Thanks, David! :)
05.12.2025 12:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@mikeowencarroll.bsky.social
@MikeOwenCarroll Irish writer of comics (Judge Dredd, Proteus Vex, Dreadnoughts, Silver), books (Quantum Prophecy, Judges), and the Rusty Staples comics blog! He/Him.
Thanks, David! :)
05.12.2025 12:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Some comic book present recommendations @jamesthefourth.bsky.social @keezyyoung.bsky.social @trungles.com @gailsimone.bsky.social @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social
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Oh, great. We're back to this conspiracy theory nonsense again! The so-called alleged "Moon" that you people claim to have seen "magically floating in the sky"!
Rocks. Don't. Float.
Relatable Corvid
03.12.2025 21:27 β π 6739 π 2099 π¬ 98 π 239Since I'm inexplicably still in Facebook Jail (it's been a WEEK!), can some kind person share this on FB for me?
04.12.2025 10:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Elegance, Charm & Deadly Danger (and lots of string)... it's Lady Penelope!
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#RustyStaples #comics #LadyPenelope #Thunderbirds
4 panel comic Panel 1: Red Guy looking way way too happy yells βHey Guys! Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?β Blue Guy next to him calmly says βShhhβ Panel 2: Blue Guy tenderly puts his arms around Red Guy and says βYou donβt have to do thisβ Panel 3: Blue Guy still holds Red Guy tightly and repeats βYou donβt have to do this every yearβ. Red Guy begins to break. Panel 4: Red Guy dissolves into Blue Guyβs embrace, sobbing. He finally feels the weight of Christmas Discourse lifting from his shoulders. He is finally free.
iβm setting you free. iβm releasing you from the discourse
02.12.2025 01:39 β π 12158 π 3432 π¬ 210 π 208I am still in Facebook jail, awaiting the appeals process... And this also means that I don't have access to Messenger, which is particularly worrying because I need those messages for work!
#Facebook #FacebookBanAppeal
They say "It usually takes us just over a day to review your information" but it's now been two days... Maybe this is the universe's way of getting me to kick the FaceBook habit!
29.11.2025 10:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0It's a strange feeling... and it's made me realise just how many times a day I've been checking FaceBook!
27.11.2025 15:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I am in Facebook jail! My account has been suspended -- it happened immediately after I posted a reply to someone's post -- and now I have to wait to see if my appeal is upheld.
27.11.2025 10:55 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 5 π 0Hooray, that's the first draft of new novel completed! 86,424 words! It'll probably grow a little in the second draft, but not by too much.
#writing
November is reaching its sell-by date, so let's look ahead to some of the British Comics that will be celebrating Important Anniversaries next month!
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#RustyStaples #comics
We normally only focus on British comics for these features, but this one is too good to let slide...
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#RustyStaples #comics
Judge Dredd Megazine 486 is out on 19th November, featuring DREADNOUGHTS: QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, Part Two by:
π Script: @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social
βοΈ Art: John Higgins
π¨ Colours: Sally Hurst
π¬ Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social
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If someone's intriguing or shocking story about their friend turns out to actually be about "a friend of their friend", then chances are it's no more real than that time my mate flipped a coin and it landed on its edge.
16.11.2025 11:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Six days into the first draft of a new novel and I've reached the "I've got a terrible feeling that this is rubbish" stage. I'm SO tempted to abandon it but experience has taught me to push through: can't polish a book if it doesn't exist! #writing
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#RustyStaples #comics
The end of October approaches, and as is traditional we're looking ahead to some of the British Comics that will be celebrating Important Anniversaries in the coming month!
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#RustyStaples #comics
On Rusty Staples today I take a look at Bloomsbury's Marvel Age of Comics -- The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s by Paul Cornell
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#RustyStaples #comics
Happy anniversary to you both -- wishing you many more years of happiness and awesome stuff!
20.10.2025 14:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On Rusty Staples today I take a look at Bloomsbury's Marvel Age of Comics -- Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic by Stuart Moore
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#RustyStaples #comics
Judge Dredd Megazine is now 35 years old!
Here's a flashback to five years ago when I took a look at its history on Rusty Staples!
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#RustyStaples #JudgeDredd @2000ad.bsky.social
Dreadnought: Qualified Immunity, by Mike Carroll, John Higgins, Sally Hurst and Simon Bowland
Judge Dredd Megazine 485 is out on 15th October, featuring DREADNOUGHTS: QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, Part One by:
π Script: @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social
βοΈ Art: John Higgins
π¨ Colours: Sally Hurst
π¬ Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social
Subscribe now and get zarjaz free gifts β‘οΈ bit.ly/2Ws04uc
On Rusty Staples today I take a look at Bloomsbury's Marvel Age of Comics -- Daredevil: Born Again by Chris Ryall
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#RustyStaples #comics
Protestors in the United States of America really need to start including the full-stops/periods in "U.S." on their signs: with signs saying stuff like "HANDS OFF US BENEFITS" it's not immediately obvious whether they're based in the U.S.A. or Weatherfield.
10.10.2025 16:01 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0I have just typed "artificial gravity" as "artificial gravy" and somehow the sentence still makes sense.
#writing
#Octocon #Octocon2025
07.10.2025 12:52 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0Another one for the nerds amongst us...!
05.10.2025 16:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Getting older means a steadily-growing number of "famous" bands appearing out of nowhere pre-loaded with a multi-decade back-catalogue and with complete knowledge of them instantly installed in everyone else's long-term memory as though they've always been around.
03.10.2025 11:24 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0