Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews Announced for 2025 – Includes Sessions with Christian Ward, Shazleen Khan, Alison Sampson, Sean Phillips and Many More! www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb... #thoughtbubble

Friday Wristband Pick-Up for Ticket Holders! We have two spots in Harrogate where you can pick up your wristband on Friday 14 November if you'd like to, ahead of the usual weekend collection. Find times, full addresses and accessibility for Friday Pick-up here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/wristband

Calling all comic artists!! At this year's comic convention we are hosting drop-in portfolio reviews run by our amazing guests! Take advantage of this opportunity to speak one-on-one with an experienced comic book professional who'll review your work, give tips and personalised advice.

As someone who essentially got his foot in the door through an ad-hoc portfolio review at Thought Bubble many moons ago, it would be remiss of me not to highlight what a sublime opportunity this is;

I’ll be involved in offering portfolio reviews at this years @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social

I'll be doing some of these portfolio reviews at this year's Thought Bubble!

10 years ago I was showing my portfolio around Thought Bubble to writers and artists and it changed my life. portfolio reviews like this mean so much to aspiring artists and I thank @alisonsampson.bsky.social for setting this up x honoured to be part of this line up x

Calling all comic artists!! At this year's comic convention we are hosting drop-in portfolio reviews run by our amazing guests! Take advantage of this opportunity to speak one-on-one with an experienced comic book professional who'll review your work, give tips and personalised advice.

AireCon 2026 tickets are on sale NOW! Our pals @aireconuk will be in Harrogate Convention Centre on the 12 - 15 March 2026! Four whole days rammed with analog gaming! Get your tickets here: www.airecon.co.uk/tickets

We're incredibly excited to the announce the addition of Luigi Formisano to Kinetic Collectibles! 🔗: kineticcollectibles.com/pages/luigi-... ✍️: Co-Creator of NIGHTS (Image Comics) ✈️: @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social November 15 - 16 👀: Debut Commission List Opening SOON!

Reminder that I'm a guest @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social again this year! Exciting!!! (I just booked my coach down so it's real now and I must wrap up my zines!)

We are beyond excited to welcome The 2000 AD Hall to Thought Bubble Comic Convention! Thank you to @2000ad.bsky.social for the support, looking forward to seeing it filled with amazing comic creators this November!

Two months to go until Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025 opens its doors! Please purchase your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, as some types may not be available on the door: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

We are super sad to announce that due to unforseen circumstances Mariko Tamaki can no longer attend Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025. We hope we get to see Mariko again at a Thought Bubble really soon.

Two months to go until Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025 opens its doors! Please purchase your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, as some types may not be available on the door: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

We are beyond excited to welcome The 2000 AD Hall to Thought Bubble Comic Convention! Thank you to @2000ad.bsky.social for the support, looking forward to seeing it filled with amazing comic creators this November!

🌟 IT LIVES! 🌟 The UK Comics Creator Survey is BACK, baby! Here to gather up, analyse and disseminate your data to help uplift the comics world, like if Robin Hood was a statistician or something. ukcomicscreators.org.uk

We've written a blog post giving tips and tricks for exhibiting at a comic convention, with input from Thought Bubble exhibitors past and present, and Team Thought Bubble's own experiences in front of, and behind the table! Take a look: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/blog/2025/9/1

We've written a blog post giving tips and tricks for exhibiting at a comic convention, with input from Thought Bubble exhibitors past and present, and Team Thought Bubble's own experiences in front of, and behind the table! Take a look: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/blog/2025/9/1

It's September 1st. Our pals at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social have today liaised with exhibitors about #ThoughtBubble Month at BF and we already have 20 review requests. To go with the 10-plus coverage requests we already had. It's a good thing we plan this thing so far in advance isn't it?

Last week at Broken Frontier... Thought Bubble @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Announce More Guests for 2025 Including Comics Journalism Pioneer Joe Sacco. www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...

We know we've kept you waiting, so here is another bunch of incredible comic creating guests for you! These guests will be at Thought Bubble Comic Convention which takes place on 15 & 16 November 2025, at Harrogate Convention Centre, England! Get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

The giants of the comic book world are descending on Yorkshire this November! These incredible guests will be at Thought Bubble Comic Convention on 15 & 16 November 2025, at Harrogate Convention Centre, England! Get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

I’m back exhibiting at Thought Bubble for the first time in six years! Happy to return to the UK’s premier convention!

We're going to THOUGHT BUBBLE!!!

Made up to be a guest at this year’s @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social

Very excited to hang with my @idwpublishing.com label mate & pal @patrickhorvath.bsky.social at this years @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Not doing NYCC this year ( it’s mine and Catherine’s 10th anniversary in Oct so we’re having a family holiday instead ) so Thoughtbubble is my only con in 2025

We are going to be at this show and @decassette.bsky.social Linnea will be there with us too!!! Can't wait!

It's the week of DIE: LOADED dropping, so a lovely time to come and hang with Stephanie and me.

OH HEY it’s me 😚 And a bunch of other cool cuties too!!! See you there!

Can’t wait. See you there!

hi it’s me 🥹 i’ll have copies of on starlit shores and new mini comics!

I love when these posters are made and I just so happen to be on the same one as a much of lovely friends! See you in November, Thought Bubble! I'll have Go-Man as well as all the old favourites!

We know we've kept you waiting, so here is another bunch of incredible comic creating guests for you! These guests will be at Thought Bubble Comic Convention which takes place on 15 & 16 November 2025, at Harrogate Convention Centre, England! Get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

The giants of the comic book world are descending on Yorkshire this November! These incredible guests will be at Thought Bubble Comic Convention on 15 & 16 November 2025, at Harrogate Convention Centre, England! Get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

🚨🚨Who’s ready for a Thought Bubble guest announcement?

Leeds Book Award Teen Graphic Novel creator call out! Leeds Book Awards are looking for comic creators based in the UK and Ireland who have published work aimed at teenagers and middle-grade between Nov 2024 and Nov 2025! If this is you, please get in touch via [email protected].

Want to join the best group of volunteers around? Our volunteer sign-up is now open! Find out more information and how to sign up, here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/volunteer

Available Now: Our 2025 Commission List with @annaread.bsky.social! Grab a limited spot for full worldwide mail order or @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social convention pickup. kineticcollectibles.com/products/rea...

MEGA-INTERVIEW! @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Talent Search Winners Evie Roebuck and Lucas McCoy joined us to talk about "Emmett's Girl", their first Future Shock at 2000 AD - and first mainstream published comics work to date! Read the full interview here: bit.ly/4n46SKM

We’re excited to welcome Carys Boughton as our resident comic creator at Plural Ink! Carys explores how comics can connect us with food justice, empathy, and the living world around us. Thank you Carys, we cannot wait to see the work you make for Plural Ink!

News! The Phoenix is Heading to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Thought Bubble 2025 with Neill Cameron, Ron Deas, Sam Davies, Abby Bulmer, Emily Kimbell and Zak Simmonds-Hurn. www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb... Epic guest list! Epic workshops!

Those who've been to our @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social exhibitions before will know that we usually use just one room of The Mercer. This exhibition takes over the whole gallery! We can't wait.

In Orbit THIS Wednesday! @molcher.bsky.social & @punkrokmomjeans.bsky.social discuss the new talent from @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social making their debut in this week's 2000 AD! Watch/listen now: bit.ly/46YTSRP Subscribe on Apple apple.co/3vhET4Y & Spotify bit.ly/45przuF

Want to join the best group of volunteers around? Our volunteer sign-up is now open! Find out more information and how to sign up, here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/volunteer

HUGE NEWS! This comic art exhibition will run at the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate from 18th October 2025 til 26th April 2026. If you’re visiting the Thought Bubble Festival this autumn, be sure to pop in (it’s right across the street!) This is the incredible poster design by @kbaczynski.bsky.social!

Become a Friend of Thought Bubble for 2025! We've streamlined our Friends of Thought Bubble memberships to enable more of you to support our outreach work! Find out more, here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/friendsof

Some useful pointers if you're thinking of pitching to our writing talent search at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year!

Last year's @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Talent Search Winners Evie Roebuck and Lucas McCoy make their 2000 AD debut in 2000 AD Prog 2446, out 27th August! Want a preview of their story together?

Become a Friend of Thought Bubble for 2025! We've streamlined our Friends of Thought Bubble memberships to enable more of you to support our outreach work! Find out more, here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/friendsof