Polyp
@polypartist.bsky.social
Freethinking political cartoonist, graphic novelist, propbuilder, argumentative git.
polyp.org.uk
Author of PAINE, COURAGE and PETERLOO
polyp.org.uk
Author of PAINE, COURAGE and PETERLOO
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Polyp
@polypartist.bsky.social
· Jul 11
Paine - A Fantastical Visual Biography... | Tom Paine Society US
A graphic novel about the life, philosophy, and exploits of Thomas Paine, America's unsung hero. Beautifully drawn and told in the authentic verbatim voices of his time by author, illustrator and arde...
www.thomaspainesociety.org
USA folk wanting to buy a copy of my Tom Paine visual history- the TP Soc in Pasadena have re-stocked... (Easier than ordering from me in UK.)
www.thomaspainesociety.org/product-page...
It's 100% accurate- no fiction, all the words direct from the period.
Feels much needed in USA right now!
www.thomaspainesociety.org/product-page...
It's 100% accurate- no fiction, all the words direct from the period.
Feels much needed in USA right now!
Chuffed to have illustrated this entertaining history of Manchester by Ed Glinert: includes some of my favourite topics... Paine, Peterloo and HAL9000!
Booklaunch at fab Briton's Protection pub, Thurs 27th Nov from 6pm... basic tasty snacks for the after work folk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6k...
Booklaunch at fab Briton's Protection pub, Thurs 27th Nov from 6pm... basic tasty snacks for the after work folk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6k...
Manchester: The Biography – epic, detailed, history of the world’s first modern city.
YouTube video by Great Northern Books
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Chuffed to have illustrated this entertaining history of Manchester by Ed Glinert: includes some of my favourite topics... Paine, Peterloo and HAL9000!
Booklaunch at fab Briton's Protection pub, Thurs 27th Nov from 6pm... basic tasty snacks for the after work folk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6k...
Booklaunch at fab Briton's Protection pub, Thurs 27th Nov from 6pm... basic tasty snacks for the after work folk!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG6k...
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Y'all! Stop this abuse on furniture, damn it. I choked on my water. 😅🤣😂
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Y'all! Stop this abuse on furniture, damn it. I choked on my water. 😅🤣😂
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Halloween Spooky Art!
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Halloween Spooky Art!
A nail in the coffin for the "they have to mask up and be anonymous coz they're dealing with violent gangs" excuse.
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history. The leading cause of death? Covid-19.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How dangerous is it really to work for ICE?
According to ICE’s own data, none of its officers have been killed by an immigrant in the agency’s history.
www.motherjones.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
A nail in the coffin for the "they have to mask up and be anonymous coz they're dealing with violent gangs" excuse.
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Only 34% of the public think British monarchs should be required to be members of the #ChurchofEngland and keep the title of supreme governor of the Church of England. Do you think our head of state should be separate from the Church? Join our campaign 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/head-of-state/
Secular head of state
Our head of state shouldn’t have any constitutional entanglement with religion
www.secularism.org.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Only 34% of the public think British monarchs should be required to be members of the #ChurchofEngland and keep the title of supreme governor of the Church of England. Do you think our head of state should be separate from the Church? Join our campaign 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/head-of-state/
Absolutely thrilled that my gigantic, scientifically accurate model of a common house spider (Sally!) is currently on display at Norton Priory until the 11th of November... come visit her for some serious Halloween arachnoid chills! www.nortonpriory.org/events.php?c...
October 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Absolutely thrilled that my gigantic, scientifically accurate model of a common house spider (Sally!) is currently on display at Norton Priory until the 11th of November... come visit her for some serious Halloween arachnoid chills! www.nortonpriory.org/events.php?c...
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The squeaker of the house.
October 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The squeaker of the house.
Hugely pleased my gigantic, scientifically accurate prop, Sally the Spider, will be having her next outing at the superb Norton Priory museum for the Halloween season.
www.nortonpriory.org/events.php
Well worth a visit in its own right!
I'm doing meet n greet Thurs 30th& Halloween itself...
www.nortonpriory.org/events.php
Well worth a visit in its own right!
I'm doing meet n greet Thurs 30th& Halloween itself...
October 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Hugely pleased my gigantic, scientifically accurate prop, Sally the Spider, will be having her next outing at the superb Norton Priory museum for the Halloween season.
www.nortonpriory.org/events.php
Well worth a visit in its own right!
I'm doing meet n greet Thurs 30th& Halloween itself...
www.nortonpriory.org/events.php
Well worth a visit in its own right!
I'm doing meet n greet Thurs 30th& Halloween itself...
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He ignores everything that doesn’t meet his demands attacks honesty praises himself endlessly and ends up failing spectacularly.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
He ignores everything that doesn’t meet his demands attacks honesty praises himself endlessly and ends up failing spectacularly.
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We're almost half way! #EveryChildEveryChance funds all our education work – that includes keeping creationism out of classrooms, shutting down unsafe and illegal faith schools, and fighting for admissions policies that put children, not religion, first. Please, donate today.
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We're almost half way! #EveryChildEveryChance funds all our education work – that includes keeping creationism out of classrooms, shutting down unsafe and illegal faith schools, and fighting for admissions policies that put children, not religion, first. Please, donate today.
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“I must introduce you to Richard – he doesn’t have ADHD either”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
October 21, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“I must introduce you to Richard – he doesn’t have ADHD either”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
It's just horrific to see this kind of terrorist violence erupting on the streets of America.
We should all send thoughts and prayers for the victims of this vicious atrocity.
Thank you for your attention in this matter!
We should all send thoughts and prayers for the victims of this vicious atrocity.
Thank you for your attention in this matter!
October 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's just horrific to see this kind of terrorist violence erupting on the streets of America.
We should all send thoughts and prayers for the victims of this vicious atrocity.
Thank you for your attention in this matter!
We should all send thoughts and prayers for the victims of this vicious atrocity.
Thank you for your attention in this matter!
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This should be very jolly! (And hopefully not creepily tense like the 9/11 debate I did ages ago.)
didsburyscibar.co.uk/history-or-h...
Plenty of teachable moments re basic science.
I rang the people who made the Clangers to get image permission- ended up chatting to Peter Firmin on the phone! xx
didsburyscibar.co.uk/history-or-h...
Plenty of teachable moments re basic science.
I rang the people who made the Clangers to get image permission- ended up chatting to Peter Firmin on the phone! xx
October 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
This should be very jolly! (And hopefully not creepily tense like the 9/11 debate I did ages ago.)
didsburyscibar.co.uk/history-or-h...
Plenty of teachable moments re basic science.
I rang the people who made the Clangers to get image permission- ended up chatting to Peter Firmin on the phone! xx
didsburyscibar.co.uk/history-or-h...
Plenty of teachable moments re basic science.
I rang the people who made the Clangers to get image permission- ended up chatting to Peter Firmin on the phone! xx
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Why won’t you hang the Jan 6th plaque for the Capitol Police instead of stuffing it into a closet?
#FuckRussVought
#FuckRussVought
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why won’t you hang the Jan 6th plaque for the Capitol Police instead of stuffing it into a closet?
#FuckRussVought
#FuckRussVought
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Imagine an education system where one third of state schools select pupils by religion.
Now imagine that poorer, vulnerable children are denied a place at school because they're not ‘the right’ religion.
Oh wait. That IS our system. Help us fix it. Donate.
www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
Now imagine that poorer, vulnerable children are denied a place at school because they're not ‘the right’ religion.
Oh wait. That IS our system. Help us fix it. Donate.
www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
Every Child, Every Chance - no to faith schools
Help Humanists UK raise money to support Humanists UK
www.justgiving.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Imagine an education system where one third of state schools select pupils by religion.
Now imagine that poorer, vulnerable children are denied a place at school because they're not ‘the right’ religion.
Oh wait. That IS our system. Help us fix it. Donate.
www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
Now imagine that poorer, vulnerable children are denied a place at school because they're not ‘the right’ religion.
Oh wait. That IS our system. Help us fix it. Donate.
www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
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I've completed and published a new report for @natsecsoc.bsky.social which exposes how religious institutions are exploiting our charity sector to promote misogyny, patriarchy and even violence against women. Read it here: www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
New report: Mission and Misogyny
www.secularism.org.uk
September 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I've completed and published a new report for @natsecsoc.bsky.social which exposes how religious institutions are exploiting our charity sector to promote misogyny, patriarchy and even violence against women. Read it here: www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio...
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Our new image of the week, marking the upcoming twentieth anniversary of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and celebrating Blasphemy Day. With a reminder of Betty Lachgar's plight - and how to support her. #FreeBetty
freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/imag...
freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/imag...
Image of the week: 20 years since the Jyllands-Posten cartoons controversy - The Freethinker
30 September will mark the twentieth anniversary of the publication of various cartoons of the supposed prophet Muhammad…
freethinker.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our new image of the week, marking the upcoming twentieth anniversary of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy and celebrating Blasphemy Day. With a reminder of Betty Lachgar's plight - and how to support her. #FreeBetty
freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/imag...
freethinker.co.uk/2025/09/imag...
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For all the science deniers out there: Galileo’s middle finger (as seen in the wonderful Galileo Museum in Florence).
September 27, 2025 at 1:21 PM
For all the science deniers out there: Galileo’s middle finger (as seen in the wonderful Galileo Museum in Florence).
This is well worth supporting- ECRA are very grounded and common sense in their politics...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/challenge-...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/challenge-...
Challenging corporate power
Help Ethical Consumer challenge corporate power beyond consumer markets
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This is well worth supporting- ECRA are very grounded and common sense in their politics...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/challenge-...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/challenge-...
MANCHESTER FOLK- Really pleased to have been asked to illustrate this excellent history book by Ed Glinert, which covers Peterloo, Paine's 'visit', etc...
BOOKLAUNCH- Thurs 27th Nov, Briton's Protection, doors open 6pm, usual basic snacky grub laid on for the after work crowd.
BOOKLAUNCH- Thurs 27th Nov, Briton's Protection, doors open 6pm, usual basic snacky grub laid on for the after work crowd.
September 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
MANCHESTER FOLK- Really pleased to have been asked to illustrate this excellent history book by Ed Glinert, which covers Peterloo, Paine's 'visit', etc...
BOOKLAUNCH- Thurs 27th Nov, Briton's Protection, doors open 6pm, usual basic snacky grub laid on for the after work crowd.
BOOKLAUNCH- Thurs 27th Nov, Briton's Protection, doors open 6pm, usual basic snacky grub laid on for the after work crowd.