This led me down a delightful rabbit-hole, where I met Jann's creepy cloth old lady (simultaneously noted and ignored by Wikipedia), a cloth cowboy (steadfastly denied by Google's AI, but there in the cropped region on the right of the used photograph), and, inevitably, Adolf Hitler.

Just sent out the latest issue of my newsletter, coming to you this time from New York. Lots and lots of type and typography links — including to the Type Design Class courses that close enrolment... today!

If I’m being honest, I’m feeling pretty crap about my small business. It’s so bloody difficult at the moment with rising costs, US tariffs, Brexit nonsense and the threat of AI. Please have a look at what I do and repost to spread the word gailmyerscough.co.uk

A word on immigration. Don't prejudge this, just listen to the data, and then consider what the solution is. The UK has a falling birth rate. This means that - unless things change - each generation will be 25% smaller than the one before.

Not sure if I ever posted this. WIP of a map for my Innsmouth project. And a little 3D visualisation of it in Blender. The story so far here… thisnorthernboy.blog/2024/12/22/t... #Innsmouth @innsmouth-lights.bsky.social

@bsky.app has not yet verified @alistapart.com, we suppose because they’ve got bigger fish to fry first. We guess that at least some members of the Bluesky team learned their craft from us and trust that they’ll get around to verifying us sooner or later. Reshare if you care.

Agree. It was really quite something.

#PortfolioDay I'm Rob, an illustrator from the north of England. I draw spaceships, robots, and weird places. Available for private and commercial commissions. linktr.ee/thisnorthern... #SciFi #Illustration

My film education was through Moviedrome. That type of curation, the sense of event, is needed now, in an age of streaming, more than ever.

Boxes of delights... To celebrate Andy Pandy's 75th anniversary this week, BBC4 is showing back-to-back episodes from 8pm, followed at 9pm by From Andy Pandy to Zebedee: the Golden Age of Children's TV. It's a beautiful documentary made with such love and affection. @radiotimes.bsky.social

*drum roll* An exclusive excerpt from my new novel... tomcox.substack.com/p/the-reason...

Hey folks, I'm still looking 🙏🖤 👇

FEATURE: New Music Friday Ft. Tropical Fuck Storm, Biosphere, Hotline TNT, UNIVERSITY, Cate Francesca Brooks, HARESS, Matmos, The Sick Man Of Europe, and more… www.normanrecords.com/features/bes...

Very pleased to say that my new publishers, Swift Press, will be republishing my novel Villager this September. The link is now up if you'd like to preorder (and the ebook will be available a little earlier): www.amazon.co.uk/Villager-Tom...

I kid you not, my work knows that I do drawing on the side and someone in the office told me AI could save me time and my response was "but I like drawing" and it broke them. They didn't know how to answer, they just couldn't comprehend that people make art because they like making art.

“Godzilla’s destructive rampage from the viewpoint of a civilian on the ground. We’ve also got a special variant that includes a roaring red fire and a smashing acrylic edition!” Stomp your way onto the @bottleneckgallery homepage tomorrow, 6/4 @ NOON ET! bottleneckgallery.com www.gregthings.com

Love this. Laughed out loud.

Type lovers, this huge archive of sheet music is a treasure trove of ideas. imagesmusicales.be

Dear Bluesky. I wonder if you can help? I have 100 copies of this book, each of which I'm happy to send to anyone in the UK for £4 postage, plus a donation of your choice (however low). Please drop me an email with your address at [email protected] if you'd like one. P.S. I promise it's not shit...

Just added an Ewok picnic to my Redbubble collection www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/169481571

I'm Rob, an illustrator, designer, and writer from the UK. With a background in graphic design, I now spend my time drawing spaceships, robots, and other strange stuff - either for myself or for indie games and publishers. 1/n

I’m super glad to see Bluesky go up a notch in the last couple of weeks because: here’s my first new music + video in a while! Bit of a different vibe this time- lonesome Casio beats plus real harpsichord. Please share and subscribe if you like it!

Hi everyone! My new website made with the precious help of the great Rive Studio is live! You can now finally see the grids in their full glory, discover the full @NewYorker covers family or have a naughty peek at the animated Kama Sutra letters… www.malikafavre.com

I do not know why my novel WANDERERS is a mere buck-ninety-nine at your favorite electric bookmonger site of choice, but it is, so if you want, y'know, creepy sleepwalking disease peri-apocalyptic sci-fi horror with a hefty dash of EAT SHIT A.I., then hey, it's 800 pages for 199 pennies.

I’m so close to the shop of @mrbingo.bsky.social but at this time of night, he’s likely closed… I think he’s only open Friday (but I’m here NOW!).

Fonts on Sale: Crisp, high-contrast gem from the finer fols at Zetafontd. Artusi Grande looks great in display settings and works wonders in text. 14 fonts: Desktop & Web fonts from $̵3̵9̵ $27.30 fonts.ilovetypography.com/fonts/zetafo...

Doodling some superheroes

It's all ups and downs isn't it?

A Starter Pack might help if you’ve landed here… I imagine there’s some crossover. (I made one.) So, the idea is to find the right social media for me that doesn’t involve EM or MZ. Bearing in mind, too, that in conversation, I mostly communicate with mime… any social media channel is a big ask.

Here we go, again.