Dirk Maggs
@dirkmaggs.bsky.social
#1 New York Times Audio Bestseller. Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Superman, Batman (BBC Radio); Alien, The Sandman (Audible) and many other audio productions. Writes. Directs. Plays Drums.
No AI needed. 50% 🇳🇱 50% 🇬🇧 + a smidge of 🏴 = 100 % 🇪🇺
No AI needed. 50% 🇳🇱 50% 🇬🇧 + a smidge of 🏴 = 100 % 🇪🇺
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Dirk Maggs
@dirkmaggs.bsky.social
· Nov 18
RELEASED TODAY thanks to Penguin Random House and DC Comics our ‘audio movie’ of the graphic novel KINGDOM COME by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. This production gave me the chance to return after three decades to both Metropolis *and* Gotham City. Here's what the author says about our new version: 1/14
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I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
December 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I don't know how many times it needs to be said that you absolutely should not let fucking "AI" anywhere near your legal contracts, either in creating them or evaluating them, but apparently it needs to be said at least one more time, so allow me to say it again, here, right now
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Anyone looking for the full map or wondering who made it, it’s the work of Matt Brown and it’s here. open.substack.com/pub/londonis...
December 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Anyone looking for the full map or wondering who made it, it’s the work of Matt Brown and it’s here. open.substack.com/pub/londonis...
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Oooo pre-orders are now up for this impressive tome/pamphlet. All profits go towards making more podcasts! gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cg...
December 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Oooo pre-orders are now up for this impressive tome/pamphlet. All profits go towards making more podcasts! gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cg...
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Miniature musical instrument makers admit defeat as violin size requirement for story is declared "too small to build."
I spent a day recording Rutger Hauer who had a large part in our 2016 Alien: Out Of The Shadows audio drama. He complained about having too much to say and compared it to Blade Runner where he managed to get a two page speech down to two lines. I explained we kind of needed stuff said in our medium.
December 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I spent a day recording Rutger Hauer who had a large part in our 2016 Alien: Out Of The Shadows audio drama. He complained about having too much to say and compared it to Blade Runner where he managed to get a two page speech down to two lines. I explained we kind of needed stuff said in our medium.
Happy Christmas BlueSky pals
December 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Happy Christmas BlueSky pals
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Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
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My wife's just found out that she has 2 seasons of Emily In Paris to catch up on.
My reaction...
My reaction...
December 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My wife's just found out that she has 2 seasons of Emily In Paris to catch up on.
My reaction...
My reaction...
Go well, Chris Rea and thank you for so much great music, especially after you rediscovered your blues roots. (Also for a superb intimate gig at The Bush Hall back in 2006.)
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Go well, Chris Rea and thank you for so much great music, especially after you rediscovered your blues roots. (Also for a superb intimate gig at The Bush Hall back in 2006.)
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Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
December 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Goldman: This guy is so clearly trying to follow the Putin model—using the government to make money, making sure his allies control the most important companies in the country, including our media companies, doling out money by deregulating their industries, and taking money from them in return…
Michael Roberts just sent me this slightly damaged dressing room photo of himself and Barry Cryer in "A Saint She Ain't" (Dick Vosburgh, Denis King, directed by Ned Sherrin) backstage in 1999. I'm *certain* the sign over Baz's head prohibiting the drinking of alcohol was scrupulously observed.
December 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Michael Roberts just sent me this slightly damaged dressing room photo of himself and Barry Cryer in "A Saint She Ain't" (Dick Vosburgh, Denis King, directed by Ned Sherrin) backstage in 1999. I'm *certain* the sign over Baz's head prohibiting the drinking of alcohol was scrupulously observed.
Lissa's Literary Advent calendar is a highlight of Christmas for me in much the same way as Fanny Cradock's Festive Cookery *wasn't*.
(My mother made a lot of Fanny's Yuletide recipes and they were uniformly horrible)
(My mother made a lot of Fanny's Yuletide recipes and they were uniformly horrible)
Well, I seem to be back on Blue Sky, so straight into a catch up of my #LIteraryAdventCalendar2025.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
Day 1, and it's one of my all-time favourites: journalist Lynn Barber attempts to interview Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, (ultra posh, with a scandalous past) about her book on dinner parties.
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Lissa's Literary Advent calendar is a highlight of Christmas for me in much the same way as Fanny Cradock's Festive Cookery *wasn't*.
(My mother made a lot of Fanny's Yuletide recipes and they were uniformly horrible)
(My mother made a lot of Fanny's Yuletide recipes and they were uniformly horrible)
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
The number 1 movie when you were ten years old will define your 2026.
(Looks like 2025 Part 2 to me)
(Looks like 2025 Part 2 to me)
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The number 1 movie when you were ten years old will define your 2026.
(Looks like 2025 Part 2 to me)
(Looks like 2025 Part 2 to me)
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The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
December 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The complete Bayeux Tapestry has finally been released and proves that Bishop Odo had absolutely nothing to do with the illegal Norman invasion of England.
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Loving the updated White House portrait.
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Loving the updated White House portrait.
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Astonishing
Wanna see something crazy?
Drone warfare in Ukraine has changed the frontline dramatically. A huge, chaotic grey zone with no clear “line” demarking armies as individual soldiers hunker down, pinned by drone attack. EW initially helped defend against drone attack by jamming or spoofing signals
Drone warfare in Ukraine has changed the frontline dramatically. A huge, chaotic grey zone with no clear “line” demarking armies as individual soldiers hunker down, pinned by drone attack. EW initially helped defend against drone attack by jamming or spoofing signals
😳 Lyman and fiber optic cables…
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Astonishing
Really enjoyed talking to Joel at Tripwire about our recent DC Comics/Penguin Random House Audio, though worth mentioning that this is a transcript of a live chat and at times I may sound a like I had sunk a few bourbons* beforehand. Honest guv, not a drop touched me lips.
(*Afterwards*, though …)
(*Afterwards*, though …)
Dirk Maggs Talks About Audible's Audio Adaptation Of Waid and Ross' Kingdom Come
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/tr...
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Tripwire Talks To Producer Dirk Maggs About Audible’s Audio Adaptation Of Mark Waid And Alex Ross’s Kingdom Come
Bringing The Thunder Down Again Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows spoke recently to veteran audio producer Dirk Maggs about adapting DC’s epic comic series Kingdom Come for Audible… TRIPWIRE: So...
tripwiremagazine.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Really enjoyed talking to Joel at Tripwire about our recent DC Comics/Penguin Random House Audio, though worth mentioning that this is a transcript of a live chat and at times I may sound a like I had sunk a few bourbons* beforehand. Honest guv, not a drop touched me lips.
(*Afterwards*, though …)
(*Afterwards*, though …)
Turns out our local church puts on a pretty spiffing Carol Service
December 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Turns out our local church puts on a pretty spiffing Carol Service
I really enjoyed talking to Joel about our 2025 production of KINGDOM COME and the winding road which led us here.
Dirk Maggs Talks About Audible's Audio Adaptation Of Waid and Ross' Kingdom Come
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/tr...
tripwiremagazine.co.uk/headlines/tr...
Tripwire Talks To Producer Dirk Maggs About Audible’s Audio Adaptation Of Mark Waid And Alex Ross’s Kingdom Come
Bringing The Thunder Down Again Tripwire’s editor-in-chief Joel Meadows spoke recently to veteran audio producer Dirk Maggs about adapting DC’s epic comic series Kingdom Come for Audible… TRIPWIRE: So...
tripwiremagazine.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I really enjoyed talking to Joel about our 2025 production of KINGDOM COME and the winding road which led us here.
...compare and contrast ...
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
...compare and contrast ...
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LONDON
MITCH BENN brings his electrifying one man version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to the Baron’s Court Theatre ALL THIS WEEK until Saturday 13th (plus matinee on Saturday)…
#AChristmasCarol #ChristmasReels #Dickens #LondonTheatre #TheatreReels #ViralReels #Storytelling #ChristmasInLondon
MITCH BENN brings his electrifying one man version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to the Baron’s Court Theatre ALL THIS WEEK until Saturday 13th (plus matinee on Saturday)…
#AChristmasCarol #ChristmasReels #Dickens #LondonTheatre #TheatreReels #ViralReels #Storytelling #ChristmasInLondon
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
LONDON
MITCH BENN brings his electrifying one man version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to the Baron’s Court Theatre ALL THIS WEEK until Saturday 13th (plus matinee on Saturday)…
#AChristmasCarol #ChristmasReels #Dickens #LondonTheatre #TheatreReels #ViralReels #Storytelling #ChristmasInLondon
MITCH BENN brings his electrifying one man version of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol to the Baron’s Court Theatre ALL THIS WEEK until Saturday 13th (plus matinee on Saturday)…
#AChristmasCarol #ChristmasReels #Dickens #LondonTheatre #TheatreReels #ViralReels #Storytelling #ChristmasInLondon