THE ANKOW'S BAIN: 36 page comic celebrating the life & work of WILLIAM HENRY PAYNTER, Cornish witch-finder & ghost hunter. An imagined paranormal investigation set in 1950s Cornwall to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... #folklore #Cornwall #kernowgoth

Just updated: the downthetubes British comics exhibition and related art guide: downthetubes.net/british-and-...

Earlier today I found myself in the UK's smallest city, so I visited St. David's Cathedral to check out their fine selection of oak carved 15th-16th century (with a few Victorian replacements) misericords...

Very chuffed to recieve my artist's comp' copies of the pins The Orctioneer commissioned for this years Norwich Games Convention in August. They turned out looking very smart! #boardgames #pins #badges #NGC

THE ANKOW'S BAIN: 36 page comic celebrating the life & work of WILLIAM HENRY PAYNTER, Cornish witch-finder & ghost hunter. An imagined paranormal investigation set in 1950s Cornwall to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... #folklore #Cornwall #kernowgoth

36 page colour comic book marking the 50th anniversary of the death of #Cornish witch-finder & ghost hunter WILLIAM HENRY PAYNTER. The Ankow's Bain celebrates his life & work in an imagined paranormal investigation set in 1950s Cornwall www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... #fortean #folklore

FolknHell went the BFI preview of Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada. No spoilers, but here's our report from the screening and the Q&A which followed. We'll podcast our review due course but it's fair to say we loved it! It's in cinemas now! link.content360.io/fnron

FolknHell went the BFI preview of Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada. No spoilers, but here's our report from the screening and the Q&A which followed. We'll podcast our review due course but it's fair to say we loved it! It's in cinemas now! link.content360.io/fnron

The crowdfund trailer now exists... youtu.be/cou28XeCpyk

On this day, 24th April 1965, first broadcast of Doctor Who: The Space Museum Episode One. Exploring a museum on the planet Xeros, the travellers discover they are invisible. Art by Will Brooks for The Space Museum website thespacemuseum.net

Here's my attempt at a Flag for Earth from years ago, based on the Voyager II "Pale Blue Dot" photo, highlighting both the insignificance and preciousness of our planet. Dark blue for the vastness, red for struggle, green for life, and yellow for hope. #EarthDay

I spent far too long writing this, and it ended up a bit more epic in length than I first intended. As some of you know, I have a real soft spot for the New English Library Biker books of the early seventies. Here I look at The Bikers by Alex Stuart. stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/t...

36 page colour comic book marking the 50th anniversary of the death of #Cornish witch-finder & ghost hunter WILLIAM HENRY PAYNTER. The Ankow's Bain celebrates his life & work in an imagined paranormal investigation set in 1950s Cornwall www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... #fortean #folklore

Another honourable mention for The Ankow's Bain in a great little review from horror author @stevetoase.bsky.social in this month's #ForteanTimes. Both The Ankow's Bain & The Wicker Pasty are available via The Bigfoot Studio shop: www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics....

Two bylines in @forteantimes.bsky.social 470! 1st, my Forum article about how Paddington has become a very British psychopomp 2nd is my comics review column, where I review work by @chrissywilliams.bsky.social @gustaffovargas.bsky.social @bigfootstudio.bsky.social & @paulcornell.bsky.social & others

King Charles III made a scheduled visit to the Market House in St Austell yesterday where Cornish comic shop impressario Wendy Frankcom was allowed to represent all things comics and Cornwall by gifting his royalness copies of Trystan Mitchell’s hilarious comics, including The Wicker Pasty

Charles Addams’ quite brilliant cover for July 17th 1954’s The New Yorker.

Diplomatically, when a footpath is contested, appropriate offerings and rites of way should be observed to achieve an outcome satisfactory to both parties...

Just updated: the downthetubes 2026 events page - always a work in progress! - downthetubes.net/british-and-... and Exhibitions page: downthetubes.net/british-and-...

Time was it didn't feel properly Christmas until you'd leafed through Radio Times to ring all your seasonal listening and spent an age pouring over all the wealth of festive offerings from the country's finest illustrators...still a childhood dream to bag the cover job!

Fine reading for the season! Comic book Cornish folk horror from The Bigfoot Studio... www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... Order now in time for Nos Kalan Gwav/Halloween' Both titles available to buy together to save on postage...

These books are well worth spending time and money getting lost in...written by fellow travellers who lived yet love to tell the tales!

I have and can recommend!

Fine reading for the season! Comic book Cornish folk horror from The Bigfoot Studio... www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... Order now in time for Nos Kalan Gwav/Halloween' Both titles available to buy together to save on postage...

@breakfastruins.bsky.social ...surely a question for the next time you chat with MM on the show?

Now available from a Bigfoot Studio website near you... www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... 'The Wicker Pasty' + 'The Ankow's Bain' in one handy postage saving bundle!

Missed out first time round so just had to back this new collection. The story sounds superb and Rory's artwork is outstanding as ever...

A mari and a candle inspired by a statue I saw

The latest from our village noticeboard outside the Spar shop. Apart from the use of illegal pit bikes during the Bank Holiday compliance is pretty much the norm up the top end of the village, where most folks tend to work in or under surveillance of one sort or another...

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copies! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copies! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

2 days left to get your copy! kickstarter.com/projects/the... "Bound by ancient graveyard tradition a lingering spirit haunts the shoreline of a drowned Cornish village" An imagined investigation by William Paynter, Cornish Bard & ghost hunting antiquary #Cornwall #folklore #haunted

100% funded with five days left to bag yourself a copy. Huge thanks to everyone who has backed and supported this book so far. Onward and upwards!

100% funded with five days left to bag yourself a copy. Huge thanks to everyone who has backed and supported this book so far. Onward and upwards!

100% funded with five days left to bag yourself a copy. Huge thanks to everyone who has backed and supported this book so far. Onward and upwards!

100% funded with five days left to bag yourself a copy. Huge thanks to everyone who has backed and supported this book so far. Onward and upwards!

100% funded with five days left to bag yourself a copy. Huge thanks to everyone who has backed and supported this book so far. Onward and upwards!