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@tom-mcnally.bsky.social

Artist, writer, host of 100 Words of Astounding Beauty, Brighton & Hove UK.

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Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...

A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexyβ€”or occasionally anti-sexyβ€”OGLAF!

Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!

10.11.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2396    πŸ” 878    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 44
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Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, by the Mountain Goats 12 track album

thanks to those who alerted me that the Bandcamp store hadn't populated yet. is that the right term? it is now populated i.e. you can get the whole album there. themountaingoats.bandcamp.com/album/throug...

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A1 DEADLINE SPECIAL A1 and DEADLINE, two landmark UK comic book publications ARE BACK! The heart of UK counterculture returns to print.

Me & my comics pal @fraserc69.bsky.social were adding our unused TFTQ page to this but the con artist AKA Frazer Brown has put that on hold for now.

Instead Fraser (good one) & I are creating a brand, spankin’ 1 pager for A1 DEADLINE so please…
BACK IT NOW!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...

05.11.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 89    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6
A photograph of a television screen showing this evening's edition of Channel 4 News. The lead newscaster, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, is sat at a desk in a relaxed, candid posture, looking at his phone, as if he is on a break. The camera filming him was apparently not supposed to be broadcasting.

A photograph of a television screen showing this evening's edition of Channel 4 News. The lead newscaster, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, is sat at a desk in a relaxed, candid posture, looking at his phone, as if he is on a break. The camera filming him was apparently not supposed to be broadcasting.

Smart casual
#channel4news #c4news #uk

29.10.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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www.oglaf.com/wishbone/

19.10.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 776    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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This Saturday October 18, Cartoon County is in residence at the undercover Open Market on London Road, Brighton
Meet over 20 great cartoonists and comickers and pick up some great reading
10am till 5:30pm
#comics #brighton

13.10.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 4
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I will be at this selling comics and original art at very reasonable prices. If you're Brighton based (or nearby) then pop along as there will be loads of other cool stuff too.

07.10.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm exhibiting at the very first Cartoon County Fair at the #Brighton Open Market on the 18th of October, alongside some very distinguished company.

08.10.2025 22:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cartoon County autumn fair - Sat 18th Oct at the Open Market

Cartoon County autumn fair - Sat 18th Oct at the Open Market

#Brighton! Come buy comics, zines, graphic novels from a veritable host of local creators! Dare I say this could kickstart/revolutionise your Xmas shopping? #comics #whatsonbrighton

07.10.2025 11:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can Missing Link Prototype Version Arcee wear Wildwheel's Hat?

She's waited 39 years for her chance to shine and shine she does. Pure voguing it up with that steely face sculpt. What and 80s style icon!

01.10.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

Sandstorm is there insisting that the Primes honour the Zodiac theme like they used to.

27.09.2025 08:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I have a screen print up among a group exhibition with The Drawing Room in Worthing. Honoured to be among such distinguished company at Colonnade House!

26.09.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am neither for ID cards or against ID cards but I do think it would be wise to entice people in with a good deal. Right now the pitch seems to be 'This will make it easier to arrest you,' which makes it feel rather one-sided.

26.09.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I don't particularly mind, I'm just proud I clocked it.

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First time I've spotted a generated background for a talking head on the news. Gaze at the uncanny room, jet black globe and nonsense books of Richard Haass. #channel4news #ai #channel4

18.09.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Starscream in robot mode hovers over exploding buildings, with Thundercracker and Skywarp fly by in jet form.

Starscream in robot mode hovers over exploding buildings, with Thundercracker and Skywarp fly by in jet form.

On this date twenty years ago, I handed in my first paid professional comic work, the cover to Transformers Infiltration #1. Somehow, I failed to notice that a scene with exploding buildings and aircraft being sent to an American publisher might be seen as a tad "insensitive".

11.09.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2

I wonder about the bioavailability of soap scum. Feels like the kind of rabbit hole that might have a Nobel Prize inside.

28.08.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. I like to clean out the shower drain and see all the latest EPMs in my area.

28.08.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICONS is now open at Colonnade House in #worthing
#westsussex #ukartist #pixelart #screenprint

27.08.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICONS, an exhibition of my recent low-res screen printing work, will be showing at Colonnade House in #worthing from 26 - 31 August. Drop by if you're on the coast. I've got prints for sale and precious 100 Words zines to find.

25.08.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Since the black & white one out thanks too Nick, here is the lovely coloured one by @wordmonger.bsky.social for those who find this post

20.08.2025 14:09 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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100 Words of Astounding Beauty A flash-fiction podcast where a handful of writers create an original story with a limited wordcount in a limited amount of time. Created using the 100 Word Cycle. Hosted by Tom McNally. You may gre...

It's not just on Spotify either - from the website you can get links to all the major podcasters and even a direct download of the mp3

www.100wordsofastoundingbeauty.com

10.08.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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s04e03 - Afar Call 100 Words of Astounding Beauty Β· Episode

New episode: 100 Words of Astounding Beauty s04e03 - Afar Call!

Five writers listen to a strange noise and then collaborate to each rapidly make a 100 word #flash story.

#creativewriting #flashfic #brighton #podcast #writing #drabble #100wordstory

open.spotify.com/episode/5a3M...

10.08.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proud that there is nothing like 100 Words of Astounding Beauty out there

#podcast #flash #flashfic #brighton

09.08.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Off to give her wife a little kiss

#art #weird #artist #brighton #digitaldrawing #lowbrowart #artwork #weirdart #drawing #brightonartist #digitalart #brightonart #illustration #draw #design #contemporaryart #digitalillustration #digitalartist #skeleton #cowboy #crab

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White Dove Superfluidity Β· Single Β· 2025 Β· 1 songs

New song out!

open.spotify.com/album/3dJurK...

24.07.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quick study of a photograph by Martin Barr (1997) which is part of an exhibition at the #Hove Museum of Creativity.

20.07.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now It Can Be Told: the big news I had been barely kinda keeping under wraps is finally out.

The big music project I've been working on is the soundtrack to Pistol Shrimp's upcoming videogame, Ur-Quan Masters 2: Children of Infinity!

You can hear a little of it in this link below:

16.07.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Update 44: Milestone 6 Update Β· FREE STARS: Children of Infinity β€œHere comes the summer!” I sing, moments before being torched on the surface of an alien planet by the 1000 degree centigrade sunrise.Speaking of β€œcentigrade,” if you are well versed in counting to te...

Milestone 6 Update is available on Kickstarter! We share where we are with the game, some sneak peeks into the music, details on our VO process, and our plans for what's next. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pis...

16.07.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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