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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It’s funny how, when AI generates a picture, it’s just a tool - but when it hacks the government, it did it all by itself.

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Day of Dredd is coming! Don't miss creator signings across the UK plus in Prague and Portland! Details here: 2000ad.com/news/the-day...

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Honestly thought this was a screenshot from GTA VI.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I will be signing comics on the 3rd of October, in accordance with The Law. Watch this space for details.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It really was outstanding. What a dream line-up.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Been reading some old Spider-Man comics and this letter from a reader regarding the (then recent) death of Gwen Stacy is treasure to enjoy over and over again.

Picture of a reader letter to Amazing Spider-Man, which reads:

“Dear Gerry, Gil, John, Tony Mortellaro, Roy, Dave, Art, and Steve,
You've finally done it! For about a decade now I've been following the life of Mr. Parker. And now you've given him the first taste of reality he has ever received. Gwen Stacy, the woman he loved, is dead.
Just 12 short hours ago I lost my own love ... not through death, but through other circum-stances. Already it seems like a lifetime has passed.
Besides her, the only things I held important, and still do, are my books, including my comics.
I've waited long, with Mr. Parker, to mature, grow up, and I've done it right along with him.
Our ages and backgrounds are close, both of us were quite unpopular in our youth, but gained popularity through the years. And now this.
There's not much I can say. But maybe what a good friend told me last night holds meaning for both Peter and myself.
"It was the setting of the sun, Eurlion, yet the sun will rise tomorrow, and it will be a new day. fitle pairall, what would life be like without a
Eurlion Enjaven
4 Elm St.
Batavia, N.Y. 14020”

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Another little panel from New Adventures from the Trigan Empire (out now). This was one of the first that I really felt worked in paint. Took ma while to get used to the medium.

Painted comics panel of a man in a green cape pushing rudely past another man in robes and confronting a group of women outside a train car. In the foreground a hand reaches vainly toward him. Also included is the preliminary sketch with perspective grids.

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Michael Carroll @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

New Adventures from The Trigan Empire: Book One is Out Now! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/n... #TriganEmpire #SFXMagazine @2000ad.bsky.social @sfxmagazine.bsky.social

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

New Adventures from the Trigan Empire: Book 1 is OUT NOW. Here's some more process for one of the panels.

Painted comics panel of a man in combat gear and an eyepatch flying towards the viewer, powered by rocket-boots. Also included are the rough layout and pencils prelim of the same image.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

OUT TODAY! New Adventures from The Trigan Empire: Book 1, written by @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social and painted by me. Here's a bit more art from it. Pencil prelim and finished painted artwork.

Painted comic panel of an airborne marksman, riding on the back of a fantasy creature, shooting laser blasts at the viewer from a rifle-like firearm. Also included is the preliminary, pencil version of the same panel.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

New Adventures from the Trigan Empire is OUT TOMMOROW, so here's another of my favourite panels. This one ended up getting desaturated to make clear it was a flashback, but I always quite like the full-colour version.

Painted comics panel of a man in the the yellow robes of a Hericon guard, knocked to the ground and recoiling from a threatening, green-caped figure. Two guards in similar yellow uniforms look on. The prostrate man has blood and an expression of fear on his face. One of the other guards rubs his knuckles as if from delivering a blow, or preparing to deliver another.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

With Book 1 of New Adventures from the Trigan Empire coming out this week, I'm going to be sharing some of my favourite panels from it. With some of the less space-management-friendly ones, you'll get a bit of process too.

Painted comics panel of a short-haired, blonde man getting absolutely clocked in the face by a pair of green feet. A pleasingly jagged spurt of blood from his mouth adds a suggestion of movement and reenforces a generally diagonal composition. The wooden stock of a rifle is visible behind his head. An astute viewer would deduce he must be carrying it on his back.

Also included are the preliminary sketch and tighter pencil drawing that represent the early stages of the painting's development. All in all, a solid 8 out of 10.

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Michael Carroll @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Woohoo! Contributor's copies! :) New Adventures from the Trigan Empire, volume 1, published next week! shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RC... #TriganEmpire

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

You know summer is a comin' in when you somehow hear an outgoing landline dial/ring tone drift in through an open window.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I think this might be the first time this new logo's been revealed. Drew it myself and I think it turned out quite nicely.

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

New Adventures From The Trigan Empire, a new graphic novel continuing the story of the classic British comic series, is out in May! The hardback is available to pre-order in standard or webshop-exclusive signed edition ▶️ bit.ly/4rpFBnS

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I feel like The Battle of Yavin from Star Wars has to be one the only big, climactic action set-pieces in movie history where all of the principle characters are either sitting down or standing still.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Okay, about time for you two to fuck off now, I think.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

This May, New Adventures from the Trigan Empire: Book 1 comes out - the first new Trigan Empire story in over 40 years and my first fully-painted book. Here's a look at pencils and finished, painted art for a panel. More to come. You can pre-order the book here: shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RC...

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Considering I now do almost all of my work with practical materials, it’s amazing how paralysing it feels to be without a computer. Those little intermediary digital parts of the process suddenly seem a lot more critical. (Also the fact DPD now aren’t even showing an estimated arrival date is 🤪)

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

More film series should have an instalment where the titular character goes bananas.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

More process from Young Death: Fitting In (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social) in @2000ad.bsky.social 2465. Still in shops until tomorrow. Really focused on the neck anatomy with Sidney. A sort of anatomical foreshadowing.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Pencils and finished coloured art for another panel of Young Death: Fitting In, written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social and out in the current issue of @2000ad.bsky.social I'm not generally a big breaker of panel borders, but with short stories, I tend to worry less about keeping things so regimented.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Some more process work from this week's Young Death story (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social) in @2000ad.bsky.social . One of two or three panels in the story where I had a very specific idea of how the colour ought to look, which then dictated the palette for the rest of the page/scene.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

More art breakdown from Young Death (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social) in this week's @2000ad.bsky.social. I often don't spend as much time on the hair as I ought to, but here it seemed unavoidable.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Another look at the development of Young Death: Fitting In, from this week's @2000ad.bsky.social (script by @kekw-writer.bsky.social). After spending a year painting the new Trigan Empire book, this was my first chance in a long time to focus on linework and I really enjoyed leaning into it again.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A little more process work from this week's Young Death in @2000ad.bsky.social (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social). I really liked how the colours came together on this one.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Prog 2465 of @2000ad.bsky.social is out today, with a Young Death Story written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social and illustrated by me. Here's a look at page 1 of the original pencils. After spending a year painting the new Trigan Empire book, it was nice to do some line art again.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Really enjoyed working on Young Death: Fitting In (written by @kekw-writer.bsky.social) for this week's @2000ad.bsky.social. Here's a detail from the original pencils, as well as the finished, colour art.

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

2000 AD Prog 2465 is out on 14th January - featuring YOUNG DEATH: FITTING IN by: 📝 Script: @kekw-writer.bsky.social ✏️ Art: @tomfosterart.bsky.social 💬 Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social Subscribe now and get zarjaz free gifts ➡️ bit.ly/2Ws04uc

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I'm back in the prog this week with a one-shot Young Death story, written by Kek-W. Got to do full art duties on this one and I think I managed to land on a colouring style that worked well. It's out this Wednesday in @2000ad.bsky.social prog no. 2465.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I feel like, 20 years ago, someone showed a bunch of advertising executives The Mighty Boosh and we’re still living with the consequences.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Travelling to deliver some school workshops and the view from my hotel window really has me quaking with yuletide cheer.

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

New Adventures From The Trigan Empire: Book One is now available to Pre-Order! For the first time since 1982, The Trigan Empire will rise once again with an all-new story from the team of Mike Carroll and Tom Foster - releasing next May! bit.ly/3MaP0k5

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New Adventures From The Trigan Empire: Book One is Now Available to Pre-Order! | 2000 AD

One of the most popular and influential British comic books of all time is to get its first new chapter in more than 40 years! Created by writer Mike Butterworth and artist Don Lawrence, and running f...

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

One of my favourite sketch requests from this year’s Thought Bubble. For a lovely attendee who got an Optimus sketch cover last year.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Thank you to everyone who came by and said hello at Thought Bubble over the weekend. Managed to get a few sketches done for folk, but actually managed to chat a bit for once. As always, thanks to @zanphee.bsky.social for the invaluable help with manning the table and fielding questions.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Swing by table D28 in the 2000AD Hall at Thought Bubble and get your first look at the art for New Adventures for the Trigan Empire. If you have capacity for excitement, it’s time to fill it. WITH EXCITEMENT!

Highly exciting painted image of a man on the back of what may or may not be a dragon, firing some sort of laser gun in the direction of the viewer. With text explaining that the original art will be on display at Thought Bubble convention tomorrow.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I’ll be exhibiting at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social again this year. Swing by if you want a sketch or something signed - or just want to say hi. Might have some extra stuff to preview this year too.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Only 90 mins left to help us make the most important dicision of our year.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

My big Halloween movie poll is on instagram this year. Please make your feelings known (@tomfosterart). Whatever’s winning at 7.30pm will be Zan’s and my evening’s entertainment.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

They couldn’t think of a title.

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Tom Foster @tomfosterart.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Heads-up for fellow comics art fans, the reprint of the extremely rare DC style guide, full of gorgeous JLGC and Giordano art, came out without much fanfare recently and it feels like one of those books that, once it’s out of print, will be a nightmare to find. www.reedcomics.com/dc-comics-st...

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DC COMICS STYLE GUIDE 1982 HARDCOVER | Graphic Novels | Reed Comics

By Paul Levinson, and Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez with artwork by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. Published by IDW

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Zan Phee @zanphee.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Today celebrates a decade of this intrepid duo, intrepidly duoing together! I trust no other copilot, to navigate this existence with me. We are team. Happy 10th anniversary @tomfosterart.bsky.social.

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

The Trigan Empire shall rise again! One of the most popular and influential British comic books of all time is to get its first new chapter in more than 40 years thanks to Michael Carroll & Tom Foster! Read the details of this exciting announcement: bit.ly/40FtsQd

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