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Tony Holdsworth
@tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
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Comic maker based in Dundee

Comics portfolio: https://cara.app/tonyholdsworth/portfolio

Writing: https://tonyholdsworth2.wordpress.com/

Contact: tonyholdsworth0@gmail.com

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Tony Holdsworth @tonyholdsworth.bsky.social · 15d
Happy Halloween!

@eoosterhous.bsky.social and I made a comic about the littlest con artist in Transylvania
Swindle allows a vampire to nearly bite her neck, but at the last second she milks the vampire's fangs. She rides away on her moped until the fuel runs out, so she tries to steal the key to a motorbike. A shadow passes over her hand as she reaches for it. A nun, Sister Vanessa, beats Swindle with a giant cross Vanessa traps Swindle, so Swindle tries to bargain her way out of the cage with a bottle of freshly milked vampire venom. Vanessa walks away without freeing Swindle Night falls and the vampire comes to retrieve her venom. Her fangs extend like twisty straws into the bottle that Vanessa hands her. The vampire explodes into flame. Swindle sees that Vanessa tricked the vampire into sucking holy water into her fangs. As they escape the burning house, Vanessa's habit burns away to reveal hardcore vampire hunting tattoos. In the last panel, Vanessa reveals that her full name is Vanessa Helsing
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Barry Windsor-Smith, Fire, 1978. Pen and ink, watercolour. In Opus, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics, 1999).
Barry Windsor-Smith, Fire, 1978. Pen and ink, watercolour. In Opus, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics, 1999).
November 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
Hello Darkness from Boom is still going
pugsteady.com Eddy Webb - Pugsteady @pugsteady.com · 1d
I'm hoping my comic-savvy followers can help. Looking for active English-language anthology comic magazines (as in, published an issue in the past year or two). So far I have:

* 2000AD
* Judge Dredd Megazine
* The Phoenix
* Monster Fun
* The77
* Oniric Presents
* Shift
* Heavy Metal
* Metal Hurlant
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
On my way to Thought Bubble with copies of this! It's in a collection of 4 short stories and I'll be handing them out for free
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social Tony Holdsworth @tonyholdsworth.bsky.social · 15d
Happy Halloween!

@eoosterhous.bsky.social and I made a comic about the littlest con artist in Transylvania
Swindle allows a vampire to nearly bite her neck, but at the last second she milks the vampire's fangs. She rides away on her moped until the fuel runs out, so she tries to steal the key to a motorbike. A shadow passes over her hand as she reaches for it. A nun, Sister Vanessa, beats Swindle with a giant cross Vanessa traps Swindle, so Swindle tries to bargain her way out of the cage with a bottle of freshly milked vampire venom. Vanessa walks away without freeing Swindle Night falls and the vampire comes to retrieve her venom. Her fangs extend like twisty straws into the bottle that Vanessa hands her. The vampire explodes into flame. Swindle sees that Vanessa tricked the vampire into sucking holy water into her fangs. As they escape the burning house, Vanessa's habit burns away to reveal hardcore vampire hunting tattoos. In the last panel, Vanessa reveals that her full name is Vanessa Helsing
November 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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alisonsampson.bsky.social
www.brokenfrontier.com/thought-bubb...
Did an interview with @brokenfrontier.bsky.social about what people might expect from the Portfolio Reviews @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend, whilst trying to mention as many community initiatives as possible.
"People Are Having Good Ideas All the Time and Putting Them into Practice" - Alison Sampson, Charlie Adlard, Lucy Sullivan and More on the Importance of the Thought Bubble Portfolio Reviews and Comics...
A host of creative voices, led by Alison Sampson, chat about the upcoming portfolio reviews event at Thought Bubble 2025.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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comicbuzz.bsky.social
2000AD Prog 2458 Review
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@injculbard.bsky.social
@robwilliams71.bsky.social
@henryflint.bsky.social
@paddyg.bsky.social
@dylanteague.bsky.social
@alexdecampi.bsky.social
@tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
@2000ad.bsky.social
#judgedredd #comics #comicbooks
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social
EVA SUIT 002
concepts for EVA (extravehicular activity) suit. 2015
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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petitecreme.bsky.social
𝕴𝖓𝖈𝖑𝖚𝖉𝖔 (1/-)

My short comic for this years spooky season.

#art #comic #illustration #screamtober #screamtober2025 #horror #cremeart #ocart
October 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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comicbuzz.bsky.social
2000AD Prog 2457 Review
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@johnmccrea.bsky.social
@robwilliams71.bsky.social
@henryflint.bsky.social
@dylanteague.bsky.social
@alexdecampi.bsky.social
@injculbard.bsky.social
@2000ad.bsky.social
@tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
#judgedredd #comics #comicbooks
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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For the day crowd
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social Tony Holdsworth @tonyholdsworth.bsky.social · 15d
Happy Halloween!

@eoosterhous.bsky.social and I made a comic about the littlest con artist in Transylvania
Swindle allows a vampire to nearly bite her neck, but at the last second she milks the vampire's fangs. She rides away on her moped until the fuel runs out, so she tries to steal the key to a motorbike. A shadow passes over her hand as she reaches for it. A nun, Sister Vanessa, beats Swindle with a giant cross Vanessa traps Swindle, so Swindle tries to bargain her way out of the cage with a bottle of freshly milked vampire venom. Vanessa walks away without freeing Swindle Night falls and the vampire comes to retrieve her venom. Her fangs extend like twisty straws into the bottle that Vanessa hands her. The vampire explodes into flame. Swindle sees that Vanessa tricked the vampire into sucking holy water into her fangs. As they escape the burning house, Vanessa's habit burns away to reveal hardcore vampire hunting tattoos. In the last panel, Vanessa reveals that her full name is Vanessa Helsing
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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davecook.bsky.social
A new age of fear comes to Neo Tokyo 👻

Killtopia: Phantoms issue #1 is funding on Kickstarter NOW!

Our award winning cyberpunk comic series continues as an elite police unit tries hunts a mass mind hacker

Help us hit our goal by bagging a copy here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bus...

Shares = ❤️
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
Happy Halloween!

@eoosterhous.bsky.social and I made a comic about the littlest con artist in Transylvania
Swindle allows a vampire to nearly bite her neck, but at the last second she milks the vampire's fangs. She rides away on her moped until the fuel runs out, so she tries to steal the key to a motorbike. A shadow passes over her hand as she reaches for it. A nun, Sister Vanessa, beats Swindle with a giant cross Vanessa traps Swindle, so Swindle tries to bargain her way out of the cage with a bottle of freshly milked vampire venom. Vanessa walks away without freeing Swindle Night falls and the vampire comes to retrieve her venom. Her fangs extend like twisty straws into the bottle that Vanessa hands her. The vampire explodes into flame. Swindle sees that Vanessa tricked the vampire into sucking holy water into her fangs. As they escape the burning house, Vanessa's habit burns away to reveal hardcore vampire hunting tattoos. In the last panel, Vanessa reveals that her full name is Vanessa Helsing
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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comicbuzz.bsky.social
2000AD Prog 2456 Review
comicbuzz.com/2000ad-prog-...
@2000ad.bsky.social
@tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
#judgedredd #comics #comicbooks
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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calumalexanderwatt.bsky.social
ᴏɴᴇ ʜᴜɴᴅʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴏɴᴇ ᴅᴇɢʀᴇᴇs°
kid in racer boots and cloud print tshirt against an acid yellow background
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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colinsmith.bsky.social
Akira’s Kaneda, by Katsuhiro Otomo, from 2015.
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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blumhouse.com
There’s a new chapter coming in the comic that redefined modern horror.
We’re bringing Something Is Killing the Children to life in both a live action film and adult animated series from @jamesthefourth.bsky.social Werther Dell'Edera and @boom-studios.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
Something is Killing the Children absolutely rips, so I wrote a brief analysis of Erica Slaughter's first appearance

tonyholdsworthwrites.beehiiv.com/p/protagonis...
PROTAGONIST STUDY: Erica Slaughter
There's a reason Something is Killing the Children has been picked up for TV
tonyholdsworthwrites.beehiiv.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
It's always so overwhelming if you just look around when you get to a con. I'm so glad sites like this exist, who champion the small press and help readers find what they want, too!
brokenfrontier.bsky.social Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 22d
If you want to bookmark it this is the tagged list for all our @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social Month coverage so far. We will be adding to it each weekday so it's your handy shopping list for #ThoughtBubble work! #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/tag/thought-...
Thought Bubble 2025 poster. The cover to the comic Down North, Where No One Goes. The Avery Hill Publishing exhibition at the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate.
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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colinsmith.bsky.social
A wonderful alt-movie poster for 1979’s “Alien” by Laszlo Nagy.
October 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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explodingarrow.bsky.social
Still thinking about the time someone with a large audience screenshotted and tweeted an article I wrote about the Eisners eliminating the comics journalism category with a caption that there was no comics journalism.
October 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
TOO excited for this. I'll watch anything Vince Gilligan puts his mind to
sambaschutte.bsky.social Samba Schutte @sambaschutte.bsky.social · 24d
Full trailer! Happiness is contagious🙂 #Pluribus Nov 7th on Apple TV!

#VinceGilligan #RheaSeehorn #BreakingBad #BetterCallSaul
October 23, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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comicbuzz.bsky.social
2000AD Prog 2455 Review
comicbuzz.com/2000ad-prog-...
@2000ad.bsky.social
@tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
#judgedredd #comics #comicbooks
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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alisonsampson.bsky.social
www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/programme/tb...
This year there's going to be accessible and inclusive portfolio reviews at the Thought Bubble comic convention, with the artist guests. These are for absolutely anyone who makes comics from kids to professionals. You should take advantage... Thread. 1/?
Artist Portfolio Reviews With Thought Bubble Guests — Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival
Drop-in comic artist portfolio review sessions with a selection of excellent Thought Bubble guests.
www.thoughtbubblefestival.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
Blimey, the newsletter from @comicscene.bsky.social this morning is a rousing battlecry for British comics!
October 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
Putting together a writing portfolio to take to Thought Bubble and I paused in a fun place. An email. Please shoot me An Email.
The outro to my collection of short stories. It reads "Outro. Thank you so much for reading this! If you want to collaborate, please shoot me"
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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dimwittedly.bsky.social
If it turns out the Sumo lads robbed the Louvre, I will experience a level of pure joy I haven’t felt since the previous millennium.
October 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM