Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...

Should I stay up late to fix this chapter on the future of chemical weapons? The fix I've been putting off? #amwriting

At the point in reviewing the #wwi Macpherson manuscript where I'm getting to notes in the margins I left that say things like 'Rewrite into something better' and 'change later' and that time is actually now #amwriting

Getting some work done on the Cluny Macpherson bio right now - feeling extra motivated on the anniversary of his death to finish the gas mask inventor manuscript #amwriting

On this day, 59 years ago, Dr. Cluny Macpherson of St. John's died. During the First World War he created the hypo helmet (also known as the British smoke hood), an early gas mask. One day my manuscript on his life will be a real book #amwriting www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

When I was on vacation last month, I got an invite to descend into Maison Blanche souterrain, a chalk quarry in northern France used as a barracks by Canadians soldiers in WWI. My story on the experience is now up on the CBC NL page: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Three @theguardian.com books cartoons from previous halloweens: 1. Haunted Bookshop

Very sorry to hear of the passing of Tim Cook. One of Canada's best historians, his books were fantastic. He was nice enough to give me a tour of the Canadian War Museum where he was the chief historian. A truly great Canadian.

"It is an 'extreme possibility and likelihood' that the province will just keep borrowing and paying more and more interest, at higher and higher rates" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Our Executive Director @librarylandia.bsky.social spoke with CBC about the Alberta government's censorship of comic books in schools. Their attack on diverse voices is a continuation of how governments have historically exploited "moral panics" to threaten human rights. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I have written and deleted a lot of posts but I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and their beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this same level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.

We’re thrilled to announce that the TCAF will return next June to the Mattamy Athletic Centre! Want to be a part of it? Watch this space! We’ll soon be posting our exact festival dates, application form for exhibitors, call for programming, and loads of other chances to contribute to #TCAF2026.

Want to see what wild things @maryroach.bsky.social has been up to? (You do.) join us THIS THURS at 7pm EST to talk about REPLACEABLE YOU! Free: www.youtube.com/live/auLhvM6...

COMING in November from Heavy Sweater Comics is Wallace Ryan's graphic memoir, "December". "December" follows the life of local comix artist Wallace Ryan as he enters a dark period. It was written in the months following his wife Linda's diagnosis of cancer.

Heading into day 2 (and the final day) of the first ever ✨St. John's Comic Arts Festival✨ hosted in our lovely city at Memorial University's UC #comics #graphicnovels

Had a lovely evening at The Rooms as part of the St. John's Comic Arts Festival kick off, where festival director Georgia Webber talked about comics with Scott Chantler. Can't wait for the next two days, jam packed with comics ✏️

🎉I'll be hosting a talk with Wallace about making comics in N.L. too - which folks should definitely check out!

I'll be a Featured Guest at the first ever St. John's Comic Arts Festival!!! AND I'll have a table there!!!

Can't wait to pick up my copy and also celebrate at the launch in September 🎉

My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books

An air tanker drops a load of water on a wildfire at Paddy's Pond, Newfoundland, Canada August 12, 2025. The fire has closed the Trans Canada Highway and residents of St John's, Paradise and Conception Bay South on evacuation alert. ...on assignment of Globe and Mail #canada #wildfires #newfoundland

Thank you @elwhitten.bsky.social for writing a really cool article about our work in Battle Harbour, Labrador this summer! #archaeology #gravestones 🏺 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I am sold, will be tuning into this!

Fallen into looking up Bruce Bairnsfather cartoons - it counts as research on the Cluny Macpherson biography #amwriting

Very excited about reading a book about WWI chemical weapons and finding citations to Sir Ian Hamilton sending telegrams to Kitchener about gas in Gallipoli 😷#amwriting

Canadians Mariko Tamaki and Boum among Eisner Award winners, recognizing the year's best comics www.cbc.ca/books/canadi...

One of my favorite musicians and I heard one of his songs just yesterday. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Was at the gym, mid-stretch, when I spotted this - me on the CBC! This was a piece that aired a few days ago, all about NL's tech sector and the possible boon of increased defence spending

I interviewed a woman about how Air Canada lost, then returned her carry-on.... Only to open it up and find her hundreds of dollars in her things missing and items that weren't hers now in her bag. Like a knife and ticket scanning device: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Once again, it's time for my favorite softwood lumber explainer from The Rick Mercer Report (like Canada's version of The Daily Show, but it ended in 2018), which aired in 2006 and is unfortunately still relevant: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJGz...

Every day, I am reminded that I live in a society that will believe absolutely anything about a woman to ignore the obvious about men.

I wrote up a whole page of notes on dysentery in the Gallipoli campaign but am flipping through my notebook but can't find them. Did I imagine writing the notes? #writingproblems

BOOK NEWS! Please, if you could, preorder THE DEAD COME TO STAY! It’s so very helpful and the #book is a #mystery with #autistic protagonist, family secrets, Russian dolls, a treasure hunt, art #history, and much more! www.amazon.com/dp/133512187...

Quite a story from CBC N.L. "... no public disclosure of the decision before now." "Premier John Hogan was not made available for an interview..." "... no replies to a CBC News message sent to the legislative email addresses of every current cabinet minister." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Thanks so much Wallace for having me into your studio to talk about the City of St. John's new policy on AI art submissions

I've been putting off untangling a tangly chapter in my Dr. Cluny Macpherson biography but sat down and finally did it! #writingwoes

On July 8, 1892, a dropped pipe in a stable sparked a fire that spread through St. John's. It left the east end of the city in ruins and 11,000 were homeless. From the ashes came a safer city with a new architectural look. This is the story of the Great St. John's Fire. 🧵 1/8

"Court of King’s Bench Justice Janet McMurtry says a prison sentence would have made it difficult for Ruben Manz to support his family." And that's rape culture, babyyyy

Very cool to be just surfing bluesky and spot someone post the story I wrote! 🚂

Bankrupt 23andMe is trying to sell Canadians' genetic information. 27 U.S. states have filed a lawsuit to block the sale. In the meantime, experts say: Delete your data, by Sheena Goodyear www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha... via @cbcnews.ca

Some important info here rooted out by @sarahsmellie.bsky.social at CP. Remember the fees were also what the government said would cause the companies to rapidly release reserved land if it came to it. This is worth keeping an eye on. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #nlpoli

SUPPORT our comic book anthology "TOWN: St. John's in Comics"!!! We're running a Kickstarter for it through the publisher Black Panel Press and please feel free to donate or even pre-order your special copy as a reward!

"The only thing that's been in Andrew Furey's House of Assembly seat over the last two weeks is Lucy Stoyles's handbag." Now that's an opener. #nlpoli @petercowan.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

RIP Issac Newton (aka the last alchemist), you would have loved watching the physicists get annoyed because they accidentally turned lead into gold theconversation.com/physicists-a...

Let's make this happen Canada!! Show a little love for St. John's and some great local artists. ♥️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

OKAY PEOPLE IT IS TIME You *really* want to join us for this! #NYC friends, please share! May 14–free or support gift— REGISTER HERE tinyurl.com/BushwickSchi... 🏳️‍⚧️📚🧪🗃️ #Pride #PrideMonth #LGBTQIA #trans #books #bookclub

110 years ago #OTD the first large scale gas attack took place in the Ypres Salient - in the coming weeks a Newfoundland doctor would invent an early gas mask called the hypo helmet to protect those on the front lines: (I also am writing a book about him) www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.