Lego are doing the Wish List sweepstake again. Select products up to a total of £1000/€1000, add them to a wishlist and then enter the sweepstake to potentially win them all. Entry is until the end of November so it's worth a punt.

A black and white drawing of a player's Grey Warden lifting up Alastair from Dragon Age Origins and kissing him on the cheek

A black and white drawing of the lead singer from Ghost

A black and white drawing of Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A black and white drawing of Black Canary, Huntress and Batgirl taking a break on a rooftop

I mentioned it in passing yesterday, but my #commission spaces are currently open. All hand drawn original art in pen and ink on Bristol Board. A5 £50, A4 £80, A3 £150 (plus postage) Full details are here bevismusson.bigcartel.com/commissions

Rachael's table at MCM Comic Con. It is full of books!

Today is the last day of MCM London Comic Con!

Find me at table A-16 in Artist Alley and if you've pledged to the Kickstarter come grab a FREE SKETCH from me at my table! (while stocks last!)
Check out the Kickstarter here: tinyurl.com/napcomixks

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Train read: THICKER THAN WATER by my pal @jdkirk.bsky.social

Sometimes a police protocol with occult undertones is what you need on a bright Sunday morning.

quote posting to hopefully get new eyes on this as the weekend approaches

@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social is getting close, and some of the folks who have asked us to act as a shipping address for the books they're bringing Thought Bubble have started sending us stuff. So far so good! But it's not too late - if you're exhibiting at TBubs and we can help, just message us!

Calling all designers! Create your own version of a classic Discworld cover... | Terry Pratchett Penguin UK has launched its annual cover design award contest where all UK and Ireland-based designers can submit their own designs for two classic Penguin titles. This year’s focus is fantasy and the...

Are you a UK or Ireland-based designer looking to get started in the industry? Penguin UK has launched its cover design awards and this year, the focus is fantasy – and one of the two titles is Terry Pratchett's Night Watch. More details:
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Ok, thanks.
I seem to remember liking them as a kid, but that was the TV versions rather than the books. And I liked the bright colours. Probably not much difference in the story though.
But, yes, they sound very different from an adult pov.

How so? Genuinely curious. Haven’t heard the Victoria Wood take but she often had a decent opinion…. (but if you’re too busy or can’t be arsed then it’s fine)

Regie holds up a flyer advertising the Nap Comic Kickstarter, the flyer features a cartoon of Rachael Smith sitting cross legged on the floor nursing her infant son. The text reads: " The Nap Comic BOOK... Is on Kickstarter RIGHT NOW: kickstarter.com/projects/flimseykitten/nap-comix

Don't forget - @rachaelsmith.bsky.social's Nap Comic Kickstarter is ongoing - funny, moving,honest and profound, you don't want to miss this! Find it here: kickstarter.com/projects/flimseykitten/nap-comix

Incredibly useful advice about portfolio reviews from the awesome @alisonsampson.bsky.social If you're an aspiring comics maker coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social you should read it closely...

Nap Comix Bringing the acclaimed webcomic to life in graphic novel form

THE KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!

tinyurl.com/napcomixks

I'll post about it properly in the morning but BY GOSH if anyone else is awake right now I'd sure love for you to take a look!

R xxx

I’ve been reading this since 2007. It reads well, I’m interested, but it’s ~590 pages & I get 1/3 in then halt for some reason, lose my thread, & have to restart.
I hoped this might be the time…but it wasn’t.
Had I finished it, it would have been #200 a book with a cover you love

#201 the one that got away

And that’s it for the list - 200 is a nice round number.
Tomorrow will be ‘the one that got away’, and then normal service resumes.
Did it do what I wanted it to? Kinda. Kinda not. But it was fun. And it was a thing.

#200 a book that scraped into the list (I only finished it yesterday)

I was meaning that your art often has men with honed, slightly exaggerated physique. Like the guy on your sign-in. And then with added smut. But vampires (to me) are usually thin, and a bit bloodless. Not obvious smut material. But if you see them as inherently smutty then that works fine.

Was the Finland Batman not a bit vampiresque? Not that I’m suggesting that you should smuttify Batman. And aren’t vampires generally a bit too aesthete for smuttification…? Ok, maybe not… Shutting up now

#199 a steampunk novel

But is it not ‘good news’ that popular entertainment now has so many participants that are PoC etc ? (I don’t watch it…)

#198 a book about being a carer

Comics is Hard.

Support the publishers you love, gang. Buy their books, support their crowdfunds, and boost their promo. The margins are razor thin.

#197 a book about jokes and joking

Eyes popping out of my head at this:

“On average, respondents who were paid for letters were paid $42.72 with the highest rate recorded being $375. These respondents were averaging 1.3 hours of work a page”

#196 a book that explained the idea of life being heavy

When it’s had one of “those posters”, you knew it’d be a good movie… Later I found out those posters were Drew Struzan. And then they became more than the movie, they became the goal if you just kept drawing… I’m still drawing! Haha!

RIP Mr. Struzan and thank you!

#195 a book advocating a simple life

#194 a book about Working Mens’ Clubs

#193 a book that helped you plan a journey

An independent bookshop is one of the best things you can support right now.

Visit one today & spend £10 on a book.
#bookshopday