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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

90 minutes to go! SHA 2 SOUL WOUND Kickstarter. If you've been watching and waiting, now's the time! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Decades before Trump, Olivier Ledroit came up with the clone president: John Smith XXIX, the 24th clone of the original statesman. Why go through the pretence of voting in a new president when they're all the same? 5 hours left on our SHA 2 Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

57hrs to go! If you've just been watching, now's the time to pledge! We know a lot of people were gutted to miss out on the first campaign: we've got a few SHA 1 THE SHADOW ONE Deluxe edition add-ons left! SHA 2 SOUL WOUND KICKSTARTER: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Time's running out on SHA 2. Selection of what's left: 5 Jump On Board bundles 6 Late Bird Big Collectors Surprisingly, 2 Chat With Pats! These are one-to-ones with me (1-1.5hrs) + Deluxe ed + signed bookplate + digital ed 4 Deluxe Vol 1 add-ons And more! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Only a few days left on the Sha 2 Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Thanks to Charlie Gillespie for a brilliant rendering of Slaine. It's his 43rd birthday. He didn't think it too many! 🎂

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

ONLY 5 DAYS LEFT - SHA 2 KICKSTARTER One of our Early Bird Big Collector rewards has suddenly become available. These went really fast as soon as we launched. Agreat bundle, good discount. Not listed but also included is a digital copy of Sha 1 www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

By popular demand: new batch of SHA 1 Deluxe Edition Add-ons now available in our SHA 2 Kickstarter 🔥 AND New batch of LATE BIRD BIG COLLECTOR bundles, which include the SHA 1 Deluxe ed 🔥 AND There are 2 'Chat with Pat' rewards still available 🔥 www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Sha 2: Soul Wound KS update! All 50 Jump Onboard rewards are gone so we released a 2nd batch: If you missed the first campaign, jump onboard with the Standard hardcover editions of Vol 1: The Shadow One & Vol 2: Soul Wound. Includes signed Vol 1 Bookplate. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Jason Buck Storyteller @jasonstoryteller.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

New dates for my tour of Sláine: The Horned God (London, Exeter, Brighton live online). “An incredible evening completely spellbound by Jason's telling of Sláine. This is what a charisma of 18 looks like!” Steven, Coventry 2000ad.com/news/dont-mi... @2000ad.bsky.social @patmillswriter.bsky.social

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Don't Miss Sláine: The Horned God by Jason Buck - on Tour in 2026! | 2000 AD

“I am very excited about this!” Pat Mills, Sláine co-creator. Join professional storyteller Jason Buck for ‘Sláine: The Horned God’: a tale of ancient Celtic heroes and villains, monsters and magic, d...

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Stewart Kenneth Moore @opipop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I aim for a new look each time I illustrate a story. I change materials and methods. For Defoe, written by @patmillswriter.bsky.social, I banned myself from cross hatching (it wasn’t common in 16th century drawing). Tones were made by line distance Mostly. Published in @2000ad.bsky.social

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sha 2: Soul Wound Kickstarter is cooking nicely. 18 days to go. Already over 180% funded. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Strictly speaking not 'Just funded', as we hit our target within 12 hours. But there isn't a badge for '167% funded'. If you'd like to get hold of a standard edition or KS exclusive Deluxe edition, or even a digital download: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Wow, fully funded overnight! Huge thanks to all our backers, you've been amazing! 30 more days to go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Watched all three Enola Holmes films, aimed at YA audiences. Quite enjoyed them, although the third one was missing London, and it showed. I liked the anti-Brit Empire tone. Not too polemic, and overdue.

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Sha 2: Soul Wound launches 25th July! We've got a very limited quantity of Early Bird Big Collectors for those who missed the Vol 1 deluxe edition. The first 100 backers get a free signed A4 art print. Follow us and find out as soon as we go live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 13/07/2026

Rest in peace to one of cinema’s most outstanding artists; the legendary actor Sam Neill (1947–2026)

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Our Kickstarter for Sha Book 2: Soul Wound is now in prelaunch. If you follow the project you'll be notified as soon as we go live, planned for later this summer. It'd be great to get this widely shared, as a lot of people missed out on Sha 1. Thanks! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Coming soon: Sha Book 2: Soul Wound by Pat Mills & Olivier Ledroit

Detective Duffy's search for the truth drives her deeper into the darkness at the heart of New Eden - but is she incriminating herself?

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Olivier Ledroit's WIP on Requiem Vampire Knight 1

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Just confirmed October 1 - 4 Malaga Comic-Con (San Diego franchise). I will be there for 2 of the days. Emphasis on 2000AD 50th anniversary. Hoping Golden Age 2000AD creators I suggested will join me on panel. More news soon.

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

If you missed our Kickstarter, never fear because the hard cover edition of Hellbreaker: Fire in the Blood is now on sale over on our direct sales website www.millsverse.com/product/hell... Here's a little taste of the book, from our successfully funded campaign:

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Suella De-Vil Shadowy spokesdemon for learning stuff @suellade.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

There’s a rogue “O” in the book title

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Some of our EU readers are frustrated because they can't buy from millsverse.com (VAT reasons). Happy to announce that both American Reaper & Sha 1: The Shadow One are now on sale on Amazon as softcovers: Reaper amazon.co.uk/dp/1739958047 Sha amazon.co.uk/dp/1739958098

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all our friends and followers! Wishing you all a great holiday and a fantastic New Year. From Pat and Lisa

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

All our deluxe editions of Hellbreaker Fire in the Blood come with a free signed bookplate. Kickstarter ends tomorrow! Don't miss out - link in comments

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I just found out that some people think our Hellbreaker Kickstarter is a reprint! It's 48 pages of a BRAND NEW STORY, Fire in the Blood. The deluxe ed. includes a bonus story by Ian Ashcroft & George McDonald. Back us here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

This Friday, 8pm GMT! We launch Hellbreaker. Hope you'll join us! fb.me/e/8A4FeUiIy

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Stewart Kenneth Moore @opipop.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Colouring art designed with heavy blacks for BW publication is always a tightrope walk. But these tests and covers for Defoe that I did proved I might be able to pull it off. Story by @patmillswriter.bsky.social for @2000ad.bsky.social #horror #steampunk #zombies

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Rough diamond cops and agents are always popular. There was the Sweeney, Gene Hunt and now Jackson Lamb. So I got writer George McDonald - who has expert knowledge - to come up with a genuinely different cop for Hellbreaker: Asquith.

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I made the entrance to Hell the Orwell Bridge in Ipswich. Firstly, because I know it well, but also because George Orwell named after himself the river Orwell. The Hell world the protagonists enter is even more nightmarish than his 1984. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

One reader asked me about Hellbreaker’s name: Anton De La Rue. It means ‘from the street’. E.g. A working class hero. I wanted a hero who had the style and costume of the Raffles archetype, but wasn’t a ‘gentleman’, most of whom I detest. Follow our KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I *think* they are saying nice things about Requiem 😈

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

think all we creators on 2000AD have been inspired by music to feature it in our stories. It’s why I had Comic Rock in Nemesis The Warlock, to focus on musical sources, without paying a fortune for them. Thus, in Third World War, I used the lyrics from the Dead Kennedy’s 1/3

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

There are the classic monsters: Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies. So I’m thrilled for a new breed of monster to join them: Infernals, injected with fire in their blood in Hellbreaker. Check out our KS and follow us so you don't miss our launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

A big appeal to me of Ian art is his incredibly handsome hero which is essential to the story. Glenn Fabry is the only artist I can think of who could portray anyone so impossibly good looking. There’s a unique chemistry between Hellbreaker and his female cop pursuer that I find very compelling 1/2

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Hellbreaker looks at different versions of Hell and why many people still believe in punishment in the afterlife. Christianity seems to have been responsible for the idea of Eternal Damnation, as a form of control. Great fun exploring it all! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Hellbreaker is coming to Kickstarter in early Nov! Follow us now so you get notified when we launch - Ian Ashcroft has a limited number of original art sketches available! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Ian Ashcroft and I just pre-launched our KS campaign! Hellbreaker: Fire in the Blood. Hell is real – and it's a supermax prison. But the Infernals have escaped, and their leader is on a mission of vengeance on Earth. Follow us so you don't miss our launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pat...

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Even this morning, as I struggled with a tricky problem of what the cover of a forthcoming book should look like, I found myself wondering ‘What would Doug do?’. He was a great character, and I based Smith 70 in Charley’s War on him. iconoblast.substack.com/p/inspiratio...

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Inspirations 7: Doug Church

As I wrote the first episodes for 2000AD, I got him to design them. In effect he was dressing mutton up as lamb.

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Dredger as a working-class secret agent was ‘something to be’, to quote Lennon’s immortal lyrics. Such characters had never appeared in comics before and were a rarity in film and novels. And they still are today. My latest Secret History of Comics: iconoblast.substack.com/p/working-cl...

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'Working-class Hero': Dredger

Gerry had a knack of turning so many stereotypes on their head, even though, politically, we were probably poles apart.

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

CHANGE OF PLANS ON AMERICAN REAPER We decided that, rather than go for a Kickstarter, we'd get Book One of Reaper out in time for Christmas. There's so much love for Reaper, but we weren't getting the followers that we needed.

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Pencils from Gary Welsh 'Beating Churchill' in Ragtime Soldier. Churchill was sick. True story: MAN (to bearer): How much is he paying you to carry him? BEARER: Ten bob. MAN: I'll gie' you double to drop him. (love it!) Churchill lost the Dundee election and blames Ragtime.

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

New York City, 2062. Reapers hunt coffin cheaters: members of an ageing rich elite who become young again by inhabiting the bodies of innocent teenagers. A story torn from tomorrow's headlines: a future that's perilously near! Follow our Kickstarter: tinyurl.com/4a9yb25v

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Pat Mills @patmillswriter.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I found my original storyline that got us the gig with Trudie Styler’s film company to develop the character into a film and a comic strip. iconoblast.substack.com/p/american-r...

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American Reaper: an exciting discovery!

The original treatment that got us a film option

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