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Simon Birch

@delargebc.bsky.social

Comic book writer from Brighton for various publishers. I also write about Leicester City Women for The Fosse Way and music for the Socialist Worker. Links to my comics, music and other writing below: https://linktr.ee/delargebc

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Support Broken Frontier Support Broken Frontier

I'll post officially on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social soon about how we need the community's help if BF is to continue in the long-term. As of this month I will also be taking on the hosting costs of @smallpressday.bsky.social. Any help rn much appreciated via our Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/andyoliver70...

07.03.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Is it better than Airplane?

05.03.2026 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is all the more baffling when you can just find a picture of Sonic with tits for free

05.03.2026 19:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sussex: Chapters Three and Four The conclusion to the neon-noir psychological thriller exploring mental health in WW2. Memento meets Allied. Chapters I & II available.

I just backed Sussex: Chapters Three and Four, from @goodie182.bsky.social on Kickstarter
The first two parts were great and you can get the whole thing here!

05.03.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Looking through Kickstarter Comics and seeing plenty of stuff at 38% or whatever and then every horny comic is at 890%. Who would have thought?

05.03.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! Started the year slow but feel like I'm on a roll now.

04.03.2026 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a very big and cool submission accepted that felt like a long shot. So maybe everything will be great forever

04.03.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Shelfdust’s Year of Evil: Judge Death Is evil what it used to be? The most popular villains in comic book history are almost all characters who debuted half a century ago, their terrifying legacy and merciless reputation continuing onw…

🚨 NEW on Shelfdust today! The Year of Evil: Judge Death, by @stevewmorris.bsky.social 🚨

Judge Death debuted in 2000 AD Prog 149 - but how have the years since treated him? And what's his relevance as a villain now we're living in the future world of 2026? shelfdust.com/2026/03/04/s...

04.03.2026 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Dreamlands Anthology Vol 1 A lovecraftian anthology

The stars are right, and He awakes from his aeons of slumber to launch a Kickstarter.

Warden Comics Dreamlands Anthology is here with its tentacles full of Lovecraftian stories.

Just Β£4 for the digital version! If you can't back it, please share it.

02.03.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Young Avengers vol 2 #1-15 Gillen McKelvie Full Run VF+NM Signed By Letterer | eBay Young Avengers #1-15; collecting the complete series from the creators of The Wicked + The Divine! Each issue is signed by its letterer, Clayton Cowles.

Attention! I'm auctioning off my copies of Young Avengers #1-15 to benefit Trans Continental Pipeline, which helps transgender, queer, and other LGBT individuals relocate to Colorado from unsafe environments. All money will go to them except the postage. Bid strong! www.ebay.com/itm/14717361...

01.03.2026 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

I obvs want more, but the idea of it as a nice, big chunky hardcover with all 12 issues is very appealing

03.03.2026 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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OPEN CALL! We want your comics and prose!

We are launching a new zine later this year called ZENESIS, featuring comics, prose, articles and more covering Mecha, Sci-fi and Space-Fantasy genres.

Deadline is the end of March.

02.03.2026 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 360    πŸ” 215    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6
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The Dreamlands Anthology Vol 1 A lovecraftian anthology

The stars are right, and He awakes from his aeons of slumber to launch a Kickstarter.

Warden Comics Dreamlands Anthology is here with its tentacles full of Lovecraftian stories.

Just Β£4 for the digital version! If you can't back it, please share it.

02.03.2026 21:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've read a bit about it. I'd kill for a while book on it.
Didn't know the history of Ding Dang though! I could have that be 5 minutes long.

27.02.2026 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dennis and Brian's vocals being completely cooked.
The huge synth bass lines on everything.
Genuinely odd lyrics.
It just works somehow!

27.02.2026 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've listened to Pet Sounds every day for the last year and a half. But then I heard about this and didn't make it past Johnny Carson for around 4 times.
I just thought it sucked so much.
But then something clicked and I'm obsessed.

27.02.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've recently developed much cheaper taste in music. I was buying a lot of 00s hip hop classics (expensive) and now I'm majorly into difficult albums by the Beach Boys or semi-obscure British folk (very cheap)

27.02.2026 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tony Blair, the middle east peace envoy? No way!

27.02.2026 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bringing me back to peak BrexSHIT days

27.02.2026 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sussex: Chapters Three and Four The conclusion to the neon-noir psychological thriller exploring mental health in WW2. Memento meets Allied. Chapters I & II available.

34% funded! Who wants to be our 30th backer? For fans of psychological thrillers, WW2 stories, tales of spies or comics that explore mental health. Hit the link to grab your copy of Sussex. Chapters One and Two also available.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...

#comics #kickstartercomics

27.02.2026 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That'll be it. And they will promise to hang every fare dodger

25.02.2026 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He'll go straight from Reform, skip past Restore and go right into the Rejig party

25.02.2026 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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*PLAYS TELSTAR LOUDLY*

25.02.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wolfsbane! Amazing water colour art, it uses the format well without being gimmicky and the story is a fun little occult action thing.

25.02.2026 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's so sunny that I think everything is going to be totally OK forever

24.02.2026 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I work in tech and it feels a little over-engineered for me

24.02.2026 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I might check this out. I have Scrivener but I'm mostly writing 4 page one-shots at the moment, so all the planning stuff isn't that useful to me right now, I can do that in a notebook

24.02.2026 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Same person also said that in the UK, people don't quite know how harmful that word really is.

That's an absolutely wild take. The only times I've ever seen someone who wasn't black say it they were immediately knocked out, we've definitely heard of it.

24.02.2026 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Concrete is coming back, baby!

19.02.2026 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This chicken wire is promising some big things

19.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0