Lee O'Connor

Awooo! Werewolves stalking Victorian scientists in the ‘Aether’ RPG book from @theonyxpath.bsky.social. Thankfully, the scientists have scientific guns and science potion.

Valentines card fulla private jokes.

A 1986 Japanese guide on how to program using the Family BASIC software for the Famicom features many cute illustrations of Mario and Pauline (known as "Lady" in Japan at the time).

A well-balanced society should contain a roughly equal amount of 808- and 909-based music. When there is an excess of music made with 909s, tensions and unpredictability will rise, while in periods of excessive 808 prevalence, that society will experience widespread complacency.

Yes, much 'Thunderchild' was listened to while I was painting this!

Painted artwork of Victorian British navy ships being attacked by H.G. Wells 'War of the Worlds' Martian tripod war machines, at sea, at night. One ship is being shot with a bright laser beam, one martian tripod walker is on fire. Sailors are in the rough water, being grappled by another war machine's tentacles. It's night and the explosions are lighting up the dark scene with flashes of yellow fire and white laser light.

War of the Worlds martian tripods and war machines battling the ships of the Victorian British Navy out to sea at night, from @theonyxpath.bsky.social's 'Aether' RPG book. H.G. Wells riffs and more weird science besides. Out now!

Still can't quite believe times like this existed, even though a much younger version of me lived through them.

Amazon, however, only exists to make life on planet Earth awful, so your choice is pretty clear.

Just as context for this: I worked in an independent bookshop for 8 years - @gnashcomics.bsky.social - & bookshop.org only exists to funnel trade and money to indie bookshops, personal passion projects for lovely booksellers.

Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG

Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!

HELLO LADIES. Goldgotti the Bronze Age pirate, Sea Person and bit of rough is here to see to your needs. Need any reaving? Sacking? Looting? From Harald Smith's 'Nochet: Serpents & Shadows' book for RuneQuest's Jonstown Compendium.

I have nothing but good things to say about bookshop.org and it pees me off how creators think they need to self-publish through crappy Amazon or nothing, so this sounds really good! Get stuck in, everybody.

Ilustration of two superheroes in a gruesome pit-fight, watched over by super-rich spectators.

Superhero pit fight from ‘Aberrant: With Great Power’ RPG book from @theonyxpath.bsky.social. Because rich people want to ruin everything, even fictional superheroes.

Artwork of a young man with long dark hair and a thin beard, dressed in Iron Age clothing including a prestigious brochure and torc, standing against a wooden wall background and looking uncertain as a shaft of sunlight highlights a line down his face.

Doomed King - Fantasy Fizzogs No. 40 -
Unproven noble peering out of his hall at a year of Interesting Times ahead, that might well mean his untimely death.
From Jonathan Quaife’s Greydog clan campaign for the RuneQuest TTRPG, in the works for The Jonstown Compendium programme.

Freddy pulling a ghost mask off a ghost and under the ghost mask are the words "Government Subsidies"

Now, let's see who exactly is behind this singular, beloved piece of cultural media

After watching a YouTube video don't forget to rewind it for the next viewer.

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

Happy Holidays!
Congrats on surviving another year and not going mad.
But... Smashing up a historic symbol of long-cherished democracy with a dancing digger?
Could this be the end of Highly Questionable Santa..?

Digital painting of a woman in a small coracle boat paddling with an oar in the sea.

Scota, the Egyptian princess who sailed to Ireland in a coracle to hang out with Fionn Mac Cumhaill in some of the Celtic myths.
Painted for the wonderful @fionnfolklore.bsky.social’s Fenian art challenge, where artists chose a story from their vast archive of recorded mythology and folktales.

Carved in Stone A storyteller's guide to Pictland. Available now!

Amazing oversize book bursting with art, info & great design, all about being a Pict in 690CE. Is an academic text, an illustrated all-ages book & a TTRPG sourcebook all at once. (Hepped to me via @kierongillen.bsky.social's lap.) carvedinstone.scot

Alternate lives meeting, one superhero meets two other versions of herself in the ‘Aberrant: With Great Power’ RPG book from @theonyxpath.bsky.social. We have (L-R); magical girl version, normal superhero version and horror werewolf version, all looking fairly surprised to meet the other.

Colour illustration of a female superhero with a swirling vortex of debris in the sky behind her.

Now there’s a hole in the sky / and our superhero is trying to close it with her super-powers! From ‘Aberrant: With Great Power’, from @theonyxpath.bsky.social. (While I love comics, I’ve never been a superhero fan, so that’s why I always get a bit giddy whenever I talk about these.)

The healing power of superheroes with healing powers. A hero from the upstanding ‘Team Tomorrow’ looks after the injured in this piece from the ‘Aberrant: With Great Power’ RPG book from @theonyxpath.bsky.social.
Paramedics everywhere: thank you for everything you do.

A page from Hellblazer #24, drawn by Ron Tiner.

Was told today that my old college tutor & general illustration mentor Ron Tiner had died. Really sad. Rest in peace, Ron. Thank you for everything & passing on the fire.

I’m no Latin expert either, but I was wondering about that too, y’know…

Ha, I’m out of my depth already, but I’m going to say he must just be really nice. Now more than ever? Yeah, that’s it.

Artwork of a statue of a superhero in a busy courtyard.

Statue dedicated to a (super)hero, ‘Cestus Pax’ who’s kind of like the Superman of the ‘Aberrant’ RPG world from @theonyxpath.bsky.social.
The ‘Aberrant: With Great Power…’ (which is a riff on what Uncle Ben from Spider-Man said) book is out now.

Hooey war robot makin’ factory from ‘Aberrant: With Great Power…’ tabletop RPG book, out from @theonyxpath.bsky.social. Yes, I poured all my adolescent robot love of @2000ad.bsky.social’s ABC Warriors, Terminator films and anime mecha into this and then just sorta freewheeled it.

Artwork of masked wrestlers punching through a wall.

Crime-busting, super-powered luchador masked Mexican wrestlers from the ‘Abberant: With Great Power….’ tabletop RPG from @theonyxpath.bsky.social. ‘The Justicieros’ here hunt down the cartels, only in this particular kind of mask and tights…
The book’s available in print and digital now.