Gloucester! To celebrate the launch of Tiny Hercules book 2 this week, Nich and I are running a comic-making workshop at Gloucester Waterstones! We hope to see you there! 🥬Saturday 29 August 🥬1-2pm 🥬cabbages not included Book your place: www.waterstones.com/events/comic...

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Ready for Tiny Hercules' next legendary adventure?! Pre-order Tiny Hercules: Golden Cabbage Chaos today from @waterstones.bsky.social and get 25% off RRP. Just enter code 'SUMMER26' at checkout!* Laughs, adventure and golden cabbages guaranteed! Offer runs from until 11.59pm Friday 24th July.

Tiny Hercules (and Cooper) join the roster of the latest #FundayTimes, in this sneak peek at book 2: Golden Cabbage Chaos! How cool is this?! Tiny Hercules: Golden Cabbage Chaos launches 27 August 2026 from Macmillan Children's Books. Find it wherever you get your awesome comic books! #GoAllIn

Tiny Hercules is coming to the US! Book 1 launches 2 February 2027 from the good people at @randomhousekids.bsky.social And as if that wasn't cool enough, Tiny Hercules has been made a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

With Tiny Hercules on a mission to get back to Tiny Olympus, we thought we’d attempt a LEGENDARY task of our own. That’s why, in honour of #IndieBookshopWeek, we challenged ourselves to visit every @rossiterbooks.bsky.social in a single day. #IBW26 #ChooseBookshops

Tiny Hercules is coming to the Waterstones Children's Book Festival! Grab your pencil and paper, and join us for a draw-a-long workshop of legendary proportions as we share tips on how to make larger-than-life comics and characters of your own! ⚡Book your tickets www.waterstones.com/events/child...

Honoured and delighted to see Tiny Hercules included in the Children's Fiction shortlist for the Indie Book Awards 2026! A massive thank you to everyone who's supported us over the past few years in making this happen. We honestly wouldn't be here without you. #IndieBookAwards

Tiny Hercules is coming to the Waterstones Children's Book Festival! Grab your pencil and paper, and join us for a draw-a-long workshop of legendary proportions as we share tips on how to make larger-than-life comics and characters of your own! ⚡Book your tickets www.waterstones.com/events/child...

A massive thank you to Macmillan for inviting Nich and I to our first Bologna Children’s Book Fair! This has honestly been one of the most incredible experiences of our lives. Not only did we join some amazing meetings with our international publishers... #GoAllIn #BCBF26 #TinyHercules

Thank you to the publishers and agents who sent us books last month, it certainly kept us busy! Here's what we were reading during March - perfect for sitting outside in the sun with! (Or curled up inside if the weather changes...again 👀) www.libraries4schools.com/2026/04/08/b...

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Book Recommendations: March 2026 | Our postie has been busy this past month, and so have we - reading all the books they brought us!

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A massive thank you to Waterstones Piccadilly for welcoming us to their Comic Pop-Up Shop to deliver some comic-making workshops and talk all things Tiny Hercules! We had an amazing time - and the kids were incredible! What a day! #GoAllIn

Tiny Hercules is coming to Waterstones Piccadilly as part of their Comic Book Pop Up! Join Nich and I on Thursday 2 April for two comic book workshops of legendary proportions! Perfect for budding artists aged 7+. ⚡Book your place now! www.waterstones.com/events/tiny-...

Tiny Hercules is coming to Waterstones Piccadilly as part of their Comic Book Pop Up! Join Nich and I on Thursday 2 April for two comic book workshops of legendary proportions! Perfect for budding artists aged 7+. ⚡Book your place now! www.waterstones.com/events/tiny-...

Shout out to @jonlock.com and Nich Angell for their brilliant author profile 🤩 🤩 🤩 And to @thebookseller.com for devoting space to children’s comics like this. What a boom we’re in!

Nich and I had the pleasure of being interviewed for @thebookseller.com by Caroline Carpenter, the results of which are now available to read online and in today's print edition. Check out the full article here! #GoAllIn #kidlit #TinyHercules #childrenspublishing

Jon Lock and Nich Angell speak about the myth-making of Tiny Hercules

The comic book creators discuss starting out in the independent scene and the epic ambitions for their graphic novel series.

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They said it couldn't be done - and they were almost right! But against all odds, Episode 100 of the JLAcast is now live! It's so good to be back talking all things JLA with my good friend @pjmontgomery.bsky.social ⚡ Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: www.bigpunchstudios.com/jlacast

Hello friends. It’s been a minute since episode 99 of the JLAcast was in your ears. Like, a year and a half. But what is this? Could it be… episode 100? You bet your sweet ass! @jonlock.com and I are back! We celebrate this milestone with a very special trilogy of episodes.

Tiny Hercules is coming to Waterstones Piccadilly! Join Nich and I on Thursday 2 April for two comic book workshops of legendary proportions! Perfect for budding artists aged 7+ ⚡Find out more and book your place now! www.waterstones.com/events/tiny-...

A lot to be thankful for of late: not least, this amazing video from our Tiny Hercules book tour, courtesy of Claire, Alan and filmmaker Tim at the Wonky Tree Bookshop! Two schools, 500 kids, and a warm welcome from the folks of Catterick. What a day. Thanks all!

Tiny Hercules Takes Over Catterick in the biggest Wonky Tree event yet! (500 Kids, 5 Schools!)

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Enjoying Tiny Hercules? Ready for his next legendary adventure?! Pre-order Tiny Hercules: Golden Cabbage Chaos today from @waterstones.bsky.social and get 25% off RRP. Just enter code 'FEB26' at checkout! ⚡ Pre-order now: www.waterstones.com/book/tiny-he... #WPreorder #TinyHercules

Happy Friday! Even though half-term is nearly over, we still have some exciting activities going on today! We have storytelling today at 2pm, as well as a Tiny Hercules maze in the kids section! We also have free goodie bags that are perfect for the children! #choosebookshops #linlithgow #shoplocal

Y2 had an amazing morning with author illustrator duo Jon Lock and Nich Angell as they told us all about their new graphic novel ‘Tiny Hercules’. The children found out about the plot, learnt a little about how they collaborated on the book and then all had a go at drawing the main character. #r4p

Happy Saturday! We're continuing our celebration of younger readers this weekend: enter our Highland Cow or trials of Tiny Hercules competition, or become a READING LEGEND by signing up to our Kids Reading Challenge! #ChooseBookshops

Behold! The mythical hero Tiny Hercules! Can he win his way back to Tiny Olympus by completing twelve legendary tasks? Find out in this hilarious new graphic novel from @jonlock.com and Nich Angell, perfect for fans of InvestiGators and Bunny vs Monkey! @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social

Joe is giggling in delight at @jonlock.com & Nich Angell's Tiny Hercules - the world's tiniest, mightiest hero! Just arrived from @panmacmillan.bsky.social , & perfect for our younger graphic novel readers! #books #livres #GraphicNovels #BandeDessinee #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse

Well, that's rather nice. Stunned and happily surprised to see Tiny Hercules included on @waterstones.bsky.social' list of must-read children's books for 2026. Crikey, look at that! And we're in excellent company too! 2026 is shaping up to be a BIG year for all things Tiny.

Excited to announce that our first event listing for 2026 is live! Come join Nich and me at the @waterstoneskids.bsky.social Children's Book Festival for a Tiny Hercules-themed comic draw-a-long! Fun definitely possible - if not guaranteed!

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This is *hilarious*. I actually barked an angry, triumphant laugh.

Ed Newton-Rex@ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright: - 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is) 🧵 1/2

Cheers, Rich. That's high praise indeed!

Richard Ruddick@richardruddick.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Received this delightful package from @macmillankidsuk.bsky.social for the upcoming Tiny Hercules. I’m only half way through but can already see that this is going to be a massive hit with LKS2, especially fans of Bunny v Monkey and the Investigators. Fast paced and packed with laughs.

This whole thread. I’d been making different webcomics for 20 years before my debut. Had a *fascinating* conversation with a publisher a Thought Bubble - I was talking about how there’s an entire market out there traditional publishing had been ignoring (both comics & comic conventions). They said

Jon Lock@jonlock.com · 9mo ago

We're so glad that comics are finally getting the attention they deserve, but please spare a thought for the long years in which the UK comic 'industry' was carried by independent creators, often at great expense, purely as a labour of love. A whole generation of amazing talent risked dying on...