John Lees
@johnlees.bsky.social
I write comics! ORLA!, SINK, GRAWLGORE & SHANKS, THE NASTY, THE CRIMSON CAGE, AND THEN EMILY WAS GONE, MOUNTAINHEAD, HOTELL.
Website/newsletter: johnleescomics.com
Online shop: johnleescomics.bigcartel.com
Patreon: patreon.com/johnlees
Website/newsletter: johnleescomics.com
Online shop: johnleescomics.bigcartel.com
Patreon: patreon.com/johnlees
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John Lees
@johnlees.bsky.social
· Nov 8
I see we're doing (re)intros here as more comics folk migrate to BlueSky, so here goes. I'm John Lees. I'm a writer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Credits include Sink, And Then Emily Was Gone, Hotell, The Crimson Cage, Mountainhead, The Standard, Oxymoron: The Loveliest Nightmare, TMNT and The Nasty.
Today I spent over an hour writing a piece for my Patreon, only to get such a sense of déjà vu at one point I was driven to look back and discover I had already written a piece on this exact topic back in October, near word-for-word. So much was going on back then I must have memory-holed it. 🙃
February 10, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Today I spent over an hour writing a piece for my Patreon, only to get such a sense of déjà vu at one point I was driven to look back and discover I had already written a piece on this exact topic back in October, near word-for-word. So much was going on back then I must have memory-holed it. 🙃
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If we’re not careful we’ll end up in a situation where being a friend of ANY paedophile is disqualifying for public office. It’s a slippery slope.
February 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
If we’re not careful we’ll end up in a situation where being a friend of ANY paedophile is disqualifying for public office. It’s a slippery slope.
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The US extracted the wealth from Puerto Rico through sugar/tobacco plantations for decades while paying farm laborers almost nothing. The Jones act has taxed Puerto Ricans to prop up a US shipping cartel for a century. The only parasites are the wealthy Americans extracting wealth from the island.
February 10, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The US extracted the wealth from Puerto Rico through sugar/tobacco plantations for decades while paying farm laborers almost nothing. The Jones act has taxed Puerto Ricans to prop up a US shipping cartel for a century. The only parasites are the wealthy Americans extracting wealth from the island.
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We've got you covered on all things NASTY 😱
You can find the issues you're looking for here, as well as the complete series if you wanna binge the whole thing at once: neonichiban.com/series/1457/...
You can find the issues you're looking for here, as well as the complete series if you wanna binge the whole thing at once: neonichiban.com/series/1457/...
Neon Ichiban | Nasty, The
Neon Ichiban
neonichiban.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:28 PM
We've got you covered on all things NASTY 😱
You can find the issues you're looking for here, as well as the complete series if you wanna binge the whole thing at once: neonichiban.com/series/1457/...
You can find the issues you're looking for here, as well as the complete series if you wanna binge the whole thing at once: neonichiban.com/series/1457/...
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Nobody talks about failures.
I tracked every comic pitch I sent.
98.2% failure.
Every book I’ve made came from that tiny green slice.
Persistence isn’t strength.
It’s a flaw that sometimes pays off.
#comics #comicbooks #creativity #persistence #rejection #artlife #comicspitch #comicart #art
I tracked every comic pitch I sent.
98.2% failure.
Every book I’ve made came from that tiny green slice.
Persistence isn’t strength.
It’s a flaw that sometimes pays off.
#comics #comicbooks #creativity #persistence #rejection #artlife #comicspitch #comicart #art
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Nobody talks about failures.
I tracked every comic pitch I sent.
98.2% failure.
Every book I’ve made came from that tiny green slice.
Persistence isn’t strength.
It’s a flaw that sometimes pays off.
#comics #comicbooks #creativity #persistence #rejection #artlife #comicspitch #comicart #art
I tracked every comic pitch I sent.
98.2% failure.
Every book I’ve made came from that tiny green slice.
Persistence isn’t strength.
It’s a flaw that sometimes pays off.
#comics #comicbooks #creativity #persistence #rejection #artlife #comicspitch #comicart #art
Too afraid to risk asking for something substantial and meaningful and being told to fuck off, Dems have instead opted to ask for basically nothing and be told to fuck off regardless.
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Too afraid to risk asking for something substantial and meaningful and being told to fuck off, Dems have instead opted to ask for basically nothing and be told to fuck off regardless.
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“I was never a close friend of Pedo Pal, we just posed for photos together” and “I shared my most intimate fears and anxieties with Pedo Pal and feel shocked and betrayed” are each lines of defence that are pathetic but somewhat workable. But doing BOTH at once is truly desperate stuff.
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
February 10, 2026 at 2:34 PM
“I was never a close friend of Pedo Pal, we just posed for photos together” and “I shared my most intimate fears and anxieties with Pedo Pal and feel shocked and betrayed” are each lines of defence that are pathetic but somewhat workable. But doing BOTH at once is truly desperate stuff.
Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.
Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.
US judges dismiss lawsuits accusing fantasy author Neil Gaiman of sexual assault in New Zealand
Federal judges have dismissed three lawsuits accusing British author Neil Gaiman of sexually assaulting his children's nanny in New Zealand.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Dismissed because of jurisdictional confusion, it should be stressed, rather than any new revelation that would discredit the survivors of sexual assault who have come forward.
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Schumer: ball’s in your court
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Schumer: ball’s in your court
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
Republicans: stab the ball, tear it apart, set it on fire, rip up the court and sell the turf to Bahrain
Schumer: hey you guys are out of balls
Republicans: we’re gonna kill your families
Schumer: ok we’ll pass funding for new balls but you’ve GOT to read the rules
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Weird, because I seem to recall proscribing these people as equivalents to Al Qaeda or ISIS was justified by senior politicians claiming they had Sekrit Damning Evidence Of Terrorisms that they couldn’t disclose. Perhaps it was too Sekrit for Channel 4?
February 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Weird, because I seem to recall proscribing these people as equivalents to Al Qaeda or ISIS was justified by senior politicians claiming they had Sekrit Damning Evidence Of Terrorisms that they couldn’t disclose. Perhaps it was too Sekrit for Channel 4?
Yeah, yeah, we know Heated Rivalry is a big deal, but have all you smut-lovers been keeping up with the bodice-ripping oeuvre of Orla Bard’s favourite author Helen Thundre?
Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.
Orla! is released on 21st April.
Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.
Orla! is released on 21st April.
February 10, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Yeah, yeah, we know Heated Rivalry is a big deal, but have all you smut-lovers been keeping up with the bodice-ripping oeuvre of Orla Bard’s favourite author Helen Thundre?
Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.
Orla! is released on 21st April.
Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.
Orla! is released on 21st April.
When Farage bleats about working from home making people more productive being "a load of nonsense," he's choosing to reject the multiple studies that have now shown this to be true and going on what you might charitably call a gut feeling, but really more what he's incentivised to want to be true.
I know I say this every six months, but if you can’t imagine how working from home might make some people more productive, you have basically never progressed from being a schoolboy, and do not understand that a lot of workers derive motivation from something other than the fear of punishment.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
When Farage bleats about working from home making people more productive being "a load of nonsense," he's choosing to reject the multiple studies that have now shown this to be true and going on what you might charitably call a gut feeling, but really more what he's incentivised to want to be true.
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Deleting my dating apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way: by solving a mysterious puzzle box and opening a doorway to an infernal dimension ruled by kinky body modification enthusiasts.
Deleting my dating apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way: by creating a simalcrum of a man from various human corpses and then despairing at my creation, having gone mad in my own attempts to play God.
Deleting my dating apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way: by opening a cursed book so the eldritch God fragment trapped within latches onto my body and haunts my eyes
February 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Deleting my dating apps so I can meet someone the old fashioned way: by solving a mysterious puzzle box and opening a doorway to an infernal dimension ruled by kinky body modification enthusiasts.
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Some pages from this comic I’ve been drawing, “I became a boy for revenge (I promise!)” featuring a very angry young trans teen who crushes on their popular girl bully..! #lgbtcomics #ocart
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Some pages from this comic I’ve been drawing, “I became a boy for revenge (I promise!)” featuring a very angry young trans teen who crushes on their popular girl bully..! #lgbtcomics #ocart
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This is adorable and exactly what the internet should be.
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Draw a horse, watch it run!
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February 10, 2026 at 7:46 AM
This is adorable and exactly what the internet should be.
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Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
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SARWAR: [loudly] I AM SPARTACUS!
[awaiting applause]
SARWAR: [quieter] I...I am Spartacus?
[crickets]
SARWAR: Anyone... Anyone else feeling like Spartacus right now?
REST OF LABOUR: lol get a load of Spartacus over there
[awaiting applause]
SARWAR: [quieter] I...I am Spartacus?
[crickets]
SARWAR: Anyone... Anyone else feeling like Spartacus right now?
REST OF LABOUR: lol get a load of Spartacus over there
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
SARWAR: [loudly] I AM SPARTACUS!
[awaiting applause]
SARWAR: [quieter] I...I am Spartacus?
[crickets]
SARWAR: Anyone... Anyone else feeling like Spartacus right now?
REST OF LABOUR: lol get a load of Spartacus over there
[awaiting applause]
SARWAR: [quieter] I...I am Spartacus?
[crickets]
SARWAR: Anyone... Anyone else feeling like Spartacus right now?
REST OF LABOUR: lol get a load of Spartacus over there
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This is going to be every EU election now. Yanks rolling into town, throwing money at their favourite local nazis
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel next week to Hungary, the State Department said, after President Donald Trump endorsed its right-wing leader Viktor Orbán, who is trailing in polls ahead of April elections
Rubio to visit Hungary after Trump backs ally Orbán
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel next week to Hungary, the State Department said, after President Donald Trump endorsed its right-wing leader Viktor Orbán, who is trailing in polls ahead ...
www.rte.ie
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 AM
This is going to be every EU election now. Yanks rolling into town, throwing money at their favourite local nazis
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Sketchbook: My buddies' @joeyesposito.bsky.social and @seanvongorman.bsky.social's The Pedestrian.
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Sketchbook: My buddies' @joeyesposito.bsky.social and @seanvongorman.bsky.social's The Pedestrian.
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ICE officials under a judge’s order to clean up squalid conditions on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a secret floor where they decided that ruling didn’t apply, attorneys for the Trump administration said Monday.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
ICE Moved Detainees to Previously Undisclosed Floor of 26 Federal Plaza
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reduce overcrowding and squalid conditions at a Manhattan holding room. Months later, he finds ICE merely shifted floors.
www.thecity.nyc
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
ICE officials under a judge’s order to clean up squalid conditions on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza detained migrants on a secret floor where they decided that ruling didn’t apply, attorneys for the Trump administration said Monday.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/09/2...
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And I didn’t see ONE Dilbert cartoon posted in tribute. No one was like, “all time favorite gag! Hung this on every cubicle I had!”
It’s like his whole body of work evaporated years ago
It’s like his whole body of work evaporated years ago
I was thinking how when Scott Adams was about to go and rightwingers were saying “you have no idea what impact it’s going to have when Scott Adams dies, he was loved by millions” and then he just died and nothing happened. These ghouls just disappear when they stop talking
Remember when Charlie Kirk got shot and the right was like "THIS IS CIVIL WAR!" and three weeks later he was completely forgotten about? That's going to be most all the rest of these assholes too
February 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM
And I didn’t see ONE Dilbert cartoon posted in tribute. No one was like, “all time favorite gag! Hung this on every cubicle I had!”
It’s like his whole body of work evaporated years ago
It’s like his whole body of work evaporated years ago