Thanks to all of you amazing people, the final chapter of The Press Guardian was fully funded in less than 6 hours! Back this project to see amazing internal art from @tiffkath.bsky.social, @takojiyt.bsky.social and others! Support great artists, back the project today.

A wonderful tribute to the late 2000AD writer Alan Grant by David Roach, with a nod to his relationship and friendship with Massimo Belardinelli, too. Beautiful work!

We're overjoyed to announce that our 72nd Colossive Cartography is Blue and Orange by peerless investigator/interventor/innovator Eszter Simavari. “When you’re not sure what to do next: sketchbook.” Get the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive72 #colossivecartographies #bookarts

The Wrong Trousers exoskeleton being controlled by a phone app just sounds like Murder Jeans from a modern version of Columbo

This isn't me, lads. I'm not selling this guy anywhere at the moment (I'd like to find a company to work with, but a million other things to sort out rn). Please don't send them money.

Thomas Frank’s options 1) send this squad out with these tactics, convinced it will work eventually 2) change his squad to make them work 3) change his tactics 1 seems far-fetched 2 is unworkable (even if he had Conte level credentials) 3 could actually work but he’s not shown any interest #coys

25 writers and artists from the Awesome Comics Podcast community have produced the latest edition of Drawn Under the Influence, a collection of new comics on the theme… https://downthetubes.net/latest-drawn-under-the-influence-anthology-offers-new-strips-from-the-awesome-comics-podcast-community/

Here’s everything we published in 2025 - plus the #CroydonSpaceport CD with @tcfsr.bsky.social, of course, and our #ColossiveCartographies 5th birthday party @goshcomics.bsky.social. Thank you all for being part of it. Have a Colossive 2026!

An interesting year with a few cool commissions along the way. Thanks for continuing to like & buy my work during 2025 and I hope you still dig my stuff in '26. You can't beat human-made art and I'll do it til I drop! Cheers all. 👻🥂😈 #illustration #caricature #portrait #artwork #horrorart

Stars!

Top 3 results for 2025: -Organising the first Cartoon County Open Market day (hoping for three in 26) -Editing the great anthology DUI 4 -Helping 5 different comic artists with production issues For 26 My own shizzle: -Finish drawing Herakles -Start painting The Mabinogion -Firm up a How To project

This is open until the end of Dec if you wanted to fill this in and have a chance at a £50 stash of comics! …If you DID fill in the survey in the autumn, but DIDN’T get this email, but DO want to help the research and maybe win comics, DM me and I’ll send you the link so you can joint the party 🥳

Some good news for the end of the year - Our comics residency program will continue in 2026! There are 6 spots between May and December. You can find all the info here: komikss.lv/residency/

Attention Planet Earth! All 21st Century editions of Ugly Mug are available again for a brief time in the House of Harley Etsy shop... get your orders in before Thursday 8th Jan... www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Hous... #comics #Britishcomics #independentcomics #undergroundcomix #UglyMug

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

You’re right and you should say it, tbh.

Merry Christmas from Aces Weekly!

He can argue we wouldn’t have LOST the game without VAR getting things right but not that we would have WON if it hadn’t. Adversity pushed our players to do the opposite of what seemed to be his basic plan (attack under cover of passing back to our keeper) but we can’t win if we don’t attack #coys

The latest edition of my free comics newsletter co tintues my wee series on 22 panels by Alex Toth that blow my mind. Feel free to post suggestions below! cannonhillcomics.substack.com/p/toths-22-p...

In a new blog post, I review the amazing work of J. Webster Sharp. https://comics.edpinsent.com/2025/12/19/space-chameleons-and-other-chimeras-of-the-mind/ "The reader is drawn into a vortex by the hypnotic flow of images, each successive tableau more outrageous than the last"

In case you missed it, I’m sharing the first “Strawjack” adventure by Keith Page on my Substack, with Keith’s full permission. Please enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/crucible...

Well reasoned

I decided, as someone who occasionally gets asked to comment on the state of the UK Comics industry, to read the Comic Book UK White Paper. I encourage everyone who works in comics to read the proposals themselves, and form their own opinions. comicbookuk.com/wp-content/u... #comics #whitepaper

This walkthrough is a lot more entertaining than listening to any tale of corporate accounting has a right to be. When he talks about the AI companies ‘raising’ $100s millions or or even billions… that really means BORROWING doesn’t it? The financial term makes it sound like they made the money

1) In case you missed any, here are James Bacon's three reports for Downthetubes from Singapore. Many thanks to him, the team Singapore Comic Con, the bookshops he visited, the artists he met, curators and more!. First: downthetubes.net/in-review-an... ... / more...

There's a new micro-survey in town! While analysing the data we identified an area that needed more digging. …It's the money, guys: we need to know more about comics incomes. Are we being crushed by cost of living crisis or are we soaring like eagles on a wave of interest in comics and GN?

Since the state UK comic industry is much under discussion, reposting this article by Tim Pilcher, published in 2020, might be of interest here: downthetubes.net/creating-com...

This addresses the concerns I had (and much more) in my replies to John overnight far better than I could So much potential when someone is able to talk in the language of funders and so much overlap with the interests of the makers, but very little looking away from profit+loss charts

The Dark Cat Returns on another grail page for Zack Cahill from We3 by Morrison and Quitely. We talk about this page and others in episode 316 of the book club.

Our new Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar comic is available today! I created this comic entirely because of my grudge against a comic book company that’s been defunct for 20+ years.

Comic reviewers! Just shout if you’d like a review copy of DUI 4 (or check your email junk folders from last week for the press release) All profits go to charity so any signal boost would be much appreciated

Drawn under the Influence #4 is out now with this wonderful Steranko inspired cover by Zack Cahill. All profits go to the London Cartoon museum. Get your copy in your local Amazon. www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G5QDPSBY

PLEASE SHARE IF YOU LOVE COMICS (or owe me a favour) This new 104-page anthology I designed and edited has 25 creators celebrating and exploring the them of influence www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G5QDPSBY All money from sales goes directly to @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social A great long read and a good cause

thanks @robjacksoncomics.bsky.social

Ooh, look One of Cartoon County's residents has put this out www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G5QDPSBY This 'skymonkey has seen a proof copy and it's a great long read to tide you over the Christmas holidays AND know you've donated to the wonderful @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social with every purchase Spread the word

Sarah was the editor of DUI #1 and without her, we'd never have made the subsequent issues with different editors. Each one has been great and raised money for a different charity. The Awesome Comics Podcast built a caring community that regularly donates to good causes

PLEASE SHARE IF YOU LOVE COMICS (or owe me a favour) This new 104-page anthology I designed and edited has 25 creators celebrating and exploring the them of influence www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G5QDPSBY All money from sales goes directly to @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social A great long read and a good cause

I want to tell you about a cool project that we participated in with the Awesome Comics Podcast community. Drawn Under the Influence is a charity comic, edited by @simonrussell.bsky.social that allows artists to pay tribute to their influences. In the case of Benn & myself, that meant the pulp…

I am pleased to inform you that my freakish AI-inspired nativity scene card is back in stock 👼🥐

Just gonna pin this to the top of my account - with a reminder that pre-orders really help (bookshops order stock in if they see pre-orders are high). Coming out in May ‘26. Thank you! www.waterstones.com/book/noisy-v... #graphicnovels #books #rhondda #protest

if you’re looking for some #comics to add to your collection in the new year, @mhcaliwrites.com is partnering with some incredibly hot artists artists for THE HECTIC LOVE LIVES OF THE MYTHICAL; www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... sign up for the pre-launch now! #art

Premium: This is The Hater's Guide To NVIDIA: A 14k word guide to how NVIDIA makes its money, how millions of Blackwell GPUs have been sold with nowhere for them to be installed, and how NVIDIA's future relies on companies raising hundreds of billions in debt. www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...

Cartoonist Hunt Emerson – widely acclaimed for his brilliant graphic novels, his creation, Calculus Cat and work for titles as divers as BEANO and Fortean Times – is working on a new memoir with journalist Rory… https://downthetubes.net/hunt-emerson-memoir-50-odd-years-of-big-noses-in-the-works/

New natter with the lovely Jimmy up now! Hear from Sarah Gordon, Paul Cornell & myself at Thought Bubble…

Memory, Mind & Media Journal, an interdisciplinary journal that explores the impact of media & technology on human, social and cultural remembering have launched a new open access collection on… https://downthetubes.net/memory-mind-media-journal-launches-new-open-access-comic-related-collection/

Next stop: #Brighton! We'll be tabling - alongside lots of #bookarts greats - at Brighton Art Book Fair on December 6th and 7th. See you all there! (PS We'll keep the #CPFC #zines under the table - tip us the wink if you want one... 😉🦅)

If anyone earned £1 million in 2025/26 & were concerned with giving an extra £2,356 back to society by 2029/30...... they're a prick

BRAND NEW 🍏 How Do You Like Them Apples? 🍎 From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/70jw... 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Sneaked my way in to the Awesome Comics Podcast this week and had great fun talking about the new DUI 4 comics anthology that you’ll want to buy for a Christmas treat theacp.substack.com/p/episode-54... My mic is rubbish but the hosts are smooth and lovely. Generous and accommodating as always

Hey pals, if you’ve thought about buying one of my books, now would be a great time to grab one before I close my shop for Christmas. Reposts appreciated! ko-fi.com/skinnydrawnb...