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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 20h

#Witchtober Day 2 - Melt Lizzy can be a bit of a melt at times, and she doesn't help matters by not listening to the people that try to help her! #Witchtober2026

A five Panel comic

1: Two witches are at a desk making Potions. The one on the left (Lizzy, sporting a redesign since the last time we saw her) looks on in annoyance as the witch on the right (Cynthia) holds up a test tube full of liquid and says "And that is how you make the potion of eternal youth!"

2: Lizzy carelessly mixes the liquids together. She says "Yeah, nah. I've got my own way of doing it!"

3. Lizzy drinks the liquid, whilst Cynthia looks on in cautious disbelief.

4. Closeup of Lizzy's face, the after effects of drinking the potion clearly taking place.

5. Lizzy starts to melt. "AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!" She screams. Cynthia looks unsympathetic and says "You absolute melt."

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Harry Antonucci @harryhandprints.bsky.social · 3h

A sneaky Sassbug…

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 20h

#Witchtober Day 2 - Melt Lizzy can be a bit of a melt at times, and she doesn't help matters by not listening to the people that try to help her! #Witchtober2026

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Kienan Jeary @coffeeboij.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Another character of mine, Andre! Some of these characters I've introduced aren't really that new as I've created them a few years ago. But hey!

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's #Witchtober time once again, and like last time, I'll be using the prompt list from @willowandroxas.bsky.social. Day 1 is "claw". Penny has tried to turn her arch nemesis into Santa Claus to make him less threatening but, ironically for a witch, she's not great at spelling! #witchtober2026

Penny is running away from a doorway. A witch hunter, Niall O' Neill, is kicking a door open as he chases penny. The door has a hole in the shape of Penny's silhouette, implying that she ran through the door without opening it first. Further implying this are the splinters of wood on the floor and in Penny's hair and hat, as well as her dress being slightly torn. She writes in a notepad as she says "Note to self: never try to turn your enemy into Santa Claus!"

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This started as a sketch but I liked how it looked and so I decided to make it a full piece

A witch hunter boy (Emile O'Neill) stands in a large gothic room resembling a cathedral, bowing and removing his hat to an offscreen entity

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Wanted to draw something from a different angle to usual

A Dutch-angle view of a small timber-framed room with light emitting from the right-hand side. We see Penny (left) with an open spellbook in one hand, looking for a spell to perform, whilst Marika (right) looks on with fascination.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#Witchtober Day 16 - Wild And that's a wrap! Join me next year for Witchtober 2026 (Though I'll probably upload something on this account between now and then!) #Witchtober2025

Penny is holding a cup of tea in one hand and a saucer in the other, as she reflects on the events of this year's Witchtober. "What a wild month, eh?" she says to nobody in particular.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#Witchtober Day 15 - Sweet When someone has unknowingly eaten your collection of cool and interesting rocks, you have to improvise. #Witchtober2025

Abi and Verney Normal are looking at a desk with a "cool rock collection" sign, but is instead covered in sweets/candy. Abi looks at the sweets disdainfully and sighs. "It's just not the same" she says. Verney says nothing, but clutches his cheek in pain, for he has severe toothache after attempting to eat rocks

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#Witchtober Day 14 - Bubble There's a certain bubble that can't pop soon enough! #Witchtober2025

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#Witchtober Day 13 - Gem Despite what Google's AI overview might tell you, it is not a good idea to eat rocks #Witchtober2025

Panel 1: Abi Normal's brother, Verney Normal, is pushing her away as he holds a bag of sweets in the other hand. "Give them back, Verney!" cried Abi, but Verney replies "Tut tut! All these sweets are bad for you."

Panel 2: Verney pours the bag of sweets into his mouth. "I'll dispose of these!" he says as Abi yells "NOOOOOO!"

Panel 3: "It'll take years to rebuild my cool rock collection" Abi says in a defeated manner. Verney cracks his teeth whilst munching on the rocks (they were not actually sweets)

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

#Witchtober Day 12 - Eclipse The moral of the story is, if you have a fragile ego, never attempt to make the world a better place because there will always be someone louder and stupider who will get more attention

Panel 1: Cynthia looks at a piece of paper on her desk. "Yes! I've done it!"

Panel 2: She heads down the corridor holding the paper in one hand. "Look everyone!" she says, "I've created a cure for the common cold!"

Panel 3: Lizzy is showing Cynthia's friends a new trick she's learned- shake a pencil slightly to make it look like it's wobbling. "Behold!" she exclaims, "The wobbly pencil trick!" Marika and Gwendolyn are impressed. "Wow! Lizzy, you're a genius!" they say. Cynthia looks disappointed.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 11 - Bloom Sometimes, it's easy to see the past through rose-tinted glasses, but sometimes yellow-tinted glasses are more accurate #Witchtober2025

Panel 1: Josie and Penny are in a green field under a blue sky. Josie is playing a game on a nondescript handheld device. "I wonder what life would be like if it was more like a video game?" she says. Penny hears this and has an idea.

Panel 2: Penny uses her magic to cover the world in an ugly filter, giving everything a yellow tint and making the whites overexposed. "Hope you like games from 2007!" Penny says.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 10 - Reanimate Animation can be an enjoyable pastime for some people, but not for others! #Witchtober2025

Panel 1: We see an over-the-shoulder view of Josie using a drawing tablet to animate a bouncing ball

Panel 2: Kamya pops in out of nowhere and shows Josie a new spell of hers, which deletes Josie's animation. "Look at this new spell I've discovered!" Kamya says

Panel 3: Josie holds up the tablet, realising the animation she worked so hard on is now gone. "Your stupid spell deleted my animation!" She says.

Panel 4: Kamya is painstakingly redoing the animation that Josie had been working on, sobbing in the process. Josie gleefully outlines some of the various principles of animation to her. "So there's squash and stretch, anticipation, staging..."

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 9 - Crown All men are kings, but whether that's a good thing or not depends on who you are, and who the people around you are #Wichtober2025

Panel 1: Niall O'Neill (Left) is wearing a crown and pointing to it. "You witches are too impertinent!" he says to Bertha (right), "I should be treated like a king!". Bertha replies by saying "Very well..."

Panel 2: "...But I'm a French revolutionist, so that head's got to come off!" She begins chasing Niall and weilding an axe. Niall runs away, shrieking in fear.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 8 - Fates A crystal ball has somehow come into Penny's possession, unfortunately the information it provides is a bit useless #Witchtober2025

Panel 1: Penny is holding a crystal ball in one hand as she says "Behold! My new crystal ball!" to her two friends, Josie and Cyril.

Panel 2: Josie and Cyril come closer to get a better look at the crystal ball. "It can show us how we'll look in 3000 years' time!" Penny explains.

Panel 3: We see Penny's POV. Inside the crystal ball we see a vision of three tombstones with the names of Josie, Penny and Cyril (from left to right). Cyril and Josie are impressed. "Wow! Amazing!" they say.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 7 - Illusion Creating illusions of yourself is handy when you want to remind someone of something horrible they did #Witchtober2025

Panel 1: Mr. Normal is sitting in an armchair, reading the newspaper.

Panel 2: Mr. Normal looks up in shock as a ghostly illusion of his daughter Abi floats in front of him. It says "The accident wasn't your fault Dad, just let it go."

Panel 3: Mr. Normal screams tearfully as he reaches out for the illusion, but it has disappered. The real Abi Normal walks into the room, pointing at the accident in question- a broken vase. "Hi Dad," she says, "I promise I won't tell Mum that you broke the vase!"

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 6 - Howl Not everybody who howls at the full moon is a werewolf! #Witchtober2025

Panel 1: Abi Normal turns around to look out of her bedroom window. "Oh, no! A full moon! She says.

Panel 2: An exterior view of Abi's house, with a loud howl coming out of the upper window

Panel 3: Abi shields her eyes with her hand, the brightness of the moon proving too much for her. "Why does it have to be so bright?" She says to herself.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Witchtober Day 5 - Bite Ms. Gwracham is feeling a bit peckish, but she'd reckoned without Penny learning a new skill! #Witchtober2025

Panel 1: Ms. Gwracham is holding a blueberry muffin in her hand and opening her mouth to eat it.

Panel 2: The muffin gets yoinked away by an unknown force, causing Ms. Gwracham to shatter her teeth

Panel 3: the muffin is floating in the air. Penny (left) is pointing her fingers at her head and concentrating hard. "Look, Miss!" She says, "I've finally learned how to do psychokenesis!". Ms. Gwracham (right), with destroyed teeth, says "Well done Penny, well done" in a sarcastic tone.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 4 - Stab Here's a new character (Sorta)! Abelia Violet "Abi" Normal is different to the other witch characters I draw - she lives a non-magic life, but practices black magic in her spare time. This makes for a nice escape from the people who try and pressure her into acting normal

We see a dimly-lit bedroom. To the left of the scene we see an 8-year-old girl (Abi Normal) with a pin in one hand and a voodoo doll (with a pencil moustache and a 1950s businessman hat) in the other. On the floor is an open spellbook, and on the wall is a framed picture of Abi's father who shares some details with the doll. A dart has been thrown at the picture, shattering the glass layer.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 3 - Root I eventually decided to adapt this prompt by showing Penny's friends rooting for her as she zaps her enemy! #Witchtober2025

On a stone bridge during the evening, we see a witch (Penny) zapping a witch hunter (Niall O'Neill), making him jump in the air and scream in pain. His assistant (Emile O'Neill) looks on, dumbfounded. Penny's friends (Josie and Cyril) cheer Penny on. Cyril is cheerleading with pom poms, and Josie is wearing a giant foam hand with "#1" written on it. The scene is lit up by a street lamp.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#Witchtober Day 2 - Shadow Penny and a couple of her friends have decided to put on a shadow puppet show using their hands, albeit employing a method that some purists would describe as cheating #Witchtober2025

Panel 1: Cyril and Josie are watching shadow puppets projected onto a large rock. The shadows take the shape of a swan, a rabbit and a bat.

Panel 2: We see three witches- Penny, Bertha and Millie- in front of a campfire and with their hands taking the form of a swan, a rabbit and a bat respectively. Penny says to Millie "That shapeshifting hand spell of yours works a treat!"

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

It's #Witchtober once again! I've got a very busy schedule this month so I'll be posting every other day this year. Day 1's prompt is "punk", so here's Sinéad listening to the infamous Punk compilation CD that doesn't contain any actual punk music (she doesn't know that though!) #Witchtober2025

In a small room we see Sinéad (right) dancing next to a recovered boombox that has been crudely restored. next to the boombox is the box for the notorious "Punk" compilation CD released by Warner Special Products and Starland Music in 1996. This CD contains no punk music, as is evident by the fact that the boombox is playing Karma Chameleon by Culture Club. Penny (left) looks on, not knowing what to make of the situation.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Today marks ten years since I started drawing Magic Penny and her chums, and by complete coincidence I’ve decided to upload this commemorative piece!

Penny is balancing herself on a broomstick, whilst Cyril, Josie and Maria are watching her, absorbed. Ms. Graham and Kamya are unimpressed.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 31 - Imagine I wanted to make sure I got the #Halloween drawing done on time- there's still four more Witchtober drawings to go though, so it's not quite over yet! #Witchtober2024 #Halloween2024

Panel 1: Penny says to Cyril "Imagine! A lifetime supply of candy just for dressing up in the clothes I wear all year round." Cyril is amazed. "Wow, really?" he asks.

Panel 2: "No..." replies Penny, "I said imagine."

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 30 - Glow Always be wary when using glow-in-the-dark spells, because people might get the wrong idea #Witchtober2024

Panel 1: Marika, Gwendolyn and Cynthia are glowing white and crossing the road at night. Marika and Gwendolyn congratulate Cynthia on perfecting her new glow-in-the-dark spell, as they can now go outside at night and everyone will be able to see them.

Panel 2: A car approaches the three witches. The man driving thinks they are ghosts.

Panel 3: The driver has crashed the car into a crossing lamp, and fled the scene whilst shouting for the police. Cynthia begins to doubt the usefulness of the glowing spell.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 29 - Burnt When Penny is making potions, it's best not to get too close. #Witchtober2024

Panel 1: Penny is carelessly chucking potion bottles into a cauldron. Ms. Gwracham asks if Penny is certain she's using the right ingredients.

Panel 2: The contents of the cauldron blow up in Ms. Gwracham's face.

Panel 3: Ms. Gwracham, burnt to a crisp, angrily chases after Penny.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 26 - List Having magic powers has its downsides, particularly in the months leading up to Christmas #Witchtober2024

Josie (left) has a long list of things she wants for Christmas. The list is so long that it extends over Penny's (right) head. Josie urges an overwhelmed Penny to "do her magic"

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 28 - Pastel Thought I'd go with a different colouring style for this one #Witchtober2024

Penny is relaxing on a pink cloud above the skies. The image uses a pastel colour scheme.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 27/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 27 - Hidden It's always good to hide behind a rock slightly larger than yourself when performing an ambush #Witchtober2024

Penny (left) is hiding behind a rock and holding a bottle containing a potion that turns people into snails. She is ready to throw it at Witchhunter Niall O' Neill (right) who is frantically looking around in an attempt to find and capture Penny.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 23 - Ancestor Here's a drawing of a single-celled organism which Penny may or may not have descended from

A single-celled organism with Penny's colour scheme and facial features

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 22 - Frog I'm chopping and changing the order in which I upload these since I'm working on multiple things at once and am still figuring out how to cram it all into a short amount of time #Witchtober2024

Cynthia (right) is in the middle of talking in a condescending manner before frogs start jumping out her mouth thanks to a magic spell. Kamya (left) who performed the spell in question, asks Cynthia if she has a frog in her throat

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 23 - Ancestor Here's a drawing of a single-celled organism which Penny may or may not have descended from

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 20 - Quaint The reason I haven't uploaded Day 19 (comfort) is because I drew this yesterday thinking quaint was day 19's prompt, so I'll have to draw that one later #Witchtober2024

Panel 1: The realtor is showing a house to a potential buyer. "Yes, it really is a lovely little cottage! Peaceful area too, no noisy neighbours..."

Panel 2: Sinéad has brought some houses to life, and they are screaming with their scary faces. The realtor, looking defeated, tells the potential buyer to ignore it.

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 20/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 20 - Quaint The reason I haven't uploaded Day 19 (comfort) is because I drew this yesterday thinking quaint was day 19's prompt, so I'll have to draw that one later #Witchtober2024

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 18 - Notice Following on from day 7, Penny decides to trick Marika into getting attacked by the sentient grass. But the grass is smarter than she thinks #Witchtober2024

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🎀 thousands of spiders 🎀 @trivialtales.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Hey you whoever you are, you should follow me, I draw neat pictures and silly characters, okay please retweet this

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

#Witchtober Day 17 - Glamour Josie is fed up with her life of drudgery and longs to live a more exciting life as a witch #Witchtober2024

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

13 - Feather 14 - Noble 15 - Journey 16 - Sun #Witchtober2024

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

9 - Abundance 10 - Corruption 11 - Twist 12 - Limit #Witchtober2024

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Day 5 - Glass Day 6 - Freight Day 7 - Rebel Day 8 - Helpless #Witchtober2024

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Max Champion @troubleandtoil.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

For the sake of keeping up to speed I thought I'd pose all of the #Witchtober drawings I've done so far Day 1 - Ethereal Day 2 - Lift Day 3 - Swarm Day 4 - Response

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