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
This may be my New Thing for a while. Website etc. coming when I get time; in the meanwhile here’s a dedicated Bluesky account where comics may be found.
Now with alt text!
A 4-panel comic strip depicting an anthropomorphic fox wearing a long coat and a scarf ordering a coffee from a coffee stand operated by a capybara wearing a t-shirt and baseball cap. “One small low-fat latté, please”. “That’ll be $20”, the capybara replies. As the capybara busies himself making the drink, the fox delivers a wall of text, protesting that $20 is far too expensive and the capybara should be ashamed of himself. He slams $20 on the counter and stalks off with his coffee. The capybara calls out “same time tomorrow, Charley?”; the fox (now off-panel) replies “SURE I GUESS”.
Welcome to Hob’s Creek.
Have you had your coffee this morning?
Ron was unsure of the snow this morning. He reminded me of Bambi.
They may have vague ideas about where the series is going when they start, but then studio shakeups come in. Or a third-string character becomes a fan favourite and gets more screen time, derailing original plans.
It amazes me that people don’t realise the writers/creators of [insert favourite long-running series du jour] are MAKING STUFF UP AS THEY GO ALONG. All these “hints” dropped eight years ago as to the payoff? TOTAL COINCIDENCE. Happy accidents played of as intention.
The system link play on that was fantastic, the map was surprisingly expansive for the time. Happy memories of trying to ambush my brother in a blocky bamboo forest.
I won’t be at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social myself this year (boo!) but @wipcomics.bsky.social will! They have stock of this year’s anthology (which is incredible BTW) as well as BIGGER and SPAN. Please pay them a visit at F11 in the Bubbleboy Hall and buy ALL THE BOOKS.
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! ∞ : The new WIP Comics Anthology – The WIP Crew Are Back, Doing Their Thing and Providing a Platform for New and Established Artists Alike. @wipcomics.bsky.social @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF www.brokenfrontier.com/infinity-wip...
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat wearing and oversized witch’s hat. He does not look happy. A caption reading “happy Halloween” sits in the corner.
#RONTOBER, day31: hat
A black-and-white cartoon of a small cat sitting outside on a dark night. Only a hint of an outline can be seen, among with two glowing circles for eyes. The moon is visible in the background.
#RONTOBER, day 30: dark
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat hiding inside a nearly-full laundry basket. Only the tips of his ears and his tail are visible amongst the laundry.
#RONTOBER, day 29: nest
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat, sitting inside a heavy-duty carrier bag. He is chewing the rim of the bag.
#RONTOBER, day 28: bag
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat scratching behind his ear, as he is teeming with fleas.
#RONTOBER, day 27: teeming
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat, holding a large knife in its grinning teeth. A caption reads “AN AGENT OF PURE NONSENSE”.
#RONTOBER, day 26: chaos
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat waiting outside a mousehole while the mouse sits behind him, nibbling some cheese.
#RONTOBER, day 25: wait
A black-and-white cartoon of a hand holding out a piece of cheese to a small black cat, who is grinning up at the camera.
#RONTOBER, day 24: cheese
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat, laying on the ground. Through feats of anatomy, he has twisted his sleeping form into an infinity symbol.
#RONTOBER, day 23: infinity
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat riding a robotic vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner bears the label “ROBOVAC”, written in a font meant to evoke the logo of the classic action movie “ROBOCOP”. The vacuum is not very good at its job, as it’s kicking up a lot of dust.
#RONTOBER, day 21: machine
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat hiding behind a selection of squashes and gourds
#RONTOBER, day 20: squash
A black-and-white cartoon of a gigantic black cat rampaging through a city
#RONTOBER, day 19: gigantic
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat dipping the tip of his tail into a china cup of tea.
#RONTOBER, day 18: tea
It’d just be him sleeping every day 😅
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat bouncing around a garden, chasing a butterfly
#RONTOBER, day 17: bounce
Thank you! The real-life Ron (cat tax photo below) is a constant source of inspiration. I thought it only right that he got a month dedicated to him.
A black-and-white cartoon of a small black cat stretching up tall next to a patio door, hoping to go outside
#RONTOBER, day 16: tall
A black-and-white cartoon of a small cat, who is dreaming that they have wings and can fly with the birds.
#RONTOBER, day 15: flight
