John Allison
@badmachinery.com
Cartoonist in Leeds, UK. I brought you such comics as Steeple, Bad Machinery, Giant Days, Scary Go Round, Bobbins, Great British Bump-Off and Solver. The nation's favourite.
https://badmachinery.com
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John Allison
@badmachinery.com
· Jul 8
Someone just asked so it may be worth reiterating, the Giant Days/Batman crossover can be read not just free but ad-free here.
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I've got another one. On Line Records of Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've got another one. On Line Records of Germany.
Maybe this is heresy
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Maybe this is heresy
New comic: "Comfortably six figures" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Comfortably six figures - Bad Machinery
Cilla Black was well-known for her forthright approach to people in customer service. I have tried to provide brief evidence of that here.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
New comic: "Comfortably six figures" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
At thruppence a pint, it's going to be a very merry Christmas. Beer, stout or brown ale? I might get all three!!
Nov 1973: Beer Equipment Kits ad from Boots
(+Beer Kit; Home Brewed Beers and Stouts book; and Hand Crown Corker)
«Big Christmas savings on Boots Beermaking Kits NOW!»
(+Beer Kit; Home Brewed Beers and Stouts book; and Hand Crown Corker)
«Big Christmas savings on Boots Beermaking Kits NOW!»
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
At thruppence a pint, it's going to be a very merry Christmas. Beer, stout or brown ale? I might get all three!!
I'm rewatching Stath Lets Flats, I still don't know how everyone involved made it this good. My favourite sitcom of the last ten years. A joyous show.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm rewatching Stath Lets Flats, I still don't know how everyone involved made it this good. My favourite sitcom of the last ten years. A joyous show.
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Here is every guest for Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025 all in one place!
They will be in Harrogate alongside over 550 comic creators, PLUS a full weekend of talks, workshops and a full kid friendly programme too. Wowwweeee! 😍 😍
Get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
They will be in Harrogate alongside over 550 comic creators, PLUS a full weekend of talks, workshops and a full kid friendly programme too. Wowwweeee! 😍 😍
Get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Here is every guest for Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025 all in one place!
They will be in Harrogate alongside over 550 comic creators, PLUS a full weekend of talks, workshops and a full kid friendly programme too. Wowwweeee! 😍 😍
Get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
They will be in Harrogate alongside over 550 comic creators, PLUS a full weekend of talks, workshops and a full kid friendly programme too. Wowwweeee! 😍 😍
Get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
If you want to start reading Solver from the start because you "need to catch up" on my comics, it is running from the start on GoComics from this week www.gocomics.com/bad-machiner...
Bad Machinery: Solver by John Allison for November 7, 2025 | GoComics
Read Bad Machinery: Solver—a comic strip by creator John Allison—for today, November 7, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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November 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
If you want to start reading Solver from the start because you "need to catch up" on my comics, it is running from the start on GoComics from this week www.gocomics.com/bad-machiner...
New comic: "It can happen" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Featuring special guest stars:
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Ann-Margret
and Googie Withers!
Featuring special guest stars:
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Ann-Margret
and Googie Withers!
It can happen - Bad Machinery
In 1968, Heathrow Airport had not been Heathrow Airport for very long. All Fleetwood Macs were Peter Green’s. And a pint of beer cost two shillings and sixpence.
badmachinery.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
New comic: "It can happen" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Featuring special guest stars:
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Ann-Margret
and Googie Withers!
Featuring special guest stars:
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Ann-Margret
and Googie Withers!
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Someone might read this and say "Hey, Where is Guys Like Me? Where is It's Not, where is You Do? Where is Freeway? Where is Little Bombs" But I say, Hey, there are enough amazing Aimee Mann songs to go around because the woman can do no wrong.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
A voice that still carries: Aimee Mann’s greatest songs – ranked!
Thirty years on from the release of her acclaimed album I’m With Stupid, we count down the sucker-punching best tracks by the US singer-songwriter
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November 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Someone might read this and say "Hey, Where is Guys Like Me? Where is It's Not, where is You Do? Where is Freeway? Where is Little Bombs" But I say, Hey, there are enough amazing Aimee Mann songs to go around because the woman can do no wrong.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
What I wouldn't give to read a crisp new Skymall catalogue, one more time.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What I wouldn't give to read a crisp new Skymall catalogue, one more time.
WIP: that gum you like is coming back in style (January 5th)
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
WIP: that gum you like is coming back in style (January 5th)
Reposted by John Allison
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by John Allison
They’re all so
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
They’re all so
New comic: "Very polite" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Very polite - Bad Machinery
Extensive testing has proved that there’s almost nothing you can’t blame on a naughty dog. I suggest you try it next time you want to cover up nefarious deeds.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
New comic: "Very polite" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
SOLVER has begun its run on Webtoon. If you're a phone comic reader, maybe this is for you. www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/so...
Solver - Circus Windows part 1, episode 1
Charlotte Grote is an aged-out teen mystery solver, who glittering future was been derailed by an unfortunate murder accusation. She proved her innocence, but it cost her a university place, a glide p...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
SOLVER has begun its run on Webtoon. If you're a phone comic reader, maybe this is for you. www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/so...
New comic: "Still operational" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Still operational - Bad Machinery
My Patreon subscribers can read the whole of NEMS part 3 as a PDF, now. Esther has phoned home, and we get a tantalising glimpse into the Ministry of History. Who are these scientists? It won’t matte...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
New comic: "Still operational" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born
Subscribers are currently enjoying gnomic plot twists, esoteric denouements, and a powerful feeling of a job well done.
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Read DESTROY HISTORY: NEMS part 3 in full, now | John Allison
Get more from John Allison on Patreon
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November 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Subscribers are currently enjoying gnomic plot twists, esoteric denouements, and a powerful feeling of a job well done.
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Halloween Haunted House
October 31, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Halloween Haunted House
Lottie and Claire have gone for heavyweight Hallowen costumes this year
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Lottie and Claire have gone for heavyweight Hallowen costumes this year
In hand for Thought Bubble, NEMS parts 2 and 3, the whole Cilla Black saga, in one 56-page volume.
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In hand for Thought Bubble, NEMS parts 2 and 3, the whole Cilla Black saga, in one 56-page volume.
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Second ticket warning, as we're still very much on track for selling out this year.
We strongly recommend purchasing your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, tickets may not be available on the door: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
We will keep you up to date!
We strongly recommend purchasing your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, tickets may not be available on the door: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
We will keep you up to date!
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Second ticket warning, as we're still very much on track for selling out this year.
We strongly recommend purchasing your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, tickets may not be available on the door: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
We will keep you up to date!
We strongly recommend purchasing your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment, tickets may not be available on the door: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
We will keep you up to date!
New comic: "NEMS part 3 starts Monday" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
NEMS part 3 starts Monday - Bad Machinery
New comics by John Allison
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October 31, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New comic: "NEMS part 3 starts Monday" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Apologies to US/ROW readers waiting for Savage Sword of Susan to go up on Topatoco. The shipment has gone missing in transit. This is not great news. Maybe pre-order The Great British-Bump Off: Kill Or Be Quilt wherever books are sold instead?
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Apologies to US/ROW readers waiting for Savage Sword of Susan to go up on Topatoco. The shipment has gone missing in transit. This is not great news. Maybe pre-order The Great British-Bump Off: Kill Or Be Quilt wherever books are sold instead?