John Allison
@badmachinery.com
Cartoonist in Leeds, UK. I brought you such comics as Steeple, Bad Machinery, Giant Days, Scary Go Round, Bobbins, Great British Bump-Off and Solver. The nation's favourite. https://badmachinery.com
“Face for the algorithm” on Instagram is a lie. Zuckerberg is collecting faces. He’s running The Facebook old school on MAMP Pro, locally on his laptop. AIR GAPPED. He’s stone cold rating you hot or not. He downloads your face onto a Zip disk. BEWARE.
Today's Solver on GoComics references one of my favourite ever comedy sketches... (1/2) www.gocomics.com/bad-machiner...
Bad Machinery: Solver by John Allison for August 5, 2026 | GoComics
Read Bad Machinery: Solver—a comic strip by creator John Allison—for today, August 5, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!
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Best finery This page is even seamier, this website should be in a brown paper bag, swit swoo!
Best finery
This page is even seamier, this website should be in a brown paper bag, swit swoo!
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Slumbering alone This tale is seamy! I had forgotten how seamy! Apologies to all readers, I will now step back from the conversation and let other (seamy) voices be heard.
Slumbering alone
This tale is seamy! I had forgotten how seamy! Apologies to all readers, I will now step back from the conversation and let other (seamy) voices be heard.
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Here's a thread I really enjoyed. I didn't remember writing any of these lines. I've not re-read these comics since they came out, which in some cases was 10+ years ago. Art by @lbtreiman.bsky.social and @maxsarin.bsky.social
Rich@rbett.bsky.social · 3mo agoI'd forgotten how good Giant Days was.
I'm doing an "in conversation" with Laura Snapes of the Guardian at Nottingham Central Library on Wednesday August 5th at 5.30pm - tickets are free! I will talk process, ideas, useful things for anyone interested in story I hope. www.ticketsource.com/nottmcityofl...
"Big City Reads 2026: John Allison in conversation" at Room 6&7 Nottingham Central Library
Tickets are now available for Big City Reads 2026: John Allison in conversation at Room 6&7 Nottingham Central Library, Nottingham on Wednesday 5th August 2026 at 5:30PM. Click the link for further in...
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OHO Flubs AND crem? I think you've got to have both or you're not really on holiday.
OHO
Flubs AND crem? I think you've got to have both or you're not really on holiday.
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AI gig poster for a covers band Why get out of bed at all Eat an envelope for breakfast Wash your face in a puddle Make a son out of Spam: Every Little Helps
I've added Solver volume 1 (plus Circus Windows), Savage Sword of Susan, NEMS 1968 and the Murder She Writes 15th Anniversary Edition ebooks to my Gumroad. Plus a new multi-packs. For the PDF liker in your life! scarygoround.gumroad.com
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I'm doing an "in conversation" with Laura Snapes of the Guardian at Nottingham Central Library on Wednesday August 5th at 5.30pm - tickets are free! I will talk process, ideas, useful things for anyone interested in story I hope. www.ticketsource.com/nottmcityofl...
"Big City Reads 2026: John Allison in conversation" at Room 6&7 Nottingham Central Library
Tickets are now available for Big City Reads 2026: John Allison in conversation at Room 6&7 Nottingham Central Library, Nottingham on Wednesday 5th August 2026 at 5:30PM. Click the link for further in...
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I've started laying out Solver volume 2; I don't tend to look at things once they're done so the sheer density of it comes as a surprise. It's no wonder I wore myself out.
Remember when remixes used to appear in the charts with names like In The Air Tonight '88 or Fake '88? This was a short-lived trend but I feel like if we brought it back it would reverse climate change, end our divisive bipartisan politics, and send tech bros penniless back to their college dorms.
I've been doing some research for work and keep finding disparate old comics that I think I have accidentally reverse engineered for Solver. I really hope the readers of (roughly) 1970 get to see these made-for-them tales.
Just fun! There are plenty of characters in my cinematic universe who have yet to learn the skill of keeping their monologue internal.
Just fun!
There are plenty of characters in my cinematic universe who have yet to learn the skill of keeping their monologue internal.
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A 250ml bottle of Original Source shower gel contains 7,927 mint leaves and costs about £1. A 30g packet of mint from Sainsburys costs 55p and contains about 50 mint leaves. By my calculations, the shower gel should cost at least £87.
A new 107-page zine. Can you believe it? I can. I just exported the PDF from Indesign. I have no reason to disbelieve it. www.patreon.com/scarygoround...
Download my WORLD OF MILK zine now | John Allison
"SURPRISE" ""DROP""!!!! Here's another digital zine to help bridge the gap to all-new material. WORLD OF MILK contains more than a hundred
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Take a tour around a recent sketchbook with me! Honestly not sure why anyone would watch this but people do say I have a relaxing voice. So maybe pop it on if you fancy a nap. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVVj...
A peek inside a freelance illustrators' sketchbook
YouTube video by YUK FUN
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I'll be playing the hits, one last time.
Thought Bubble Festival@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · last wk.It's a big one! 😍 😍 Thought Bubble's 20th Edition is shaping up to be pretty special. And we cannot WAIT to see all these guests AND all of you. See the guests announced so far: thoughtbubblefestival.com/guests And get your tickets booked: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
Have another sip, pet It's difficult to describe how pleased I was when I came up with Lottie popping out of the laundry basket. I'm always delighted when I can deliver a new kind of emergence. There's a recent NEMS comic where Esther emerges from some zig-zag curtains. I had that one on the back…
Have another sip, pet
It's difficult to describe how pleased I was when I came up with Lottie popping out of the laundry basket. I'm always delighted when I can deliver a new kind of emergence. There's a recent NEMS comic where Esther emerges from some zig-zag curtains. I had that one on the back burner for a while.
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A new 107-page zine. Can you believe it? I can. I just exported the PDF from Indesign. I have no reason to disbelieve it. www.patreon.com/scarygoround...
Download my WORLD OF MILK zine now | John Allison
"SURPRISE" ""DROP""!!!! Here's another digital zine to help bridge the gap to all-new material. WORLD OF MILK contains more than a hundred
patreon.com
I believe that the youth of Scotland should feel free to indulge in nostalgic, Badfinger and Queen-influenced psychedelic pop music without being scrutinised by "legacy media".
I’ve designed the unofficial mascot of #smallpressday and my hope is that by 2027 Wibberley will be the official mascot of the event due to huge pressure from the community. If you have any questions about them, please ask, but bear in mind that any facetious questions will lead to you being hexed.
Pills…pills… Shelley's on the Advocaat, things are going from bad to worse. I think ideally there would have been a page between this one and the last one, or at least a caption, but back in the day I didn't really go for captions. I'm not sure why!
Pills…pills…
Shelley's on the Advocaat, things are going from bad to worse. I think ideally there would have been a page between this one and the last one, or at least a caption, but back in the day I didn't really go for captions. I'm not sure why!
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Someone asked me about my favourite books as a child and I named What A Mess In Summer by Frank Muir and Joseph Wright. Blank looks! I assume these books are completely forgotten now, but I remember them being very clever and charming.
Ess-pert opinion What is it in the nature of man that makes us lie, and hate, and steal and kill? Let the carnival begin, every pleasure every sin!
Ess-pert opinion
What is it in the nature of man that makes us lie, and hate, and steal and kill? Let the carnival begin, every pleasure every sin!
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I don't think Paws Inc should have allowed the creative approvals team to have wine with lunch on the last Friday of the month
