And… we’re off. See you next year!

Only one week till Christmas! Or as we can all agree it is more commonly celebrated these days, only TWO weeks till DONUT SQUAD MAKE A MESS! Jan 1, 2026! Only uhhh 13 more sleeps! (?) Look I can’t do maths

Time for a round up of all the graphic novels we read in 2025! They’re all great, so if you’re still looking for last minute presents, take your pick. Have a great festive season and see you next year! #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK

This year we completed a full-color 266 page graphic novel. Thousands of hours of work! We loved every minute of it! Next year is gonna be even busier. Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares will be published by @scholasticuk.bsky.social in Aug 2026 & we’ll be working on the sequel. #KidLitUK

Currently reading DadBot by @jackdraws.bsky.social . When Josh and Daisy find a robot at a car boot sale, they don’t expect it to suddenly come alive during a big thunderstorm. A sweet, funny, heartwarming graphic novel for kids 6 and up. #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK

Enjoyed Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sanchez. A fantasy graphic novel where two kids discover a hidden world is always a great read. #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK @flyingeyebooks.bsky.social

We made this reel a year ago and it’s really picking up again. vm.tiktok.com/ZNRLuBb69/

The Angouleme festival is cancelled in 2026, but they're organizing a 'Grand OFF', a sort of fringe festival to replace it, organized collectively. The festival normally brings 3.5 million Euros of revenue to the whole town. Hope this Grand OFF helps mitigate things for everyone.

We can imagine bookshops full of "McDonald's" books, which is essentially what AI books will be: junk. Customers aren't gonna ask for AI books, but they will end up buying them if you shove it at them. Just like what happened with junk food. Please don't.

Just read the third volume of The Witches of Brooklyn, S’More Magic, the super-charming adventures of a teen witch in training at summer camp by @esofii.bsky.social With cosy fun vibes, these graphic novels are always a joy to return to. #KidsGN📚💬#KidLitUK #graphicnovels

Very sad that Angoulême International Comics Festival 2026 is cancelled. How could it even get to this? The town, the artists & publishers are all going to suffer. But sometimes you just gotta change things. For us, trying to hush up a rape is enough of a reason. www.comicsbeat.com/angouleme-20...

After months of work, we finally finished colouring our graphic novel. It’s now going to come out a bit earlier: Wilomina - The Land of Dreams & Nightmares will be published in August 2026 by @scholasticuk.bsky.social . Just sent our finished files to our publisher! #KidLitUK #graphicnovels #comics

The School Reading List Children’s Books of the Year 2025 shortlist is live! 🎉📚 Explore standout fiction, nonfiction & picture books and vote for your winners in each category. 👉 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Our feature artist/guide for today is this BACK FLIP animation break-down, by the talented @roman_henshin! Love seeing the INDIVIDUAL FRAMES here, with all the ANTICIPATION, SMEAR, etc, BEAUTIFUL! #anime #manga #animation2d #animationdev #animation #gamedev #gameart

Our feature tutorial/artist for today is by the talented @miyuliart! Drawing FOLDED ARMS is an exercise in THINKING about how the forms STACK, this explains it well! #characterdesign #manga #illustration

Our Winter Reading Festival starts on Monday! From 1st – 15th December, we're excited to bring you an inspiring line-up of author and illustrator events you won't want to miss. Sign up here: shop.scholastic.co.uk/scholastic-s...

Utterly shocked, after a school visit today, to learn they’re doing away with all school librarians in Glasgow. By the end of this year there will be zero left. They actually don’t want educated people. The teacher said to us this morning they’re just taking the money for their ‘trips to New York’.

A double post this week! Really enjoyed the Dungeon Club graphic novels by @leeknoxostertag.bsky.social & @xanthe.bsky.social . D&D intermingles with real life and teen relationships. Loving the colouring! #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK

Enjoyed reading Unfairies, the graphic novel by Huw Aaron. It’s full of reckless humour as you follow the mischievous Pip on his madcap adventures. #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK

Enjoyed reading Besties:Prank War, a graphic novel from the world of Click by Kayla Miller, Jeffrey Canino and Sarah K. Turner. It’s like being back at school. #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK #Booksky

Del Toro’s Frankenstein is an absolute masterpiece. Everything about it is perfect: direction, photography, colors, costumes, settings, acting… It’s in the tradition of old Hollywood horror movies, and is sure to last. And there’s no CGI!

Sad to hear of the passing of Jim Hamilton at 67. Jim and his business partner Kenny Penman [starting with the Science Fiction Bookshop and later Forbidden Planet] were a huge part of the Scottish comic community and industry along with AKA Book & Comics. bleedingcool.com/comics/jim-h...

Sad to hear this.

We’ve been in a frenzy of deadlines for the art for Wilomina Book 1 but are also already writing the synopsis for Book 2. Which gave us the idea for this newsletter: A strong synopsis is essential for pitching a graphic novel, but also part of writing comics. metaphrog.substack.com/p/10-ways-to...

Warning! These AI scams are getting more elaborate.

That’s why comics are a medium, not a genre.

Text and art are inseparable in comics. Looking at the art in a comic is completely different from reading the text/art, as the combo creates a completely new level/ experience.

With it being Halloween I guess we need a spooky #KidsBooksFriday. But I am also a total scaredy cat so I’ll be sticking to cosy spooky books thanks. The kids do seem to love a bit of horror though, so do recommend - just don’t expect me to read any! 🙈 👻 #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

Here it is! It's #bookbirthday for CREATIVE WRITING WITH MISS MARY MAC, a graphic novel designed to help and inspire YOUNG and NEW writers at the beginning of their creative journey from @01firstsecond.bsky.social with narration by Mary McInerney and visuals/art by @rivkahlafille.bsky.social 😄💖

Watched Wayward this week after seeing @okaychloegreen.bsky.social 's post. A brilliant mini-series. Mae Martin is really charismatic in a slightly troubled/vulnerable way, the rest of the cast really stands out, and the evil cult leader is really creepy. Hope there will be more to come!

We love reading the Hilo series by @juddwinick.bsky.social ! It’s full of fun, it’s got the spark, it’s outstanding! And now there’s a box set! #KidsGN📚😎💬 #KidLitUK

And people wondeer why I bothered getting dual citizenship after happily living and working (and paying taxes and never claiming a benefit) with ILR in the UK for 35 years...

This week we’re reading the Supa Nova graphic novel by @heychante.bsky.social We love the environmental message. It’s about a young girl who creates a plastic eating monster but things get out of hand. @nosycrow.bsky.social #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK

It's official then: X sinks as Insta and Bluesky spike. www.thebookseller.com/news/x-sinks...

Announcing the title and presenting the cover of mine and Angela Watson’s forthcoming book, #MyBelovedOther #comics #graphicnovels #BookSky #book #books #book2026 #antiracism #BlackSky More info and links: www.nickabadzis.com/blog/2025/10...

JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015. All three children must endure harrowing journeys. All face unimaginable dangers. But there is always the hope of tomorrow. Refugee: The Graphic Novel is out now.

A new Baby-sitters Club graphic novel! Hurray!

With the IBC Excluded Voices report making for sober reading this week, let’s use #KidsBooksFriday to celebrate brilliant books from global majority writers. #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit www.inclusivebooksforchildren.org/excluded-voi...

Currently reading Bumble & Snug and the Shy Ghost by @markbradley.bsky.social . Cute and fun and a perfect October read. #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK

Still making the art for the 1st Wilomina graphic novel + already writing the synopsis for Book 2. Just got the notes back from our editor, so we’re on draft 2. Loving the input, it’s great to have a third pair of eyes to highlight bits that can be improved and it’s really strengthening the story.

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨 The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there! ukcomicscreators.org.uk *I thrive** on pressure **Exist painfully

It’s #DyslexiaAwarenessWeek in Scotland this week and in the rest of the UK next week. As a dyslexic reader myself I wanted to use #KidsBooksFriday this week to celebrate brilliant, accessible and super-readable texts of all kinds. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #KidLit

Happy birthday Peanuts!🥜🥜🥜

We signed up for this webinar at Frankfurt Book Fair: Comics on the Rise, with speakers David Saylor (Graphix), Doug Headline (Dupuis), Luis Martinez (Norma), Dr Joachim Kaps & @comixace.bsky.social Tuesday 7 October Register here. www.buchmesse.de/en/timetable...

Now reading City of Dragons: Rise of the Shadowfire by Jaimal Yogis & @superrisu.bsky.social . It takes you to Paris to uncover a mystery in the Louvre and the Catacombes. Book 3 is actually already out but we don’t have it yet. Looking forward to it. @scholasticuk.bsky.social #KidsGN📚💬 #KidLitUK

When you work for yourself, you have to troubleshoot your own IT with no training.

Yes! We managed to troubleshoot our PC not enrolling to ESU. The PC was seen as a commercial device because there was email addresses associated with it that had been set up by schools when we did Teams workshops. We deleted those and it made our PC eligible. Just enrolled it to the Windows 10 ESU!

We need more hours in our days. Making a 256 page graphic novel + content for socials + a newsletter is taking up way more time than a full time job.. Every half hour counts.