Tom Murphy
@tomeenmurphy.bsky.social
Prole art threat. Something to do with @colossive.com. Guerrilla historian of Croydon Spaceport. Writing a memoir on class and culture.
Mayo ☘️ / Chorley 🌹/ Penge 🔥
Colossive.com
Profile pic drawn in 60 secs in the pub by Hannah Lee Miller
Mayo ☘️ / Chorley 🌹/ Penge 🔥
Colossive.com
Profile pic drawn in 60 secs in the pub by Hannah Lee Miller
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Something else new and exciting has turned up in the Croydon Spaceport in-tray: this careers brochure that was distributed via local libraries and labour exchanges (and reportedly dropped into the neighbouring boroughs of Bromley and Sutton on daring 'black helicopter' missions)
January 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Something else new and exciting has turned up in the Croydon Spaceport in-tray: this careers brochure that was distributed via local libraries and labour exchanges (and reportedly dropped into the neighbouring boroughs of Bromley and Sutton on daring 'black helicopter' missions)
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Here's a page from The Hollow Work on my Patreon that everyone can see: www.patreon.com/posts/silkso...
If you join, even as a free member, you'll get something like this every day. Some people don't want that, which I understand, but that's how it works.
If you join, even as a free member, you'll get something like this every day. Some people don't want that, which I understand, but that's how it works.
The Silksoft Mass 02b | Gareth A Hopkins
Get more from Gareth A Hopkins on Patreon
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January 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Here's a page from The Hollow Work on my Patreon that everyone can see: www.patreon.com/posts/silkso...
If you join, even as a free member, you'll get something like this every day. Some people don't want that, which I understand, but that's how it works.
If you join, even as a free member, you'll get something like this every day. Some people don't want that, which I understand, but that's how it works.
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Read an exclusive excerpt of my upcoming graphic novel ! ✨ coming Spring 2026✨
Today on SOLRAD, we feature an Exclusive Excerpt of ORACLES by Olivia Sullivan, soon to be published by @averyhill.bsky.social
solrad.co/exclusive-ex...
solrad.co/exclusive-ex...
Exclusive Excerpt: ORACLES by Olivia Sullivan - SOLRAD
Today on SOLRAD, we feature an Exclusive Excerpt of ORACLES by Olivia Sullivan, published by Avery Hill
solrad.co
January 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Read an exclusive excerpt of my upcoming graphic novel ! ✨ coming Spring 2026✨
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Ooh! Our #ColossiveCartographies are up for Best Periodical Series - which makes us very pleased and proud on an otherwise sub-optimal day.
Thank you @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 😊
Now, get voting, gang!
Thank you @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 😊
Now, get voting, gang!
Get voting, pals!
Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 – Events in Gaza Make Their Presence Felt in Another Eclectic Set of BF Nominations. #BFAwards25
www.brokenfrontier.com/introducing-...
Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 – Events in Gaza Make Their Presence Felt in Another Eclectic Set of BF Nominations. #BFAwards25
www.brokenfrontier.com/introducing-...
Introducing the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 – Events in Gaza Make Their Presence Felt in Another Eclectic Set of BF Nominations – Broken Frontier
The Broken Frontier Awards 2025 are here and you get to play a part in deciding who the winners are for the last twelve months.
www.brokenfrontier.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Ooh! Our #ColossiveCartographies are up for Best Periodical Series - which makes us very pleased and proud on an otherwise sub-optimal day.
Thank you @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 😊
Now, get voting, gang!
Thank you @brokenfrontier.bsky.social 😊
Now, get voting, gang!
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Blake, birthday (mine, not his), brothers, and Tate Britain.
New pages of LOS, my graphic novel about William Blake…
loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-6
New pages of LOS, my graphic novel about William Blake…
loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-6
LOS part 6
Sibling rivalry
loshighway.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Blake, birthday (mine, not his), brothers, and Tate Britain.
New pages of LOS, my graphic novel about William Blake…
loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-6
New pages of LOS, my graphic novel about William Blake…
loshighway.substack.com/p/los-part-6
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"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" was released as the second single from Document on this day in 1988. Here's the video for the single directed by James Herbert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World
YouTube video by REMVEVO
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January 6, 2026 at 2:57 PM
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" was released as the second single from Document on this day in 1988. Here's the video for the single directed by James Herbert.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GF...
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Applications are open for the Kuš! Comics Residency 2026! We’re offering six free spots for international artists to spend one or two months in Riga. This opportunity is aimed at artists to focus on their personal comics projects in an inspiring environment away from home. 👉 komikss.lv/residency
January 6, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Applications are open for the Kuš! Comics Residency 2026! We’re offering six free spots for international artists to spend one or two months in Riga. This opportunity is aimed at artists to focus on their personal comics projects in an inspiring environment away from home. 👉 komikss.lv/residency
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Golden ghosts!
Happy birthday to Rentaghost, which is 50 today 🎂👻
Despite the knockabout style, it's a surprisingly bleak premise! Photo of Michael Staniforth as Timothy Claypole taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social
Happy birthday to Rentaghost, which is 50 today 🎂👻
Despite the knockabout style, it's a surprisingly bleak premise! Photo of Michael Staniforth as Timothy Claypole taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Golden ghosts!
Happy birthday to Rentaghost, which is 50 today 🎂👻
Despite the knockabout style, it's a surprisingly bleak premise! Photo of Michael Staniforth as Timothy Claypole taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social
Happy birthday to Rentaghost, which is 50 today 🎂👻
Despite the knockabout style, it's a surprisingly bleak premise! Photo of Michael Staniforth as Timothy Claypole taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social
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(Keep it under your hats but the final Colossive Cartography in Series Twelve is coming VERY soon)
#zines #colossivepress
#zines #colossivepress
January 6, 2026 at 8:32 AM
(Keep it under your hats but the final Colossive Cartography in Series Twelve is coming VERY soon)
#zines #colossivepress
#zines #colossivepress
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Ever get the feeling you're just running round in circles? There's a Colossive Cartography about that...
Don't forget to pick up your copy of AUTOLOOP by Matt Canning for just £2 at bit.ly/colossive71
Or get the #zine as part our six-for-a-tenner Series Twelve subscription at bit.ly/colossiveS12
Don't forget to pick up your copy of AUTOLOOP by Matt Canning for just £2 at bit.ly/colossive71
Or get the #zine as part our six-for-a-tenner Series Twelve subscription at bit.ly/colossiveS12
January 6, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Ever get the feeling you're just running round in circles? There's a Colossive Cartography about that...
Don't forget to pick up your copy of AUTOLOOP by Matt Canning for just £2 at bit.ly/colossive71
Or get the #zine as part our six-for-a-tenner Series Twelve subscription at bit.ly/colossiveS12
Don't forget to pick up your copy of AUTOLOOP by Matt Canning for just £2 at bit.ly/colossive71
Or get the #zine as part our six-for-a-tenner Series Twelve subscription at bit.ly/colossiveS12
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It's obscene that people are sleeping rough in weather like this.
For the next few days we'll donate the proceeds from digital sales of Ad Astra Per Croydon to @sheltercharity.bsky.social
It's only £2, so pls consider it even if you've got a copy. And pls repost!
colossive.com/product/ad-a...
For the next few days we'll donate the proceeds from digital sales of Ad Astra Per Croydon to @sheltercharity.bsky.social
It's only £2, so pls consider it even if you've got a copy. And pls repost!
colossive.com/product/ad-a...
Ad Astra Per Croydon: The Lost History of London's Forgotten Spaceport (DIGITAL EDITION) • Colossive Press
A lavishly illustrated look at the history of Croydon Spaceport - London's lost link to the stars. A tribute to the pioneers of the municipal space movement.
colossive.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
It's obscene that people are sleeping rough in weather like this.
For the next few days we'll donate the proceeds from digital sales of Ad Astra Per Croydon to @sheltercharity.bsky.social
It's only £2, so pls consider it even if you've got a copy. And pls repost!
colossive.com/product/ad-a...
For the next few days we'll donate the proceeds from digital sales of Ad Astra Per Croydon to @sheltercharity.bsky.social
It's only £2, so pls consider it even if you've got a copy. And pls repost!
colossive.com/product/ad-a...
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News: the 2026 issue of my Yearly series will be four books. I’m saying this now to motivate me to finish this dumb ambitious project.
January 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
News: the 2026 issue of my Yearly series will be four books. I’m saying this now to motivate me to finish this dumb ambitious project.
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Snow just in time for our annual epiphany, as we reread The Dead…
January 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Snow just in time for our annual epiphany, as we reread The Dead…
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We have run this annual feature every year since 2012! Some unmissable work here.
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
www.brokenfrontier.com/ten-uk-small...
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
www.brokenfrontier.com/ten-uk-small...
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own! – Broken Frontier
Our 'Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!' feature returns for its fourteenth annual edition of picks of the year.
www.brokenfrontier.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:41 PM
We have run this annual feature every year since 2012! Some unmissable work here.
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
www.brokenfrontier.com/ten-uk-small...
Celebrating 2025 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!
www.brokenfrontier.com/ten-uk-small...
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I’ve often wondered: why do these people want all the social media attention? I do, but I have a book to sell. If you’re not selling anything… why? Is it an ego thing? A cry for relevance in the attention economy?
January 2, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I’ve often wondered: why do these people want all the social media attention? I do, but I have a book to sell. If you’re not selling anything… why? Is it an ego thing? A cry for relevance in the attention economy?
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Hey look what I posted almost a year ago
You don't have to say "the world is on fire but" before you talk about your art. It's somewhere between an apology for caring about your work and checking a box so you won't get in trouble with people who believe misery is a virtue.
Plus, we know it's on fire, man.
Plus, we know it's on fire, man.
January 4, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Hey look what I posted almost a year ago
Marc’s a real inspiration for anyone doing (or thinking of doing) small press/DIY publishing
It took me a while to get it together to write a new Public Collectors newsletter but I just sent one out. You can read it all here: mailchi.mp/8cdfb8647242...
January 4, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Marc’s a real inspiration for anyone doing (or thinking of doing) small press/DIY publishing
And has M John Harrison disappeared off here? Hope he’s OK
January 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
And has M John Harrison disappeared off here? Hope he’s OK
I can still conjure up the excitement and anticipation I used to feel arriving at the old ‘Gormenghast’ Manchester Victoria in the mid-80s, en route to Odyssey 7 (and whatever other book & comic shops I could stumble across)
(The story Egnaro by M John Harrison captures the time & place perfectly)
(The story Egnaro by M John Harrison captures the time & place perfectly)
Manchester Victoria in 1982 - & a platform Travellers Fare Buffet just visible on the far platform @doublearrow64.bsky.social Yes, here was a station that deserved a rebuild; just not sure what it did to deserve the ghastly fate its platforms & passengers received.
↘️vhttps://flic.kr/p/2rQdy7f
↘️vhttps://flic.kr/p/2rQdy7f
40025 at Manchester (gbw,92/23/12)
Manchester Victoria was echoing to the sound of 40025, whistling through with an empty newspaper train. The train was (possibly) 4J09 the 08:25 Bangor to Red Bank empty newspaper train, the time was ...
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January 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I can still conjure up the excitement and anticipation I used to feel arriving at the old ‘Gormenghast’ Manchester Victoria in the mid-80s, en route to Odyssey 7 (and whatever other book & comic shops I could stumble across)
(The story Egnaro by M John Harrison captures the time & place perfectly)
(The story Egnaro by M John Harrison captures the time & place perfectly)
Did a bit for #Tryanuary * at the Anchor Bleu in Bosham, after a walk from Chichester
* Try new beers, pubs, breweries during January, when all could do with a bit of support (and the nuisances have disappeared out of pubs again)
* Try new beers, pubs, breweries during January, when all could do with a bit of support (and the nuisances have disappeared out of pubs again)
January 4, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Did a bit for #Tryanuary * at the Anchor Bleu in Bosham, after a walk from Chichester
* Try new beers, pubs, breweries during January, when all could do with a bit of support (and the nuisances have disappeared out of pubs again)
* Try new beers, pubs, breweries during January, when all could do with a bit of support (and the nuisances have disappeared out of pubs again)
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 132678:
You don't need to write every day: you just need to keep your imagination alight. Feed it with books, with art, with films and theatre. That way it will always be ready when you need it.
You don't need to write every day: you just need to keep your imagination alight. Feed it with books, with art, with films and theatre. That way it will always be ready when you need it.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 132678:
You don't need to write every day: you just need to keep your imagination alight. Feed it with books, with art, with films and theatre. That way it will always be ready when you need it.
You don't need to write every day: you just need to keep your imagination alight. Feed it with books, with art, with films and theatre. That way it will always be ready when you need it.
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Got some yum codes for the 1st Harold Turgis tape - if you fancy the real thing we have a few for sale real cheap and a bundle for £12:
noblelowndesannuities.bandcamp.com/album/satell...
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Satellite: 1997-2021, by Harold Turgis
2 track album
noblelowndesannuities.bandcamp.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Got some yum codes for the 1st Harold Turgis tape - if you fancy the real thing we have a few for sale real cheap and a bundle for £12:
noblelowndesannuities.bandcamp.com/album/satell...
dfln-ghga
s5sm-uvr7
6xmh-7w7u
k4gp-e4aq
upur-3p3t
m6w5-cnd7
9yhg-xax5
n2en-eber
5m6l-uwfd
bgyh-jxeh
noblelowndesannuities.bandcamp.com/album/satell...
dfln-ghga
s5sm-uvr7
6xmh-7w7u
k4gp-e4aq
upur-3p3t
m6w5-cnd7
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n2en-eber
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Thanks, Croydonauts!
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Thanks, Croydonauts!
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