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Tony Holdsworth
@tonyholdsworth.bsky.social
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Comic maker based in Dundee

Comics portfolio: https://cara.app/tonyholdsworth/portfolio

Writing: https://tonyholdsworth2.wordpress.com/

Contact: tonyholdsworth0@gmail.com

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Happy Halloween!

@eoosterhous.bsky.social and I made a comic about the littlest con artist in Transylvania
Swindle allows a vampire to nearly bite her neck, but at the last second she milks the vampire's fangs. She rides away on her moped until the fuel runs out, so she tries to steal the key to a motorbike. A shadow passes over her hand as she reaches for it. A nun, Sister Vanessa, beats Swindle with a giant cross Vanessa traps Swindle, so Swindle tries to bargain her way out of the cage with a bottle of freshly milked vampire venom. Vanessa walks away without freeing Swindle Night falls and the vampire comes to retrieve her venom. Her fangs extend like twisty straws into the bottle that Vanessa hands her. The vampire explodes into flame. Swindle sees that Vanessa tricked the vampire into sucking holy water into her fangs. As they escape the burning house, Vanessa's habit burns away to reveal hardcore vampire hunting tattoos. In the last panel, Vanessa reveals that her full name is Vanessa Helsing
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Putting together a writing portfolio to take to Thought Bubble and I paused in a fun place. An email. Please shoot me An Email.
The outro to my collection of short stories. It reads "Outro. Thank you so much for reading this! If you want to collaborate, please shoot me"
October 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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In this post, I preview the comic I made with @eoosterhous.bsky.social

I am so lucky to work with her!
The first two panels of God Saw You Milkin’ That Vampire. Swindle offers her neck to a vampire. Right as the vampire is about to sink her teeth into Swindle’s carotid, she milks the vampire’s fangs like you would a snake.
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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The tension between him and Guillermo Del Toro on the Kojima stream was unbearable. Del Toro was sat there like
A young white man tries to look calm, even though his veins are popping out of his head with anger.
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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I am once again asking @kodansha.us to release the Complete Works of Katsuhiro Otomo in English.
The cover for Akira volume 1. Kaneda is up to his knees in sewage behind a crashed vehicle. He holds a gun. The cover for Domu issue 1. An old man is covered in mementos from his murder The cover for Otomo The Complete Works. A mostly naked guy with a prosthetic arm and leg wears a helmet while standing the middle of the road The cover for Memories. A woman in an airy blouse stands against a blue, cloudy background
September 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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I've compiled a list of resources for myself, but if this can help anyone to put together a better pitch for
@2000ad.bsky.social at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social then that would make me happy. Rising tide and all that.

THREAD:
A promotional poster for the 2000AD writing and art competition held at Thought Bubble each year. It shows art by Mark Harrison from the comic "The Out," where the main character, at the bottom of the image, walks to the right, against a multicoloured background of alien worlds. The title reads, "Do you have what it takes?"
August 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Highlight:
“People who are making military games, they probably don't know how to dismantle a gun or shoot a gun,” Kojima says. “So that's kind of sad.” Asked whether he could dismantle a gun, Kojima replied: “Yes, because I've been doing this training as well,” he says, “and I learned so many ways to kill people as well.” Earlier this month Kojima said he wanted to be the first developer to make a game in space.
July 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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This week's Dredd was a real pulse-pounder. Bravo to @2000ad.bsky.social @robwilliams71.bsky.social RM Guera, Giulia Brusco and @simonbowland.bsky.social !
A large man with a bionic arm sits on a Judge's motorbike with his back to us. In the background is a shutter. The caption reads "It was total war sending them a message."
July 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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Looks like I'm im for a ZARJAZ night in
The latest issue of Zarjaz on a table
July 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Lovely post-twist twist from @2000ad.bsky.social this week. Love how the real twist was hidden in the fire stone's list of capabilities
The first two panels of a comic in which the prophecy of Lekbith the Terrible is told. In panel two, we learn about the fire stone, which can do all sorts, but hidden in the list of its powers is time travel.
June 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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"The shoe “was intact from toe to heel and immediately drew impressed gasps from volunteers and staff alike,” writes Rachel Frame, senior archaeologist at the Magna Project"

What a legacy. I hope when I die, I die in such a way that when they dig me up, they go fuck me look at his feet!
Headline: A Giant Roman Soldier Lost His Shoe Near Hadrian's Wall 2,000 years ago A photo shows a hand holding a preserved sole which is 32 centimetres in length
June 21, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Happy #FreeComicBookDay for all who celebrate!

Have a free comic to whet your appetite but make sure you visit your local comic shop.

Art by Tom Newell
Lettered by @robjoneswrites.bsky.social
At a press conference for the charity Conflict Aid, charity chairman Charlie denies allegations of the misuse of funds. Journalist Jodie follows him when he leaves the venue. Charlie drives into the countryside while talking on his phone. He's guided to a barn. Jodie follows him. In the barn, Jodie sees that Charlie has built a war vehicle, and she realises that he has been using charity funds to build this thing. In space, a satellite's crew receive authorisation from Mr Mann. It drops a rod. It plummets towards the barn. The rod crashes through the roof of the barn, killing Charlie and destroying the barn. In the aftermath, Jodie talks to another charity trustee who assures her that everything is above board. The trustee's name is Mr Edward Mann.
May 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Catching up on New Gods today. The whole team are rather good.
Double page spread of two futuristic warriors about to strike. One is large and red, the other wiry and yellow, and both are contrasted against a duller background of warriors locked in combat
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Looking forward to spending an evening on this! I'm ravenous for more UK small press nuggets #WeReadsComics
Cover for the 2024 sci-fi scpecial of Zarjaz. Tharg the Mighty demonstrates his might by evading a giant robot, throwing energy bolts back at it as he goes
November 27, 2024 at 7:26 PM
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Name a show you're positive no one remembers but you.
Poster for the TV show Butt Ugly Martians. The eponymous three martians of questionable aesthetic appeal shoot lasers as their robot dog barks at the unseen enemy.
November 23, 2024 at 12:33 PM
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Case of the Golden Idol should get game of the year every year for this
Screenshot from Case of the Golden Idol. Painting of a bearded gnome sitting atop a chamber pot who appears to be having a whale of a time. I wish I was him.
November 17, 2024 at 4:57 PM
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Thanks Pete! I'm a comic writer from Dundee currently drawing my own stuff just to get my work out there. If there are any artists who wanna collab let me know!
Page 1 of the comic BREAK Panel 1 A huge Arnold Schwarzenegger lookalike fires a flamethrower off-page Caption: He's Burt Brawny, intergalactic hero of the big bug war Panel 2 A dweeb in a baseball cap hunches over a laptop Caption 1: I'm Wendell Weedy, I can't even handle the little ones. Caption 2: When the war started, I signed up to orbital weapons support instead of the front lines. Caption 3: So I support Burt from orbit. Panel 3 More detailed view of his desk. We see him tapping away at his laptop. Next to his laptop is a dome-shaped launch button Caption: With only this absurdly large launch button for company Panel 4 Behind Wendell we see a glass case containing bug spray and a box of matches. On the glass are the words "Break glass in case of bug" Panel 5 We see a ship orbiting a planet Caption 1: But at least I'm safe up here Caption 2: Or so I thought...
September 28, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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I love Moo Deng
Moo Deng lying down. The caption reads "I don't know much" Moo Deng bites. Caption read "But I know violence"
September 28, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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The beginning of every One Piece arc:
Panel from One Piece showing Zolo saying "Hey, there's an island"
September 27, 2024 at 7:33 AM
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Top tip: the saturated line tool in CSP is great for zingin' perspective
A sketch of a guy entering a room at a dramatic overhead angle
September 24, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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Highlight of tonight's drawing
September 23, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Nearly 30 years late to the party, I'm rooting for this dog in One Piece
A page from chapter 13 of One Piece, in which Chouchou the sog defends his dead master's pet store from a lion
September 18, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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Comics study: Fist of the North Star

The closure between these two panels is so cool. Each word balloon is an example of aposiopesis (thanks Mark Forsyth) which leaves a gap for the reader to pour their imagination into
A page from chapter 1 of Fist of the North Star. A biker rides in to warn the boss that "Our scouts...th-theyve been..." The boss replies "What?!" The next page. The boss stands over his dead underlings and asks, "Wh-who...Who the hell dod this?!"
September 7, 2024 at 1:52 PM
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Hey this is like that dream that one time
Screenshot from the video game Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. The main character Kasuga Ichiban sits with members of the Gondwara clan who enjoy dressing like babies. The bench they sit on has not loaded so they pose as if sitting, but they're just in the air
September 7, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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I didn't realise that the two western comics I most love are both by Alan Moore
Cover of Akira volume 1 Cover of the Watchmen graphic novel Cover of Blade of the Immortal volume 1 Cover of the graphic novel of From Hell
September 7, 2024 at 9:22 AM