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Tom Humberstone C36 Comixology Hall @ TB
@tomhumberstone.com
Comic artist and illustrator

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🚨 This weekend, I’ll be tabling @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!

It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.

Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
Some things you can buy from me at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social in Comixology Hall, table C36. I will draw in your book and sign it!
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
On the train to Thought Bubble! Maybe see you (yes, YOU) at the @averyhill.bsky.social Exhibition at the Mercer Gallery tonight? If not, hopefully see you at table C36 in Comixology Hall 🖤
🚨 This weekend, I’ll be tabling @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!

It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.

Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
I was asked by @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social to adapt a short story by Aileen MacAlister into a comic to celebrate the release of the Book Week Scotland collection.

It’s about friendship. And losing a parent. It was a privilege to adapt it.
Read it in full here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ_53imCGA...
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Be sure to give @quindriepress.com the send off it deserves (buy lots of their comics) this year at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Only one week until @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! Find Quindrie Press in 2000AD Hall at table B12, and be sure to stop by all the all the other Quindrie creators as well.
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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The recent success of the Basic Income for Artists pilot scheme in Ireland has led to it being made permanent. 🙌 As a result interest is growing over here, and CCIC have started having discussions with Basic Income campaigners. If this thing takes off, we want to get comics in on the ground floor!
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🚨 This weekend, I’ll be tabling @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!

It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.

Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
NEW COMIC! I Know The Way Out by me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social. A poetry comic collection.

Back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social and looking better than I could have hoped!

24 pages. Riso printed in 4 colours (black, blue, aqua, fluo pink).

Debuting @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!!
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Some brand new riso prints back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social in time for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!

All printed on premium 225gsm birch stock. Limited runs of 50.

Available to order from my online store or grab them this weekend at Thought Bubble! I’m in Comixology Hall, C36.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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I was supposed to be debuting @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year and then life happened. Thanks to the kindness of @theahmedraafat.bsky.social Anna Readman @chrisbaldie.bsky.social and @tomhumberstone.com How to Survive an Affair will still be available there this weekend. Have fun everyone!
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“Each [poem] embodies a kind of melancholy existentialism; reflections on the world around us that feel oddly both universal and yet specific.”

A lovely, and thoughtful, review of I Know The Way Out on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is good: youtu.be/ZFitkz5VJvI?...

We should normalise calling people "consumers" as an insult.
Why AI "Art" Feels So Wrong
YouTube video by Thomas Flight
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Come see us at Edinburgh’s #RadicalBookFair on Sunday!

We’re looking forward to meeting local activists and talking about using socialist journalism to support our movements.
The #RadicalBookFair is as much about community as it is about books - a space for connection, for learning, for taking action.

So Sunday we host stalls from grassroots groups, local initiatives, bookish collaborators & activist campaigns, come meet the people making change on your doorstep!
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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There are so many AHP creators at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year we couldn't fit them all on one map graphic!
Make sure you save both these maps so you can find them all on the 15th/16th!
#thoughtbubble2025
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I had a really good chat with @chrislaumanson.bsky.social and @tomhumberstone.com at TAGS Festival last weekend about what we, the independent comic community, can do to push our scene forward. A lot of what we discussed is UK- or world-wide rather than just pertinent to Scotland but I'll recap:
November 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Edinburgh Zine Fair is tomorrow! I spent all month writing and making a thing that couldn't possibly be finished in time. I regret nothing. Come along and enjoy new lino cuts, old Shenks and awkward conversation! #edinburghzinefair

EZF image by @tomhumberstone.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I'll be tabling at Edinburgh Zine Fair this weekend! Sat Nov 1st (12-5.30pm) and Sun Nov 2nd (12-4.30pm). St Mags House.

Should be a fun one!
October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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I caught Tom's talk on AI and art this weekend. Very interesting and some good tips. I think it could have easily turned into a 4 hour 'coping with AI' support session if we'd had time. I can recommend the the accompanying Luddite collection. We've been doing them wrong all these years!
All set up @tagsfest.co.uk and repping a beautiful new tee by Ryan Hamill. Very relevant to my talk at 3.30pm!
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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The weirdest part of being encouraged to use AI for work is feeling like you're being encouraged to do a fast and bad job so you can get on to the next fast and bad job so that you can...
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
All set up @tagsfest.co.uk and repping a beautiful new tee by Ryan Hamill. Very relevant to my talk at 3.30pm!
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My latest newsletter is out. Featuring new comics, new prints, a stylistic pivot, and info on upcoming talks/appearances! grave-offerings.ghost.io/most-wonderf...
October 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
So excited that my work for Suzanne is part of this gorgeous looking exhibition. Can’t wait to see it in person during @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social weekend!
October 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This is worth a watch www.youtube.com/watch?v=707r...
How You're Being Manipulated
YouTube video by Andrewism
www.youtube.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Putting some background slides together for my talk on AI art and the Luddites @tagsfest.co.uk this Saturday. If you're in Edinburgh, come say hi/listen to me rant/buy my tech-related comics, zines and prints! More info: tagsfest.co.uk#talks
October 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM