Ben Smith
@mrbensmith.bsky.social
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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 11h
Not for the nervous! The Scream! Specials Archival Collection is out now, available from the Treasury webstore or from the bravest of booksellers! 🕷️

See inside and buy here: bit.ly/4mXuctb
The standard and webshop-exclusive editions of the Scream Specials Archival Collection
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Rachel @ziggystarlog.bsky.social · 11h
Boasting a title that's extremely fun to say, BIG-ASS SWORD goes on sale next month from @2000ad.bsky.social and I got to ask Andreas Butzbach all about his English language graphic novel debut: comicon.com/2025/10/08/a...
Cover Art by Andreas Butzbach for BIG-ASS SWORD
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Ben Smith @mrbensmith.bsky.social · 12h
Wish I could have seen this. Something for next month's calendar now!
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Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · 12h
Great night at The @wshed.bsky.social Bristol at the Friends & Family screening of GAME. Lots of local crew worked on the film. I think it was 3 years since we sat down in pub and started planning it.

It’s turned out great. Go see it in cinemas from Nov 21st.
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 13h
At 7pm on 9th October, don't miss @aptshadow.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones for a very special panel event on "Building Brilliant Worlds" alongside @rjbarker.bsky.social and
@davewragg.com in association with @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!

Tickets only £5! www.waterstones.com/events/panel...
A screenshot of the Waterstones Event Graphic.
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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 13h
Out this very month in 1991, just 34 years ago, Batman/Judge Dredd:Judgment on Gotham #1 with its iconic cover by Simon Bisley.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 16h
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 18h
In a woodcut released today the Guild of Thieves and Cutpurses declared that enforcement of regulations against Thieving and Pursecutting would ‘devastate a growth industry’ and damage the economy.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Ben Smith @mrbensmith.bsky.social · 15h
The bubble has already burst (the profit isn't there), but the market is deliberately slow because it knows how catastrophic it's going to be on the global economy. The present danger is the fascists are set to shift the blame and use it as a lever to autocracy. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst
Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee
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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 18h
2000 AD Prog 2453 is Out Now!

Featuring Judge Dredd, Red Dragon, Brass Sun, Void Runners, Rogue Trooper and more!

See inside & buy bit.ly/4gLKeVx
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Get cover prints bit.ly/3Ek
2000 AD Prog 2453 is Out Now, featuring Judge Dredd, Red Dragon, Brass Sun, Void Runners, Rogue Trooper and more!
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Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · 18h
Also out today. Do like those first three panels. The type of things comics does so well.
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Rob Williams @robwilliams71.bsky.social · 1d
RED DRAGON pt 3 in tomorrow's @2000ad.bsky.social 2453.
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Ritesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social · 19h
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I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here.
The world before October 7, 2023, is a distant memory. But we carry on, fueled by the determination that this land will become a place of life once more.
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Ben Smith @mrbensmith.bsky.social · 19h
Never forgot 51.9% of the UK in 2015 voted for this.
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Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d
This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 1d
🌊1st in a new epic fantasy series
🛶 Inspired by the culture and folklore of the Tlingit tribe of Alaska
📕 One of Reactor & Indigo's "Most Anticipated" Books of 2025
🐦⬛ Features a REALLY rude Raven

🎂🎉Happy US Book Birthday to Caskey Russell's THE DOOR ON THE SEA!

Buy geni.us/doorsea
Against a background of blue and teal swirled fabric with a hardback copy of THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russel laid on top. The white Solaris logo is in the bottom right corner.
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Ben Smith @mrbensmith.bsky.social · 20h
And we all thought time sped up as we got older. Never had 'landslide into autocracy' as the fix.
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Ben Smith @mrbensmith.bsky.social · 20h
@westonfront.bsky.social 's Spider commissions are suitably intense
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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 21h
2000AD Prog 2453 is on sale from today in all sensible newsagents, Local Comic Shops and from digital platforms, with an eye-popping cover from Boo Cook to entice you to buy! Plus, there’s a…

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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 1d
The 2000 AD Annual 2026 is out on the 12th November! Featuring JUDGE DREDD VS JUDGE CHRISTMAS, by:

📝 Script: @robwilliams71.bsky.social
✏️ Pencils: Joe Currie
🗨️ Letters: Rob Steen

Available to pre-order now: bit.ly/4prqPNw
Judge Dredd Vs Judge Christmas, by Rob Williams, Joe Currie and Rob Steen
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2000 AD Comics @2000ad.bsky.social · 1d
2000 AD Prog 2453 is out on 8th October - featuring Judge Dredd, Red Dragon, Void Runners, Brass Sun, Rogue Trooper and more!

Subscribe now and get zarjaz free gifts ➡️ bit.ly/2Ws04uc
Brass Sun: Pavane, by Ian Edginton, INJ Culbard and Simon Bowland Red Dragon, by Rob Williams, Steve Yeowell, Patrick Goddard, Dylan Teague and Simon Bowland Rogue Trooper: Ghost Patrol, by Alex de Campi, Neil Edwards, Matt Soffe and Jim Campbell Void Runners: Book Two, by David Hine, Boo Cook and Annie Parkhouse
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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 1d
I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.
Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.
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Ben Smith @mrbensmith.bsky.social · 1d
I still think Biffo is a horror character trapped in a children's comic. The longer you look at his face the freakier it gets.
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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 1d
Good morning! It’s Tuesday October 7th 2025! Already? Crikey!

(Dated today in 1950, The Dandy & The Beano’s covers find Korky The Cat, by James Crighton, being a cad in a zoo & Biffo The Bear, by Dudley D. Watkins, working in a circus.)

You be careful out there among them English, Joanne Book.
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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 2d
News! The ‘Judge Dredd Megazine’ Celebrates 35 Years of Publishing with Jumping-On Point Issue #485 this Month. @2000ad.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/judge-dredd-...
The 'Judge Dredd Megazine' Celebrates 35 Years of Publishing with Jumping-On Point Issue #485 this Month – Broken Frontier
The 35th anniversary issue of 'Judge Dredd Megazine' sees a number of new stories debuting, perfect for new readers.
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Stuart Wallace @soapyfrogs.bsky.social · 4d
Something about this panel from @2000ad.bsky.social Prog 2451 just made me smile very broadly. Top of your already legendary game @robwilliams71.bsky.social and @henryflint.bsky.social - loving it.
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 2d
Now on Netgalley: 3 spectacular SciFi Titles for Spring 2026...

🪐 THE MANY: a new standalone from @neuvel.net!
🌍 THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley: the queen of literary spec fic returns
🍩 INTERGALACTIC FEAST: @lavanya.bsky.social's FLAVOUR HACKER duology concludes

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Ben Smith @mrbensmith.bsky.social · 1d
Oof. Gibbons packing a punch that shouldn't land as hard as it does now.
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Reuben Willmott @reubs.bsky.social · 2d
Dave Gibbons contribution to the 1988 anthology AARGH!
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Rebellion Unplugged 🎲 @rebellionunplugged.bsky.social · 5d
A skeleton knight rises from the mist, rusted armour clattering as it points its blade toward a distant castle...

⚔️ Shatter its bones and claim the sword for yourself.
🍷 Offer it a drink from your wineskin.
🌑 Follow in silence, wondering what secrets lie within the castle.
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