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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thanks to all those involved in LICAF, I had a nice time and am now bloody exhausted. Thanks also to all those who came by my table!

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm tabling at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal this weekend. Come and say hi! Oh and buy my books. Buy them. BUY THEM.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Oh god, I hope not. Holding a phone over a french comic is not the best way to read it. Also the translation is functional, but quite obviously not as good as it would be with a real translator.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was given a French BD with handwritten dialogue in 2020 and Google Translate couldn't cope with it. I tried it again a couple of months ago and it translated it pretty effortlessly. It's definitely come on.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Great Hi-Vis con yesterday, thanks to Ollie and everyone who helped put the show on. Being a free entry con it meant a lot of mums with young kids were there - they're not my audience (most of my books are fairly adult), but it's wonderful to see them in attendance.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I will be tabling at Hi-Vis comic con in Birmingham tomorrow, come and say hi if you're going! highviscomic-con.com

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Kings Heath Comic Con

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Yes, it astonishes me that I keep getting slick adverts telling me how glamorous some fucking online bingo game is.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There's got to be a Dredd script in there somewhere.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I misread that as "hot nerds" and was about to ask a whole load of follow up questions.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I just finished reading Edge of the Grave by @robbiemorrison.bsky.social, it's an excellent crime thriller set in 1930s gangland Glasgow. Very highly recommended.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

TV show idea: Mental Rentals. Every week an undercover reporter seeks out the most insanely unpleasant, most insanely expensive and generally most insane rentals on the market, punctuated by talking heads of people's craziest experiences as renters.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Why they never got the actor who played Ned Ryerson to advertise Bing I will never know. Perhaps it simply didn't occur to them.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who bought a copy of Chamberlain over the last few days! They are in the post. (You can still buy one here: www.benjamindickson.com )

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Ben Dickson | Comics Writer & Artist

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yes, the idea of the book is to show the mindset of the time, as hindsight can often blind us to it. In the buildup to WW2 the last war was very fresh in the memory - and I think the feeling was one of overwhelming dread.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I will be tabling at Hi-Viz in Birmingham on 19th Sept, Lakes on 3-4 October, MCM on 23-25 October and Thought Bubble 14-15 November if anyone wants to grab a copy of Chamberlain from me there.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Very much so - Herge was drawing Tintin at the time this is set (the King Ottokar's Sceptre story, I think), so it seemed appropriate to draw influence from him!

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A huge amount of visual reference was needed - @tokagezuki.bsky.social, @valentinabriskiart.bsky.social and Vincent Deporter knocked it out of the park, I think!

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Huge thanks to Kieron Gillen for this review!

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thanks so much, Kieron! So glad you liked it! And yes, publishers, the rights are still available... 🙂

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

You can buy Children of the Moon from me direct via the shop on my website: www.benjamindickson.com

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Ben Dickson | Comics Writer & Artist

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

There's a review of Children of the Moon, mine and James McKay's prehistoric werewolf story, on the Awesome Comics Podcast. Thank you to the reviewers for being so positive! You can listen to it here (the review is around 1:46:00): share.google/vOWVNynErl9v...

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THE AWESOME COMICS PODCAST | The Awesome Comics Podcast

The podcast where the best in the small press comics scene make one hell of a big noise! The Awesome Comics Podcast is a podcast where the best and brightest in the world of small press and independe...

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Count Binface said he was going to nationalise Adele, but the media isn't reporting that as if it's actually going to happen.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

He really didn't want to be photographed next to Count Binface, did he? Farage made so many tactical errors here. There was never much doubt that he would be returned, but he never imagined how much of a mockery would be made of him.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I assume Farage didn't turn up to his own election results because he knew every newspaper photo the next day would have him standing next to Count Binface.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I know nothing about the guy, but I have read that he's heavily involved in de-radicalising organisations, having gone through the process himself. Ex-nazi is never a good look, but if he is now genuinely anti-nazi and is actively working to help others escape, then fair play to him.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Just watched The Odyssey. I thought it was excellent, maybe even a masterpiece. I haven't read the original, I'm assuming it's a fairly loose adaptation but I have no idea.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Yes, everyone sharing and being nice to each other is not what successful games are made of, sadly!

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I once read that there was originally an alternative way to play monopoly that was based in socialist principles rather than capitalist principles. Buggered if I can find these rules, though.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I will vote for anyone who pledges to enforce the rules of the quiet carriage

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'll be exhibiting at MCM London this October!

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Vengeance seekers! Save time and effort by digging one extra-deep grave you can both fit into.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

The Bayeux Tapestry isn't really from Bayeux, it was almost certainly made in England. Also it's not actually a tapestry, it's an embroidery. Basically everything is a lie, nothing is real.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Count Binface is not to be trifled with. For a start, he doesn't eat trifle.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Which is better, a diet-fascist gammon shepherd or a bin-headed space warlord? There's only one way to find out...

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Harry Hill: Fight - Only One Way To Find Out

ALT: Harry Hill: Fight - Only One Way To Find Out

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

People of Clacton: if you REALLY want to say fuck you to the whole establishment, vote for Count Binface.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I saw this in the cinema, it's a great little low-budget indie thriller. Well worth your time.

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

There is an astonishing shortage on social media of people photoshopping Mr Blobby into Angine de Poitrine performances. Come on people, what's wrong with you? It couldn't be more obvious!

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This morning I was contemplating a story called "Ned Dawn", in which a middle class housewife wakes up to find everyone in her village has been replaced by clones of @nedhartley.com

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We haven't said hello at a con for a while, but I occasionally see you from afar - and each time I do, your appearance has changed. My facial recognition ability is poor at best, so if you could turn up as your cartoon self from now on that would be really helpful, thanks

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Benjamin Dickson @benjamindickson.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I would like to see a spin-off of Doctor Who entirely about the Daleks after they have conquered Earth, set in one street and how all the Daleks that live on that street are constantly arguing with each other, having relationship dramas and threatening to exterminate each-other.

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