Tom Ellen
@tomellen7.bsky.social
Writer of books and stuff for Viz
'Saved By The Bell' from Viz issue 291 (by me)
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 AM
'Saved By The Bell' from Viz issue 291 (by me)
The Christmas Viz has a few bits by me in it, including an interview with the UK's top quiz show contestant, Spawny Get joining a gym and Biffa winning a fortune-telling fish in a cracker. Out today!
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The Christmas Viz has a few bits by me in it, including an interview with the UK's top quiz show contestant, Spawny Get joining a gym and Biffa winning a fortune-telling fish in a cracker. Out today!
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It's new Viz day, and there are some bits by me in there, including this in-depth investigation into how the Snowflake Woke Brigade are ruining our Great British Halloween. Out today!
October 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
It's new Viz day, and there are some bits by me in there, including this in-depth investigation into how the Snowflake Woke Brigade are ruining our Great British Halloween. Out today!
There are a couple of features by me in the new Empire - one on Ballad, one on Predator: Badlands. Out tomorrow!
Edward Berger heads to the casinos of Macau with his latest, Ballad Of A Small Player. Empire heads on set and hits the casino with the director and his stars — Colin Farrell! Tilda Swinton! Fala Chen! — as they talk going all in on Berger's latest.
READ MORE: empireonline.com/movies/news/...
READ MORE: empireonline.com/movies/news/...
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There are a couple of features by me in the new Empire - one on Ballad, one on Predator: Badlands. Out tomorrow!
The new Viz has some bits by me in it, including this exclusive scoop on Kim Jong-un and Gordon Brittas. Out today!
September 4, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The new Viz has some bits by me in it, including this exclusive scoop on Kim Jong-un and Gordon Brittas. Out today!
There are a few bits by me in the new Viz, including Spawny Get's airplane shenanigans and this advert for an innovative new tonsorial enterprise. Out today!
July 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
There are a few bits by me in the new Viz, including Spawny Get's airplane shenanigans and this advert for an innovative new tonsorial enterprise. Out today!
I've got a few bits in the new Viz, including the script for this strip in which Biffa Bacon makes first contact with some vaguely-familiar-looking extra-terrestrials. Out today!
June 19, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I've got a few bits in the new Viz, including the script for this strip in which Biffa Bacon makes first contact with some vaguely-familiar-looking extra-terrestrials. Out today!
Spoke to one of my legit heroes, George Miller, for this piece in the new Empire about Babe and its brilliant (and insane) sequel! Story features on-set bust-ups, cows with "Betty Boop" mouths and Stanley Kubrick & Tom Waits. In the issue out tomorrow 🐖
That’ll do pig! 🐷
Three decades ago, a porcine classic debuted to rave reviews, Oscar attention, and a big box office haul.
Empire traces the journey of a classic – speaking to George Miller, James Cromwell and more on how it all came to be.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
Three decades ago, a porcine classic debuted to rave reviews, Oscar attention, and a big box office haul.
Empire traces the journey of a classic – speaking to George Miller, James Cromwell and more on how it all came to be.
Read more: www.empireonline.com/movies/news/...
June 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Spoke to one of my legit heroes, George Miller, for this piece in the new Empire about Babe and its brilliant (and insane) sequel! Story features on-set bust-ups, cows with "Betty Boop" mouths and Stanley Kubrick & Tom Waits. In the issue out tomorrow 🐖
@katefolk.bsky.social Hi Kate, just finished Sky Daddy and felt compelled to say that it is ridiculously brilliant. Absolutely loved it. Fantastic work 👍👍
June 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
@katefolk.bsky.social Hi Kate, just finished Sky Daddy and felt compelled to say that it is ridiculously brilliant. Absolutely loved it. Fantastic work 👍👍
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Final frame of an early Tinribs cartoon from 1990. 35 years on, and we've come a long way from associating artificial intelligence with the half-arsed outpourings of a shit robot that causes more trouble than it's worth
June 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Final frame of an early Tinribs cartoon from 1990. 35 years on, and we've come a long way from associating artificial intelligence with the half-arsed outpourings of a shit robot that causes more trouble than it's worth
The new issue of @vizcomic.bsky.social has a few bits by me, including this exciting feature in which a WWF icon, a long-defunct island prison and Lady Diana's most trusted servant square off to determine who is Top of the "Rocks". Out today!
May 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The new issue of @vizcomic.bsky.social has a few bits by me, including this exciting feature in which a WWF icon, a long-defunct island prison and Lady Diana's most trusted servant square off to determine who is Top of the "Rocks". Out today!
It's new Viz day, and there are a few bits in there by me, including a Californian news round-up, and this interview with the 'Lutonian Elon Musk' who is aiming to bring DOGE tactics to Bedfordshire. Out today!
April 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It's new Viz day, and there are a few bits in there by me, including a Californian news round-up, and this interview with the 'Lutonian Elon Musk' who is aiming to bring DOGE tactics to Bedfordshire. Out today!
Had a lot of fun writing this Deep Dive about the great, great Vampira for the new issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social - which is out today!
In our latest exploration of cinematic lore, we revisit the legacy of Vampira – the late-night schlocky horror show that shocked America in the 1950s, and influenced Hollywood for decades to come.
Order: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-may-2...
Order: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-may-2...
March 13, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Had a lot of fun writing this Deep Dive about the great, great Vampira for the new issue of @empiremagazine.bsky.social - which is out today!
It's new Viz day and there are a few bits by me in there, including an in-depth interview with the world's most famous hair transplant surgeon. Out today!
March 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It's new Viz day and there are a few bits by me in there, including an in-depth interview with the world's most famous hair transplant surgeon. Out today!
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It's apparently World Book Day, time to defile your poor old shelves with a copy of Turtleshead Revisited! Available in all good bookshops, most crap ones, online at amzn.to/4i0zfY2 and in a skip round the back of the printers.
March 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
It's apparently World Book Day, time to defile your poor old shelves with a copy of Turtleshead Revisited! Available in all good bookshops, most crap ones, online at amzn.to/4i0zfY2 and in a skip round the back of the printers.
Ridiculously excited for Andor season 2, so re-upping the @empiremagazine.bsky.social piece I did about the best bits of season 1!
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
Andor: The 10 Greatest Moments From Tony Gilroy’s Star Wars Series
From Luthen's monologue to the Aldhani raid, Empire revisits the highlights of Star Wars' Rogue One spin-off.
www.empireonline.com
February 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ridiculously excited for Andor season 2, so re-upping the @empiremagazine.bsky.social piece I did about the best bits of season 1!
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
www.empireonline.com/tv/features/...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's new @empiremagazine.bsky.social day, and there's so much gold in the issue — including an immense David Lynch tribute. I spoke to the great Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender for a piece about their new Soderbergh spy movie, too. Out today!
February 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It's new @empiremagazine.bsky.social day, and there's so much gold in the issue — including an immense David Lynch tribute. I spoke to the great Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender for a piece about their new Soderbergh spy movie, too. Out today!
This is such a great issue — and happens to feature a couple of features I did that were extremely fun to write: one on Osgood Perkins' insane-sounding Longlegs follow-up, The Monkey, and another on the life and times of the great Ralph Bakshi. Get yerself a copy!
⏳There's still time to grab Empire's #28YearsLater issue!
Danny Boyle, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and more dive into the next chapter of the flesh-eating saga.
Grab your copy today at your local newsstand, or order online here: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-march...
Danny Boyle, Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and more dive into the next chapter of the flesh-eating saga.
Grab your copy today at your local newsstand, or order online here: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-march...
January 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is such a great issue — and happens to feature a couple of features I did that were extremely fun to write: one on Osgood Perkins' insane-sounding Longlegs follow-up, The Monkey, and another on the life and times of the great Ralph Bakshi. Get yerself a copy!
There are a few bits by me in the new Viz, including a Daily-Mail-channeling investigation into workplace wokeness, an interview with a novelist who's pioneering the 'Cosy Cyberpunk' literary genre, and this stupid advert below. Out in shops today!
January 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM
There are a few bits by me in the new Viz, including a Daily-Mail-channeling investigation into workplace wokeness, an interview with a novelist who's pioneering the 'Cosy Cyberpunk' literary genre, and this stupid advert below. Out in shops today!
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Cartoon from 2004, done mostly to give the office thesaurus an airing. Hearing later that he'd had a rough time, I was slightly worried that accusing him of owning a cattery which was merely a hollow facade might have been a bit unkind, but it turned out that he liked it, so I sent him the artwork.
January 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Cartoon from 2004, done mostly to give the office thesaurus an airing. Hearing later that he'd had a rough time, I was slightly worried that accusing him of owning a cattery which was merely a hollow facade might have been a bit unkind, but it turned out that he liked it, so I sent him the artwork.
I've got a couple of features in the new Empire - one about Oz Perkins' nuts-sounding Longlegs follow-up, The Monkey, and this very fun one below about New York animation legend Ralph Bakshi. Issue out tomorrow! 🙌
Sex! Drugs! Hobbits! In the realm of animation, Ralph Bakshi has never played by the rules. He tells Empire how he inked his own legacy by doing his own thing.
Words by Tom Ellen
ORDER A COPY: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-march...
Words by Tom Ellen
ORDER A COPY: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-march...
January 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I've got a couple of features in the new Empire - one about Oz Perkins' nuts-sounding Longlegs follow-up, The Monkey, and this very fun one below about New York animation legend Ralph Bakshi. Issue out tomorrow! 🙌
Reposted by Tom Ellen
Last year, Osgood Perkins changed the horror game with #Longlegs. In 2025, he’s going even wilder with Stephen King adaptation #TheMonkey – an absurdist, gory horror-comedy about death. Empire goes ape with its cast and crew. Words by Tom Ellen
ORDER NOW: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-march...
ORDER NOW: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-march...
January 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Last year, Osgood Perkins changed the horror game with #Longlegs. In 2025, he’s going even wilder with Stephen King adaptation #TheMonkey – an absurdist, gory horror-comedy about death. Empire goes ape with its cast and crew. Words by Tom Ellen
ORDER NOW: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-march...
ORDER NOW: www.greatmagazines.co.uk/empire-march...
Thought this would be apt as my first Bluesky post after migrating from "X" - an ad I did for the new @vizcomic.bsky.social which is in shops today!
January 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Thought this would be apt as my first Bluesky post after migrating from "X" - an ad I did for the new @vizcomic.bsky.social which is in shops today!