John Lees
@johnlees.bsky.social
I write comics! ORLA!, SINK, GRAWLGORE & SHANKS, THE NASTY, THE CRIMSON CAGE, AND THEN EMILY WAS GONE, MOUNTAINHEAD, HOTELL.
Website/newsletter: johnleescomics.com
Online shop: johnleescomics.bigcartel.com
Patreon: patreon.com/johnlees
Website/newsletter: johnleescomics.com
Online shop: johnleescomics.bigcartel.com
Patreon: patreon.com/johnlees
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John Lees
@johnlees.bsky.social
· Nov 8
I see we're doing (re)intros here as more comics folk migrate to BlueSky, so here goes. I'm John Lees. I'm a writer based in Glasgow, Scotland. Credits include Sink, And Then Emily Was Gone, Hotell, The Crimson Cage, Mountainhead, The Standard, Oxymoron: The Loveliest Nightmare, TMNT and The Nasty.
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It's almost time for [REDACTED]: Book Two of the Eynhallow Saga!
Here's some sneak peeks to help you get ready (you'll never be ready enough 🗡️🏰🥀)
Here's some sneak peeks to help you get ready (you'll never be ready enough 🗡️🏰🥀)
January 19, 2026 at 10:19 AM
It's almost time for [REDACTED]: Book Two of the Eynhallow Saga!
Here's some sneak peeks to help you get ready (you'll never be ready enough 🗡️🏰🥀)
Here's some sneak peeks to help you get ready (you'll never be ready enough 🗡️🏰🥀)
Not one of these buckets is called “abolish ICE,” which reaffirms my belief that Chuck needs chucked into a big metaphorical bucket of his own.
NEW: In this interview, Chuck Schumer describes the "five buckets" Dems think are key to their possibly winning a Senate majority in 2026: housing, "the high price of food [and] food monopolies playing a major role there," electricity, "the high cost of childcare," and health care.
Zero Chucks Left to Give
Chuck Schumer now sees a path back to the majority. Can he manage his way through it?
www.thebulwark.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Not one of these buckets is called “abolish ICE,” which reaffirms my belief that Chuck needs chucked into a big metaphorical bucket of his own.
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I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
I really hope It Happens soon.
January 19, 2026 at 8:58 AM
I really hope It Happens soon.
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This is probably the most accurate description.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul have basically mobilized into a war economy of mutual aid and non-violent defense. I’ve never seen anything like it, even during Covid. People who barely vote are guarding their schools from ICE and doing the shopping for neighbors in hiding.
This is so smart. I’m so impressed with all the different ways you’re helping your neighbors.
January 19, 2026 at 2:44 AM
This is probably the most accurate description.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
Someone in their mid-50s today told me that this is the first time he had thought about or been affected by politics. And that guy is actively guarding buildings and his coworkers from ICE.
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Holy shit a thing just happened with @luisgodoyii.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Holy shit a thing just happened with @luisgodoyii.bsky.social
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I posted about the fifth detained death less than 24 hours ago. Now, ICE reports its sixth detained death of 2026. Call your representatives in Congress now and tell them no more funding for detention. ICE clearly can’t handle it.
January 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I posted about the fifth detained death less than 24 hours ago. Now, ICE reports its sixth detained death of 2026. Call your representatives in Congress now and tell them no more funding for detention. ICE clearly can’t handle it.
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LAUNCHING THIS TUESDAY!
Get yourself signed up now!
Get yourself signed up now!
SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1
By @zoewithasword.bsky.social, @laurenknight.bsky.social, @longtalljodie.com, @cerealpancake.bsky.social and me!
Coming to Kickstarter on January 20th!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
By @zoewithasword.bsky.social, @laurenknight.bsky.social, @longtalljodie.com, @cerealpancake.bsky.social and me!
Coming to Kickstarter on January 20th!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
Coming soon: SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1 - Mature Sapphic Noir Chicago Vampires
An undead PI hunts a missing vamp, facing ancient Mob Families, corrupt cops, & a past she buried to survive. Zoe Tunnell/Lauren Knight
www.kickstarter.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
LAUNCHING THIS TUESDAY!
Get yourself signed up now!
Get yourself signed up now!
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Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time.
Time to claim your true history.
Time to claim your true history.
January 17, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Respectfully, I am going to whisper to some of our white comrades a truth that should be more widely known: You definitely have some ancestors to be proud of, ancestors who refused white supremacy, and poured out their lives in many of these struggles over time.
Time to claim your true history.
Time to claim your true history.
As grim as it is unsurprising, but the key detail here is “mass AI layoff.” The CEO class will gladly accept a sharp decline in quality as a price to pay for the chance to stiff human beings out of work and pay.
January 18, 2026 at 11:30 AM
As grim as it is unsurprising, but the key detail here is “mass AI layoff.” The CEO class will gladly accept a sharp decline in quality as a price to pay for the chance to stiff human beings out of work and pay.
The thing that gets me about Gavin Newsom is nobody is actually enthused about him as a Presidential candidate. Every post in “support” seems to be some feverish trolley-problem hypothetical of “If Newsom gets chosen over every other candidate you’ll REALLY let fascism win by not voting for him?!”
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 18, 2026 at 10:36 AM
The thing that gets me about Gavin Newsom is nobody is actually enthused about him as a Presidential candidate. Every post in “support” seems to be some feverish trolley-problem hypothetical of “If Newsom gets chosen over every other candidate you’ll REALLY let fascism win by not voting for him?!”
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Might fuck around and have a Knights and ladies phase again.
January 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Might fuck around and have a Knights and ladies phase again.
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This conspiracy theory makes me feel like I’m losing my mind. The Stranger Things finale was over 2 hours along, about 45 minutes of which was an extended epilogue where they THOROUGHLY wrapped up the story of every major character. In what reality would they make this a fake-out for a REAL ending?
stranger things "there's gotta be one more episode, bro, there's gotta be" conspiracy copeposting is one of my favorite things right now and i had to show you the highlighted bit.
January 18, 2026 at 5:59 AM
This conspiracy theory makes me feel like I’m losing my mind. The Stranger Things finale was over 2 hours along, about 45 minutes of which was an extended epilogue where they THOROUGHLY wrapped up the story of every major character. In what reality would they make this a fake-out for a REAL ending?
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ICE provoking all-out war against the Furries is one of those pivotal fatal flaws that will be studied in military textbooks for decades to come.
January 18, 2026 at 12:23 AM
ICE provoking all-out war against the Furries is one of those pivotal fatal flaws that will be studied in military textbooks for decades to come.
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It's beginning to look like all of those guns Americans buy to keep government in check were only ever bought for school shootings.
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
It's beginning to look like all of those guns Americans buy to keep government in check were only ever bought for school shootings.
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It's a shame more white men over 35 aren't yelling at them then. Get to work.
ICE seems to get completely flummoxed when they’re being yelled at by white men over 35. They kind of put their heads down and shuffle their feet. It’s like their kryptonite.
January 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It's a shame more white men over 35 aren't yelling at them then. Get to work.
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They are kidnapping non-white people, regardless of status only to sort them out later, often not even taking them to the federal building but abandoning them beaten miles from where they were. And they are brutalizing witnesses, most of whom are white citizens who only have whistles and phones.
January 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
They are kidnapping non-white people, regardless of status only to sort them out later, often not even taking them to the federal building but abandoning them beaten miles from where they were. And they are brutalizing witnesses, most of whom are white citizens who only have whistles and phones.
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I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
January 17, 2026 at 5:46 PM
I just want people to know that there is no active insurrection, no regular protests, no rioting or whatever. The only time people are in the streets is when masked armed ICE thugs descend on one of our neighbors to disappear them as part of a federal government-led ethnic cleansing campaign.
It looks like I’ll soon have to be writing up another “Sorry I’m having to bump up shipping prices to the US on my online shop, your leader is being a maniac again” message.
January 17, 2026 at 6:17 PM
It looks like I’ll soon have to be writing up another “Sorry I’m having to bump up shipping prices to the US on my online shop, your leader is being a maniac again” message.
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Louvre worthy
January 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Louvre worthy
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Moment in history shot, that.
January 17, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Moment in history shot, that.
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Please sign and repost. The stream of failed Tories jumping on the Reform bandwagon should be subject to the decision of the constituency voters.
In light of recent events, this should surely get some more traction
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
petition.parliament.uk
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Please sign and repost. The stream of failed Tories jumping on the Reform bandwagon should be subject to the decision of the constituency voters.
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Congratulations to our friend Xavier! He won the raffle for the Orla #1 script, signed and sketched by our pal @johnlees.bsky.social!
January 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Congratulations to our friend Xavier! He won the raffle for the Orla #1 script, signed and sketched by our pal @johnlees.bsky.social!
Proof once again that you can buckle to Trump and beg citizens not to stand against him and clamp down on protestors to try and avoid provoking Trump's anger and reprisals, and he'll still try and bring criminal charges against you anyway if it suits him.
Breaking: MS NOW confirms:
The Trump Justice Department has launched criminal investigations into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
The Trump Justice Department has launched criminal investigations into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey.
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Proof once again that you can buckle to Trump and beg citizens not to stand against him and clamp down on protestors to try and avoid provoking Trump's anger and reprisals, and he'll still try and bring criminal charges against you anyway if it suits him.