Gary Northfield
@stupidmonster.bsky.social
Cartoonist/illustrator/author/magician/trapeze artist/grump
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Hello new followers (and old!). In case you were wondering, my latest book, Leif The Unlucky Viking, out from Walker Books, probably contains my bestest drawings ever and is probably the funniest too. (Well, I liked it.)
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Dear Mr. Clegg
I have started a business, selling the contents of your house
I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house
Without this access my company will not be profitable
Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree
Please advise how I should proceed
I have started a business, selling the contents of your house
I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house
Without this access my company will not be profitable
Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree
Please advise how I should proceed
May 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Dear Mr. Clegg
I have started a business, selling the contents of your house
I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house
Without this access my company will not be profitable
Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree
Please advise how I should proceed
I have started a business, selling the contents of your house
I knew when I launched I did not have legal access your house
Without this access my company will not be profitable
Others have told me I have a flawed business model, but I disagree
Please advise how I should proceed
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This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
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Aha! Jim Medway proving himself to be not just a fantastic cartoonist but also a fantastic human being. medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/jim-medway
Stride for Palestinians 2025
I am striding for Palestinians in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). Starting on Nakba Day, I will be completing 107km in one month and virtually covering the distance from Occupied East Jerus
medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com
May 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Aha! Jim Medway proving himself to be not just a fantastic cartoonist but also a fantastic human being. medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/jim-medway
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Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 15,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookTheives by adding your signature here✒️ authr.uk/sp40
Sign the Petition
Protect authors’ livelihoods from the unlicensed use of their work in AI training
authr.uk
April 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition which now stands at 15,000+! You can #DoTheWriteThing & stop #MetaBookTheives by adding your signature here✒️ authr.uk/sp40
All my Julius zebra books are in there, the thieving bastards.
March 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
All my Julius zebra books are in there, the thieving bastards.
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Comics are a community. I like to think that we take care of each other. Please consider following the link in the post below.
Hey, all. Here's the GoFundMe link for our friend Becky Burke @reburked.bsky.social who is currently detained in appalling circumstances in a detention centre in the US by ICE. Where the money is going is all explained on the page. www.gofundme.com/f/4qt8r-brin... #BringBeckyHome
Donate to Bring Becky Home!, organized by Jade Upshall
Hey everyone,
We need your help to bring our amazing Becky Burke home. Becky, a 28-year-old artist … Jade Upshall needs your support for Bring Becky Home!
www.gofundme.com
March 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Comics are a community. I like to think that we take care of each other. Please consider following the link in the post below.
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Already well thumbed, with thanks @wrdmag.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social. Julius Zebra's latest adventure, this time in Ancient China. An absurdly comic piece of fiction studded with fascinating historical facts. Gary Northfield @stupidmonster.bsky.social always has us howling.
March 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Already well thumbed, with thanks @wrdmag.bsky.social @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social. Julius Zebra's latest adventure, this time in Ancient China. An absurdly comic piece of fiction studded with fascinating historical facts. Gary Northfield @stupidmonster.bsky.social always has us howling.
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Oh hey that’s my quote.
Incidentally I spent Saturday writing my speech for London Book Fair. I’m chuffed with how it turned out. It mostly covers how children’s comics were abandoned by publishers in the 90s/00s, and in doing so we lost a generation of readers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Incidentally I spent Saturday writing my speech for London Book Fair. I’m chuffed with how it turned out. It mostly covers how children’s comics were abandoned by publishers in the 90s/00s, and in doing so we lost a generation of readers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
‘Something magical is happening’: sales boom for children’s comics creating young readers of the future
Publishers and analysts say popularity of genres like manga and superhero comics is a gateway into reading
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh hey that’s my quote.
Incidentally I spent Saturday writing my speech for London Book Fair. I’m chuffed with how it turned out. It mostly covers how children’s comics were abandoned by publishers in the 90s/00s, and in doing so we lost a generation of readers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Incidentally I spent Saturday writing my speech for London Book Fair. I’m chuffed with how it turned out. It mostly covers how children’s comics were abandoned by publishers in the 90s/00s, and in doing so we lost a generation of readers.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Had a brilliant #worldbookday, fantastic, jolly upbeat teachers and kids, 110% effort in costumes all round too! Such a life-affirming day :) A visiting parent (who was also a teacher) asked me in reception if I was an author, because I looked like one! 🥸 I’ve no idea what that means!
March 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Had a brilliant #worldbookday, fantastic, jolly upbeat teachers and kids, 110% effort in costumes all round too! Such a life-affirming day :) A visiting parent (who was also a teacher) asked me in reception if I was an author, because I looked like one! 🥸 I’ve no idea what that means!
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The word you’re looking for is “stolen”, not ‘given away’
The Guardian view on AI and copyright: creativity should be cherished, not given away | Editorial
The Guardian view on AI and copyright: creativity should be cherished, not given away | Editorial
Editorial: The government’s consultation was weighted towards big tech. Now is the time for a rethink
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The word you’re looking for is “stolen”, not ‘given away’
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The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity.
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
February 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
The Government is siding with big tech over British creativity.
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
Today is the FINAL chance to respond to their consultation on AI and copyright.
Let's make sure creators' voices are heard. Guidance below 👇 #MakeItFair #PayTheCreator
www.alcs.co.uk/news/your-ri...
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Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
February 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Every major UK newspaper - left, right, broadsheet, tabloid - is running a front page campaign against copyright carveouts for AI training.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
I can't remember the last time any political cause had such broad support, let alone one so anti-big tech and so economically consequential.
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🎨 YO COMICS WORKSHOP! Invent brilliant new comic characters with Gary Northfield @stupidmonster.bsky.social
✏️ Learn comic skills from the weird and wonderful brain behind Derek the Sheep, Julius Zebra, and many other beloved, bonkers comic characters.
🗓️ 23rd March 2025
🚀 Tickets live March 1st
✏️ Learn comic skills from the weird and wonderful brain behind Derek the Sheep, Julius Zebra, and many other beloved, bonkers comic characters.
🗓️ 23rd March 2025
🚀 Tickets live March 1st
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎨 YO COMICS WORKSHOP! Invent brilliant new comic characters with Gary Northfield @stupidmonster.bsky.social
✏️ Learn comic skills from the weird and wonderful brain behind Derek the Sheep, Julius Zebra, and many other beloved, bonkers comic characters.
🗓️ 23rd March 2025
🚀 Tickets live March 1st
✏️ Learn comic skills from the weird and wonderful brain behind Derek the Sheep, Julius Zebra, and many other beloved, bonkers comic characters.
🗓️ 23rd March 2025
🚀 Tickets live March 1st
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We have 4 RIOTOUSLY FUNNY copies of #JuliusZebra #CommotionInAncientChina by @stupidmonster.bsky.social
to #win!
If you crave an action-packed adventure full of illustrated silliness with Julius & friends in Ancient China…
Repost & Follow by Feb 21 to enter
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #WRDMagComp
to #win!
If you crave an action-packed adventure full of illustrated silliness with Julius & friends in Ancient China…
Repost & Follow by Feb 21 to enter
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #WRDMagComp
February 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We have 4 RIOTOUSLY FUNNY copies of #JuliusZebra #CommotionInAncientChina by @stupidmonster.bsky.social
to #win!
If you crave an action-packed adventure full of illustrated silliness with Julius & friends in Ancient China…
Repost & Follow by Feb 21 to enter
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #WRDMagComp
to #win!
If you crave an action-packed adventure full of illustrated silliness with Julius & friends in Ancient China…
Repost & Follow by Feb 21 to enter
@walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #WRDMagComp
Top of this week's "Who gives a sh*t?" news. "Why we're selling family castle after 700 years" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands up .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in a chair with his hands up .
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Top of this week's "Who gives a sh*t?" news. "Why we're selling family castle after 700 years" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Find Gary at @stupidmonster.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Find Gary at @stupidmonster.bsky.social
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YO COMICS EXHIBITOR! Gary Northfield has been writing and drawing comics since 2002. He is most famous for Derek the Sheep - which appeared in The Beano. He has also created many jolly comics for The Phoenix, National Geographic Kids magazine, The Dandy, and Horrible Histories magazine.
January 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
YO COMICS EXHIBITOR! Gary Northfield has been writing and drawing comics since 2002. He is most famous for Derek the Sheep - which appeared in The Beano. He has also created many jolly comics for The Phoenix, National Geographic Kids magazine, The Dandy, and Horrible Histories magazine.
I assume I’m the billionth person to notice that Zuckerberg looks more like Beaker every day.
January 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I assume I’m the billionth person to notice that Zuckerberg looks more like Beaker every day.
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How can there be so many people in the world who want others to suffer?
January 22, 2025 at 7:11 AM
How can there be so many people in the world who want others to suffer?
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Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.
January 22, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Sure is a bad time to be a person who cares about things.
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Hector Ayala, the White Tiger, by George Perez
July 28, 2023 at 12:57 PM
Hector Ayala, the White Tiger, by George Perez
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The ONE THING the UK punches above its weight at is the creative industries. Every move either party has made in the last 15 years has been to wreck them.
January 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The ONE THING the UK punches above its weight at is the creative industries. Every move either party has made in the last 15 years has been to wreck them.
See also this @danfrancis02.bsky.social Hardworking artists and writers are having their IP stolen by the AI industry and the Labour Government is handing it them on a plate. There is an online consultation, but it is deliberate gobbledygook and impenetrable management speak.
Didn't have to read too much of the consultation to realise it is merely window dressing; a government wanting to be seen as doing the right thing while it has already decided to do the wrong thing.
The UK’s AI Opportunities Action Plan, published today, proposes legalising the mass theft of IP by AI companies. And the government has already accepted its recommendations, revealing the ongoing consultation on AI & copyright as a sham.
More thoughts here fairtraining.substack.com/p/the-ai-opp...
More thoughts here fairtraining.substack.com/p/the-ai-opp...
January 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
See also this @danfrancis02.bsky.social Hardworking artists and writers are having their IP stolen by the AI industry and the Labour Government is handing it them on a plate. There is an online consultation, but it is deliberate gobbledygook and impenetrable management speak.