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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sitting at desk, staring at screen, struggling to solve a plot problem. Need some thinking time. Take dog for walk. Drive to pharmacy. Have lunch. Move boxes out of spare room. Return to desk. DAMMIT I FORGOT

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

2017: my very first full length comic for Marvel was Secret Empire: Uprising, where I was partnered with an artist named Josh Cassara. I finally met him about 2 years ago, at a con. I introduced myself and he couldn’t have been nicer, cooler, or happier to chat. RIP.

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Heidi MacDonald @ NYCC @comixace.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A big day at Marvel. My heart goes out to everyone who has to make this tough decision.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Two of our kittens enjoying nap time… Winona and Bibs. Not sure which is which.

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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is where I am on trans rights, women’s rights, immigrants rights and of course black rights. You don’t bend. Not an inch. Anywhere.

Doesn’t matter what the press says. Doesn’t matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn’t matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world — “No, you move.”

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Final issue of my run on #DoctorStrange is out today! Issue 10 of a 15 issue story (leading on from Strange of Asgard), it has been nothing short of an honour to write this character and add my voice to his legacy.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oh good golly… HMV have just opened a new store near me and GLORY BE to physical releases!

A collection of Blu Rays: Battle Royale, Pieces, Lifeforce, Bringing Up Baby, Last House on the Left, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Heathers, Chainsaw Man, Prom Night, Barbarian, and His Girl Friday.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just watched The Mandalorian and Grogu. Dear god. Dear god WHY?

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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 03/09/2026

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW 🔮⚔️ The fate of the Nine Realms hangs in the balance as Doctor Strange is forced to put his faith in the dark wizard Vyrbodin to stop Downfall and ATHO-TET! @dereklandy.bsky.social #comicsky Check out the DOCTOR STRANGE #10 preview:

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EXCLUSIVE Marvel Preview: Doctor Strange (2025) #10

BAn'LE FOR THE NINE REALMS!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

He was an icon for many, many reasons. This is a silly one, but also capturing how much fun he was to watch as an actor. I hail.

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Tim Curry is escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism.

YouTube video by geoff EXE

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My aunt introduced me to Rocky Horror when I was a kid. I didn't understand all of it — I still don't — but I knew I liked it, and a huge part of that was down to Tim Curry. From the brilliance of Clue to the brilliance of It to the brilliance of Muppet Treasure Island, he was, simply, glorious.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sam Neill, Dolly Parton, Hayden Panettiere, Glen Hansard, Anthony Stewart Head, Robert Duvall, Brenda Fricker, Bonnie Tyler, Catherine O'Hara, and now Tim Curry. Each of them deserves more than to be lumped into the same list, but what a hell of a year we're going through.

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Joe Russo @joerusso.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry was a true legend. Thanks for all the memories… and nightmares.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Laura injured her back at the gym so she’s on pain meds and muscle relaxants. Last night, she woke up three times to ask if I was real. Once I assured her that I was, she went “oh good,” and went back to sleep. @laurakatiej.bsky.social

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 20/08/2026

Reposts ob this would be appreciated! I dont make it for the money, i make it for the exposure(!) and the more people see it the better!

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hayden Panettiere has passed away at 36. Loved her on Heroes, and her character Kirby Reed is a major part of why Scream 4 works so well. The poor girl.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Some gobstoppingly inventive fight choreography in The Furious. Up there with The Raid. And the five way fight at the end… wonderful!

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Are YOU tired of not listening to the first three books as AUDIO EXTRAVAGANZAS in your EARBRAIN?? Rectify that oversight IMMEDIATELY! Go to Spotify! Or Audible! Or other platforms! DO IT OR REGRET NOT DOING IT!

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Rediscovered a horde of (UK) comics I collected as a youth, so thought I’d feature a cover a day (sometimes with commentary, sometimes not) until I run out of comics/forget to do it. First up: Hellraiser! #comicsofmyouth

Hellraiser magazine, showing Pinhead on the cover.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 23/10/2025

Never forget that time Sam Neill gave a quote about murder that was so beautifully kabonkers, we all assumed it was a Clickhole bit initially

SAM NEILL

GENERAL JOHN MACARTHUR

If you were to commit a murder,

how would you do it?

It's got to be big! No slipping

something into someones drink, that's just

pathetic. I'd use a steamroller, just leave a

stain on the road. There's probably a couple

of people I'd put under a steamroller,

but I won't say who they are, otherwise

when they see a steamroller coming

their way they'll be on full alert. And

steamrollers don't go very fast...

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wanna get out of this silly sunshine? Wanna see Minority Report on the big screen?? I’m presenting a special screening as part of a celebration of Spielberg tomorrow at the @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social at 2! Come by! Drop in! Hear me tell my only Spielberg story! Stay to watch the movie!

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Symon @crayonsandspam.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm finally up to date with @dereklandy.bsky.social's Skulduggery Pleasant!! I've been there from the start, but over the years, between no longer commuting to work and other distractions, my reading habits dropped to basically none. I found myself in a state of always nearly starting...

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

It just occurred to me to find out how to disable the Copilot function on Microsoft Word. Oh blessed be

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

What a great review of Doctor Strange #7...! Special mention, of course, to Dono on colours. He is just doing AMAZING work.

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QuantumFellow @quantumfellow.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

@dereklandy.bsky.social Testing Billy Ray makeup for MCM. Difficult to get that hollow eye look down but I think I got it (All practical, no editing. Lemme know what you think

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The Last Comic Shop Podcast @lastcomicshoppodcast.com · 03/06/2026

#NCBD Quick Pick: If you haven't been reading @dereklandy.bsky.social and Ivan Fiorelli's Doctor Strange, then you owe it to yourself to pick up this issue. Just look at the gorgeous cover art by Alex Horley!!!

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Interesting thing: even his analogy is wrong. Animating with AI is not like "having sex and then they hand you a baby" — it's like they hand you an adult that you had no hand in raising, no chance of influencing, no way to steering towards becoming a worthwhile human being. It's empty. Meaningless.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

@2000ad.bsky.social Definitely Tharg’s favourite horror writer…

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

A wonderful review of the new issue of Doctor Strange! This issue has it all, folk: Wanda, Clea, Angela, and the first appearance of our new villain... DOWNFALL.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Dublin readers! An event where I stand on stage and talk and answer questions! (And then sign whatever books you bring!) ilfdublin.com/whats-on/fes...

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A Soul Full of Shadows Derek Landy

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Behold! A Skulduggery nutcracker I was gifted on this tour! (Cat included in picture for size comparison)

My cat beside an almost 2-foot nutcracker in the shape of Skulduggery

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Just out of a 4.5 hour signing at @waterstones.bsky.social in Bluewater. Thank you to EVERYONE who came (special thanks to those who dressed up!), and now I am SHATTERED and headed back to my hotel!

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Okay folks, bad news… Due to train issues in Manchester Piccadilly that have been going on since yesterday, I won’t be able to make it to my Manchester signing this afternoon. Manchester signings are always HUGE and wonderful and we really didn’t want to have to postpone, but we have no choice.

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Mise Áine @miseaine.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

'But on a one-to-one basis, if we can resist evolving into mobs, I think as a people we are fundamentally decent, and nice, and kind, and funny, and self-effacing and honourable.' Maith thú. @dereklandy.bsky.social 👏 www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

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Skulduggery Pleasant author Derek Landy: ‘Sometimes the trajectory of your life hinges on one single moment’

While I was working on the farm, I was writing in my head. Every break time, every lunch after work, I would go straight to the page

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

As you might have imagined, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is a dread-filled blood-rampage of ungodly delights. Would recommend.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Oh boy oh boy… here we go…

A shot of the cinema screen, waiting to see the Mummy

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RedruM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

There are certain skills for certain types of story. I am good at what I do, but I have tried writing a Future Shock short story for @2000ad.bsky.social five or six times so far and NONE OF THEM have been good enough. So you just keep plugging away, because maybe the next one will be.

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Derek Landy @dereklandy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Woohoo! A Soul Full of Shadows is number one children's (ha!) book in the Irish charts! Thank you all for reading, and thanks to everyone who came to the signings! UK signings start on April 16th!

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