Daniel McGachey
@daniel-mcgachey.bsky.social
Writer of comics since 1989, plus radio drama, articles, TV, animation, comedy, mystery, and ghost stories. Occasional illustrator and designer.
Delighted to receive my contributor copies of 'Number 13: Selected Ghost Stories by M.R. James', which I compiled and introduced for Weird House Press, with frontispiece and endpapers by K.L. Turner, and 13 illustrations by M. Wayne Miller. weirdhousepress.com/products/num...
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Delighted to receive my contributor copies of 'Number 13: Selected Ghost Stories by M.R. James', which I compiled and introduced for Weird House Press, with frontispiece and endpapers by K.L. Turner, and 13 illustrations by M. Wayne Miller. weirdhousepress.com/products/num...
Today would have been the 100th birthday of the one with the short, fat, hairy legs! Eric gets all the attention, but Ernie was equally as important. As a double act they worked with such perfect unity that, even still, you can't see the join!
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Today would have been the 100th birthday of the one with the short, fat, hairy legs! Eric gets all the attention, but Ernie was equally as important. As a double act they worked with such perfect unity that, even still, you can't see the join!
Tonight's cinema trip is for this utter masterpiece of the macabre...
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Tonight's cinema trip is for this utter masterpiece of the macabre...
Delighted to have a ticket booked for Dundead's 80th anniversary screening of the brilliant anthology horror film that inspired so many that followed in its long shadow, the wonderful 'Dead of Night'.
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Delighted to have a ticket booked for Dundead's 80th anniversary screening of the brilliant anthology horror film that inspired so many that followed in its long shadow, the wonderful 'Dead of Night'.
After a year of waiting, look who turned up in the post today! The Vincent Price Ultimate Action Figure from Neca, complete with interchangeable heads, hands, props, and a pet raven. black cat and skull for company. The little family of Price, Cushing, and Lee figures is complete!
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
After a year of waiting, look who turned up in the post today! The Vincent Price Ultimate Action Figure from Neca, complete with interchangeable heads, hands, props, and a pet raven. black cat and skull for company. The little family of Price, Cushing, and Lee figures is complete!
RIP Pauline Collins. Always loved 'Upstairs, Downstairs', and only a few weeks ago I was enjoying repeats of of the charming sitcom 'No, Honestly' on one of the retro TV channels.
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
RIP Pauline Collins. Always loved 'Upstairs, Downstairs', and only a few weeks ago I was enjoying repeats of of the charming sitcom 'No, Honestly' on one of the retro TV channels.
I've been translated! My Commando issue 'Krampusnacht', drawn by Vicente Alcazar, is one of the four issues translated and compiled in the latest issue of this Finnish series, whose title - Korkeajännitys - translates as 'High Voltage' or 'High Excitement'. My reign of terror has gone international!
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I've been translated! My Commando issue 'Krampusnacht', drawn by Vicente Alcazar, is one of the four issues translated and compiled in the latest issue of this Finnish series, whose title - Korkeajännitys - translates as 'High Voltage' or 'High Excitement'. My reign of terror has gone international!
Greatly enjoyed the Scottish premiere of Canadian film 'Honey Bunch', tonight's mystery screening courtesy of Dundead at
the DCA. I knew nothing about this slow burning psychological chiller going in, which suited the atmosphere of disturbance and disorientation perfectly.
the DCA. I knew nothing about this slow burning psychological chiller going in, which suited the atmosphere of disturbance and disorientation perfectly.
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Greatly enjoyed the Scottish premiere of Canadian film 'Honey Bunch', tonight's mystery screening courtesy of Dundead at
the DCA. I knew nothing about this slow burning psychological chiller going in, which suited the atmosphere of disturbance and disorientation perfectly.
the DCA. I knew nothing about this slow burning psychological chiller going in, which suited the atmosphere of disturbance and disorientation perfectly.
Don't look now... but something has just been delivered. Something that had to wait until after dark to make its presence known...
...and it's gorgeous! A hefty, beautifully designed and produced book on what I am not alone in regarding as the most frightening film ever made.
...and it's gorgeous! A hefty, beautifully designed and produced book on what I am not alone in regarding as the most frightening film ever made.
October 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Don't look now... but something has just been delivered. Something that had to wait until after dark to make its presence known...
...and it's gorgeous! A hefty, beautifully designed and produced book on what I am not alone in regarding as the most frightening film ever made.
...and it's gorgeous! A hefty, beautifully designed and produced book on what I am not alone in regarding as the most frightening film ever made.
Today's book arrival, the excellent Tim Curry's memoirs, 'Vagabond'. A favourite actor since Rocky Horror touched down in my life 40 years ago, and I'll always be glad I managed to see him on stage in fine form in the first few months of the West End production of Monty Python's Spamalot.
October 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today's book arrival, the excellent Tim Curry's memoirs, 'Vagabond'. A favourite actor since Rocky Horror touched down in my life 40 years ago, and I'll always be glad I managed to see him on stage in fine form in the first few months of the West End production of Monty Python's Spamalot.
Mr Bernard, the village historian at Raven's Hollow in my latest Hallowe'en Commando issue - drawn by Mike Donaldson - might well shop at the same fashionable boutiques as Mr Fisher... and browse in some of the same bookshops.
October 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Mr Bernard, the village historian at Raven's Hollow in my latest Hallowe'en Commando issue - drawn by Mike Donaldson - might well shop at the same fashionable boutiques as Mr Fisher... and browse in some of the same bookshops.
I had to nip into town to the newsagent's today. I fear something frightful may have followed me home...
October 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I had to nip into town to the newsagent's today. I fear something frightful may have followed me home...
Tonight's cinema trip; Warm, fascinating, and unexpectedly moving. Great to hear from so many involved in the film and show, and to get rare glimpses of footage from the early days of the play.
October 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tonight's cinema trip; Warm, fascinating, and unexpectedly moving. Great to hear from so many involved in the film and show, and to get rare glimpses of footage from the early days of the play.
Lunchtime cinema trip tomorrow to see the restored re-issue of the film that started the British horror film explosion and made stars out of its two leads, and also a life changing film for me...
October 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Lunchtime cinema trip tomorrow to see the restored re-issue of the film that started the British horror film explosion and made stars out of its two leads, and also a life changing film for me...
The great Groucho Marx was born on this very day 135 years ago, meaning that if he was alive today he'd be dead of old age! Hello, he must be going!
October 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The great Groucho Marx was born on this very day 135 years ago, meaning that if he was alive today he'd be dead of old age! Hello, he must be going!
October's arrival means Commando comic gets into the Hallowe'en spirit yet again, and this year's offerings to the dark season include 'Raven's Hollow', an anthology of grim folk tales written by yours truly, and drawn by Mike Donaldson... on sale next week.
October 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
October's arrival means Commando comic gets into the Hallowe'en spirit yet again, and this year's offerings to the dark season include 'Raven's Hollow', an anthology of grim folk tales written by yours truly, and drawn by Mike Donaldson... on sale next week.
Currently reading: I first started reading Michael Chabon's 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' in early 2020, and was thoroughly immersed... right up until the night lockdown was announced, at which point my concentration span deserted me and the book remained closed for over 5 years.
September 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Currently reading: I first started reading Michael Chabon's 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' in early 2020, and was thoroughly immersed... right up until the night lockdown was announced, at which point my concentration span deserted me and the book remained closed for over 5 years.
Oh, shit! It's Mr Creosote!
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Oh, shit! It's Mr Creosote!
Smack the Pony: Back in the Saddle is a lovely mix of sketches, song, clips, and a lively, relaxed, very funny chat with Kirsty Wark in the interviewer's chair. The sketches work beautifully live, and Doon, Sally, and Fiona were as delightfully silly as I'd hoped.
August 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Smack the Pony: Back in the Saddle is a lovely mix of sketches, song, clips, and a lively, relaxed, very funny chat with Kirsty Wark in the interviewer's chair. The sketches work beautifully live, and Doon, Sally, and Fiona were as delightfully silly as I'd hoped.
RIP Norman Eshley. Best remembered, of course, as Geoffrey Fourmile in 'George & Mildred', but also absolutely brilliant as the psychopathic 'Carnation Killer' in the 'Thriller' episode 'The Colour of Blood' - chilling but strangely sympathetic.
August 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
RIP Norman Eshley. Best remembered, of course, as Geoffrey Fourmile in 'George & Mildred', but also absolutely brilliant as the psychopathic 'Carnation Killer' in the 'Thriller' episode 'The Colour of Blood' - chilling but strangely sympathetic.
Currently reading: I've been in a big comic reading mood, and taking particular delight in the late Darwyn Cooke's gorgeous artwork. This Catwoman collaboration with Ed Brubaker is less superhero action and more hard-boiled heist thriller, and it's fantastic.
July 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Currently reading: I've been in a big comic reading mood, and taking particular delight in the late Darwyn Cooke's gorgeous artwork. This Catwoman collaboration with Ed Brubaker is less superhero action and more hard-boiled heist thriller, and it's fantastic.
Just back from seeing Paul Hendy's brilliant play, 'The Last Laugh', at Glasgow's Theatre Royal. I was lucky enough to see it as it stormed the Fringe last year, and was delighted to see it again with friends I'd raved to about it.
July 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just back from seeing Paul Hendy's brilliant play, 'The Last Laugh', at Glasgow's Theatre Royal. I was lucky enough to see it as it stormed the Fringe last year, and was delighted to see it again with friends I'd raved to about it.
Two episodes in - and fighting the urge to plough through the series in a single sitting - and Bookish is everything I'd hoped it would be, and more. Everything about it just works for me, the writing, the characters, the cast, the look, the sound, the direction. Bravo! #Bookish
July 17, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Two episodes in - and fighting the urge to plough through the series in a single sitting - and Bookish is everything I'd hoped it would be, and more. Everything about it just works for me, the writing, the characters, the cast, the look, the sound, the direction. Bravo! #Bookish
Today's cinema trip: Superman was absolutely fantastic! Full to bursting with humour, action, character, and surprises, and perfectly cast, with great chemistry between the leads. Bold, brash, full of heart, and not afraid to be fun. Grinned all the way through it. Oh, and the dog's brilliant!
July 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Today's cinema trip: Superman was absolutely fantastic! Full to bursting with humour, action, character, and surprises, and perfectly cast, with great chemistry between the leads. Bold, brash, full of heart, and not afraid to be fun. Grinned all the way through it. Oh, and the dog's brilliant!
Currently reading: 'A Once Crowded Sky'. Until recently Arcadia City had superheroes, until all but one of them sacrificed their powers, along with their greatest hero, Ultimate, to defeat an inhuman threat. In the aftermath, the survivors struggle to live without the thrill of the game...
July 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Currently reading: 'A Once Crowded Sky'. Until recently Arcadia City had superheroes, until all but one of them sacrificed their powers, along with their greatest hero, Ultimate, to defeat an inhuman threat. In the aftermath, the survivors struggle to live without the thrill of the game...