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Kev Rooney
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Author, illustrator, designer of tabletop miniatures games.
Former archaeologist with the scars to prove it.
https://linktr.ee/cultofnyx
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‘Hiding Under the Leaves’, the upcoming anthology of folk horror tales (to which I contributed the cover art and a short story) has its first review! The book is available to buy from Monday! #horror #booksky #books #fiction #folkhorror

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Hiding Under The Leaves edited by Donna Scott — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank The Slab Press for an advance copy of this collection in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - The Slab Press Published - 5/11 Price - £18.99 paperback £5....
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November 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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@itvnews.bsky.social erm, are you sure about that..?
October 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Everyone should read this. Seriously. Incredibly important journalism from a news start up that deserves some support. www.thenerve.news/p/tony-blair...

#news #tech #gaza #dystopia
'WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?' TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION
As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, Carole Cadwalladr investigates the opaque workings of Blair's institute, its funding from friends of Israel – including bill...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
kevrooney.bsky.social
Great news! Blakewood: Volume 2 is now available as a PDF from DriveThruComics and Globalcomix, and in a rather nice printed edition from DriveThruComics! I'd love you to check them out!
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#comics #graphicnovels #indiepress
October 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reposted by Kev Rooney
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August 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Hey MSN, that's 100 years of sci-fi cinema. Frankenstein was published 207 years ago. Cheers.
September 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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Thrilled to be involved with this amazing folk horror anthology from @wishusdonna.bsky.social and The Slab Press! theslab.press/2025/06/20/w...

💙📚 #BookSky
Who is Hiding Under the Leaves?
In my last post, I revealed the stunning artwork for The Slab Press’s next anthology, Hiding Under the Leaves, created by Kev Rooney. In this post, you get to see how that artwork will look o…
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June 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Episode 11 of Blakewood, my serialised occult noir graphic novel is here! Will reading it take your mind off things for a few minutes? Almost certainly. Will it brighten your day..? No comment. Hope you’re not claustrophobic…

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A man in suit and tie, lying sideways. One of his eyes is a glowing green gem, for uncertain reasons.
June 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Book 62

Blakewood: Vol. 1
Kev Rooney
Graphic novel
60 pages
Published 2024
Dates Read: 7/6/25
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Re-read. I already read this as it was being serialised last year on @kevrooney.bsky.social's Substack, but I wanted a copy for keeps!

💙📚 #BookSky #Books #2025Reads #ReaderSky #Readers
Paperback copy of 'Blakewood - Volume 1' - written and illustrated by Kev Rooney
June 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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theslab.press/2025/06/01/h...

I’m happy to share the cover reveal for the forthcoming folk horror anthology, “Hiding Under the Leaves”, which I created for The Slab Press. Loved working on this one. A final list of writers and stories should be confirmed soon!

#booksky #art #bookcover #horror
Hiding Under the Leaves – an Update
First of all, thank you to all the authors who have submitted stories for Hiding Under the Leaves – there were hundreds of submissions and it has taken me some time to go through them all. Fi…
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June 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
kevrooney.bsky.social
Today is Free Comic Book Day! And while I would absolutely encourage you to go and support your local book store today - before you do, I’d love for you to read Blakewood: Episode 9, released - by complete coincidence - today! It's a comic, and it's free! Enjoy!

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Blakewood: Episode 9
I'm About To Go Talk To a Killer...
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May 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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WIP page from the next Episode of Blakewood. Hand drawn from pencils to washes.

Also, there's less than 2 hours to go on Drive Thru Comics deal of the day - get Blakewood Volume 1 at 40% off!

#comic #comics #graphicnovel #art #illustration #handdrawn

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A nine panel comic book page of a man in a white suit arguing with an intercom. A nine panel comic book page of a man in a white suit arguing with an intercom. A nine panel comic book page of a man in a white suit arguing with an intercom. A nine panel comic book page of a man in a white suit arguing with an intercom.
April 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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For the next 24 hours, Blakewood Volume 1 is the Deal of the Day over at DriveThru Comics, with a massive 40% off! Go nuts!

And then, maybe take a look at my comic please. Thanks.

#comic #comics #graphicnovel #indie #noir

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Blakewood - Cult of Nyx | DriveThruComics
Corrupt politicians. Murderous criminals. A missing teenager. And just a hint of magic. Welcome to Metrogrande… When a teenager with a taste for the arcane goes missing, occult investigator Antony Bla...
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April 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Blakewood Episode 8 is here! 13 pages of free-to-read comic book noir goodness. Perfect for a Sunday afternoon! Don't forget to catch up on Episodes 1 to 7 while you're there!

#comics #comic #graphicnovel #noir

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Blakewood: Episode 8
What the Hell Is Going On..?
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April 6, 2025 at 12:16 PM
kevrooney.bsky.social
If you could commission one fictional character to fix the current US political problems, who would it be?
Lord Vetinari of the Discworld, with a small dog.
March 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Blakewood Volume 1 launches today! Collects Chapters 1 to 7 of the neo-noir comics serial - 66 pages, refined artwork, lettering and text, and brand new spot art. Blakewood has never looked better. Pick it up here: www.drivethrucomics.com/en/product/5...
#comics #comicsky #graphicnovel #noir
Blakewood - Cult of Nyx | DriveThruComics
Corrupt politicians. Murderous criminals. A missing teenager. And just a hint of magic. Welcome to Metrogrande… When a teenager with a taste for the arcane goes missing, occult investigator Antony Bla...
www.drivethrucomics.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Had to produce some new spot art for the upcoming collected edition of the first 7 chapters of Blakewood. Pretty pleased with this '40s style poster for a movie that never was...
#art #comics #comic #digitalart #movieposters
March 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Quick play with some Woodcut Brushes I picked up for Affinity from Retro Supply. For use on an upcoming project. Pretty good tools #art
Digital portrait of a woman in a scarf made to look like a woodcut print.
January 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
kevrooney.bsky.social
So I've just finished installing the latest Windows 11 update to find Wordpad is gone. Just... gone. I did all my draft writing in that amazing little app. What is this relentless corporate obsession with making everything worse?
January 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
kevrooney.bsky.social
What's this? Oh just a major publishing house actively collaborating in its own eventual redundancy. I mean, seriously, how short sighted..?

#books #publishers

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HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…
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November 19, 2024 at 11:12 AM
kevrooney.bsky.social
The #filmsky challenge.
Choose 20 movies that have greatly influenced you. One film per day, for 20 days.
No explanations, no reviews, just posters… ACTION!
2/20
The poster for John Carpenter's 'Escape From New York'. Figures flee a threatening mob through a ruined Manhattan dominated by the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty.
October 21, 2024 at 1:55 PM
kevrooney.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 17
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books

#20BookChallenge
The cover of Christopher Stasheff's 'The Warlock In Spite of Himself'. Against an orange-yellow sky, a barbarian on horseback lays into a group of lizard people with a bloody sword. Not a strong indicator of the contents of the novel.
October 21, 2024 at 1:51 PM
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Since I'm enjoying the book version so much...
The #filmsky challenge.
Choose 20 movies that have greatly influenced you. One film per day, for 20 days.
No explanations, no reviews, just posters… ACTION!
1/20
The poster for James Cameron's The Terminator. Arnold Schwarzenegger poses against a black backdrop and red lasers, in shades and leather jacket, clutching a gun.
October 19, 2024 at 11:14 AM
kevrooney.bsky.social
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you.
One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order.
No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 16 (nobody said they had to be consecutive!)
#BookSky
💙📚
#Books

#20BookChallenge
The cover of Richard Morgan's novel Market Forces. The author and title in chrome over a faded cityscape with a red palette.
October 19, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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As it's October I'm reprinting some older, more unsettling stories over on Substack. Here's the second! Find all my other comic strips, free to read, on my Substack homepage. Don't forget to like and subscribe!
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#webcomics #comics #comic #graphicnovel
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Halloween comics part 2
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October 19, 2024 at 11:00 AM