James Turner
@patchworkofregrets.bsky.social
I used to make comics on the internet, now I mostly get far too invested in advent calendars. I'm 'eruditebaboon' on all the other apps.
www.eruditebaboon.co.uk
www.eruditebaboon.co.uk
The next Toby and the Pixies book, 'HOW TO BE COOL!' is coming out in February, and the ever excellent Waterstones are offering 25% off preorders until this Friday. Use the powerful incantation OCTOBER25 at the checkout to get the discount! www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The next Toby and the Pixies book, 'HOW TO BE COOL!' is coming out in February, and the ever excellent Waterstones are offering 25% off preorders until this Friday. Use the powerful incantation OCTOBER25 at the checkout to get the discount! www.waterstones.com/campaign/oct...
Toby and the Pixies: Worst King Ever has been included in this year's Great Books Guide from BookTrust that will be going out to schools all over the country! So many brilliant books in this, I'm very pleased to be included - see the full list here: www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Toby and the Pixies: Worst King Ever has been included in this year's Great Books Guide from BookTrust that will be going out to schools all over the country! So many brilliant books in this, I'm very pleased to be included - see the full list here: www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...
Through a complicated series of events, this weekend @neillcameron.bsky.social ended up drawing me as a sidekick for a donut in front of 600 children, who then went on to draw me too. Here are a few of the ones I saw - please note that they all made sure to draw my sweaty armpits.
October 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Through a complicated series of events, this weekend @neillcameron.bsky.social ended up drawing me as a sidekick for a donut in front of 600 children, who then went on to draw me too. Here are a few of the ones I saw - please note that they all made sure to draw my sweaty armpits.
And here's the process of pencils to final art. I'm only just now realising that I made the letters of 'the Phoenix' as cutouts by accident because I couldn't decide what colour to make them, but they kept that in for the final version. An accident? No, I am just subconsciously a visionary GENIUS.
September 19, 2025 at 9:48 AM
And here's the process of pencils to final art. I'm only just now realising that I made the letters of 'the Phoenix' as cutouts by accident because I couldn't decide what colour to make them, but they kept that in for the final version. An accident? No, I am just subconsciously a visionary GENIUS.
For those interested in the Creative Process here's a video of my work on this, going from trying out a bunch of initial ideas, to finished pencils. I can't believe I abandoned 'It's Ghostin' Time'.
September 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
For those interested in the Creative Process here's a video of my work on this, going from trying out a bunch of initial ideas, to finished pencils. I can't believe I abandoned 'It's Ghostin' Time'.
I did the cover for this week's issue of @the-phoenix-comic.bsky.social! I may have become addicted to rim lighting now.
September 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I did the cover for this week's issue of @the-phoenix-comic.bsky.social! I may have become addicted to rim lighting now.
This book contains so many mad little pixie stories, including my favourite one, where Toby's teeth all come to life and leap out of his mouth. Body horror for kids!
September 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This book contains so many mad little pixie stories, including my favourite one, where Toby's teeth all come to life and leap out of his mouth. Body horror for kids!
My newest book 'Toby and the Pixies: Pixie Pandemonium' is out NOW! I'd normally link to where you can buy it in the Phoenix shop but it has already SOLD OUT, so here's a link to Blackwells instead: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
September 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My newest book 'Toby and the Pixies: Pixie Pandemonium' is out NOW! I'd normally link to where you can buy it in the Phoenix shop but it has already SOLD OUT, so here's a link to Blackwells instead: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro...
Just to give you a preview of the sort of mind-bending science fiction horrors you might find inside, here is the villain, Dark Rectangle, revealing his latest, most terrifying invention yet:
August 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Just to give you a preview of the sort of mind-bending science fiction horrors you might find inside, here is the villain, Dark Rectangle, revealing his latest, most terrifying invention yet:
My latest Star Cat book, Unicorns in Space, is out TODAY! Leap into your spaceships and fly to your nearest book shop at once, or you can use an incredible futuristic technology and order it online here: thephoenixcomic.shop/products/sta...
August 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
My latest Star Cat book, Unicorns in Space, is out TODAY! Leap into your spaceships and fly to your nearest book shop at once, or you can use an incredible futuristic technology and order it online here: thephoenixcomic.shop/products/sta...
I am oscillating with excitement to report that my two newest, yet-to-be-released books, Toby and the Pixies: Pixie Pandemonium and Star Cat: Unicorns in Space, are included in Waterstones’ 25% off FLASH SALE on selected pre-ordered books this week! Use the code SUMMER25 at the checkout.
July 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I am oscillating with excitement to report that my two newest, yet-to-be-released books, Toby and the Pixies: Pixie Pandemonium and Star Cat: Unicorns in Space, are included in Waterstones’ 25% off FLASH SALE on selected pre-ordered books this week! Use the code SUMMER25 at the checkout.
A big box of these arrived today (from space???). Coming to a book shop within a light year of you next month!
July 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A big box of these arrived today (from space???). Coming to a book shop within a light year of you next month!
Writing these down over my desk, because I seem to forget them every single bloody day
July 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Writing these down over my desk, because I seem to forget them every single bloody day
And some incredible use of colour in other murals too. I've got to figure out how to use colour like this!
July 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
And some incredible use of colour in other murals too. I've got to figure out how to use colour like this!
And these guys down here are literally wearing superhero masks while they plan the resistance
July 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
And these guys down here are literally wearing superhero masks while they plan the resistance
This guy in particular could easily be out of a modern comic
July 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This guy in particular could easily be out of a modern comic
Saw some incredible murals in Oslo city hall. I think this one probably qualifies as a comic (Cc @scottmccloud.bsky.social)
July 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Saw some incredible murals in Oslo city hall. I think this one probably qualifies as a comic (Cc @scottmccloud.bsky.social)
I don't post much art, so here's a panel I was particularly pleased with (from my comic Clatters and Bump, appearing in @the-phoenix-comic.bsky.social every week)
July 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I don't post much art, so here's a panel I was particularly pleased with (from my comic Clatters and Bump, appearing in @the-phoenix-comic.bsky.social every week)
Just received issue SEVEN HUNDRED of the Phoenix comic, with a brilliant cover by @rdcomics.bsky.social. So proud to be part of this ridiculous thing.
May 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just received issue SEVEN HUNDRED of the Phoenix comic, with a brilliant cover by @rdcomics.bsky.social. So proud to be part of this ridiculous thing.
Unfortunately it is completely impossible to reproduce. My attempts to copy it are just hollow mockeries of the one true shoe, blasphemous cobbles.
That's it for me, my best work is clearly behind me. Thanks, everyone, it's been fun.
That's it for me, my best work is clearly behind me. Thanks, everyone, it's been fun.
May 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Unfortunately it is completely impossible to reproduce. My attempts to copy it are just hollow mockeries of the one true shoe, blasphemous cobbles.
That's it for me, my best work is clearly behind me. Thanks, everyone, it's been fun.
That's it for me, my best work is clearly behind me. Thanks, everyone, it's been fun.
Really pleased with this drawing of a shoe I did in a half a second while trying to work out an idea. The platonic Ideal of a shoe. My greatest work yet.
(The one on the right, that is. The one on the left is vile, worse than sewage. It disgusts me)
(The one on the right, that is. The one on the left is vile, worse than sewage. It disgusts me)
May 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Really pleased with this drawing of a shoe I did in a half a second while trying to work out an idea. The platonic Ideal of a shoe. My greatest work yet.
(The one on the right, that is. The one on the left is vile, worse than sewage. It disgusts me)
(The one on the right, that is. The one on the left is vile, worse than sewage. It disgusts me)
There's currently a MASSIVE Phoenix Comic display up at Waterstones Piccadilly, so I had to go and have a look for myself.
May 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
There's currently a MASSIVE Phoenix Comic display up at Waterstones Piccadilly, so I had to go and have a look for myself.
It's official! Toby and the Pixies BOOK THREE is coming out this September! This book is going to be all pixie chaos, all the time!
May 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's official! Toby and the Pixies BOOK THREE is coming out this September! This book is going to be all pixie chaos, all the time!
My new book is out now! Look out for it in hedges, under mushrooms, in the dens of woodland animals, or, failing that, you could order it online here: thephoenixcomic.shop/products/tob...
March 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My new book is out now! Look out for it in hedges, under mushrooms, in the dens of woodland animals, or, failing that, you could order it online here: thephoenixcomic.shop/products/tob...