Gareth A Hopkins

Uff, incels, not uncles.

He's just tried to explain Visual Novels to her. And 'boomer shooter'. And 'walking simulator'. She's added something called 'Funny Hospital' to her wishlist.

My wife has downloaded Steam, Bill is assisting her. Within 5mins she'd asked 'What's hentai?' and 5mins later was yelling 'these uncles need to sort themselves out!!'

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Very slowly digitsing the various projects I've finished drawing. Here's two pages from 'breathespace'.

My daughter's Parents' Evening last night was astoundingly positive, one teacher called her 'a legend'. And as much as she got praised for academic stuff, one teacher also made the point of celebrating the support she gives others in the class whilst also suffering no bullshit.

"People in glass houses shouldn't... be bellends!" My wife, to me, this morning, on discussing whether she should put the spread back in the fridge.

the WoRlD iS gOInG wRoNG because EvErYoNe Is oN tHeIr tiKtoKs aLL tHe TiMe

I played this game SO much back in the day. I still have my copy upstairs somewhere. But the final boss was so hard, I never actually finished it.

Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die is one of the stupidest films I've ever seen, and it thinks it's so clever, which makes it worse.

[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.] From off-screen a newsreader’s commentary comes: NEWSREADER: Extraordinary images here of an expat in Dubai [The influencer’s eybrows raise slightly] …Having their first ever geopolitical thought. [CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencer’s face. The interviewee’s name is David Jones]. CLIVE MYRIE: To explain the significance of this moment we’re joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent DAVID JONES: Clive, this is momentous It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: ‘Dubai Is Brilliant’. [Pointing at the screen, the influencer’s expression still the same] You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self. It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expat’s previous thoughts. CLIVE MYRIE: Which are…? DAVID JONES: You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes, I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa. CLIVE MYRIE: And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days? DAVID JONES: I think we can expect to see: “I Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax To” CLIVE MYRIE: Mmm. [Ends]

An expat in Dubai has a startling revelation: the Stephen Collins cartoon Reality check …

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I'll always be obsessed with this edit made by @tommchenry.bsky.social

Having said that a 365+ page A5 book would be a weapon as an object.

If there's a sensible way to get The Sluice, The Gone Tower and Rainlight Cope Aesthetic (my three page-a-day Patreon project) printed I'd love to, even if it's only vanity copies from some kind of reputable POD place.

Send it to ur friend who likes toxic romance and hope

A note on the sequencing: It's not chronological, but is more of a temporal 'U'. The first page of the collection is page 001, then the second is page 365, then 002, then 364 etc. So the last page of the PDF is actually the mid-point of the year. I think it gives the whole thing a decent rhythm.

Out of curiosity I just spent some time with the collected 'Sluice', my first year of daily comics on Patreon. There's some stinkers in there, but I'm pleasantly surprised by the majority of the 365 pages. Lots of ideas I'm still yet to fully explore.
drive.google.com/file/d/1xsJ5...

Just had a little cry, watching Ballad Of Wallace Island

Yes, but we're required to stand at the back with our arms folded, nodding along at most. Also to be invisible.

OMFG SAME - last year was fine, even though I was deffo the odd one out, but when we saw them recently I felt like an old, old person.

Got tickets for me and Bill to go and see Femtanyl in June which means I'm now probably going to have to actually listen to them instead of nodding sagely and mentioning Danny Brown every time he talks about them.

"You placed 38 out of 40 and will be demoted to the Bronze League"

WELL I'M VERY SORRY FOR HAVING A LIFE OUTSIDE OF PLAYING WORD TRIP, WORD TRIP

I don't usually enjoy sharing compliments but this is a big one. Thank you, Tom.

For what it's worth I stand corrected. 'Reform-adjacent' actually did mean Labour.

Agreed - it's just saying 'Don't Vote Green' where Labour have made their messaging 'Vote Labour (not Green) to beat Reform'. Everything in the OP reads as Reform (or at least Reform-adjacent) organising.

This is amazing to hear.

Petrichor's currently out of print. I think Good Comics have a hand-ful of copies at the back of a cupboard somewhere.

If anyone wants to read the full thing I can send them the PDF. The first chapter is available free online: drive.google.com/file/d/1abXN...

Thanks Valentine. I really appreciate this.

I usually make my own abstract statements that nobody understands, I don't need my printer getting involved too 😅

A cartoon drawing of a ghost, wearing a snorkel, in a bowl of soup. Text on the image reads "Yo! Comics! Gareth A Hopkins. Sunday 22nd March 2026. 12 South Norwood Hill, London, SE25 6AB"

I've been announced as an exhibitor at next month's Yo! Comics!

An absolutely amazing event, and where i'll be releasing the next Ghosts In Things, Louie Cohen's 'Dangerous Desserts', and something by Martha if she pulls her finger out.