Dylan Horrocks
LightNews LightNews
banner
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
Dylan Horrocks
@dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
2.6K followers 810 following 500 posts
Spills ink, rolls dice.
hicksvillecomics.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
A reminder that Minneapolis-St Paul is where modern RPGs were born, via David Wesely's Braunstein & Dave Arneson's Blackmoor (which became D&D). This month, MN-based @atlasgames.bsky.social is raising money to help Minnesotans affected by ICE's campaign of terror. www.atlas-games.com/news/post?s=...
February 2, 2026 at 9:16 PM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
(lovingly drawn at least 11 years ago)
A highly respectful sketch-portrait of NZ's favourite public servant, with the caption: On a typical day, Hon. Judith Collins, M.P., radiates sufficient hatred to power two medium-sized cities.
January 28, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
leahmcelrath.bsky.social
A drawing by a 5-year-old child in detention:
Drawing in black on white paper of four frowning small stick figures behind bars. One of them has a speech bubble saying “Let s go”. At the top written in a child’s print handwriting are the words, “I am 5 years old.” At the bottom left corner is a box with the name of the child’s attorney, Eric Lee. Source: Maddow
January 27, 2026 at 6:34 PM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
This is one for the ages: solid, humane reporting, with an extraordinary, powerful conclusion. It's a keeper.
adamserwer.bsky.social Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 9d
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Every social theory undergirding Trumpism has been broken on the steel of Minnesotan resolve. The multiracial community in Minneapolis was supposed to shatter. It did not. It held until Bovino was forced out of the Twin Cities with his long coat between his legs. The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone. In Minnesota, all of the ideological cornerstones of MAGA have been proved false at once. Minnesotans, not the armed thugs of ICE and the Border Patrol, are brave. Minnesotans have shown that their community is socially cohesive—because of its diversity and not in spite of it. Minnesotans have found and loved one another in a world atomized by social media, where empty men have tried to fill their lonely soul with lies about their own inherent superiority. Minnesotans have preserved everything worthwhile about “Western civilization,” while armed brutes try to tear it down by force.
January 27, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
robinbougie.bsky.social
Comics retailing legend Greg Ketter standing up to ICE in Minneapolis. Yes, that's tear gas. He's 70 years old.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 PM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
Has anyone written on how the Cops "reality" show genre helped create a visual language for ICE's social media videos?

(Here's @drewharwell.com & @brihreed.bsky.social talking about ICE's videos): pca.st/episode/c920...
Inside ICE’s Push to Go Viral
Many people were surprised that ICE officer Jonathan Ross was filming with his phone when he shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis. But Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell was leaked thousands…
pca.st
January 23, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
magicmooshka.bsky.social
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best. It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
boxbrown.bsky.social
heavily redacted peanuts
December 20, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
steph-tepania.bsky.social
Anyone in Pōneke recognise this artist? We found 4 pieces of art we'd like to return to the owner.
line drawing of a devilish child, having a brain explosion. It is black and white, and numbered. Artist signature. Illegible but might be D Joattard.
December 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
"Sans serif is woke" has definitely been my favourite story of the year. And it keeps getting better.
phileil.bsky.social Philip Eil @phileil.bsky.social · Dec 11
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
A New York Times headline that reads: "Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t Its First Controversy."
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
kellywhyte.bsky.social
Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.

Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!

itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...

#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Banner that reads: Ban the Ban. TTRPG bundle supporting trans rights, 27 TTRPGs for $20. A judge's gavel is coming down on the second 'ban', trailing a wake in the colours of the trans pride flag. Image by @java-and-art.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
RIP the 2026 Angoulême Comics Festival. @comicsjournal.bsky.social has a good backgrounder on how mismanagement, ego, and misogyny derailed Europe's greatest comics festival:
www.tcj.com/the-285-mani...
Minute papillon! The 285 Manifesto girlcott halts the 2026 Angoulême Festival - The Comics Journal
What's happening with the 285 Manifesto, the unprecedented girlcott against the 2026 Angoulême Festival by Maïa Hamilcaro-Berlin with Marlene Agius.
www.tcj.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
cartoonistsrights.org
If you value cartoonists and the work they do, a great way to show your support this #GivingTuesday is with a donation to our Pledge Drive: cartoonistsrights.org/donate
CARTOONISTS HOLD POWER TO ACCOUNT. HELP US DEFEND THEM. PLEASE HELP US DEFEND CARTOONISTS’ RIGHTS WITH A DONATION to cartoonistsrights/org/donate In a cartoon by Ann Telnaes, a gargantuan fist bears down from the upper right corner, and is held at bay by a cartoonist seated at her drawing board; she is drawing with pencil in her right hand and holds up a bullhorn in her left.
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
cartoonistsrights.org
Dear friends and followers, we need your help this #GivingTuesday after a bad year for nonprofits in the US. Please donate and spread the word: cartoonistsrights.org/donate
IT’S GIVING TUESDAY! PLEASE GIVE TO CARTOONISTS RIGHTS SO THAT THEY CAN DEFEND YOURS. PLEASE HELP US DEFEND CARTOONISTS’ RIGHTS WITH A DONATION to cartoonistsrights/org/donate In a cartoon by Ann Telnaes, President Trump wields a flaming torching his right hand and a burning sheet of paper bearing the line “We The People” in his left. He wears a uniform redolent of a military dictator, including a fez emblazoned with an eagle.
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
Recently, my colleague Zach Dodson and I sat down to chat with B-Side Stories on @wgtnaccessradio.bsky.social about comics, games, and the Visual Narrative Lab: soundcloud.com/b-side-broad...
The Visual Narrative Lab: A Place for Storytellers
Dylan Horrocks and Zach Dodson have created a university programme that their younger selves dreamed about. They are co-founders of The Visual Narrative Lab: a place for visualisers and world-builders
soundcloud.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
samorchard.bsky.social
Inspired by @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social's 'Lonely Fun' zine - @taracomics.bsky.social has another RPG for you to enjoy taracomics.substack.com/p/the-myster...
The Mystery Note
A lyric game in comic form
taracomics.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
paullicino.bsky.social
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
A cropped screenshot from a Canadian government website with the prompt "What's your occupation?" The answer "Writer" has been provided, generating the red text error response "Please enter a valid occupation."
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
maureenjohnsonbooks.com
This is an object lesson in storytelling.
ajbauer.bsky.social A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social · Nov 21
ChatGPT: You Shoulda Called a Mechanic
Chat gpt billboard two people looking at a broken car
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
#Gamification
hairic.bsky.social Hairic Lilred @hairic.bsky.social · Nov 21
game design 101
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
funeralbeat.bsky.social
👩‍🌾 Grab your tools
An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
emiliusdraws.bsky.social
#3157 A helpful tutorial
A digital drawing of one of those drawing tutorials that says 'don't do this, do this.' The drawing is of an almost naked middle-aged man doing a flying kick. The 'Don't do this' one has a bunch of areas circled and a cross under it. The 'Do this' one is exactly the same but without the circles and a tick instead of a cross. The text reads 'Needlessly adding red circles will ruin your art' and a smaller bit of text at the bottom reads 'Bonus tip! Add a tick under all your art so people think you did it right.'
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
rmi.bsky.social
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
A gentleman wearing a transparent puffer jacket filled with Tsingtao beer he is drinking through an internal straw.
November 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
A reminder: if you're interested in our creative practice-based MFA in Visual Narrative at Victoria University of Wellington | Te Herenga Waka, applications are open for two more weeks (until December 1st). Also, we now have a sparkling redesigned website! www.visualnarrativelab.nz
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Reposted by Dylan Horrocks
jonathanking.bsky.social
Sorry you had to wait 10 months for your cancer surgery – a politician needed to save 10 minutes getting to the airport.
bespokeswears.bsky.social Bespoke Swears @bespokeswears.bsky.social · Nov 16
$4 BILLION to save 'up to 10 minutes' during peak traffic. Fucking hell - imagine what that $4B could do for housing, education, health, etc, in Aotearoa.
Clip from RadioNZ article about the second Mt Vic tunnel: The proposal says it would save up to 10 minutes during peak periods on journeys from the Wellington region to the CBD, hospital and airport...
November 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM
dylanhorrocks.bsky.social
My fabulous Dad, Roger Horrocks, has a brand new book out, with launch events in Auckland (this Sunday 23 November) and Wellington (Sunday 30 November). If you're into music, sound, listening, thinking, or reading, this book is for you! 🎶 atuanuipress.co.nz/product/musi...
Book launch for Music Without End: a Book of Listening, by Roger Horrocks. At Lamplight Books, G01/100 Parnell Road, Parnell. 3:30pm, Sunday 23 November. Introduced by Wystan Curnow. All welcome Book launch for Music Without End: a Book of Listening, by Roger Horrocks. At Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington. 5pm, Sunday 30 November. Introduced by Chris Bourke. All welcome Back over of Music Without End: a Book of Listening, by Roger Horrocks. What is listening? How does music work? Music Without End: A Book of Listening will introduce you to unfamiliar areas of music and spark new insights into the nature and pleasures of listening. Besides providing an unusually wide-ranging, accessible survey of the landscape of music, and the various ways we listen, it features interviews with ten people deeply involved in the field – composers, singers, and sound specialists – working in popular, jazz, classical, experimental or global music. If you’re a listener who enjoys only some of those genres, this book can revolutionize your interest in them all. “This book is a must read for anyone with music in their lives. Horrocks’s passion for music in its broadest spectrum is inspiration to get out there and hear what’s going on. You don’t know what you are missing! It’s an insightful exploration through time and location of that amazing phenomenon we call music.” – Peter Scholes (composer, performer, conductor) “Roger Horrocks is up with the zeitgeist, from esoteric punk to arcane European avant-garde. He has kept me happily guessing for decades by suggesting new music names to me. From Ars Subtilior to Wandelweiser, Horrocks leads the reader gently by the ear into his world of listening, and we’re enchanted.” – Eve de Castro-Robinson (composer) This Book of Listening is a sequel to Roger Horrocks’s 2022 Book of Seeing. Horrocks was the author of Len Lye: A Biography and Song of the Ghost in the Machine, which were both finalists in the NZ Book Awards. He was also the librettist of Len Lye: The Opera.
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM