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Tim Bird

@tim-bird.bsky.social

Comics maker.

176 Followers  |  219 Following  |  20 Posts  |  Joined: 27.01.2025  |  1.8564

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🚨 British graphic novelist Tim Bird has been nominated for an Ignatz Award! @averyhill.bsky.social @tim-bird.bsky.social
I reviewed his Adrift on a Painted Sea and his zines β€” reflections on memory, family & everyday beauty.
Read more πŸ‘‰ jsandlergraphicmemoir.substack.com/p/british-gr...

12.09.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought this was a @grthink.bsky.social comic!

04.09.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Huge congratulations to @tim-bird.bsky.social! His gorgeous graphic novel, Adrift on a Painted Sea, has been nominated for the Best Non-fiction Comic Work Ringo Award.

This book is so special. We're beyond proud to have published it.

If you're a comics pro, please vote here: ringoawards.com

27.08.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Adrift on a Pained Sea is nominated for Outstanding Graphic Novel, and B. Mure's Ismyre series is nominated for Outstanding Series in this years Ignatz Awards!! We couldn't be prouder of these books, and their lovely creators.
Vote for them here: www.smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-ballo...

19.08.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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HUGE NEWS!
This comic art exhibition will run at the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate from 18th October 2025 til 26th April 2026.
If you’re visiting the Thought Bubble Festival this autumn, be sure to pop in (it’s right across the street!)
This is the incredible poster design by @kbaczynski.bsky.social!

18.08.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 8

My graphic novel, Adrift on a Painted Sea, has been nominated for an Ignatz Award! Winners are chosen by a ballot, which you can enter online. I’d really appreciate it if you voted for me!

16.08.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I recognise that picture - I used it as a reference for this page

16.08.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My graphic novel, Adrift on a Painted Sea, has been nominated for an Ignatz Award! Winners are chosen by a ballot, which you can enter online. I’d really appreciate it if you voted for me!

16.08.2025 08:33 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve often been surprised when people say I’m a creative person as I don’t think of myself as very imaginative. I’ve thought previously that making things involves more problem solving and logic than gets credit.

06.08.2025 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve added print copies of This Land Was Ravaged to my website. It’s a 44 page comic about Twyford Down near Winchester and the protests to protect the landscape when the motorway was being built in the early 1990s - www.timothybird.co.uk

05.08.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Table applications are open for the Winchester Comics Fair! winchestercomicsfair.blogspot.com/p/applicatio...

04.08.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Table applications are open for the Winchester Comics Fair! winchestercomicsfair.blogspot.com/p/applicatio...

04.08.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This Land Was Ravaged - Tim Bird Revisits the Devastating Environmental Impact of the Twyford Down Motorway Development – Broken Frontier In 'This Land Was Ravaged' cartoonist Tim Bird hones in on the destructive construction of the M3 across Twyford Down.

Last week at Broken Frontier...

This Land Was Ravaged – Tim Bird @tim-bird.bsky.social Revisits the Devastating Environmental Impact of the Twyford Down Motorway Development. @ldcomics.bsky.social

www.brokenfrontier.com/this-land-wa...

20.07.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you!

14.07.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you - really nice to read this!

14.07.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Land Was Ravaged - Tim Bird Revisits the Devastating Environmental Impact of the Twyford Down Motorway Development – Broken Frontier In 'This Land Was Ravaged' cartoonist Tim Bird hones in on the destructive construction of the M3 across Twyford Down.

Review! This Land Was Ravaged – Tim Bird @tim-bird.bsky.social Revisits the Devastating Environmental Impact of the Twyford Down Motorway Development. Available from @ldcomics.bsky.social Online Comic Fair. #LDCFairatBF

www.brokenfrontier.com/this-land-wa...

14.07.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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LDComics online fair is LIVE from 1-31 July www.ldcomicsfair.com

30.06.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 14
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This Land Was Ravaged is available to buy digitally for Β£3 from the @ldcomics.bsky.social online fair. It’s about the M3 cutting through Winchester and the protests to protect Twyford Down in the β€˜90s. There’ll be a print version later in the year.

www.ldcomicsfair.com/product/this...

01.07.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This Land Was Ravaged is available to buy digitally for Β£3 from the @ldcomics.bsky.social online fair. It’s about the M3 cutting through Winchester and the protests to protect Twyford Down in the β€˜90s. There’ll be a print version later in the year.

www.ldcomicsfair.com/product/this...

01.07.2025 07:16 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Julian and I are going to be running the Winchester Comics Fair again at the Nutshell Arts Centre in November - save the date!

25.06.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Julian and I are going to be running the Winchester Comics Fair again at the Nutshell Arts Centre in November - save the date!

25.06.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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My version of a page from Tintin - The Black Island (and the original)

20.06.2025 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Always nice to get a @comicprintinguk.bsky.social invoice too!

09.06.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve made 5 copies of my Nettles lino print.
They’re A5 sized, Β£15.

www.timothybird.co.uk/shop

07.06.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve made 5 copies of my Nettles lino print.
They’re A5 sized, Β£15.

www.timothybird.co.uk/shop

07.06.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I posted this drawing on twitter a few years ago when Sheffield Wednesday were going through financial issues - seems like a good time to repost on here! Would be nice to support a team that paid their staff. #swfc

05.06.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah shame!

03.06.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Illustrated book cover concept for Richard Maybe’s Unofficial Countryside

25.05.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m going to have a new comic available at the @ldcomics.bsky.social online Comics Fair in July. It’s called This Land Was Ravaged.

22.05.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Get your peepers round @tim-bird.bsky.social's profoundly beautiful Hag Stone zine πŸŒžπŸ‘οΈπŸŒ›Copies available here in Tim's shop (Β£3) www.timothybird.co.uk/shop/p/hag-s...

21.05.2025 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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