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Fred McNamara
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Atomic-powered analoguepunk enthusiast. 💥 Website editor/classic comic compiler at Anderson Entertainment. 🚀 "Gerry Anderson pervert", apparently.

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Fred McNamara @commandermac.bsky.social · Sep 27
ALL SECTIONS ALPHA: THE MAKING OF SPACE: 1999 is available to pre-order from @gerryanderson.bsky.social! Edited/co-written by me, this hugely updated and gorgeously designed hardback expands Tim Heald's original book to tell the definitive story of Moonbase Alpha!

gerryanderson.com/products/all...
All Sections Alpha: The Making of Space: 1999
commandermac.bsky.social
A most profitable day has been had in Sheffield.

By which I mean - profitable for all the stalls who say this mug coming a mile off.
A whole lotta comics - Marvel's Transformers, various 2000AD/Judge Dredd comics, Dan Dare, Star Lord, and David Bowie.
February 14, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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nickbryan.com
Courier Z is back on her rounds in a few short weeks. Has she managed to get off the gig economy grind and out of the crime underworld? Maybe at least one of the two?

Hit the pre-order link below to make sure you find out. Artist reveals beginning soon.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...
Courier Z promo image with the text at the top: "Volume Two delivering to Kickstarter March 3rd 2026" Then a comic panel of Courier Z smirking. And at the bottom: "Would never throw your parcel over the fence. Might hurl it straight at you."
February 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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jamesotron.bsky.social
It's that time again!
Art by me.
Astrotrain saying "I choo-choo choose you"
February 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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clericofthevoid.bsky.social
“We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend” is words to goddamn live by
mikexnichols.bsky.social Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 1d
i often think about this review
Letterboxd screenshot Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022 Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.
February 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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jamesotron.bsky.social
YOU'RE ALL MINE, UNICRON!!
art by me.
art of Armada Starscream firing his cannons.
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 PM
commandermac.bsky.social
Sun Probe and City of Fire in wonderful HD! And original mono soundtrack! With all the correct explosions! What a concept.
commandermac.bsky.social Fred McNamara @commandermac.bsky.social · 1d
It's half-term, book royalties are, and ya boi's gonna crack open his Thunderbirds Blu-ray this evening. 😈😈
February 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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commandermac.bsky.social
Let's have a natter about a Thunderbirds episode which everyone except me really loves!

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Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
commandermac.bsky.social
It's half-term, book royalties are, and ya boi's gonna crack open his Thunderbirds Blu-ray this evening. 😈😈
February 13, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
In the 70s, Sharp had a series of "Latte case" boomboxes; as the line went on, more and more got put into it, like TVs. One of the last in the line was the RatecaPuter - a latte-case boombox with a 2KB computer that could run SHARP Basic programs off of the built in tape deck.
The Sharp Rateca Puter. Up top, left to right: a collapsable TV/radio antenna, brightness and contrast dials, a giant speaker, a smaller speaker, and input for the tapedeck, with the play counters that were more common on the day. Face, left to right: A 4.5 inch CRT (behind a plastic guard), VHF/UHF and radio dials, channel and band selectors (TV/COMP, FM, Shortwave, and Middlewave), the "RATECA PUTER' logo on the battery gauge, AFC switch, mode selector, tape deck controls, audio controls for balance, bass, treble, and volume, and a mollyguard to prevent dials and switches from being mashed (the mollyguard being a signature of Sharp's boomboxes of the time). Face, low: the collapsable carrying handle that doubles as a stand; computer power button; slide-out chiclet keyboard based on Sharp calculators of the day, with number pad; an LED clock, clock controls, alarm controls. Right side: mic jacks, earphone jacks in two different sizes, beat cut switch, fan exhaust, DC and AC power plugs, and a printer port (!). Help I'm trapped in an alt text factory
February 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
commandermac.bsky.social
Anyway, at least Dr. Wu's Transformers are all uniform bangers.
Dr Wu's Iron Fortress in base mode with Not Shockwave, Not Magnificus, and Not Black Shockwave.
February 13, 2026 at 4:29 PM
commandermac.bsky.social
Hasbro, I *just* want reissues of Titans Return Misfire and Slugslinger, you cowards.
tfw2005.bsky.social TFW2005 @tfw2005.bsky.social · 1d
The Transformers The Movie The Apology Tour – Hasbro is Sorry For Killing Optimus Prime #tfw2005 #transformers
The Transformers The Movie The Apology Tour – Hasbro is Sorry For Killing Optimus Prime
Hasbro has officially kicked off their The Transformers: The Movie: The Apology Tour. A video has been dropped featuring a throwback narrator, and offers an apology for killing Optimus Prime and traumatizing you as a child. The theme will go on all year, so expect additional vids, toys and events as the year progresses. Check it out below, stay tuned for more info this weekend at Toy Fair NY! The post The Transformers The Movie The Apology Tour – Hasbro is Sorry For Killing Optimus Prime appeared first on Transformer World 2005 - TFW2005.COM.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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gavtrdq.bsky.social
The Transformers: The Movie Apology Tour. Fucking kiss my arse.
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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tainkirrahe.bsky.social
the Sidewinder gave childhood me nightmares 😭
February 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
commandermac.bsky.social
Let's have a natter about a Thunderbirds episode which everyone except me really loves!

gerryanderson.com/blogs/blog/t...
Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril Thunderbirds: Pit of Peril
February 13, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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drlockdown.bsky.social
As someone who's been waiting for a proper Kranix since 2021, this hurts.

As someone who's adored Siege Astrotrain from day one, this double hurts.

As someone who's getting real tired of Hastak only focusing on bot modes and giving up up on the alt modes, triply so.
February 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
commandermac.bsky.social
God, the new Studio Series Astrotrain looks so endearingly ramshackle. What an absolute state of a lad!

Really quite digging that engine mode.
Studio Series Astrotrain
February 12, 2026 at 9:28 PM
commandermac.bsky.social
Ohhhh...
Thunderbirds are... boxed?
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
commandermac.bsky.social
Only *just* occurred to me that I ought to have included a link to where you can get the book from. I'm really good at this author lark!

telos.co.uk/shop/cult-tv...
February 12, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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wafflecut.bsky.social
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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400footghost.bsky.social
Alright Beatles, I'm off to the shops - do you want anything?
Rough pencil drawing of the Beatles as they appear on the cover of Please Please Me - leaning over a bannister, several floors up looking down at the photographer. They shout what they want. Ringo: 17 Cigarettes and a cheeseboard. Paul: watercress George: GOOSE EGGS John: a ton of heroin baps.
September 3, 2024 at 5:59 PM
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explodingarrow.bsky.social
The news is out in @publisherswkly.bsky.social! I am VERY excited to announce a new print comics publication - The Comics Staple, a monthly comics zine filled with reviews, recommendations, interviews and more.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
February 11, 2026 at 9:39 PM
commandermac.bsky.social
Ayyyeee, just got my annual royalty statement for this wee thing. Modest earnings, but it's still pulling its weight! Love to see it.
Andersons' Supersonic Centuries
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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commandermac.bsky.social
My Pride badges on my lanyard often provoke questions and chats from the kids about gender/sexuality and they're so chill and understanding about these topics. Fractions, algebra, and biology are far more controversial topics in our classroom.
amybrown.xyz amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 5d
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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70sscifiart.bsky.social
Here are more of his covers. I could really keep posting dozens of them!
It's winter, and a small indoor stove is actually made out of a black desktop computer for some reason. Byte magazine cover featuring gloves, pearls, and a wine glass next to a desktop with text reading "madam, dinner is served." Byte magazine cover featuring a toy train running along a computer circuit board rather than a track. Byte magazine cover featuring a guy on a desktop, looking at a screen depicting himself looking at a desktop screen depicting himself looking at another screen, ad neausem.
February 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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70sscifiart.bsky.social
RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.
Byte magazine cover featuring a desktop with a screen showing a green landscape, next to a window showing the real-life version, which is ugly, industrialized, and smoky. The original Star Trek crew are at a holographic museum of "ancient technology," watching a guy scratch his head while reading a retro computer manual. A painting, a window, and a desktop computer are all lined up to complete the same view, a scene of a blue mountain range. A white-bearded Robert Tinney stands near an easel with a famous Tinney illustration of a smartwatch that runs on a micro-floppy disk.
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM