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Simon
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I make comics, a Viking era one called the Hogback Saga and Malky Dungeon about a Scottish occult detective

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Simon @malkydungeon.bsky.social · Nov 13
Hello to my new followers! On top of posting round Robins I also draw a Viking-Age comic called the Hogback Saga. Its about groups of Norse settlers that have been ousted from Dublin trying to form a new community as part of Strathclyde, the last kingdom of the North Britons.
comic cover for the Hogback Saga a Viking wears a helmet reflecting swords and flames Norse warriors assembling into ranks for battle Two feuding Norse men cease their conflict due to the presence of the Oath ring of Dublin, a sacred object associated with Thor
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genuinely curious if people that made a living from youtube videos are still able to do that now theres a gambling advert every three minutes relentless
November 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Shout out to a real one, one of my all timers.
Check out Hara Kiri or Sword of Doom if you haven't already!
priscillapage.bsky.social priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 4d
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
a bearded Tatsuya Nakadai in Harakiri on the left side of the frame, seen through the ribs of a parasol closeup on an older Tatsuya Nakadai in Heat Wave, face slightly turned (almost in profile but not quite) with a colorful stained glass window behind him young evilly grinning Tatsuya Nakadai in Yojimbo, to the left of a window belching flames into the top of the frame gorgeous closeup on Tatsuya Nakadai in Sword of Doom wearing a ronin hat, a wide-brimmed hat made of bamboo with a chin strap, the light filtering through it onto his face.
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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If you’re hoping a political party that committed genocide is going to save you from fascism you’re going to have a bad time
July 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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This drawing was inspired by this illustration from the Uppsala Edda
a picture of a illustrated page from the Uppsala Edda depicting Gylfi meeting the figures High, Just as High and third.
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Five years, four authors, one book. Out now (fully open access), our new book on local priests in the tenth century 🌟 www.cambridge.org/core/books/l... @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social
Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050
www.cambridge.org
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Gylfi meets High, Just-As-High and Third
a black and white sketch inspired by a scene from the Prose Edda of Gylfi meeting various aspects of Odin: the royal patriarch, the aristocratic warrior, the mysterious psychopomp
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Hell yes brother
round robin
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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some art inspired by Hebridean guisers

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Hebridean guisers | Simon Dickie
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October 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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some art inspired by Hebridean guisers

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Hebridean guisers | Simon Dickie
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October 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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In case anyone needed a log robin update: he's still rocking up in the morning for his cheese breakfast
a pleasingly round Robin sitting on a log in the woods, wet foliage and brambles behind him
October 29, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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seeing Palestinian accounts still just systematically disappear as they are begging for help is disturbing
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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One favourite among runologists is this inscription with ciphered runes mentioning a carver “most rune-skilled west of the sea” kulturarvsdata.se/uu/srdb/9cfa...
Runic inscription inside Maeshowe.
October 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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watching tinker,tailor, soldier, spy- beyond the beautiful cinematography, or the plot or byzantine web of intrigue I'm forever fascinated by the true heart of the tale: Smiley enduringly going back to his wife despite her shagging every cunt in the vicinity
October 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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if I think too long about what happened to the original creators of Disco Elysium i find myself turning into a protagonist from a lovecraft story
October 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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For the Govan Stones I go at lengths to explain they were a Brythonic Celtic speaking people and the Hogbacks could have a Viking artistic influence but were most likely made for the Strathclyde Kings
so its funny going seeing posts/videos claiming it was a Viking graveyard but what can you do?
October 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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A bargain price for this huge, well-researched and well-written book on eleventh-century Scotland.
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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this is interesting, the figure and the serpents remind me of the carvings from the Netherton cross
an early medieval carved cross from Netherton possibly from the Govan School it shows a figure standing on top of a globe with two serpents wrapped round it
October 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Was interesting watching this Jackson Crawford video that brings up the concept of the Ægishjálmur being some manner of force field rather than a literal helmet which reminded me of this old sketch I made trying to tackle that very subject
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a comical sketch of the dragon Fafnir from the Volsung saga wearing Ægishjálmur
October 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Was at a talk ages ago that referenced this carving and liked it so much I put it in one of my comics about the bell that got stolen from Fortingall
a comic panel from the Malky Dungeon comic The Bell it depicts the The Bishop's Stone surrounded by the unquiet dead arising from the earth at night
October 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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You can now support the Govan Stones by getting some of my art!
govanstones.bsky.social The Govan Stones @govanstones.bsky.social · Oct 14
This is NOT a #Christmas post, but could very well be an EXCLUSIVE CHRISTMAS CARDS post! Simon's Govan range is BACK 🎄🎅

🛒 In-store only (from late afternoon 14/10/25)
Govan Stones Christmas cards, with hogbacks and robins in winter scenes.
October 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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good to see the frog finally reclaim its proper place as anti-fascist
dannykpolitics.bsky.social Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · Oct 6
WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents
October 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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This is the most amazing bit of cross-cultural mythmaking ever. I wonder if this was inspired by myths of Talos? Anyhow, I am very sorry that the secretive guild of ancient Roman robot engineers never existed, though pleased they were appropriately unionized.
blaftrakesh.bsky.social Rakesh Khanna @blaftrakesh.bsky.social · Oct 5
When I was researching my book Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India, I learned of a 1000-year-old myth about Roman tech being used to build killer robots to guard the Buddha's remains in Pataliputra, and a Hungarian folklorist read my book & got excited about it, & she managed to dig up a🧵(1/3)
Romanised Pali manuscript of the Lokapannati Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India p. 60 Bhoota Vahana Yanta Bhoota Vahana Yanta means “spirit movement machine.” The term is used for several varieties of robot drone assassins and sword-wielding machine- men mentioned in the Lokapannati, a Pali-language text written between 1000 and 1200 CE by Saddhammaghosa of Thaton, but concerning events that took place much earlier, around 500 to 200 BCE. According to the story, robots were first invented by engineers of the early Roman Republic. These robots were used for commerce, in agriculture, as a police force, and as executioners. The secret of how to build these spirit-engines was fiercely protected. If any engineer dared to take the designs out of the city, one of his own executioner robots would come after him and kill him. At that time, in Pataliputra (then in the kingdom of Magadha, now Patna in the state of Bihar), there lived a young man who had heard of the Romans’ magical androids. He became so determined to learn the secrets of their manufacture and share them with the people of Magadha that he arranged his own death. Then, on his deathbed, he vowed to be reincarnated as a Roman. This indeed took place. In his new life, the man grew up to join the Roman guild of engineers. He even married the daughter of the Master Robot-Maker, and had a son by her. Once he learned the secrets of the Bhoota Vahana Yanta, the man resolved to transfer the information back to Pataliputra. But he was well aware that now, since he was a member of the guild, he would be killed as soon as he left. So he cut a gash in his thigh, inserted the plans in his flesh, and sewed the wound back up.
October 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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did youtube lose its mind over how many adverts they put in vids now? its unusable??
October 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Was at a talk ages ago that referenced this carving and liked it so much I put it in one of my comics about the bell that got stolen from Fortingall
a comic panel from the Malky Dungeon comic The Bell it depicts the The Bishop's Stone surrounded by the unquiet dead arising from the earth at night
October 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM