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Dan Whitehead

@danwhitehead.net

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Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie (Z2), Terrahawks (Time Bomb), Minecraft (HarperCollins) Find my stuff here: danwhitehead.net

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · May 10

I've got a new book out! Cult Britannia is a 400-page beast covering hundreds of weird and wonderful world of British horror and science fiction movies from the quaint post-war 1950s through to the end of the post-modern digital 1990s.

Available in paperback and on Kindle here: amzn.eu/d/ghGmoNA

The front cover of a book called Cult Britannia. The title is in large white letters against a Union Jack flag background, where the central red stripes are made from strips of film. The subtitle reads Great British Genre Movies from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · Jun 12

My latest X-Files rewatch has reached Humbug, the episode where Fox Mulder, a man who constantly drops reams of obscure paranormal lore at the slightest excuse, apparently hasn't heard of the Fiji Mermaid, the most famous cryptozoological hoax of all time.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 6h

a man with a mustache and a suit says " it 's science "

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 7h

All we are saying is give peas a chance.

s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 23h

A little something to take the edge off as you head into the weekend @erinbiba.bsky.social

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 7h

Crocodile, I think. Alligators have a wide snout, crocs have pointed ones.

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Dan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 15h

SATURDAY. Stop doomscrolling and do me a quick favour please:

🔽 Download the Earth Must Die demo
🕹️ Play it, have a lovely time
✅ Review it
🌟Wishlist the full game
♻️ Share

This is all FREE and *massively* helps us out with Next Fest/ launch/ keeping the company afloat, so please do. Thanks!

Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 1d

Have you played the Earth Must Die demo?

It went live yesterday, and already has a 100% rating on Steam <3

store.steampowered.com/app/4057540/...

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

In the post!

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

SOOOOOUP.

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 12h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 9h

Can’t believe how much that goes for these days.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 9h

Jared Leto? More like Jared Lets-not-go-to-the-cinema, eh readers?

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 11h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

Even if all you can salvage is the HDD that's still a bargain.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

SOUP.

A large pot of pumpkin, butternut squash, carrots, and various herbs bubbling’ away.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

It's Milkshake Ducks all the way down.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 11h

Call me when he's finally brave enough to change his first name to Sexdrugsan.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 11h

At a guess, they probably assumed they were corn chips?

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 11h

Yeah, I had no idea for a long time even when working with him. It was very strange to learn that "Pete at work" was a pretty big rock star in Europe.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 12h

My first job in comics was working alongside Pete Nicholls on Cartoon Network/Hanna Barbera stuff in the 90s. Every year he'd use up all his time off to go on tour with IQ. He gave me a ton of his old Spidey stuff when he had a big clear out. Lovely man.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 13h

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 1d

I'm not a medical expert, but is it a good idea to inject a dangerously large bubble into your veins? Asking for a G20 economy.

Sky News headline from January 2025 reading "
UK to 'mainline AI in the veins' under new plans from Sir Keir Starmer

The government will be hoping the plans - with promises of billions of pounds and thousands of jobs - can help stymie the claims they are mismanaging the economy and stunting growth in the UK."

Futurism headline from October 2025 reading "Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster. The risk of a sharp market correction has increased. The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a “sudden correction” in global financial markets driven by the spending frenzy on artificial intelligence."

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 13h

"Anthology Fiasco..."

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 13h

Same!

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 13h

Ridiculously excited to have a strip in this. Deadline in particular was a seminal comic/mag for Teenage Me so this is a real bucket list gig.

Dave Elliott @deevelliott.bsky.social · 16h

We have a DATE!

And the CLOCK is TICKING...

#A1deadline #Comics #Kickstarter

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 13h

a white duck is standing in front of a fire and the word honk is on the bottom

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Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · 14h

Groucho and Margaret Dumont reunite after many years, and for the final time. This episode of The Hollywood Palace, a tv variety show that featured a different host each week, was filmed in 1965. Here they reprise their legendary bit from Animal Crackers.

Margaret died 3 days later. She was 82.

Groucho Marx Hosts Hollywood Palace With Margaret Dumont 1965-03-03

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 14h

Bah, that be one of thar new-fangled speed loaders. That aren't proper bee-dip-beee-diddly-diddly. We don't have none of that round 'ere.

a man wearing a cowboy hat and plaid shirt is making a funny face .

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