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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 5h

He had big dreams but look where he ended up.

A young boy runs for a train, dreaming of making money with his feet. Years later, he's a hoodlum, kicking people. He is now called "Shoe".

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Mark Stafford @marxtafford.bsky.social · 5h

Work in progress. Page from 'Magical', a bit of a fairytale. Which will, gawd willing, be ready in time for Thought Bubble, possibly Winchester...

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 5h

Well, George Orwell didn't say those things; characters in a novel he wrote did. Let's be fair on the guy, okay?

Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 7h

It's a hell of a lot easier to talk about a plot or a snappy piece of dialogue than it is to discuss composition, lighting, negative space, body language, dramatic staging, distorted perspective, POV shots, page design, etc.

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Dave Chisholm @davechisholmcomics.com · 20h

Comic reviews (pro and amateur) that treat the art like an afterthought drive me up the wall. “Oh, also the art is great.” Well, gee, thanks.

Bonus points if they yammer on about how comics are a visual medium before spending zero words talking about the actual visuals.

Probably will delete this

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 8h

It would have been great if they'd organised a public ceremony where he handed them a big bag of cash, and then they'd set fire to it.

Vulture @vulture.com · 22h

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Comedians like Aziz Ansari and Jessica Kirson need to look elsewhere for organizations to donate their Riyadh Comedy Festival money. Human Rights Watch said they ‘cannot accept’ donations from them.

www.vulture.com

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 11h

Looking forward to this!
youtu.be/gpnizY19kEM

Pluribus — Official Teaser | Apple TV+

YouTube video by Apple TV

youtu.be

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 12h

All my comics have happy endings!

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 12h

Well, it was the 70s. Nobody knew anything.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 13h

I've just remembered that in Primary school in New Zealand, the years were pronounced "Primmer One", "Primmer Two", etc.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 2d

I have lots of #DoctorWho art prints for sale, please check 'em out! (Reposts very appreciated!) 🙂
www.ebay.co.uk/usr/scotgra-57

1) Belinda and the Doctor surrounded by red images of the villains they faced, including the two Ranis and Omega. Art by Scott Gray.

2) Ace battles a Dalek with a baseball bat.

3) Yaz and the Doctor run from flying Daleks.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 13h

I love how Steve Ditko uses atomic symbols to represent the Sun's interior here. This wouldn't work for a more reality-based artist, but the symbols mesh perfectly with Ditko's use of simple shapes and patterns to indicate magical spells. Fantastic stuff!
#comics #SteveDitko

A scene from Strange Tales #134 by Steve Ditko. Dr Strange flies into the sun to evade Baron Mordo, who is forced to retreat.

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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 1d

Former Head of Comms for the IEA, Annabel Denham, says the super rich will leave if we have a wealth tax.

Yes, the very same IEA that brought us Liz Truss’ disastrous mini budget. 🤦🏽‍♂️

Green Party leader Zack Polanski explains that their taxable assets can’t leave. #bbcqt

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Michel Dinel @padder.bsky.social · 15h

Pulled from Reddit (hid the user) about what it was like during that "period" in Germany, how it just creeped up unnoticed, uncertain.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1d

Oh lord. I just saw an "AI" video of a puppy hugging a kitten and it was the most disturbing thing I've seen in ages.

This slop is *soulless*.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · 1d

I can't trust creators who use generative AI.

How am I supposed to feel collegiality with writers who willingly use my stolen work to build their novels?

I've never thought of other writers as competition; they're my colleagues.
That's how you build community not by benefiting from IP violations.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1d

George Pérez's sense of design was extraordinary; he could juggle figures, faces and shapes with ease, creating page designs like no other cartoonist. 2/2
#comics #GeorgePerez

Doctor Strange enters a glowing dimension in Infinity Gauntlet #1. Art by George Pérez.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1d

I get a little annoyed when people only praise George Pérez for being able to draw a hundred superheroes in a panel. His abilities extended far further than simple detail. 1/2
#comics #GeorgePerez

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1d

I was really not prepared for that ending. Loved it!

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 1d

I’m not the only bookseller with horror stories of emboldened customers waving a brick of a hardback in our faces, declaring they can get it for half the price in the supermarket down the road, says Mark Wright in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

Osman's sums don't add up

ebx.sh

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1d

Victim of the best Tom Baker burn ever, in Part One of the Logopolis commentary:

Bidmead: What did you think, Tom?

Baker: I just can't believe 25 minutes could last so long.

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Trap One🎙Podcast @trapone.bsky.social · 8d

On the latest Trap One🎙Podcast we pay tribute to #DoctorWho writer and script editor Christopher H. Bidmead

Apple tinyurl.com/23mn8ufr
Spotify tinyurl.com/bdevnf9k
Podbean tinyurl.com/3ud29nnt

With @drwhonovels.bsky.social, @denisery.bsky.social, @adamclegg.bsky.social & @ianzpotter.bsky.social

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1d

I've been watching Timeslip, a sci-fi show I can still remember seeing as a kid. Some terrific Future Clothes on display in the Icebox segment (it's set in 1990). John Barron makes a lot of bold (some might even say brave) acting choices in this one.

John Barron and friends in 1990s attire in an episode of Timeslip.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1d

"AI is here to stay, honest it is, forget about NFTs and crypto currency and the Metaverse, please believe us, we really mean it this time, buy our shitty apps, we have so much money riding on this, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!"

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