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Geek Syndicate
THOUGHT BUBBLE ANTHOLOGY, 2013
Image © Image Comics, 2013

COMIC REVIEW

Writers: Gabriel Ba, Brandon
Graham & Richard Starkings
Art: Rafael Albuquerque, Boo
Cook, Ming Doyle & Brandon
Graham
Publisher: Image Comics

Featuring a variety of original tales by incredible industry talent from around the
world, plus some shining new
start of the UK comics community, our anthologies are
curated with the ultimate aim
of showcasing the very best
sequential art has to offer.
This collection will also print
the winners of 2012’s Thought
Bubble Art Competition, and
all profits from the sales of
this comic will go to the charity Barnado’s.
Contributors for 2013’s anthology include Cameron Stuart, Brandon Graham, Ming
Doyle, Fabio Moon, Gabriel
Ba, Ramon Perez, Jeffrey
brown and Many More!

Well, those clever folks have
done it again and produced a
gorgeous anthology full with
some of the best and brightest
names in the comic industry.
Just check out the names in
that blurb. That’s an impressive list of talent right?
This is the third anthology
from Thought Bubble, tying in
with the annual comics festival that takes place in November. Each year it gets better.
The anthology contains twenty-four stories to mull and
coo over and it starts off with
an inspired Elephantmen and
Judge Dredd crossover, “Judge
Flask”. In this story, Judge
Dredd, high as a kite on candy,
is chasing down a Judged up
Flask.
Another stand out story is
“Rain Falling like Hammers”
from Lee Barnett and artist Oliver Redding which is
beautiful and haunting. “I Am
Meckie” from Ramok K Perez
was a hilarious sci-fi short,
which managed to fit a hell of
a lot of staples into one page
(robot, guns, warships and a
weird, all knowing lizard).

There are other great stories
featuring demanding cats,
menacing thought bubbles,
a carnivorous kebab and a
caveman dentist. The thing
that’s great about this anthology is that it is so varied, there
is something everyone will like
and the artwork is so diverse
and rich. With so many different styles, it’s a really compelling read. There’s a great mix
of different stories, lots of humour and also some sniffle inducing tales. There really isn’t
one weak link in this book of
tiny tales.
We highly recommend you run
out and buy this now. You can
buy the anthology in all good
comic shops or over on Comixology and it’s only £2.49,
which is a bargain! Also all the
proceeds go to Barnardo’s, so
you’ll get the added bonus of a
warm fuzzy feeling from helping kiddies while reading an
excellent book.

Sara Westrop
Rating

GGGGG

There was another great crossover tale with a Chloe Noonan
and Ellerbisms story. I won’t
give away any more but one
line in particular had me howling! I love the sardonic sense
of humour that ran through
this page.

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