Tom Humberstone
@tomhumberstone.com
Comic artist and illustrator
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Portfolio: tomhumberstone.com
Newsletter: tomhumberstone.com/newsletter
Links: linktr.ee/tomhumberstone
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I Know The Way Out - the new poetry comic collection from me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social - is OUT NOW and available to order online here: tomhumberstone.com/shop/i-know-...
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
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I Know The Way Out - the new poetry comic collection from me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social - is OUT NOW and available to order online here: tomhumberstone.com/shop/i-know-...
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I Know The Way Out - the new poetry comic collection from me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social - is OUT NOW and available to order online here: tomhumberstone.com/shop/i-know-...
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
I Know The Way Out - the new poetry comic collection from me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social - is OUT NOW and available to order online here: tomhumberstone.com/shop/i-know-...
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
November 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I Know The Way Out - the new poetry comic collection from me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social - is OUT NOW and available to order online here: tomhumberstone.com/shop/i-know-...
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
Contains 3 poetry comics. 24 pages. Riso-printed in 4 inks (black, blue, aqua and fluo pink).
I think I’ve finally found a way to satisfyingly fake the Riso printed results of I Know The Way Out! Useful to show the pages as they’re designed to be seen and I can now make an ebook available that looks as close to the printed book as possible.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I think I’ve finally found a way to satisfyingly fake the Riso printed results of I Know The Way Out! Useful to show the pages as they’re designed to be seen and I can now make an ebook available that looks as close to the printed book as possible.
Reposted by Tom Humberstone
Attention all Edinburgh & Dunfermline folks! Do you like free books?! Of course you do!
We will be leaving free book presents around small businesses over the next week or so. 'Tis the season to give back and shop local! Keep an 👀 out, only be one book per shop!
Happy hunting!
#booksky #freebooks
We will be leaving free book presents around small businesses over the next week or so. 'Tis the season to give back and shop local! Keep an 👀 out, only be one book per shop!
Happy hunting!
#booksky #freebooks
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Attention all Edinburgh & Dunfermline folks! Do you like free books?! Of course you do!
We will be leaving free book presents around small businesses over the next week or so. 'Tis the season to give back and shop local! Keep an 👀 out, only be one book per shop!
Happy hunting!
#booksky #freebooks
We will be leaving free book presents around small businesses over the next week or so. 'Tis the season to give back and shop local! Keep an 👀 out, only be one book per shop!
Happy hunting!
#booksky #freebooks
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The internet just showed me this response drawing that I posted five years ago. Feel free to use it if you have a need.
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The internet just showed me this response drawing that I posted five years ago. Feel free to use it if you have a need.
Reposted by Tom Humberstone
AI is the new motion smoothing
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
November 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
AI is the new motion smoothing
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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Run don't walk to the @averyhill.bsky.social exhibition at The Mercer this Thought Bubble weekend. It's so incredibly well put together and the comments book shows that it's blowing the minds of people who previously weren't fans of the world's best medium.
November 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Run don't walk to the @averyhill.bsky.social exhibition at The Mercer this Thought Bubble weekend. It's so incredibly well put together and the comments book shows that it's blowing the minds of people who previously weren't fans of the world's best medium.
It’s Sunday at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and the final tabling day of the year for me!
Come by and pick up a poetry comic and I’ll draw you an abstract paint-pen sketch. Or pick it up from @chrissywilliams.bsky.social and I’ll draw in that copy!
Comixology Hall. Tables C36 and B3!
Come by and pick up a poetry comic and I’ll draw you an abstract paint-pen sketch. Or pick it up from @chrissywilliams.bsky.social and I’ll draw in that copy!
Comixology Hall. Tables C36 and B3!
November 16, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It’s Sunday at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social and the final tabling day of the year for me!
Come by and pick up a poetry comic and I’ll draw you an abstract paint-pen sketch. Or pick it up from @chrissywilliams.bsky.social and I’ll draw in that copy!
Comixology Hall. Tables C36 and B3!
Come by and pick up a poetry comic and I’ll draw you an abstract paint-pen sketch. Or pick it up from @chrissywilliams.bsky.social and I’ll draw in that copy!
Comixology Hall. Tables C36 and B3!
Some things you can buy from me at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social in Comixology Hall, table C36. I will draw in your book and sign it!
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Some things you can buy from me at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social in Comixology Hall, table C36. I will draw in your book and sign it!
On the train to Thought Bubble! Maybe see you (yes, YOU) at the @averyhill.bsky.social Exhibition at the Mercer Gallery tonight? If not, hopefully see you at table C36 in Comixology Hall 🖤
🚨 This weekend, I’ll be tabling @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!
It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.
Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.
Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
On the train to Thought Bubble! Maybe see you (yes, YOU) at the @averyhill.bsky.social Exhibition at the Mercer Gallery tonight? If not, hopefully see you at table C36 in Comixology Hall 🖤
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happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence and Screams for Thirty Seconds Before Vanishing day
I was asked by @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social to adapt a short story by Aileen MacAlister into a comic to celebrate the release of the Book Week Scotland collection.
It’s about friendship. And losing a parent. It was a privilege to adapt it.
Read it in full here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ_53imCGA...
It’s about friendship. And losing a parent. It was a privilege to adapt it.
Read it in full here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ_53imCGA...
November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I was asked by @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social to adapt a short story by Aileen MacAlister into a comic to celebrate the release of the Book Week Scotland collection.
It’s about friendship. And losing a parent. It was a privilege to adapt it.
Read it in full here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ_53imCGA...
It’s about friendship. And losing a parent. It was a privilege to adapt it.
Read it in full here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ_53imCGA...
Be sure to give @quindriepress.com the send off it deserves (buy lots of their comics) this year at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 🏴🏴
Only one week until @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social! Find Quindrie Press in 2000AD Hall at table B12, and be sure to stop by all the all the other Quindrie creators as well.
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Be sure to give @quindriepress.com the send off it deserves (buy lots of their comics) this year at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social 🏴🏴
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The recent success of the Basic Income for Artists pilot scheme in Ireland has led to it being made permanent. 🙌 As a result interest is growing over here, and CCIC have started having discussions with Basic Income campaigners. If this thing takes off, we want to get comics in on the ground floor!
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The recent success of the Basic Income for Artists pilot scheme in Ireland has led to it being made permanent. 🙌 As a result interest is growing over here, and CCIC have started having discussions with Basic Income campaigners. If this thing takes off, we want to get comics in on the ground floor!
🚨 This weekend, I’ll be tabling @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!
It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.
Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.
Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
November 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🚨 This weekend, I’ll be tabling @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!
It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.
Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
It’s been 10 years since tabling solo. I’m excited to return to the most important festival in the UK comics calendar, but also surprisingly anxious.
Come find me at COMIXOLOGY HALL C36 and give me an encouraging pat on the back.
Solidarity to the @gameworkers.co.uk and the @iwgbunion.bsky.social. Shame on the union busting of @rockstargames.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Solidarity to the @gameworkers.co.uk and the @iwgbunion.bsky.social. Shame on the union busting of @rockstargames.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
NEW COMIC! I Know The Way Out by me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social. A poetry comic collection.
Back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social and looking better than I could have hoped!
24 pages. Riso printed in 4 colours (black, blue, aqua, fluo pink).
Debuting @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!!
Back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social and looking better than I could have hoped!
24 pages. Riso printed in 4 colours (black, blue, aqua, fluo pink).
Debuting @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!!
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
NEW COMIC! I Know The Way Out by me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social. A poetry comic collection.
Back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social and looking better than I could have hoped!
24 pages. Riso printed in 4 colours (black, blue, aqua, fluo pink).
Debuting @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!!
Back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social and looking better than I could have hoped!
24 pages. Riso printed in 4 colours (black, blue, aqua, fluo pink).
Debuting @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!!
Some brand new riso prints back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social in time for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!
All printed on premium 225gsm birch stock. Limited runs of 50.
Available to order from my online store or grab them this weekend at Thought Bubble! I’m in Comixology Hall, C36.
All printed on premium 225gsm birch stock. Limited runs of 50.
Available to order from my online store or grab them this weekend at Thought Bubble! I’m in Comixology Hall, C36.
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Some brand new riso prints back from @ootblueprint.bsky.social in time for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social!
All printed on premium 225gsm birch stock. Limited runs of 50.
Available to order from my online store or grab them this weekend at Thought Bubble! I’m in Comixology Hall, C36.
All printed on premium 225gsm birch stock. Limited runs of 50.
Available to order from my online store or grab them this weekend at Thought Bubble! I’m in Comixology Hall, C36.
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I was supposed to be debuting @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year and then life happened. Thanks to the kindness of @theahmedraafat.bsky.social Anna Readman @chrisbaldie.bsky.social and @tomhumberstone.com How to Survive an Affair will still be available there this weekend. Have fun everyone!
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I was supposed to be debuting @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year and then life happened. Thanks to the kindness of @theahmedraafat.bsky.social Anna Readman @chrisbaldie.bsky.social and @tomhumberstone.com How to Survive an Affair will still be available there this weekend. Have fun everyone!
“Each [poem] embodies a kind of melancholy existentialism; reflections on the world around us that feel oddly both universal and yet specific.”
A lovely, and thoughtful, review of I Know The Way Out on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
A lovely, and thoughtful, review of I Know The Way Out on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! I Know the Way Out – Chrissy Williams @chrissywilliams.bsky.social and @tomhumberstone.com Tom Humberstone’s Poetry Comics Form a Very Special Relationship with the Reader. #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/i-know-the-w...
I Know the Way Out - Chrissy Williams and Tom Humberstone's Poetry Comics Form a Very Special Relationship with the Reader – Broken Frontier
The poetry comics of Chrissy Williams and Tom Humberstone in 'I Know the Way Out' are reviewed by BF's Andy Oliver.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“Each [poem] embodies a kind of melancholy existentialism; reflections on the world around us that feel oddly both universal and yet specific.”
A lovely, and thoughtful, review of I Know The Way Out on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
A lovely, and thoughtful, review of I Know The Way Out on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social
Reposted by Tom Humberstone
Come see us at Edinburgh’s #RadicalBookFair on Sunday!
We’re looking forward to meeting local activists and talking about using socialist journalism to support our movements.
We’re looking forward to meeting local activists and talking about using socialist journalism to support our movements.
The #RadicalBookFair is as much about community as it is about books - a space for connection, for learning, for taking action.
So Sunday we host stalls from grassroots groups, local initiatives, bookish collaborators & activist campaigns, come meet the people making change on your doorstep!
So Sunday we host stalls from grassroots groups, local initiatives, bookish collaborators & activist campaigns, come meet the people making change on your doorstep!
November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Come see us at Edinburgh’s #RadicalBookFair on Sunday!
We’re looking forward to meeting local activists and talking about using socialist journalism to support our movements.
We’re looking forward to meeting local activists and talking about using socialist journalism to support our movements.