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Owen Watts

@owenwattsdraws

Comic colourist (on the Eisner-nommed Hocus Pocus among others) and inveterate doodler

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ADHD & Me Six symptoms which define my mind

A bit of an intense thing to post but it's the entire truth and that's all it can be. ADHD & Me in six key symptoms (with amusing doodles).

03.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hocus Pocus Professor Richard Wiseman welcomes you into a totally new world unlike anything else the magic community has ever seen with Hocus Pocus. This...

The Eisner-Nominated Hocus Pocus by @jordancollver.bsky.social @owenwattsdraws.bsky.social Professor Richard Wiseman and me is on sale at Vanishing Inc as part of their Vanishing Day sale!

Spooky, science comics!

www.vanishingincmagic.com/ebooks/hocus...

28.02.2026 09:11 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Strangely enough I was showing this particular colouring job to my toddler in the library this week (she was not impressed)

27.02.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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To say I'm a massive fan of Red Dwarf is an understatement... I was so fixated on it as a kid that school had to contact my parents and ask them to "make me watch something else".

Thanks Rob Grant, rest in peace.

((Ross Bampfylde art - my colouring, from yonks ago))

26.02.2026 18:27 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is how I found out I guess 😐

26.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These lads know how to tell great stories and it's been a great pleasure seeing these slowly come to being so please DO check out their history-tacular, pet-nificent books. Buy one for each of your kids. Buy another for each of your pets. Then buy one for every historical figure to have ever lived.

12.02.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Things AI couldn't do no.4568, draw this shitty wizard in misguided attempt to appease my toddler's boredom in a local library

10.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration. A dog approaches from the shadows saying β€œHail Citizen, and welcome to Rome” as she steps over a mosiac reading Cave Canem (Beware of dog)

Illustration. A dog approaches from the shadows saying β€œHail Citizen, and welcome to Rome” as she steps over a mosiac reading Cave Canem (Beware of dog)

Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Rome by @jordancollver.bsky.social and me is out Thursday!

09.02.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 300 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

What the flip is doing Cameos in yer beige lounge then?

09.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here's another favourite spread of mine from our Ancient Rome book coming out this week. @rikworth.bsky.social writes pages like this he knows I'll get a kick out of drawing.

08.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 70 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
(1/2) Tourettes Hero and Captain Hotknives - Glade Stage - Glastonbury Festival 2016
(1/2) Tourettes Hero and Captain Hotknives - Glade Stage - Glastonbury Festival 2016 YouTube video by HyperboreanUK

We were here. Easily the highlight of the festival for us, the wonderful anarchic joy of @touretteshero.bsky.social & Captain Hotknives. Also saw him in beautiful freeflowing form in late 2019 on the cusp of the world changing forever. Well it's a different time now alright... rest in peace Captain.

07.02.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For no real reason I spent years making a musical podcast about the evolution of different genres. I have finished, and this is the very final episode and it's about heavy metal.

There was no need for this, but I'm weirdly proud that I finished it after so long.

www.mixcloud.com/genrevolver/...

04.02.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Audio Comedy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tapes

I decided to take a brief wander with a long-lost art form: the teenage satirical comedy audio cassette. Turns out I made tons of them.

15.01.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm in office today and available to colour all of these things when you get back to your desk to an email that says "WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THESE LETTERED BUT WE NEED THEM SUBSTANDARDLY COLOURED FIRST AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO TO ASK"

15.01.2026 09:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The contemporary pain of office culture appears to be having to endure endless hours of speculation on the Traitors. I feel like I'm in Pluribus. WHATS IN THE MILK CARTONS GUYS

15.01.2026 09:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

More than a mug, it's starting to become a bit of a statement to still be on it I'd say

15.01.2026 09:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bristolians have set up a bot to mock our appalling and overpriced bus service and I'm weirdly feeling a huge amount of local pride

15.01.2026 09:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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...but it's so reliable!

01.12.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These are so much fun to do and if you want covers this magical, this medical give us a shout!

01.12.2025 12:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œA feat so amazing, I am forced to point it out myself!”

Lovely to read this from the charming (and very hirable) Owen, who has brought so many of our comics to life. In fact, you can sing Collver, Worth and Watts to the same tune as Boggis, Bunce and Bean.

Check out the full article below!

01.12.2025 11:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A lovely little insight into the chromatic wizardry of my good friend and comic-spirator Owen, including our collaborations with @rikworth.bsky.social and @itraineu.bsky.social. My freelance career wouldn't be what it is without any of them!

Thanks Mr. WattsπŸ––

01.12.2025 11:04 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Master of Medicine ...and a modest history of science communication through colour

A post about the magic of my science communication colouring work, all done with the wondrous @jordancollver.bsky.social - doing covers for MedMaster creates a really nice thematic interaction with my NHS laboratory job as well πŸ§¬πŸ”¬

owenwattsdraws.substack.com/p/master-of-...

01.12.2025 10:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Signs for this again next to the Rovers ground 🫑

21.11.2025 07:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A new post about colouring BATMAN for the wonderful Mr Michael Turnbull. I'm also very bat-vailable for any bat-colouring... you may ... bat-want. Bats

#batman #batcomics #batposting

17.11.2025 09:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration of a young woman in casual attire struggling to squeeze through a crowd of besuited corporate looking men laughing saying things like "Got another AI pitch, boss!" "Billionaire Space Race Part 10!" "*scoffs!* I was like, completely, proton'd, yah?" "Yaah, yaah, yaah" (a la Bob Mortimer's obnoxious "Train Guy" routine)

Illustration of a young woman in casual attire struggling to squeeze through a crowd of besuited corporate looking men laughing saying things like "Got another AI pitch, boss!" "Billionaire Space Race Part 10!" "*scoffs!* I was like, completely, proton'd, yah?" "Yaah, yaah, yaah" (a la Bob Mortimer's obnoxious "Train Guy" routine)

I'm reminded almost daily of this panel from a comic I made with @scicommsuwe.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social & @owenwattsdraws.bsky.social about the challenges of being a science journalist in the UK and India.

Full comic here: www.sciencemediacentre.in/exploring-sc...

30.09.2025 09:04 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

The hardback collection has always been a bit pricey so if that's ever put anyone off picking one up, now's the time!

28.09.2025 07:17 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

All ages. Spooky. Skeptical. Scientific.

We got to work with parapsychologist Richard Wiseman to make interactive comics.

And we convinced the publishers to put it on discount for Halloween (and Christmas if you’re prepared!)

www.vanishingincmagic.com/magic-books/...

28.09.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Shortly after the death of Dave Evens aka Bolt 01 @owenwattsdraws.bsky.social raised money for a suicide charity by auctioning off donated art. I wanted to contribute but I suck at art. So, I did what Bob Kane would, I copied someone else’s work and passed it off as mine.
Happy Batman day.

20.09.2025 20:22 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

...I also went bizarrely viral with this one when the loud fella himself shared it. The Internet was smaller then!

11.09.2025 05:55 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸŒ™Artists, QRP with your favourite you've drawn!πŸŒ™

Well over a decade ago I had this weird era where I'd regularly draw different folk in regionally appropriate versions of the 2012 Dredd costume. Still like this one!

11.09.2025 05:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1