JULY 2025 - Mario Mania
What’s this!? Where’s that little cute pink dinosaur we all love, Ham? Don’t worry - he simply partied too hard at Pride and is taking July off to get his groove back.
This month’s email is going to be a little different (and is a little late!) because we are only one month away from GO-MAN finally coming out! So consider this the calm before the storm - I will be talking about it non-stop in August!
But for now, here are today’s headlines are:
A Super Mario Moment!
Young Men In Love: New Romance
Still Streamin’
Go-Man is almost here…
A Super Mario Moment!
How’s this for a zag? I’ve started a video-podcast all about Super Mario!
The Mario series has influenced me so much and I still buy every game I can to this day. I have a lot to say about the series and so do many of my friends. And so here’s an excuse to nerd out about it!
Episode 1-1 is now live on YouTube and you can also check it out as an audio-podcast on your podcast app of choice! And I am proud to say it is part of the Glitterjaw Queer Podcast Collective!
You can check out Super Mario Moment and all of their great shows on the link below, or check out episode 1 on the link above!
Super Mario Moment — Glitterjaw
Young Men In Love: New Romance
I apologise for not speaking about this amazing new collection of queer stories sooner, but I’ve yet to get a copy of my own! When I do, I shall make sure to post about it again! But I was thrilled to be invited back to contribute to the GLAAD-award winning anthology Young Men in Love, for their follow-up “New Romance”.
This time around I was only a writer, with the mighty Giopota tackling the art (which he of course mastered perfectly) and letters by Lucas Gattoni (who lettered DeadEndia: The Divine Order and the upcoming Go-Man series!)
Dedicated Hamish-heads might even recognise these characters - Maerion and Damol, two dwarves who featured in an unfinished comic of mine I Like Your Beard. One day I’ll finish it… but this is a lovely little story in the meantime.
Here is a preview!
And you can buy a copy yourself of the whole anthology featuring many amazing stories here:
Young Men In Love | A Wave Blue World | AWBW
Free bookmark with every order!The return of the GLAAD Media and Ringo Award winning anthology.New Stories, More Romance!Hearts are aflutter as the swoon-worthy romance anthology returns with more superheroes, more demons, more monsters, and most importantly . . . more young men in love! This delightfully imaginative, palpitating, genre-spanning collection celebrates love between men in unexpected tales from some of the most talented creators in comics, who all know exactly how it feels.Edited b...
Still Streamin’
Thanks to everyone who joined for my stream of Sonic Adventure 2 - it was an absolute riot. But I am now streaming Hollow Knight on Saturdays at 2pm UK Time and loving it even more!
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I am a gay alligator enthusiast and showrunner of Netflix's DEAD END (2022) and I am here to play retro RPGs and Mario.
Go-Man Is Almost Here…
And finally, another month rolls by, another email where I let you know that Go-Man is right around the corner.
However, when my August email rolls around I won’t just be telling you to preorder it again, but I'll be letting you know my full plans for it’s release - from it’s London launch, digital signing events for the rest of the world and a small upcoming UK tour!
PLUS: if you still haven’t preordered it, new customers to Bookstore.org can use the following link to get 20% off! Just click below to claim your discount!
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As ever, thank you for the support and I can’t wait for you to read Go-Man! We will have a lot to discuss…
-hamish