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Writer of comic-books. CYBERARCHY, THUNDER CHILD, FANGWILD. Been through some shit. Still kind.
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More comic news!
@comicstitan.bsky.social
are collecting all issues of Thunder Child in an oversized hardback - comic and book store versions.
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
, Kevin Castaniero and
@simongough2099.bsky.social
and I are thrilled that this story and art will reach a new audience.
about 2 months ago
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
about 4 hours ago
And also a glowing review of
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
&
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
's Cyberarchy from
@madcavestudios.com
from the fantastic team over at
@thecomicon.bsky.social
comicon.com/2025/11/04/a...
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https://comicon.com/2025/11/04/advance-review-clark-bints-artwork-stuns-in-cyberarchy-1/
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
about 4 hours ago
An amazing writeup from
@comicsbeat.bsky.social
for
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
&
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
's Cyberarchy #01 from
@madcavestudios.com
! I loved working on this series! Do not miss it!
www.comicsbeat.com/wednesday-co...
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Wednesday Comics Reviews: Why DICK TRACY works surprisingly well with Halloween, and more
The Dick Tracy Halloween Special one-shot leads out pre-Halloween Wednesday Comics Review column, which also features much more!
https://www.comicsbeat.com/wednesday-comics-reviews-why-dick-tracy-works-surprisingly-well-with-halloween-and-more/
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A rather lovely review of CYBERARCHY #1. That's a nice start to the week.
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
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Need to promote my new book more - it’s weird, after years of promoting my self published books, I have a mental block about promoting my published work. Here are both covers to Cyberarchy #1, Brilliant work by
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
and Andy Clarke. Coming from
@madcavestudios.com
in December
8 days ago
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
11 days ago
Home from
#MCMLondon
. That was an experience and a half. Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
and my table, to all who made us sell out of Thunder Child #01 & #02, to our table mates either side of us & to the staff, volunteers and team for putting the show on!
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
13 days ago
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
was so happy that I took this picture of him to advertise our presence here at MCM London. In other news though, I now have a really sore knee with a footprint shape remarkably like Matt's shoeprint. Come find us at table G23 in Artist Alley, through the big S6 entrance
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
14 days ago
Come feed
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
and I lollipops at
#MCMLondon
! We're at table G23 in Artist Alley!
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So I have a book from
@madcavestudios.com
coming out soon and the cut off date for ordering issue #1 is 10th November So if people on here like comics, if you like MY comics, are you able to order a copy of issue 1 from your comic book shop please? Please, please? A genuine thank you!
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Joel Meadows
16 days ago
Vote in the Tripwire awards now
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/th...
@ianrankin1.bsky.social
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
@jmdematteis.bsky.social
@jamesgunn.bsky.social
@jamesgunnnews.bsky.social
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The Tripwire Awards 2025 Are Now Live
Help To Celebrate The Best In UK and US Comics 2025 is the seventh consecutive year that Tripwire Magazine has run our acclaimed awards, casting an eye over the brightest and best in comics over the l...
https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/the-tripwire-awards-2025-are-now-live/
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
18 days ago
You can find me &
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
at table G23 in Artist Alley! I'll also be taking part in
@iamgiantwoman.bsky.social
's Panel on the Saturday entitled: The Other People: Comic Creation Outside of Writing and Drawing.
www.mcmcomiccon.com/london/en-us...
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C4Darkmane
27 days ago
Just got the final issue of Thunderchild. By the great
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
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Martin Simpson - Rasp Bk. 1 now available!
about 1 month ago
What a mail-day from
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
,
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
and co! 👌🔥🔥🔥
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Interesting angle - to contrast us with the recent, badly received film - but we seem to come off well here. War of the Worlds: Thunder Child launches June 2026.
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about 1 month ago
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It's been a few years since I've done MCM London Comic Con - so I'm pleased to see Artists Alley is still a decent size. Just had our table confirmed - G23 - right near one of the main entrances. Come and find us 24th-26th October.
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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Alex @Plane Sailing Games 🔜 Metatopia
about 1 month ago
I backed this on kickstarter, and have just finished reading all three issues on pdf. Beautifully written and heartbreakingly illustrated.
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@comicsbeat.bsky.social
covering the two new books I've just had announced. I've worked damn hard on these projects - and damn hard to get to this stage - so I'm insanely pleased to see this. None of it was possible without my co-creators
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
and
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
.
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The Beat Digest 09/23/25: WOTW's THUNDER CHILD gets spin-off
Today's Digest features two books from Matt Hardy and Rob Jones, plus a teaser for X-Men's SHADOWS OF TOMORROW, and word on a BARB WIRE show.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-092325/
about 1 month ago
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
about 1 month ago
Oh hey, just me and
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
taking over some of the
@comicsbeat.bsky.social
daily digest... with Thunder Child announced by
@comicstitan.bsky.social
and Matt &
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
Cyberarchy from
@madcavestudios.com
!
www.comicsbeat.com/digest-092325/
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The Beat Digest 09/23/25: WOTW's THUNDER CHILD gets spin-off
Today's Digest features two books from Matt Hardy and Rob Jones, plus a teaser for X-Men's SHADOWS OF TOMORROW, and word on a BARB WIRE show.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/digest-092325/
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Titan Comics
about 2 months ago
A fresh sci-fi tale soaked in terror and loss, WAR OF THE WORLDS: THUNDER CHILD is a new take on the classic. Pre-order now from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and
@forbidden-planet.bsky.social
(UK & Europe).
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Joel Meadows
about 2 months ago
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/ti...
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Titan Comics Announces New Graphic Novel War of the Worlds: Thunder Child
Returning To The World Of Wells Titan Comics revealed a FIRST LOOK at THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: THUNDER CHILD, a dramatic tale that runs parallel to the events of H.G. Wells’ classic novel, The War of th...
https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/titan-comics-announces-new-graphic-novel-war-of-the-worlds-thunder-child/
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Rob and I worry about how fans of this much loved work will feel about this new take, but so far, the response to
@comicstitan.bsky.social
announcing this has been overwhelmingly positive. So thank you.
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
@countpagan.bsky.social
,
@simongough2099.bsky.social
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about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
Mad Cave Announces Cyberarchy By Hardy, Bint and Jones
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/ma...
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@mikemarts.bsky.social
@marklondon.bsky.social
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
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Mad Cave Announces Cyberarchy By Matt Hardy, Clark Bint and Rob Jones Coming This December
What Happens When Machines Have Had Enough? Mad Cave Studios has announced CYBERARCHY, the new dystopian retrofuturist series from writer Matt Hardy (Vehi-Kill), artist Clark Bint (Rebel Moon: House o...
https://tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/mad-cave-announces-cyberarchy-by-matt-hardy-clark-bint-and-rob-jones-coming-this-december/
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Katie Martin
about 2 months ago
Fucksake, this
#discourse
AGAIN? Yes this platform is smaller, very observant. But I don't spend all day being force fed Nazi slop or getting harassed by Nazis on a Nazi platform specifically engineered to amplify Nazis. It's not a hard decision, let's all just move on.
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More comic news!
@comicstitan.bsky.social
are collecting all issues of Thunder Child in an oversized hardback - comic and book store versions.
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
, Kevin Castaniero and
@simongough2099.bsky.social
and I are thrilled that this story and art will reach a new audience.
about 2 months ago
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Clark Bint 🦊
about 2 months ago
www.thepopverse.com/comics-cyber...
SUPER PUMPED TO SHARE THIS PROJECT, 5 YEARS IN THE MAKING, BEING RELEASED VIA
@madcavestudios.com
THIS DECEMBER.
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
@robjoneswrites.bsky.social
AND MYSELF EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS VIA THE SCIFI GENRE, FROM M. SHELLEY TO N.SHITTIFICATION
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Black Mirror meets Fallout meets AI injustice in new sci-fi series Cyberarchy
Even after the robot uprising, injustice is going to remain a thing in the new comic book series from Mad Cave Studios.
https://www.thepopverse.com/comics-cyberarchy-mad-cave-studios-announcement
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I made Rob design a whole new form of Robot lettering for this book. Partly because it's cool - partly to torture him :)
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about 2 months ago
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My new Cyberarchy series from
@madcavestudios.com
has just been announced. I'm gonna bang on about this one a bit - but for now I'll just post
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
cover in full (with our very cool new logo).
about 2 months ago
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
2 months ago
On top of this,
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
@countpagan.bsky.social
@simongough2099.bsky.social
and I all have a nomination for Thunder Child in the best crowdfunding category as well. Thank you to everyone who nominated us!
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
2 months ago
Somehow, somewhere, someway, I am nominated for the
@comicscene.bsky.social
Comic Creator of 2025(?!!!!) If you want to vote, here's a link. I am both mystified and humbled by this.
us4.list-manage.com/survey?u=112...
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My copies of Fangwild and Foliate just arrived - seems like forever ago I wrote Fangwild. I know the publisher has had trouble getting these out, I think they are going to restructure for the next release - I hope so as I was really pleased with my scripts for issues 2-5.
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VEHI-KILL Vol 1: Traffic is Murder releases from
@markosia.bsky.social
on the 29th August. I don’t talk about this book enough - it was my chance to do Ghostbusters type stuff and I loved it. The book’s artist
@norrie.bsky.social
did amazing work here - he draws an incredible possessed car.
3 months ago
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This turned up this morning from
@rorydraws4.bsky.social
I cannot stress how glorious this book is. It just drips in love and joy and fun. Rory has such a clear vision of the story and world he's created, and it gels perfectly with his expressive art. This makes me smile so much.
3 months ago
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
4 months ago
Just a polite request, if you're sending your letterer, or any creative in your comic, edits using AI to show how you want things laid out...please don't. You're feeding my work, your artists work and your colorists' work into the plagiarism machine without our permission, thus feeding the beast.
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Just a reminder that I'm at the London Comic Festival today signing copies of THUNDER CHILD. I look this cheesey in real life as well.
4 months ago
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Count Mysterioso
4 months ago
Apologies for the length of the quote here but Douglas Adam's "Reason" software sounds vaguely familiar in today's environment
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Last year, I had one of my polycystic kidneys removed to make space for a kidney transplant. Today, I found out that the remaining kidney has grown so large, pressing in my stomach, lungs, and heart - that it now needs to be removed as well. Not great.
4 months ago
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Carl Wilson
4 months ago
Massive Attack does an excellent job of putting the Vylan controversy in perspective (from their Insta).
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I'm used to checking the Kickstarter total at breakfast. I'm used to checking the Kickstarter total about 10 times a day. I have withdrawal.
4 months ago
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Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a
4 months ago
3 campaigns. 1686 backers. £43,827 taken in funding. From the bottom of mine &
@matthew-hardy.bsky.social
hearts, thank you for bringing Thunder Child to life. Thank you all so very, very much.
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Fraser Campbell
4 months ago
Martin is a pal, so this might sound like blowing smoke but just take as look at the page for this project - unique talent, right at the top end of the indie scene. You won't see another comic like this. Just 48hrs to go, you deserve this comic in your life!
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Final THUNDER CHILD print - this one by the master of horror and suspense that is
@christiandibari.bsky.social
. No escaping this mechanical nightmare. Thank you to everyone who has liked & shared these posts - if you liked what you saw, please follow & support the artists tagged.
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4 months ago
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Shocked to hear that Jim Shooter has passed. Heard so many stories and I know he was a polarising figure to many other creators - but his work was the foundation of so much of the Legion of Superheroes that I love - and the UK reprints of his Secret Wars became my gateway into US comics. RIP.
4 months ago
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I'm a guest at London Film and Comic Con this weekend. First London Con I've done for a few years. Find me on the SHIFT stand with copies of THUNDER CHILD and a fixed smile as I repeatedly explain to the con attendees that I'm not the wrestler, Matt Hardy.
theshift.store
4 months ago
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Ryan Dunlavey
4 months ago
JACK KIRBY page 16 words:
@fredvanlente.bsky.social
art:
@ryandunlavey.com
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Final day for THUNDER CHILD and we are sitting at £17K (nearly $24K). We are genuinely grateful for the support that let us complete the story that Rob and I started 5 years ago - finally tell the full tragic tale of the HMS Thunder Child. This series has meant a lot to everyone who worked on it.
4 months ago
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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer)
4 months ago
Hearing that Frazer’s particularly annoyed by this detailed & ongoing account of the TFTQ timeline gaining increased attention. So don’t share it about, yeah?
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Martin Simpson - Rasp Bk. 1 now available!
4 months ago
This!!🔥 👇
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Trying to get through all the THUNDER CHILD prints before the campaign ends tomorrow. Next up is this action packed image by
@norrie.bsky.social
We've got graphic novel coming out in September. There seems to be a trend in comics towards NORRIE's type of bombastic, kinetic style.
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4 months ago
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I’ve submitted the promotional copy listing text for CYBERARCHY #1 to the publisher - it should be announced shortly. They also wanted the blurb for the back of the collected edition - these things have to be sorted so far in advance! Anyway here is
@clarkbintart.bsky.social
's cover for Issue 1.
4 months ago
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I bought this cover for my kid. TOTALLY for my kid. Not for me. .... How cool does Sonic look as the Flash?
4 months ago
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Next up in my virtual tour of THUNDER CHILD prints is this highly inventive image by Warwick Fraser-Coombe. Warwick has one of the most unique styles in comics - and this is a spectacular interpretation of a Martain Tripod.
kck.st/4kHvrMl
4 months ago
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