Settled on the floating off-brand Wetherspoons to Rotterdam. Bidding farewell to the uk after two amazing weekends (and a chill bit in between). If all goes well, should finally be home around lunchtime tomorrow. And asleep about five minutes after that…

If you're a fan of absolutely terrible British accents, then the recent audio adaptation of All Star Superman is just for you. Leo Quintum is Hall of Fame-level terrible with his accent.

Currently enjoying my favourite post-Thought Bubble activity - trying not to fall asleep in a Costa Coffee in Hull while waiting for an appropriate time to board the ferry to Rotterdam.

The car is all packed up, my head only hurts a little, my back seems to have recovered, and I have two AirPods. Time to depart Harrogate after an incredible Thought Bubble. Until next year!

Delighted to discover in the dying moments of the after-after party for Thought Bubble that @adlaim.bsky.social and I are not only sharing a hotel but the same floor, meaning that the last action I took of the entire convention was to hug a very good pal only a few metres from my door.

Congratulations to Lilith Allen, the winner of this year's 2000 AD Writer Talent Search competition at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! They'll get guaranteed paid work turning their "Creature Featurette" pitch into a Future Shock.

@42.computer I got a two line preview on my watch (yay snoopy) then bsky decided it needed my face to read DMs… will try with VPN on my laptop later…

Courtesy of @benjaminaefilby.bsky.social, an anthology with initial TFTQ that actually exists AND raises money for charity. Find it in the Bubbleboy Hall today at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Your move, Frazer…

Q: what is a pirate’s favourite Ja Rule song? A: Always on Time, because it features Ashanti (a shanty)

@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social if, by any chance, a single lost AirPod is found in this area during cleanup… I miss it very much! Hoping location service is vaguely accurate now

I’ve seen these and they are absolutely gorgeous. Someone with more money than me needs to own and love these.

People of Thought Bubble, you have half an hour until the best bit of the convention - SILENCE! To Astonish live! See you there!

I had the delight of popping in to see @paulmagrs.bsky.social at his new bookshop yesterday. Real serendipity with timing and location, as it was only a short drive away from my hotel.

I love being exhausted before Thought Bubble has even begun… a very poor decision to keep deferring eating yesterday!

@adlaim.bsky.social Majestic?

I’m at the @averyhill.bsky.social exhibit at the Mercer Gallery, a few minutes walk away from the Thought Bubble halls, and it’s fantastic. The entire gallery, taken over by UK comics.

Happy 'Is that DMC? It can't be DMC... Let me just spend all the time while he's performing Tricky checking the internet to see if this is DMC. HOLY SHIT IT'S DMC!' Day to those who celebrate.

At the Hope Mills Theatre in Manchester to watch Young Frankenstein The Musical, specifically my pal Jessica Martin as Frau Blucher!

Hey whilst I'm thinking about it: do you even know who's DJing at Thought Bubble this year (except me)? All going to plan you've got @sofiedodgson.bsky.social, Sara Kenney, @chrissywilliams.bsky.social, @shanefaced.bsky.social, @andrewhickey.500songs.com, and @kierongillen.bsky.social.

I’ve made it up to Manchester, because going directly from where I live to Thought Bubble doesn’t seem to be an option for me. Having quick rest, then off for a visit to Travelling Man, some food, then taking in the production of Young Frankenstein The Musical at the Hope Mills Theatre.

Well, I’ve owned this for over a decade, I should probably give it a read…

Me: I can dry two loads of washing on racks by the wood burner, right? Also me: why am I sitting in a sauna?

Just lent my support to the A1 Deadline Kickstarter which ends in about 13 hours. Nice to back an anthology run by people who can be trusted! And new work from those fucked over by Frazer Brown! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...

Northern Lights over Harrogate for Thought Bubble? Might drag some people away from the loos…

@paulcornell.bsky.social will you have copies of your Avengers in the 70s book at Thought Bubble? Struggling to find a way to get hold of a copy before I travel to Harrogate!

One good thing about spending a few days at my dad’s house to visit mum, while he’s not here, is that I have full and unfettered access to the wood burner in the living room. Accidentally got things so hot that I was in a t-shirt and sweating like mad at 9pm last night…

Happy Walking Circulatory System In The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.

Happy Walking Circulatory System In The Kitchen Day to those who celebrate.

One last time…

Lovely afternoon catching up with Gally pal @pickledintime.bsky.social in London. Managed to punch through a lot of exhaustion to make it…

I'm still not over @beardynoise.bsky.social describing Claudia Winkleman in The Traitors as 'a cunty triangle' and then coming home to watch it and immediately seeing this.

I’m super pleased that my non-theatre friend Sean, who can over to London from Gent in the car with me yesterday, has taken a punt on seeing Hadestown, based mostly on my excited comment about it since seeing it last June. He’s currently in the middle of Act I…

Post you from a different era. It’s me, before the beard!

Post you from a different era. It’s me, before the beard!

Anyway, all that shit aside, I’m in London for the weekend. Currently on a bus to Angel for a return visit to the Bill Murray. 6pm, Friday night, former Taskmaster contestant, just like three weeks ago.

Had a pretty nasty experience just after arriving in the Uk today. Stopped at services to charge and get quick food. Quickly clock someone wearing a union flag as a cape, tucked under their baseball cap. Several people wearing shirts with some ‘for patriots’ slogan name on them.

Hope the weather for Thought Bubble improves on the current forecast, which is mostly rain…

People still constantly bring up my AI Statement page in the Scream zine. Some folks say it made them cry! I was going to be more eviscerating but instead felt the best way to make my point was just to be totally raw and vulnerable in a way AI can't be. sara-century.square.site

My friend Sean grabbed the very last ticket for Andy Zaltzman’s WIP at the Bill Murray this Friday, and I grabbed the very first resale ticket via DICE half an hour later.

Hello, you beauty…

Frazier Brown has threatened the A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL Kickstarter over comics originally intended for the unreleased TALES FROM THE QUARANTINE, meaning their creators will now have to replace them.

It has been one thousand (1000) eight hundred (800) and fifty (50) three (3) days since #tftq was funded. And now Frazer Brown’s trying to copyright-troll another publication over it. Go back A1Deadline today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...

And:

Slow morning, I dug up the original email he sent: “You retain the rights to your work and the original artwork, IP concepts etc. You grant us permission, in perpetuity, to reprint the work in printed form, on the understanding 100% of any future profits be donated to the charities outlined.”

Me & my comics pal @fraserc69.bsky.social were adding our unused TFTQ page to this but the con artist AKA Frazer Brown has put that on hold for now. Instead Fraser (good one) & I are creating a brand, spankin’ 1 pager for A1 DEADLINE so please… BACK IT NOW! www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...

Last repost - no jokes to be made here about Frazer Brown for once. What he's done, threatening to derail the A1/Deadline relaunch by claiming ownership over material he has absolutely no right to, is as disgraceful as laundering around 37k of kickstarter 'charity' money.

Wake up babes, new Blockbusters reboot just dropped.