Al Ewing

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Yeah there it is. Fuck Wes Streeting, and fuck the people who gave him this power.

Wes Streeting is a disgrace to queer solidarity and to evidence-based policymaking. That he is Health Secretary will lead to more suicides among trans youth in the UK.

Me: okay, I HAVE to do the hoovering now and also put the clothes in the dryer and then finish these pages, time to knuckle down to - Also me: What do you mean there's a "true facts about Grant O'Brien 3"

Fuck you. Rishi. Eat yourself out to help out.

Well, Elvis Costello or possibly Emil Gargunza is on my screen so it's time for bed. I've got a letter to write to my MP in the morning, assuming I have the same MP. Oh wait, someone's here to tell me what a horrible time Rishi Sunak's had, I can stay up a little longer.

Final Pestonwatch: Robert Peston: The vote share is much lower than anyone predicted, and also I'm playing a combination of bishop and knight that Death has not yet detected and on my next move I'll shatter his flank. Death: I'll remember that. Robert Person: No!

Rees Mogg out? Don't show us Starmer at a podium, show us his weeping face! I don't want Toilet Tim, I want Tory Tears!

Pestonwatch: Robert Peston: Yes, this is truly a cup fit for the King of Kings... aaaaggghhh Ed Balls: This is the cup of a carpenter

Unsurprisingly, Rees-Mogg doesn't think the Tories were racist enough. Also I'm watching the origin of Blinky the ghost from Pac-Man, or I can only hope so

Great result for Labour there as they unseat four people at once

Given what Robert Peston looks like now, I'm tempted to stay up until 6am to watch him turn slowly into Keith Richards as caricatured by Dave Sim

oh good, Foodie Bollocks from Viz is on ITV to speak for Reform

I've landed on ITV and don't feel like moving - people I'm following, how's Jeremy Vine doing tonight? Is he dodging the blasts of the Qotile from Yar's Revenge, only they're swing percentages? Is he in Chuckie Egg?

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Reminder: www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

What photo ID do I need to vote in the 2024 UK general election?www.theguardian.com For the first time people must bring photo ID to vote in a UK general election. Here is everything you need to know

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Still very sick but perhaps people sharing this will make me feel better? No I am not above such tactics

A reminder that we have a Kickstarter going for our oversized coffee table art book of WicDiv covers right now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kat...

The Wicked + The Divine: THE COVERS VERSIONwww.kickstarter.com Kickstarter-exclusive hardcover art book collecting every cover ever made for the comic book The Wicked + The Divine.

Why do I even watch breakfast telly, now I’ve got to drain half a pint of incandescent fury from my rage duct

Sad news. Gillis was responsible for a whole lot of my favourite comics and was a huge inspiration in many ways as a writer. His STRANGE TALES run remains peak Dr Strange, and MICRONAUTS was the ur-text for “take these toys and make poetry out of them”.

Ah this is sad news. Gillis was a really subtle, thoughtful writer during a time when Marvel was not exactly awash with those. He was doing DEFENDERS and MICRONAUTS: THE NEW VOYAGES when I started reading Marvels and I stuck with them until cancellation

VENOM #29 is out today, goo believers!

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Help give foundational 2000AD creator Ian Gibson the memorial he deserves.

Ian Gibson - Comic Art Legend, organized by Luke Jon Gibsongofund.me My father Ian Gibson passed away as of the 11th of December 2023, losing his battle wit… Luke Jon Gibson needs your support for Ian Gibson - Comic Art Legend

If you want to find me at Thought Bubble, I’m at table I1 in the Bubble Boy Hall.

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Mindstain just launched its first kickstarter kck.st/49r8nN0

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First 24 hours of our kickstarter campaign and we're 28% funded!! Let's keep it going! We'll be off to TBubz today with @mindstaincomics.bsky.social to campaign and party this weekend! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...

High Greywww.kickstarter.com A graphic novella about a cat stalking the mysteries at the edges of its apprehension through the dust and bustle of its world.

Testing clear, CDC says quarantine’s up and I can travel, most of all I feel better - I’m still masked around humans as CDC dictates, but I’m feeling the euphoria of regained health.

Popped onto Bleeding Cool to see the current count of who's got Covid and... somebody thinks, based on nothing, that I took a plane home after the con. I'm still here. I've been sitting in this hotel room for nearly a week, waiting for the moment when CDC guidelines tell me I can travel.

Got the Covid. Been testing daily so it’s fresh-brewed starting Sunday - texted/emailed around, slept like the dead, woke up, remembered Bluesky exists. In terms of my mask regimen… I had one? Especially in the thick of the con crowd, subways, shops etc. But imperfect. Anyway, it’s doing the rounds.

At 3.15 in room 409 of NYCC, I’ll be on a panel talking about Avengers,and Assembling. A strong chance that juicy secrets of upcoming comics will be revealed!

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Gratifying to go down the TL and see so much Ambush Bug - that was my Giffen entry point too. Justice League made every other comic in your bag feel corny. 5YL Legion, perhaps the most ambitious big 2 monthly ever. I forgot he did Annihilation too!

RIP Keith Giffen. One of those names where you’d see it on a cover and think, this is going to be interesting. Funny? Dark? Experimental? Infuriating? Yeah, probably most of those. But interesting.

Maybe a strange example to remember from a vast and brilliant body of work, but when I was a kid, this page in particular was one of the funniest gags I’d ever seen. Needless to say, the passing of Keith Giffen is a monster bummer that is making me tense to the max.

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Keith Giffen was one of the most brilliantly creative humans I’ve ever known. A curmudgeon with a heart of gold. A generous collaborator. An old, dear friend. And, as my wife observed, “He was like a character out of a Keith Giffen story.” So true! Safe travels, Keith. You will be, missed.

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The creator of the ‘Oh No’ webcomic needs help in raising funds so he can continue his legal battle against a shady as fuck board game company trying to claim ownership of all his artwork. Don’t know how these assholes sleep at night. Plz contribute to this if you can, & re-skeet #HelpSmallArtists

Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics, organized by Alex Norriswww.gofundme.com I am Alex Norris, creator of the webcomic Webcomic Name. I am here to ask for h… Alex Norris needs your support for Legal fund for Alex Norris "oh no" comics