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.
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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'd never seen that. Good as billed, thank you!
February 10, 2026 at 2:13 PM
I'd never seen that. Good as billed, thank you!
I have drifted in and out on TMBG over the years, as I think is healthy with long-running things. After a certain point, they're there when you need them. Their 1986 s/t album will always be one of my very favourites but the new single has hit me just right. youtu.be/Io63tR8u5_4?...
Preview TMBG's new album The World Is to Dig: Wu-Tang
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February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I have drifted in and out on TMBG over the years, as I think is healthy with long-running things. After a certain point, they're there when you need them. Their 1986 s/t album will always be one of my very favourites but the new single has hit me just right. youtu.be/Io63tR8u5_4?...
I only thought about this because I was going through old comics to see what I could reprint, and found a thank you in the back of "THAT" (from 2012) to someone who wrote me (prompted, I should add) a superb email full of ideas to improve the story when it went into print.
February 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I only thought about this because I was going through old comics to see what I could reprint, and found a thank you in the back of "THAT" (from 2012) to someone who wrote me (prompted, I should add) a superb email full of ideas to improve the story when it went into print.
I'm glad that your first thought when considering a CD is putting jam on it, I feel less alone.
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
I'm glad that your first thought when considering a CD is putting jam on it, I feel less alone.
On my website I still have a link that says "email me". There are a lot of other ways for people to contact me now but I miss the good old days when someone would fire me a thought-out missive. I still get the odd one from a reader but they're rare. The friends I made, the people I met though email!
February 10, 2026 at 11:15 AM
On my website I still have a link that says "email me". There are a lot of other ways for people to contact me now but I miss the good old days when someone would fire me a thought-out missive. I still get the odd one from a reader but they're rare. The friends I made, the people I met though email!
Wait until you hear compact discs, Alison, it's like a record but shinier, and historically the correct way to listen to Brothers In Arms according to all metrics that I recall from reading Q Magazine.
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Wait until you hear compact discs, Alison, it's like a record but shinier, and historically the correct way to listen to Brothers In Arms according to all metrics that I recall from reading Q Magazine.
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Back in stock. My Venice Greengrocer poster prints. jonathanestore.bigcartel.com/product/extr...
Also available in the regular A3 size.
Also available in the regular A3 size.
February 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Back in stock. My Venice Greengrocer poster prints. jonathanestore.bigcartel.com/product/extr...
Also available in the regular A3 size.
Also available in the regular A3 size.
Very high quality shows I agree
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Very high quality shows I agree
A repost for those who do not skeet on the Lord's day
Unlocked post - a PDF showing everything I've published since 1998, and where you can get it (if you can get it).
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Q&A 38: Everything, unfortunately | John Allison
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February 9, 2026 at 11:19 AM
A repost for those who do not skeet on the Lord's day
Very cheering
Joan Crawford is the happiest pirate ever. Photo by Ruth Harriet Louise for MGM, 1929. (Arrr…It’s a Thread)
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Very cheering
Today's comic: "Stop pirouetting" badmachinery.com/comic/2026-0...
Stop pirouetting - Bad Machinery
That last panel wasn’t in my original rough, it arrived out of nowhere at the last minute. And I was very glad that it did. I hope you like my era-appropriate Katamari Queen Cher.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Today's comic: "Stop pirouetting" badmachinery.com/comic/2026-0...
Instead of doing Hourly Comics Day this year, I have made a donation on your behalf to the Human Fund.
February 8, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Instead of doing Hourly Comics Day this year, I have made a donation on your behalf to the Human Fund.
Unlocked post - a PDF showing everything I've published since 1998, and where you can get it (if you can get it).
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Q&A 38: Everything, unfortunately | John Allison
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February 8, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Unlocked post - a PDF showing everything I've published since 1998, and where you can get it (if you can get it).
www.patreon.com/posts/q-38-e...
www.patreon.com/posts/q-38-e...
You're going to have to get inventive
February 8, 2026 at 10:50 AM
You're going to have to get inventive
You're the only person I know to DEDGDODT
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 PM
You're the only person I know to DEDGDODT
And I have enjoyed watching this more than anything else I have watched recently.
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Things You Should Have Done
Get a job! Pay the bills! Clueless Chi is forced to fend for herself when her parents die. To get her inheritance, the ultimate stay-at-home daughter has to step it up.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:23 AM
And I have enjoyed watching this more than anything else I have watched recently.
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A gift to all of us in the UK from our national broadcaster www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont-Spelling Bee Australia
Laughs come as easy as ABC. Aussie comics take on challenges designed to befuddle, bamboozle and bedazzle in a supremely silly spelling contest.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:22 AM
A gift to all of us in the UK from our national broadcaster www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
I thought they went away to live on a farm!!!
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I thought they went away to live on a farm!!!
I've heard this too, I think Glenn's trackball use was the direct result of discussing this with someone months ago.
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I've heard this too, I think Glenn's trackball use was the direct result of discussing this with someone months ago.
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We only have a handful of these left! If you want 'em, best order now!
The man, the myth, the legend @badmachinery.com just dropped off loads of comics at @okcomics.bsky.social!
The perfect Friday treat!
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The perfect Friday treat!
Order yours here:
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February 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
We only have a handful of these left! If you want 'em, best order now!
We've just got to get used to it
February 6, 2026 at 1:07 PM
We've just got to get used to it
Sharp eyed readers will see that in today's page, ZambianOS now features a Nemulon-powered AI assistant. I also put some trackball representation in. Do people still use trackballs?
February 6, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Sharp eyed readers will see that in today's page, ZambianOS now features a Nemulon-powered AI assistant. I also put some trackball representation in. Do people still use trackballs?
New comic: "He’s just one man" badmachinery.com/comic/2026-0...
He's just one man - Bad Machinery
ZambianOS is a very seductive interface, isn’t it? I have to iterate it once a year with new features, it gets quite tiring.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:13 AM
New comic: "He’s just one man" badmachinery.com/comic/2026-0...