'Walking Dead', 'Daredevil', 'Hellboy' artists team for Thought Bubble anthology

Image Comics will publish an anthology comic for the Thought Bubble festival.

The title will not only promote the UK's annual sequential art event - which is held in Leeds - but will also raise money for Barnardo's.

The book will feature contributors including Charlie Adlard (Walking Dead), Andy Diggle (Daredevil), Duncan Fegredo (Hellboy: Darkness Calls), Antony Johnston (Alan Moore's Another Suburban Romance), D'Israeli (2000 A.D.) and horror director Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), with a cover by Becky Cloonan.



"I have always admired what [Toronto Comics Art Festival] does in Canada - they promote their wonderful festival very well, and one of the keys to this is their Free Comic Book Day issue released every May," Thought Bubble director and anthology editor Lisa Wood told Comic Book Resources.

"This is such a clever way to market an event like ours, so I borrowed it. I have also known and worked around people who draw and write comics for years, so it seemed only natural to ask them to help create our anthology by providing new work for a charitable cause."

Wood continued: "One of the reasons I started Thought Bubble was to use the festival and comics as a way to promote the medium and raise money for organisations close to my heart. All the profits from this comic will go to the children's charity Barnardo's.

"I'm actually surprised more [cons] haven't [done it], although I have found recently how tough it can be to produce a high-quality publication. If Image had not picked this anthology up, I might still be struggling to get the title out there, so I can understand if people are hesitant because of the work involved."

Thought Bubble Anthology will be released in November.

Thought Bubble runs between November 14 and 20 this year, with a comic convention on November 19 and 20.