iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh god now I've got no excuse to not drive stuff my kids have forgotten into school for them. Not like I can pretend I have a meeting. FFS

140

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Who remembers back in the 1970s wearing a mask like this from the corner shop, with a bit of slack elastic at the back, dressing in a black bin bag and hollowing out a turnip for a lantern? Not for Halloween or anything, just because we couldn't afford clothes or electricity, and were so ugly.

5598

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Spent the first Monday afternoon of my unemployment painting over printouts of my work with white acrylic paint. Which really is sort of what anybody could have seen coming.

170

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

2000AD Randomizer @2000adrandom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mick McMahon

010714

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

329184653852

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Messaging my wife about how Bill's spending his weekend. It's not that I'm disappointed, it's just... well, times change.

It seems the reason that The Youth aren't drinking and having premarital sex isn't because they're all on ket, or because of price increases. It's because they're having multi-stage
wars in Minecraft
12:05//

191

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Using birdsong field samples in your music is like wearing t-shirt emblazoned with a slogan in a language you don’t understand. Those birds could be chirping something really fucked up and if that music gets played somewhere that other birds can hear it, what are they going to think?

5305

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

I Heart Noise @iheartnoise.bandcamp.com · 26/09/2026

Sole skip today so far - give it a listen iheartnoise.bandcamp.com/track/go-baby

iheartnoise.bandcamp.com

Go Baby, by Turkish Delight

from the album IHN005 // Howcha Magowcha

112

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

These are some artists if you are into music but want to go deeper: The Captain And Tennille Billy Joel Black Sabbath Barry Manilow Helene Fischer Iannis Xenakis Noreaga Avril Lavigne Chris De Burgh

10406

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Spent longer trying to find something I wanted to watch while drawing this than I actually spent drawing it.

092

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Have just started FX2, I really hope it's as good as I remember it being when I was 12

010

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Have done about 85 pages for this sequel to Found Forest Floor, for an intended 250. It's getting grungier with each pass, and I'm mostly very happy with it.

0133

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

For a while Bill tried to bring every dinnertime conversation around to the pAper chase or Warhammer. Now it's The Work Of David Lynch. Martha tried avoiding engaging with it for as long as she could but made the mistake of blurting 'I don't even know what a Twin Peaks is'.

020

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

When you stream music, all the shitty internet companies can track what you’re listening to and use that information against you. But when you listen to tapes, only some tape reserves like STR can gather that data, and we will never use it against you, unless there is a very good reason to.

3523

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

seosamh dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

ink practice from 2022 ft. my SUPERPOSE guys

a sketchbook page of traditional inks applied in a couple different ways (more wet, more dry, playing with wiggly lines, and finally a panel where the ink is a wash rather than stark black.) all characters from the webcomic SUPERPOSE

529871

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Watching the 201t Scott Adkins vehicle Close Range.

A page of black and white abstract comics being held up on a clipboard in front of a tv

171

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Got to say "I'm laughing at a podcast, I'm not insane" to a stranger in the street this evening.

230

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the 30min run-up to a job interview I re-read my cover letter and apparently "I currently lead a multidisciplinary, high perming team..."

170

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Hippyadam @hippyadam.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Heading into the weekend like

1101

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

'The Curse' graphic novel - how it started, how it's going.

0206

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

If you like posts about the writing process from the kind of person who writes things like "Ground teeth/Damp keyboard mist/Misfire misfired" then have I got a post on my Patreon for you (free to read) www.patreon.com/grthink/post...

patreon.com

The Curse writing process | Gareth A Hopkins

I've started capturing phrases and thoughts that will hopefully become the script for whatever 'The Curse' becomes ('The Curse' is the worki

033

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Your occasional reminder that performative sneering at whole genres of fiction is not a sign of intelligence, nor is performative misery a sign of superior talent. Read what brings you joy. No-one else gets to decide or to control what that means to you.

14498106

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

At the moment I'm working toward a kind of sequel to Found Forest Floor, which was my first chunky piece of work. When i made that I sped up the process of churning pages by not drawing very much and doing a lot of quick (arguably unsophisticated) changes digitally. I've not quite got there yet.

A black and white abstract drawing of some stuff which could be a landscape or a hag or i don't know what, on a clipboard

0101

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Enjoying drawing although the films I've been watching have been terrible.

0161

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A new low last night after I found myself licking honey off the back of a page I'd been working on while watching the 2024 Roadhouse film. Not the lowest low, I hasten to add. Just a new one.

181

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Hippyadam @hippyadam.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Heading into the weekend like

1123

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

5330021271

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

2000AD Randomizer @2000adrandom.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Dean Ormston

08810

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

(the hope/expectation around financial renumeration here is that I'm currently being made redundant... not looking for "ahhh"s or "oh no"s just that the PDF of The Curse posted to my Patreon is very low resolution but I've not had a chance to fix it yet)

120

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Comics news: 1. Am down to my last handful of copies of Explosive Sweet Freezer Razors. Am unlikely to reprint it. 2. I still haven't sorted out a decent online shop so there might not actually be any rush. 3. I'd really like to make £1,000,000 from small press comics by the end of the year.

184

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This is just to say... I have stolen the work that you spent years creating and which you were probably hoping would pay your bills But online sharing doesn't count It's actually a compliment So fuck you BTW, I'm a fan

182518588

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Douglas Noble @douglasnoble.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The Lies of the Saints is a family history built on a legacy of deceit. Spanning the centuries from 1660 to the present day, every page records the falsehoods that mark and define the members of the Saint family, and how they echo up and down the family tree. stripforme.bigcartel.com

0119

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Fraser Geesin @frasergeesin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Recent commission that I was more than happy to do. A drawing to remember an arch rivalry between two dogs. Sadly the chihuahua passed away last week, thankfully not in battle. Contact me if you’d like me to draw something for you.

0167

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Paul @pauljonmilne.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

TMNT

4 green faces in differently-coloured bandanas, above the text "Turtle Murtle Nurtle Turtles"

621673

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Kate @rebelraising.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A hypocrite as well as a bully? Well. I. Never. bsky.app/profile/ciar...

0188

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Bill asked me to give him a lift to his friend's house, leaving here at 10:30. But he's not ready to go, even now at 10:48. So essentially I've spent the last 20mins just waiting for him, getting grumpier and grumpier. I'm worried that when I do talk to him it'll just come out as yelling.

110

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Mark Stafford @marxtafford.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Love the photo Sean Azzopardi took of me, Gareth Hopkins and Douglas Noble after Goshfest yesterday. Looks like we're about to release some glitchy drone synth . Vinyl only.

2141

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is printing now. It looks good, and i've read it through a few times and I like it a lot. PDF will be going out to Patreons tomorrow, too.

272

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Looking forward to Gosh!Fest tomorrow at @goshcomics.bsky.social. I'll be behind the table at 5pm until 6pm, along with cool guys like @douglasnoble.bsky.social @marxtafford.bsky.social, @danwhite.bsky.social and @patrickwray.bsky.social (and Sean Azzopardi, except he doesn't have bsky account)

043

Reposted by Gareth A Hopkins

Strategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

You can’t be a musician AND a music fan. Musicians have to make difficult decisions: omitting notes, deleting tracks, abandoning projects, rejecting musical structures. To do this, you need to be dispassionate and detached, with an eye on getting results, not just thinking about the music you enjoy.

5365

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is printing now. It looks good, and i've read it through a few times and I like it a lot. PDF will be going out to Patreons tomorrow, too.

272

Gareth A Hopkins @grthink.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

With MS Publisher on its way out i'm trying to get my head around Affinity Publisher, which is great until I actually try and print anything. Like... in what world is this what I was going for?

Three sheets of A4 paper. On half of each piece of paper two comic pages have been printed. Looking closely, some have been printed yhe correct way up and some have been printed upside down.

010