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Hannah Berry

@streakofpith.bsky.social
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Mover. Shaker. Comic book maker. UK Comics Laureate for a while. Peaked too soon. (She/her)

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My daughter, a child, falls to her knees and weeps with gratitude at this gift from the publishers
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Want to do school visits as an author? Or are you a school who wants authors to come and talk to your kids? The @societyofauthors.bsky.social has a free resource, just for you! The School Visits Toolkit, brimming with good advice, can be downloaded right here: societyofauthors.org/resource/sch...
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School visits toolkit - The Society of Authors
Developed by the SoA's Children's Writers and Illustrators Group (CWIG) to support and empower authors and schools to deliver impactful in-person school visits.
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Small Press Scotland CIC @smallpress.scot · 16/09/2026
Thank you again to everyone who attended our roundtable last week! Our full report is now available, with a complete breakdown of everything we discussed, all solutions proposed, and all resources suggested. Let's fix comics! 📝 smallpress.scot/reports/misc...
The Scottish Comics Roundtable. Event report:
- Statistics on Scotland's comic creators
- Problems faced by our community
- Potential solutions proposed
How can YOU help fix comics?
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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 09/09/2026
A huge thank you to everyone who came to this! We had some fantastic discussions and came up with all sorts of achievable ways to improve things for the Scottish comics community - and honestly, any comics community! Stay tuned for a writeup on what we talked about! 💪🔥
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
So great to see everyone last night!(Such a good turnout?!) Honestly, it was pretty inspiring to watch a community take charge of itself in real time. Can’t wait to see what comes next! ✊ Huge thanks to @smallpress.scot for their help, and to @petermorey.bsky.social for THIS bat-filled beaut:
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In preparation for this I am elbow-deep in stats comparing Scottish creators to the UK as a whole. It is veeeeery interesting… For example, did you know there’s a higher concentration of self-published creators in Scotland? Now you do, you nerd!
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In preparation for this I am elbow-deep in stats comparing Scottish creators to the UK as a whole. It is veeeeery interesting… For example, did you know there’s a higher concentration of self-published creators in Scotland? Now you do, you nerd!
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🎃 Camp Chrystal Lauke Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
CCIC Scotland Roundtable is tomorrow folks! Register to attend and make sure you pick which breakout rooms you wanna be a part of! Gonna be a good one!
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is an absolute travesty. These books are brilliant and I buy them regularly as bday presents for 7/8/9 year olds (who are learning about ancients Egypt and Rome in the curriculum) - they always go down a treat!
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Are you comics? Are you Scottish/in Scotland? WELL GUESS WHAT. We have a last roundtable, all for you! 📅 Weds 9th Sept, 7pm 📍 Online 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/scottish-c... 🤝 A collaboration between the Comics Cultural Impact Collective, @smallpress.scot and @chipcollective.bsky.social Join us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
BREAKING📢 Crack team of climate scientists show "it is no longer defensible for companies proposing new or extended fossil fuel projects to claim the climate harms will be negligible. Our research shows the harms are, in fact, tangible and quantifiable – and no project is too small to matter"
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For the first time, we linked a new fossil fuel project to hundreds of deaths. Here’s the impact of Woodside’s Scarborough gas project
The results challenge claims that the climate risks posed by an individual fossil fuel project are negligible or cannot be quantified.
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Are you comics? Are you Scottish/in Scotland? WELL GUESS WHAT. We have a last roundtable, all for you! 📅 Weds 9th Sept, 7pm 📍 Online 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/scottish-c... 🤝 A collaboration between the Comics Cultural Impact Collective, @smallpress.scot and @chipcollective.bsky.social Join us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The 5 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head 1. I’m somewhere where I don’t know where I am! 2. *Marge Simpson noise* 3. You don’t make friends with salad 4. Don’t cry for me, I’m already dead 5. Sax-o-mo-phone And a bonus Futurama - Argh! My spirit!
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Today at @captioncomicfest.bsky.social! Come, let us rant about GenAI and all its bullshit wankery. 👹🖕🤖 Also on a panel just after - “can comics change the world?” - with @myfanwytristram.bsky.social @rickardsisters.com and @richjohnston.bsky.social 💥
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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Clacton by-election contender @countbinface.bsky.social is the star of his own (highly unofficial) comic, thanks to @selfmadehero.bsky.social and a host of British comic talent. My piece for today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Count Binface becomes a comic-book hero | The Observer
As his Clacton byelection clash with Nigel Farage approaches, the intergalactic candidate and his mission to take out the trash are being celebrated in an anthology by a host of graphic artists
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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'll be at @captioncomicfest.bsky.social on Saturday. So will lots of cool folks over the weekend like @kierongillen.bsky.social @starspilli.bsky.social @karriefransman.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social @kitsuneart.bsky.social and many more. How about you? www.brokenfrontier.com/caption-2026...
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Caption Festival Brings Small Press Comics Community to Oxford with a Piratical Theme this Weekend - Trans Narratives, the BF Six to Watch, Well-Being and More All on the Programme – Broken Frontier
It's Caption 2026 this coming weekend of August 8th-9th and here's what you can expect from the programme of events.
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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Two years ago, I ran a crowdfunder seeking support to keep my comic news site Downthetubes operational, and was blown away by support. Thank you. Can you support the site now? www.gofundme.com/f/downthetub...
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Donate to Can you help downthetubes.net continue to promote comics?, organized by John Freeman
I'm John Freeman, publisher of the web site, downthetubes - and… John Freeman needs your support for Can you help downthetubes.net continue to promote comics?
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It’s a sad day when a good person is taken before their time, isn’t it? Today is a lovely day.
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kitsuneart 🦊 @kitsuneart.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
📆 Sunday 9th of August! @captioncomicfest.bsky.social Panel: Small Press vs AI Absolutely honoured to join @petetrainor.fyi @streakofpith.bsky.social and @karriefransman.bsky.social on this talk! 📍Seacourt Hall, Oxford ⏰ 2-3pm Join us and let’s rant about AI!
A rendition of Jos Speybrouck “the Archangel Michael” drawn by KitsuneArt in pink and blue, with a modern version of Michael slaying three robotic snakes labelled as the three most famous AI programs.

Text read: Caption comic festival panel. Small press vs AI. Pete Trainor, Hannah Berry, Karrie Fransman, Kitsuneart. Chair Amy Letts. Sunday 9th August. 2-3pm. Seacourt Hall, Botley, Oxford OX2 9TH, UK.
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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably (debatably) superior to our own regard this Earth with envious (pitying) eyes... The @countbinface.bsky.social Comic Book: out in 5 DAYS! Pre-order NOW from @goshcomics.bsky.social! 🔗 buff.ly/8nsgJrn (🖌: @streakofpith.bsky.social)
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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Self-employed people! Sorry to put a downer on your Sunday, but in case you'd not seen, the Government wants us to pay our tax *monthly* like we're employees or something With the World Cup and all the politics, I'd missed the consultation they put out last month, which is here: 1/
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Timely Payments in Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA)
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Michi @michimathias.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
I’m here with a printed sample of Two Shillings a Day and taking pre-orders, plus my graphic recipes. Come and see us at the Bungaroosh table!
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
RIGHT! Bungaroosh is set up and ready to go at #SLCZF! Come see @myfanwytristram.bsky.social @michimathias.bsky.social @daniellocke.bsky.social @simonrussell.bsky.social & me and check out our sequential goodies
A table covered with comics, with Hannah Berry, Michi Mathias, Dan Locke, Myf Tristram and Simon Russell standing behind grinning cheekily/cheesily
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Wanging on in the face of stupid AI usage is an important public duty! See it, say it, slap it down 🫡
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Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · 16/07/2026
The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?
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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
THIS SUNDAY - SE25 6AB our pals @myfanwytristram.bsky.social‬ @daniellocke.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social @michimathias.bsky.social @simonrussell.bsky.social have a group table at SLCZF Look for the stunning @ambush_mo_morrell poster then find them under the Bungaroosh name for great comics
Super poster by @ambush_mo_morrell for the 2026 South London Comic and Zine Fair showing Whale buses and diver artists. Something that would look great framed on any wall
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Of course I meant Wednesday 9th September! (I’m going to blame the heat or something)
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Please enjoy another joyful bit of live scribing from @petermorey.bsky.social from our final* roundtable on Thursday 🔥 We discussed the whole comics industry this time, and honestly the wealth of ideas coming from the lot of you was electric!
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
So sad to hear the news about Sam. Neill, but it’s softened by all the people on here sharing clips of him being just an A-grade Dude. ❤️
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Starting imminently! All aboard!
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Jules Scheele @julesscheele.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Here’s some Orlando book launches and events that are coming up! La Belle Adventure, Edinburgh, Saturday June 20th from 4-6pm with a talk chaired by @tomhumberstone.com - free and you can book here: my.weezevent.com/highlight-la...
Book cover for the graphic novel adaptation of Orlando by Jules Scheele. It’s an illustration in teals, yellows and purples of Orlando standing in front of four different versions of herself, wearing a starry teal robe that turns into rushing water at the bottom. There is also water pouring out of her two outstretched hands, and the silhouette of an oak tree on her robe, with more branches filled with birds in the background at the top.
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
💃TONIGHT!🕺 Everyone involved in the comics industry is welcome Gird your loins and bring your viewpoints: IT’S DISCUSSIN’ TIME. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-...
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
💃TONIGHT!🕺 Everyone involved in the comics industry is welcome Gird your loins and bring your viewpoints: IT’S DISCUSSIN’ TIME. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-...
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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Clear your diaries folks, you know where you need to be!!!
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
BREAKING 84 year old Reverend Sue Parfitt arrested under the UK Terrorism Act for giving speech outside New Scotland Yard on the anniversary of the proscription of Palestine Action. Stood on a soap box, Sue explained her motivation. Join the Escalation: wedonotcomply.org
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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our Micro-Bursary submissions are open! The Micro-Bursaries are open to early career, UK based: Comic Creators of Colour, Disabled Comic Creators, and/or Trans/Non-Binary Comic Creators. Find out more, and put your name forward here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/microbursaries
A logo of messy colourful circles in purple and pink, white text reads "comic creator micro-bursary" with a small thought bubble logo below, and "2026"

Below this reads "submissions open, eligibility criteria below"
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 30/06/2026
I’ve found the previous two sessions to be inspiring and informative. A wonderful gathering of people looking to grow through discussion and make things better for everyone. Come along!
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Our third and final roundtable is the big one! 🔥This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS INDUSTRY ⏰Thursday 9th July, 7pm. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Few people understand the scope of the powers UK governments have granted themselves, to criminalise us as terrorists for expressing an opinion. Fewer still understand how illiberal the Court of Appeal judgement is. But @davidallengreen.bsky.social does.🧵 www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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What the Palestine Action appeal decision tells us about terrorism law
An already broad law is now matched with broad ministerial powers
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Knowing how prone to hallucinations they are, I’m dubious of an AI taking over the management of any transportation system. …apart from Eurotunnel, which was designed by satan and run by thunderfucked gibbons. Hand that shit over to the machines.
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
¡Si, se puede! I’m not a football person but I am an Ecuador person. Please be upstanding for this Ecuadorean World Cup song which is - pun intended - an absolute baller: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll87... 🔥🇪🇨*condor emoji needed*
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🇪🇨 Ecuador World Cup Song 2026 | FIFA Football Chant & Fan Anthem for Sports Bars
YouTube video by PCA Symphonics Artist
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Robin Bougie @robinbougie.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
They gave US zinester Elizabeth Soto *50 fucking years* in prison for publishing a zine that supports an anti-fascism stance. Prosecutors also used her feminism themed zine, and an anti-AI zine as evidence against her. This is unprecedented.
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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
"Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank..." #R4Today
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Israel continues to commit genocide and other atrocity crimes by deliberately targeting Palestinian children
GENEVA – Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the W...
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
*Finger in ear* I'm just receiving word that it's been 10 years since the debut of 'Vox Pop', my weekly cartoon strip for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social. Incredible scenes.
A comic featuring an elderly white lady with white hair talking to us as if talking to camera. 
Panel 1: she holds a cup of tea and says glumly “that Valerie, she upset me ever so much yesterday, you know”.
Panel 2: tea down, “I expect I shall never forgive her. I know I ought to, but I just can’t.”
Panel 3: she sits in dejected silence, looking down
Panel 4: she looks back up and says “so last night I dug up her cat, Miffles, and left him on her porch dressed as a clown”
Panel 5: she smiles faintly at us as she sips her tea
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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
NEXT LIVE MEETING Monday June 22 The fabulous @cartoonkate.bsky.social author of Threads and Red Rosa is talking to @panelborders.bsky.social about her graphic biography of Jane Austen: Patchwork cartoonkate.co.uk/pages/patchw... Join us at The Walrus, Ship Street, Brighton BN1 1AD from 6:30pm
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Patchwork Jane Austen Sneak Peek
Reverend Stanier Clarke mansplains to Jane Austen how to write a novel. Henry Austen is very ill after eating mercury salts. Patchwork: a graphic biography
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I’m a guest at Hastings Comic Con this wknd! Come say hi, and I’ll sell you my latest comic that @brokenfrontier.bsky.social described as “One of the most starkly affecting comics you will read this year” Let me affect you, starkly 👍 (I have other, funnier work too) www.hastingscomiccon.com
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thanks to all 95 of you who came along on Monday! Cracking discussion on the sticky subject of money and fairness, loads of insights and shared knowledge. 👏 Please enjoy this live-illustrated wonder from @petermorey.bsky.social, who managed to cover all this in the moment with precision and humour!
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Whoo boy. That was a long meeting wasn’t it!? Thanks so much to everyone who came along to it and took part. Comics people are the best people. ❤️
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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.
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