Stephen Candy
@stephencandy.co.uk
Photographer of events, screams & cool stuff! Special needs educator & former electrical retailer. Something of a geek & occasional writer on all of the above.📸
Live long and prosper! Celebrating 60 years of #StarTrek with some of my favourite Trek trinkets including @vicepress.bsky.social's foil edition of the iconic "Ready Room" Enterprise-D painting by Andrew Probert & Rick Sternbach, expertly restored by @mattferguson.bsky.social. Prints available now.
Respect AND value shall be mine, thanks to @legbootlegit.bsky.social and @shirepostmint.bsky.social and their epic thick coins! Should all coins be as hefty as their Thnickels and Thents? I think you know the answer...
There can be only one... author of definitive #Highlander books, and it's clearly @jonmelville.bsky.social! Delighted with his new "Art & Making of Highlander" book, published this coming week by @titanbooks.bsky.social. A real bonus to be able to get a signed copy direct from the man himself!
Launched today! Roundel's new book featuring hundreds of behind the scenes photos and stories from The Sarah Jane Adventures! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo...
Adventures on Bannerman Road
A 20th anniversary celebration of The Sarah Jane Adventures, featuring hundreds of previously unseen behind the scenes photos!
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Transformers the Movie - Reformatted Edition on vinyl and CD, both signed by artist @mattferguson.bsky.social, thanks to @beartreerecords.bsky.social. A must for fans of the classic, unsurpassed 1986 animated #Transformers film.
Gorgeous "Emberlings" book arrived today from @tomsbrown.bsky.social & @taliskimberley.bsky.social. Seen here with Tom's original art for the "Mudlarking" poem, which I was fortunate to acquire while the book was being written last year. A lovely project well worth the wait. Recommended!
Sharing this on the slim chance that anyone following me doesn't know about/already have this book. If you don't, then you should.
Richard Wells@slipperyjack.bsky.social · 2mo ago📯 Hark! The next batch of Professionally Defaced copies of my spooky book Tales Accursed: a Folk Horror Anthology will be available in my shop from 12:00 (GMT) on Friday 17th July! 👁️ slipperyjack.bigcartel.com
I am heartened to learn that @scalzi.com's approach to "show your planning" at school was very similar to how my essay plans and computer "pseudocode" were done.
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 2mo agoSeriously though I was that kid who when my high school history teacher said "you have to turn in your rough draft with your final version" did the final version and then made a slightly shittier version as the "rough draft" and printed it on worse paper
Highly anticipated, highly recommended. Check out the wares of @tomsbrown.bsky.social & @taliskimberley.bsky.social.
Thomas S Brown@tomsbrown.bsky.social · 2mo agoWell then! We are greatly enjoying playing store since so many of you are brilliant at playing customer. Thank you all so very much! It was indeed, a grand opening. We have wet the head (s?) of the Emberlings exceeding well. thomas-brown-1.sumupstore.com
I (or rather my wife, for whom it was a gift) own the original of this lovely drawing. I can't wait to have the book and see it in context with all the poetry and other pictures. I hope @tomsbrown.bsky.social and @taliskimberley.bsky.social will be offering signed copies please?
Thomas S Brown@tomsbrown.bsky.social · 3mo agoGot quote in for Emberlings from @comicprintinguk.bsky.social (in spite of my putting the pages together in an annoying way) So, the book will go live in the next day or so. Watch this space. Also-Good morning. Here is an Emberling mudlarking.
It's a great time for classic Doctor Who fans, with the @cutawaycomics.bsky.social team delivering so many brilliant projects. Don't miss their return to "Paradise Towers", with art by @silvanobeltramo.bsky.social and script by @seanmason87.bsky.social: www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo...
Important to remember that Paradise Towers owned the word "unalive" decades before internet censorship made it A Thing. Prophetic writing from @doctoryatt.bsky.social! @cutawaycomics.bsky.social projects are vital for #DoctorWho fans, and stories (like this one) have an even wider appeal.
Cutaway Comics@cutawaycomics.bsky.social · 4mo agoGet ready to Unalive The Multiverse: www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo...
Three cheers for @cutawaycomics.bsky.social & Roundel Books for this amazing bundle of "DNA of Doctor Who" treats, including brilliance from @garethothevworp.bsky.social, @twilightstreets.bsky.social, @willbrooks1989.bsky.social and many more - as well as a gorgeous original sketch by John Ridgway!
So many classic films are cheaper to buy and own physical media than rent digitally - plus the chance for tasty special features/commentaries etc. Even if, post-watch, you immediately donate it to charity or give it away, still a win!
Jonathan Melville@jonmelville.bsky.social · 5mo agoStocked up on some Steve McQueen - the Bullitt DVD was cheaper than renting it on Amazon (and has a Peter Yates commentary and 2 feature length docs) and I don’t think Junior Bonner is streaming in the UK.
Finally added the original 2022 ARC of @merrowchild.bsky.social's "Sixteen Souls" to my collection! A perfect way to round off @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social. Can't recommend this book (and Rosie's other work too) enough. Hope you all found something great to read today.
It's @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social tomorrow! Here's another of my favourites, the saztaculous "Matlock the Hare" trilogy by @matlockhare.bsky.social. Well worth joining them for a majickal adventure. I'm looking forward to a busy, bookish day...
Today's @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social selection is this set of @cynthiamurphyya.bsky.social's suspenseful books. Highly recommended!
Since @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social is almost here, I'm going to revisit some recent favourite books. Here's @dannyrobins.bsky.social & Ellen Walker's "Do You Believe In Ghosts?" Just the sort of spooky book I loved as a child and still love today. A perfect supernatural primer!
Yes! Really exciting news. If you've not read "A Kind of Magic", @jonmelville.bsky.social's first #Highlander book, I recommend grabbing a copy of that too.
Jonathan Melville@jonmelville.bsky.social · 7mo agoThere can be only… two?! I’ve written a new official book on Highlander for the 40th anniversary - plenty I couldn’t get for the first book inc new interviews, unseen photos, deleted scene coverage… even lifelong fans haven’t heard a lot of this. Published by Titan Books on 1st September!
There can be only… two?! I’ve written a new official book on Highlander for the 40th anniversary - plenty I couldn’t get for the first book inc new interviews, unseen photos, deleted scene coverage… even lifelong fans haven’t heard a lot of this. Published by Titan Books on 1st September!
Priority one message! The kickstarter for To Boldy Go Figure, the next generation of the Go Figure series is live now. Backers can look forward to exclusive art cards and postersas well as exclusive alternative covers (including Klingon). #StarTrek Make it so: www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...
Looks good doesn't it? Star Trek pals, you're gonna want to see this!
Cutaway Comics@cutawaycomics.bsky.social · 7mo agoPriority one message! The kickstarter for To Boldy Go Figure, the next generation of the Go Figure series is live now. Backers can look forward to exclusive art cards and postersas well as exclusive alternative covers (including Klingon). #StarTrek Make it so: www.kickstarter.com/projects/149...
Gobsmack are the definition of what the much-touted phrase "local independent shop" should be. Support them if you can.
@gobsmack-comics.bsky.social · 8mo agoPlease read! #Horsham #SwanWalkHorsham #VisitHorsham #YourHorsham #savegobsmack
Excellent gothic tales from @clairelouiseamias.bsky.social at @yvonnearnaud.bsky.social in #Guildford this weekend. The tour continues, so be sure to catch #HauntedShadows when it's near you between now and next May.
Delighted with my new Tide.lamp from @tidelight.bsky.social which recently arrived. A simple concept, expertly executed and so easy to set up and use. Thank you to @visitthecave.bsky.social for sharing this project as I'd not have known about it otherwise and it's a lovely item to now have at home.
The Pump House at @retrocollective.co.uk can now be added to the list of "Places I've not been to but that have my name on the wall"! Great to see how well the Pump House conversion has gone. One day I'll get there in person...
The Cave (Neil)@visitthecave.bsky.social · 10mo agoThank you to everyone who came to the opening of the Pump House today. A mammoth project and a milestone for the coming together of the collective and our ability to work together moving forward. 🤗
SO MUCH is crammed into the @cutawaycomics.bsky.social "Go Figure" package, I could barely fit it all into a photo! Amazing celebration of Character Options #DoctorWho by @stetsondoctor.bsky.social, @twilightstreets.bsky.social, @willbrooks1989.bsky.social, @garethothevworp.bsky.social et al.
FUNDED! A new series of perspectives on a classic run of Classic Who. The first book in this range was solid gold, and this follow-up looks equally shiny. #DoctorWho fans, this is REALLY worth a look.
Cutaway Comics@cutawaycomics.bsky.social · 11mo agoThe kickstarter for The DNA of Doctor Who: The Graham Williams Years from Roundel Books is nearly funded and only went live this morning! Here's @twilightstreets.bsky.social explaining more about the project...
Classic Who. New Perspectives. The next strand in The DNA of Doctor Who launches this Friday 10th October at 11am BST. Pre-sign up now! #DoctorWho #BookSky #Books www.kickstarter.com/projects/roo...
Coming soon: THE GRAHAM WILLIAMS YEARS - The DNA of Doctor Who
Our second title in a range of beautiful large-format books focusing on the creative team behind BBC Television's DOCTOR WHO!
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