Mark O'Donovan
@markbawn.bsky.social
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Five years on, @benitocereno.bsky.social's video lecture series THE MAGIC AND LEGENDS OF OLD CHRISTMAS is still the best and most accessible general survey of Christmas-adjacent holiday traditions and characters from around the world (predominantly central Europe).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9E...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9E...
Magic and Legends of Old Christmas part 01: Christmas starts earlier than you think
YouTube video by Benito Cereno
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Five years on, @benitocereno.bsky.social's video lecture series THE MAGIC AND LEGENDS OF OLD CHRISTMAS is still the best and most accessible general survey of Christmas-adjacent holiday traditions and characters from around the world (predominantly central Europe).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9E...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9E...
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Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Let’s never forget rationing ventilators and Zoom funerals. Boris Johnson and his cronies partied while our loved ones lay dying alone. COVID-19 was the worst public health crisis in a century. We should have locked down earlier. To some of us, PPE was not a get-rich-quick commodity.
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Coming in February
BLOOD & THUNDER 10
Someone is probably going to kill Blood and Thunder with the galaxy’s most dangerous weapon.
So, of course...they gotta follow him.
Cvr A @ejsu28.bsky.social
B @kharyrandolph.bsky.social
C @hainingart.bsky.social
D @ericafails.bsky.social
BLOOD & THUNDER 10
Someone is probably going to kill Blood and Thunder with the galaxy’s most dangerous weapon.
So, of course...they gotta follow him.
Cvr A @ejsu28.bsky.social
B @kharyrandolph.bsky.social
C @hainingart.bsky.social
D @ericafails.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Coming in February
BLOOD & THUNDER 10
Someone is probably going to kill Blood and Thunder with the galaxy’s most dangerous weapon.
So, of course...they gotta follow him.
Cvr A @ejsu28.bsky.social
B @kharyrandolph.bsky.social
C @hainingart.bsky.social
D @ericafails.bsky.social
BLOOD & THUNDER 10
Someone is probably going to kill Blood and Thunder with the galaxy’s most dangerous weapon.
So, of course...they gotta follow him.
Cvr A @ejsu28.bsky.social
B @kharyrandolph.bsky.social
C @hainingart.bsky.social
D @ericafails.bsky.social
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Yes, yes, with the Watchmen and the V For Vendetta and the Killing Joke and all (makes furious hand gestures in air) *that* but I'm not convinced Alan Moore ever wrote a better page than this.
November 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yes, yes, with the Watchmen and the V For Vendetta and the Killing Joke and all (makes furious hand gestures in air) *that* but I'm not convinced Alan Moore ever wrote a better page than this.
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Oh, hello! Looks like this has been officially announced at last!
Coming February 2026, Roger Langridge is back with an all-new Muppet comic book!
Coming Soon: Roger Langridge’s Muppet Noir - ToughPigs
Roger Langridge is back with a new crime-filled Muppet comic!
www.toughpigs.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Oh, hello! Looks like this has been officially announced at last!
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Check this out -- a preview of STARTLING TALES OF SANTA CLAUS 2025 with all six covers and the first page of all six stories
media.lunardistribution.com/files/lunarm...
media.lunardistribution.com/files/lunarm...
media.lunardistribution.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Check this out -- a preview of STARTLING TALES OF SANTA CLAUS 2025 with all six covers and the first page of all six stories
media.lunardistribution.com/files/lunarm...
media.lunardistribution.com/files/lunarm...
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There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
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DCAF posters going up around town! If you see a poster snap a photo for socials! Share @dublincomicarts.bsky.social posts! Tell your workmates about the indie comics Christmas market on in Dublin 7 November 30th! Tell your classmates! Family! Friends! Strangers!
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
DCAF posters going up around town! If you see a poster snap a photo for socials! Share @dublincomicarts.bsky.social posts! Tell your workmates about the indie comics Christmas market on in Dublin 7 November 30th! Tell your classmates! Family! Friends! Strangers!
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CARDINAL 1: His work is so pretentious!
CARDINAL 2: Glacial!
CARDINAL 3: Does he think neon is a personality?
CARDINAL 4: Drive was overrated!
POPE LEO <watching the scene in Copenhagen Cowboy where she feeds a serial killer to pigs>: Nicholas Winding Refn is coming to the Vatican. End of story
CARDINAL 2: Glacial!
CARDINAL 3: Does he think neon is a personality?
CARDINAL 4: Drive was overrated!
POPE LEO <watching the scene in Copenhagen Cowboy where she feeds a serial killer to pigs>: Nicholas Winding Refn is coming to the Vatican. End of story
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
CARDINAL 1: His work is so pretentious!
CARDINAL 2: Glacial!
CARDINAL 3: Does he think neon is a personality?
CARDINAL 4: Drive was overrated!
POPE LEO <watching the scene in Copenhagen Cowboy where she feeds a serial killer to pigs>: Nicholas Winding Refn is coming to the Vatican. End of story
CARDINAL 2: Glacial!
CARDINAL 3: Does he think neon is a personality?
CARDINAL 4: Drive was overrated!
POPE LEO <watching the scene in Copenhagen Cowboy where she feeds a serial killer to pigs>: Nicholas Winding Refn is coming to the Vatican. End of story
The lobby at @abertoirfest.bsky.social has temporarily become ABBAtoir and I am loving it. So many sequins
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The lobby at @abertoirfest.bsky.social has temporarily become ABBAtoir and I am loving it. So many sequins
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I think I'm going to be opening up for commissions in the next couple weeks. Here's one I did almost a year ago. The request was "Darkwing Duck vs. Duckula."
November 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I think I'm going to be opening up for commissions in the next couple weeks. Here's one I did almost a year ago. The request was "Darkwing Duck vs. Duckula."
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Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin
November 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin
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oh yeah right it's time for a bunch of absurd deals at the 2000AD online sale, let me browse through and hit you with HOT RECS
November 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
oh yeah right it's time for a bunch of absurd deals at the 2000AD online sale, let me browse through and hit you with HOT RECS
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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My favourite Hiberno-English-ism isn't any of the obvious ones, it's the fact that when we say "sallow" we mean the opposite of what everyone else means. It's not sickly yellow, it's healthy, positive
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My favourite Hiberno-English-ism isn't any of the obvious ones, it's the fact that when we say "sallow" we mean the opposite of what everyone else means. It's not sickly yellow, it's healthy, positive
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It’s the ghostly part of the year… 16% of people in England today say that they have had an extraordinary experience of some kind, including witnessing the presence of a ghost. Fascinatingly, almost one in five of those people have not shared that experience with anyone, not even family or friends.
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s the ghostly part of the year… 16% of people in England today say that they have had an extraordinary experience of some kind, including witnessing the presence of a ghost. Fascinatingly, almost one in five of those people have not shared that experience with anyone, not even family or friends.
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THE VALIANT BOOK OF MYSTERY AND MAGIC (1975): The brilliant last gasp for Valiant comic, this horror-themed book spotlights 'supernatural Catweazle' The Spellbinder, but The Final Victim's Amicus-tinged black comedy and Of Thee She'll Sing's MR James homage are the real highlights.
November 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
THE VALIANT BOOK OF MYSTERY AND MAGIC (1975): The brilliant last gasp for Valiant comic, this horror-themed book spotlights 'supernatural Catweazle' The Spellbinder, but The Final Victim's Amicus-tinged black comedy and Of Thee She'll Sing's MR James homage are the real highlights.
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New addition to the Dracula shelf, courtesy of my wife ✌️
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
New addition to the Dracula shelf, courtesy of my wife ✌️
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Asking for pavements and dropped kerbs to be kept free for those who need them isn’t too big an ask. It’s the absolute bare minimum ✍️Stephen Price
Chasing pavements: Can we have our streets back, please?
Stephen Price Towards the end of my dad’s life, his only option to get out and about and away from the confines of his small flat and the TV screen was through the (initially very reluctant) use of a…
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November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Asking for pavements and dropped kerbs to be kept free for those who need them isn’t too big an ask. It’s the absolute bare minimum ✍️Stephen Price
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Thanks to those who tuned in to "Count Magnus". The next livestreamed story is "An Episode of Cathedral History" on Christmas Eve.
Register here christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
Register here christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Thanks to those who tuned in to "Count Magnus". The next livestreamed story is "An Episode of Cathedral History" on Christmas Eve.
Register here christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
Register here christmascathedralghosts.eventbrite.co.uk
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Happy Birthday to Mister Pipes
October 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Happy Birthday to Mister Pipes
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If you're stuck for a film this Halloween, Hammer's YouTube channel will be live streaming their 4K restoration of Quatermass 2 this evening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
Quatermass 2 Halloween 4K Screening + Nigel Kneale Documentary
YouTube video by Hammer
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
If you're stuck for a film this Halloween, Hammer's YouTube channel will be live streaming their 4K restoration of Quatermass 2 this evening.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOdy...