iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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HERE WE GO~! OMEN-BOUND, my new creator-owned comic series launches in 2027, but you can get a first look _this week_ at NEW YORK COMIC CON! Details: www.jimzub.com/omen-bound-b... Watch the announcement trailer here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Albn...

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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 14h

We're currently on track for selling out early this year. We strongly recommend purchasing your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment. We will keep you up to date as we get closer to selling out! Get yours here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 12h

The fun and pixie name drop was probably the highlight of my Iron Man run.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 12h

Surprised at the controversy over there being no mechanic in the Marvel TTRPG about Quicksilver teaming up with diamond-form Emma Frost. Everyone should know, there's no hard and fast rule.

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JellyMuppet @jellymuppet.bsky.social · 16h

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou... We're 80% funded and I really want to get Atrapos over the line! Please share the project widely and give it a look to see if it'll be a fit for you.

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Atrapos: A Roleplaying Game of Odyssey

A doomed mythic fantasy roleplaying game of defying fate in an epic world of Gods and heroes.

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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 15h

This insight, like a fair bit of my understanding of the band, came from me reading @rockingbob.bsky.social's absolutely essential biography of the band.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 15h

Listening to the latest patreon episode of 500 songs, about the early BeeGees, and it hits a bit where it describes this bunch of 18-20 year olds under high pressure turning to drugs, but one turns to booze, one to cannibis and the last speed, and I just facepalm. Oh god. Guys. GUYS!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Re: last repost. Post in thread has actual Finnish reporting which links to a lot of english language sources which provides actual details.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

CNN making this sound more mysterious than it is. It was Yersinia pestis, the plague, the researcher died because she inhaled it into her lungs and developed pneumonic plague, there is no danger but to those directly exposed in the lab. Fear-mongering in the time of global terror is a sick choice.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 04/10/2026

Reminder: FML Volume 1: Fire releases on November 3rd! Pre-order: bit.ly/4gJxQpj This release collects all 8 issues of the Eisner Award-nomiated series! By @kellysue.bsky.social, @davidlopez.me, Cris Peter, and @claytoncowles.bsky.social

Cover of FML Volume 1: Fire, illustrated by David López

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Adrian Hon @adrianhon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

icymi the cover for my new book, THE AGE OF IMMERSION is out! Here's why I wrote it, what's going to be in it (everything from medieval tournaments and pageants to panoramas, installation art, Happenings, the Starcruiser, and jubensha), and how I researched it.

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The Age of Immersion is coming June 2027

Why my next book is about the history and future of immersive experience.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Just for the record, I AM FRIEND OF ALL OWLS.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

“How did you get into TTRPGs?” I saw it starting to go mainstream and I figured I could fake liking them and write a quick cash-in comic to get some easy 💰💰💰.

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Scary Gorgon @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

HEY GANG. I’m at LICAF today with @sofiedodgson.bsky.social chatting to folk about Gutsy Magazine. If you’re at the fair and want to contribute to Issue -1: we’re making it behing the table today and printing it up for tomorrow.

Me, looking enthusiastic behind our table in at LICAF in Kendal

A zine page telling you losers to get in, because we’re making a zine.

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thread time! My birthday was last week! I'm still young, dammit! Want to give me a belated gift? Then consider giving to my dear friend Carole's GoFundMe! www.gofundme.com/f/carole-nee...

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Donate to Carole Needs Help After the Hit-and-Run, organized by Laura Wilder

We are Laura and Bob of Laura Wilder Artwork, hoping to raise funds for our emp… Laura Wilder needs your support for Carole Needs Help After the Hit-and-Run

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Ryan W Enslow @ryanwenslow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Finally got to reading this after letting it sit open in a tab for a day or two, and the final rankings—which I saw coming at #25, and then forgot within a week—made me laugh out loud right now, so I’m reposting it again

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Damn! Are you the danger room? Because I'm not sure I would last very long inside you, but I think I could improve with practise."

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Prompted by a friend asking me what its Alien: Earth-esque needle drops are, end of Episode 1 would be.

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TIGA - Sunglasses at night

YouTube video by Fabio L'IndieGesto

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"The hedonism of Elastica feels especially relevant in a pop world whose biggest star is Charli xcx. Like brat, Elastica exudes a sleazy smokers’ area glamour" lovely writing by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on one of the best albums of the mid-90s thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

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Reissue of the Week: Elastica's Debut Album is "Untouchable Louche Perfection" | The Quietus

Claire Biddles returns to Elastica's debut album and finds it short and perfectly formed; even with some extra tracks thrown in.

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Rowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Number 1 may surprise you 👀

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This week's newsletter! The Power Fantasy to return in December! DIE: Loaded to end in December! X-men to have a very bad day yesterday involving an Alien! My top 101 TTRPGs done! And more!

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385: I will inevitably be taking her swimming

Hullo LoopBurstPartyParanoia (good sort)LinksBye **** Image December solicits are out. What does that mean? We’re back. THE POWER FANTASY #17WRITER: Kieron...

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I forgot to even quote any of the amazing gun descriptions. "Some gunmen may prefer their .45 Colt 1911A variant to be named after a fuzzy South American mammal. or...

The kind of gun that the old professor with the vital
clue who is being attacked by the bad guys tries
to grab out of his desk drawer but they’re too fast
for him and he never gets a chance to shoot it so
the PCs have to rescue him. Different name, same
stats: Taurus Model 94.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Including: Friend Computer! Diceless! City-stabbing-flashback Stuff! Novel Telenovellas! Unfound family multidimensional arseholes! Monsterkissing! Shamelessness! Extra shamelessness! And I've just quickly edited a story about which of these horror-indie TTRPG I've played with my 4-year old!

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JellyMuppet @jellymuppet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou... I say without exaggeration that this project is the best writing I have ever done, and Klur's art is gorgeous. Please give it a look and a share, and maybe pick up a copy :)

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Atrapos: A Roleplaying Game of Odyssey

A doomed mythic fantasy roleplaying game of defying fate in an epic world of Gods and heroes.

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Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · 01/10/2026

My first post of October is now live! The Ghostface Industrial Complex. Read about my favourite Scream sequel, Trowma, Wes Craven, requels, and more: grave-offerings.ghost.io/the-ghostfac...

An illustration of Sidney and Jill from Scream 4 - laying on the ground next to other - in red and black

An illustration of Ghostface in red and black.

An illustration of Kirby and Jill from Scream 4 in red and black.

An illustration of Jill from Scream 4 - pointing a knife at her own shoulder - in red and black

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dearbhla @dearbhlala.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm looking for comic colouring work (also open to illustration and design work!). Some samples below and way more here: dearbhlala.com people say i'm very nice to work with :3

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Dearbhla Kelly | Design and illustration

Portolio website of comic colourist Dearbhla Kelly.

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Grant Howitt @gshowitt.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gemelli has played a lot of Hollows. More than me, that’s for sure. So that’s why you should have a bash on his thorough (and, admittedly, glowing) review of our game:

Sometimes things veer into record-keeping, breaking out rulers and cone templates. Sometimes you just don't feel the sense of danger right out of the gate.
Enter the Hollows grid system, which wrestles these problems to the ground and makes them squeal:

[image of the hollows tactical grid]

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Artist Dan Boultwood was given a suspended sentence earlier this year for grooming and abusing a 15-year old in 2010, and his victim would like to know if there were others like her.

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CHU artist Dan Boultwood pleaded guilty to preying on a minor

Dan Boultwood was given a suspended three-year sentence earlier this year, for grooming and abusing illustrator Maddie Williams when she was a 15-year old fan in 2010.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A year on from me starting it, I complete my list of 101 TTRPGs I played before my 50th birthday. How did you spend your birthday? I bet it wasn't doing your work and then hammering out 3.5k words about the chatgames with funny dice (or no funny dice, or no dice.) #ttrpg

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My 101 Favourite TTRPGS: 10-1 - Old Men Running The World

Lawks. We've only gone and done it. I set myself a year to write about my 101 favourite TTRPGs. In my tribute to freelancers everywhere, I do almost all the

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I'll do a newsletter tomorrow,but here's the first two pages of Alien vs X-men by Geraldo, as I brought back Al's Orbis Stellaris for a couple of pages.

First page, with Orbis Stellaris having a bad day.

Orbis Stellaris' bad day gets worse with a claw-based chest-burst.

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Blue Tapes @bluetapes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tonight! South London! £10! Three top tier popular music acts, multiple projectors/screens of exciting visuals, CDs, tapes, t-shirts, art prints, drinks, friends, and more probably

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Failbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026

The role will close to applications on the 21st of October. To apply, please read the full job posting and follow the link to the application form from there; there's significantly more detail, especially on what we can offer as an employer.

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Writer and Narrative Designer (Senior/Mid-Level)

We’re looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join our small in-house team at either a senior or mid level, working specifically on Fallen London.

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Emily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Liquid Bluesky

National Trust• @nationaltrust.org.uk
Nobody has ever regretted a scone after a long walk.

Except someone with ceoliac disease

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

To celebrate the anniversary of me bursting from my mum, happy Alien vs X-men day!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wes Craig and Kevin Castaniero's super-hippie book issue 2 is just kickstarting now, so I absolutely I just backed THUNDERHEAD 2. Bundles to grab issue 1 too. www.kickstarter.com/projects/let...

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THUNDERHEAD 2

The psychedelic superhero returns for more mind-bending adventure!

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I had no idea actual real Batman money discourse was kicking off. I must have felt a disturbance in the force, and shitposted by instinct.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Batman fans say that he’s not just a guy who beats up criminals, and in fact spends a lot of money on charity, infrastructure, community, etc. Well, think what he could achieve if he spent ALL his money on beating up criminals.

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Hannah Vardit @hannahvardit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thread on Dan Boultwood's victim who waives her anomity to talk about the experience. For those who didn't see the original reporting, this is the only significant coverage. Maddie says how she's disappointed there wasn't more public introspection and conversation over this, and she's right.

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Dan Boultwood Sentenced After Pleading Guilty To Child Sex Offences

Comic book creator Dan Boultwood was sentenced in court yesterday, after pleading guilty to child sex offences

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Includes! Warhammer stuff of various levels of fidelity! My highest OSR game! Games set in malls involving time travel and kissing! Games about language! Civ: but a TTRPG! And more!

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The formatting of this Beckett quote does still represent resilience and determination, just of a very different sort.

A neon light art piece of Samuel Beckett's famous quote "I can't go on. I'll go on" but spaced - it would seem inadvertently- so that it reads "I can't goon. I'll goon".

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Merely 🦇 Matt @merelymatt.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I NEED A MIRACLE season 2 is crowdfunding now. I beseech you, grant me £2,400 to pay these and other excellent writers to write a new season, yet more tumultuous and miraculous than the last. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/miracle

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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Do you like Mass Effect? Once More into the Void is basically the rules light, Mass Effect style RPG that plays in 1-3 sessions. The physical copies are $20 and whatever doesn't sell is going to be pulped bc it's too expensive to send them back up into Canada for storage.

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Marc Laming all singing, all dancing comics guy. @marclaming.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Since it's now out in the wild here's my cover for mass market edition of Dan dare: First Contact (written by @alexdecampi.bsky.social ). How great are @michaelrbwoods.bsky.social's colours!

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