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037: the Russian doll model of comics writing.
August 23, 2017
Hullo. This is mostly a FACTS one, because I realise that as I have an hour left in the working day it may be possible to get four (count 'em!) scripts off...
037: a kind of glowy black
August 16, 2017
Hullo. Don't worry. I've got no comics out this week, so I won't be trying to make you spend any coins. Keep your coins. Save them. Get enough and you can...
036: Smart But Not As Smart As You Hope You Are
August 9, 2017
Hullo. I still need to finish off Star Wars 39 today, so this will be more of a Just The Facts one than usual... except I actually wrote a short essay during...
035: write your own happy ending
August 2, 2017
Hullo. Some days you want to sit down and write of your odd addiction to Glow, or your problems with Ready Player One on a philosophical level, or just wax...
034: he should beat me up with his fists
July 26, 2017
Hullo. Wednesday's child is full of woe. Wednesday's newsletter is full of typos. Wednesday's writer is full of tea and cornflake cluster bites, oh god, he's...
033: what games journalists were like while hungover
July 12, 2017
Hullo. I've managed to write my pages for today in the morning, and it's only 3pm, and if I get this done quickly, I think I can finish this and get some...
032: be careful with unleashing your pithy aphorisms
July 5, 2017
Hullo. Hmm. The sort of week that was so busy that I didn't get anything done. Sometimes you spin the plates, and sometimes the plates spin you. Let's write...
031: the phrase “mucustard”
June 28, 2017
Hullo. It's been quite a selection of weeks. My rhythm for these things has been thrown off due to a variety of things – frankly, there's been some...
030: I'm sorry for your pain.
June 7, 2017
Hullo. Today I am feeling happier, fitter, more productive. I am writing this in a coffee shop and I am ignoring the blueberry crumble that is making eyes at...
029: (Wow. What a lot of parentheticals.)
May 31, 2017
Hullo. I got a new router this week, and it is basically the greatest thing. The hyperplague that has infected my body (aka A Mild Cold) has rendered me...
028: don't worry, it's not that, serious, etc.
May 24, 2017
Hullo. A quick one this week, as I'm under the weather. Don't have too much sympathy for me. It's just a standard low-level cold. I'm working at about 80%,...
027: that dimension is inside my chest.
May 17, 2017
Hullo. Contents! When In Rome, Do Romans A Bunch Of Fuckwits Don't Hate the Player, Hate The Games Master. Byeeeeeeeeeee! **** After months of anticipation,...
026: an ominous meat-ball.
May 10, 2017
Hullo. I would like to make it clear that I married an Italian for reasons other than her ability to cook pasta sauces, but if this newsletter is suddenly...
025: We Came. We Saw. We Command & Conquered.
May 3, 2017
Hullo. Oddly big week, for a bunch of reasons. That you're not getting a joke first line probably says that. Details of it some herein. Contents! We Came. We...
024: A guillotine rather than a rack
April 20, 2017
Hullo. The Windy City is Mighty Windy that's why they call it The Windy City, you fool, stop wasting my time, just get away from me, you make me sick....
023: genre on fire
April 12, 2017
Hullo. This week I don't need anyone tweeting at me to remind me if I have books out. I need people tweeting at me to remind people of all the books I have...
022: Gynty The Roo
April 5, 2017
Hullo. I'm in the sort of work place where I need someone tweeting at me that I have a comic out this week to realise I have a comic out this week. Contents!...
021: the feeling is bittersweet and vertiginous
March 31, 2017
Hullo. A skip week after 20 weekly newsletters seems pretty good to me. But I am famously lazy, so what would I know, eh? Contents! Boston Purgatory Call me...
020: the aim is always to do Hyperballad on paper
March 16, 2017
Hullo. This one is going to be very quick, as I'm about to run off to the London Book Fair, and if I do it when I get home, the kickstarter I want to talk...
019: get to Mount Doom and win.
March 8, 2017
Hullo. I'm thinking of the sequencing of these things. I normally start with “this is important relevant work stuff” which is on one hand, what this is for...
018: what time is love?
March 2, 2017
Hullo. Flying to Milan to launch the Italian edition of WicDiv seems very on brand, somehow. (Hi, Jamie!) Contents! ComickyUpdate The year was 455, when...
017: Greg Pak For Food
February 21, 2017
Hullo. Every time I put on my “This is the darkest timeline T-shirt” it feels less like a pop cultural reference and more like being the guy with the...
016: awesome angry Scots
February 14, 2017
Hullo. It's Valentines Day. I send you my love. My love looks exactly the same as a newsletter. I know, it's disappointing, but imagine how awful my wedding...
015: a little ray of silly joy in hell
February 8, 2017
Hullo. Chaos in the writing. Chaos in the comics production. Chaos on the streets of burrrmingham. Contents! Imperial Phase sure is Imperial Phasing this...
013: better existent sources
January 24, 2017
Hullo. Contents! ANDRE-455 IS ALIVE. EL ACTO FAUSTICO! This Week Uber: Invasion 2 is so serious I can't make a joke here 2000AD Is History Humblegrab...
012: Aren't you exactly the right size for a miniature?
January 17, 2017
Hullo. Contents! Aphra 3tosity. Aren't you exactly the right size for a miniature? An attempt at being nice Workworkworkwork The Self Indulgents. *** There...
011: speederbikes powered by an irrepressible trumpet
January 12, 2017
Hullo. A very short one this week, unless I start rambling about pop music as an attempt to put off working out for another half hour. Contents! WicDiv26Done...
010: a WicDiv Coffeeshop AU is rudely disrupted.
January 4, 2017
Hullo. 2017, you are looking good. Have you cut your hair? What? That's not hair! Your hair has mouthes! And teeth! Back off, 2017! Leave me alo-- Contents!...
009: Gordian Knot Working
December 28, 2016
Hullo. A text heavy one this time, as I can't be bothered to go onto a real computer to actually insert pictures, and it's hell to do on an ipad. It's the...
008: how to write about grotesques and monsters?
December 20, 2016
Hullo. It's Holiday week so it's just chaos, so I'll hit the main beats. Contents! Love = Love Good Release Dates, Not Indie. Treat yourself. Chat and war....
007: Brevity remains an unknown country
December 13, 2016
Hullo. Contents! No Comics Out! WorkingWorkingWorking Podcasting For Beginners SymBUYosis Questions and ohgodtheseanswersareverylong. Byyyeeeee, etc. ***...
006: THE ADVENTURES OF ULTRABEAR!!!!
December 7, 2016
Hullo. Contents! Uber! Aphra! WicDiv! Joe Dever, RIP. I did NOT meet a dragon. New books that have been read by me with my eyes and mind. Fiction and Feeling...
005: My Ellisian codename
November 29, 2016
Hullo. Contents! What is out this week? (Clue: NOTHING) Sign my name, sign my name. Monsterhearts run free, except not free, it's kickstarted....
003: Icarus risking flying too close to the Agadoo sun
November 8, 2016
Hullo. Writing a newsletter today is a bit like trying to not talk about the weather when a storm is deciding whether it's going to flatten the city you're...
002: Sprawling out critical theories that emerged resplendent and glistening
November 1, 2016
Hullo. We're still a work in progress here, though I'm pleased the first newsletter only featured two (count 'em!) typos which rendered my meaning entirely...