The cartoons of Kevin Woodcock are an unnerving trip to a place that is just not quite right. In these glimpses of unease the funny bone is always exposed and the widest grin belongs to a skull. Discover one of the most distinctive voices in British cartooning. darkandgolden.bigcartel.com

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LibDems expect nothing in the by-election and won’t campaign hard… Would it be smart though for their candidate to make as much noise as possible about the fascists so after they can say “Labour won’t fight them in our seats so stick with us”

Frankfurt have already failed to qualify for the knockout stages but the way our season’s playing out I expect us to lose so badly to them this evening that they’ll be granted a wildcard bye and free transfer of any 2 of our players Still… against all evidence… #coys

A page from my new comic book, For the Record, recounting the first time I heard a CD. The entire comic book is now available here: fredeggcomics.bigcartel.com

We've already received a lot of great applications for the Kuš! Comics Residency in Riga. But we don't want to hear you didn't know about this, so here is a little reminder that the deadline to apply is in 4 days. komikss.lv/residency

Interested parties will be delighted to know I'm sorting out a webshop. Finally. I will be astounded if it actually pays for itself... but it's about time I made it easier for people to get hold of things again.

Dan Butcher, Tony Esmond, and Vince Hunt discuss For the Record on their latest episode of The Awesome Comics Podcast. Have a listen here: awesomecomics.podbean.com (The For the Record chat begins around 1hr 47mins).

Three NEW comics byCarol Swain?!? Well that’s cheered me up

“Frank delegates training-ground roles to each of his assistants, and Heitinga, a career centre-back, has inherited Wells’ role as the defensive lead (Cochrane leads the attacking sessions and Georgson is in charge of set pieces)” Maybe he needs to connect the three parts? #coys

All set up at the Big Gay Market in Brighton! 🏳️‍🌈 We are at Daltons until 4pm! ✨

Do not miss this. Absolutely fascinating for anyone who loves political cartoons.

Sun 8 Feb 7-8pm GMT, I'll be running an online political zine-making workshop with Queer Clinic! It'll be an intro to basic zine-making techniques, with a focus on political zines. You can book tickets at the link here: www.queerclinic.co.uk/event-detail...

A fine series (but be warned lots of numbers and alphabet company names to focus on) The bit that hit me right at the end was a comment on Ai boosters comparing critics to Flat Earthers. Surely falling for wild claims despite all evidence of reality, is what Ai believers do?

Julius Cesar has suffered 23 small knocks

I was imagining tech as a digital version of #PKD’s kipple but with “AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our high tech society” Cory Doctorow spells out its malignancy much more pertinently podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy

Horrible night for these passengers but a lifelong Story for them! If this doesn’t form the basis for one movie, three books and at least a couple of small press autobio comics the world is not what it used to be

Anyone else here the comics work of Isabel Greenberg? I have a number of her 'fat comics' but I'd love to know more about her small press work. These are the titles I know about but I'd welcome any additional information. boysadventurecomics.blogspot.com/2026/01/smal...

One week left to back The Press Guardian! If you hate Nazis, disinformation and government with the help of big tech shutting down dissenting voices then you will love this comic! You can get issue 4, or the Trade that collects all 4 issues! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gre...

A #COYS thought but one you could apply to most #EPL clubs: Football finances are discussed in £millions Showing a manager or player who has had some success the door and THEN looking for an upgrade is more like the whim of a petulant corner shop owner than a big business That’s how we get Franks

This has been an excellent series but Cadwalladr’s breakdown of social media, tech security & the UK government’s blindspot to the pitfalls is suitably unnerving. Highly recommend listening to this episode of @boldpolitics.bsky.social

I keep hearing that politicians and journalists have to stay on Twitter because that’s where the politicians and journalists are Has anyone compiled a list of politicians and journalists on Twitter who are not also on BlueSky?

If Thomas Frank successfully turns the super-tanker away from an attacking, cup-winning course to be a better Brentford- would that be good? If he gets replaced he will be payed off and employed again soon enough so patience for TF is unnecessary Does patience WITH him have any benefit for us? #COYS

Oh cool Please subscribe to the YouTube channel @panelborders.bsky.social has set up Even if you will join us in person or wait for the recording, it will help a lot if you do. Getting 50 or more subscribers means we can livestream for everyone else

Ed/Ilya is one of the nicest and most knowledgeable talents in comics - this is going to be a brilliant way to kick off our 2026 meet-ups! Please come along. First timers always welcome

I don’t like Frank’s tactics but he is the manager we hired so they are what we have. But his deployment is questionable- Palhinha would be better snuffing attacks and collecting our forwards’ headers around the centre circle with Archie deeper able to get the pass back and then progress it #COYS

BEANO artist Laura Howell is delivering a free online masterclass on Writing and Drawing for Kids Comics this Tuesday, 13th January 2026, as part of the Comics Youth “Comics Declassified” project https://downthetubes.net/laura-howell-next-comics-declassified-guest-offering-comic-creation-tips/

Hey, new and returning folks! Please take a second to do this. It makes the site so much better for everyone and also you will get a lot more engagement and reposts if you do this ♥️

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

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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