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245: the juvenilia jamboree
January 25, 2023
Hullo. If you’re feeling Sinister (again) Meet Si-nister, Al-nister, Kier-inister Links Byyyyeeee!!! New year, new marvel event I’m writing. This better not...
244: But I fake it pretty well, right?
January 18, 2023
Hullo. DMX Song Yeah Yeah Yeahs Song Sex Pistols Song, but not a big hit Links Byyyyeeee!!! First comic of the year is the end of my first year on Immortal...
243: Painfully embarrassing treasure.
January 4, 2023
Hullo. Illuminati, but delicious Tracks Active Protagonists Covering Links Byyyyeeee!!! Nothing to plug this week, but I wanted to write. Hell, I...
242: Doctor Doomscroll
December 28, 2022
Hullo. Waste Sins Roast Bird Links Byyyyeeee!!! Last week of the year, and we have two releases which are nicely timed. For a comics year that’s been big,...
241: when all hope is lost, I must shill
December 14, 2022
Hullo. Sins of a Solar Empire Players of Games Comps The GillenMcKelvie Paradigm (Slight Return) Links Byyyyeeee!!! Sins of Sinister approaches, and Marvel...
340: to ascertain the presence of a witch
December 7, 2022
Hullo. Comic Books RPG Books Not My Books Links Byyyyeeee!!! A double Immortal issue this week, with the latest issue of the ongoing and the first trade....
389: toilet tour guide
November 16, 2022
Hullo. Tome Carlos Books Links Byyyyeeee!!! The collected single-volume hard-cover of DIE hits comic shops this week. It should be book shops next week,...
238: Maybe I can have the swears?
November 9, 2022
Hullo. Human After All Bubz 1.3 Kevin Links Byyyyeeee!!! Guiu and I wrap up Judgment Day with the Omega. There’s a relevant grace note for Krakoa, but this...
237: Logan's Run for pre-schoolers
October 26, 2022
Hullo. Final Judgment Play Artist Links Byyyyeeee!!! And we end Judgment Day, with an over-sized issue. Valerio wraps up the story, and then we're joined by...
236: Once & Future (2019-2022)
October 12, 2022
Hullo. Four It's a Sins of Sinister Dungeon nearly done Charlotte Pitch Links Byyyyeeee!!! This week is a lot. Let's start with... And after thirty issues, a...
235: Telekenetic Hairspray
October 5, 2022
Hullo. Jean Genie and Ziggy Starfox More Murder OAPS (Not mine) Class graduated Linkes Byyyyeeee!!! The second week of the interregnum between Issue 5 and 6...
234: Can I fit in any more kissing?
September 28, 2022
Hullo. Tony the not Tiger Pockylips Two Of Team WicDiv Getting Back Together Tricks EK Links Byyyyeeee!!! Another week and another slice of Judgment Day –...
233: I don't ever want to be eaten alive by crabs
September 21, 2022
Hullo. AXE5 Grindhouse of X Yabber Abandon All Trip Hop Who Enter Here Links Byyyyeeee!!! We’re back with the fifth part, which picks up from the last and...
232: Lone Wolf & Cub casual cosplay
September 14, 2022
Hullo. Judge Not Tbubz2022 Tbubz2019 Links Byyyyeeee!!! Key thing up front: if you’re reading X-med Red, read it before today’s issue of Judgment Day. I...
231: Neon Shadowlands
September 7, 2022
Hullo. Sunglasses At Nightmare Eros Atherton Neon Shadowlands Racquet Big Captions Selling Out Links! Byyyyeeee!!! Three books out this week. Cripes. This is...
230: Tom “Tom Bramwell” Bramwell
August 24, 2022
Hullo. Thoughtful It’s a Sin Links Byyyyeeee!!! It’s Judgment Day day again. Yes, that still makes me laugh, in the same way that back in the Rock Paper...
229: no matter how much pritt stick and scissors you apply
August 17, 2022
Hullo. DTM RPG KYD Books Links Byyyyeeee!!! The Event that walks on (er) no legs marches on. From me and Guiu Vilanova. there’s Death to the Mutants #1 (aka...
228: It was the Human Race on the Planet Earth with the Nuclear Deterrent.
August 10, 2022
fondHullo. Judge me Victorian Triplicate Totally Devoted Links Byyyyeeee!!! And the event returns, to continue eventing up your summer. Second issues are...
227: a one dimensional dungeon crawler played with a modified doorstop
August 3, 2022
Hullo. Exodus A Rager Return Another Return An X-men villain who I should probably reinvent Links You can handle the tooth Byyyyeeee!!! Once & Future #28...
226: this ship full of snakes
July 20, 2022
Hullo. UnMissing Lynx No Future What Makes You Beautiful Links Byyyyeeee!!! Finally: the main event. I don’t want to say too much about this, as we’ve said a...
225: he thinks Batman is real
July 13, 2022
Hullo. Prejudge Actual Writing Grindhouse A Racquet Links Byyyyeeee!!! A big week. Unfortunately, the 4th of July has caused some delays in shipping to the...
224: the kindness of the Golden Girls
July 7, 2022
Hullo! In all the chaos, I didn’t realise that FOC for a certain something was this week. And such, I’m going to do an extra mail. Hullo again, it’s me, how...
223: I want to be a Fireman
July 6, 2022
Hullo. Futurerier To the Edit 4-6 Weeks But which siege of Jerusalem? Links Byyyyeeee!!! Once & Future's back with issue 27. Where last time bounced through...
222: a KICK ME sign on my back
June 30, 2022
Hullo. Commerce Big Brain Comics Writing Links Byyyyeeee!!! I was planning to skip this week, but I realised something important is happening, which is time...
221: Blushing emoji!
June 22, 2022
Hullo. Fatey Judgey Kicky Signy Covery Links Byyyyeeee!!! Immortal X-men is back with issue 3. This one is probably my personal favourite so far, and perhaps...
220: Orla was Kid-With-Knife
June 1, 2022
Hullo. OF26 Still doing a KS thing Tula Links Byyyyeeee!!! Once & Future’s back, with the second episode of our fifth arc, The Wasteland. This is kind of a...
219: poetry readings of game manuals
May 25, 2022
Hullo. Golden Rage Against The Machine Have I mentioned the Kickstarter Si Come at me, Cerebro Links Byyyyeeee!!! And a New Image book is emerging from this...
218: Derry Girls is still great
May 18, 2022
Hullo. E12I2 Stretch Decomprrrressssseeed Links Byyyyeeee!!! Two big comics releases this week. Firstly, Eternals 12, which is end of Esad and my run on the...
217: a clever bald man with a sign
May 12, 2022
Hullo. DIE RPG August Links Byyyyeeee!!! The DIE Kickstarter is live I've been so busy that the sheer crowdfunding panic didn't completely hit until lunch,...
116: plague dad
May 4, 2022
Hullo. Invitation To The Party Waste Cripes Life, Death and Knights Links Byyyyeeee!!! Big news: the DIE RPG Kickstarter goes live on May 12th. Coo at the...
215: murdered with a sharpened graph
April 13, 2022
Hullo. Eterna11s Dereturning Hugos Judgmenty Portrait of the artist as clearly not an artist Links Byyyyeeee!!! Eternals is back. We pick up where we left...
214: Dangerous Liaisons by way of Daphne & Celeste
March 30, 2022
Hullo. You Only Live ∞ Come Out 2nite Irregular Links7 Byyyyeeee!!! Immortal X-men debuts. I think I was first asked to do this book at the beginning of last...
213: Morgoth and Logan Roy
March 16, 2022
Hullo. It's so nice to be beside the heresy side Killer Queens Once I wanted To be Links The Bad Guy Numbers Byyyyeeee!!! Eternals: the Heretic debuts today....
112: one of those classic existential ooohhhh noooooos
March 9, 2022
Hullo. New Britannia Jamie Godbinder II May Uber Links Byyyyeeee!!! Yes, that looks familiar. There’s a new edition of Phonogram: Rue Britannia out, this...
211: wears its heart on its apocalyptic sleeve
February 6, 2022
Hullo. Ominous Bible Quote Poison Arrow Tune Council Fangs Links Byyyyeeee!!! So, Marvel announced that mini I mentioned I was working on. Yeah, I was...
209: I've seen them without the hats
January 19, 2022
Hullo. E9 X E11 Links Tunes Byyyyeeee!!! Eternals comes back, and after two issues of politics we have an issue of war, with all the horror that Esad, Matt...
212: Alan Moore's been crashing over at mine
December 29, 2021
Hullo. Once & Present Ryan March February Links Drill Byyyyeeee!!! Last comic of the year, and one I hadn’t quite realised was this month. The vagaries of...
210: mainly thinking about Chip
December 15, 2021
Hullo. Art is Eternal Future? Chat Chip Made Me Do This Links Byyyyeeee!!! We're back with the second part of Hail Thanos, where things continue to unfold....
210: half-gang, half symposium
December 8, 2021
Hullo. First, Last & Always & Always & Always Slipcase Links Byyyyeeee!!! I mentioned I was doing another book at Marvel. Here it is. It’s called Immortal...
209: shiny treatment
December 1, 2021
Hullo. Gran out of Hell O&FuturerHC Earlier, Meanwhile Links Byyyyeeee!!! Now, Dan’s covers are all great, but I especially like this one. Gonzoid, and great...
208: Meet Execute
November 10, 2021
Hullo. Goth Morgoth Chumyabber Links Byyyyeeee!!! And after the specials, Eternals returns with our second arc – HAIL THANOS. Spoilers: it's not about Thanos...
207: the seductive, awful joys of the flip
November 3, 2021
Hullo. D4E Treasure Wyrd Atlas Links Byyyyeeee!!! The fourth and final volume of DIE comes out today in comic shops. It normally comes out the week after in...
206: Heavily Foot-noted Chickens
October 27, 2021
Hullo. Avon Importance Later Popped Yap Links Byyyyeeee!!! Once & Future 21 drops, which is another high action one. That said, it's Once & Future. When is...
205: Not real friends. Not those you can trust.
October 6, 2021
Hullo. Ooh Stick Youia KS It goes on Links Byyyyeeee!!! The second of the Eternals specials is out today. Next month, Esad is back with he start of HAIL...
204: DIE (2018-2021)
September 29, 2021
Hullo. DIE (2018-2021) DIE RPG (2020 - ∞) There she goes Links! Byyyyeeee!!! And we reach the end of a series. 20 issues, as planned. At least 25 issues of...
203: The Sweary Little Prince
September 22, 2021
Hullo. DONG! A Deviant Is Not Just For December Links! Byyyyeeee!!! And Once & Future 20 drops! In one of my more experimental conceits, this continues from...
202: from the middle-nose upwards
September 15, 2021
Hullo. Rise and Shine The Specials Ooh, Stick You ArthurArt Links Byyyyeeee!!! And it’s the release of the first of the Eternals specials we’re having...
201: I Am Terrible At This
September 1, 2021
Hullo. Only Fine Collected Editions Are EternalPxP Links The Best Aquaman Is The Man From AquaByyyyeeee!!! The Eternals collection arrives today in comic...
200: the conjunction is complete
August 25, 2021
Hullo. The Average issue number this week is n-n-n-nineteen. Pixies Album Track, Minus an I At The Start How to DIERPG? Links Byyyyeeee!!! Of course, this...
199: No ethical creation under capitalism
August 18, 2021
Hullo. Elected The F Word Beta the devil you know Synths Capitalism is a hellsite Links Byyyyeeee!!! And lo! The second arc of Eternals is announced,...
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