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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The gall, the sheer audacity, to reboot Bergerac.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Every time you increased the speed I cried out 'No, Jamie! No!'

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I think it's the fact that all these sweets look like they have been buried underground for a thousand years that really makes them appealing.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

They're hand made area of effect templates for spells.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The best part of leveling up in D&D is getting to make new spell templates

Two circular prices of cardboard. The one on the left is black with jagged white lines like lightning, the one on the right is greeny yellow, with green skulls around the edge. They both look awesome.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Eating these horrible sweets that taste like soap just so I can use the cute little tin they came in for something else.

A cute little tin with a picture of a cat on it

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I don't often do commissions, but this was a fun one - a platypus crossing a bridge between an anvil and a wheel of cheese.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I just want you to know that these hot takes from a 27 year old show feel like they are laser targeted to me. This is exactly the sort of #content that I want in my life. Thank you for your courage.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

When users '2face' and 'mrFREEze' point out that he's a billionaire fighting homeless people, hundreds of of Batman simps brigade in the comments with 'actually his parents were killed by a small time criminal so you are bullying him'.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

My pitch for a 'realistic' Batman: billionaire Bruce Wayne buys a popular social media website and posts videos of himself beating up small time criminals.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I also got to spend some time with another pixies collaborator, Toadflax the pixie! The puppet was made by the brilliant @fopdoodles.bsky.social!

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

I had an excellent time at Phoenix Fest over the weekend, meeting all the other incredible creators from @the-phoenix-comic.bsky.social, including my pixies collaborator, @andreasschuster.bsky.social, who I've never actually met in the flesh before, despite making four books together.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

It's the complete lack of pretention, I think. Just a spoon shaped bit of metal. Perfect.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Everyone has a favourite spoon, right?

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The endorphins kick in at apple 14, then it's plain sailing.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I've seen it, and it had its moments, but Emily Blunt is extremely trad-wife and if you stop to examine any aspect of the film for even a moment, you realise that absolutely nothing makes sense.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Now I'm just enjoying how many words the French have to use just to say 'gull-wing doors'.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

In my childhood these vehicle transformations seemed so impressive, but to my cynical adult eyes it certainly seems like they just open the car doors and say 'now it's a plane'.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

I'll be running a digital workshop with the brilliant artist @andreasschuster.bsky.social this Saturday, all about how to create and draw your own pixies. Tickets are still available, get yours here!: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learn-to-d...

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Those are some brilliant pixies! A future comic creator in the making!

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Last stop: @booksellercrow.bsky.social in Crystal Palace. Here I am, laughing because I forgot the word 'bookmark'.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

(unless I also pretend I'm driving the bus in Europe, but come on, how much pretending do you expect me to do?)

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

It's at the front on the top deck, so actually pretty glamorous as buses go. But also sadly on the left, so I can't realistically pretend I'm driving.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

To give you a little insight into just how glamorous an author's life can be, here's a picture of me on the bus to the next bookshop.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Another stop on my mini book signing tour: Dulwich Books! Here's a picture of me staring directly into the sun.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Doing a tour of my local bookshops to sign my new Toby and the Pixies and book. Waterstones Streatham and The Paper Cat in Herne Hill done, two more to go!

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Nice to see the Wapiti pictured in its natural habitat, a dungeon.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

My new book, 'Toby and the Pixies: How to be Cool' is out NOW! Read all about Toby's quest to become the coolest kid in school which also facing meddling pixies, giant pimples, possessed video games, dandruff cowboys and much much more. Get your copy here: thephoenixcomic.shop/collections/...

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Abby Bulmer @abbybulmer.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Today tickets go on sale for Phoenix Fest! www.phoenixfest.co.uk

Advert for PhoenixFest in Oxford, tickets on sale today at 10:00.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A big box of these arrived this weekend! The latest Toby and the Pixies book 'How to be Cool' is out this week, available in all the coolest bookshops, or order it online here: thephoenixcomic.shop/products/tob...

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Just remember, with each crunch you are canonically ending the life of a sentient creature.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

I'm sort of working to get it back online - just have to convince myself to pay money to host a site that it's possible no one will go to!

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Ah, thank you, I'll go and check them out!

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I did tell one of the puppet makers that I wanted it to have a 'working mouth', so yeah, maybe?

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Apparently there is a really big market of people who want to pay someone else to put their photo through an AI filter.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I've actually found a couple of promising looking puppet makers on there, so perhaps I should be less cynical!

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm always a bit wary of using Etsy - it feels like I'm never really sure if what I get is going to match the description... But I'll check it out!

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Does anyone in blue sky world know someone who makes custom puppets? Trying to get one commissioned but google can only get me so far.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

It's official: Phoenix Fest 2026 is coming! It's going to be on the 25th-26th of April and I'll be doing four workshops with the brilliant 'Toby and the Pixies' artist, @andreasschuster.bsky.social. See here for all the details: phoenixfest.co.uk/whats-on/

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who followed along, and I'll see you all next year. MERRY CHRISTMAS! Calendar: 21.5, Me: 2.5 #CalendarGuess2025

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

And somehow, if you hold onto all that is good about the world hard enough, then maybe, just maybe, you might find that there is still a small picture of two stockings out there in the world. You just have to believe.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

When I was in that moment of deepest despair that vision of a candle saved me. It showed me that even if it seems like your actions don't matter in the face of an uncaring calendar, they matter to you, and those around you.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

And lastly, I always like to reflect on what we've learned. And while it's tempting to just say that the only thing we've learned is that Roger la Borde is a colossal pervert, I think there's more to it than that.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

But I respect other cultures enough to allow them to have their own traditions without having to transpose them onto mine, even if that culture is mostly hedgehogs with a mug on their bum.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Could a bear on a flying carpet be the animal in a teacup world's version of Santa? It certainly seems to be delivering presents, and has a certain gruffly genial air about it.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

And so a few final closing thoughts. There was a tree on the flying carpet. Would I have allowed myself a point if I'd guessed it? It's better not to dwell on these might-have-beens. We make the calendar guesses we make.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

So let's just close this final door and turn our collective backs on Roger for good. Through the goodness of our hearts, Christmas has survived, even flourished, despite his desperate attempts to foil it. The real advent calendar doors were inside us all along.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I don't think it could have ended any other way. Roger had his vile way with door 24, his vice like hold over the calendar could not be broken. But I feel calm. Roger thinks he's won, but will that tiny picture of a bear keep him warm in his dark London tower over Christmas? We all know it won't.

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