Nigel Auchterlounie
@n-auchterlounie.bsky.social
Writer. Mostly of comics. Mostly The Beano. Most notably, Dennis and Gnasher.
But also cartoons.
Whitley Bay.
But also cartoons.
Whitley Bay.
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Could this protest be any more British?
Tower of London closes after apple crumble thrown on crown jewels display
Tower of London closes after apple crumble thrown on crown jewels display
Four people arrested after apparent protest against UK inequality claimed by civil-resistance group Take Back Power
The Tower of London has been closed to visitors on a busy Saturday after food was thrown at a display case containing the crown jewels in an apparent protest against inequality in the UK.
Four people were arrested after the action, which was claimed by Take Back Power – a self-described new non-violent civil-resistance group. It said custard and apple crumble was flung at the case, which contained the imperial state crown. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Could this protest be any more British?
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🎵OO-WA-OO!🎵 OooO-AWA-OO!🎵 WAA-OO-OO--OO-WA-OO!🎵 DUMIDY-DUM-DUMIDY-DUM!🎵
A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.
Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.
Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎵OO-WA-OO!🎵 OooO-AWA-OO!🎵 WAA-OO-OO--OO-WA-OO!🎵 DUMIDY-DUM-DUMIDY-DUM!🎵
A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.
Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.
Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
My wife's a second screener.
She scrolls through online shops.
She says she can multitask.
She also says, "Wait. Is he not meant to be dead?"
To which I say, "It's a flashback."
She scrolls through online shops.
She says she can multitask.
She also says, "Wait. Is he not meant to be dead?"
To which I say, "It's a flashback."
December 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My wife's a second screener.
She scrolls through online shops.
She says she can multitask.
She also says, "Wait. Is he not meant to be dead?"
To which I say, "It's a flashback."
She scrolls through online shops.
She says she can multitask.
She also says, "Wait. Is he not meant to be dead?"
To which I say, "It's a flashback."
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Cartoonist Hunt Emerson – widely acclaimed for his brilliant graphic novels, his creation, Calculus Cat and work for titles as divers as BEANO and Fortean Times – is working on a new memoir with journalist Rory…
https://downthetubes.net/hunt-emerson-memoir-50-odd-years-of-big-noses-in-the-works/
https://downthetubes.net/hunt-emerson-memoir-50-odd-years-of-big-noses-in-the-works/
December 6, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Cartoonist Hunt Emerson – widely acclaimed for his brilliant graphic novels, his creation, Calculus Cat and work for titles as divers as BEANO and Fortean Times – is working on a new memoir with journalist Rory…
https://downthetubes.net/hunt-emerson-memoir-50-odd-years-of-big-noses-in-the-works/
https://downthetubes.net/hunt-emerson-memoir-50-odd-years-of-big-noses-in-the-works/
🎵OO-WA-OO!🎵 OooO-AWA-OO!🎵 WAA-OO-OO--OO-WA-OO!🎵 DUMIDY-DUM-DUMIDY-DUM!🎵
A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.
Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.
Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
🎵OO-WA-OO!🎵 OooO-AWA-OO!🎵 WAA-OO-OO--OO-WA-OO!🎵 DUMIDY-DUM-DUMIDY-DUM!🎵
A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.
Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
A while ago I put this comic (as in funny) re-telling of Genesis of the Daleks, episode 1, on that other place.
Anyway, I'm putting here now too.
#DoctorWho #regenesisofthedaleks
"Genius" Mark Zuckerberg only ever had on good idea 20 years ago, and it wasn't wholly his idea.
How's that second idea going, Mark?
How's that second idea going, Mark?
Meta Platforms is planning cuts to the metaverse—an arena Mark Zuckerberg once called the future of the company—and will shift spending to AI wearables.
Meta Plans to Shift Spending Away From the Metaverse
Zuckerberg’s bet on immersive online worlds has lost the company more than $77 billion since 2020.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"Genius" Mark Zuckerberg only ever had on good idea 20 years ago, and it wasn't wholly his idea.
How's that second idea going, Mark?
How's that second idea going, Mark?
This happens if I don't stack the dishwasher.
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This happens if I don't stack the dishwasher.
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It's driving me nuts, as a person who actually watches films with my eyes, to hear characters talk soooo much about what they're doing and where they're going and why. Like, shut up!!
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It's driving me nuts, as a person who actually watches films with my eyes, to hear characters talk soooo much about what they're doing and where they're going and why. Like, shut up!!
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The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The bottom 90% lost a collective $79 trillion in wages over the past 50 years.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Why? Because the top 1% ate up an increasingly larger share of the national income — so that $79 trillion flowed to them instead of the working class.
The greatest trick of all is trickle-down economics.
Got a "PAYMENT PAST DUE" notice from my old energy supplier.
A bill I knew I'd paid.
They said they were sticking on another £10 because I was late.
But I had proof I'd paid it.
Jesus Christ! it's next to impossible to talk to a human these days.
They've all been binned off.
So...
A bill I knew I'd paid.
They said they were sticking on another £10 because I was late.
But I had proof I'd paid it.
Jesus Christ! it's next to impossible to talk to a human these days.
They've all been binned off.
So...
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Got a "PAYMENT PAST DUE" notice from my old energy supplier.
A bill I knew I'd paid.
They said they were sticking on another £10 because I was late.
But I had proof I'd paid it.
Jesus Christ! it's next to impossible to talk to a human these days.
They've all been binned off.
So...
A bill I knew I'd paid.
They said they were sticking on another £10 because I was late.
But I had proof I'd paid it.
Jesus Christ! it's next to impossible to talk to a human these days.
They've all been binned off.
So...
I've mentioned in the past that the 2000ad concept of "Mopads" is going to happen.
Sky high property prices + solar panels = home that's permanently moving.
It'll be a sad life, forever living on the M25.
We're in this state because houses are worth money, so they're treated as an asset...
Sky high property prices + solar panels = home that's permanently moving.
It'll be a sad life, forever living on the M25.
We're in this state because houses are worth money, so they're treated as an asset...
In 1979 John Wagner wrote a Dredd story for 2000ad called Sob Story.
In it, a "Mopad" is out of control.
Mopads being mobile pads, self driving mobile homes that auto drive round and round Mega city one's freeways to beat high property prices and overcrowding.
Dredd jumps aboard and stops the...
In it, a "Mopad" is out of control.
Mopads being mobile pads, self driving mobile homes that auto drive round and round Mega city one's freeways to beat high property prices and overcrowding.
Dredd jumps aboard and stops the...
December 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I've mentioned in the past that the 2000ad concept of "Mopads" is going to happen.
Sky high property prices + solar panels = home that's permanently moving.
It'll be a sad life, forever living on the M25.
We're in this state because houses are worth money, so they're treated as an asset...
Sky high property prices + solar panels = home that's permanently moving.
It'll be a sad life, forever living on the M25.
We're in this state because houses are worth money, so they're treated as an asset...
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In next week's Beano Dennis has his catapult with him.
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In next week's Beano Dennis has his catapult with him.
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
In next week's Beano Dennis has his catapult with him.
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
December 2, 2025 at 4:13 PM
In next week's Beano Dennis has his catapult with him.
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
Some people might be surprised at that.
Some think Dennis isn't allowed such things since 2009...
Reposted by Nigel Auchterlounie
BBC Sounds has a podcast commissioning round open
Deadline: 11th December
www.bbc.co.uk/commissionin...
Deadline: 11th December
www.bbc.co.uk/commissionin...
Current Speech Opportunities
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
BBC Sounds has a podcast commissioning round open
Deadline: 11th December
www.bbc.co.uk/commissionin...
Deadline: 11th December
www.bbc.co.uk/commissionin...
Reposted by Nigel Auchterlounie
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Reposted by Nigel Auchterlounie
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
December 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want people to spend more, pay them more.
Oop!
I need to prepare for making TAX digital!...
"if your qualifying income is over £50,000 in the 2024 to 2025 tax year"
HA! HA! HA!
They know what I'm on! Why bother to send me this!?
I need to prepare for making TAX digital!...
"if your qualifying income is over £50,000 in the 2024 to 2025 tax year"
HA! HA! HA!
They know what I'm on! Why bother to send me this!?
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Oop!
I need to prepare for making TAX digital!...
"if your qualifying income is over £50,000 in the 2024 to 2025 tax year"
HA! HA! HA!
They know what I'm on! Why bother to send me this!?
I need to prepare for making TAX digital!...
"if your qualifying income is over £50,000 in the 2024 to 2025 tax year"
HA! HA! HA!
They know what I'm on! Why bother to send me this!?
I can't think of a film staring the Rock that wouldn't have been better if Paul Giamatti had done it instead.
Especially San Andreas.
Especially San Andreas.
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I can't think of a film staring the Rock that wouldn't have been better if Paul Giamatti had done it instead.
Especially San Andreas.
Especially San Andreas.
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How to write for men.
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
How to write for men.
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Here, the antagonist explains his motivation.
It's why he's being the baddie!
And you can't see his face!!!
Should the camera be looking right at him for this? Proper close-up!?!..
You know, for drama.
There's a general theme of "camera in worst place for line" in the whole scene...
It's why he's being the baddie!
And you can't see his face!!!
Should the camera be looking right at him for this? Proper close-up!?!..
You know, for drama.
There's a general theme of "camera in worst place for line" in the whole scene...
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Here, the antagonist explains his motivation.
It's why he's being the baddie!
And you can't see his face!!!
Should the camera be looking right at him for this? Proper close-up!?!..
You know, for drama.
There's a general theme of "camera in worst place for line" in the whole scene...
It's why he's being the baddie!
And you can't see his face!!!
Should the camera be looking right at him for this? Proper close-up!?!..
You know, for drama.
There's a general theme of "camera in worst place for line" in the whole scene...
I watched Madame Web last night.
Spoilers! This is the scene that explains the whole movie.
The film's reason for being.
Our antagonist dreams that 3 spider women will kill him, so he must kill them.
There is no more important scene in the film.
Let's have a closer look...
Spoilers! This is the scene that explains the whole movie.
The film's reason for being.
Our antagonist dreams that 3 spider women will kill him, so he must kill them.
There is no more important scene in the film.
Let's have a closer look...
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I watched Madame Web last night.
Spoilers! This is the scene that explains the whole movie.
The film's reason for being.
Our antagonist dreams that 3 spider women will kill him, so he must kill them.
There is no more important scene in the film.
Let's have a closer look...
Spoilers! This is the scene that explains the whole movie.
The film's reason for being.
Our antagonist dreams that 3 spider women will kill him, so he must kill them.
There is no more important scene in the film.
Let's have a closer look...
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Missed This? Iconic Ron Embleton Captain Scarlet art, included in upcoming Propstore auction downthetubes.net/iconic-ron-e...
Iconic Ron Embleton Captain Scarlet art, included in upcoming Propstore auction
Iconic art created for the Gerry Anderson TV series back under the hammer
downthetubes.net
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Missed This? Iconic Ron Embleton Captain Scarlet art, included in upcoming Propstore auction downthetubes.net/iconic-ron-e...
I'm doing it.
I'm watching Madam Web.
I'm ten minutes in.
It's awful.
I'm watching Madam Web.
I'm ten minutes in.
It's awful.
a close up of a woman 's face with the hashtag #madameweb on the bottom
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the hashtag #madameweb on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I'm doing it.
I'm watching Madam Web.
I'm ten minutes in.
It's awful.
I'm watching Madam Web.
I'm ten minutes in.
It's awful.
My youngest 3D modelled then 3D printed some Santa hats for a string of lights.
November 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
My youngest 3D modelled then 3D printed some Santa hats for a string of lights.