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Goblin Purwin
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Comic book artist, writer and illustrator
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This line was scrawled in the margin of a notebook as I watched the news after Hurricane Melissa tore through Jamaica. COP30 is bringing it to mind again...
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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The zine I failed to finish for EZF is finally in my shop! Printed in two colour riso by the wonderful folks @footprintcoop.bsky.social.

CATCOPHONY!
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November 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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A Little Story for a Little Sunday...

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Stories from the Fault — Goblin Purwin
Little 9 . A rallying cry
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November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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There are a thousand comics half finished in this notebook. These flags are joyful when joy is hard to find...
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Sign this petition for Indi Bookstores everywhere...

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An Open Letter to Waterstones Regarding a Sixth Edinburgh Branch in Leith
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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November 22, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Follow my latest commission from @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social.

A plethora of talented artists' contributions to this project are on instagram, @scottishbooktrust, and in print! Scotland's Stories: Friendship - available in your local library.

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Tuna Sandwiches — Goblin Purwin
The excellent folks at Scottish Book Trust got in touch with me at the beginning of October to ask if I would adapt a short story for Book Week Scotland into a comic. In the lead up to BWS, they run a...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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While I try and unpick the tangled weeks ...

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Run with the moon... — Goblin Purwin
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November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Thinking about olive trees and Palestinian resistance

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Mawsim Al-Zaytoun — Goblin Purwin
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November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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October...

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Goblin Library Dispatch October 2025 — Goblin Purwin
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November 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Thanks to everyone who stopped by on Saturday to say hello. See you next year @edinburghzinefair!
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Edinburgh Zine Fair is tomorrow! I spent all month writing and making a thing that couldn't possibly be finished in time. I regret nothing. Come along and enjoy new lino cuts, old Shenks and awkward conversation! #edinburghzinefair

EZF image by @tomhumberstone.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Give WFMU all of your money...
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We're in the final days of WFMU's Hellraiser Fundraiser, which ends on Friday. The trove of special programs continues all week! Help us out with a pledge, keep amazing listener-supported radio alive, and grab one of two new T-shirts. pledge.wfmu.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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I will be tabling at Edinburgh Zine Fair this Saturday, 1st November! Here is some of the nonsense I'll be bringing...

#ezf #edinburghzinefair #ezf2025 @edinburghzinefair

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October is a cat shaped month... — Goblin Purwin
And that cat is slippery. An oiled cat. A greased cat that cannot be caught as it runs chaos through my house…
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October 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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What are you foraging for this October?

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Talking to stones and shells... — Goblin Purwin
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October 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Voices and sails raised — Goblin Purwin
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October 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Feral September reflections

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Goblin Library Dispatch September 2025 — Goblin Purwin
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October 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Little's story is beginning to take root in my head. I have a feeling these three panel scraps are the beginning of something big...

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Stories from The Fault — Goblin Purwin
Little 7 . Power Up!
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September 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Casting spells for the coming dark season

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Spell for the Blood Moon — Goblin Purwin
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September 15, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Louder
Four Panel Comic Panel One: A cat runs along holding a fountain pen dripping red ink. Text: Free The Press Panel Two: A cat runs along holding a branch with green leaves Text: Free The Land Panel Three: A cat running beneath the moon wearing a keffiyeh Text: Free The People Panel Four: Three cats, running with a red, a white and a green kite Text: Free Palestine
September 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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For Palestinian journalists...
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Nassr Hospital, Khan Younis. August 2025. — Goblin Purwin
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September 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Four Panel Comic Panel 1: Three overlapping flaming cat head in reds, purples and blues. Text: Ceding violently occupied land Panel 2: A crying cat, purple and red with yellow stripes. Text: To the aggressors Panel 3: A peacefully sleeping blue cat, covered in stars and surrounded by flames. Text: Is not Panel 4: A black cat with stars, also aflame, golden eyes staring out. Text: A peace deal.
September 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Happy Birthday for yesterday, Leslie Feinberg

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A portrait of Leslie Feinberg in pink watercolour and blue pencil
September 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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goblins in the streets
A goblin protest featuring little creatures holding many flags. The flags from left to right are: Welcome refugees, a rainbow pride flag, a peace flag with dove and olive branch, a trans pride flag, a Palestinian flag, a Ukrainian flag, an anti-fascist flag, a disability pride flag, a flag that says ACAB
September 2, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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The joy, rage and sleepy-headedness of the Goblin Library August Dispatch is upon us...

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Goblin Library Dispatch August 2025 — Goblin Purwin
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September 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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6 Little tales in one. Happy Sunday everyone. I hope you're filled with coffee, sunshine and just enough rage to keep you plotting hopeful resistance.

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Stories From The Fault — Goblin Purwin
To mark the halfway point of Little’s adventure, I’ve collected together the story so far! Read them with a cup of tea and biscuit of your choice. Little . Parts 1 - 6 .
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August 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM