Never Never

Portrait of the artist, a scruffy looking punk in glasses and a Skinny Puppy shirt. "It's Hourly Comics Day 2026" says the title, and the artist says, "Today is not what you'd call 'particularly high-effort' - cough!"

#hourlycomicday #hourlycomicday2026

that title typography is FIRE though. $1m on that alone.

Broadly this is a comic panel, but better described as a square of text. 'At midnight, I was deep in a research hole for a new story I am writing when I found a book from 1853 of German comedic scenes and I stayed up until 2 am. Okay thanks see you next year on *Feb 8* this time! Hopefully will have that story for you soon! It's about chess! - Never Never.'

The end. #hourlycomicday

Comic panel - from the artist's POV, looking down at his hands as he draws on an iPad. The iPad is resting on Jones, the orange tabby, who is sleeping on the artist's lap and gripping the artist's knee with a firm claw. He otherwise looks peaceful. The artist would not like you to notice the horrendous way he is holding his stylus, but mentions it here anyway. On the iPad, the artist has written, '10 PM: More comics with Jones upon.'

#hourlycomicday my boy part 2...

Comic panel - '8 PM: the coven are having a movie night. I have seen this film twice... but I won't let that stop me!!!' The panel shows the artist leaning into the living room, where there's a couch and a wide-screen TV. A tall woman with a headscarf and glasses is standing in front of the TV holding a remote, and says, 'We're watching SINNERS!' On the couch, a person with a wide smile and a pixie cut says, 'I still haven't seen it!' Beside them, a woman with a short mullet and a septum ring says, 'Me neither!'

#hourlycomicday #sinners yissss now seen it three times, haha

Comic panel: '7 PM: Jones sits upon.' Pictured is an angelic orange tabby cat sitting calmly with his paws folded on the artist's lap. He is radiating light, beauty, goodness, love.

#hourlycomicsday my boy...

Comic panel - a phone call. '6 PM: Anetta calls to chat.' In the phone call bubble, Anetta, a girl with space buns and a wide smile, has a big grey Staffy dog jumping up at her while she's on the phone. Outside the bubble, the artist is listening and laughing. Anetta: 'OMG, hello! Hello puppy! Sorry, I'm walking through the dog park! There's a staffy here that's like a brick!' The Artist: 'Ha ha! Ha ha!'

#hourlycomicday2026 #hcd2026 I checked with Anetta after and she confirmed this was what the doggy looked like. woof!

Comic panel showing the artist sitting on his bed, laptop on his legs, gazing out the window to the storm. A fireplace with houseplants on the mantle can be seen in the background. '4-5 PM: Internet & comic. It starts raining. I run out and nab Katie's laundry off the line.'

#hourlycomicday and back at it.

I am learning at 11.45 pm that the official hourly comic day has been moved to the 8th to make space for Black History Month, which is fair enough; I'll remember that for next year. But at least being Australian means that nothing I've posted actually falls on the northern Feb 1st.

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New episode of Even More News with the wonderful @marawilson.bsky.social!! We talk about the shameless proliferation of CSAM by Grok, the right-wing belief that the Ilhan Omar vinegar incident was a false flag, and Democrats' demands for approving a funding bill.

Comic panel showing orange tabby Jones hollering: "Bah-bow! Mah-bow!" "3 pm: Jones sounds his trumpet." Below, a cartoon of an Early Modern pageboy-style Jones plays his tune on a post horn: "Bah-bow! Mah-bow!"

#hourlycomicday2026
That's all for today, see you tomorrow for the rest of the day.

Comic panel of the artist sitting on his bed drawing. "2 pm: Podcasts & drawing. Today: Even More News". There are portraits of the hosts, Katy and Cody, and the guest, Mara Wilson. A cute picture of co-host Jonathan pops in at the side with his catchphrase: "Jonathan is also here!" The caption reads: "GOD. The world just ain't okay out there. I listen to this podcast every week for a US update. This ep was heavy: AI & CSAM, ICE, the FBI. Keep fighting, America."

#hourlycomicday2026 feat. @somemorenews.bsky.social ... second year in a row.

nice to know he's wrapping it up!

Panel of the artist chatting with Katie, a goth lady who is checking her phone. Artist: "Chess is the most boring musical I have ever listened to and I have heard some shit musicals! The way I see it, there's Cats and then there's Annie Get Your Gun and then like talk-singing "I love you but I can't be with you and there is a dracula". But Chess is none of those." Katie: "Chicago is Cats. Wait, what time is it? Shit!" The caption reads, "1 pm: chat with Katie."

#hourlycomicday

Panel of the artist showering, fog covering his naughty bits. He is washing his hair and coughing. "12 noon: Taking a shower. Feeling better but still coughin'."

#hourlycomicday

Panel showing an orange cat perking up as he hears keys jingling in the lock. "Bip!" "11 am: Katie gets home. Jones leaves."

#hourlycomicday

Panel showing a Discord message from "marin". "10 am: Chat with Marin about a story I sent last night. We reconnected recently & it's been lovely sharing our art & stories. He's incredible - find him @agaricales on Tumblr." The message reads, "It feels solid to me - I'm looking forward to witnessing Ira & Vidal's meeting 👀 I loved the line "his own maiden, embracing himself, his own reaper man". That image used to show the duality..."

#hourlycomicday

"9 am: Jones ILY" The artist lying peacefully in bed with a purring orange cat wedged between his knees.

#hourlycomicday

A text message sent "today, 8.07 am", from "Simon" saying "Boy fed", it's got a heart-react. "Preventing Jones from lying to us!" In the panel below, the artist is sitting up in bed, saying "Come on! Come up!" A mrrring cat approaches the bed, only his stripy tail held upright visible. "He returns."

#hourlycomicday

Comic panel of the artist curled up in bed, having a bad dream. "7 am: Woke from stressful dream where Pentiment's Andreas Maler was real & so were dragons & he was me & I was in Hong Kong." The dream shows Andreas screaming as a huge dragon mouth opens on him. "Luckily, Jones is here" - an orange cat curled at the artist's side. "I'm not wearing my mouth patch currently as I have ✨tonsillitis✨"

#hourlycomicday #pentiment they were the dragons from those king puzzle game ads jsyk

Portrait of the artist, a scruffy looking punk in glasses and a Skinny Puppy shirt. "It's Hourly Comics Day 2026" says the title, and the artist says, "Today is not what you'd call 'particularly high-effort' - cough!"

#hourlycomicday #hourlycomicday2026

Queer Victoriana LGBTQIA+ people in the mid-Victorian era.

New Substack: Want to get a quick feeling for queer life in the mid-Victorian era? I got you. Read about rampaging gangs of crossdressing women in Paris, the terms queer people used to describe themselves, famous historical figures speculated to have been ace and more. #queerhistory #midsumma

my radical take for 2026 is it's not so much the websites as the people. basic thing to say I know but they ain't serving us. website is a tool. this said, I'm trying to use them more for that purpose.

A sketchy cartoon of Graeme, a floppy white boy in a slick 60s suit and a long spotted accent scarf, in the "babygirl pose": on his hands and knees, looking up at the camera and sticking his tongue out. Hearts and bubbles around his head show he is both horny and high.

Graeme IS your babygirl. Trying my hand at an R. Crumb style. #illustrator #queerartist #rcrumb #babygirlpose #babygirlmeme

A sketch in digital pencil of a cartoon couple sitting at a piano onstage in a theatre. A tall bespectacled gentleman, Cuthbert, smiles around a pipe down at a blonde, barefoot ballerina, Sonya, who talks animatedly. In the darkness of the theatre, the shrouded forms of ghosts emerge from the darkness, watching with pinprick eyes.

Pas de deux - Cuthbert and a ballerina, Sonya, playfully flirting onstage while the theatre ghosts watch on. Sonya is the character of a friend, Fin. 2022.

Cartoon by Never Never of Sugar, a gangly man with olive skin and wild curls, pulling a faux-spooky pose with his hands up in claws, his knee raised, his tongue out. He wears a flowing robe with magical symbols on it, tight jeans, and Timberlands.

Sugar, mushroom fiend, psychedelic cowboy, on the margins. #ocs #dystopianfiction #queerart #illustration

Digital illustration by Never Never of Ira, a skinny, pale man with a sour expression wearing a dramatic black morning coat, big black bow necktie, and gold spectacles. The background is a splash of teal and watermelon pink, with vague designs of scissors and gashes.

No one is cutting it up like this bitch. Ira, my sad boy academic - I need to reapply him, not sure where, but I'm not letting a sopping wet meow meow like this go. #ocs #victorianera #queerart #historicalfiction #poorlittlemeowmeow

This file is called "flugame" after the Fall Out Boy song, which I've been listening to on repeat since last year, and should tell you everything about this guy.

Digital illustration by Never Never of Ira, a skinny, pale man with a sour expression wearing a dramatic black morning coat, big black bow necktie, and gold spectacles. The background is a splash of teal and watermelon pink, with vague designs of scissors and gashes.

No one is cutting it up like this bitch. Ira, my sad boy academic - I need to reapply him, not sure where, but I'm not letting a sopping wet meow meow like this go. #ocs #victorianera #queerart #historicalfiction #poorlittlemeowmeow

Illustration by Never Never in digital pencil of a pretty young white woman with fluffy white hair, a pink dress with frills and bows, hazel eyes, and a bright smile. Around her neck is a string of pearls, and she's just radiating joy and energy.

This is Fifi. She's a life-model, a baroness, born in the wrong era, and has a voice pitch so high you'll curl your toes. And she's a match made in heaven for Cuthbert. #ocs #illustration #victorianera