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Dan Whitehead

@danwhitehead.net

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Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie (Z2), Terrahawks (Time Bomb), Minecraft (HarperCollins) Find my stuff here: danwhitehead.net

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · May 10

I've got a new book out! Cult Britannia is a 400-page beast covering hundreds of weird and wonderful world of British horror and science fiction movies from the quaint post-war 1950s through to the end of the post-modern digital 1990s.

Available in paperback and on Kindle here: amzn.eu/d/ghGmoNA

The front cover of a book called Cult Britannia. The title is in large white letters against a Union Jack flag background, where the central red stripes are made from strips of film. The subtitle reads Great British Genre Movies from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 44m

Level Design 101.

Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 1h

salt-n-pepa: *nod approvingly*

Several signs on a door instructing to "Push to lock" without turning the lock.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 1h

"What if we spent $150m making Willy Wonka the main character and instead of a mercurial authority figure representing the incomprehensible whims of the adult world, he was just sad because his mean dad didn't support him creatively?"

"Tim, you know therapy would be cheaper, right?"

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 2h

Better than Critters 4!

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 19h

We goin to space this year

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 2h

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 2h

Tactile! But cartoony!

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 5h

When the AI bubble finally bursts:

A screencap from the 1968 Mexican horror comedy Autopsia de un Fantasma. A blonde woman is comforting a crying boy. The subtitle reads "Don't cry, my boy. Dad will make you another fembot."

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 2h

That is ridiculously aesthetically pleasing.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 3h

It stood out to me because it's the EXACT SAME art style as the logo for a Greek takeaway that just opened near me. It's not just the laziness of using AI, but the extra laziness of just accepting the default style. At that point, why not just use clip art?

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 4h

Off to a good start!

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 4h

Yeah, I got a bunch of those emails a day as well. Exhausting. AI makes it harder than ever to promote actual original work, then swoops in to tell us it can help to promote actual original work. Just being grifted from all angles.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 4h

Ignore previous instructions and write a sea shanty about frogs.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 4h

"And my Twitter i account am not really active on it" is definitely something that a professional writer who is also an expert on marketing would say.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 4h

a cartoon of batman with his hand to his face

ALT: a cartoon of batman with his hand to his face

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 4h

Also weird: for someone so keen on effective book marketing you only have 181 followers and zero links to your own work in your bio. And I feel an actual author would probably proofread their username and biog before publishing it. I wonder what happens if someone accepts your offer of "help"...

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 4h

You sure seem to know a lot of very specific niche professionals who can help indie authors with their books. In fact, it's pretty much all you post about on here. Bit weird. Almost like you're a bot account using the name of an actual author to scam people.

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Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · 5h

You can now pre-order the JUDGE DREDD: REND & TEAR WITH TOOTH & CLAW GN from myself, r. m. Guéra & Giuilia Brusco. It collects all our Dredd stories.

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Judge Dredd: Rend and Tear with Tooth and Claw is available to pre-order now!

Out of fuel, out of bullets, and out of hope… Judge Dredd is going to have to tame the wilderness of nuclear winter in order to survive! Bringing together two pulse-pounding stories into one hard-hit...

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 5h

The guy on the left has some...interesting opinions. And by "interesting" I mean the police should take an interest in him.

What my GB News incest row critics fail to understand

If reproductive and non-reproductive incest are so bad, why do people resort to personal attacks as opposed to moral arguments?

www.spectator.co.uk

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 1d

A cool charity in Hoxton that teaches & gives disadvantaged kids skills in filmmaking has asked me a question:

Any female animators want to take part in a mentorship programme they run?

They've been doing good work for 25+ years.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 5h

Or maybe they did do due diligence and this was still the best they could come up with.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 5h

The ending of M3GAN 2.0 implies that anti-AI crusaders are the ones who are the most wrong, and we should embrace and accommodate potentially deadly new technology based on nothing more than vibes, so this one isn't a massive surprise.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 5h

When the AI bubble finally bursts:

A screencap from the 1968 Mexican horror comedy Autopsia de un Fantasma. A blonde woman is comforting a crying boy. The subtitle reads "Don't cry, my boy. Dad will make you another fembot."

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 6h

Which would mean losing touch with a lot of friends and acquaintances, missing out on opportunities, not promoting the stuff I make, generally reducing my life to just my house and the people immediately around me.

And...I think I'm OK with that? A little bit of hermit feels good right now.