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Michael Sambrook
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WORDS & SOUNDS. MADIUS COMICS, FOLIATE, THE INCREDIBLE BUN, HORRERE, GRIFF GRISTLE, PAPERCUTS & INKSTAINS, THE EXCHANGE, & FLINGIS.

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rapiaghi.bsky.social
Soon!
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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filbs.bsky.social
Mmm. Looks like Blackwood Enterprises have either sowed some pretty dodgy seeds or are about to need some pretty strong weedkiller. Plant-centric antics from @robjoneswrites.bsky.social @rapiaghi.bsky.social @matthew-hardy.bsky.social & Co.
October 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
And lo, The Boatman's Call sounds no more. From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social & myself, thank you to the 397 of you who backed us, raising £10,550 and putting us 422% over our planned funding amount. We cannot wait to get this book printed, packaged and out to you all.
October 3, 2025 at 6:06 PM
rapiaghi.bsky.social
Thank you all! You rock!
robjoneswrites.bsky.social Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · Oct 3
And lo, The Boatman's Call sounds no more. From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social & myself, thank you to the 397 of you who backed us, raising £10,550 and putting us 422% over our planned funding amount. We cannot wait to get this book printed, packaged and out to you all.
October 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
rapiaghi.bsky.social
LAST CHANCE SALOON TO BACK GRIFF GRISTLE!

if you want to get your paws on a beautiful copy of the collected book, it’s now or never (or at least later)!

40 minutes till the campaign closes. Don’t miss out on the spooky maritime event of 2025!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Griff diving into the unknown depths
October 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
48 hours to go and we just smashed through the £9000 stretchgoal! Which means all physical backers now get THIS insane pulp pin up by the amazing @frederikhornung.com!! Don't miss out!!
A pin up done in the style of classic EC Comics. With the text THE MARITIME ADVENTURES OF GRIFF GRISTLE! 3 inset panels show Griff, The leader of the Children of the Waves and a Siren. The main image shows Griff stood on a rock in a howling storm with lightning framing him as he fights back monsters from the deep
October 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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sarahpeploe.bsky.social
Want a comic that's creaking with salt and blazing with bioluminescence? Back GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL! 3 days to go!

GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel by Robin Jones — Kickstarter share.google/24Ogyif9iS8j...
GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel
The supernatural seadog in an action packed 152(!) page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!
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September 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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frederikhornung.com
Back Griff Gristle today to unlock MY UPCOMING PULP PINUP as a stretch goal!
robjoneswrites.bsky.social Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · Sep 27
We've passed 300 backers, which is incredible, and now sit just over £400 away from our next stretchgoal, which I can safely say really leans into the pulp aesthetics of Griff. Especially since it's being cooked up by @frederikhornung.com!
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
3 days to go.

351%.

£206 off of unlocking our £9000 stretchgoal.

Time for myself, @rapiaghi.bsky.social & @rorydraws4.bsky.social to hold our breath!!!

GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL IS ENTERING THE FINAL STRETCH!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Griff is underwater, his breath almost spent, letting out a bubble filled scream as he his eyes are wide and full of fear!
September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
Over 300% funded. Nearly 300 backers. 10 days to go. Find out why Griff Gristle is our last line of defence against the dark monsters of the deep.

From myself, @rapiaghi.bsky.social and @rorydraws4.bsky.social.

Have you heard the Boatman's Call?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Griff Gristle sits pensive by a fishing spot, his line leading up into the air into a spectral sea, suspended in the sky. A series of panels of Griff trying to swim after a ghostly figure as a red mist rushes up from the ocean depths and engulfs him. Griff emerges in Purgatory, in the River Styx and is looked upon in a strange manner by Charon, the boatman of souls.
September 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
rapiaghi.bsky.social
New music? New music! Really happy with this. Hopefully you are too!
rapiaghi.bsky.social Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · Sep 20
New music. First in a long time. Hope in the darkness. on.soundcloud.com/R4jfJeboVTYx...
A beautiful painting by my daughter.
September 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
rapiaghi.bsky.social
New music. First in a long time. Hope in the darkness. on.soundcloud.com/R4jfJeboVTYx...
A beautiful painting by my daughter.
September 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
£350 off from our £8000 stretch-goal of Bookmarks and Dust Jackets! Incredible! Thank you all so much!

Griff is so damn fun to write with @rapiaghi.bsky.social, and @rorydraws4.bsky.social adds so much character & life to our Drunk Punk in a Ghostly Funk.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel
The supernatural seadog in an action packed 140 page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!
www.kickstarter.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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comicprintinguk.bsky.social
Griff Gristle will be republished by someone in the Titan/Mad Cave range within five years. Bookmark this. And then go back the KS so you can tell people you were ahead of the curve.
rapiaghi.bsky.social Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · Sep 16
A huge thank you to everyone that’s backed the current GRIFF GRISTLE kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...). We’ve been blown away by the support so far. It’s been a dream of ours to get this collected and to finally get some of the rarer bits finally brought together in one place.
GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel
The supernatural seadog in an action packed 140 page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!
www.kickstarter.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
rapiaghi.bsky.social
A huge thank you to everyone that’s backed the current GRIFF GRISTLE kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...). We’ve been blown away by the support so far. It’s been a dream of ours to get this collected and to finally get some of the rarer bits finally brought together in one place.
GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel
The supernatural seadog in an action packed 140 page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!
www.kickstarter.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
We hammered our way through our latest stretchgoal overnight, passing £7000 & also hit 250 backers which is just amazing! From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social & myself, thank you so much! Don't miss-le the Gristle!

#Comics #GriffGristle #Comicbooks

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Griff Gristle handing Justine a drink of whiskey whilst sat on the deck of the Betty, his boat. The text POUR ONE OUT TO YOURSELVES! 250 BACKERS and FUNDING NOW ON KICKSTARTER - GRIFF GRISTLE THE BOATMAN'S CALL and 275%+ FUNDED/ FUNDED IN <24 HOURS
September 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
Griff Gristle is now 200% funded! That's over £5000/$6775!!

Thank you so much from myself, @rapiaghi.bsky.social and @rorydraws4.bsky.social! We have such seafaring supernatural sights to show you... On to the next batch stretch-goals I guess!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
A man clad in a diving suit stands, arm raised to the sky as another man is ritually sacrificed against an ancient cairn underwater. The text 200% FUNDED and GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL FUNDING NOW ON KICKSTARTER can be seen.
September 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
We're £6 away from hitting our latest stretchgoal on Griff Gristle: The Boatman's Call, which is a new 5 page story and 3 pages of behind the scenes stuff being added, which is incredible! From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social and myself, THANK YOU SO MUCH!
robjoneswrites.bsky.social Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · Sep 5
Hey, yo. Griff Gristle backers! You may want to check the latest update for cool news! In the mean time, check out this AWESOME Griff art by @normkonyu.bsky.social! Want to know how to get hold of it? Follow the link below!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Griff Gristle has had his diving helmet removed by spectral skeletons bursting out under the ground beneath his feet. He is fighting them off of him with Gungir, his spear, as he is frantically trying to hold his breath.
September 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
Hey, yo. Griff Gristle backers! You may want to check the latest update for cool news! In the mean time, check out this AWESOME Griff art by @normkonyu.bsky.social! Want to know how to get hold of it? Follow the link below!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Griff Gristle has had his diving helmet removed by spectral skeletons bursting out under the ground beneath his feet. He is fighting them off of him with Gungir, his spear, as he is frantically trying to hold his breath.
September 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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alisdairwood.bsky.social
Happy 50th birthday to Space 1999

You can read all about here claretzine.com/shop/p/phase...
September 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
rapiaghi.bsky.social
Currently floating in international waters so can’t do a post that does justice to the support we’ve received so far on this but huge thanks to everyone that’s backed the kickstarter and to everyone that hasn’t, WHAT YA WAITING FOR? I’ll only accept ‘I’m also in international waters’ as a response.
robjoneswrites.bsky.social Rob 'B'ones @ TBubs 2000 AD Hall - A17-18a @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · Sep 2
It feels incredibly good to say that Griff Gristle: The Boatman's Call is FUNDED IN UNDER 24 HOURS! Thank you so much, from @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social & myself.

Better start thinking about those stretch goals I guess?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
A promo piece showing Griff Gristle, Justine and Rich sat around a table, with heavy use of shadows as framing. The text GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL - JONES/SAMBROOK/DONALD is in the top left and then FUNDED IN UNDER 24 HOURS and the MADIUS comics logo along the bottom edge.
September 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
And we are over 50% funded! So check out this GORGEOUS page of NEW Griff art by the wonderful @rorydraws4.bsky.social.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Griff Gristle, the salty sea dog, sits on the end of a rocky pier, fishing, however he is fishing upwards into the spectral sea in the sky, blue and pink luminous fish glow in and amongst the stars as he does so. He sits patiently, waiting for something
September 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
7pm. Today.

"Only the dead fish...here him sing."

Griff Gristle: The Boatman's Call launches! The collected stories of the Crusty Fisher Punk, with new tales, in softcover and hardcover.

From me, @rapiaghi.bsky.social and @rorydraws4.bsky.social!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
September 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
September 1st. The Crusty Fisher Punk rides again.

From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social and myself, Griff Gristle Vol One is now ready to go! New tales. A huge selection of pin ups and the whole of the first arc of Griff, all in one place.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Coming soon: GRIFF GRISTLE VOL 1: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel
The supernatural seadog is available in an action packed Graphic Novel! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!
www.kickstarter.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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robjoneswrites.bsky.social
Oh, HAI everyone. You'll see @rapiaghi.bsky.social Liam Hill and myself at Tbubs this year under our names...and not Madius. But we're still Madius...

Simple, right?
June 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM