I’ve posted an update on the Generation Mechs orders situation on Instagram and it’s too long to reproduce here (translation: I am busy and lazy). Head over to j.roberts332, it’s the latest post

"It is one of The Divine Comedy’s finest records and it draws from many of the most powerful elements of his musical instincts" - @justplayed.bsky.social Read in full: www.clashmusic.com/reviews/the-... #TheDivineComedy #RainySundayAfternoon @clashmusic.com

Welp, it’s time to publish this: Bluesky Moderation has affirmatively dropped the ball with respect to allowing the transgender community on this site to protect itself. I have a blocklist, titled “Transphobic”. You can’t see it. Bluesky Community hid it.

The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity. As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.

Crafty friends The Divine Comedy have the most wonderful new song Invisible Thread. It’s lovely but also I’m in bits now. youtu.be/5VXSQQ5YDIU?...

We’re happy to share the English PDF of our recent James Roberts Q&A with Chinese fans!Huge thanks to @jroberts332.bsky.social As James requested, please note: James agreed to a Q&A session as part of the arrangement that sees his MTMTE notebooks distributed to Chinese fans. PDF link in comments

I did a birthday present to myself: a video essay about the two versions of Star Saber and how interesting they actually are when compared to one another, and how they make an accidentally perfect dark mirror of the other! Also is it gauche to tag @jroberts332.bsky.social, youtu.be/fikyQz97Coc

"Every single person in my store is supportive and accepting of who I am, including my boss, the other managers, and every colleague in every part of the store. At times my workplace is the only safe space in my life which is a bit sad."

She’s an Irish national. Is No 10 going to make a similar threat to everyone outside Britain who supports PA?

The recent publication of Generation Mechs by @jroberts332.bsky.social has reminded me of the work I started on this reissue of some of the best bits of my 90s Transformers Fanzine. Originally I was going to do this as a printed zine but so far the page count is close to 80+ pages which would make…

Generation Mechs update: I want to solicit orders ASAP. I’ll be sending the books out in bespoke card packaging for extra protection; I’m waiting for the supplier to send a sample so I can calculate precise shipping costs. After that I’ll make a noise on here and other platforms

Book’s out

The final book release from me in 2025 is this:

Cover reveal! Generation Mechs: Transformers Fan Culture In The 90s, the first release from Empurata Books, is out next month — and this is what it looks like. 496 pages, hardback, embossed cover, spot-varnished dust jacket and 3 x 12-page glossy inserts featuring hi-res photos of 60+ TF fanzines

It’s utterly grim that the framing of political stories by political editors is “what does this mean for the prime minister’s authority” instead of “how many disabled people will starve or trans people won’t get the support they need”. It’s like football commentary rather than serving the public.

The Cass Review has not been peer-reviewed. But it has now been critiqued in depth and from every angle and fully discredited as pseudoscience by ELEVEN peer-reviewed publications. So when the government uses the Cass Review to justify any policies it is not “following the science”.

So! Here’s a glimpse of the worlds that await you inside Generations Mechs, the definitive critical and cultural guide to being a Transformers fan in the 1990s, when (for most of the decade) it looked like we’d reached The End Of The Road

Generation Mechs - a favour This will be a thread, so bear with me. Gen Mechs is going to print in a few weeks. I’ll be selling and signing copies at @tfnationltd, and then later in the year I’m going to make it available to order, as I’ve done with the MTMTE notebooks

We're proud to be sponsoring TFN attendee Josh, who is raising funds for an aid-giving trip to Cambodia. He'll be building schools, kitchens, bridges; planting trees & cleaning up beaches. Please support if you can - full details below! tfnation.com/blog/20... #TFNation #Transformers

Coming in August…

Thank you to everyone who came over to chat and buy books at the TFN mini-con. I’ve been a sick boy for a few weeks and nearly had to cancel; obviously glad I didn’t. Special shoutout to the grown adult who said that they started reading MTMTE aged 11, making me crumple to dust

Just a reminder that I post book updates etc on Instagram as well as on here (and sometimes I forget one platform, and sometimes the other): j.roberts332

The cover to the new book (by @AdamRRoberts) has gone down *very* well, so here it is in higher-res “real object” form

New for 2025

Update…

For the MTMTE soundtrack crowd, I made a playlist of discoveries I made while doing MTMTE book admin open.spotify.com/playlist/3ge...

Hope to see lots of you in March…

Back in the day I’d choose songs to promote each issue of MTMTE. These days, I make an end of year Best Of. Here’s the latest one: open.spotify.com/playlist/6cK...

On #Substack I’ve got an article about @idwpublishing.bsky.social #Transformers. In rereading the comic series written by @jroberts332.bsky.social with art by @nickroche.bsky.social I saw it from a new angle. Read and subscribe here: https://whytewolfca.substack.com/p/more-than-meets-the-eye

[To all] You definitely could!

Last weekend, folks… If you email [email protected] you’ll get a response within hours Pls spread the word before we wind this enterprise down

Last weekend, folks! All volumes still up for grabs…

This was an accident but I’m wedded to it now. One in, one out from now on

do you require some space tape, master skywalker? you'll find it nestled between my golden thighs

One week left to order Volumes 1 through 6 of the not-available-anywhere-else MTMTE Notebooks, filled with the raw material (pitches, ideas, character breakdowns etc) that evolved into MTMTE and Lost Light

It's trans awareness week 🏳️‍⚧️ Now is an important time to fight. Educate yourself, donate, and do what you can to help this vulnerable group. I have been writing to my local MP to express my objection to The Cass Report/Wes Streeting's policies on trans healthcare. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️

[trying to resist] H-hate to… blow own trumpet but… forced… to share… this… lovely… recommendation

Another bump — partly because a lot of people have followed me lately (thanks, mass X-odus) and partly because Time Is Running Out See my pinned tweet for more info…

It’s November 1st, which means you have 30 days to order these exclusive creator notebooks — six volumes, including the ‘new for 24’ final set — that give you the inside track on MTMTE and Lost Light. Available only from me, find out more by emailing [email protected]

Re-upping this for those who missed it first time round…

I can't recommend these books enough! Of your a fan of MTMTE/Lost Light or Transformers in general these are for you! Get them whole you can! 😎

Cannot recommend these enough 😁 definitely check them out if you haven't already!

This is what Pip was doing as I was sending those last messages (when can we have threads, bluesky overlords?)

Details below…

Hello new followers! I’m going to try and be more active on here, promise

Here's something I've not posted here yet, my Lost Light pieces from 2016-17!! Got my first follower boost on Twitter with these pieces and I'm still super proud of them! Maybe,they'll help me get some more followers here too? Who knows!? 😅 Reposts super appreciated! 😁😁😁

Little sneak preview of the final MTMTE Notebooks, which offer an exclusive, exhaustive (and exhausting?) insight into the making of Lost Light. Get them at @tfnationltd and via mail order thereafter

…and here are the covers to Vol 6

Work in progress…