John Allison
@badmachinery.com
Cartoonist in Leeds, UK. I brought you such comics as Steeple, Bad Machinery, Giant Days, Scary Go Round, Bobbins, Great British Bump-Off and Solver. The nation's favourite.
https://badmachinery.com
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John Allison
@badmachinery.com
· Jul 8
Someone just asked so it may be worth reiterating, the Giant Days/Batman crossover can be read not just free but ad-free here.
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Next to my Brian Wilson print on the stairs I have three (3) Jonathan Edwards prints and let me say, dear friends, that I regret hanging none (0) of them
That time of year again. This year’s winter mini print (the 10th!) is now available in my shop. jonathanestore.bigcartel.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Next to my Brian Wilson print on the stairs I have three (3) Jonathan Edwards prints and let me say, dear friends, that I regret hanging none (0) of them
I have this print hanging at the foot of my staircase, it's a "ding dang" beauty if I do say so myself.
New A4 Brian Wilson 4 colour Riso print on my shop now.
A remake of the larger version made this year with a tiny production tweak & sand on the floor, this really turned out a peach.
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A remake of the larger version made this year with a tiny production tweak & sand on the floor, this really turned out a peach.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I have this print hanging at the foot of my staircase, it's a "ding dang" beauty if I do say so myself.
I have two events with Gosh Comics in London this weekend, I promise to be merry at both, but not so merry as to offend
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I have two events with Gosh Comics in London this weekend, I promise to be merry at both, but not so merry as to offend
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
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In The Pull, I wrote about my buys, recommendations, and curiosities from the week of comics, including Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 as my Comic of the Week and The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt as my Trade/Graphic Novel of the Week.
The Pull: A Look at the Comics Dropping the Week of November 26th - SKTCHD
It’s a big week for big books, but hey, focusing on those are not that fun. So, let’s talk about some unique comics driven by great creators in this week’s edition of The Pull, even if one of them doe...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In The Pull, I wrote about my buys, recommendations, and curiosities from the week of comics, including Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 as my Comic of the Week and The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt as my Trade/Graphic Novel of the Week.
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ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford on Friday, November 28th – Broken Frontier
Come one and all! Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw for pub and art fun this Friday November 28th.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...
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If you're in London on Friday, this will be fun, looking forward to drawing with some of you and the good people of @goshcomics.bsky.social
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
Drink and Draw with John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford
Our monthly Drink and Draw event will have its last session of 2025 this month and we've got a killer line-up to finish up the year! Every month, along with our friends at Broken Frontier, we invite t...
goshlondon.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you're in London on Friday, this will be fun, looking forward to drawing with some of you and the good people of @goshcomics.bsky.social
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
If you're in London on Friday, this will be fun, looking forward to drawing with some of you and the good people of @goshcomics.bsky.social
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
Drink and Draw with John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford
Our monthly Drink and Draw event will have its last session of 2025 this month and we've got a killer line-up to finish up the year! Every month, along with our friends at Broken Frontier, we invite t...
goshlondon.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you're in London on Friday, this will be fun, looking forward to drawing with some of you and the good people of @goshcomics.bsky.social
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
This is always a big source of bargs and I love bargs even when the bargs are my own books for I am very selfless and zen
The OK Comics Pop-Up November SALE starts today (Monday 24th) at 11am.
In-store only. First come, first served. No reserving.
Everything is individually priced. Everything is limited.
OK Comics, 19 Thornton’s Arcade, Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LQ
In-store only. First come, first served. No reserving.
Everything is individually priced. Everything is limited.
OK Comics, 19 Thornton’s Arcade, Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LQ
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is always a big source of bargs and I love bargs even when the bargs are my own books for I am very selfless and zen
New comic: "Superstitious twaddle" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Superstitious twaddle - Bad Machinery
Empathetic and caring, Cilla once again provides the balm for a troubled soul.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
New comic: "Superstitious twaddle" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Can anyone think of a crop that is farmed at the north pole other than ice pops? It's funny that climate change doesn't seem to have affected ice pop availability at all. They really are nature's most plentiful bounty. What's your favourite flavour? Mine's blue - the taste of cool Arctic water.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Can anyone think of a crop that is farmed at the north pole other than ice pops? It's funny that climate change doesn't seem to have affected ice pop availability at all. They really are nature's most plentiful bounty. What's your favourite flavour? Mine's blue - the taste of cool Arctic water.
New comic: "Are you all right?" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Are you all right? - Bad Machinery
Poor Nemulon-13, he’s a gas now and he’s not coming back.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New comic: "Are you all right?" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
I did an interview with @davidhallerwrites.bsky.social that you may enjoy; I talk about a few things I don't think I have talked about before. Plus, enjoy a huge picture of my fast-collapsing middle-aged face which I do not even hide with a beard. www.davidhallerwrites.com/post/freeze-...
Freeze Frame: John Allison on the Realities of Living the Dream
Credits: John AllisonJohn Allison has forged his own unique path from novice freelancer to Eisner Award winner through a career defined by perseverance and experimentation. Within this article, he dis...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I did an interview with @davidhallerwrites.bsky.social that you may enjoy; I talk about a few things I don't think I have talked about before. Plus, enjoy a huge picture of my fast-collapsing middle-aged face which I do not even hide with a beard. www.davidhallerwrites.com/post/freeze-...
New comic: "Hover" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Hover - Bad Machinery
The kind of relatable comic page that my career is built upon. Very much one to tack up on the old Frigidaire.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New comic: "Hover" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Someone linked to this old page today and I think it might be the ur-page of my comics approach, depicting:
1. Petty bureaucracy
2. Made-up names of things
3. Flagrant overconfidence
4. People getting along
5. Guileless simps
I wish I could remember how to draw like this too, very visually concise
1. Petty bureaucracy
2. Made-up names of things
3. Flagrant overconfidence
4. People getting along
5. Guileless simps
I wish I could remember how to draw like this too, very visually concise
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Someone linked to this old page today and I think it might be the ur-page of my comics approach, depicting:
1. Petty bureaucracy
2. Made-up names of things
3. Flagrant overconfidence
4. People getting along
5. Guileless simps
I wish I could remember how to draw like this too, very visually concise
1. Petty bureaucracy
2. Made-up names of things
3. Flagrant overconfidence
4. People getting along
5. Guileless simps
I wish I could remember how to draw like this too, very visually concise
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Dec 1961: Babycham ad from Showerings Ltd.
«I'D LOVE A BABYCHAM»
«I'D LOVE A BABYCHAM»
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Dec 1961: Babycham ad from Showerings Ltd.
«I'D LOVE A BABYCHAM»
«I'D LOVE A BABYCHAM»
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We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
Thank you to everyone who came to see this soggy old parade at Thought Bubble this weekend. I had a lot of good conversations with nice people, some for the first time, others for the first time in a while. I am lucky to get it, I say!
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thank you to everyone who came to see this soggy old parade at Thought Bubble this weekend. I had a lot of good conversations with nice people, some for the first time, others for the first time in a while. I am lucky to get it, I say!
New comic: "Waxy" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Waxy - Bad Machinery
A deeply worrying scenario.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
New comic: "Waxy" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Meanwhile on GoComics, as reruns continue
www.gocomics.com/bad-machiner...
www.gocomics.com/bad-machiner...
Bad Machinery: Solver by John Allison for November 14, 2025 | GoComics
Read Bad Machinery: Solver—a comic strip by creator John Allison—for today, November 14, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Meanwhile on GoComics, as reruns continue
www.gocomics.com/bad-machiner...
www.gocomics.com/bad-machiner...
New comic: "TE-5B" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
TE-5B - Bad Machinery
I did extensive research into the history of airport buggies for this comic. And I learned almost nothing in the process.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
New comic: "TE-5B" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
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good haul of @badmachinery.com comics from @goshcomics.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
good haul of @badmachinery.com comics from @goshcomics.bsky.social
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I've been hearing from a lot of creators of late that the non-licensed space for comics has been painful to operate in, and today on SKTCHD, I finally wrote about it with insight from a bevy of creators.
It is, as one creator put it, "a lot."
It is, as one creator put it, "a lot."
It's a high time for the direct market, but non-licensed comics — i.e. creator-owned + other original comics — are going through a "wildly unpredictable" period.
In this week's feature, I talked to creators about navigating this uncertain time, what's fueling it, and how it's affecting their plans.
In this week's feature, I talked to creators about navigating this uncertain time, what's fueling it, and how it's affecting their plans.
“It's Wildly Unpredictable”: Creators on Navigating an Uncertain Time for Non-Licensed Comics - SKTCHD
It’s a great time for the direct market. 1 Comic shops are thriving, new readers are getting onboard, and veteran fans are excited as well. More than that, the comics themselves are good, which genera...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I've been hearing from a lot of creators of late that the non-licensed space for comics has been painful to operate in, and today on SKTCHD, I finally wrote about it with insight from a bevy of creators.
It is, as one creator put it, "a lot."
It is, as one creator put it, "a lot."
Reposted by John Allison
Fresh meat was as precious as gold bullion back in the 70s. According, that is, to Letraset's dizzyingly exciting THE SWEENEY Super Action Transfers, which allowed kids to create violent scenes based on the classic post-watershed cop show. This meat blag is *carnage*, guv!
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Fresh meat was as precious as gold bullion back in the 70s. According, that is, to Letraset's dizzyingly exciting THE SWEENEY Super Action Transfers, which allowed kids to create violent scenes based on the classic post-watershed cop show. This meat blag is *carnage*, guv!