Thought Bubble 2025: Full Festival Programme Released And The Return Of Its Free Comics Drive
by Olly MacNamee
Thought Bubble has shared its full programme of events occurring throughout this year’s weeklong festival, starting on 10th November and wrapping up with its annual comic con on Saturday, 15th and Sunday, 16th November 2025. Located in Harrogate and Leeds, this year’s festival once again has plenty on offer for comic book fans, and the comic book curious. That, and thousands of free comics donated by the comic book industry and Diamond Comics, given away to young readers via Leeds Libraries. This year, free comics will be available from Leeds Central Art Library, Headingley, Crossgates, Chapel Allerton, and Pudsey.
Events include:
- An evening with cartoonist Caroline Cash (The New Yorker, MoMA), interviewed by Leeds illustrator and comic artist Kristyna Baczynski
- The return of the popular Pints and Pencils event, the two-day Comics Forum conference, and an exhibition of the works of indie publisher Avery Hill
- Pyramid x LCC Character Collab Exhibition
- Data and Doctor Doom – a new live show in which MJ Hibbett PhD tells you all you need to know about the MCU’s next big baddie
- Over 600 comic-creating exhibitors to Harrogate’s convention centre and much more
Plus, we get a plethora of new creators announced:
John Patrick Green, Jock, Charlie Adlard, Simon Bisley, Ram V, Monty Nero, Abigail Jill Harding, Alison Sampson, Paul Cornell, Chrissy Williams, Lee Garbett, Babs Tarr, Sarah Graley, Lauren Knight, Mike Lowery, and John Allison.
For the full schedule, check out the official website here.