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Mark Bradley

@markbradley.bsky.social

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Children’s comic artist/writer. Bumble & Snug graphic novels published by Hachette! Represented by Lydia Silver of the Soho Agency. Talks about comics a *lot*.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · Apr 22

Bumble & Snug & The Worried Dragons is out on 3rd July, & is available for pre-order now!
It's jam-packed with all the excitement & adventure :)
You can pre-order a signed, doodled & dedicated copy from @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social through the link below:
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk/product/bumb...

Book cover the Bumble & Snug & The Worried Dragons, depicting Bumble (a little blue round character, with a very tall top hat), and Snug (a little pink character with a round head and triangle body, who is wearing a tall green bowler hat and a green bow tie). Bumble looks worried, whilst Snug looks happy - they are surrounded by 3 nervous looking baby dragons, who are flying around them.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 1h

Good lord, this makes me happy.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 7h

Netflix partners with Gobelins school and Guillermo del Toro to launch a stop-motion studio in Paris.
variety.com/2025/film/gl...

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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 16h

The Thought Bubble Comic Convention full programme is LIVE!!

Two days rammed with panels, workshops, guest signings, and loads, loads more. Why not start planning your weekend schedule?

Take a look: thoughtbubblefestival.com/conventionprogramme

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 16h

This is a really interesting demonstration as to why comics are localised visual languages, just like the spoken word.

Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve never seen this before! An *inward-indicating* word-balloon tail (that’s the speaker’s right arm descending below the word balloon).

FASCINATING! Does this tail technique have a name? Have folks seen it used elsewhere?? I have so many questions!!! (From HIRAYASUMI, book 3, pg 37)

Photo of HIRAYASUMI, book 3, pg 37… showing an inward indicating word balloon tail

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 20h

One of the things about this study is that a lot of baby and toddler books are written in house, by editors. So the study reveals the whiteness of editorial in kidlit even if not explicitly. But, big picture, this trend is unacceptable. I remember so many promises www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘Catastrophic decline’ in Black representation in children’s books

A report by charity Inclusive Books for Children found that of the 2,721 books surveyed, only 51 featured a Black main character, down by 21.5% since 2023

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 1d

(If anyone has any vacancies for a ghostbuster, please DM)

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 1d

I literally get to live my childhood dream of drawing comics for a living because of social media (well, my second dream at least - I wanted to be a Ghostbuster more).

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 1d

Just found out from @chloesackur.bsky.social: there's a new kidlit podcast in town! From @rachelparris.bsky.social & Children's Book project www.instagram.com/childrensboo... First guest @laurenlaverne.bsky.social, check it out! feeds.acast.com/public/shows... #UKKidLit #KidLitUK

Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

www.instagram.com

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 1d

🚀 Bunny Vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business is out NOW! Book eleven in the best-selling comic series drags our cute chaotics up into space, as the fate of the whole world depends on them!

✨ I really hope you like it ✨

(Published by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social)

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 1d

If you’ve enjoyed anything I’ve made, it’s because an editor & art director invested so much time in it.
Not only that, but working with an editor/art director is one of the great joys of doing this - you are literally working with people who are paid to be very good at making you better.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself

violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Ryan Higgins @ryanhiggins.bsky.social · 2d

Free Comic Book Day bought by Universal.

icv2.com/articles/new...

Free Comic Book Day Acquired

By Distributor

icv2.com

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

Okay, didn’t like the idea of Celebrity Traitors, and I still don’t think it’ll be patch on the regular version, but I’m sold, and whoever got Alan Carr for it needs a pay rise.

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

Update:
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

I turned 45 years old last week, and I’m currently sat drawing animals being silly, with a video on in the background rating 90’s toy playsets, whilst surrounded by a Lego collection which has grown so large that I don’t have room for it.

I am very, very glad that I am married.

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James Turner @patchworkofregrets.bsky.social · 2d

Toby and the Pixies: Worst King Ever has been included in this year's Great Books Guide from BookTrust that will be going out to schools all over the country! So many brilliant books in this, I'm very pleased to be included - see the full list here: www.booktrust.org.uk/book-recomme...

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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 2d

We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.

Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 3d

I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 2d

“Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victims.”

Lea Ypi @leaypi.bsky.social · 2d

no words

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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D Franklin @dlibris.bsky.social · 2d

I see the industry had a serious bout of backsliding last year, always disappointing
www.thebookseller.com/news/report-...

Report reveals 'stark inequalities' and 'precipitous decline' in representation in children's publishing

Literacy charity Inclusive Books for Children has published its annual Excluded Voices report, revealing 'stark inequalities' in UK children’s publishing.

www.thebookseller.com

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

I absolutely adore Harrow County - if you haven’t read it, go treat yourself!

Mr. Tyler Crook @mrtylercrook.bsky.social · 8d

Day two of Harrow County month™. This was originally planned to be the cover for Harrow County #1 but when I finished the cover for issue 2, we decided to swap them. The Complete Harrow County Compendium comes out Oct. 28th. You can get the whole story in one book! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

Emmy from Harold County running through a misfield graveyard behind her we shadowy villagers and flaming skeletons. The face of the skinless boy is is glowing from the silhouette of a large oak tree

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly, bookshop.org was a blessing & helped pay shop bills every month

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 3d

$41 million: The amount of money we’ve raised for indie bookstores since 2020.

$0: The amount of money Amazon has raised for indie bookstores since 1994.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

It’s really good that we’ve taken the business model of a comic convention, and made it the US economy.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

He’s said before (despite being biologically incredibly unlikely) that he doesn’t dream.

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

For any prosecution of racism - so given his previous role - he simply doesn’t have the language to talk about it.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry - wasn’t focusing on the moral (it’s obviously morally massively racist), but saying he doesn’t have the language to talk about issues in general, despite being an adequate, if uninspiring, public speaker. The comments he was talking about, legally, wouldn’t meet any criteria for

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

It’s really weird - it’s not a new observation, but I think that he’s one of those people who has no imagination. I don’t mean that pejoratively, I mean it literally. Interestingly all his choices of favourite movies, books, etc. are ones from childhood. Strongly suspect he doesn’t read fiction.

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