The Thing

I am in the BBC. Now to skulk around and stay out of site, like a weird cryptid, until someone important spots me and commissions me to write a big show. That’s how it works, right?

Heading to BBC Academy Live today. Gonna attend some talks, and try and do some networking. And at least try and get those ol’ creative batteries recharged a little. Do I know anyone else who’s going?

Let’s crack on with this year’s first festive read.

Panzer Dragoon

Ronin.

My wife bought me the best advent calendar this year.

This is me politely asking you all to review this skeet and, as a result, think twice before engaging in "smell-this 'activism.'" DID YOU SEE THIS AWFUL THING THIS AWFUL MAN SAID HOW ABOUT THIS TERRIBLE GUY, ISN'T IT HE TERRIBLE OK, so... why are you his street team? Why are you signal-boosting?

a set of covers I really enjoy drawing for @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social

Hey US & UK friends! Wanna buy books & comics for Cyber Monday but don’t want to support Big Corpos? Try Bookshop dot org! Part of every $ goes directly to indie bookstores! 📚 I made a ton of booklists for comics—must-reads, starter packs for kids & teens, and more! bookshop.org/shop/johanna...

Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from. tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this. 🧵⬇️

A mari and stars or snowflakes

Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!

Shopping small is meaningful!

A lot of small sellers are suffering following the BBC article advising not to buy from social media due to the amount of Black Friday scams. We are little, this is the only way we can advertise. You don't have to trust my link, you can look up Folksy.com and find my shop 'The Wee Owl Art'

Just seen Lee Anderson getting angry about “gingerbread people” being “woke” again, but, I don’t know, Lee, being so desperate to have a man in your mouth seems pretty fucking woke to me.

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Flight of Dragons

Ah, this one hurts. One of the joys of my brief dalliance with acting was getting to play Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. A really difficult script to learn, but such a fun part to play. Also, his Fifteen Minute Hamlet is amazing.

I was interviewed by The #DoctorWho companion about my upcoming new book, Doctor Who Christmas Specials - which is going to print now! Check it out in the link below 👇 thedoctorwhocompanion.com/2025/11/25/e...

In the days before moustaches, extra side musicians and Live Aid Queen were already an incredible live band who made an HUGE sound on stage for just four people www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjVe...

There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening. I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again." HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡

New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui. w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social

Finishing the 5th Elephant audiobook again. Never a disappointment to me:) Here’s some sketching of Gaspode the dog.

Aside from Birdhouse In Your Soul, it’s probably Whistling in the Dark, or Dr. Worm.

Not a fan of the "You won't believe the insane replies my normal post got on Twitter!" engagement bait I see here. I actually do believe it, because it's a Nazi bar, and also, why are you helping prop up the Nazi bar? And then running here to show us what you contributed to the Nazi bar?

Drive by Cars

Received the first script (well, first draft of the first script) for the Christmas ghost story anthology last week. Did my editing pass this morning and sent it back. But this project is happening, and it is exciting. I do still need artists, if anyone wants in? Sadly, I can’t pay up front.

Out now: SONIC THE COMIC THE PODCAST #168! We've entered the Younger Millennial Zone, as all the ads are for things after our time, like Tarzan and Animorphs! But Sonic's always there for us, facing an evil double in an issue that's ACTUALLY ABOUT SONIC STUFF! LISTEN: stctp.zone?name=2025-11...

How to make an alan partridge t-shirt

Forty-one years ago today, at 5:00pm on 21st November 1984, the BBC dramatisation of John Masefield's The Box of Delights was first broadcast... jonathangreenauthor.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... #aceroleplay #rpgs #shamelessselfpromofriday #theboxofdelights #scrobblefest

5 hours to go!

Many contenders. Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Run Like Hell, One of These Days, Bike, Astronomy Domine, Have A Cigar, Sheep, High Hopes. I love the Floyd.

I just read Batman / Deadpool, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Grant Morrison clearly had so much writing the main story. Obviously, they know Batman, and it was very much their Batman (“Hh”) through and through. But I don’t recall them writing Deadpool.

The NAP COMIX Kickstarter closes TOMORROW so if you've been thinking about pre-ordering my new book please do it soon! It includes the 1st year's worth of comics from the webcomic, as well as LOADS of exclusive content. Please take a look here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks Thank you! (& please share!)

Delighted that we've reached one of #Babylon5's biggest episodes - and it was a big discussion too!

Paranoia Agent

Nap Comix #345 It's the last couple days of the NAP COMIX Kickstarter! Please check it out here before it's too late!: tinyurl.com/napcomixks Please spread the word!

It’s amazing how tiring just sitting on the sofa with an ill toddler all day can be.

some of the internet has fallen over. numbers go down, and migrants will be blamed. a country's president is talking shit again. someone in britain is being racist but if you point it out you're the villain. someone, somewhere, has found a way to plug AI into something. welcome to a day ending in y

Reconnect Recommends: Bitmap Books, what is you doin’? #gaming #videogames

MeToo did not go far enough. People were saying "MeToo has gone too far" when it had barely just picked up momentum. It was an attempt at reckoning with how institutionally misogynistic and sexually exploitative most institutions are and what women are constantly put through. So it was crushed.

Whenever someone mocks “science for science’s sake”, I point them to discoveries like this one — which literally emerged from looking at common dirt. Seeking knowledge is a process and an ethos. The wider our horizons, the more we can see. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Fighting off the desperate urge to fold my arms and take a nap. Bubbleboy Hall, D13. I'm under the massive sign that says 'Bubbleboy Hall'

Alright, Day 2 of @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! Banger first day yesterday. And thanks to @comicprintinguk.bsky.social for the restock of my artbook ARTOBOT! That's £20, Scarenthoods moving fast (!) at £10, and tons of prints. Come say hi!

We’re at toddler gymnastics, and my two-year old is flirting with one of the other mothers. I thought we’d have longer.

the reason people still want to go indie and put themselves at tremendous risk is not wanting to put up with this kind of shit anymore. it's completely insane and completely humiliating how normal it is for companies like this to put people through all kinds of weird torture to prove their worth

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back