A question that I'm often asked goes something like, "Is it great to create content that shows girls how strong they can be?" YES. It is an honor to have girls who read my books or watch my shows to feel empowered. But... IT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR BOYS TO SEE GIRLS AS MAIN CHARACTERS TOO.

ComedyPodcastOfTheDay Welcome to #ComedyBureau podcast Comedian @lauralexx.bsky.social asks comedy academic @oliverdouble.bsky.social who was the first standup? He explains why it's not a simple answer, puts forward 5 candidates, and is then forced to choose just one. shorturl.at/wlp48

Damn, look how many of you have filled in the survey in its first week! (Yes I *have* made a respondent-meter like it’s a village hall fundraiser - let me have my little whimsies) If you have ten mins to join in the fun, the link is here: ukcomicscreators.org.uk

For Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month, I put together a @bookshop.org list of my favorite mystery books by Latine authors, including @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social @gabino.bsky.social @nodarse.bsky.social @latinasleuths.bsky.social @silviamg.bsky.social. bookshop.org/lists/must-r... @crimewoc.bsky.social

Oof! It's September already!! Do you know what that means? 🤔 It's almost time for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival... This year @donyatodd.bsky.social, @lucysullivan.bsky.social and @tomhumberstone.com will all be there! Make sure you stop by and treat yourself to their fantastic comics!

We were going to do another big marketing stunt for THE TOXIC AVENGER UNRATED. Instead, Toxie, whose life was upended by crushing medical bills, has joined forces with Undue Medical Debt to erase at least $5 million in un-payable medical debt for those who need it most. Learn more:

I was interviewed by @mattbadham.bsky.social about How to Survive an Affair for @johnfreeman.bsky.social Down the Tubes. The comics community has been exceptionally welcoming and receptive to me and my little comic. Read about it here… downthetubes.net/creating-com...

The Life of Wiley. An exhibition in celebration & memory of comic creator Terry Wiley. Curated & produced by @signorfurioso.bsky.social for @captioncomicfest.bsky.social Terry loved Caption 💜 Read the original tribute text, which was reproduced downthetubes.net/in-memoriam-...

“i have to use AI because i’m bad at drawingggg 😭😭😭”

Artists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used small flakes of limestone as sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #FindsFriday #Archaeology

This is the art Kirby drew to be included for a NASA probe, his reasoning is scary and brilliant and in the alt text.

Wow, this 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box still contains original pigments! Looks similar to a modern-day set! An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II. 📷 Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680 #Archaeology

Turns out Alec has the best voice in comics. Have a listen!

"You know, I've always thought technology could solve almost any problem. It enhances the quality of our lives, lets us travel across the galaxy, even gave me my vision. But sometimes you just have to turn it all off." Pencil, markers and gouache sketch.

This, from Lee, is one of the best pieces of advice I have ever gotten; and it applies across creative work, not just to writing.

i love little free libraries and i have a special place in my heart for the ones that have nothing to do with books. this might be my favorite of all of those.

My debut comic, How to Survive an Affair - A Practical Guide, has been out a week. Thanks so much to everyone who’s ordered it and said nice things. Currently available from @goshcomics.bsky.social @travellingmanuk.bsky.social and widdicomics.co.uk Shares very much appreciated

October 2025! My long time passion project finally hits shelves. This is the story that I became a comic book creator to tell! And it's the first in a series! THE OCTOBER GIRL, Book One! From me and @madcavestudios.com's Maverick imprint! Pre-order it now!

But for non-small creators, for corporates, they don’t play this silly game, it’s the other way round. Which is why garbage news is free, and good journalism is paywalled etc.

The rule - as explained to me re Substack and so on - is that your best stuff has to be publicly available for free. Your second best stuff is available for people who pay. That seems nuts. But it’s how the public now expect stuff. Though this is not how money and art has ever worked before.

I was lucky enough to get a sneaky preview of this and I tell you what - it's bloody brilliant!

Good morning! It’s Wednesday July 9th 2025! Already? Crikey. You be careful out there among them English, John Book. (Dated this very day in 1986, just 39 yrs ago, Swamp Thing #53, with its cover featuring The Batman, by Steve Bissette & Tatjana Wood.)

Need some good news? The NYC subway baby--abandoned in a subway station as a newborn and adopted by the gay couple who found him there--is now a healthy 25 year old computer science nerd. nypost.com/2025/07/04/u...

#PortfolioDay davidziggygreene.bigcartel.com

1977: why would the bartender in star wars even care if some robots with artificial intelligence came into his bar 2025: ohhh ok

I’m a little scared to do this but…after 5+years, i think i’m going to relaunch my commission list today. I have not taken commissions in over 5 years because that’s how serious comic book monthly deadlines are. So yeah, I could use some retweets when i do this thanks

The observant amongst you may have spotted that's my drawing on the first one. I don't need to tell you how thrilling it is to have my art on an official @peacheschrist.com tshirt.

BF Blast from the Past! HOW, WHAT, WHERE, WHY – Vertigo and ‘2000 AD’ Writer David Baillie @davidbaillie.bsky.social on the Importance of Portfolio Reviews. www.brokenfrontier.com/how-what-whe...

Its worth noting that in Britain, Mamdani would have thrown out of the Labour Party by a small room full LinkIn weirdos and then replaced by a former private healthcare lobbyist who would go on to lose by 5,000 votes to a Reform candidate who was a convinced sex offender.

Funerals should just be car boot sales of all your stuff with a jacket potato and real ale stall, and everyone can wander round your stuff reminiscing about how weird you were, and wondering why you’ve so many sea-salt dispensers. The family can keep the money or donate it to charity.

2000 AD Covers Uncovered: Getting Chip-py With The Major! @mrleecarter.bsky.social walks us through the creation of this week's cover for 2000 AD Prog 2438 ▶️ 2000ad.com/news/2000-ad...

Again for those at the back. There are lots of people (including me) that are finding it very hard to get work. This is in part to the places that used to pay artists now wanking off to AI. It aint cool or funny. It's damaging to the planet & to the welfare of real people. #fuckai #AIShite

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More animation backgrounds I did for Warner Brothers Animation

Hullo! Started a fresh account here to stay in touch with artists, writer, creators etc for my new job @boom-studios.com Please follow & share and DM me for hot tips on breaking into comics.

I remember hearing that Mitch Hedberg’s writing process was to just go somewhere and be alone and think. I think about that a lot in the context of the AI of it all. Taking time to be bored by yourself is so valuable. Find that time. It’s worth it.

We're back baby! Ray Fawkes, myself, and the @madcavestudios.com team are dropping a new The Phantom series starting this September. Easily some of the most fun I've had drawing comics. www.thepopverse.com/comics-the-p...

Thought Bubble & Travelling Man have teamed up to present micro-bursaries for nine UK-based early career comic creators. Each recipient will receive £400 in cash, and a table at Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025. Find out more and submit your name here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/microbursaries

it is really weird that publishing decided that instead of having a marketing budget, writers should just become cult leaders

if i can be y’all’s dad for a second: one of the most important things I’ve learned is that acquiring a skill is literally uncomfortable that awful moment where you feel confused and stupid and embarrassed? it means you’re about to learn something. and it’s *mandatory* if you want to get better

Wonderful afternoon at Hastings Comic Con. Invited by @davidbaillie.bsky.social to host a panel on ideas feat @lucysullivan.bsky.social @karriefransman.bsky.social, @collyd.bsky.social and Norm Konyu. Fascinating to listen to them all, left feeling inspired - as I always do after panels and cons!

A bevy of Bat baddies. I need to add some more black when I get home from the con, but this was fun to noodle on.

@robinince.bsky.social Hi Robin! We chatted about comics after a blistering performance of Melons in Edinburgh last year. Just spotted that you're in Hastings this weekend, which coincides with Hastings Comic Con - so I popped your name down on the guestlist, in case you're at a pre-gig loose end.

Another zine. The centrefold on this one is horrific. Yay!

Thinking about this… Creator monetisation models are designed for people to support artists. Like a charity system. It’s all OnlyFans. Shake the bucket. Lend me a fiver. Creators don’t think like that. We have projects. Each individual idea is its own thing. But the monetisation doesn’t quite fit…

I’m on 2 panels at HASTINGS COMIC CON this weekend! SAT 14th 1:30pm: Comics with Style with Paul Fry & @russellmarkolson.bsky.social Sun 15th 1:30pm: Ideas The Thing with @collyd.bsky.social @normkonyu.bsky.social & @karriefransman.bsky.social Both in the Panel Room. Join us for ace panels!

If you're headed to Hastings for their inaugural con, come along to the panels on Saturday and Sunday. I'll be talking making comics with other very esteemed makers: @yourpalfanton.bsky.social, @lucysullivan.bsky.social, @normkonyu.bsky.social , @wocco.bsky.social and others!

Scottish creative folk: I’m doing the What’s On section for SNACK mag this month, so if you have a gig/book launch/poetry thing/art exhibition/foodie event you’d like to promote, please send it my way and I’ll see if we can fit it in! email is [email protected]

Dr Colleen Douglas is bringing Shakespeare's Vampires to Hastings Comic Con this weekend