Birthday outing to the Dickens Museum in London.

Hard to express how much I love this. Twitter is the Nazi site for Nazis. Delete it, ESPECIALLY if you're a famous person or political leader. Abughazaleh does a great job explaining that it's also TRASH and doesn't even let you reach your audience. Get the hell off.

Watching the 1985 BBC adaptation of THE PICKWICK PAPERS after taking 15 months to re-read the novel. Character actor heaven!

Advance copies of Young Shadow & the Watchdogs by Ben Sears have landed at our office and they look great: the book is fun, funny, adventurous, and filled with Sears' brilliant two-tone art--out 4/7! https://www.fantagraphics.com/products/young-shadow-the-watchdogs

Still… there’s more heart, soul and talent in this than all the generative AI “art” in the world combined.

Decided to shut up shop for the holidays at Broken Frontier a little earlier than advertised. To be frank, I am exhausted! It's been a tough year and still suffering with post-Covid health issues months on has really taken it out of me. Thank you so much for all your support this year! Seeya in 2026

BEANO CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2025 (DC Thomson) - I usually dread festive issues themed around 'A Christmas Carol' because it's just such a played out thing but (a) I am not the target audience for this so that's irrelevant and (b) this is actually really very good! Typical anarchic Beano fun.

Still… there’s more heart, soul and talent in this than all the generative AI “art” in the world combined.

Was thinking about how as a kid I would create my own comics by drawing several pages of different shaped blank panels first and then filling in a story that I made up as I went along. We don’t see enough of this kind of maverick approach to the form these days.

Nothing causes me more stress in life on such a regular basis as dealing with BF's hosting company.

Listening to the most frustrating podcast where a guest, who is a comic creator themselves, is defending generative A.I. so fucking hard with the *stupidiest*, *flimsiest* arguments and god bless the hosts trying to make him realise this, but jesus... way to put any artist off working with you.

Decided to shut up shop for the holidays at Broken Frontier a little earlier than advertised. To be frank, I am exhausted! It's been a tough year and still suffering with post-Covid health issues months on has really taken it out of me. Thank you so much for all your support this year! Seeya in 2026

Was thinking about how as a kid I would create my own comics by drawing several pages of different shaped blank panels first and then filling in a story that I made up as I went along. We don’t see enough of this kind of maverick approach to the form these days.

I love it when I get drawn into things! #GoshBFDD

IP being left with creators is positioned here AS A BAD THING because the PUBLISHERS might lose out on making money off them. They are clutching their pearls at the idea that creators might be empowered to leave them for a better offer!!!

A not-at-all-a-scammer type has just e-mailed me to say that recently "a couple of collectors have been captivated by your artworks" and enquiring about the possibility of acquiring some of my material. It's this one they're after isn't it?

I love it when I get drawn into things! #GoshBFDD

There can be only one winner for round 3 of the #GoshBFDD tonight!! Thanks for joining in all. Because of the non-functioning hashtags tonight we will have doubtless missed someone so apologies! (And also sorry that I got so flustered working around that issue that I forgot alt text tonight) - Andy

Winners coming soon! Our round 3 theme is “Unexpected Present” based on the cover of this year’s Spidey holiday special. #GoshBFDD Cover by Kasia Niemczyk

One of these days we’re gonna have to have a long discussion about the need to survive as a creator under capitalism vs the commodification of art, aren’t we.

Round 2 of tonight’s #GoshBFDD and your theme comes from this recent Sophie Campbell cover. You have 30 mins on the theme of “Unwelcome holiday guest”.

#goshbfdd Good evening everyone!! Here's my drawing for the first theme: World's Angriest Santa...

It appears the #GoshBFDD hashtag isnt showing up in searches tonight on some devices. Which is… unhelpful. So please tag us in as well when you post your art!

For round 1 of tonight’s Gosh and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw online our theme is taken from this Neal Adams cover from HOT WHEELS in 1971. You have 30 mins to draw on the theme of “World’s Angriest Santa.” #GoshBFDD

You have half an hour to draw on each theme and we'll announce a winner at the end of each round. Please note winners will be announced tonight from this account so make sure you're following BF! Don't forget to use the hashtag #GoshBFDD

Welcome to tonight's festive Gosh Comics & Broken Frontier Drink and Draw ONLINE. Woohoo! If you're new to D&D we have 3 themed drawing rounds at 7.30, 8.15 & 9.00. Please repost if you can so we reach as many people as possible! #GoshBFDD

A not-at-all-a-scammer type has just e-mailed me to say that recently "a couple of collectors have been captivated by your artworks" and enquiring about the possibility of acquiring some of my material. It's this one they're after isn't it?

We'll be holidays-themed tonight! #GoshBFDD

In this paper, to put it bluntly, cartoonists are just broodmares for IP.

This!

I think this has annoyed me so much because UK comics have been desperate for help and intervention for some time now. But the answer to that is not to herd us all into a shed to be your IP farm

Fancy some comics community fun tonight here on Bluesky? The online version of the Gosh and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw begins at 7.30pm. Three themed drawing rounds. You post your theme interpretations at the end of each. We all have a jolly time! #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/gosh-broken-...

This. Remember... engage with or promote generative AI in your comics practice and you lose our support and coverage. For good. Zero tolerance.

I've had a good read of this now, and although it’s clearly not aimed at us I do have some thoughts on it. Buckle up, lads!

Ooooof. This reads to me as a top down report from people looking to the avarice in our sister industries like video games and instead of wanting to protect against it thinking ‘how can we get in on that?’ Don’t worry, I will elaborate

Guess who just discovered he's been charged the fee for his hosting twice a month for the last year? On the plus side I guess that's a nice lump of unexpected cash for the holidays if I get it back before Christmas.

Guess who just discovered he's been charged the fee for his hosting twice a month for the last year? On the plus side I guess that's a nice lump of unexpected cash for the holidays if I get it back before Christmas.

"AI presents a threat to UK comic creators, but it can be harnessed too, and businesses exploring that from within the industry need support." Yeesh. Yes, it does. No, it can't and no, they do not.

Time for a thread of this year's holiday-themed comics. First up SUPERGIRL #8, a series that has been a delight this year. Sophie Campbell's writing is joyful, Haining's art is lively and fun, and we get a meaning-of-Christmas story that nevertheless avoids being saccharine or twee.

Catch up with everything one of my all-time fave writers has been up to this year. (I made sure to get a SEEKERS INTO THE MYSTERY question into my chat with the legend that is @sxbond.bsky.social during our interview event at the Lakes Festival this year for that very reason!)

My second favourite Christmas comic cover of all time by Jim Aparo. THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #148 (dated March 1979). Which I would have bought in early Spring that year when copies finally made their way to UK newsagents. Now... can you guess my all-time fave festive cover?

My favourite comic of 2025 was definitely yours.

If you were thinking of buying one of those Historic Newspapers collections as a present for someone this year this is how mine arrived. Call me Mr. Picky but I don’t think this packaging is terribly acceptable.

Catch up with everything one of my all-time fave writers has been up to this year. (I made sure to get a SEEKERS INTO THE MYSTERY question into my chat with the legend that is @sxbond.bsky.social during our interview event at the Lakes Festival this year for that very reason!)

🔴 New RUIN page! In a monastery whose god is housed inside its very chambers, two young men begin a forbidden romance. An Ignatz-nominated comic, co-created with & illustrated by @spiremint.bsky.social. 👁‍🗨 Read at visagecomic.com 📿 Buy the completed comic at evegwood.com/shop

My favourite comic of 2025 was definitely yours.

She was over it real quick #comics #boumeries

My second favourite Christmas comic cover of all time by Jim Aparo. THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #148 (dated March 1979). Which I would have bought in early Spring that year when copies finally made their way to UK newsagents. Now... can you guess my all-time fave festive cover?

Time for a thread of this year's holiday-themed comics. First up SUPERGIRL #8, a series that has been a delight this year. Sophie Campbell's writing is joyful, Haining's art is lively and fun, and we get a meaning-of-Christmas story that nevertheless avoids being saccharine or twee.

We don't do paid advertising masquerading as news stories at BF and never have. I wish that had some effect on all the related e-mails clogging up my inbox but it never does.