Chris Baldie

A flyer for SCARF (Sheffield Comic ARts Fair), happening on 10th October 2026

I may come to regret this decision, but...

SCARF! Sheffield Comic ARts Fair! Next October! Liam "Pais" Hill drew our mascot! Exhibitor application form will be out soon, tables will cost as little as I can get away with!

Please remember to apply so this isn't a terrible decision on my part 🙏

I hope you enjoy the silly adventure!

This one affects me and my wife, so would appreciate the effort it takes to fill this in.

Unsurprisingly they won't be dissuading those rich folks, who can simply buy their way in.

I lost my voice at the weekend and it’s still a bit croaky, so I thought I’d make the most of it.

My new Space Captain book and all the others are available on my store

Https://chrisbaldie.etsy.com

Self sealing A5 comic bag

Stack of comic bags

Selection of cardboard mailers seen from the side

A unfolded cardboard mailer

Any nearby pals want several hundred (?) self sealing A5 bags and some cardboard mailers? Free to a good home.

Feels wasteful to chuck

Including a book by @chrisbaldie.bsky.social with one of the greatest cover quotes in the history of comics...

I did get a lot of love and maybe this post was why??

Two people in costume as Gandalf the grey and Frodo baggins stand in a hallway. Gandalf is puffing on a long pipe.

A series of wax stamped letters are being counted by Gandalf and Frodo.

Gandalf is holding up the bundle of wax stamped letters and winking at the camera.

One of the letters has been opened and reads “What does it have in its pocketses? A discount? For table C23 in the 2000AD hall?

If you see these two adventurers tomorrow at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, ask Gandalf The Generous for some help and you just might get a treat.

Two people in costume as Gandalf the grey and Frodo baggins stand in a hallway. Gandalf is puffing on a long pipe.

A series of wax stamped letters are being counted by Gandalf and Frodo.

Gandalf is holding up the bundle of wax stamped letters and winking at the camera.

One of the letters has been opened and reads “What does it have in its pocketses? A discount? For table C23 in the 2000AD hall?

If you see these two adventurers tomorrow at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, ask Gandalf The Generous for some help and you just might get a treat.

I hope it lives up to expectations!

I’m glad you like it and that the expense of it is showing!
Come say hello this weekend if you’re around our quiet corner of the hall

a map of the "2000 AD Hall" at this years thought bubble festival, with a highlighted path leading to table C23, labeled for Chris Baldie. Below the map are four comic book covers: "Space Captain: Captain of Space," "Jacques”, “Would You Mind Waiting Awhile”, and “rolled a one”.

A gentle reminder that:
1. I am still alive
2. I will be at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year

Table C23 in the 2000Ad hall.

Got my new shiny and smooth Space Captain books.

Noodle, the preeminent expert on all things couch and comics, looks unimpressed with the comic Space Captain.

I can confirm they are unimpressed

😮‍💨thank god they're finally arriving safely.

I’ve only got 10 copies, come grab one!

A map of the "2000 AD Thought Bubble Hall", showing 6 creators all nestled around the same clump of tables.

An image of the new Space Captain collected edition book on a teal background.

I've heard chatter on the @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social forums saying that they are calling this collection of 6 tables in the 2000AD hall "flavour town".

And while I might not agree with the naming, I can't disagree with the vibes.

I've also heard my new Space Captain book will be available.

Looks great, added it to my Wishlist.

A map of the Thought Bubble festival shows that I am sitting at table C23 in the 2000 AD Hall. The rest of the image shows a collection of my books including Space Captain, Jacques, Would you mind waiting awhile?, and Rolled A One.

You gonna be at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year?

I'll be up the back of 2000 AD Hall with my besties @willmorris.bsky.social (c22) and @aimeelockwood.bsky.social (c21)

Find me at table C23, where I'll have my brand new Space Captain: The Collected Edition!

Chris the filth more like

Yeah I reckon I was pasting, or clicking on a Wacom button by accident. Devastating.

Guess I’ll just have to change my name to Chris V.

All sales are final.

The newly printed copy of “space Captain: Captain of space” sits upon the hand of its creator. In the background is some lovely plants. They’re lovely.

The first page of the book reads “copyright Chris V” instead of “Chris Baldie”.

Listen we all make mistakes and you shouldn’t beat yourself up about it.

Unless you print your own name wrong in the very first page of your newly printed comic.
Then you should be roundly condemned by your loved ones and cast out into the rain.

Yeah, usually nonsense that we now all have to navigate.

a screenshot of adobe's 'Manage Plan' screen, which shows them offering a heavy discount if I renew my plan rather than cancelling.

As expected; if I go to cancel and walk through their 99 steps to cancel, they eventually offer me a discounted rate for the "pro" plan which is cheaper than their standard plan.

However last year in their sale I paid only £327.91. So I'll wait.

Or what I'm likely to do is simply cancel the plan, wait for them to offer me either a big discount or live without it for a few weeks and jump back in when they do their stupid yearly discount offers.

If, like me, you are stuck in the hellscape that is Adobe and they've just sent you an email saying your plan is increasing, check to see what plan you are on...

I never subscribed to the "pro" plan which just has a bunch of shitty AI options built in. If I swap to "standard" I'll save nearly £200.

Already got the script in development

Gym is great! I'm generally in less every-day pain than I was before gym (BG era).
Although this morning I stood up too quickly, cracked my head on an open locker door, disn't notice the blood leaking out of me, and then accidentally got my head blood all over the elliptical machine...

A screenshot praising my work "Grand Finale" (a book I didn't write) and encouraging me to work with them to help publicise it.

A screenshot of Good Reads listing the actual author of Grand Finale as Christopher Baldi. A very similar name to mine, just missing the 'E' off of baldie.

I received one of those really annoying AI generated emails praising my books and how they want to "help" get it out to a wider audience.

Except it wasn't even my book. Was so confused.
But after a little search it turns out there's an author out there called Christopher Baldi.

Stupid fuckin AI

Interesting to see pundits discuss Labour’s struggle to manage the working class and liberal graduates without realising that since uni fees, aka Graduate Tax, and the 2008 recession, these aren’t mutually exclusive.

We have a uni-educated working class. Middle class hacks just haven’t realised it.