Next if someone can upload the 1975 adaptation of Catherine Sefton's 'Sleepers on the Hill' from the series Merry-Go-Round, about a gold bangle uncovered in a burial mound in rural Ireland which awakens ancient forces...
Bigfoot Studio (Trystan Mitchell)
@bigfootstudio.bsky.social
Freelance illustrator (Cornwall UK) thebigfootstudio.com + linktr.ee/thebigfootstudio
THE ANKOW'S BAIN: 36 page comic celebrating the life & work of WILLIAM HENRY PAYNTER, Cornish witch-finder & ghost hunter. An imagined paranormal investigation set in 1950s Cornwall to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... #folklore #Cornwall #kernowgoth
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British and Irish Current Comic-Related Exhibitions
Updated Monday 9th February 2026, a guide to British and Irish comic-related exhibitions – and beyond!
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Earlier today I found myself in the UK's smallest city, so I visited St. David's Cathedral to check out their fine selection of oak carved 15th-16th century (with a few Victorian replacements) misericords...
Very chuffed to recieve my artist's comp' copies of the pins The Orctioneer commissioned for this years Norwich Games Convention in August. They turned out looking very smart! #boardgames #pins #badges #NGC
THE ANKOW'S BAIN: 36 page comic celebrating the life & work of WILLIAM HENRY PAYNTER, Cornish witch-finder & ghost hunter. An imagined paranormal investigation set in 1950s Cornwall to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... #folklore #Cornwall #kernowgoth
36 page colour comic book marking the 50th anniversary of the death of #Cornish witch-finder & ghost hunter WILLIAM HENRY PAYNTER. The Ankow's Bain celebrates his life & work in an imagined paranormal investigation set in 1950s Cornwall www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... #fortean #folklore
FolknHell went the BFI preview of Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada. No spoilers, but here's our report from the screening and the Q&A which followed. We'll podcast our review due course but it's fair to say we loved it! It's in cinemas now! link.content360.io/fnron
FolknHell went the BFI preview of Mark Jenkin's Rose of Nevada. No spoilers, but here's our report from the screening and the Q&A which followed. We'll podcast our review due course but it's fair to say we loved it! It's in cinemas now! link.content360.io/fnron
On this day, 24th April 1965, first broadcast of Doctor Who: The Space Museum Episode One. Exploring a museum on the planet Xeros, the travellers discover they are invisible. Art by Will Brooks for The Space Museum website thespacemuseum.net
Here's my attempt at a Flag for Earth from years ago, based on the Voyager II "Pale Blue Dot" photo, highlighting both the insignificance and preciousness of our planet. Dark blue for the vastness, red for struggle, green for life, and yellow for hope. #EarthDay
I spent far too long writing this, and it ended up a bit more epic in length than I first intended. As some of you know, I have a real soft spot for the New English Library Biker books of the early seventies. Here I look at The Bikers by Alex Stuart. stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/t...
36 page colour comic book marking the 50th anniversary of the death of #Cornish witch-finder & ghost hunter WILLIAM HENRY PAYNTER. The Ankow's Bain celebrates his life & work in an imagined paranormal investigation set in 1950s Cornwall www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... #fortean #folklore
Another honourable mention for The Ankow's Bain in a great little review from horror author @stevetoase.bsky.social in this month's #ForteanTimes. Both The Ankow's Bain & The Wicker Pasty are available via The Bigfoot Studio shop: www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics....
Two bylines in @forteantimes.bsky.social 470! 1st, my Forum article about how Paddington has become a very British psychopomp 2nd is my comics review column, where I review work by @chrissywilliams.bsky.social @gustaffovargas.bsky.social @bigfootstudio.bsky.social & @paulcornell.bsky.social & others
King Charles III made a scheduled visit to the Market House in St Austell yesterday where Cornish comic shop impressario Wendy Frankcom was allowed to represent all things comics and Cornwall by gifting his royalness copies of Trystan Mitchell’s hilarious comics, including The Wicker Pasty
Comics Fit fit for A King!
King Charles III confirms he was an Eagle reader during Royal visit to Cornwall
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Charles Addams’ quite brilliant cover for July 17th 1954’s The New Yorker.
Diplomatically, when a footpath is contested, appropriate offerings and rites of way should be observed to achieve an outcome satisfactory to both parties...
Just updated: the downthetubes 2026 events page - always a work in progress! - downthetubes.net/british-and-... and Exhibitions page: downthetubes.net/british-and-...
British and Irish Comic Events – 2026
The regularly updated downthetubes “rolling list” of major British and Irish comic conventions and other gatherings and signings in 2026, intended as a quick guide to “What’s On”. We sometimes incl…
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Time was it didn't feel properly Christmas until you'd leafed through Radio Times to ring all your seasonal listening and spent an age pouring over all the wealth of festive offerings from the country's finest illustrators...still a childhood dream to bag the cover job!
Fine reading for the season! Comic book Cornish folk horror from The Bigfoot Studio... www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... Order now in time for Nos Kalan Gwav/Halloween' Both titles available to buy together to save on postage...
These books are well worth spending time and money getting lost in...written by fellow travellers who lived yet love to tell the tales!
Get a nice 10% discount off our books with the case-sensitive code BOOKGROWTH10 until midnight on Friday October 17th! A trilogy of huge tomes about the dark, weird pop culture of the 70s and 80s... Also available as colour eBooks! Store link: linktr.ee/scarredforlife
I have and can recommend!
Fine reading for the season! Comic book Cornish folk horror from The Bigfoot Studio... www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... Order now in time for Nos Kalan Gwav/Halloween' Both titles available to buy together to save on postage...
Fine reading for the season! Comic book Cornish folk horror from The Bigfoot Studio... www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... Order now in time for Nos Kalan Gwav/Halloween' Both titles available to buy together to save on postage...
@breakfastruins.bsky.social ...surely a question for the next time you chat with MM on the show?
1975: Harlan Ellison visits Michael Moorcock in London. The Englishman sits Ellison in front of the TV when Dr Who comes on & insists Ellison “be quiet & just watch”. By the late 1970s,Ellison is such a fan of Dr Who that he’s taunting US scifi fans with declarations of its superiority over US fare.
Now available from a Bigfoot Studio website near you... www.thebigfootstudio.com/shop-comics.... 'The Wicker Pasty' + 'The Ankow's Bain' in one handy postage saving bundle!