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189: Folk Horror Bombadil
April 28, 2021
Hullo. Nanananananana D18 Links Nearly a decade ago now. Erk. Huddle Formation Byyyyeeee!!! Fun week of comics out. Firstly… And I feel I have to mention how...
188: the fundamental lie that is Easter Eggs
April 21, 2021
Hullo. Snakes Wego Bleed Hardbacks Links Eggs Byyyyeeee!!! After a month off, Eternals is back, where we go deep to Polaria and properly make proper...
187: the perfect automation of google sheets is undeniable
April 7, 2021
Hullo. The Story of the Blues UK Media Links Elsa Byyyyeeee!!! The collection of Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar is out today in comic shops. It'll be a...
186: Hello, my name is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and these are my maps
March 25, 2021
Hullo Future Actually Future Past Links Byyyyeeee!!! Once & Future 17 is the penultimate episode of the third arc, which is where we step past some of the...
185: Old-fashioned Ahar'ag, Dasrhudeana Daytooth and Karyheitiny the Grubby
March 10, 2021
Hullo. 3ternalsI Like Comics They Are NiceLinksPreviewsByyyyeeee!!! **** Eternals 3 is out, where we reach Lemuria and introduce Thena. I have no idea what...
184: the elusive bumblebird
February 24, 2021
Hullo. 40,0005Going UndergroundLet me be your (British) Fantasy (Award Winner)LinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Marneus Calgar 5 arrives via drop-pod in shops today,...
183: howl at passing biplanes
February 17, 2021
Hullo. LancesReckmoreLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Once & Future 16 is out today, wherein I wrestle to get all three threads of the plot to align, and Dan and Tamra...
182: criminal histories of travelling charlatans
February 10, 2021
Hullo. EternalsPoetryConsumerLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Eternals 2 is out today, wherein we stretch a few other muscles, and reveal a few cards. I’d be...
181: Chip is redefining standards of professionalism in this industry
February 3, 2021
Hullo. 40,004A Good Walk SpoiledAprilChipdateLinksYabber Byyyyeeee!!! **** The penultimate issue of Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar is out. I’m finding it...
180: You know what we need? A Vampiro.
January 20, 2021
Hullo. Quite ContraryNanananaYoung Adult FrictionLinksLine upQ&AByyyyeeee!!! **** And Once & Future hits 2021. I’m fond of this issue – it’s very character...
179: into the distance, into the past, into the future.
January 6, 2021
Hullo. EternalsLinksAnd then it’s overByyyyeeee!!! **** This was the issue I wrote to send off on January 1st 2020. You get it a year later. That feel like a...
178: when you roll a 1
December 23, 2020
Hullo.I know it’s coverChatLinksNananananananaDusByyyyeeee!!! **** I hadn’t got around to doing the Marvel February solicits, and minutes before putting this...
177: some kind of metaphoraphobe
December 16, 2020
Hullo. Christmas Singles and Trades1.3TLinksI scream the battle cry of my people, “You spilled my pint.”Byyyyeeee!!! **** Out in comic shops (book shops next...
176: I tear up all wool
December 9, 2020
Hullo. TheGrimPresent(Christmas)DIE 3 SoonNaked Definitely-not-a-godVaderLinksMeByyyyeeee!!! **** I think this is the last new comic I’ve got coming out this...
175: Tonight, by Ken
November 18, 2020
Hullo. Ludochat & ChumsThoughts BubbleByyyyeeee!!! **** Big week, and any of these could be my lead story. Let’s go with the trade… Hello, you beautiful...
174: Thanks Nicole!
November 11, 2020
Hullo. New Old EnglishThanks Nicole!D15EBooksBoldlyByyyyeeee!!! **** The second Once & future trade is out today, from comic shops. A scan online reveals...
173: doing Byron or doing Tumblr
November 4, 2020
Hullo. TrashCompoLudobookexistsTbubzAnswersBooksByyyyeeee!!! **** I wasn’t going to do a newsletter today, but then I figured I needed the distraction, and...
172: I shouldn’t stan Cao Cao
October 28, 2020
Hullo. FutureLinksBooksByyyyeeee!!! **** I don’t often actually run a preview in full here, but that this is such a stand alone opening, and entirely devoid...
171: the clitic lessons
October 21, 2020
Hullo. AudOne Last TimeLinksHonestyOPTIMO!!!!Byyyyeeee!!! **** Gosh are doing a bookplate for the 2nd Once & Future trade, as drawn by the always amazing Aud...
170: on the chocolate hob nob rush
October 14, 2020
Hullo. WarGransYous2021LinksSequential picture narratives Byyyyeeee!!! **** And lo, I’ve somehow found a way to monetize me leaning over in the pub and...
169: Everything to play for
October 7, 2020
Hullo. D14WordsLinksColoursZoeByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 14 drops. Penultimate issue of the most WicDiv-y arc of DIE, and does what a penultimate issue tends to....
168: our dumb, bulging soup-sack
September 30, 2020
Hullo. HumblebagLudo-no-moreLivia Didn’t Do ItByyyyeeee!!! **** This is fun. Humble Bundle have just launched a bundle highlighting Jamie McKelvie and my own...
167: Do not use this as the basis of your historical essays.
September 23, 2020
Hullo. DiceThe Galaxy’s Greatest Warrior, Defo.DiecemberLudofutureByyyyeeee!!! **** I have watched from 1-3 episodes of Come Dine With Me, every day since...
166: this lovely vampire ambulance
September 16, 2020
Hullo. Future 11 OutEternals 2Wait, am I doing serious descriptions of the sections now?LinksThat’s a real abandonment of the brand.Byyyyeeee!!! **** Issue...
165: This Is A Lot Of Plot
September 2, 2020
Hullo. D13LinksBooksByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 13 is out. I woke up and tweeted “Good morning DIE 13 day. It’s one of the Kieron Read Some Books one, but also the...
164: capsule thoughts are piling up
August 26, 2020
Hullo. EternalsNext NovemberNext WeekLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Yes, this will be a pretty book. More images here.The first press about Eternals happened this...
163: Cowboy
August 19, 2020
Hullo. EternalsOnceLudoFutureSkottieBooksLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** And lo! My return to the Marvel Universe proper, with Esad for company.Go watch the video...
162: you'll never walk alone
August 5, 2020
Hullo. SebShower CurtainLudoreadUltramarLinksEd&SeanBye **** Photo by Dan Griliopoulos. Seb on far left, at the WicDiv launch party.Seb Patrick died without...
161: squeeze in the Ents
July 22, 2020
Hullo. D12EMirkaGone Til LongformLinksOtto&GrattyByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 12 is out, picking up from DIE 11 and setting the stage for DIE 13. We are such...
160: So Many
July 15, 2020
Hullo. So ManySchedule **** This site went live on Monday.It’s been constructed by over sixty people who set themselves a hugely difficult task, and created...
159: Don’t be murdered by your artist.
July 8, 2020
Hullo. DIE11Mrk2Ludo3LinksAgrippaByyyyeeee!!! **** DIE 11 sold out, and there was a bunch of orders, so we decided to take it back to print with a tweaked...
159: A Brighter Shade Of Blue
July 1, 2020
Hullo. BlueTed and Rosy and JamieSeptemberNot Just A David Bowie AlbumLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar was announced last week by...
158: That’s all I’ve got.
June 24, 2020
Hullo. Stephanie is celebrating her birthday today, so send her your wishes. ComicsLinksByyyyeeee!!! **** Out this week is the return of my two big comics....
157: I recall walking Bath graveyards
June 17, 2020
Hullo. This will be relatively brief. Ludo2s Links D&Dy Sparta Byyyyeeee!!! **** Ludocrats 2 is out, in shops both temporal and digital. First reviews are...
156: making tea in mugs that I would never normally use
June 10, 2020
Hullo. Three weeks. That’s a big break, and likely says something. #comicwriterschallengeEisnersLudoIIFutureLinksLudoIVFurtherFutureByyyyeeee!!! **** Gail...
155: proud of its fractal dumbness
May 20, 2020
Hullo. My present aim is to try and channel Animal Crossing positive NPC energy in my every interaction. I am mainly offering to buy turnips. I don’t even...
154: I had trouble with mouselook
May 13, 2020
Hullo In Duolingo news, this week, person in first place had 3000XP on the first day. With four and a half days left, they have just shy of 9500XP. I’ve just...
153: namecheck poptimism
May 6, 2020
Hullo. I am now a member of the Obsidian League. In Duolingo. I admit that the motivation to get there was in hope it would offer me a place in a...
152: #releasethegentleeyescut
April 29, 2020
Hullo. As a working critic, one of my standard pieces of advice was to just start writing and then inevitably cut the extraneous opening. It’s good advice,...
151: Words were always proof that I existed
April 15, 2020
Hullo. I’m listening to Ultravox’s Vienna, due to it appearing in Tom Ewing’s ongoing Twitter World Cup of #2 UK songs, and now am thinking about the...
150: I won’t be Donald-ducking
April 8, 2020
Hullo. Easter week, and I’m still thinking Jesus has to be a little bit miffed it’s called Good Friday. “Yeah, I’ve had better, to be honest” Our go Future...
149: Comewithmecomewithmewelltravel
April 1, 2020
Hullo. A friend of mine was mocked at school because everyone said that he thought spam came from an animal called “a spamial”. He didn’t. Bullies are just...
148: the Escape of the Prisoner
March 25, 2020
Hullo. Since I last wrote I have learned how to make similes in Italian, so can now can be pretentious in two languages. Pre-Abstractly Abstractly Links...
147: a ball of inertia with a collection of offal
March 11, 2020
Hullo. I have a minor cold, but don’t worry, I strong suspect it really is just a cold, and I have been self-isolating my entire life....
146: Nod, nod, noddity nod
March 4, 2020
Hullo. A short one this week, as I want to get it to you as soon as possible, but it also includes Fresh Exclusive New Content, so I hope you’ll forgive me....
145: the medium of a tiny owl judging me
February 26, 2020
Hullo. I had a couple of weeks off the newsletter due to nothing happening. Stasis field accident. You know how it is. MayLudomeetLinksGerman for “why did...
144: momentarily Manichean
February 6, 2020
Hullo. I think I’m having today off. The way I’m having today off is to write this especially long newsletter. There is something fundamentally wrong with...
143: Imagine the Neverending Story for adults, if not grown-ups
January 29, 2020
Hullo. I have the basis of the Tracks of the Year done, but don’t quite have enough time today to write it up. In which case, I’ll knock it to next week, and...
142: Diamanda Galas said that mortality is insulting
January 22, 2020
Hullo. I’m about to go and meet up with a bunch of Old Games Journalists for a meal, so it’s appropriate that I’m hurriedly assembling a bunch of links and...
141: “Some”
January 8, 2020
Hullo. Someone asked me if I could do regular tracks of the week in the newsletter, but thanks to Tom Ewing I’ve been mainly listening to Enola Gay by...
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