Sam Hardacre

Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.

Did a new one

@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social is just around the corner. I'm not tabling but do I bring a few copies of my comic and leave them in random places for people to find, art-drop style?

I feel less bad now 😅 hopefully we’ll get some dry days in the next week or so, otherwise we’re scuppered

I might have missed the window for one last cut of the grass so I may have a dishevelled looking lawn until next Spring 😭

@hughraine.bsky.social would definitely shake his head

A comic with three rows of panels. The first row has four panels. Each panel shows Dipper the corgi sleeping, as a pumpkin headed creature slowly sneaks in behind him. By the fourth panel, dipper is starting to wake up but has not registered the creature yet. The second row also has four panels, sort of. In the first panel, Dipper sees the creature and freaks out. In the second, he starts to run away, pressing up against the white panel border, which bends around him like it is made out of fabric. As he continues to run, he tears off the border between the third and fourth panels, which wraps around him like a sheet as he falls over. In the third row, there are now only two panels, because the borders dividing what was panel 1 from 2 and panel 3 from 4 are torn. In the first large panel, the pumpkin creature lifts off it's pumpkin head, revealing it was Hilde the cat all along. She laughs at her successful prank. Dipper lies on the ground, covered by the white sheet. His front legs have poked two little holes in it. In the second large panel, Dipper sits up, still covered by the sheet. The sheet combined with the two holes his arms made cause him to look like a dog-shaped ghost. Hilde screams.

Boo!

Oh yes, 100%! I've definitely watched the BTS doc on Dark Crystal Age of Resistance more than I've seen that actual series.

Every aspect of this is absolutely brilliant! The project, the reaction, the behind-the-scenes (that bit especially is my bag, love seeing the process)

"Mansion tax bad," says man clearly sitting in big mansion

Quick 10 minute self-portrait drawn with biro this evening

This is a great thread about why children should be reading more comics 💪💪💪

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Happy birthday Mr Hicks!

Daylight savings can jog on. Instead of gaining an extra hour, I’m now losing an hour each night because my body clock is tuned to waking at 6 during Summer, so I’m now wide awake from 5

Black cats are the best! We had two boys, sadly both passed away in the last few years. Our current cats have more white in the mix

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

I personally think around £3-5 is ok for a digital-only book 👍

A comic from 2022 I think, Halloween week - here's the script: The scene is a darkened woods, at night. All is depicted in dingy blues and purples. In a lonely moonlit clearing we see a CABIN. its windows are dark, clearly unoccupied. A lone figure runs towards it, from the trees. Closer in on them now - we see they are terrified. The race for the door of the cabin, desperately trying to enter. They rattle the door, frantically. It is locked. They look behind them. We see the darkened, black trees of the woods. In amongst the forest, we see the black silhouette of a figure. It walks closer. Closer still. Closer - and now we see it is holding a chainsaw. It emerges into the light, slowly the shadow lifts from its face. It is wearing a mask. The victim silently screams in a rictus of horror. This can't be happening, no, no, no. Closer, closer now it lifts the chainsaw high above its head as it speaks: MURDERER: This murder is brought to you by MeUndies. VICTIM: What? MURDERER: If you're like me you'd kill for comfortable underwear - VICTIM: Sorry - VICTIM: Are you... doing a *podcast*? MURDERER: I knoooww... It's such a cliché Everybody's got one these days! VICTIM: But I thought you were trying to murder me? MURDERER: Indeed! I'm a true crime podcaster driven mad by having to change gear between horrific human tragedy and adverts for MeUndies. MURDERER: So just tap in offer code I'M BEING MURDERED with your bloodied, trembling hand for 20% off some pants! MURDERER: Now, back to the murder- [he revs up his chainsaw again] [ends]

Posting old halloween comics, #2

Guillermo del Toro quote "...think about wealth for me for example. A wealthy man that has enough..."

"not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite somebody to beer..."

"...you're rich. If you have, whatever-"

"- yachts and planes and islands and you STILL need more? You're not rich."

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

The littlest has discovered the family heirloom kiddie arm chair from the 60s

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched

What's the difference between "Dispatched" and "Out for delivery", are they not the same thing (to a customer, at least)?

It depends where I'm sitting. If I'm sat in a booth or a place where people can't just stand behind me without my knowing, I'm ok but if I'm sat in the middle of the cafe, I do feel like it's inviting people to have a nosey

Another tough interview for Nigel Farage: the Stephen Collins cartoon There are lots of parties that aren’t Reform UK operating ‘under the radar’

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Honestly not sure if we've kept any baby teeth. Our eldest lost one last week and I've already lost track of where that's gone

If the Greens keep on the trajectory they're on and don't royally fuck-up somehow, they could sway a lot of people (myself included)

YouTube video by Mostly Simpsons The Simpsons - Milhouse's Teeth

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6ui...

With all the shit coming out about councillors and what not, I'm trying to not get overly hopeful with the idea that maybe people are starting to realise they're a bunch of grifters

Quick dog doodle 😄

Also.

She is a rather adorable little bugger