Kieron Gillen

It is acceptable to buy comics other than the one I've written, as long as you buy my comics first.

That The Power Fantasy has provoked a zine with as much in it as this, not once, but twice, is a hell of a thing to see. It's genuinely amazing.

Hmm. I was hoping for more than B-plus.

Quite. Almost the opposite. Stuff I do which is ludicrously difficult is mostly entirely invisible to the reader, and sometimes even is both less enjoyable and even gets some accusations of phoning it in as the work is THAT invisible. No-one cares about your guitar solos, as is only right.

Yes, that.

Nemesis the Warlock - The Definitive Edition Vol. 1 - The Comics Journal So perhaps, dear heart, we shall begin at the most logical place: imagine with me the sensation of a great steel pike impaling itself on your skull, piercing between the eyes and poking out from the o...

In a tribute to ADHD, I have had this open in the tab next to my Gmail since it was published in November 2023. Any time I ctrl-tab, I see it. I have finally read it. It is as good as I hoped it would be when I decided to save it for nearly two years. Credo!

Point/Counterpoint.

Image had one of these recently too. The automated response that followed my "this looks suss" was actually relatively impressive.

In this house, we cherish and love reviewers.

(One day I'll do a thread of panels I think of when things pop up. The DKR panel of Alfred reminiscing about trying to tell Bruce about the Purloined Letter's literary position and kid Bruce going THE CRIMINAL WAS CAUGHT! is another regular one, normally provoked by an artless moralistic reviewer.)

My hottest take is when reading hot takes about what's wrong with comics I inevitably end up thinking of this bit of Watchmen. (CW: Ableist slur.)

Comics should be easier to do, somehow.

Y'all wanna learn about WATCHMEN? Let @kierongillen.bsky.social teach you about WATCHMEN.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0I4...

Hey - I'm glad you're having fun, but you should never do this to a creator. I dunno what's in your thread, but if it's the idea, it's a legal issue that you shouldn't share such stuff with creators. Do feel free to google around "Why won't a creator read my fanfic/listen to my ideas".

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So I haven't talked much about Hope in Ex Tenebris. The aesthetic and vibes are all grimdark. But the conceit of the game is: what if, in a universe full of horrors, people pulled together, stood by their ideals, and built a society of democracy, tolerance and freedom?
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This is the megadeth necklace I had when I was 12 year old dork.

I hadn't heard about EX TENEBRIS and it's kickstarter, but this (looong) interview-meets-description definitely sold me on it. If "40k investigation but you don't play as fascists" sounds good to you, have a read.

Oh, nice. You could do an uber war game fairly simply if you just skip the battleships, I suspect - you just hack a few units into any ww2 war game. If you want battleships, you’ll be wanting a strategic scale game

‘You can consider Monsieur de Talleyrand entirely attached to the cause’—and then the honest man added, ‘at least in his heart,’ whereat the grave statesmen burst into laughter—until somewhat embarrassed he corrected himself and said: ‘In his mind, if you prefer it.’

When all the statesmen in Europe know you’re a fucking snake.

We're excited to announce that we'll have @kierongillen.bsky.social returning to the shop on SATURDAY 11TH OCTOBER (12:00 - 13:00)
If you didn't get the chance to meet Kieron at our SUPER-SIGNING back in March, (or even if you did!) then now is your chance!

A Bright Dark Future: Ex Tenebris Interview - Old Men Running The World If you're a British game designer, you work beneath a cloud - both literally and figuratively. For the former, it's really cloudy here, For the latter, it's a

Interview feature with @armadajosh.bsky.social and @beckyannison.bsky.social about EX TENEBRIS, currently in the last week of their crowdfunder, where we talk influences, mystery games, systems and their future.

"I just didn’t want my friends to have to play fascist enforcers."

Harken my words oh Forsaken...

The new updated Doomspiral quickstart is out with more difficult fights, additional npcs and clarified rules.

Like all SoulMuppet quickstarts, it's FREE and designed to get the game to your table quickly and easily, with an included adventure & pre-made characters
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By Any Means Necessary, etc.

The traditional way into the games press.

Mine was the other traditional approach, where a DJ in a local indie club coming up and asking me if I wanted to review some games.

Oh my. Amazing scenes. A+ No Girls Aloud 1990s energies.

(I man, unsuccessful lesbians are included, I guess.)

Read this, #ttrpg folks!

Oh noes!

Thanks - and I think with O&F it's so much Dan and Tamra's book. Its driving energy was so much "What can dan draw this month?"

That is just awful. :(