Wanging on in the face of stupid AI usage is an important public duty! See it, say it, slap it down 🫡

The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?

THIS SUNDAY - SE25 6AB our pals @myfanwytristram.bsky.social‬ @daniellocke.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social @michimathias.bsky.social @simonrussell.bsky.social have a group table at SLCZF Look for the stunning @ambush_mo_morrell poster then find them under the Bungaroosh name for great comics

Of course I meant Wednesday 9th September! (I’m going to blame the heat or something)

Please enjoy another joyful bit of live scribing from @petermorey.bsky.social from our final* roundtable on Thursday 🔥 We discussed the whole comics industry this time, and honestly the wealth of ideas coming from the lot of you was electric!

So sad to hear the news about Sam. Neill, but it’s softened by all the people on here sharing clips of him being just an A-grade Dude. ❤️

Starting imminently! All aboard!

Here’s some Orlando book launches and events that are coming up! La Belle Adventure, Edinburgh, Saturday June 20th from 4-6pm with a talk chaired by @tomhumberstone.com - free and you can book here: my.weezevent.com/highlight-la...

💃TONIGHT!🕺 Everyone involved in the comics industry is welcome Gird your loins and bring your viewpoints: IT’S DISCUSSIN’ TIME. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-...

💃TONIGHT!🕺 Everyone involved in the comics industry is welcome Gird your loins and bring your viewpoints: IT’S DISCUSSIN’ TIME. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-...

Clear your diaries folks, you know where you need to be!!!

BREAKING 84 year old Reverend Sue Parfitt arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for giving speech outside New Scotland Yard on the anniversary of the proscription of Palestine Action. Stood on a soap box, Sue explained her motivation. Join the Escalation: wedonotcomply.org

Our Micro-Bursary submissions are open! The Micro-Bursaries are open to early career, UK based: Comic Creators of Colour, Disabled Comic Creators, and/or Trans/Non-Binary Comic Creators. Find out more, and put your name forward here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/microbursaries

I’ve found the previous two sessions to be inspiring and informative. A wonderful gathering of people looking to grow through discussion and make things better for everyone. Come along!

Our third and final roundtable is the big one! 🔥This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS INDUSTRY ⏰Thursday 9th July, 7pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-...

Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Knowing how prone to hallucinations they are, I’m dubious of an AI taking over the management of any transportation system. …apart from Eurotunnel, which was designed by satan and run by thunderfucked gibbons. Hand that shit over to the machines.

¡Si, se puede! I’m not a football person but I am an Ecuador person. Please be upstanding for this Ecuadorean World Cup song which is - pun intended - an absolute baller: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll87... 🔥🇪🇨*condor emoji needed*

They gave US zinester Elizabeth Soto *50 fucking years* in prison for publishing a zine that supports an anti-fascism stance. Prosecutors also used her feminism themed zine, and an anti-AI zine as evidence against her. This is unprecedented.

"Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank..." #R4Today

*Finger in ear* I'm just receiving word that it's been 10 years since the debut of 'Vox Pop', my weekly cartoon strip for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. Incredible scenes.

NEXT LIVE MEETING Monday June 22 The fabulous @cartoonkate.bsky.social author of Threads and Red Rosa is talking to @panelborders.bsky.social about her graphic biography of Jane Austen: Patchwork cartoonkate.co.uk/pages/patchw... Join us at The Walrus, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AD from 6:30pm

I’m a guest at Hastings Comic Con this wknd! Come say hi, and I’ll sell you my latest comic that @brokenfrontier.bsky.social described as “One of the most starkly affecting comics you will read this year” Let me affect you, starkly 👍 (I have other, funnier work too) www.hastingscomiccon.com

Thanks to all 95 of you who came along on Monday! Cracking discussion on the sticky subject of money and fairness, loads of insights and shared knowledge. 👏 Please enjoy this live-illustrated wonder from @petermorey.bsky.social, who managed to cover all this in the moment with precision and humour!

Whoo boy. That was a long meeting wasn’t it!? Thanks so much to everyone who came along to it and took part. Comics people are the best people. ❤️

Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.

this is TONIGHT at 7pm BST!

⏰ TONIGHT! ⏰

📆 Next Monday 15th June we’re going to be talking about goddamn COMICS LIVELIHOODS. What sources do we earn an income from? What does fair pay mean? What’s the value of IP? Should only commodified art exist? What is the difference between a career and a hobby, or -god help us- a “side hustle”?

Want to start your own local comics meet-up but not sure how? @toadlett.bsky.social’s got you!

during the last spate of CCIC meetings I realised that one of the strongest assets to me personally as a comics pro was regular comics meetups, where we could talk about industry and craft, share knowledge and support. (1/3)

UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold. It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on. Sign & repost!! ❤️

The Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award 2026 competition is now open and organisers The Cartoon Museum are looking for the next big comic artist

Our lineup this year truly is some of the top talent in uk comics! Check out the exhibitors here: sequentialscotland.co.uk#exhibitors

eavesdropping on a couple of english lit academics in st. john, i overheard confirmation of what is surely going to be the biggest literary news story of the year

“We anticipate this job taking 2 hours” is neurotypical bullshit. We’re looking at 7 hours and counting in ADHD hobgoblin time.

The AOI’s 2026 Mentorship Scheme is open now! I’m thrilled to be one of their mentors. (Obvs I would mentor any mentee with gusto, but I hope they’re a comics person… 😎) Are you an underrepresented illustrator (or comic artist!) interested in mentoring? Apply here👇 theaoi.com/news/aoi-men...

Europe is going to build camp where they will concentrate undesirables before getting rid of them. I wonder if there's a term for that? This is no different than the MAGA plan for White supremacy. The EU can pretend it's better all it wants. It is not.

We're back again today, only slightly boiling! This event is free to attend and is on until 3pm - see you there!

THIS SUNDAY IN BRIGHTON! Come and see me for smiles, chat and maybe more... By which I mean art and comics. I will NOT get off with you.

Pre-orders are now open for Two Shillings a Day, out in July! (Or earlier if all goes well) I’m at #Brighton Open Market today with this zine excerpt

Come to Brighton tomorrow (Sunday): cool your feet in the sea, refresh your imagination with a market full of comics, and whet your whistle if it's dry… perfect #comics #art #cartoons day out PLEASE SHARE - look at those eager cartoonists’ names… you want to make them happy, don’t you?

Are you telling me that not a single trailer exists for Iron Boy/Le Corset, the animated film that just won a big prize at Cannes? In the year of our lord 2026?

Everyone is (rightly) clowning on the Book of Life guy for getting in bed with the AI crowd, but there's a danger that the dopamine hit of outrage overwhelms good news. Like, I've seen dozens of posts about Gutierrez and only one or two about this. We need to be as loud about the good as the bad.

Last night’s 1st online roundtable (This Mess Won't Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS) was a big success! Great discussion, fantastic suggestions & a surprising amount of enthusiasm despite the infernal heatwave. Thanks to all who participated! 💚 (esp @petermorey.bsky.social who produced this beauty👇)

TONIGHT! Join us, won’t you?

A week tomorrow… On Sunday May 31st Cartoon County is going to takeover all the stalls in Brighton Open Market - come an meet more than two dozen cartoonists, comic makers and artists

The Colossive machine is moving into top gear: four events in three countries in the next eight days Scream if you wanna go faster!

In just 2 weeks’ time I’ll be back where it all began, the @workersgallery.bsky.social - celebrating the launch of my graphic novel Noisy Valley. Come along on the 29th to celebrate! Would be so great to see you there (it’s “pay as you wish”) www.workersgallery.co.uk/event-detail...

Important reading if you haven't seen it already!