Paul O’Brien
@ifdestroyed.bsky.social
Writes about comics at housetoastonish.com
On the blog, this week's chart post.
House to Astonish » Charts – 5 December 2025
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December 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
On the blog, this week's chart post.
On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.
House to Astonish » The X-Axis – w/c 1 December 2025
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December 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.
On House to Astonish, annotations for Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #3.
House to Astonish » Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #3 annotations
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December 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On House to Astonish, annotations for Laura Kinney: Sabretooth #3.
On House to Astonish, annotations for Binary #3.
House to Astonish » Binary #3 annotations
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December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
On House to Astonish, annotations for Binary #3.
On House to Astonish, annotations for Amazing X-Men #3.
House to Astonish » Amazing X-Men #3 annotations
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December 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
On House to Astonish, annotations for Amazing X-Men #3.
Well, promos were never her strong point.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Well, promos were never her strong point.
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House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 28 is now live! It's a milestone episode, as @ifdestroyed.bsky.social and I reach issue 75 of the original Thunderbolts run, and see out the first volume proper of the book. Come and join us! bit.ly/lightningrou...
House to Astonish » House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 28
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December 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
House to Astonish Presents: The Lightning Round Episode 28 is now live! It's a milestone episode, as @ifdestroyed.bsky.social and I reach issue 75 of the original Thunderbolts run, and see out the first volume proper of the book. Come and join us! bit.ly/lightningrou...
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There's an omnibus of Marvel Team-Up due to be released fairly soon, if anyone fancies spending $125 to be fairly bored and disappointed
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
There's an omnibus of Marvel Team-Up due to be released fairly soon, if anyone fancies spending $125 to be fairly bored and disappointed
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On House to Astonish, Daredevil Villains #64: Lord Dark Wind.
House to Astonish » Daredevil Villains #64: Lord Dark Wind
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November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On House to Astonish, Daredevil Villains #64: Lord Dark Wind.
What could possibly go right?
The collective leadership model for Your Party will work like this:
"The Party shall be collectively led by ordinary members elected to the Central Executive Committee, with the Chair, Vice Chair, and Spokesperson in particular serving as the public political leadership."
"The Party shall be collectively led by ordinary members elected to the Central Executive Committee, with the Chair, Vice Chair, and Spokesperson in particular serving as the public political leadership."
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What could possibly go right?
On House to Astonish, Daredevil Villains #64: Lord Dark Wind.
House to Astonish » Daredevil Villains #64: Lord Dark Wind
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November 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On House to Astonish, Daredevil Villains #64: Lord Dark Wind.
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There were originally plans for 13,000 people to attend Your Party conference. There are about 2,500 people here. The ACC in Liverpool is VERY big. Labour conference is here. It does look a tad sparse so far...
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
There were originally plans for 13,000 people to attend Your Party conference. There are about 2,500 people here. The ACC in Liverpool is VERY big. Labour conference is here. It does look a tad sparse so far...
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“Oh conference”.
Chair in the Your Party debate on dual membership: "No booing, conference. If you are unkind, there will be consequences." (After lots of booing re dual membership)
"We do not want any fights or arguments. Let's be calm...I'm going to have to turn the mic off. Oh conference, dear dear dear."
"We do not want any fights or arguments. Let's be calm...I'm going to have to turn the mic off. Oh conference, dear dear dear."
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“Oh conference”.
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Glorious. 10/10. No notes.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Glorious. 10/10. No notes.
On House to Astonish, this week's chart post.
House to Astonish » Charts – 28 November 2025
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November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
On House to Astonish, this week's chart post.
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incredible quote lol
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
incredible quote lol
On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.
House to Astonish » The X-Axis – 24 November 2025
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November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.
On House to Astonish, annotations for Expatriate X-Men #2.
House to Astonish » Expatriate X-Men #2 annotations
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November 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
On House to Astonish, annotations for Expatriate X-Men #2.
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Honoured to be part of the 2025 @bafta.org Breakthrough Programme and represent Scotland with some of the most talented people I’ve ever met
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BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Cara Ellison
"Your game's story or narrative, even if it's not a traditional narrative, is the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Honoured to be part of the 2025 @bafta.org Breakthrough Programme and represent Scotland with some of the most talented people I’ve ever met
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
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What I have learned from five days of browsing US bookshops is that Barack Obama has a LOT of favourite books of the year
November 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What I have learned from five days of browsing US bookshops is that Barack Obama has a LOT of favourite books of the year
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This is just peak late sixties/early seventies. Everything brown and grey, and worn out. Even the offices of the 'high end' advertising agency. Static electricity from the clothing. Don't even start on the sexual politics. (And clock who does the cleaning at the end).
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Man Alive - The Office Party
Documentary, first transmitted in 1970, that visits a typical office and films the preparations for the annual Christmas party, the event itself and the aftermath.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is just peak late sixties/early seventies. Everything brown and grey, and worn out. Even the offices of the 'high end' advertising agency. Static electricity from the clothing. Don't even start on the sexual politics. (And clock who does the cleaning at the end).
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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#Discourse2000 is back! This intro post sets the scene for the 1978 posts with an overview of the different tribes of early #2000AD creators - the professionals, the rebels, the fans and the outsiders - and their visions of what the comic is
freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2025/1...
freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2025/1...
Dance Our Way Out Of Our Constrictions: INTRO ’78
Previously on Discourse 2000: After successfully helping launch war comic Battle, editor Pat Mills had the opportunity to launch a new kind of boys’ comic at publishers IPC – Action, a title which tur...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
#Discourse2000 is back! This intro post sets the scene for the 1978 posts with an overview of the different tribes of early #2000AD creators - the professionals, the rebels, the fans and the outsiders - and their visions of what the comic is
freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2025/1...
freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2025/1...
On House to Astonish, this week's chart post.
House to Astonish » Charts – 21 November 2025
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November 23, 2025 at 11:36 AM
On House to Astonish, this week's chart post.
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Again, while the hypnotits thing is funny, it is also a real issue of "So, your previous career was being a charlatan?"
I did fall into the trap of "What's his angle with the NATO stuff?" before realising it's not that deep it's just what he believes as a fundamentally unserious individual.
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Again, while the hypnotits thing is funny, it is also a real issue of "So, your previous career was being a charlatan?"
On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.
House to Astonish » The X-Axis – w/c 18 November 2025
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November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
On House to Astonish, this week's X-Axis.