Andrew Hawthorn
@hawthornandrewj.bsky.social
CBC journalist and cartoonist in St. John's, NL.
"The next Tony Hawk?" - The Telegram
"The next Tony Hawk?" - The Telegram
I forgot (or never knew) that @comixace.bsky.social was on the Anti-Gravity Room.
October 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I forgot (or never knew) that @comixace.bsky.social was on the Anti-Gravity Room.
It's #nlelection2025 day, and I'm hosting On the Go on CBC tonight at 4pm island time!
Go vote! Then join us to talk all about it!
Go vote! Then join us to talk all about it!
October 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's #nlelection2025 day, and I'm hosting On the Go on CBC tonight at 4pm island time!
Go vote! Then join us to talk all about it!
Go vote! Then join us to talk all about it!
Me, out in the shed August 31 vs me out in the shed September 1
August 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Me, out in the shed August 31 vs me out in the shed September 1
I'm seeing one minor problem with the Nordspace launch that they might want to fix...
August 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm seeing one minor problem with the Nordspace launch that they might want to fix...
Did Trump just announce new tariffs on Canada with Triple H?
Is he going to Pedigree the economy? Next week maybe he'll announce military funding with Rambo.
Is he going to Pedigree the economy? Next week maybe he'll announce military funding with Rambo.
August 1, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Did Trump just announce new tariffs on Canada with Triple H?
Is he going to Pedigree the economy? Next week maybe he'll announce military funding with Rambo.
Is he going to Pedigree the economy? Next week maybe he'll announce military funding with Rambo.
You know it's serious when an NL story beats those Coldplay kiss cam cheaters.
July 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
You know it's serious when an NL story beats those Coldplay kiss cam cheaters.
Evacuees are arriving at the Steele Memorial Centre in Gander.
Even if you aren't heading there, everyone leaving the area around Musgrave Harbour should call 709-727-0921 to register and make sure people know you're okay.
Even if you aren't heading there, everyone leaving the area around Musgrave Harbour should call 709-727-0921 to register and make sure people know you're okay.
July 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Evacuees are arriving at the Steele Memorial Centre in Gander.
Even if you aren't heading there, everyone leaving the area around Musgrave Harbour should call 709-727-0921 to register and make sure people know you're okay.
Even if you aren't heading there, everyone leaving the area around Musgrave Harbour should call 709-727-0921 to register and make sure people know you're okay.
Hosting CBC's On the Go in 15 minutes!
It's the thrifting episode! We've got second hand clothes at MUN's new thrift shop, second hand vacations in our tech column, and a second hand show, as I got this episode cheap from Krissy Holmes.
It's the thrifting episode! We've got second hand clothes at MUN's new thrift shop, second hand vacations in our tech column, and a second hand show, as I got this episode cheap from Krissy Holmes.
July 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hosting CBC's On the Go in 15 minutes!
It's the thrifting episode! We've got second hand clothes at MUN's new thrift shop, second hand vacations in our tech column, and a second hand show, as I got this episode cheap from Krissy Holmes.
It's the thrifting episode! We've got second hand clothes at MUN's new thrift shop, second hand vacations in our tech column, and a second hand show, as I got this episode cheap from Krissy Holmes.
Me: Goes to see #Superman on Joe Shuster's birthday.
@jamesgunn.bsky.social and the unbelievable cast of this movie:
@jamesgunn.bsky.social and the unbelievable cast of this movie:
July 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Me: Goes to see #Superman on Joe Shuster's birthday.
@jamesgunn.bsky.social and the unbelievable cast of this movie:
@jamesgunn.bsky.social and the unbelievable cast of this movie:
Roses are red
a toque is a hat
a toque is a hat
July 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Roses are red
a toque is a hat
a toque is a hat
We decided to head down to St. Vincent's, and as it was chilly brought some blankets for ourselves (and the dog), and then suddenly
July 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We decided to head down to St. Vincent's, and as it was chilly brought some blankets for ourselves (and the dog), and then suddenly
Canada is back.
June 27, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Canada is back.
Hosting On the Go on CBC Newfoundland and Labrador this afternoon!
We're talking new prisons, school lunch program, anti-vaxxers, and of course the Steller's Sea Eagle! It's a packed show today at 4pm NL!
We're talking new prisons, school lunch program, anti-vaxxers, and of course the Steller's Sea Eagle! It's a packed show today at 4pm NL!
June 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Hosting On the Go on CBC Newfoundland and Labrador this afternoon!
We're talking new prisons, school lunch program, anti-vaxxers, and of course the Steller's Sea Eagle! It's a packed show today at 4pm NL!
We're talking new prisons, school lunch program, anti-vaxxers, and of course the Steller's Sea Eagle! It's a packed show today at 4pm NL!
Derby is back!
I'm back in the announcer hat this Saturday. Get ready to jam!
I'm back in the announcer hat this Saturday. Get ready to jam!
June 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Derby is back!
I'm back in the announcer hat this Saturday. Get ready to jam!
I'm back in the announcer hat this Saturday. Get ready to jam!
Morgan Le Fey and Mordred speak in blank verse.
They're part of the world, but aren't playing Arthur's game.
They're part of the world, but aren't playing Arthur's game.
May 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Morgan Le Fey and Mordred speak in blank verse.
They're part of the world, but aren't playing Arthur's game.
They're part of the world, but aren't playing Arthur's game.
Merlin, however, speaks roughly in iambic hexameter (six beats), because he's one step ahead of them.
Dactylic hexameter is the Homeric metre, from the Odyssey and the Iliad, WAY pre-dating Arthur legends, so it suggests he's older or wiser then the others as well.
Dactylic hexameter is the Homeric metre, from the Odyssey and the Iliad, WAY pre-dating Arthur legends, so it suggests he's older or wiser then the others as well.
May 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Merlin, however, speaks roughly in iambic hexameter (six beats), because he's one step ahead of them.
Dactylic hexameter is the Homeric metre, from the Odyssey and the Iliad, WAY pre-dating Arthur legends, so it suggests he's older or wiser then the others as well.
Dactylic hexameter is the Homeric metre, from the Odyssey and the Iliad, WAY pre-dating Arthur legends, so it suggests he's older or wiser then the others as well.
The Arthurian kids all speak in classic Shakespearean iambic pentameter (five beats), but only to each other.
No one else around them not connected to the Arthur legend does, or is paying attention to them when they do.
No one else around them not connected to the Arthur legend does, or is paying attention to them when they do.
May 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Arthurian kids all speak in classic Shakespearean iambic pentameter (five beats), but only to each other.
No one else around them not connected to the Arthur legend does, or is paying attention to them when they do.
No one else around them not connected to the Arthur legend does, or is paying attention to them when they do.
My chapter of is called The Avalon, and imagines Arthurian characters as '90s St. John's mallrats, with the Avalon peninsula standing in for the mythical fairy-full island.
I wanted to use their language to help skew the reality and characterize them as well.
I wanted to use their language to help skew the reality and characterize them as well.
May 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My chapter of is called The Avalon, and imagines Arthurian characters as '90s St. John's mallrats, with the Avalon peninsula standing in for the mythical fairy-full island.
I wanted to use their language to help skew the reality and characterize them as well.
I wanted to use their language to help skew the reality and characterize them as well.
Here's some bonus director's commentary, to celebrate being half way to our goal for Town: St. John's in comics!
Pre-order here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
Pre-order here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
May 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Here's some bonus director's commentary, to celebrate being half way to our goal for Town: St. John's in comics!
Pre-order here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
Pre-order here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
A sneak peak at some of the iconic locations around St. John's you'll visit in my chapter of Town: St. John's in Comics!
1. Cabot Tower
2. Avalon Mall 90s escalators
3. The National War Memorial
4. Vampire Park
Pre-order now!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
1. Cabot Tower
2. Avalon Mall 90s escalators
3. The National War Memorial
4. Vampire Park
Pre-order now!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
May 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A sneak peak at some of the iconic locations around St. John's you'll visit in my chapter of Town: St. John's in Comics!
1. Cabot Tower
2. Avalon Mall 90s escalators
3. The National War Memorial
4. Vampire Park
Pre-order now!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
1. Cabot Tower
2. Avalon Mall 90s escalators
3. The National War Memorial
4. Vampire Park
Pre-order now!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
I guess go Leafs?
Brought to you courtesy me in 1991.
Brought to you courtesy me in 1991.
May 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I guess go Leafs?
Brought to you courtesy me in 1991.
Brought to you courtesy me in 1991.
I was honoured to be one of the judges for this year's @dougwrightawards.bsky.social for best kids' book!
A frankly shocking number of incredible comics for young readers published across Canada this year, and it was not easy narrowing it down to these five, but each of them is an amazing read.
A frankly shocking number of incredible comics for young readers published across Canada this year, and it was not easy narrowing it down to these five, but each of them is an amazing read.
May 1, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I was honoured to be one of the judges for this year's @dougwrightawards.bsky.social for best kids' book!
A frankly shocking number of incredible comics for young readers published across Canada this year, and it was not easy narrowing it down to these five, but each of them is an amazing read.
A frankly shocking number of incredible comics for young readers published across Canada this year, and it was not easy narrowing it down to these five, but each of them is an amazing read.
It's not too late to check out my latest comic "Effie is Thirsty" in the spring issue of Newfoundland Quarterly
I am already updating Effie's CV and bio accordingly:
I am already updating Effie's CV and bio accordingly:
April 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It's not too late to check out my latest comic "Effie is Thirsty" in the spring issue of Newfoundland Quarterly
I am already updating Effie's CV and bio accordingly:
I am already updating Effie's CV and bio accordingly: