TAGS Fest 2026 is now open for table applications! This year TAGS Fest is on 17th October at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, just off Leith Walk. You have until May 15th to apply!
🏷️ Apply at the link in our bio.
Art from It Comes in Waves by Bruna Martini. Water colour art of a mother and child in a treasure chest look out over a fantasy fairground.
You can find Bruna on Instagram here: www.instagram.com/brunamartini...
Also, she will also be giving an online talk at the next LDComics Global Online on 13th April which you can get tickets to here: ldcomics.com/product/ldco...
Art from It Comes in Waves by Bruna Martini. Water colour art of a young girl watching the rides at a fairground.
Art from It Comes in Waves by Bruna Martini. Water colour art of a young child against a green background.
NEW COMIC ANNOUNCEMENT!
We are publishing It Comes in Waves, a new 28 page comic by Bruna Martini in which Bruna explores how to be a mother when yours has passed.
Coming to Kickstarter in May! Sign up here to be notified when it is live www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi...
Review! Boxes #4 – Mike Armstrong, Eleanor Sikorski, Jules Valera, Emilia McKenzie and Pictii Are Just a Handful of the Names in the Latest Issue of this Essential Anthology. www.brokenfrontier.com/boxes-4/ From @thirdbearpress.bsky.social
Sequential Scotland was a great day last year!
What a lovely poster by @mortiscausa.bsky.social
Sifting through BOXES applications always reminds me of the incredible creativity in our comics community.
If you’ve received a ‘no’ this time, please know that it’s not a reflection on your talent.
My suggestion: Sod what I said and just make that comic or write that article anyway, if you can 💪
The four issues of BOXES Comic Magazine laid out on a table.
That’s me been in touch with everyone who applied to be in the next BOXES Comic Magazine.
Thanks again to everyone to submitted something. The next issue is going to be 🔥
will be returning to thoughtbubble this year ^o^v yay... better finish some comics
Grateful to be back at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social also this year! 🥰
Well needed good news today! So happy to be going back! 👻✨
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
ThirdBear Press will be exhibiting at Thought Bubble Comic Convention, 14th & 15th November 2026, Harrogate Convention Centre
I'll be at Thought bubble again this year! 💪
I had a blast illustrating the cover for @asawheatley.bsky.social’s TTRPG zine, ‘Wich Witches. You can back it now on Kickstarter and it only has few days left so don’t dilly dally.
✨🥪 www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...
Submissions are now closed for BOXES Vol. 5
Submissions are now closed for BOXES Vol. 5!
Thanks everyone for sending in your ideas. One again the standard I have to choose from is VERY HIGH. A nice problem to have!
The aim is to be in touch with everyone with their outcomes by the end of March.
Thanks again for your support for BOXES.
📦📦📦
3. Also, consider submitting something that is an odd number of pages. It can give me a bit more flexibility in putting together the page order.
Ok, thanks. I can’t wait to read your submissions! Here’s the link again:
thirdbearpress.com/submissions
1. Please specify if your final art will be black and white or full colour. It can help me decide on the balance of black and white and colour pages.
2. There have been a lot of submissions for 8 page comics, but there is only so much space in the magazine! Consider something shorter.
I’d like to emphasise that I’d like to see MORE submissions for ARTICLES.
If you are a comic journalist or an artist with something to say about the craft, please get in touch!
Also, for comics, here’s a couple of tips that might help your chances: ⬇️
Submissions for BOXES Comic Magazine Vol. 5 close on 28th February!
Less than two weeks left to submit your ideas for BOXES Vol. 5! We’ve had some exciting looking comic ideas submitted so far, but there’s plenty of room for more.
Check the submissions guide here for all the details on how to submit:
thirdbearpress.com/submissions
Last chance to get tickets to this for tonight!
Exhibitor applications for Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2026 close in just under 1 week!
The deadline is 11:59pm (GMT) on Sunday 8 February 2026. Tell your friends!
Find all the information, and how to apply, here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/exhibit
⚔️ I have a patreon again! If you would like to follow my various comic projects and get to see little extras like sketches, wips and so on, check it out! ⚔️
www.patreon.com/cw/mortiscausa
Thanks Andy 🔥
This is always such a good comics anthology!
BOXES Comic Magazine - Volume 5 Submissions now OPEN!
Submissions for BOXES Comic Magazine Vol. 5 are now OPEN!
We are looking for short comics and articles about comics from a diverse range of UK based creators.
Have a read of the submission guidelines here for more details: thirdbearpress.com/submissions
If you have any questions, please ask!
a bright pink and green illustration depicting gwenhwyvar and gwenhwyfach from arthurian legend riding horses. gwenhwyfach is in green and gwenhwyvar is in pink throughout. in the background gwenhwyvar is shown about to kiss arthur, with her cloak turning into a landscape. at the top border there is a dragon, and on the bottom border of the picture a line of riders including the two sisters ride behind a banner.
for march to camelot 2025, #4 envy gwenhwyvar & her sister gwenhwyfach. finally finished this over the weekend after having it in my wips for nearly a year
Comics! From beyond the Patreon wall, the start of a memoir of grieving my Dad.
Also, be sure to keep an eye on our submissions page on 1st of February for details on how to submit your ideas.
If you have any questions, please ask!
thirdbearpress.com/submissions
New Year, New Comics Submissions for BOXES reopen February! The background contains the covers of the previous 4 volumes of BOXES Comic Magazine.
Submissions for BOXES Vol. 5 will be OPEN from 1st to 28th February.
If you are UK based and have an idea for a new short comic or article about comics, we'd love to hear from you.
There's a bit more about it in our latest newsletter:
thirdbearpress.substack.com/p/new-year-n...
The SOUP: The Society Of Unexplained Phenomena Kickstarter campaign is in it’s last two days.
We’re coming to the end of the SOUP kickstarter! The campaign ends on Sunday at 2pm GMT.
If you’ve been meaning to back it but have still to do so, then now is the time!
Link here ➡️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/ste...
The characters Herman Doolie, Jonathan Gregor, Dr. Alison Greening & Natalie Crane from the comic SOUP.
The cast of characters in SOUP (in my humble opinion) is the best group I’ve come up with for a comic.
Meet a few of them (and maybe back it if you haven’t already) here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ste...
Thanks!
We're in the final two weeks of the SOUP kickstarter!
The funding goal has been met, but it would be lovely to hit the stretch goals of me doing a dramatic reading video and an exclusive riso print.
Take a look and back the comic here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ste...
Thanks!