Amazing Spider-man #109. Spidey abducts "Peter", Gwen freaks out and yells at May. Flash is gonna be killed to bring the old temple dude back to life. Dr Strange joins Spidey and breaks the trance so he's back without anyone having to die.

Interdimensional Portal Of The Day.

Good morning! It’s Monday January 19th 2026! Another day already? Crikey! (Dated this very day in 1980, a mere 46 years ago, 2000AD #148, with its classic Mike McMahon cover featuring Judge Dredd.) You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book. N

#JanCharacterCover Day 19 - #LoisLane

Tiny section of what's on the drawing table. I like the windows :)

Posting a Comic Cover I Love

So that was Sunday January 18th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day nearly here. What a world. (Out this very month in 1981, just 45 yrs ago, JLA#189, with its classic cover featuring Starro by Brian Bolland & Anthony Tollin.) And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients.

So gorgeous.

It was 87 years ago today that the SUPERMAN newspaper strip by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster from the McClure Syndicate debuted! My first January 16 daily, 43 years later, from my first week writing the SUPERMAN strip, with artists George Tuska and Vinnie Colletta, from the Tribune Syndicate.

A photo I took of my cats making their way back home after killing a man.

Today's grab, Green Lantern #114 (1979) Ollie and Hal face the Crumbler!

So that was Wednesday January 14th 2026. Crikey. Another day done, another day (more or less) here. So it goes. (Out this month in 1957, Detective Comics #241, with its cover featuring Rainbow Batman & a baffled Robin by Sheldon Moldoff & Ira Schnapp.) And so to bed. Sleep well, gentle sentients.

Thinking about one of my favorite comics, one that is seldom discussed; Tomb of Dracula 50, with the Silver Surfer. Immediate reaction: That's ridiculous. Actual comic: This is fantastic. Gene Colan and Tom Palmer deliver a gorgeous comic. Wolfman writes it true to the characters.

Comic artist LeBeau Underwood’s daughter has been missing in Chicago since yesterday morning. Please share in the hopes we can bring the family a happy conclusion to this.

Daily '72 read. A Dormammu cult steals Strange's body for their master to possess and get around his vow to not physically enter our realm. Clea summons the team, Strange hitches in Wong's body and gets back in his at the last moment. Whole cult killed in landslide.

🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero 1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system 2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free 3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us" 4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous 5) That's it! 1/10

Post a comic cover you love.

GHOSTS #95 (December 1980, by Jim Janes, Bob Smith & Tatjana Wood), featuring Dr. 13 in “All the Stage is a Haunt” by me, Michael Adams, Tex Blaisdell, Shelly Leferman, and Jerry Serpe.

WEIRD WAR TALES #91 (September 1980) by Joe Kubert, featuring “2nd Class Citizens” by me, Dick Ayers, John Celardo, Ben Oda, and Bob LeRose.

A few photos from the amazing Undercliff, near Lyme Regis, Dorset: a topsy-turvy, otherworldly place, where the land is constantly swallowing itself, which proved to be a major inspiration for my latest novel... especially this extract: www.tom-cox.com/granny-kettl...

The FT is not mucking about today www.ft.com/content/ad94...

10. Wellington-Booted Corpse

9. Doll With No Face Or Trousers

8. Organised Scarecrow And His Grave

7. Fucked-Up Peak District Nativity

6. Flatland Bridal Ghost

5. Sunbathing Agribusiness Devil

4. Rainy Disco Scarecrow.

3. Zombie Marilyn Monroe.

2. Village Church Death Head.

THREAD. A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside. You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text. 1. Weeping Fence Banshee.

A friend of my parents, who has known my dad since 1969, sent me an email after reading my book 21st-Century Yokel, which has quite a bit about my dad in it. "It's good that you tone your dad down when you are writing about him," she said. "Because if you didn't, nobody would believe he was real."

On occasions I feel like the process of getting a publishing deal is a bit like trying to get a face-to-face appointment with a GP in the United Kingdom, post-pandemic: you just have to badger them enough times to make them believe you're properly ill and you won't go away.

You could just say this is a more honest way of saying what other rejection letters obfuscate around. But it’s indicative of a lie that the publishing industry has become faithful to, which is the lie that an author having 100,000+ Instagram followers automatically makes their book a better book.

What I call climate 'appeasement' - the idea that climate breakdown isn't actually going to be that bad - is growing fast, and presents as great a threat as climate denial Climate appeasers denigrate reality as alarmism, so fostering inertia and inaction We are in deep, deep, sh*t - fact

Otto Binder, Gil Kane & Mike Esposito • Metal Men 30 🤖

“Show me a comic you loved when you were 13, that’s all I need to know about you” - Brad Meltzer

“Show me what comic you loved when you were 13, and that's all I need to know about you.”

BHOC: MARVEL TREASURY EDITION #22 I had started to pick up the quarterly MARVEL TREASURY EDITIONS as a part of my comic book buying pattern. By this time, they had shifted from something that felt pretty special at the outset to just another regular publication, but they gave me a way in which to…

I finished reading “The Blacktongue Thief” by @buehlmeister.bsky.social while delayed at the airport getting home from Thanksgiving. Kinch and Bully Boy have been living rent-free in my brain since and refuse to leave. I felt compelled to draw them. #theblacktonguethief #jeniidrawsshit #fanart

A sure sign that my cat has been up to no good is when she spots me coming towards her and immediately tries a bit too hard to act casual. www.tom-cox.com/at-home-with...

Three recommended walks and why it’s vital that you go on them as soon as possible: www.tom-cox.com/recommended-...

Do be aware, though: an important person in the book world told me it was "asking too much of its reader" & would never be a success & because they are important that automatically renders meaningless the opinions of all the people who've told me they've read the book multiple times & love it.

Ball. His court.

"...a novelist's mind: somewhere between a back alley junk shop and an old bin made out of misbehaviour." 😂 I feel seen 🥲 #WritingCommunity

I need this on a shirt

So, today marks 10 years since the passing of Bowie. It also marks 10 years since I put something on Twitter about it which resulted in me having to take a day off work, chase down various international media, get blocked by half of Australia, and end up the filling in a Kanye and Madonna sandwich.

Today is the birthday of artist and writer Dick Briefer (Jan. 9, 1915-Dec. 1980). Most remembered for his unique work on his wonderful Frankenstein series.

I would very much like to read Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut and Sue Townsend.