Joe Latham
@lookhappy.bsky.social
I'm a big dumb human person with too many emotions.
Creator of the award-winning HARU series
Book 3 coming Fall 2025
https://linktr.ee/joe_latham_illustration
Creator of the award-winning HARU series
Book 3 coming Fall 2025
https://linktr.ee/joe_latham_illustration
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Joe Latham
@lookhappy.bsky.social
· Aug 1
The Wandering Pen | Joe Latham | Substack
I'm the writer and artist behind the award-winning HARU graphic novel series. Here, I share the trials and triumphs of creating graphic novels—along with behind-the-scenes insights, process notes, and...
jlatham.substack.com
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
Also, losing a job you didn't want to do feels so bad. I don't know why it feels worse, but it's like it stings twice for some reason
November 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Also, losing a job you didn't want to do feels so bad. I don't know why it feels worse, but it's like it stings twice for some reason
Why is that some days are good, and some are crappy? I have such a bad feeling about today...
November 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Why is that some days are good, and some are crappy? I have such a bad feeling about today...
Find me at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social festival this weekend in Harrogate, I'll be in the 2000AD Hall, Table B42.
I'm launching HARU: Book 3, and will have copies with me, both paperback and hardback.
I'll also have some original comic art too.
Come find me and say hi!
I'm launching HARU: Book 3, and will have copies with me, both paperback and hardback.
I'll also have some original comic art too.
Come find me and say hi!
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Find me at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social festival this weekend in Harrogate, I'll be in the 2000AD Hall, Table B42.
I'm launching HARU: Book 3, and will have copies with me, both paperback and hardback.
I'll also have some original comic art too.
Come find me and say hi!
I'm launching HARU: Book 3, and will have copies with me, both paperback and hardback.
I'll also have some original comic art too.
Come find me and say hi!
It’s almost @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social time - perfect time to brush up on some essentials thanks to @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social 💚
We collected the best advice from Joe Latham's lecturing on tabling at comic shows! Make 2026 the year you put your work out there!
@lookhappy.bsky.social
#comics #tabling
@lookhappy.bsky.social
#comics #tabling
How to Table at Comics Shows (and Totally NOT Freak Out While Doing It!) - Kids Comics Unite
When it comes to tabling at comic events, Joe Latham is a pro. He’s a Bristol-based comics artist who regularly goes to the UK’s most well-known indie comics shows, and […]
kidscomicsunite.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It’s almost @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social time - perfect time to brush up on some essentials thanks to @kidscomicsunite.bsky.social 💚
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We collected the best advice from Joe Latham's lecturing on tabling at comic shows! Make 2026 the year you put your work out there!
@lookhappy.bsky.social
#comics #tabling
@lookhappy.bsky.social
#comics #tabling
How to Table at Comics Shows (and Totally NOT Freak Out While Doing It!) - Kids Comics Unite
When it comes to tabling at comic events, Joe Latham is a pro. He’s a Bristol-based comics artist who regularly goes to the UK’s most well-known indie comics shows, and […]
kidscomicsunite.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We collected the best advice from Joe Latham's lecturing on tabling at comic shows! Make 2026 the year you put your work out there!
@lookhappy.bsky.social
#comics #tabling
@lookhappy.bsky.social
#comics #tabling
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Now is the perfect time to pick up The ALTIPLANO saga or any (or all!) of my Peruvian Cyberpunk books! 😁🤖🐯
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Now is the perfect time to pick up The ALTIPLANO saga or any (or all!) of my Peruvian Cyberpunk books! 😁🤖🐯
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"Pygmalion" is a spooky short originally published in the brilliant Boxes edited by @steveningramart.bsky.social.
Now you can also find it in the "Fine Young Ladies" filled with historical costumes and delightful horrors of womanhood : >
www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/store/p/fine...
Now you can also find it in the "Fine Young Ladies" filled with historical costumes and delightful horrors of womanhood : >
www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/store/p/fine...
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"Pygmalion" is a spooky short originally published in the brilliant Boxes edited by @steveningramart.bsky.social.
Now you can also find it in the "Fine Young Ladies" filled with historical costumes and delightful horrors of womanhood : >
www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/store/p/fine...
Now you can also find it in the "Fine Young Ladies" filled with historical costumes and delightful horrors of womanhood : >
www.pigeonmakesart.co.uk/store/p/fine...
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This pen sale ends on Monday evening! Here’s some macro shots of the nib.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This pen sale ends on Monday evening! Here’s some macro shots of the nib.
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That's a wrap on Project Pixel Panels regular, which means both versions are now done. I need to come up with a permanent name and do some preview graphics before I can release it to you. Not sure how to do pixel art. Never done that before.
November 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
That's a wrap on Project Pixel Panels regular, which means both versions are now done. I need to come up with a permanent name and do some preview graphics before I can release it to you. Not sure how to do pixel art. Never done that before.
Come find me at Thought Bubble! I’ll have copies of book 3 with me!
Last week at Broken Frontier... THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham @lookhappy.bsky.social Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool. www.brokenfrontier.com/joe-latham-i...
"It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up" - Joe Latham Talks 'Haru', the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool – Broken Frontier
Joe Latham, the creator of the 'Haru' trilogy of graphic novels talks to Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver about his career in comics.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Come find me at Thought Bubble! I’ll have copies of book 3 with me!
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Last week at Broken Frontier... THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham @lookhappy.bsky.social Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool. www.brokenfrontier.com/joe-latham-i...
"It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up" - Joe Latham Talks 'Haru', the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool – Broken Frontier
Joe Latham, the creator of the 'Haru' trilogy of graphic novels talks to Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver about his career in comics.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Last week at Broken Frontier... THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham @lookhappy.bsky.social Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool. www.brokenfrontier.com/joe-latham-i...
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THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham @lookhappy.bsky.social Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/joe-latham-i...
"It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up" - Joe Latham Talks 'Haru', the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool – Broken Frontier
Joe Latham, the creator of the 'Haru' trilogy of graphic novels talks to Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver about his career in comics.
www.brokenfrontier.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham @lookhappy.bsky.social Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/joe-latham-i...
It was such a pleasure to be part of this! Thank you @brokenfrontier.bsky.social I really appreciate it!
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH interview! “It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up” – Joe Latham @lookhappy.bsky.social Talks ‘Haru’, the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/joe-latham-i...
"It’s a Fantasy Adventure about Growing Up" - Joe Latham Talks 'Haru', the Self-Publishing Journey, and Using Colour as a Narrative Tool – Broken Frontier
Joe Latham, the creator of the 'Haru' trilogy of graphic novels talks to Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver about his career in comics.
www.brokenfrontier.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It was such a pleasure to be part of this! Thank you @brokenfrontier.bsky.social I really appreciate it!
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UK arts funding over the last 15 years:
2010:
Arts Council cut by 30%
Culture funding cut by 50%
UK Film Council closed
2022:
London arts funding cut by £56m
2025:
DMCS budget cut by 15%
Yet last year the Arts generated £126b for the UK economy, making them the UK’s fifth largest industry.
2010:
Arts Council cut by 30%
Culture funding cut by 50%
UK Film Council closed
2022:
London arts funding cut by £56m
2025:
DMCS budget cut by 15%
Yet last year the Arts generated £126b for the UK economy, making them the UK’s fifth largest industry.
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 AM
UK arts funding over the last 15 years:
2010:
Arts Council cut by 30%
Culture funding cut by 50%
UK Film Council closed
2022:
London arts funding cut by £56m
2025:
DMCS budget cut by 15%
Yet last year the Arts generated £126b for the UK economy, making them the UK’s fifth largest industry.
2010:
Arts Council cut by 30%
Culture funding cut by 50%
UK Film Council closed
2022:
London arts funding cut by £56m
2025:
DMCS budget cut by 15%
Yet last year the Arts generated £126b for the UK economy, making them the UK’s fifth largest industry.
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Here it is! It's #bookbirthday for CREATIVE WRITING WITH MISS MARY MAC, a graphic novel designed to help and inspire YOUNG and NEW writers at the beginning of their creative journey from @01firstsecond.bsky.social with narration by Mary McInerney and visuals/art by
@rivkahlafille.bsky.social 😄💖
@rivkahlafille.bsky.social 😄💖
CREATIVE WRITING WITH MISS MARY MAC - RIVKAH LAFILLE
CREATIVE WRITING WITH MISS MARY MAC CREATIVE WRITING WITH MISS MARY MAC is a graphic novel designed to help and inspire YOUNG and NEW writers at the beginning of their creative journey. What it is NOT...
www.rivkah.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Here it is! It's #bookbirthday for CREATIVE WRITING WITH MISS MARY MAC, a graphic novel designed to help and inspire YOUNG and NEW writers at the beginning of their creative journey from @01firstsecond.bsky.social with narration by Mary McInerney and visuals/art by
@rivkahlafille.bsky.social 😄💖
@rivkahlafille.bsky.social 😄💖
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Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
Is the dark web the same as dark
Mode?
Mode?
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Is the dark web the same as dark
Mode?
Mode?
I've just made a single page website for HARU! Have a look, see what you think, let me know if you have any bugs...
harucomic.com
harucomic.com
Haru - The Award Winning Graphic Novel Series by Joe Latham
Haru - The Award Winning Graphic Novel Series by Joe Latham
harucomic.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I've just made a single page website for HARU! Have a look, see what you think, let me know if you have any bugs...
harucomic.com
harucomic.com
Anyone sent a parcel to USA recently? I just had one returned by DPD with no comments on why. I filled out the pro-forma invoice etc. It was a gift. Not sure why or what service to try instead. Royal Mail Click & Drop wouldn't let me do it at all. Any advice? My local post office has recently closed
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Anyone sent a parcel to USA recently? I just had one returned by DPD with no comments on why. I filled out the pro-forma invoice etc. It was a gift. Not sure why or what service to try instead. Royal Mail Click & Drop wouldn't let me do it at all. Any advice? My local post office has recently closed
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The Woggle of Witches,
Adrienne Adams, 1971.
Adrienne Adams, 1971.
October 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The Woggle of Witches,
Adrienne Adams, 1971.
Adrienne Adams, 1971.
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Novels are just comics consisting of one picture and an overwritten caption.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 14, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Novels are just comics consisting of one picture and an overwritten caption.
Today is a day where everything feels wrong. Everything is bad and wrong. Ugh. I need a do-over pls
October 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today is a day where everything feels wrong. Everything is bad and wrong. Ugh. I need a do-over pls
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Liminal Silence
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Oil and acrylic on canvas
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Liminal Silence
Oil and acrylic on canvas
Oil and acrylic on canvas