John Allison
@badmachinery.com
Cartoonist in Leeds, UK. I brought you such comics as Steeple, Bad Machinery, Giant Days, Scary Go Round, Bobbins, Great British Bump-Off and Solver. The nation's favourite.
https://badmachinery.com
https://badmachinery.com
Can anyone think of a crop that is farmed at the north pole other than ice pops? It's funny that climate change doesn't seem to have affected ice pop availability at all. They really are nature's most plentiful bounty. What's your favourite flavour? Mine's blue - the taste of cool Arctic water.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Can anyone think of a crop that is farmed at the north pole other than ice pops? It's funny that climate change doesn't seem to have affected ice pop availability at all. They really are nature's most plentiful bounty. What's your favourite flavour? Mine's blue - the taste of cool Arctic water.
Someone linked to this old page today and I think it might be the ur-page of my comics approach, depicting:
1. Petty bureaucracy
2. Made-up names of things
3. Flagrant overconfidence
4. People getting along
5. Guileless simps
I wish I could remember how to draw like this too, very visually concise
1. Petty bureaucracy
2. Made-up names of things
3. Flagrant overconfidence
4. People getting along
5. Guileless simps
I wish I could remember how to draw like this too, very visually concise
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Someone linked to this old page today and I think it might be the ur-page of my comics approach, depicting:
1. Petty bureaucracy
2. Made-up names of things
3. Flagrant overconfidence
4. People getting along
5. Guileless simps
I wish I could remember how to draw like this too, very visually concise
1. Petty bureaucracy
2. Made-up names of things
3. Flagrant overconfidence
4. People getting along
5. Guileless simps
I wish I could remember how to draw like this too, very visually concise
Thank you to everyone who came to see this soggy old parade at Thought Bubble this weekend. I had a lot of good conversations with nice people, some for the first time, others for the first time in a while. I am lucky to get it, I say!
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to see this soggy old parade at Thought Bubble this weekend. I had a lot of good conversations with nice people, some for the first time, others for the first time in a while. I am lucky to get it, I say!
Here's the circus poster, I tried to be as authentic to the "form" as I could
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Here's the circus poster, I tried to be as authentic to the "form" as I could
The Thought Bubble Festival is on this weekend, your chance to meet me and talk all things C*nan in a safe space. Muscles, swords, strength, beheadings, thews, Crom, serpent men. Remember that while others have tried to realise the Cimmerian in comics, only one man has truly delivered.
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The Thought Bubble Festival is on this weekend, your chance to meet me and talk all things C*nan in a safe space. Muscles, swords, strength, beheadings, thews, Crom, serpent men. Remember that while others have tried to realise the Cimmerian in comics, only one man has truly delivered.
I've got another one. On Line Records of Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I've got another one. On Line Records of Germany.
Maybe this is heresy
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Maybe this is heresy
I'm rewatching Stath Lets Flats, I still don't know how everyone involved made it this good. My favourite sitcom of the last ten years. A joyous show.
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm rewatching Stath Lets Flats, I still don't know how everyone involved made it this good. My favourite sitcom of the last ten years. A joyous show.
I hope my Fleetwood Mac lived up to @johnmulvey.bsky.social's expectations, I felt the pressure John
November 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I hope my Fleetwood Mac lived up to @johnmulvey.bsky.social's expectations, I felt the pressure John
What I wouldn't give to read a crisp new Skymall catalogue, one more time.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
What I wouldn't give to read a crisp new Skymall catalogue, one more time.
WIP: that gum you like is coming back in style (January 5th)
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
WIP: that gum you like is coming back in style (January 5th)
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Quote with your favourite film and album from the year you were born
Lottie and Claire have gone for heavyweight Hallowen costumes this year
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Lottie and Claire have gone for heavyweight Hallowen costumes this year
In hand for Thought Bubble, NEMS parts 2 and 3, the whole Cilla Black saga, in one 56-page volume.
October 31, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In hand for Thought Bubble, NEMS parts 2 and 3, the whole Cilla Black saga, in one 56-page volume.
The comics industry has changed and the direct market is perhaps no place for a man like me but with THE GREAT BRITISH BUMP-OFF: KILL OR BE QUILT, with the incomparable help of @maxsarin.bsky.social I believe I have signed off in style.
PRE-ORDER: TODAY
REGRET IT: NEVER
PRE-ORDER: TODAY
REGRET IT: NEVER
October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The comics industry has changed and the direct market is perhaps no place for a man like me but with THE GREAT BRITISH BUMP-OFF: KILL OR BE QUILT, with the incomparable help of @maxsarin.bsky.social I believe I have signed off in style.
PRE-ORDER: TODAY
REGRET IT: NEVER
PRE-ORDER: TODAY
REGRET IT: NEVER
And most importantly it is very strong on QUILTING TOOLS
October 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM
And most importantly it is very strong on QUILTING TOOLS
It's got the CLASSIC NANA ACTION YOU CRAVE
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's got the CLASSIC NANA ACTION YOU CRAVE
It's got DREAMBOAT INTRIGUE
October 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It's got DREAMBOAT INTRIGUE
It's got SMERT WORDS for INTERLECTUELS
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It's got SMERT WORDS for INTERLECTUELS
This book has "it all" and I can prove it with a series of extracts
It's got CLASSIC FRIENDS
It's got CLASSIC FRIENDS
October 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
This book has "it all" and I can prove it with a series of extracts
It's got CLASSIC FRIENDS
It's got CLASSIC FRIENDS
Apologies to US/ROW readers waiting for Savage Sword of Susan to go up on Topatoco. The shipment has gone missing in transit. This is not great news. Maybe pre-order The Great British-Bump Off: Kill Or Be Quilt wherever books are sold instead?
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Apologies to US/ROW readers waiting for Savage Sword of Susan to go up on Topatoco. The shipment has gone missing in transit. This is not great news. Maybe pre-order The Great British-Bump Off: Kill Or Be Quilt wherever books are sold instead?
Part three starts Monday and I believe these comic titles tell you everything
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Part three starts Monday and I believe these comic titles tell you everything
Thank you to everyone who made convention roller banner suggestions. I think I've completed the artwork and no one can talk me out of this now.
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Thank you to everyone who made convention roller banner suggestions. I think I've completed the artwork and no one can talk me out of this now.
