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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 · 51m

Hopefully this will lead to a proper prestige reprint of the original Lingerie Jones cartoons from Dollybirds magazine.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 1h

Share someone who looks stylish in overalls.

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qdot @buttplug.engineer · 3d

Boards of Canada's Olsen performed on a PDP-1. Holy shit.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wubk...

Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer

YouTube video by Joe Lynch

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Jacob Phillips @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social · 4h

The news is out!!! Brutal Dark, the new series by myself and @christophcondon.bsky.social is coming from VERTIGO in 2026!! Meet Ezra Caine, our Nazi-Punching-New-Yorking- P.I!

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 2h

Thoroughly deserved.

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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 2h

periodic reminder that if you write stuff that's published on the web for a publication you yourself do not own, PDF that shit as soon as it goes live

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 5h

Hey everyone! This amazing comic by @pigeonface.bsky.social really needs your help to get over the Kickstarter finish line. Kamila is one of the most exciting indie voices working in the UK and this totally deserves your support. Please back or spread the word! www.kickstarter.com/projects/pig...

The Ecstasy of Jenny D - New original comic by Pigeon!

Bridgerton meets the dancing plague in this surreal tale of sisterhood, repressed queerness and divine intervention.

www.kickstarter.com

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 3h

Here’s Brian May’s version.

Brian May - Star Fleet (Official Video Remastered)

YouTube video by Brian May Official

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 3h

Such a banger that Brian May convinced Eddie Van Halen to record a cover version with him.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 3h

In France, it had lyrics.

Generique L'Agence tous risques - Theme A-Team in French

YouTube video by TV Dump

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 5h

I don't know much about baseball, but surely this is cheating?

Rob Friedman @pitchingninja.com · 8h

All 8 of the Blue Jays Pitchers from Yesterday (overlay)

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 6h

Level Design 101.

Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 7h

salt-n-pepa: *nod approvingly*

Several signs on a door instructing to "Push to lock" without turning the lock.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

"What if we spent $150m making Willy Wonka the main character and instead of a mercurial authority figure representing the incomprehensible whims of the adult world, he was just sad because his mean dad didn't support him creatively?"

"Tim, you know therapy would be cheaper, right?"

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

Better than Critters 4!

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 1d

We goin to space this year

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

Tactile! But cartoony!

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 11h

When the AI bubble finally bursts:

A screencap from the 1968 Mexican horror comedy Autopsia de un Fantasma. A blonde woman is comforting a crying boy. The subtitle reads "Don't cry, my boy. Dad will make you another fembot."

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

That is ridiculously aesthetically pleasing.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 9h

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

It stood out to me because it's the EXACT SAME art style as the logo for a Greek takeaway that just opened near me. It's not just the laziness of using AI, but the extra laziness of just accepting the default style. At that point, why not just use clip art?

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

Off to a good start!

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

Yeah, I got a bunch of those emails a day as well. Exhausting. AI makes it harder than ever to promote actual original work, then swoops in to tell us it can help to promote actual original work. Just being grifted from all angles.

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