Martin Stiff
@martinstiff.bsky.social
Designer, writer, illustrator, husband, father, tired.
Jesus, the Stranger Things kids are so old now they look more like teachers in the school corridors.
November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Jesus, the Stranger Things kids are so old now they look more like teachers in the school corridors.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
Looking forward to reading how the people who don't like the government think the budget is rubbish and the people who do like the government think the budget is okay.
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Looking forward to reading how the people who don't like the government think the budget is rubbish and the people who do like the government think the budget is okay.
I’m a long time fan of 2000AD and it’s there’s one thing Judge Dredd taught me it’s that trial without jury always goes brilliantly. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I’m a long time fan of 2000AD and it’s there’s one thing Judge Dredd taught me it’s that trial without jury always goes brilliantly. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Yeah, not feeling particularly tip top today I must say. Low-level fever and general aches and pains all over. Still better than actual Covid or actual flu though.
Flu and Covid jabs done. Now I can feel safe and secure in all those social Christmas events I’ve not been invited to!
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Yeah, not feeling particularly tip top today I must say. Low-level fever and general aches and pains all over. Still better than actual Covid or actual flu though.
Flu and Covid jabs done. Now I can feel safe and secure in all those social Christmas events I’ve not been invited to!
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Flu and Covid jabs done. Now I can feel safe and secure in all those social Christmas events I’ve not been invited to!
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You like fish? You like sex? You like Christmas? Then allow me to be the first to wish you a…
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
You like fish? You like sex? You like Christmas? Then allow me to be the first to wish you a…
NERDS! I need your help. My son is getting into Warhammer 40k at an after school club and I’d like to get him some sort of starter game set for Christmas. It’s a total black hole in my geek-knowledge so any advice much appreciated!
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
NERDS! I need your help. My son is getting into Warhammer 40k at an after school club and I’d like to get him some sort of starter game set for Christmas. It’s a total black hole in my geek-knowledge so any advice much appreciated!
After seeing Badlands last week my son and I watched the original Predator last night. I’d not seen it for years and man, that’s a tight little film. Not an ounce of flab in there. My son liked it, but thought it could’ve been improved with CGI. I have, obviously, cast him out of the family home.
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
After seeing Badlands last week my son and I watched the original Predator last night. I’d not seen it for years and man, that’s a tight little film. Not an ounce of flab in there. My son liked it, but thought it could’ve been improved with CGI. I have, obviously, cast him out of the family home.
Wonder why there’s no new season of Poker Face.
While on tour promoting 'Wake Up Dead Man', Rian Johnson goes off on AI for “making everything worse in every single way.” bit.ly/47UBPfH
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Wonder why there’s no new season of Poker Face.
Finished my rewatch of Parks and Rec and felt bereft AND THEN DISCOVERED COMMUNITY IS ON NOWTV!
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Finished my rewatch of Parks and Rec and felt bereft AND THEN DISCOVERED COMMUNITY IS ON NOWTV!
She’s judging you with her judging eyes.
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
She’s judging you with her judging eyes.
Watched it when it first aired in the UK on the BBC in 1990. I was 15. My parent’s weren’t interested so I was relegated to watching it on the tiny portable TV in the dining room. Loved every weird second of it.
I was lucky enough to watch #TwinPeaks in the order it came out but for many, the first two seasons were hard to come by so #FireWalkWithMe was their introduction.
Not until the show hit Netflix and released on DVD did it take off again.
How did you first find "Twin Peaks"?
Not until the show hit Netflix and released on DVD did it take off again.
How did you first find "Twin Peaks"?
a sign on the side of a road welcomes people to twin peaks
ALT: a sign on the side of a road welcomes people to twin peaks
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November 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Watched it when it first aired in the UK on the BBC in 1990. I was 15. My parent’s weren’t interested so I was relegated to watching it on the tiny portable TV in the dining room. Loved every weird second of it.
Enjoyed Predator: Badlands. It’s got a tough job of making you root for an unknowable, unstoppable and unkillable alien but it does it well. Some great world building, excellent alien design and a good turn by Elle Fanning make for a fun time. The 12A rating doesn’t spoil proceedings either.
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Enjoyed Predator: Badlands. It’s got a tough job of making you root for an unknowable, unstoppable and unkillable alien but it does it well. Some great world building, excellent alien design and a good turn by Elle Fanning make for a fun time. The 12A rating doesn’t spoil proceedings either.
After I found a missing dog this week I was added to the local lost-dog WhatsApp group. Every day is an emotional rollercoaster - one is lost, there’s a flurry of texts, then it’s found and oh god the relief… not sure my heart can handle this on the reg!
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
After I found a missing dog this week I was added to the local lost-dog WhatsApp group. Every day is an emotional rollercoaster - one is lost, there’s a flurry of texts, then it’s found and oh god the relief… not sure my heart can handle this on the reg!
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
I do not understand why tech-bros are so determined to build bipedal robots. Sure, humanity evolved like that but it doesn’t mean it’s the best design for a robot! Surely something more stable like R2D2 or even BB8 would be preferable? But then, the hubris of a tech-bro knows no bounds, I guess.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I do not understand why tech-bros are so determined to build bipedal robots. Sure, humanity evolved like that but it doesn’t mean it’s the best design for a robot! Surely something more stable like R2D2 or even BB8 would be preferable? But then, the hubris of a tech-bro knows no bounds, I guess.
I'm doing another full rewatch of Parks and Rec and let me tell you: Leslie Knope's optimistic politics and enthusiasm for doing good things is a real tonic for the times. And then the episode ends and reality crashes back in.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I'm doing another full rewatch of Parks and Rec and let me tell you: Leslie Knope's optimistic politics and enthusiasm for doing good things is a real tonic for the times. And then the episode ends and reality crashes back in.
Ugh, godawful AI Christmas cards for sale in our local post office. Putting artists out of work and destroying the environment for a cheap buck. The true meaning of Christmas…
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Ugh, godawful AI Christmas cards for sale in our local post office. Putting artists out of work and destroying the environment for a cheap buck. The true meaning of Christmas…
Holy fuck. Holy FUCK Pluribus is good. The first episode might be the best hour of TV all year!
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Holy fuck. Holy FUCK Pluribus is good. The first episode might be the best hour of TV all year!
Great to see how much people are loving Frankenstein. A few months ago I designed the art and making of book and could see the film was going to be great. Del Toro and his team have absolutely knocked it out of the park. Now go buy the book! amzn.eu/d/5q7zFMy
Frankenstein: Written and Directed by Guillermo del Toro: Amazon.co.uk: Sheila O'Malley: 9781835416433: Books
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November 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Great to see how much people are loving Frankenstein. A few months ago I designed the art and making of book and could see the film was going to be great. Del Toro and his team have absolutely knocked it out of the park. Now go buy the book! amzn.eu/d/5q7zFMy
Have my first proper cold since at least May which must be some sort of record for me. I know it’s May because that’s when I started on Methotrexate and you have to skip your dose when you’re ill as it knackers your immune system. Anyway, long story short, I feel like crap.
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Have my first proper cold since at least May which must be some sort of record for me. I know it’s May because that’s when I started on Methotrexate and you have to skip your dose when you’re ill as it knackers your immune system. Anyway, long story short, I feel like crap.
Why does everyone in that weird Coca-Cola AI ad look like the people in Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun video.
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Why does everyone in that weird Coca-Cola AI ad look like the people in Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun video.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Somehow she is hogging all of the cushions. Even yours, probably.
November 5, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Somehow she is hogging all of the cushions. Even yours, probably.