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Colin Maxwell (Maximized Comics)

@maximizedcomics.bsky.social

Comic writer and artist. Writes for Commando. Orzeł, Raid on the Forth, The Dunfermline Story, Bamse, Glasgow Looking Glass, Blazer. Also dabbles in horror and sci-fi. Dunfermline, Scotland. www.maximized.co.uk/links.html

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Advert for the City of Perth Salute, Sunday 10th August. Scotland military festival. Pipe band, reenactors, dancers

Advert for the City of Perth Salute, Sunday 10th August. Scotland military festival. Pipe band, reenactors, dancers

I’ll be at Perth Salute this Sunday with Commando comics, true war stories and related stuff. Come and get a signed comic! #comics #Perth #Scotland #Military

07.08.2025 07:35 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

What’s it going to power?
I vote for a huge flashing neon sign saying what Janey Godley’s placard said.

05.08.2025 09:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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@chrisbaldie.bsky.social spotted in a Gibert bookshop in Paris.

01.08.2025 11:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I’ll be at #SequentialScotland on Saturday at the Doubletree by Hilton in Glasgow. Come get a copy of The New Glasgow Looking Glass from me and check out the related exhibition up the road at the Mitchell Library. #comics #comicart #zines

31.07.2025 20:35 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

A vineyard owner escapes a POW camp. The Grape Escape.

29.07.2025 18:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think it’s a shonkey.

26.07.2025 20:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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On Saturday 2nd August we expect comic fans will be flocking to @sequential-scot.bsky.social in Glasgow. Check out their website for details. sequentialscotland.co.uk

21.07.2025 19:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Events across the UK for #smallpressday. Saturday 19th July. I’ll be at the Edinburgh event. #comics #zines

18.07.2025 07:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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17.07.2025 13:15 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I’ll be here for @smallpressday.bsky.social (19th July) in Edinburgh. I’ll have my war comics, Raid on the Forth , Flight of the Eagle, and Bamse as well as copies of retro action comic, Blazer and horror comic Black, White and Dead. Maybe some signed Commandos too, and The New Glasgow Looking Glass

11.07.2025 19:01 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

Dear Esther has a very atmospheric Scottish island.

15.07.2025 16:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I’ll be here for @smallpressday.bsky.social (19th July) in Edinburgh. I’ll have my war comics, Raid on the Forth , Flight of the Eagle, and Bamse as well as copies of retro action comic, Blazer and horror comic Black, White and Dead. Maybe some signed Commandos too, and The New Glasgow Looking Glass

11.07.2025 19:01 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

I don’t break kitkat into fingers before eating

10.07.2025 09:40 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It’s #portfolioday, so here are some of the #comics I’ve written and/or drawn. Links in bio.

08.07.2025 14:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Thomson and Thompson from the Tintin comics. Originally Dupond and DuPont, their names are translated as Nisbet and Nesbit in Scots.

Thomson and Thompson from the Tintin comics. Originally Dupond and DuPont, their names are translated as Nisbet and Nesbit in Scots.

I’ll be at the Auld Alliance Comics Festival at the French Institute in Edinburgh this Sunday 6th July, talking about the Glasgow Looking Glass. Did you know that Thomson and Thompson, the detectives from the Tintin comics are called Nisbet and Nesbit in the Scots translations of the books?

05.07.2025 21:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Insinserindipity

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30.06.2025 15:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Post your favorite Doctor Who, wrong answers only.

30.06.2025 07:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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An unexpected pleasure this evening was meeting someone who appears in one of my true war comics. In ‘Raid on the Forth’, the little boy with his brother on the beach is Richard Demarco, co-founder of Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre and long-time proponent of the Edinburgh Festival.

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Forthcoming Events:
21 June - Looking Glass launch, Glasgow.
26 June - Orzel Memorial Project & Concert, Dunfermline.
5 July - Dunfermline Story talk, Dunfermline.
6 July - comic talk, French Institute, Edinburgh.
2 August- Sequential Scotland, Glasgow.
10 August - Perth Salute.

20.06.2025 07:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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My greatest achievement.

19.06.2025 06:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Let’s face it, we’re closer to #ww3 than actual fulfilment of the #tftq Kickstarter.

16.06.2025 21:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Celebrating Comics and Graphic Novels - Institut français · Écosse

Auld Alliance Comics Fest www.ifecosse.org.uk/festivals-an... and Glasgow Through The Looking Glass www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/exhi...

11.06.2025 12:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Exhibition: Glasgow through the Looking-Glass - Glasgow Life ‘Glasgow through the Looking-Glass’.

We’ve rescheduled the New Glasgow Looking Glass launch for 21st June. #comics #satire #Glasgow www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/exhi...

10.06.2025 13:22 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Event rescheduled for 21st June at the same time and location. Hope to see you there. One lucky attendee (picked at random) will receive a piece of original artwork!!! #Glasgow850 #GlasgowLookingGlass

10.06.2025 07:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Despite the planned event not going ahead at the Mitchell Library, a fun day was had blethering about comics in the pub with @maximizedcomics.bsky.social , John McShane and a whole host of others. Enjoyed reading The New Glasgow Looking Glass.

08.06.2025 11:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Due to the Police Incident next to the Mitchell Library the launch of the New Glasgow Looking Glass has been postponed until further notice and we have retired to Wetherspoons (Henglers Circus) on Sauchiehall Street (12.30 at the Bon Accord bar).

07.06.2025 09:53 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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We’ve been delayed a bit for the talks and launch of the New Glasgow Looking Glass. There’s a police incident next door, but we’ve been assured that the guy threatening to jump from the scaffolding is not Scotland Manager Steve Clarke, after his team lost to Iceland last night. #ScotlandVsIceland

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The New Glasgow Looking Glass is out tomorrow with a launch event at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. 10am-12.15pm with several of the creators in attendance. Pick up a copy, priced £3. www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/exhi...

06.06.2025 07:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
Colin and Calum Maxwell at their stall at the Bruce Festival, Dunfermline, selling comics and crafts. 31 May 2025.

Colin and Calum Maxwell at their stall at the Bruce Festival, Dunfermline, selling comics and crafts. 31 May 2025.

Had a great time at the Bruce Festival at the weekend. Jousting, battle reenactment and medieval village. I had my local history comics for sale while my son had his laser cut and 3D printed crafts.

04.06.2025 07:00 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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