As we’re celebrating Jim Henson, here’s lots of little Muppet doodles!

Restricted access at the great library

I just want to preemptively say, as the parent of a SEND child, screw RFK.

*commences motivational music*

Not even joking when I say he was one of the most important American artists of the 20th century.

Good to see us being literally dragged over the line to do the complete bare minimum in the face of a genocide we have helped facilitate.

The Christmas adverts have started on the telly, so it’s no surprise to see DC Thomson’s BEANO Christmas Special is on sale, in shops from this Wednesday, 24th September, and available to order direct from the publisher: dtt-2025.blogspot.com/2025/09/deck...

The worst part is that I got 100% despite the fact that I don’t play any GW games, and don’t even paint my minis for the games that I do.

Finished spread! The lives of different types of stars, the various ways they give back all they had taken in changed, and the new forms they give rise to! This took me some time to say the least! It's a lively place out there! On to the next spread (finale of this chapter!!) #Nostos #Unflattening 2

This is well worth reading this (& it’s great news!), but @thebookseller.com needs to separate out manga sales from adult graphic novel sales for its data. It does a disservice to manga, it’s not reflective of manga readership, and it’s unhelpful for knowing wider trends in comics.

Good News! The Children’s Comic Strip Fiction and Graphic Novels category hit an all-time high of £20.2m in the UK in 2024; and sales so far in 2025 up 29.4% – an increase that suggests a final year figure of £26.1m could be possible: www.thebookseller.com/bestsellers/...

Seeing the Bill Watterson originals full of pencil lines of stuff that didn’t work, scuffs the eraser didn’t pick up, white out galore and more was something I needed to see to remind myself that nothing is perfect the first go and tweaks need to be made and you’re allowed to try again.

I can draw Batman! #batman

Robinson is to Bob Kane as Batman is to some selfish jerk who didn’t give Bill Finger the credit he deserved

Tasmanian Doodle!

A restaurant that seats 2k people a year would get a detailed review when a kids book selling 50k would get a few words in a round up. #CBICONF25

Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.

Dear people that are complaining about the this: Read literally anything about Stan Lee.

It’s really lovely going through the world trying to figure out if you’re living through the prologue of John Keegan’s next book.

This is a really interesting short read about aspects of UK comics history, race, & racism.

Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves. Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...

I’m thrilled to see 2 comics on this year’s #WorldBookDay lists. A lot of folk don’t know where to start with comic books, so for this week’s #KidsBooksFriday, what kids comic books might folk not already know about but should definitely go and seek out? #KidLitUK #UKKidLit #KidLit #KidsGN📚💬

“What if comics paid EVEN LESS?” is my extremely uncharitable assumption abt where this leads

Looking over my son’s homework sheets, and noticed that they’d been told to write descriptions of images. Said images are AI. Trying to decide the merits of having him not do the homework, and me putting a note in to the effect that he’s put the same amount of effort in as the AI had.

Disney learned nothing from Andor.

Watching the the Scissor Sisters’ Glastonbury live set, to remind myself that - despite everything - you can still get tens of thousands of people out in a field to celebrate joy, queerness, and everything good in this world.

If you're feeling a bit out of sorts tonight, please let a very wise Romani kid from South London tell you the way of things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY...

A producer told me once she has to warn young crewmembers to avoid being alone with Aykroyd. "Not because he's a creep, he's a gentleman. But if you let him strike up a conversation the next thing we know all the PAs will be huddled in his dressing room learning how humans evolved from dolphins."

I don’t know how a species that, in the face of the endless, uninterested void of space, is incredible enough to produce Hole’s ‘Malibu’ keeps screwing everything up this badly, and so frequently.

I need to do an all nighter for work tonight, and I am simply too old to do all nighters anymore.

Ready for a new issue? Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide! ✨🪞✨ Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more. 👉🏼 helleborezine.com

Watched a video earlier today arguing that that DC doesn’t have a core trinity, and that is has four pillars (this is obviously incorrect). They said that Green Lantern is the fourth pillar, and I hate how much much time my stupid brain has spent thinking this over today.

This week I particularly want to tap Welsh & Northern Irish comics creators on the shoulder to do this survey. Got a minute, Wales & NI? I need your data like the desert needs the rain, like the dessert needs a spoon, like the deserter needs to steal comically mismatched clothes from a washing line

Israel has committed genocide in Gaza, says UN inquiry

💖 The World Book Day 2026 titles have just been announced, and I’m thrilled to say Bunny Vs Monkey will be amongst them with our book ‘Total Chaos’! 🤩 Children will be able to choose this or any of the other WBD titles for free with a £1/€1.50 book token from February! @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social

Absolutely great to see two brilliant comics in the 2026 World Book Day line up, especially considering that there’s only been two comics in total for the last 10 years of WBD.

relevant life lesson from comics on this one

Later this week I get to spend some time with these characters, and I can’t wait! I love their world so much, and I’m so giddy to tell people about it someday :)

***New bookish podcast*** There’s a brand new podcast for book fans being launched by the wonderful @lonbookproject (whom I support.) Think ‘desert island discs’ but for books! The lovely @laurenlaverne is kicking things off! Please give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Delighted to inform you that Alan Moore is on tonight's BBC Front Row, discussing The Great When, psycho-geography, comics, fascism and the trouble with superheroes... 715pm Radio 4 or link after.. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Two months to go until Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025 opens its doors! Please purchase your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, as some types may not be available on the door: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

One of the very few remaining sources of joy on social media is the ongoing story of how we all owe the 30-50 feral hogs guy an apology.

Anyway, here‘s a Minecraft Creeper doodle.

Currently enduring the Minecraft movie for the tenth time. Somebody please end the pain.

oh wow who couldve predicted that plot twist

Oh hell yes!

Reminder that Andi is one of this country’s all time greatest comic creators, and that these books are a delight.

Can the news please slow the heck down.

With all the money being thrown at AI nonsense, it's worth sharing an appeal from genuine hand-crafted indie animation. One6th need help to promote & distribute this fantastic short, based on a poem by Dean Atta. Please take a look & repost. #StopMotionAnimation www.indiegogo.com/projects/two...

Anyone got any resources suitable for Primary around violence against women and girls? RTs welcomed.