Niall Smith
@nialls8.bsky.social
Writer of fantasy, currently editing a manuscript that was far too long and is growing shorter by the day (draft 5).
Lover of all things comics and books.
Spent the 80s and 90s writing/recording songs and working in the NHS. Good times.
Lover of all things comics and books.
Spent the 80s and 90s writing/recording songs and working in the NHS. Good times.
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Niall Smith
@nialls8.bsky.social
· Nov 20
A few covers from when I was a kid. I'll be adding them randomly as the mood takes
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Posting a Comic Cover I Love
November 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Posting a Comic Cover I Love
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French cats will sit surrounded by the debris of their lunchtime smoking session and act like they don’t give a shit but in truth they love your attention and are just waiting for a camera to perform to.
November 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
French cats will sit surrounded by the debris of their lunchtime smoking session and act like they don’t give a shit but in truth they love your attention and are just waiting for a camera to perform to.
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of the best scarecrows I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of the best scarecrows I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
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Curt Swan and George Klein covered Adventure Comics 353 (1967)... as apparently also did Eric.
Godspeed Ferro Lad.
Godspeed Ferro Lad.
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Curt Swan and George Klein covered Adventure Comics 353 (1967)... as apparently also did Eric.
Godspeed Ferro Lad.
Godspeed Ferro Lad.
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Disruption to the food supply - that would be particularly rude, ey?
environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/27/h...
environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/27/h...
How we are supporting the farming community to manage the impacts of dry weather
Current situation Spring 2025 across England was the driest since 1893 with all areas receiving well below average rainfall. The dry spring has seen exceptionally low river flows experienced across no...
environmentagency.blog.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Disruption to the food supply - that would be particularly rude, ey?
environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/27/h...
environmentagency.blog.gov.uk/2025/06/27/h...
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‘Major Incident’ Declared as Storm Claudia Floods Main Street in Wales
YouTube video by The Weather Network
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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'And while she said she “loves a tree”, she lashed out at “rude” environmental protesters such as Just Stop Oil who cause “needless disruption to people’s lives”.'
I'm so glad she's got jokes. That'll definitely help.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I'm so glad she's got jokes. That'll definitely help.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
‘I hate tree huggers’: How Starmer apparently exploded over Labour’s green policy
The Labour leader’s outburst followed a presentation from climate and net zero spokesman Ed Miliband
www.independent.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
'And while she said she “loves a tree”, she lashed out at “rude” environmental protesters such as Just Stop Oil who cause “needless disruption to people’s lives”.'
I'm so glad she's got jokes. That'll definitely help.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
I'm so glad she's got jokes. That'll definitely help.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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November 22, 2023 at 12:45 AM
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Happy Birthday, Alan Moore
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy Birthday, Alan Moore
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THREAD.
A couple of years ago I went on a pilgrimage to the derelict moorland cottage where a vegetarian ex-butcher once lived with a bull he had adopted, named Scrunch.
You will find the story in the alt text...
A couple of years ago I went on a pilgrimage to the derelict moorland cottage where a vegetarian ex-butcher once lived with a bull he had adopted, named Scrunch.
You will find the story in the alt text...
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
THREAD.
A couple of years ago I went on a pilgrimage to the derelict moorland cottage where a vegetarian ex-butcher once lived with a bull he had adopted, named Scrunch.
You will find the story in the alt text...
A couple of years ago I went on a pilgrimage to the derelict moorland cottage where a vegetarian ex-butcher once lived with a bull he had adopted, named Scrunch.
You will find the story in the alt text...
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This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
And that's it. Overall impressions are
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
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THREAD.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
THREAD.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
I love old Habitat catalogues & managed to get hold of all the 70s ones before they got v pricey & collectable. Flicking through them, I wondered: "What are the true stories of the lives of the people in these photos?"
So I decided to write those stories.
You'll find them in the alt text.
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You can read the first chapter here, to find out if you think you'll hate it or not: www.tom-cox.com/the-reason-y...
And @blackwells.bsky.social will send the book to you with - amazingly - free international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
And @blackwells.bsky.social will send the book to you with - amazingly - free international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
The Reason Your Shampoo Wants You to Use More Shampoo is Because That Means You Will Buy More of Your Shampoo
An extract from my upcoming third novel, Everything Will Swallow You
www.tom-cox.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
You can read the first chapter here, to find out if you think you'll hate it or not: www.tom-cox.com/the-reason-y...
And @blackwells.bsky.social will send the book to you with - amazingly - free international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
And @blackwells.bsky.social will send the book to you with - amazingly - free international delivery: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
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Last book of the late, great Peter David’s Psi-Man series. A fitting ending, though I wish he’d written a few more. Definitely work picking up all 6 books!
November 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Last book of the late, great Peter David’s Psi-Man series. A fitting ending, though I wish he’d written a few more. Definitely work picking up all 6 books!
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Five years ago, I wrote about this issue of Brave and the Bold: tombrevoort.com/2020/11/14/b...
BHOC: BRAVE AND THE BOLD #56
The first time I came across it, I don’t think that I was able to go in and look around. But it was enough to know that it was there, and eventually, when my family had a reason to be a few t…
tombrevoort.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Five years ago, I wrote about this issue of Brave and the Bold: tombrevoort.com/2020/11/14/b...
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BC: SHAZAM #5
I was continuing to work my way through the complete run of SHAZAM that I had borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims. By this fifth issue, the series had settled into something of a groove, and stresses were beginning to become apparent among the creative team. After an…
I was continuing to work my way through the complete run of SHAZAM that I had borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims. By this fifth issue, the series had settled into something of a groove, and stresses were beginning to become apparent among the creative team. After an…
BC: SHAZAM #5
I was continuing to work my way through the complete run of SHAZAM that I had borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims. By this fifth issue, the series had settled into something of a groove, and stresses were beginning to become apparent among the creative team. After an inaugural issue that posted big numbers thanks to unscrupulous speculators scooping up crates full of copies from the local distributors, sales had settled down to a modest level. But artist C. C. Beck wasn't happy with the quality of the scripts that he was getting , and wasn't shy about saying so.
tombrevoort.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
BC: SHAZAM #5
I was continuing to work my way through the complete run of SHAZAM that I had borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims. By this fifth issue, the series had settled into something of a groove, and stresses were beginning to become apparent among the creative team. After an…
I was continuing to work my way through the complete run of SHAZAM that I had borrowed from my grade school friend Donald Sims. By this fifth issue, the series had settled into something of a groove, and stresses were beginning to become apparent among the creative team. After an…
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Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
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Good morning! It’s Saturday November 15th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1980, just 45 years ago, 2000AD #186, with its surely enticing cover by Ron Smith featuring Otto Sump from Judge Dredd.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1980, just 45 years ago, 2000AD #186, with its surely enticing cover by Ron Smith featuring Otto Sump from Judge Dredd.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Good morning! It’s Saturday November 15th 2025! Already? Crikey!
(Dated this very day in 1980, just 45 years ago, 2000AD #186, with its surely enticing cover by Ron Smith featuring Otto Sump from Judge Dredd.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
(Dated this very day in 1980, just 45 years ago, 2000AD #186, with its surely enticing cover by Ron Smith featuring Otto Sump from Judge Dredd.)
You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
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Gutted to read this. Rachel was, among many other things, a great champion of comics. She tirelessly and pretty much singlehandedly worked to celebrate them in mainstream journalism.
Wonderful and moving tribute by @timadamswrites.bsky.social to Rachel Cooke, the brilliant Observer journalist who also frequently lit up the pages of the Guardian Weekly, who has died at the age of 56.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Remembering Rachel Cooke | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Gutted to read this. Rachel was, among many other things, a great champion of comics. She tirelessly and pretty much singlehandedly worked to celebrate them in mainstream journalism.
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Labour is high on Farage’s supply.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Labour is high on Farage’s supply.