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099: daubing things in hot pink

February 20, 2019

Hullo. Today's music is Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, which comrade Rossignol forwarded to me. Their GNT is delightfully Calligulan rock. Contents! DIE DIE...

098: The Ghost Of C-Monster

February 13, 2019

Hullo. Last week, I was finally told that I still had "2018" at the end of my newsletter. I have had broccoli in my teeth for the last year. Contents!...

097: Laura Brannigan’s Absolute Banger

February 6, 2019

Hullo. I’m writing this in a bar in London, around the corner from the pub which Mike Carey used as John Constantine’s local. I would go and write there, but...

096: The house needs milk.

January 30, 2019

Hullo. At this time of night, I would like to settle down with a nice chianti and a slice of Television Golden Age and/or a podcast about boardgames. But...

095: I suppose it would make Hemingway a swooper

January 23, 2019

Hullo. I write from a house of plague. Do not approach. Do not inhale. Wear gloves to interact with the screen. Wear protective glasses. Wait, you're...

094: neeerrrrrrrd

January 16, 2019

Hullo. This week's obsessional record has been SOPHIE's Immaterial, which was in last week's tracks of the year, but would climb about ten places if I re-did...

093: nothing but precision engineered ennui

January 9, 2019

Hullo. It's 2019. As it's 2019, I plan to be more sensible, and not do throwaway joke introductions. No, really. Okay, maybe just this once. As well as the...

092: Shouting at clouds. Mushroom clouds.

December 12, 2018

Hullo. Last week was hectic. This week, let's just sit back and toast marshmallows. On the smouldering ruins of a democracy, admittedly, but you can't have...

091: neediest of the needsters.

December 5, 2018

Hullo. Hello, my name is Kieron Gillen, and I'm selling these fine leather jackets comic products. Contents! Something New Something Old Something Signing...

090: Joan Wilder from Romancing the Stone

November 28, 2018

Hullo. I've just finished a bar of nougat so may be in a sugar-rush mode again. Don't worry, I'll be brief, to i) not annoy and ii) finish before I collapse...

089: I'm eating the cake now

November 21, 2018

Hullo. I've just had an actual snooze in the afternoon, so I'm a little loopy and this newsletter is going to be powered by a heroic team up between...

088: wine and cheese

November 14, 2018

Hullo. This week - mainly links and art, I think. I haven't ever done a big art preview here before. Let's do a big art preview. If you're reading on the...

087: a bag of holding, solely containing nerves.

November 7, 2018

Hullo. This week. This week. This week. Suffice to say, this one will lean short. It's been intense for everyone, and it's been intense for all the same...

086: we have cats.

October 31, 2018

Hullo. I'd say Happy Goth Christmas except my coven decided Goth Christmas is actually Christmas Eve, because on Christmas Eve 1764 The Castle of Otranto was...

085: in terms of artistic reach, I was basically a T-Rex

October 17, 2018

Hullo. I had so much stuff I wanted to get in this one I had to push some it to next, as otherwise none of you are going to read it, right? I mean, I barely...

084: moisture-wicking

October 10, 2018

Hullo. Back from New York. Obviously jetlagged. That's this week's excuse for typos, even though my x-key is still unfixed. The process to fix it has...

083: Project Boombastic

October 3, 2018

Hullo. I'm writing this on my flight for New York Comic Con, and I'm resisting the urge of posting it from here on the plane's wi-fi, if only because the...

082: Vampire Jump Game

September 26, 2018

Hullo. The thing which most efficiently describes how excellent Thought Bubble was is that I'm still tired from Thought Bubble. Contents! Catholic Apple...

081: an ideal Christmas Present and/or murder weapon.

September 19, 2018

Hullo. Everyone is talking about Batman's dong on twitter, but I keep on thinking about how much more dong Kris Anka provided in the WicDiv Christmas annual....

080: Spangly New Thing

September 12, 2018

Hullo. Part of me is tempted to just move the Spangly New Thing name to the latest project, and have whatever is my next book always known as Spangly New...