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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Madius boys are back, BABY! Lock up your bins, Harrogate! Find me, @rapiaghi.bsky.social and Liam Hill at table 28-29a in the 2000ad hall at this years @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social on the 14th and 15th of November!

A map showing of the 2000ad Hall at this years Thought Bubble Sequential Arts Festival, and highlighting table B28-29a, which is where Rob Jones, Mike Sambrook and Liam Hill of Madius Comics will be! There are photos of all 3 of us. The text 2000ad Hall Table 28-29a - Peddling Wares, providing scares and avoiding awkward stares... and also selling comics is also on this.

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The accordion belongs to the free-reed aerophone family. Other instruments in this family include the concertina, harmonica, and bandoneon.

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

new stuff. hope you like it. epoch on.soundcloud.com/BSgKEUu0gcac...

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a new dawn

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Gustaffo Vargas @gustaffovargas.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

For the last months I've seen magic happening in front of my eyes. My amazing wife has been creating gorgeous Cyanotype prints...and today's her first solo exhibition!!! The opening will be today at Leith Makers from 6pm-8pm, if you're in Edinburgh you should go! #edinburgh #cyanotype

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

How does this keep happening!? Load your diary cannons, we’re shooting ourselves directly into your tomorrow.

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Dave F @filbs.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Great to get reacquainted with the old seadog. Super stuff from @rapiaghi.bsky.social @robjoneswrites.bsky.social and @rorydraws4.bsky.social Hope Griff isn't "out to sea" for too long

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

new music. new year. new thoughts. old memories. seasons griefings by Rapiaghi on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/paHSk723uSAC...

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Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com · 25/11/2025

Read the Griff Gristle collection by @robjoneswrites.bsky.social, Mike Sambrook and @rorydraws4.bsky.social, and felt the sea rippling in my hair. Fun concept, swimming in gooey horror visuals and crusty ocean adventures. Good stuff.

Cover of Griff Gristle volume one: The Boatman's Call, with art by Rory Donald. Features a bunch of demons and a heroic crusty sailor.

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Dave F @filbs.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Mmm. Looks like Blackwood Enterprises have either sowed some pretty dodgy seeds or are about to need some pretty strong weedkiller. Plant-centric antics from @robjoneswrites.bsky.social @rapiaghi.bsky.social @matthew-hardy.bsky.social & Co.

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

And lo, The Boatman's Call sounds no more. From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social & myself, thank you to the 397 of you who backed us, raising £10,550 and putting us 422% over our planned funding amount. We cannot wait to get this book printed, packaged and out to you all.

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

LAST CHANCE SALOON TO BACK GRIFF GRISTLE! if you want to get your paws on a beautiful copy of the collected book, it’s now or never (or at least later)! 40 minutes till the campaign closes. Don’t miss out on the spooky maritime event of 2025! www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

48 hours to go and we just smashed through the £9000 stretchgoal! Which means all physical backers now get THIS insane pulp pin up by the amazing @frederikhornung.com!! Don't miss out!!

A pin up done in the style of classic EC Comics. With the text THE MARITIME ADVENTURES OF GRIFF GRISTLE! 3 inset panels show Griff, The leader of the Children of the Waves and a Siren. The main image shows Griff stood on a rock in a howling storm with lightning framing him as he fights back monsters from the deep

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The Peploe Under The Stairs @sarahpeploe.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Want a comic that's creaking with salt and blazing with bioluminescence? Back GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL! 3 days to go! GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel by Robin Jones — Kickstarter share.google/24Ogyif9iS8j...

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GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel

The supernatural seadog in an action packed 152(!) page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!

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Frederik Hornung @frederikhornung.com · 27/09/2025

Back Griff Gristle today to unlock MY UPCOMING PULP PINUP as a stretch goal!

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

3 days to go. 351%. £206 off of unlocking our £9000 stretchgoal. Time for myself, @rapiaghi.bsky.social & @rorydraws4.bsky.social to hold our breath!!! GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL IS ENTERING THE FINAL STRETCH! www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Griff is underwater, his breath almost spent, letting out a bubble filled scream as he his eyes are wide and full of fear!

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Over 300% funded. Nearly 300 backers. 10 days to go. Find out why Griff Gristle is our last line of defence against the dark monsters of the deep. From myself, @rapiaghi.bsky.social and @rorydraws4.bsky.social. Have you heard the Boatman's Call? www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Griff Gristle sits pensive by a fishing spot, his line leading up into the air into a spectral sea, suspended in the sky.

A series of panels of Griff trying to swim after a ghostly figure as a red mist rushes up from the ocean depths and engulfs him.

Griff emerges in Purgatory, in the River Styx and is looked upon in a strange manner by Charon, the boatman of souls.

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

New music? New music! Really happy with this. Hopefully you are too!

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

New music. First in a long time. Hope in the darkness. on.soundcloud.com/R4jfJeboVTYx...

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

£350 off from our £8000 stretch-goal of Bookmarks and Dust Jackets! Incredible! Thank you all so much! Griff is so damn fun to write with @rapiaghi.bsky.social, and @rorydraws4.bsky.social adds so much character & life to our Drunk Punk in a Ghostly Funk. www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

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GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel

The supernatural seadog in an action packed 140 page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!

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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Griff Gristle will be republished by someone in the Titan/Mad Cave range within five years. Bookmark this. And then go back the KS so you can tell people you were ahead of the curve.

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

A huge thank you to everyone that’s backed the current GRIFF GRISTLE kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...). We’ve been blown away by the support so far. It’s been a dream of ours to get this collected and to finally get some of the rarer bits finally brought together in one place.

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GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel

The supernatural seadog in an action packed 140 page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

We hammered our way through our latest stretchgoal overnight, passing £7000 & also hit 250 backers which is just amazing! From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social & myself, thank you so much! Don't miss-le the Gristle! #Comics #GriffGristle #Comicbooks www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Griff Gristle handing Justine a drink of whiskey whilst sat on the deck of the Betty, his boat. The text POUR ONE OUT TO YOURSELVES! 250 BACKERS and FUNDING NOW ON KICKSTARTER - GRIFF GRISTLE THE BOATMAN'S CALL and 275%+ FUNDED/ FUNDED IN <24 HOURS

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Griff Gristle is now 200% funded! That's over £5000/$6775!! Thank you so much from myself, @rapiaghi.bsky.social and @rorydraws4.bsky.social! We have such seafaring supernatural sights to show you... On to the next batch stretch-goals I guess! www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

A man clad in a diving suit stands, arm raised to the sky as another man is ritually sacrificed against an ancient cairn underwater. The text 200% FUNDED and GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL FUNDING NOW ON KICKSTARTER can be seen.

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

We're £6 away from hitting our latest stretchgoal on Griff Gristle: The Boatman's Call, which is a new 5 page story and 3 pages of behind the scenes stuff being added, which is incredible! From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social and myself, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Hey, yo. Griff Gristle backers! You may want to check the latest update for cool news! In the mean time, check out this AWESOME Griff art by @normkonyu.bsky.social! Want to know how to get hold of it? Follow the link below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Griff Gristle has had his diving helmet removed by spectral skeletons bursting out under the ground beneath his feet. He is fighting them off of him with Gungir, his spear, as he is frantically trying to hold his breath.

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Alisdair Wood @alisdairwood.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Happy 50th birthday to Space 1999 You can read all about here claretzine.com/shop/p/phase...

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Currently floating in international waters so can’t do a post that does justice to the support we’ve received so far on this but huge thanks to everyone that’s backed the kickstarter and to everyone that hasn’t, WHAT YA WAITING FOR? I’ll only accept ‘I’m also in international waters’ as a response.

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

And we are over 50% funded! So check out this GORGEOUS page of NEW Griff art by the wonderful @rorydraws4.bsky.social. www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Griff Gristle, the salty sea dog, sits on the end of a rocky pier, fishing, however he is fishing upwards into the spectral sea in the sky, blue and pink luminous fish glow in and amongst the stars as he does so. He sits patiently, waiting for something

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

7pm. Today. "Only the dead fish...here him sing." Griff Gristle: The Boatman's Call launches! The collected stories of the Crusty Fisher Punk, with new tales, in softcover and hardcover. From me, @rapiaghi.bsky.social and @rorydraws4.bsky.social! www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

September 1st. The Crusty Fisher Punk rides again. From @rapiaghi.bsky.social @rorydraws4.bsky.social and myself, Griff Gristle Vol One is now ready to go! New tales. A huge selection of pin ups and the whole of the first arc of Griff, all in one place. www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

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Coming soon: GRIFF GRISTLE VOL 1: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel

The supernatural seadog is available in an action packed Graphic Novel! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Oh, HAI everyone. You'll see @rapiaghi.bsky.social Liam Hill and myself at Tbubs this year under our names...and not Madius. But we're still Madius... Simple, right?

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Dave F @filbs.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

And yet more from the TBub24 stack. This fine horror/ere collection from @rapiaghi.bsky.social, @robjoneswrites.bsky.social and various others was fine (gruesome) entertainment. The two tales with the guy oblivious to, and inadvertently killing, a couple of eldritch threats were standouts for me.

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Mr @rapiaghi.bsky.social just brought to my attention that 6 (HOW!?!) years ago, when @rorydraws4.bsky.social, Mike & I were running the Endless Voyage kickstarter, we had possibly the greatest backer ever. If you're out their POOP OFFICE, we love you still, we cherish you & hope you're thriving.

A facebook post of mine from 6 years ago saying "Hey, every backer counts, right? Back Griff Gristle: The Endless Voyage on Kickstarter today. It's Poop Office approved"

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This one goes out to the Poop Office.

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Doing things differently this @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social. Madius Comics will be there, but we're flying under the banner of our names instead. So find me, @rapiaghi.bsky.social and Liam Hill there under that instead of Madius!

A beautifully drawn elf with a very pointy hat is reading a book with the words See Us At THOUGHT BUBBLE COMIC CONVENTION 15 & 16 November 2025 Harrogate, England.

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Lock up your bins, Harrogate. The boys are back. And this time, we're bringing a trolley.

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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Me and @rapiaghi.bsky.social will be at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this November. Im looking forward to the inaugural Trolley Derby. And pulling @fraserc69.bsky.social round like some feudal lord.

A cheeky elf like being with a pointed hat reading a comic with the text I'll be at Thought Bubble Comic Convention 15 & 16 November 2025 Harrogate, England on it.

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Alisdair Wood @alisdairwood.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Cover artwork for Claret 4 done. Also got an article on the Abominable Snowman in from one of the writers yesterday, so gotta get that laid out tonight. It’s getting there!

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Michael Sambrook @rapiaghi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Rosie has LOGGED ON. Give her a follow, one of the best artists and humans in the game.

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Fraser Campbell @fraserc69.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Here's Food Parcel, by me and Lucy - @lucysullivan.bsky.social

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Alisdair Wood @alisdairwood.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Now that TFTQ is officially dead, here’s the page again that myself, @robjoneswrites.bsky.social and @rapiaghi.bsky.social did. Would love to see some of the other pages folks did.

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