Kieron Gillen's Wordmail

131: where three stars should be.

October 10, 2019

Hullo. It seems these newsletters are being primarily written in short breaks when travelling. At the moment, I’m flying between Boston and New York before a...

129: a face full of chocolatey nougat.

October 2, 2019

Hullo. I have an hour to kill at Heathrow before I fly off to NYCC, so let’s get this done. Big week, however you cut it. And I’m Out NYSee Links...

128.1: NYC Party

September 28, 2019

As promised, here’s a quick supplementary newsletter for Saturday’s party. Here’s the ticket link.There’s all the details on the site, in terms of venue and...

128: It would be there for me

September 25, 2019

Hullo. There’s actually quite a lot of new news this time, but thankfully, it’s mainly told in pictures so you can skim read and not worry about my nonsense...

127: Packed with tudes.

September 18, 2019

Hullo. If I don’t think about NYCC, it doesn’t get closer. That’s my plan. Future Now Jamie Present Links Warcry me a river Byyyyeeee!!! **** Once & Future 2...

126: a backstab (if you are accurate enough) is heartbreak

September 11, 2019

Hullo. I woke up on Thursday morning the day after WicDiv and thought “I am so fucking tired. I need a holiday.” So we booked one! Problem solved. (Note to...

125: The Wicked + the Divine (2014-2019)

September 4, 2019

Hullo. It’s the last issue of WicDiv release. I’ve spent the whole day trying to get my pages done, and only managed it in a cursory fashion. I should have...

124: Loki is Loki is Loki.

August 29, 2019

Hullo. The end of tinyletter. Welcome to an enormoletter, a letter the size of the sun. Actually, from it’s substack, which frankly, makes me want to make...

123: who actually did write Scorpion Swamp?

August 21, 2019

Hullo. I have been considering how “French” is deployed as an aesthetic tactic to elevate things. Like “French Kissing” sounds classy when it means “Putting...

122: No, Chip, that’s not a euphemism.

August 14, 2019

Hullo. The day is contracting, so I suspect this will be a shorter one than usual. Go read Chip’s and sign up for it, because you are a glutton for...

121: I crave the congress of meat, egg and breadcrumbs.

August 7, 2019

Hullo. I got quite a few signs ups this week, presumably from me retweeting one of my letter titles with the link. This puts pressure on me actually having a...

120: I have spent the afternoon walking around the house screaming

August 1, 2019

Hullo. A little bit of an upkeep one this time – lots of updates and links, but I realised it’d be a good idea to leaven it all with some preview pages....

109: you’d be happy you did it.

July 24, 2019

Hullo. I was in LA yesterday. It rained. I have powers. 44 43 1-43 1 Zero Byyyyeeee!!! **** The wait is over. Thanks for your patience. Issue 44 dropped...

108: totally fishing for booze

July 18, 2019

Hullo. You may be relieved to discover that I’m not wearing shorts. I’m on a plane. That would be inhuman for everyone. Once and Increasingly Near Future...

107: Not being eaten by a tiger is pure art.

July 11, 2019

Hullo. I’m wearing shorts again. This is getting silly. Doktor Avalanche I like to party. Everybody does. What Happen Happen Links Byyyyeeee!!! **** So, I’m...

106: I deserve a diet coke.

July 4, 2019

Hullo. I wore shorts once this week. It’s been a bad time for everyone. I'll Miss You Master xxx Byyyyeeee!!! **** It’s Wednesday 26th July.Four to two I...

105: mumbling inaudibly at a hyperspeed thrum

June 19, 2019

Hullo. It’s the sort of week that even just managing to finish my taxes fails to lift my mood above an autumnal day. There’s a lot of time passing going on....

104: tasted golden treasure from beneath Smaug’s belly.

June 12, 2019

Hullo. The week has been one of intensity and then slowly uncoiling. As such, this is going to be random. I’m hope you’re well. I’m enjoying wearing my...

113:at least three funny jokes

June 5, 2019

Hullo. Just the facts this one. There’s a bunch of free writing linked in this one, so a newsletter is extraneous, right? Contents! DIE ALSO DIE YET MORE DIE...

112: conversations in pub toilets

May 30, 2019

Hullo. I woke up this morning, having finally escaped DIE 8. I am now looking around confused, not quite sure what to do. I’ll do this. Contents! Better is a...

111: notes on the Temple of Tharglethloop

May 22, 2019

Hullo. This is the sort of week when an artist dropping a line saying that they’re behind is a cause for relief, because it means there’s one less thing I...

110: obsession and math

May 15, 2019

Hullo. How come I didn’t know about Crocodile’s mash-up cover of Groove is in the Heart and California girls until now. You’re a fool, Kieron. Contents!...

109: the cold hard calculation

May 9, 2019

Hullo. I write this on a plane, suffering in turbulence. I won’t pretend that doesn’t make me nervous. I’m not superstitious, but I look sidelong at...

108: like a voice in the back in my head

May 1, 2019

Hullo. Prediction: history will look back on this period and call it Bad Hot Takes week. I’m going to save my own for later, not least as I haven't seen...

107: abandoned shelf of shame

April 24, 2019

Hullo. I’m not sure how I lived to be 43 years old and not seen Smokey Robinson being harassed by the letter U on Sesame Street, but I’ve now seen it, and I...

106:neither future, nor fad, but present.

April 17, 2019

Hullo. Yes, I had a week off, in which I discovered that when people say “I’m looking forward to it like root canal surgery” they were actually being ironic....

105: the characters are the dungeons

April 3, 2019

Hullo. My body, having failed to make a script emerge from me, made do with making pus emerge in a tiny red hill on my nose. But the script is done, and so...

104: my mutant power.

March 27, 2019

Hullo. I’m going to keep this tight today, as I’ve got a lot of work backing up, and really need to leave space to get on with it. Or, at least, leave space...

103: so happy I'm scared

March 21, 2019

Hullo. I flew back from Seattle, had to immediately to a dentist where my jaw was pumped full of drugs, and then proceeded to not actually go to sleep at...

102: literary bar room gleeful racket

March 13, 2019

Hullo. I’m writing this in a plane next to a nose-drooling man who I hope has allergies as otherwise I’m sitting next to a plague-bearer and will be patient...

101: a colourful metaphor

March 6, 2019

Hullo. I just did a “I'm very glad the church have decided to join in the celebrations of the release of DIE 4, by hailing its lead with their Ash Wednesday”...

100: Oh, Carlolina

February 27, 2019

Hullo. I've been wincing since I started this list that I only put three zeroes at the front. 001: looks great. 010: and upwards looks great. 100: loses the...

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...