021: the feeling is bittersweet and vertiginous
Hullo. A skip week after 20 weekly newsletters seems pretty good to me. But I am famously lazy, so what would I know, eh? Contents! Boston Purgatory Call me...
020: the aim is always to do Hyperballad on paper
Hullo. This one is going to be very quick, as I'm about to run off to the London Book Fair, and if I do it when I get home, the kickstarter I want to talk...
019: get to Mount Doom and win.
Hullo. I'm thinking of the sequencing of these things. I normally start with “this is important relevant work stuff” which is on one hand, what this is for...
018: what time is love?
Hullo. Flying to Milan to launch the Italian edition of WicDiv seems very on brand, somehow. (Hi, Jamie!) Contents! ComickyUpdate The year was 455, when...
017: Greg Pak For Food
Hullo. Every time I put on my “This is the darkest timeline T-shirt” it feels less like a pop cultural reference and more like being the guy with the...
016: awesome angry Scots
Hullo. It's Valentines Day. I send you my love. My love looks exactly the same as a newsletter. I know, it's disappointing, but imagine how awful my wedding...
015: a little ray of silly joy in hell
Hullo. Chaos in the writing. Chaos in the comics production. Chaos on the streets of burrrmingham. Contents! Imperial Phase sure is Imperial Phasing this...
013: better existent sources
Hullo. Contents! ANDRE-455 IS ALIVE. EL ACTO FAUSTICO! This Week Uber: Invasion 2 is so serious I can't make a joke here 2000AD Is History Humblegrab...
012: Aren't you exactly the right size for a miniature?
Hullo. Contents! Aphra 3tosity. Aren't you exactly the right size for a miniature? An attempt at being nice Workworkworkwork The Self Indulgents. *** There...
011: speederbikes powered by an irrepressible trumpet
Hullo. A very short one this week, unless I start rambling about pop music as an attempt to put off working out for another half hour. Contents! WicDiv26Done...
010: a WicDiv Coffeeshop AU is rudely disrupted.
Hullo. 2017, you are looking good. Have you cut your hair? What? That's not hair! Your hair has mouthes! And teeth! Back off, 2017! Leave me alo-- Contents!...
009: Gordian Knot Working
Hullo. A text heavy one this time, as I can't be bothered to go onto a real computer to actually insert pictures, and it's hell to do on an ipad. It's the...
008: how to write about grotesques and monsters?
Hullo. It's Holiday week so it's just chaos, so I'll hit the main beats. Contents! Love = Love Good Release Dates, Not Indie. Treat yourself. Chat and war....
007: Brevity remains an unknown country
Hullo. Contents! No Comics Out! WorkingWorkingWorking Podcasting For Beginners SymBUYosis Questions and ohgodtheseanswersareverylong. Byyyeeeee, etc. ***...
006: THE ADVENTURES OF ULTRABEAR!!!!
Hullo. Contents! Uber! Aphra! WicDiv! Joe Dever, RIP. I did NOT meet a dragon. New books that have been read by me with my eyes and mind. Fiction and Feeling...
005: My Ellisian codename
Hullo. Contents! What is out this week? (Clue: NOTHING) Sign my name, sign my name. Monsterhearts run free, except not free, it's kickstarted....
003: Icarus risking flying too close to the Agadoo sun
Hullo. Writing a newsletter today is a bit like trying to not talk about the weather when a storm is deciding whether it's going to flatten the city you're...
002: Sprawling out critical theories that emerged resplendent and glistening
Hullo. We're still a work in progress here, though I'm pleased the first newsletter only featured two (count 'em!) typos which rendered my meaning entirely...