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058: my hell is now empty.

March 7, 2018

Hullo. Today's work has been entirely derailed, because as well as having three comics out (and my work-process always gets a bit off when there's a lot of...

057: Kafka, Stalin, Orwell, Huxley, Sartre and the Marx Brothers

March 1, 2018

Hullo. As a gift to my British readers, I arranged for no comics by me to come out this week, which means there's no need to go outside and deal with the...

056: Doing The Columbo

February 21, 2018

Hullo. Put it like this: if your favourite bodily fluid is phlegm, have I got the newsletter for you. Contents! Invasion Nooooooo Yessssssss Whaaatttt?...

055: Big Beardy Alan Moore

February 7, 2018

Hullo. I suspect this will be a curt one, and mainly about the work, as I have to write a synopsis before I go off to a Black Panther showing. Yes, this is...

054: pan-geek alliance

February 1, 2018

Hullo. I'm feeling Schroedinger's sick at the moment. C has been ill for the best part of two weeks. I finally caught a taste of it on Monday, but after a...

053: I over-use the word Katamari.

January 26, 2018

Hullo. Probably a quick one this week. I mainly just want to show off Jamie and Matt's prettiness. But it is Extreme Prettiness. Contents! The Pretties. The...

052: it's not about Ludo

January 17, 2018

Hullo. I have no idea why I'm tired. I mean, I went to bed late, and woke up early, but, wait, yeah, that'll be it. Contents! Warsy Ludocraty Gamey Linksy...

051: We Live In The Shadow Of A Book Avalanche

January 11, 2018

Hullo. I am confined to this chair due to hurting my back. I can only provide words. Here they are. Here are the words, which I am, and nothing else. Hmm....

050: : like some kind of Timberlakian Aslan

January 4, 2018

Hullo. It's 2018. We survived 2017. We can survive 2018. We'll find out whether that's true or not as we progress, but it's best to go into these things with...

049: I love maps.

December 13, 2017

Hullo. I forgot to write an intro, so will have to just fill something in. Er... I got re-obsessed with Purity Ring's Fineshrine yesterday? Will that fill...

048: whether to go Full Watchmen

December 7, 2017

Hullo. Just about to go off into town to toast Ram and Ryan, who both had their first Image books released. VOID TRIP and PARADISO had an advert in the last...

047: Grouper mating involving the sharks

November 22, 2017

Hullo. A relatively quick one this month, but with actual new art in, so as long as one picture = one thousand words holds true, we should be fine. Contents!...

046: The Coming, Seeing, Conquering?

November 15, 2017

Hullo. Hmm. Let's keep this hyper short. I still want to write some of the prose sections for WicDiv 1923 that I've been avoiding, as I'm scared. People say...

045: It wars the Empire.

November 9, 2017

Hullo. I'm in celebratory mood, so I'm celebrating by doing a newsletter. I really don't think these things through at all. Contents! Star Wars! Life is...

044: International Consumerist Leviathans.

November 2, 2017

Hullo. A quick one this week. I'm running off to get a medical check-up (in order to continue my mission of Not Dying) followed by going to the pub (in order...

043: “It's a Witch.” “Thank you, Janet.” “Kill it."

October 27, 2017

Hullo. With any luck, next week will be a big download of what this month has been about. Are you aware of the old 1980s videogame Elite. Not any of its...

042: Jamie had a lizard-brain

October 11, 2017

Hullo. You may be wondering why I've had a few weeks off. Because I'm lazy, chum. I'm very, very lazy. I wish that was true. I was plotting in my sleep last...

041: I deserve a Magnum Double Caramel

September 21, 2017

Hullo. I was kind of hoping to do a round up of new and awesome work coming out at Thought Bubble this weekend. Except I totally didn't. Man! Let's put a...

040: at the bottom of a mountain covered in buses and starting a bus-avalanche

September 13, 2017

Hullo. I didn't mention it last time, but I was writing that when I was on an honest-to-god holiday. I managed to do... no work? It's not true. But I didn't...

039: you can’t do anything before you have a Frodo.

September 6, 2017

Hullo. This has been quite the week, but as it's still in process, I'll save it for next time. This time, I'll lean just the facts. Well, just the facts,...