penguin Press, and author of comics gossip narrative Comic Book Babylon, as we watch Andy Diggle taking what we consider a more than adequate time to relieve himself. Andy Diggle considers[...]

The official guest hotel of Thought Bubble's first year in Harrogate and, yes, it was a little bit of an upgrade to Leeds' Radisson Blu For a start you could move – and I don't just mean Henry Barajas or Roger Langridge on the dance floor And the facilities deserve an article all to themselves. But[...]

UK Comics Collective is a new group of comic creators and comic fans debuting – and running a series of events – at this year's Thought Bubble Comic Con in Harrogate I am currently at Wakefield Westgate train station on my way there too. Funded by Wellcome Trust, Arts Council England and Biochemical Society, the ambition[...]

Avery Hill Publishing, South London graphic novel publisher, has announced a new lineup of titles for 2020 with a video presentation and a bunch of images, titles and creators… just in time for appearing at Thought Bubble this weekend. Go take a look First the video… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejU3jtAXXhAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Avery Hill Publishing[...]

Antony Johnston confirmes his attendance at Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend But this is the last time he'll be doing such a thing… on his newsletter, he dropped the news. Yes, I'll have a table at this year's Thought Bubble, in the new venue of the Harrogate Convention Centre. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE THE LAST TIME[...]

Have I mentioned I'm going to Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend? No? Damn, I was sure I had, Oh well. Some other folk, who are going are US-based comic book publisher Vault Comics in their official capacity By which I mean their head of Marketing and Sales for the UK and Europe, Tara Ferguson, who[...]

You'll be able to find Declan Shalvey at Thought Bubble in Harrogate this weekend, at Table 5 in the Comixology Originals Hall or what Shalvey has called in his newsletter 'what is looking like the 'Irish Quarter', or 'Irish and Irish-friendly Quarter' at least.' And that's where he will also be debuting a special preview ashcan[...]

I once met at Glenn Møane at a party at Thought Bubble when it was in Leeds And he returns this year, this weekend, even though the show has moved down the road to the slightly snootier Harrogate. And he tells Bleeding Cool that this weekend he will be debuting his latest one-shot The Break-Up, drawn[...]

It's Thought Bubble this weekend in Harrogate… and Orbital Comics employee Ryan Jenkins will be there with a remastered edition of his original breakout hit Whiskers McFadden #1 with new cover art and a completing of the storyline in the new year, coloured by Joe Exposito It'll also be up on Comixology soon, for those[...]

We love to check in with our friend Marc Jackson ahead of Thought Bubble to check in with his latest project And this year round, that is the launch issue of his new comic book Spookids Set in the eighties, with nerdy kids messing about, they open a portal to another place, that sees strange[...]

This weekend is Thought Bubble Bleeding Cool will be lifting its wearing legs from that London, don't you know and travelling far North to Harrogate, which is basically the posher, gentrified side of Winterfell And this week on Bleeding Cool we will be showing off a lot of what will be waiting for us. Such as[...]

Blood Cries Out is a new graphic novel by Cy Dethan, Conor Boyle and Nic Wilkinson debuting at the Thought Bubble Comics Festival in Harrogate next month But those attending and who pre-order a copy will get a) discount and b) a free new comic book thrown in. The Reverend is a weapon forged by fate[...]

Here's the full timetable for Thought Bubble Comics Festival, for the second weekend in November, now in its new location of Harrogate Bleeding Cool will be attending the show, highlights must include epitaph panels for The Wicked + The Divine and Giant Days, a special screening of Shaun of the Dead in conjunction with Vice[...]

In Britain, train tickets can be hella expensive, unless you know when to book them, how long to hold off, and know what's happening any time between 12 weeks and 6 weeks before you really really need them. For example, buying a single ticket from London to Harrogate (Changing at Leeds), the new location for this[...]

A final Walking Dead Omnibus, launches of Marked, Chrononauts, Thought Bubble Anthology 2019, Nomen Omen, Copra and Dead Eyes… what takes your fancy? THE MARKED #1 – GEM OF THE MONTH WRITER: DAVID HINE & BRIAN HABERLIN ARTIST / COVERS A & B: BRIAN HABERLIN & GEIRROD VAN DYKE OCTOBER 16 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99 SERIES PREMIERE DOUBLE-SIZED FOR SINGLE PRICE! THEIR MAGIC IS CHANNELED THROUGH THEIR TATTOOS! The Marked may[...]

Thought Bubble Comics Arts Festival is Britain's best comic convention, There, I've said it Because it is Held in Leeds for over a decade – until 2019 When it is upsticking and moving to Harrogate, within the central Harrogate Convention Centre, and from September back to November – Saturday 9th November and Sunday 10th November[...]

See if you can spot them. Ubermensch to Superman… And plenty of Thought Bubble too, as Joe Michael Straczynski noted… Have to say, that's pretty nifty https://t.co/y8flwR5znA — J Michael Straczynski (@straczynski) September 23, 2018 Roger Langridge Continues to Draw The Muppets as Babylon 5 at Thought Bubble And birthdays today… Valiant marketing man who has been a staff member for more comics[...]

Ultimate The Other Major Heroes In Crisis #1 Death Confirmed? Really? Will Brian Bendis Be Writing a Leviathan Series for DC Comics? Bleeding Cool Brings You Batman's Penis In All Its Batglory From Batman: Damned #1 Nightwing May Be Losing His Dick But Batman Is Getting One  And there was plenty bubbling out of Thought Bubble in Leeds, concluding today…[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Today in Leeds for Thought Bubble Hence today's truncated LITG I will report back… Five most-read stories yesterday Bleeding Cool Brings You Batman's Penis In All Its Batglory From Batman: Damned #1 Nightwing May Be Losing His Dick But Batman Is Getting One  Has DC Comics Got Nightwing Completely the[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. Today I am heading up to Leeds for Thought Bubble See you there… Five most-read stories yesterday Bleeding Cool Brings You Batman's Penis In All Its Batglory From Batman: Damned #1 Nightwing May Be Losing His Dick But Batman Is Getting One  Batpenis No More? Future Printings of Batman Damned[...]

It seems such a strange concept now… But if you want to see Warren Ellis in the flesh, then this year you really have one option: Thought Bubble in Leeds on the 22nd of September Ellis will be interviewed on stage by Kieron Gillen and will then give a closing keynote of some kind on the 23rd. But[...]

We've been taking a look at new books and comics coming out at the upcoming Thought Bubble Comics Festival, a week-long celebration of creativity and comics that takes place in Leeds in the north of England The festival culminates in a weekend-long comic con on September 23rd-24th Taking over a fair part of the city[...]