Is it??? This is literally the first I've ever heard of it. And guess what? I don't even want to know more.

Attention all AUPresses members: The 2026 Book, Jacket, and Journal Show is now open for your gorgeous and creative entries! View the Call for Entries on the AUPresses Design website and submit materials by January 12, 2026: design.up.hcommons.org/

HEY PUBLISHERS: pay attention to this entire thread; and recognize that a HUGE part of the problem is assigning comics projects to editors with no comics knowledge or experience. Editing comics is a discrete discipline, and when you don't recognize that, you fuck both creators and yourself over.

Syd Barrett was born #OTD in 1946. Pink Floyd’s first studio album, ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ (1967), was named after the chapter in Kenneth Grahame’s ‘The Wind in the Willows.’ According to manager Andrew King, Syd Barrett had a vision of Pan, who showed him the secrets of the universe.

Lots of people not happy with the whole Hunt for Gollum thing, presumably because they don't like the idea of more good stuff that's good with good people in it. "What if it's not good though?" then, dear friends, we will have lost absolutely nothing.

a favorite of mine

I made some t-shirts. I ordered some myself, and they're good! You should order one for yourself. You deserve it. www.etsy.com/shop/moorere...

Coming in June from the Treasury of British Comics (yes, it's been that long!)

A 100 page zine of "hardcore, unfiltered, uncensored Wizard Revisionism. Games about War, and stories about drunken weekend blurs. We're changing the game for wizards all over again". Contains a short wizard story by me!

My New Year's resolution is 300 dpi.

Probably when the HS2 guys got really upset with me about the bat tunnel. Because I pointed out that the bats weren't costing "extra" money, it was just that HS2 was a poorly budgeted shambles. And the bat tunnel was something like 0.05 of the actual cost of it anyway.

Just one step in the ongoing process of excavating, archiving, scanning every stitch of original art in reach (and not in reach) for the forthcoming TYRANT® crowdfunder in January 2026. Sign up now to be notified when it goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

6.30 tonight at Norton Priory. Get off that sofa and see this.

Sir Gawain & the Green Knight performed by @gavcross.bsky.social at Norton Priory tomorrow norton-priory-museum-and-gardens.arttickets.org.uk/norton-prior...

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Mithras - A festive piece from me for @dailygrail.com about the mysterious cult of Mithras and its (supposed) Christmas connections. www.dailygrail.com/2024/12/its-...

Fantastic news. Christmas Eve 2025. 22:00. BBC Two. The BBC's 2025 ghost story for Christmas: Mark Gatiss's adaptation of EF Benson's The Room in the Tower. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Happy Winter Solstice, all.

Prancing PAN Pan, Early 2nd century AD

decades-long manhunt finally ends

Giving up and letting the Yuletide drag me out into the deepest Christmas waters. There's no point in fighting this anymore. Hopefully, I'll wash up on the shore of the New Year.

Peril Wyrm #wyrm #dragon #dragonlove #dragonart #throwbackthursday #painting #watercolour

I've put together some slightly esoteric t-shirts in my Etsy shop. For fans of archaeology, Folk Horror, Wizards, and weird stuff www.etsy.com/shop/moorere...

They're the same companies who are now advertising for temporary positions for human writers to "train AI" to be better at doing the jobs. Which is why none of us should, on any account, do that for them.

Hard to believe it's been almost 10 years since I wrote this for @dailygrail.com "The 5th Young One: Pay No Attention to the Girl Behind the Sofa" www.dailygrail.com/2016/06/the-...

Remembered that I have an Etsy shop. And that you can now design t-shirts on there via Printiful. And that I have free will, as well as access to a vast library of out-of-copyright images via the magical internet. www.etsy.com/shop/moorere...

Deleted Saves needs artist(s)! I am interested in commissioning a logo, as well as art to integrate into future issues. If you are an artist or know one, please email me at deletedsaves at gmail dot com to start the conversation. Thank you!

This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it. Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Bridget Jones's Diary is on TV and, despite being from 2001, it somehow manages to have a very weirdly Paddington vibe and direction. The cinematography, the portrayal of London, it's all ridiculously Paddington. Why is that? Is Paddington a Bridget Jones's Diary rip off?

I'm choosing to believe that "moved to France" is a euphemism like "went to live on a farm". Crumb moved to France a good while back.

When you overthink a small detail for your story, and then have to work out a way to include it, no matter what.

It's true, LoEG was slagging off Harry Potter and JKR long before it was cool to do so. Ahead of the curve, as always.

Lancaster Priory. In 1912, excavations revealed a wall which may be from Roman times. Also, a small Saxon doorway has been exposed in the west wall of the present nave. It also believed that a monastery had been established here before the Norman conquest.

Inside the mother of all Neolithic tombs ... Newgrange in Ireland. This photo, from excavator Michael O'Kelly's book, shows the chamber (with spiral carving) that is illuminated via the famous roofbox opening at winter solstice. A 5,200-yr-old celebration of the return of the sun. #TombTuesday

Every day is a reminder that the land and our bodies have been laid before Mammon in tribute. And that's not enough. It has to be our minds and hearts, too. That's capitalism.

A Christmas prayer for all freelancers: May that payment you've been waiting months for, even though you invoiced for it in September, finally arrive in your bank account this week. 🙏🙏🙏

They want to make it illegal for people who are critical of the USA on their social media to enter the country. Meanwhile, Trump is publicly posting this heinous shit hourly.

remember how there was a nationwide manhunt for everyone who'd ever said something mean about charlie kirk

Watched the new Knives Out last night and loved it. The Knives Out films and The Residence are perfect, and exactly what I want from 21st century TV crime stuff. They're not horrible and depressing. They have the bounce and fun of Murder She Wrote or Magnum PI, but the intricacies of Agatha Christie

I am SEETHING with rage at the suggestion that Muppets do not have souls and I - as a often cited expert on ghosts - have set the record straight. I will fight people on this. www.theghostgeek.com/p/in-defence...

I also wrote about the Wold Newton meteorite impact, and how it helped solidify the claim that meteorites actually did fall from the sky, in this piece. (It's kind of crazy that only a little over 200 years ago, scientists were skeptical of meteorites.) www.dailygrail.com/2016/12/rock...

On December 13, 1795, the Wold Newton meteorite fell to earth in a field in England. Some 200 years later it would be the catalyst for some of the most inventive and influential crossover fiction of the twentieth century. (Article by @johnreppion.bsky.social ) www.dailygrail.com/2015/02/the-...

When facts stop mattering, every narrative becomes dangerous.

I've said it before but remember when conspiracy theories were fun? Now I can't even enjoy a "celebs who sold their soul" or "reptilians are amongst us" or "the earth is flat" video, cause too many people believe that shit. Fucking idiots. You've ruined the fun, and also the entire world for us all.

King Arthur didn't want to start Christmas dinner until he had seen a marvel. Well, he got his wish! alliteration.net/poetry/sggk/ #SirGawain #GreenKnight #athurian #poem #alliterative #poetry #medievalsky #poetrysky #poetrylovers #poetrycommunity #alliterativeverse

I am in this! 🧙‍♂️

WIZARDPUNK 2 is an embarrassment of riches. Comics, stories, games, rituals and art I am proud beyond measure to bring to print. Because it is now headed to the printers! PDF out next week! Pre-order now! Thank you for your patience! sandypuggames.itch.io/wizardpunk-2

I had a weird feverish sleep last night and kept waking up from mad dreams. In one, someone told me that, when Thatcher died and went to Hell, she ended up taking a leading role down there and that's why things have been getting worse.

"You got a hauntology!" Sorry, not developed the gag beyond that, probably something for Hellebore or Hwaet or Hookland, don't know. Scarred for Life.