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Michael Carroll
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Irish writer of comics (Judge Dredd, Proteus Vex, Dreadnoughts, Silver), books (Quantum Prophecy, Judges), and the Rusty Staples comics blog! He/Him.
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I am in Facebook jail! My account has been suspended -- it happened immediately after I posted a reply to someone's post -- and now I have to wait to see if my appeal is upheld.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Hooray, that's the first draft of new novel completed! 86,424 words! It'll probably grow a little in the second draft, but not by too much.
#writing
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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November is reaching its sell-by date, so let's look ahead to some of the British Comics that will be celebrating Important Anniversaries next month!

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#RustyStaples #comics
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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We normally only focus on British comics for these features, but this one is too good to let slide...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Judge Dredd Megazine 486 is out on 19th November, featuring DREADNOUGHTS: QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, Part Two by:

📝 Script: @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social
✏️ Art: John Higgins
🎨 Colours: Sally Hurst
💬 Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social

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November 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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If someone's intriguing or shocking story about their friend turns out to actually be about "a friend of their friend", then chances are it's no more real than that time my mate flipped a coin and it landed on its edge.
November 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Six days into the first draft of a new novel and I've reached the "I've got a terrible feeling that this is rubbish" stage. I'm SO tempted to abandon it but experience has taught me to push through: can't polish a book if it doesn't exist! #writing
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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October 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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The end of October approaches, and as is traditional we're looking ahead to some of the British Comics that will be celebrating Important Anniversaries in the coming month!

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October 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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On Rusty Staples today I take a look at Bloomsbury's Marvel Age of Comics -- The Mighty Avengers vs. the 1970s by Paul Cornell

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October 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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On Rusty Staples today I take a look at Bloomsbury's Marvel Age of Comics -- Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic by Stuart Moore

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October 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Judge Dredd Megazine is now 35 years old!

Here's a flashback to five years ago when I took a look at its history on Rusty Staples!
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October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Judge Dredd Megazine 485 is out on 15th October, featuring DREADNOUGHTS: QUALIFIED IMMUNITY, Part One by:

📝 Script: @mikeowencarroll.bsky.social
✏️ Art: John Higgins
🎨 Colours: Sally Hurst
💬 Letters: @simonbowland.bsky.social

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Dreadnought: Qualified Immunity, by Mike Carroll, John Higgins, Sally Hurst and Simon Bowland
October 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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On Rusty Staples today I take a look at Bloomsbury's Marvel Age of Comics -- Daredevil: Born Again by Chris Ryall

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October 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Protestors in the United States of America really need to start including the full-stops/periods in "U.S." on their signs: with signs saying stuff like "HANDS OFF US BENEFITS" it's not immediately obvious whether they're based in the U.S.A. or Weatherfield.
October 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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I have just typed "artificial gravity" as "artificial gravy" and somehow the sentence still makes sense.
#writing
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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#Octocon #Octocon2025
October 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Another one for the nerds amongst us...!
October 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Getting older means a steadily-growing number of "famous" bands appearing out of nowhere pre-loaded with a multi-decade back-catalogue and with complete knowledge of them instantly installed in everyone else's long-term memory as though they've always been around.
October 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Remember, remember, it's the end of September, so it's time to look ahead to some of the British Comics that will be celebrating Important Anniversaries in the coming month!

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September 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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I have just realised that we can just lie about how many books we've read this year: no one checks! (I might have realised that sooner had I not been so busy reading those 287 books since January.)
#reading
September 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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It's not a comic... but it did bring us a legendary comic-strip!
Yes, today on Rusty Staples we're learning and looking all about Look and Learn with the Look and Learn Timeline!

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September 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Decided to terminate my blog From Mars. :(
I've copied its contents over to Rusty Staples so nothing will be lost when the blog is deleted in two weeks, but in the meantime maybe some kind visitors might like to pop over for a last visit...?
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September 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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New on Rusty Staples Comics Blog! Like all things, story-papers and comics eventually die... but sometimes they come back!

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#comics #RustyStaples
September 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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After 20 years, I've decided I won't renew the domain name for my Quantum Prophecy series when it expires in Oct. It's been fun, but the series is long over and most of the books are out of print.
The contents are still on-line on my main website at www.michaelowencarroll.com/qp
September 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM