It’s a long time since I last sat on a bean bag. I had one that consolidated the beans from two bean bags. You got a really commanding view. I wish I had never let it go.
A few UK comic shops are now carrying SOLVER. Roll up in person or order online! All copies at the shops below are signed. The links will take you to direct to the book.
OK Comics, Leeds
Gosh Comics, London
Page 45, Nottingham
Readers outside the UK, hang tight: it should be available from my Topatoco shop in the autumn.
I’ve made a Solver book collection, primarily so I have something to sell at a couple of conventions coming up. I have only printed a short run. Having teased it on social media, I’ve been peppered with “where can I get it” questions. The answer is, it will be available from a few stockists in the UK and I will send some to Topatoco, but I think that will be at the start of September. I’ll make an announcement here, and via the mailing list and Patreon, when it’s more widely available. There’s no pre-order; if I run out, I am sure I will make more.
Contains everything published between 2022 and 2024 (ie all the Glenn Durgan stories, but not Circus Windows).
UPCOMING EVENTS
Stapled, Leeds UK, Sunday August 25th [TICKETS]
Thought Bubble, Harrogate UK, November 16-17 [TICKETS]
Some people have reported having issues with the Bad Machinery RSS feed. There are actually two feeds – one that this site auto-generates (badmachinery.com/feed/), and one that I have updated manually with whatever comic I am working on since about 2010 (badmachinery.com/index.xml), which most people are subscribed to. About a week ago (June 28) the manual feed it stopped updating in Feedly and some other RSS readers, and I’m not 100% sure why. It still works in others.
I am looking into it but if you have any idea what might have happened, let me know in the comments below. These things often rectify themselves – if you’re subscribed to the manual feed and this post is at the top of your feed, that’s what happened.
ITEM! I have a rare comics event this weekend! I’m meant to be “taking a break” but I will emerge from the oxygen chamber for a trip to Macclesfield. When did I last go to Macclesfield? 2001. The reason i went to Macclesfield is very, very boring so be sure to ask me about it if you are an insomniac.
I’ll have a table on Saturday, with Giant Days “Snooker Could Be Better” and Great British Bump-Off books. I had big plans to make a new book and stickers and postcards and, get this, a zine about writing. These schemes have, needless to say, been postponed. But I will have plenty of chat for you and will sign any of my books that you shove in front of me.
New pages are a week away, but to tide you over, here’s something to read that I took off the site by accident – Kit + The Wolf. I’ve made it a little sub-site, and I’m going to do this for all the completed comics. When I get a bit more time, I may restore a few things that have been off the web for a while too, and I’ll try to make a tidy hub for all these old stories on scarygoround.com.