Michael Carroll

Thanks, David! :)

Five Graphic Novels To Give As Presents Christmas stocking fillers or treats for yourself?

Some 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

Since I'm inexplicably still in Facebook Jail (it's been a WEEK!), can some kind person share this on FB for me?

Elegance, Charm & Deadly Danger (and lots of string)... it's Lady Penelope!

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4 panel comic Panel 1: Red Guy looking way way too happy yells “Hey Guys! Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?” Blue Guy next to him calmly says “Shhh” Panel 2: Blue Guy tenderly puts his arms around Red Guy and says “You don’t have to do this” Panel 3: Blue Guy still holds Red Guy tightly and repeats “You don’t have to do this every year”. Red Guy begins to break. Panel 4: Red Guy dissolves into Blue Guy’s embrace, sobbing. He finally feels the weight of Christmas Discourse lifting from his shoulders. He is finally free.

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

I 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!

It's a strange feeling... and it's made me realise just how many times a day I've been checking FaceBook!

I 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.

Hooray, 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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We normally only focus on British comics for these features, but this one is too good to let slide...
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Judge Dredd Megazine 486 is out on 19th November, featuring DREADNOUGHTS: QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, Part Two by:

📝 Script: @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social
✏️ Art: John Higgins
🎨 Colours: Sally Hurst
💬 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.

Six 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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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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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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Happy anniversary to you both -- wishing you many more years of happiness and awesome stuff!

On 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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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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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:

📝 Script: @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social
✏️ Art: John Higgins
🎨 Colours: Sally Hurst
💬 Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social

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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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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.

I have just typed "artificial gravity" as "artificial gravy" and somehow the sentence still makes sense.
#writing

#Octocon #Octocon2025

Another one for the nerds amongst us...!

Getting 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.