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Mark Mosedale

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Comics and videogames writer (Joe and His Killer Robot Dad, unannounced Top Shelf GN, Neon Apex), author of The Vertigo Weekly Reader, ultrarunner on sabbatical. https://markmosedale.substack.com/?r=jniaa&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist

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GIGS! Coming soon from @topshelfcomix.bsky.social by @markmosedale.bsky.social and Si Smith!

Gigs is both a stark warning about the systems taking shape around us and a stubborn, hopeful testament to the humanity that survives in the margins.

Pre-order here: okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...

06.02.2026 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Jason Reynolds and Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom join Urban Consulate in Detroit for a live conversation with Orlando P. Baile @ "Daring Ideas for the Future Series" Nov 2025

Video by JP Leong of Afrochine.

youtu.be/UwwnjdXMhco?...

19.12.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

I don't think the New Radicals could have kicked Courtney Love's ass.

18.11.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

There were a couple of split seconds where I really thought this was a picture of some massive nuts.

08.05.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Parliament of Trees Deeper into the Green

The latest issue of The Vertigo Weekly Reader is out.

Eternity offers something different if you happen to be a piece of corporate-owned IP.

24.04.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Something to put in your calendar to live another year for then. Not that we have an actual date you could pin the event to.

27.03.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But I'm probably not the target audience here. I'd love a greater sense of online comics community, but I'm also a bit of a grump who doesn't want any more reason to stare at his phone. In-person is probably the future for me (once childcare's easier), but I live in Leeds so I'm spoiled with options

27.03.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Discord seems like the most viable route. And yet, as someone who's retreated a bit from online life (for parenting, and to refocus my attention) I find Discords to be a bit like walking into a post-con party by yourself and trying to make friends. Doable, but kind of off-putting.

27.03.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I do know what the answer to this is: look at a book or exhibition instead.

But it sucks, having real work tainted by the mere existence of AI slop.

25.03.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And I don't want to spend my time looking for clues as to whether an image is one or the other.

25.03.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I find the experience of looking at Pinterest or Instagram's 'for you' tab ruined by the question: 'is this AI generated?'

I don't want to look at fake photos of imaginary scenes sucked from an LLM. I don't want to look at 'art' that wasn't created by a person.

25.03.2025 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(With my brainiac hat on I think, 'nope!' Which makes watching the film a weird exercise in kayfabe. I find the moment it/he sacrifices it's/him-self genuinely moving.)

04.03.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(They probably just take for granted that you'll assume he's alive, and don't want to get bogged down in discussing it within the film. But whenever I watch it I just find myself wondering whether it/he's conscious.)

04.03.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

One of the things I like about Big Hero 6 is how they never really suggest that Baymax is 'alive', and yet the film invites you to treat it/him as though it/him is. It's this sort of weird open philosophical space that goes unaddressed. In a Disney film.

04.03.2025 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's something satisfyingly knob-like about that picture of Vance, actually. An old man knob, specifically. Great picture choice.

04.03.2025 11:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We had a Prime Minister do it. She lasted a few weeks. Not sure you’ll be so lucky.

03.03.2025 19:00 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Resist!

01.03.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Beyond the Limit Mystical creativity magical bullsh!t

On having one of those universe-lights-up-your-brain writing experiences.

27.02.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the Limit Mystical creativity magical bullsh!t

On having one of those universe-lights-up-your-brain writing experiences.

27.02.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello I am James and I draw mostly for fun I am the Co creator of Alex Automatic and my own comics Stramash and the Crimson Devil. I am currently looking for comics or illustration work.

26.02.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

This is good stuff.

26.02.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Heaven and Hell are boring Leave a little mystery

Cosmology, mystery, putting walls around the universe

20.02.2025 14:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've never watched a single episode, but I discovered the other day it has Merida and Elsa in it and that's still making my head feel a bit weird.

19.02.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜†πŸ˜€πŸ˜πŸ˜ΆπŸ«₯

19.02.2025 11:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But we have the water taxi. Does it take you... to the other side?

19.02.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If this is the moment we discover we're actually in limbo I don't know whether I'll lose it or be weirdly relieved.

19.02.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

(I hope I never have to rely on Apple's location services in an emergency)

19.02.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No such place, clearly.

19.02.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But, anyway, I think it's f###ing great that Pixar has produced such powerful stories to help children understand themselves and the world around them. I'm glad I gave my daughter a little nudge to engage with it.

19.02.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

EXACTLY the parenting moment we all needed when she was still in her PJs and we had to leave the house in nine minutes.

19.02.2025 10:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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