John-Paul Bove AKA the wordmonger(er)
@wordmonger.bsky.social
Living the dual life as writer & colo(u)rist on titles like Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Doctor Who, Judge Dredd, Godzilla & Gnasher and Gnipper for the Beano! I also teach Masters level Environmental & Public Health. Opinions are my own.
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With just over a week to go, here's my prices for colours at @tfnationltd.bsky.social! If you have an order in with @jlawrenceart.bsky.social @nickroche.bsky.social @andrewwildman.art @marcelomatere.bsky.social @edpirrie.bsky.social or @markerguru.bsky.social & want it coloured then let me know!
Come join me and Ed this weekend!
TFN:Mini-Con® Reading is right around the corner - but we've got time for another panel reveal!
@wordmonger.bsky.social & @edpirrie.bsky.social discuss their history with #Transformers comics & their new roles on "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"!
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@wordmonger.bsky.social & @edpirrie.bsky.social discuss their history with #Transformers comics & their new roles on "Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"!
tfnation.com/mini-co...
#TMNT
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Come join me and Ed this weekend!
Now it's your turn! The shops are still open!
I have done my duty. Honour is satisfied @wordmonger.bsky.social @edpirrie.bsky.social @katcardy.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Now it's your turn! The shops are still open!
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This is a genuinely excellent book I can't recommend enough!
Wonderful to hear that more is coming!
Wonderful to hear that more is coming!
So, I got the rights back for SCARENTHOOD this year! I've been able to work away on Vol 2 since and should have BIG news about in in the next 6 months. Vol 1 (about Irish ghosthunting parents) is £10 (with sketch!) and helps recoup the costs of retreiving the rights. Also; it's really good! Jump on!
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is a genuinely excellent book I can't recommend enough!
Wonderful to hear that more is coming!
Wonderful to hear that more is coming!
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I'll also have this Void Rivals/Transformers: The Movie print with EYE-POPPING colours from @wordmonger.bsky.social and a Spidey Vs Grimlock with the beautiful hues of @dyemooch.bsky.social, again £10 each! (Or any 5 for £40)
(Oh yeah, I'll have the Power Rangers Hallowe'en Special, fiver each!)
(Oh yeah, I'll have the Power Rangers Hallowe'en Special, fiver each!)
November 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I'll also have this Void Rivals/Transformers: The Movie print with EYE-POPPING colours from @wordmonger.bsky.social and a Spidey Vs Grimlock with the beautiful hues of @dyemooch.bsky.social, again £10 each! (Or any 5 for £40)
(Oh yeah, I'll have the Power Rangers Hallowe'en Special, fiver each!)
(Oh yeah, I'll have the Power Rangers Hallowe'en Special, fiver each!)
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Released today in the UK is issue 2 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, featuring a strip written by @wordmonger.bsky.social and drawn by myself!
Please feel free to pick it up, I'm hoping I do better each time!
Please feel free to pick it up, I'm hoping I do better each time!
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Released today in the UK is issue 2 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, featuring a strip written by @wordmonger.bsky.social and drawn by myself!
Please feel free to pick it up, I'm hoping I do better each time!
Please feel free to pick it up, I'm hoping I do better each time!
Out today is issue 2 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Written by me, illustrated by @edpirrie.bsky.social & coloured by @katcardy.bsky.social. As well as an original story there is also a very rare TMNT trading card. Check it out and tag me when you snag yours! #tmnt #turtles #comics
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Out today is issue 2 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Written by me, illustrated by @edpirrie.bsky.social & coloured by @katcardy.bsky.social. As well as an original story there is also a very rare TMNT trading card. Check it out and tag me when you snag yours! #tmnt #turtles #comics
It may look like I'm listening but in my head this is all there is www.facebook.com/share/r/1CWt... #deepspacenine #ds9 #startrek
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November 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
It may look like I'm listening but in my head this is all there is www.facebook.com/share/r/1CWt... #deepspacenine #ds9 #startrek
If you haven't seen the comic out in the wild in the UK you can also order it online direct from Panini! There's a discount if you sign up to the newsletter too! #tmnt #turtles www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/t...
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: issue 1
Welcome to the totally tubular, action-stuffed, OFFICIAL Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles magazine! Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo threw down with Superfly in a battle so...
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October 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If you haven't seen the comic out in the wild in the UK you can also order it online direct from Panini! There's a discount if you sign up to the newsletter too! #tmnt #turtles www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/t...
Another in the wild Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sighting! This time in the local Co-Op! Make sure you snag your copy!
October 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Another in the wild Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sighting! This time in the local Co-Op! Make sure you snag your copy!
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Jumped out for Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. VERY excited by the free Ball Launcher and also happy to see @wordmonger.bsky.social - @edpirrie.bsky.social and @katcardy.bsky.social in the credits! A great creative team! Even Toby is impressed. Get out there and grab it!
October 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Jumped out for Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. VERY excited by the free Ball Launcher and also happy to see @wordmonger.bsky.social - @edpirrie.bsky.social and @katcardy.bsky.social in the credits! A great creative team! Even Toby is impressed. Get out there and grab it!
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 1 is out in the wild! Please share, pick it up and let me know what you think! Written by me, drawn by @edpirrie.bsky.social and colours by @katcardy.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 1 is out in the wild! Please share, pick it up and let me know what you think! Written by me, drawn by @edpirrie.bsky.social and colours by @katcardy.bsky.social
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Some extremely exciting news to share today!
October 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Some extremely exciting news to share today!
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This week there's a NEW #Turtles comic book on shelves, from the creative talents of John-Paul Bove (Writer), Ed Pirrie (Artist) and Kat Cardy (Colours)!
@wordmonger.bsky.social & @edpirrie.bsky.social will both be at TFN:Mini-Con® Reading - come armed with questions! TURTLE POWER!!!
#TMNT
@wordmonger.bsky.social & @edpirrie.bsky.social will both be at TFN:Mini-Con® Reading - come armed with questions! TURTLE POWER!!!
#TMNT
October 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This week there's a NEW #Turtles comic book on shelves, from the creative talents of John-Paul Bove (Writer), Ed Pirrie (Artist) and Kat Cardy (Colours)!
@wordmonger.bsky.social & @edpirrie.bsky.social will both be at TFN:Mini-Con® Reading - come armed with questions! TURTLE POWER!!!
#TMNT
@wordmonger.bsky.social & @edpirrie.bsky.social will both be at TFN:Mini-Con® Reading - come armed with questions! TURTLE POWER!!!
#TMNT
In case you missed it, a new monthly comic launches next week from Panini - written by me, pencilled & inked by @edpirrie.bsky.social & coloured by Kat Cardy. Lots of fun, action & humour to be had plus free gifts every issue! It's turtley up your street!*
*Sorry.
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New Tales of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title launches in the UK this week
The Turtles are back, and your local TG Jones should have them!
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October 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
In case you missed it, a new monthly comic launches next week from Panini - written by me, pencilled & inked by @edpirrie.bsky.social & coloured by Kat Cardy. Lots of fun, action & humour to be had plus free gifts every issue! It's turtley up your street!*
*Sorry.
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*Sorry.
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My talented husband (who also writes for the Beano) is writing this! Drawn by our amazingly talented friend @edpirrie.bsky.social!
Very pleased to announce that the first issue I wrote of the all new Turtles comic is out in the UK on Oct 8th! Available at all good newsagents with art by the stellar @edpirrie.bsky.social and colours by the epic Kat Cardy. Please check it out and share it far and wide! #tmnt #turtles
October 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My talented husband (who also writes for the Beano) is writing this! Drawn by our amazingly talented friend @edpirrie.bsky.social!
Very pleased to announce that the first issue I wrote of the all new Turtles comic is out in the UK on Oct 8th! Available at all good newsagents with art by the stellar @edpirrie.bsky.social and colours by the epic Kat Cardy. Please check it out and share it far and wide! #tmnt #turtles
October 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Very pleased to announce that the first issue I wrote of the all new Turtles comic is out in the UK on Oct 8th! Available at all good newsagents with art by the stellar @edpirrie.bsky.social and colours by the epic Kat Cardy. Please check it out and share it far and wide! #tmnt #turtles
I absolutely loved all the seasons of Fargo and I love Alien so hoped that Alien Earth would be good but it really missed the mark. Never quite figured out what tone it was going for and the themes it explored were surprisingly obvious. Can't fault it for trying something new, to push out in--
September 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I absolutely loved all the seasons of Fargo and I love Alien so hoped that Alien Earth would be good but it really missed the mark. Never quite figured out what tone it was going for and the themes it explored were surprisingly obvious. Can't fault it for trying something new, to push out in--
If I have counted correctly I have just written my 100th script for the Beano!
September 22, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If I have counted correctly I have just written my 100th script for the Beano!
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Not sure how possible it is, but it'd be great if John-Paul could be credited for the colouring work he did in the eventual PRINTED version of the Skybound Transformers compendiums (and Ed and Ben Pirrie for their colour assists too!) All were credited on the original appearances of their work.
So just relieved my PDFs of the Transformers Kickstarter and they have not credited me for colouring parts of Raiders of the Last Ark. I know I joke about regularly being uncredited but this one does irk me.
September 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Not sure how possible it is, but it'd be great if John-Paul could be credited for the colouring work he did in the eventual PRINTED version of the Skybound Transformers compendiums (and Ed and Ben Pirrie for their colour assists too!) All were credited on the original appearances of their work.
So just relieved my PDFs of the Transformers Kickstarter and they have not credited me for colouring parts of Raiders of the Last Ark. I know I joke about regularly being uncredited but this one does irk me.
September 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
So just relieved my PDFs of the Transformers Kickstarter and they have not credited me for colouring parts of Raiders of the Last Ark. I know I joke about regularly being uncredited but this one does irk me.
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Wait, maybe this is your lunch time, in which case! FREE COMIC - go signup for the patreon for exclusive stuff, but the comic is FREE www.patreon.com/pjholden
September 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Wait, maybe this is your lunch time, in which case! FREE COMIC - go signup for the patreon for exclusive stuff, but the comic is FREE www.patreon.com/pjholden
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Cover colours by @wordmonger.bsky.social who will be on #Transformers the show on YouTube in 30 mins. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bri...
September 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Cover colours by @wordmonger.bsky.social who will be on #Transformers the show on YouTube in 30 mins. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bri...
If you're a COVID/vaccine sceptic or are struggling to communicate with someone who is this article is by someone who knows the reality and is just brilliant at explaining it. Feel free to share, because the misinformation is much louder than the truth right now. www.statnews.com/2025/09/06/c...
I inserted myself into a conversation at a bar about Covid and vaccines. Here’s what happened
What happened when a public health scientist overheard four men sharing misinformation about Covid — and decided to talk to them about it.
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September 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
If you're a COVID/vaccine sceptic or are struggling to communicate with someone who is this article is by someone who knows the reality and is just brilliant at explaining it. Feel free to share, because the misinformation is much louder than the truth right now. www.statnews.com/2025/09/06/c...
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August 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM