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Tristan Carlyon

@tristancarlyon.bsky.social
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If you're here for housing stats etc I'm afraid this is where I talk about comics and other fun stuff.

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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
That I remember, the early 80s BBC adaptation of Day of the Triffids. Brrrrr Probably Dr Who before that, my mum tells me that a plaintive cry of "Don't want Doctor!" could often be heard from small Tristan, but this show is the one I remember properly putting the wind up me. That title sequence!
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Reminds me of how I read the Podkin One-Ear books to my littlest when he was younger, but by the time the last few came out he'd aged out of them a bit. I bought them anyway and read them myself as I wanted to see how the story ended. They were great
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just got to be this guy. He's soundtracked my life since I was like 12, and his work is now inspiring my younger child to get playing
Geddy Lee of Rush
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This story was in the first Dredd annual I ever got, very soon after I started reading 2000ad. The psychedelic nightmare colouring hit me like a hammer, and the scene where Dredd stabs the spider's giant eye remains imprinted in my brain
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Twenty. Seven. Pence.
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Reminder
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
While I played a lot of games on the ZX Spectrum, the switch didn't really flip until I encountered the original Super Mario Kart at a friend's place. Just blew my mind. I ended up buying the SNES off him...
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Unfortunate phrasing
Extract from Antony Scaramucci's book:

"...Priebus and Bannon were leaking on each other constantly."
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Filling in medical consent form. "Does your child have a bleeding disorder?" No 'e fackin' don't
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"Wow, this AI did something really interesting..." I don't care. Like, nothing could interest me less. What does it matter to me? Also, it probably didn't do what you think it did anyway.
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Excellent Mignola frontispiece from Classic X-men 11
Illustration showing Juggernaut and Black Tom on a pile of rocks, partially silhouetted.
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
First festive product sighting of the year, in Sainsburys yesterday
A packet of novelty bourbon biscuits in white green and red packaging featuring snowflakes and the words "Festive edition"
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The way this cartoon is cropped reminds me of when I was living in York in the 90s. I would occasionally get strangers giving me shit cos I had a beard. One day I was out and heard someone yell "BEARD!" from a passing car. I looked round and he had one too and was giving me two thumbs up
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"I am the mushroom! Mayor Mushroom! ....please don't eat me."
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Yeeeeeaaahh
Screenshot from Breath of the Wild showing Link, dressed in cold weather gear and the Korok mask, riding a bear across a snowy landscape
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nice (Picturehouse, Central London)
Cinema marquee:
Still showing
The Odyssey in 70mm
Featuring
Zendaya
And
Spider-Man
Starring 
Zendaya's husband
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Eldest got into their first choice university. Got an A Star in English! Obviously I'm delighted, but this also means I have to start processing the reality of them moving out...
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
My youngest: "When the Moon gets between the Earth and the Sun, that's an eclipse. When the Sun gets between the Earth and the Moon, that's an apocalypse."
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Ouch, some of these are a bit close to home youtu.be/J5ed5KtPTy4?...
youtu.be
The 30 Types of Comic Collectors
YouTube video by Mint-Hunter Comics
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Brink is awesome. Strong strong recommend. Do start at the beginning though!
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Back from seeing Brand New Day, which I loved. Was inspired to dig out this classic cover...
Cover of Amazing Spiderman 285, featuring the Punisher on a rooftop aiming a bazooka while Spidey swings in wearing his black costume
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Holy drokk look at this
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hope you've had a better day than this Sylvanian
In the toy aisle of a department store, a large display Sylvanian Families rabbit in a red dress spotted with white is slumped face first against the shelves in an attitude of utter dejection
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains
Dummy by Portishead
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I quite fancy reading the first chapter of A Wizard of Earthsea now
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/07/2026
To every trans Londoner: this city is yours too. Today we celebrate London Trans+ Pride and reaffirm a simple truth: you should be free to live as yourself, without fear or prejudice. You are loved. You are wanted. You belong here.
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Who amongst us has not etc etc
Panel from Batman / Judge Dredd Judgement on Gotham in which Mean Machine Angel, his dial stuck on 4 and a half, exclaims from off panel "I'm  goin' into an uncontrollable butt frenzy!"
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Sure this will have been said already but it's these two in Desperado. 2 for 1 deal.
Antonio Banderas. CorSalma Hayek. Blimey
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Working in a fudge shop in York when a dazzlingly beautiful woman came in to try a bit. This woman *shone* like nobody I've ever seen. Next day Alicia Silverstone was on the radio saying she'd been to York and had the best fudge she'd ever tasted...
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Follow me for more holiday tips
An advert from an old comic book which reads "HAVE FUN! with ANTS BUGS SILKWORMS BUTTERFLIES"
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
At last!
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I do think Andy Burnham's transport infrastructure plans could be a *little* more ambitious...
Newsletter headline saying "Burnham to promise new path for Britain"
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
London transport "unwell passengers" graphic with added speech so that the helping person is saying "tickle tickle" and the unwell person is saying "ha ha no stop"
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
A boy who has grown up on a farm fails to find out who his father is
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The collection of this is out this week I believe. Excellent work by @robwilliams71.bsky.social and @henryflint.bsky.social
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Tube travel in the heatwave
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"Verify your age" LOAD""
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I see Byrne FF, I see Giffen/deMatteis Justice League...
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Wind is in the right direction so I can hear Alanis doing "Oughta Know" over at Crystal Palace Park
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This basically describes me and @jimllmixit.bsky.social starting the Tuna Chilli Men
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Sounds like this one is happening, or near enough. Now for that full size B&W Captain Britain and a big hardback of The Black Hole to sit next to my Horned God and Judgement on Gotham hardbacks...
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Paging @jessnevins.bsky.social
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Ooh yeah. Just arrived: Judgement on Gotham Anniversary Edition. In which Judge Death comes to Gotham City
Cover of the hardback editionInterior page showing Judge Death being burnt and escaping in spirit form, to Batman's bemusement
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The first broadcast of Knight Rider is closer in time to the Second World War than it is to now.
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Tony Blair becoming Prime Minister is closer in time to the first moon landings than to today #wanttofeelold
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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Classic ARAH "blast effect" card-art design with GI Joe font reading "You Cannot Buy Being Eight Years Old Again"
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
For everyone with a, er, *less traditional* relationship with their father today.
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A la Recherche de Muppets Perdu
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Tristan Carlyon @tristancarlyon.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Got this lovely @jontofski.bsky.social watercolour for my wife's birthday - one of her favourite bits of Venice.
A framed watercolour of Venice
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