I'm getting out of the hospital today and I could use some help, if you're able. Even taking the time to check it out or share means more than I can say. gofund.me/1c96e422c

Cracking win and performance for Rangers again today, in the run up to a huge week in the league. Queens Park knocked us out of the cup least year, beaten 8-0 today. Fans wondered where goals were going to come from in the second half of the season - that's 13 in two games. Long may it continue!

An incredible and terrifying story, probably mostly because it is commonplace.

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

After a certain point the sanity of Palantir's leadership does matter to the national security of the UK and other European states buying its software

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/

If anything even vaguely beneficial to the UK can come out of the whole Mandelson thing, it should be an investigation into his links with Palantir and a complete cancellation of Government contracts with an organisation that is profoundly anti-democratic and anti-people.

That’s what the emails reveal, unfortunately: a clique of fascist billionaires are working to destroy democracy to maximise their personal freedom and power, and your governments are ideologically subservient to them, if not actively on the take.

I'm going to suggest it's probably not a good idea for the UK Government to continue to do business with this clearly deranged, evil man.

Starmer's brave tactic of doing and saying absolutely nothing about all this needs to be commended. A lesser PM would have fired McSweeney, launched an investigation and taken charge, like some kind of leader. Instead, the PM has cleverly figured that hiding might build a timely air of mystique.

There is an even sadder six-word story.

Really the hardest part of writing a book is just sitting down and starting it and also finishing it and also the middle bit too

I like learning about how to care from comics, cleaning, pressing, etc. but personally I much prefer to just keep the flaws. The foxing, the yellowing, the tears, the folds etc. I appreciate the urge to preserve but the bigger part of me feels that excising the history of the object diminishes it.

I’ve hit 101 subs on YouTube 🥰💜 Here’s my latest vid if you wanna check it out! #ComicSky #Marvel #ComicCleaning #YouTube #Doom

Looking like sometime in March for the Kickstarter!

New Alex Automatic from me and @fraserc69.bsky.social coming soon. Yes I have brought my wonky inks and weird colour palette with me.

Signing books at @argonautbooks.bsky.social !

Today's my birthday. If you'd like to help me celebrate, maybe try one of my books, currently on sale! (no shipping to the US, work your shit out) Serialized, weirdo, slice-of-life scifi for discerning readers. Or, if you've read the comics, say something nice about them, I always like that.

This is going out today, in just a couple of hours!

Comics and comic shops not quite dead yet, it would seem. Not surprised to see the trends and drivers here. DCs Absolute line may appeal thanks to the gimmick of tweaked versions of established characters, but it's worked well because it has generally utilised top talent. Quality is absolutely key.

"Direct Market Growing Faster than Book Channel; Insights from ComicsPRO Sneak Peek" via Brigid Alverson & @icv2.com (2/6/26): icv2.com/articles/new...

Really funny to see the British press pretend that all of this Mandelson and Epstein stuff is new when there were people posting pics of them hanging out together over five years ago lol. But that was just quietly ignored because it wasn’t proper journalism apparently

A lot of our reposts are from our amazing gang of Colossive Cartographers. If you want to keep up with the marvellous things they're doing, here's our starter pack (And if you're on here and we've somehow missed you, pls let us know) bsky.app/starter-pack...

new gender neutral greeting just dropped

Someone please introduce the bros to the concept of occupations that actually add value to human existence.

A public servant with warmth, charm and quick wit? It'll never catch on.

Bezos burning the Washington post to the ground is as firm a reason for the continued bbc licence as ever there was. Eventually everything that can be owned by a billionaire will be owned by a billionaire and at that point its future will be determined by the whims of a man making 166k per minute.

To celebrate the launch of Killtopia: Phantoms next month, digital editions of our first story arc are now just £1 each on our store. Print editions are also discounted for a limited time. It's the best time to dive into our world of Neo Tokyo. Don't miss out! davecookcomics.bigcartel.com

This just in! For £4.99! A reissue of one of the most influential standalone stories in Batman history. Batman The Killing Joke is not just a comic, it’s a milestone in the evolution of graphic storytelling. Get your copy here: okcomics.co.uk/products/bat...

That John Higgins colouring.

happy friday

This week’s Gist is about how the U.K. Labour Party unknowingly has been blowing itself up by following Morgan McSweeney’s FG electoral instincts. They don’t know the patterns, but we do. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-...

Unused Monsters, maybe they will turn up somewhere else at some point. Good monsters are hard to find in this economy

Hero Initiative is helping writer Mike W. Barr through a series of health problems. If you'd like to contribute directly to Mike as well, go HERE: www.gofundme.com/f/rally-for-...

5-1 win for Rangers at Ibrox. Tough night for Killie, a man and a goal down after 4 mins thanks to a pk and red card. Scov Olsen, Rommens & Naderi all very good when subbed on, but Rangers slovenly in attack for long spells. Aasgaard and Gassama have played their way out of the team on that showing.

The story here is not that Kate Nash has an OnlyFans, it's that working class artists can't make a living anymore. That means no Beatles, no Led Zeppelin, no Depeche Mode, no Cure, and no Bowie. It's cultural suicide. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Here's the final cover for next week's CYCLOPS #1, chums! ZARK!

There is an actual argument that this curse actually worked.

For sure man: Larry Summers, Peter Thiel, Ehud Barak, Peter Mandelson, Bill Gates, and basically every other oligarch, power broker and political bigwig in the western power structure were all taken in by a devious Russian plot to enact the precise policy suite they’ve espoused their entire careers.

Might be a good idea to stop using all the World’s water to make scud vids of Buzz Lightyear tossing off Gandalf.

Would love to get this to 100 pre saves on Kickstarter :)

Me looking as pleased as Punch to receive the CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT AWARD for Withered Hill from the Dracula Society.

On this day in 1976, Jenette Kahn, a comics outsider was installed as publisher of DC Comics, which was failing and in danger of shutting down completely. At the time I thought WTF, what sort of corporate skullduggery is this? As did most of comicdom. Man, were we all wrong. She's a legend.

The first Scottish Creator Spotlight is live. Huge thanks to @johnlees.bsky.social for such a generous and thoughtful conversation about craft, place, and longevity in comics. If you’re a Scottish creator and would like to take part, feel free to reach out. comicsbulletin.com/john-lees-ho...

Love to see Alex Toth swinging for the fences.

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Today’s lunchtime Stramash diversion is the inside of the University Cafe circa 1960 although I took a liberty with the Kidnapped Poster. An excuse to practice composition if nothing else

The Hollow Work project has moved into 'Junk Jet', a proje t made from post-it notes, glue, old watercolours and drawing. www.patreon.com/posts/148545...

I'm free for the comic of this, Thomas Automatic.

Truly boneheaded article on the BBC website on the rise of AI slop that seems to want to differentiate between “good” and “bad” gen AI. It’s ALL slop, no matter how seemingly benign or crass. This is an attempt to introduce fake nuance into a clear moral decision. You’re anti-theft or you’re not.