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Barrie

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Hello, I'm Barrie. I enjoy reading & writing comics! BEYOND THE BLACK VOID anthology out Nov '25 + THE CHILDLESS anthology KS FUNDED!!! Black Void logo by Jay Measures Profile image by Cameron S. Gaskins @cameronsgaskins.bsky.social

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 27d

FUNDED!!! 🎉
(that was close 😅)
Thank you all who backed and shared! Means the world.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dev...

The Childless: a 120 page Comic Book Anthology

A graphic novel set in a dystopian world where children of separated parents are sacrificed in the name of family values.

www.kickstarter.com

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 14h

What's this plonker on about now??

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FredRIK WORTHam 🎃 @rikworth.bsky.social · 1d

If any of you lovely people are in Leeds for the @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social The Comics Research Group at Leeds University is hosting a roundtable and exhibition event on Comics Theory and Practice on Nov 12.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/comics-pra...

Comics Practice and Theory: Roundtable & Exhibition Launch

An exploration of comics, research and creative practice. Part of Thought Bubble Comic Arts Festival.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations on this Matt, Clark and Rob. 🎉 Well deserved!!!

Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations on this!!! 🎉 You deserve the most success!

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I said that @greenparty.org.uk membership is rising by 1000 new people a day.

I was wrong.

Yesterday we welcomed 2000 new people.

We now have 88,000 members! 🎉

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Cole Henley @cole007.bsky.social · Mar 5

Some news shared in visual format (more details in blog post #linkinbio).

Please swipe for a short heart-felt summary of my health and if you need an illustrator/artist please do get in touch!

Thanks for reading 🙏

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 3d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 3d

Tom, I'm catching up on the wonderful Saturday Review back catalogue and I'm devastated it's no longer on the air. It's fascinating and entertaining. Quality work. Could you start up your own version as a podcast please?

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 6d

[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]

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SOCRATES:
Plato..

PLATO:
Yes Socrates?

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SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?

PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates

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SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?

PLATO:
Um, yep

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SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then

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[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]

SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?

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PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel

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SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.

PLATO:
No.

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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]

So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?

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PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really

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SOCRATES:
So are we not human?

PLATO:
‘Spose not.

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[Bleak pause]

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PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock

SOCRATES:
Yeah

[ends]

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 11d

Can we make it 8-10?

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 11d

Our RE teacher (1990s) had a quote on the wall "You don't have to believe but you do have to understand."

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Wells Thompson - Evelyn the Unconquered Coming Soon! @wellsthomp.bsky.social · 13d

We're just under 80% funded with just a couple of days left and if we hit our goal I get to buy myself Silent Hill f. I need this, please help 😩

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...

Echoes - A One Shot Horror Comic

In the early morning hours after the witch is burned, a sole mourner comes to pay their respects to the smoldering stake, only to find that something is lurking in the nearby woods. Think The VVitch m...

www.backerkit.com

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 13d

(I don't know why it mattered so much to me but it did 😥 - thank you for the follow, honored sir 🤗)

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 13d

Oh thank you 😅

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 13d

Cool!!! Did she sign the plastic cover or the actual sleeve itself? Difficult to tell from the photo. Praying it's the sleeve. 🙏

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 15d

AND (best til last) Rob Jones 😁 @robjoneswrites.bsky.social

Rob 'B'ones @ MCM London 24-26th October @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 15d

And meeeeeee!

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 15d

You're kicking butt, dude! 💪🤩

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 15d

The 'many others': @andyalvesart.bsky.social, Kevin Betou, @simonbirks.com, Adam Douglas, @richardfairgray.bsky.social, @valhal.bsky.social, @thatnormdude.bsky.social, @chill.raptureburgers.com, @davelawart.bsky.social, @bansyou.bsky.social, Nina Poulston, @stephwilliams.bsky.social.

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Barrie @barried.bsky.social · 15d

I backed SYSTEMIC Vol 1!
by @bencranewrites.com + many others!
It's on KS:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

SYSTEMIC VOL. 1 : A Sci-fi Anthology

80-pages of systemic friction at the personal level, where social forces, cultures, and economic strata meet and grind together.

www.kickstarter.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 17d

This is about someone complaining about a 2% annual levy, which is way under the amount that billionaires increase their net worth every year.

Sam Pizzigati @sgp.bsky.social · 17d

French billionaire Bernard Arnault, world’s 8th-richest man, is blasting economist Gabriel Zucman’s proposed annual 2% levy on French wealth over 100 million euros ($117 million) as an attempt “to destroy the French economy.” The proposal has 86% public approval. www.reuters.com/world/france...

France's richest man, LVMH's Arnault, slams proposed billionaire tax

Bernard Arnault, the boss of luxury goods group LVMH and France's richest man, has attacked a proposed 2% tax on billionaires as an assault on France's economy and denounced the plan's architect as a far-left ideologue.

www.reuters.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18d

The Green Party now has 78,000 members.

Thats 10,000+ new members this month alone who want to draw the line.

I know there are so many more people who want to take a stand.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Jo (unfunded hobbyist) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 20d

10/10, no notes

Tweet: can anyone explain why putting up flags and painting roundabouts helps protect women and girls from sexual assault?

Reply: because the offenders are busy painting roundabouts or are up a ladder

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Script Heroes Podcast @scriptheroespod.bsky.social · 20d

Once again we are recapping and reviewing this months DC Absolute Universe Books.

And we're continuing the trend of giveaways on the channel giving away an Absolute Wonder Woman #1. All you have to do is subscribe and comment, so it would be dumb not to

youtu.be/er6Vzs8Hzpc

Comic Giveaway!! DC's Absolute Universe Month 11 Recaps + Review!!

YouTube video by ScriptHeroesPod

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Joseph Jasionowski @jjaz1111.bsky.social · 20d

We are doing so many giveaways on the channel and most are getting less than 10 entries. So your odds of winning are pretty high.

And if you watch the video you can learn how to get extra entries that could increase your odds even more!

Script Heroes Podcast @scriptheroespod.bsky.social · 20d

Comic Giveaway!! DC's Absolute Universe Month 11 Recaps + Review!!

YouTube video by ScriptHeroesPod

youtu.be

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