John Reppion
@johnreppion.bsky.social
Knackered writer. Mr @leahmoore.bsky.social
Comics for DC, Dark Horse, 2000 AD etc, articles for Hellebore, Daily Grail, Fortean Times, etc, Weird Fiction, reviews... loads of stuff.
Co-adapted Sir Gawain & the Green Knight with @mdpenman.bsky.social
Comics for DC, Dark Horse, 2000 AD etc, articles for Hellebore, Daily Grail, Fortean Times, etc, Weird Fiction, reviews... loads of stuff.
Co-adapted Sir Gawain & the Green Knight with @mdpenman.bsky.social
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Now the Kindle preorder has gone live in various places, I can share the cover for Crawl Space, my new novella from @journalstone.bsky.social out on the 6th March (cover by Mikio Murakami)
This is my first longer fiction to be published and I’m really excited it will soon be out in the world!
This is my first longer fiction to be published and I’m really excited it will soon be out in the world!
January 24, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Now the Kindle preorder has gone live in various places, I can share the cover for Crawl Space, my new novella from @journalstone.bsky.social out on the 6th March (cover by Mikio Murakami)
This is my first longer fiction to be published and I’m really excited it will soon be out in the world!
This is my first longer fiction to be published and I’m really excited it will soon be out in the world!
🎶I've been in the side by your heart-shaped axe...🎶
an axe with heart-shaped holes in the blade, japan, 14th century
January 24, 2026 at 12:41 AM
🎶I've been in the side by your heart-shaped axe...🎶
Turned in (draft one of) my first script of 2026.
January 22, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Turned in (draft one of) my first script of 2026.
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Europe's 'ghost cat' is returning; tracking the elusive Wildcat.
'This mysterious little beast is returning to our forests': Rare images of Europe's 'ghost cat'
Wildcats are so elusive, they were thought to be extinct in parts of Europe. But they are making a comeback in some areas.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Europe's 'ghost cat' is returning; tracking the elusive Wildcat.
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Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM
Beavers are back in London 🦫
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
Here's how (and why) we did it ⬇️
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This is brilliant. Human creativity isn’t just making stuff, it’s fixing it and tinkering with it.
First archeological evidence of a rough draft with revisions.
hand_v2_rev_OgEdit_FINAL_new3.jpg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First archeological evidence of a rough draft with revisions.
hand_v2_rev_OgEdit_FINAL_new3.jpg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Oldest cave painting could rewrite origins of human creativity
A stencilled outline of a hand found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi is the world's oldest known cave painting, researchers say.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 AM
This is brilliant. Human creativity isn’t just making stuff, it’s fixing it and tinkering with it.
First archeological evidence of a rough draft with revisions.
hand_v2_rev_OgEdit_FINAL_new3.jpg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First archeological evidence of a rough draft with revisions.
hand_v2_rev_OgEdit_FINAL_new3.jpg
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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In case anyone would like to read about the making of this, I wrote a bit about it here: www.tom-cox.com/how-a-book-g...
January 19, 2026 at 7:15 AM
In case anyone would like to read about the making of this, I wrote a bit about it here: www.tom-cox.com/how-a-book-g...
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The UK games industry is bigger than the fishing and steel industries.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘A gaming success story’: how Warhammer became one of Britain’s biggest companies
Worth £6bn and with revenues recently rising by 10.9%, the niche interest game has become a global business
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The UK games industry is bigger than the fishing and steel industries.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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If you have read the digital Take the Fall we would love to know that you thought of it. We have both digital and physical copies in the shop right now. I'm currently working with the printers on getting the first test copy in for approval then it's off to the races! Thank you everyone!!
Take the Fall - Hardcover Graphic Novel
Take the Fall is an autobiographical watercolor adventure deep into the psyche of anxious career comic book artist Tess Fowler Gutierrez after she...
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:09 PM
If you have read the digital Take the Fall we would love to know that you thought of it. We have both digital and physical copies in the shop right now. I'm currently working with the printers on getting the first test copy in for approval then it's off to the races! Thank you everyone!!
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In a few words:
- The Holocaust was legal.
- Segregation was legal.
- Slavery was legal.
- And the crucifixion of Jesus was legal.
Historically; anybody who helped them was targeted as a "criminal" by the government in turn, whatever it was, hiding Jews, freeing slaves, or standing for equality.
- The Holocaust was legal.
- Segregation was legal.
- Slavery was legal.
- And the crucifixion of Jesus was legal.
Historically; anybody who helped them was targeted as a "criminal" by the government in turn, whatever it was, hiding Jews, freeing slaves, or standing for equality.
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
In a few words:
- The Holocaust was legal.
- Segregation was legal.
- Slavery was legal.
- And the crucifixion of Jesus was legal.
Historically; anybody who helped them was targeted as a "criminal" by the government in turn, whatever it was, hiding Jews, freeing slaves, or standing for equality.
- The Holocaust was legal.
- Segregation was legal.
- Slavery was legal.
- And the crucifixion of Jesus was legal.
Historically; anybody who helped them was targeted as a "criminal" by the government in turn, whatever it was, hiding Jews, freeing slaves, or standing for equality.
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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Tickets go on sale on the 24th!
January 11, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Tickets go on sale on the 24th!
There's a new weird thing in this latest season: Everyone (including viewers) thinks that knowing about real life crime and crime detection means you should be able to know who the Traitors are. But this isn't real life crime, it's a TV gameshow, so of course that actually makes zero sense.
Why does it seem like every contestant on The Traitors has never watched The Traitors before? They think people acting "suspiciously" before the Traitors were picked means they're Traitors. They think people knowing each other outside of the game means they're Traitors. They don't get how it works.
January 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
There's a new weird thing in this latest season: Everyone (including viewers) thinks that knowing about real life crime and crime detection means you should be able to know who the Traitors are. But this isn't real life crime, it's a TV gameshow, so of course that actually makes zero sense.
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Over on my Patreon I've grouped all my old folklore Thursday posts in to a collection, it's all free to view (and if you enjoy it you could consider buying the collection from @johnreppion.bsky.social at moorereppion.bigcartel.com/product/fasc... )
my patreon: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
my patreon: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
Fascinating Folklore
- A compendium of comics and essays - Crafted by the masterful minds of two comic world luminaries, John Reppion and PJ Holden, Fascinating...
moorereppion.bigcartel.com
January 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Over on my Patreon I've grouped all my old folklore Thursday posts in to a collection, it's all free to view (and if you enjoy it you could consider buying the collection from @johnreppion.bsky.social at moorereppion.bigcartel.com/product/fasc... )
my patreon: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
my patreon: www.patreon.com/collection/1...
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Big Bellied Oak sits on the side of the road passing through Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. It has been there for around 1000 years, since the time of William the Conqueror.
Run around it 7 times at midnight and you will summon the Devil. 👹And watch out for ghostly monks that sit beneath the tree. 🌳
Run around it 7 times at midnight and you will summon the Devil. 👹And watch out for ghostly monks that sit beneath the tree. 🌳
January 12, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Big Bellied Oak sits on the side of the road passing through Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. It has been there for around 1000 years, since the time of William the Conqueror.
Run around it 7 times at midnight and you will summon the Devil. 👹And watch out for ghostly monks that sit beneath the tree. 🌳
Run around it 7 times at midnight and you will summon the Devil. 👹And watch out for ghostly monks that sit beneath the tree. 🌳
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people on this website love two things which are question why anyone is still using twitter and post screenshots from twitter
January 11, 2026 at 7:14 PM
people on this website love two things which are question why anyone is still using twitter and post screenshots from twitter
RIP Erich von Däniken
RIP Erich von Däniken, whose CHARIOTS OF THE GODS (1968) was literally on every bookshelf in 1970s. All the commentary about him being a crank misses the point. It was a time when UFOs, ghosts, the Bermuda Triangle & other occult phenomena where mainstream preoccupations & he was at the centre of it
January 11, 2026 at 9:39 PM
RIP Erich von Däniken
I remember Sleaford Mods giving a friend shit on Twitter for being "a Goth". Honestly. So I've known they were pricks for ages.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I remember Sleaford Mods giving a friend shit on Twitter for being "a Goth". Honestly. So I've known they were pricks for ages.
Of my friends who have "normal" jobs, they've told me about sometimes using AI to generate the kinds of meaningless reports that higher up people in the company require. No one actually reads them, or cares, so no one ever complains. So, in that context, it's more that the work itself has no value.
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Of my friends who have "normal" jobs, they've told me about sometimes using AI to generate the kinds of meaningless reports that higher up people in the company require. No one actually reads them, or cares, so no one ever complains. So, in that context, it's more that the work itself has no value.
A person who trains others how to use AI to sell products online is arguing (on the radio) that 1) that's a good use of AI, not an evil one and 2) that AI generating hyper realistic explicit images is fine so long as the people depicted are not real people. Imagine thinking those were valid points.
January 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
A person who trains others how to use AI to sell products online is arguing (on the radio) that 1) that's a good use of AI, not an evil one and 2) that AI generating hyper realistic explicit images is fine so long as the people depicted are not real people. Imagine thinking those were valid points.
Why does it seem like every contestant on The Traitors has never watched The Traitors before? They think people acting "suspiciously" before the Traitors were picked means they're Traitors. They think people knowing each other outside of the game means they're Traitors. They don't get how it works.
January 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Why does it seem like every contestant on The Traitors has never watched The Traitors before? They think people acting "suspiciously" before the Traitors were picked means they're Traitors. They think people knowing each other outside of the game means they're Traitors. They don't get how it works.
I saw a headline on a pretty big comics site today saying that LoEG was getting rebooted and coming out on Hulu this year. In the actual article, it's only source for this was a piece in the Hollywood Reporter from 2022. Absolute non news. And, so far as I am aware, very much not a real thing.
January 8, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I saw a headline on a pretty big comics site today saying that LoEG was getting rebooted and coming out on Hulu this year. In the actual article, it's only source for this was a piece in the Hollywood Reporter from 2022. Absolute non news. And, so far as I am aware, very much not a real thing.
Is anyone else worried that 2026 might be awful already?
January 8, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Is anyone else worried that 2026 might be awful already?