John Reppion

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Knackered writer. Mr @leahmoore.bsky.social

Comics for DC, Dark Horse, 2000 AD etc, articles for Hellebore, Daily Grail, Fortean Times, etc, Weird Fiction, reviews... loads of stuff.

www.moorereppion.com

John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 16:54 UTC

Whole lot of opinions. Lots of opinions.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social
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Pye Parr @pye.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 09:09 UTC

At London Film and Comic Con this weekend with @robwilliams71.bsky.social . Tables A09/A10. Sketching, flogging Petrol Head stuff etc. Usual con activities.

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Jeremy C. Shipp (they/them) @jeremycshipp.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 07:02 UTC

A great alternative to fireworks is asking your local ghosts to put on a phantasmagorical show with bursts of scintillating ectoplasm.

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Paul Robichaud @pjrobichaud.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 10:47 UTC

‘This is the place of my song-dream, the place the music played to me,’ whispered the Rat, as if in a trance. ‘Here, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely we shall find Him!’ — Kenneth Grahame, ‘The Wind in the Willows’ (1908) 🎨E.H. Shepherd

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Chris Bissette 🔪🐻 @loottheroom.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 17:41 UTC

If you're in the UK and you haven't voted yet you have just over 3 hours left to do it, and as long as you're in the queue before 10pm you get to vote. Go. And. Vote.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 15:55 UTC

I can't work out if this is a genius idea or a ludicrous one... www.tippytype.co/products/tip...

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A Scary Gorgon 🐍 @scarygorgon.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:33 UTC

Postal vote vibes.

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Chris Williams (dink) @chriswilliams-dink.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 13:36 UTC

Doctor Who chums. If you're pre-ordering the newly announced Season 25 boxset and you haven't tried HMV (better than Amazon in many ways) then you can save £11 with my referral link. hmv.mention-me.com/m/ol/np7tq-f...

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 12:17 UTC

Sadly, them giving him the money is probably the only made up bit.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 08:52 UTC

Comics

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 06:55 UTC

good news, everyone

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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 18:34 UTC

www.attitude.co.uk/news/keir-st...
Good editorial from Attitude ahead of Starmer's mealy-mouthed nonsense

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 09:56 UTC

If you're in the UK, reading the press coverage of the general election, and thinking 'yay, it's going to be like 1997 on Friday', take a moment to remember 1992. If you don't recall, find someone who does. Go out and vote tomorrow. Every vote matters. Tell your friends and get them voting too!

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:20 UTC

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:50 UTC

We can (and should) be happy that we will be finally rid of the bastards, whilst simultaneously not being happy about the bastards replacing them.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:17 UTC

We're not allowed to be happy that the Tories are going to lose tomorrow? Fuck that.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:15 UTC

Jesus, I'm so sorry, mate. Loads of love to you. Also, fuck those dickheads.

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Wabi Sabi For Robots @wabisabi4robots.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 11:18 UTC

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C. Larsen @larsenproject.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 00:57 UTC

Hey I'm a Larsen and I draw the comics and paint the paintings, and you can follow me here for art stuff and random thoughts while I work alone in my studio all day, or hit up my blog, Patreon, and Newsletter where I try to craft more coherent thoughts and sometimes succeed. linktr.ee/larsenproject

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PodCastle @podcastle.org
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 19:53 UTC

WE ARE OPEN! SEND US YOUR STORIES!!

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 10:57 UTC

Hey we have a new Gazetteer out today & it's a beast, with a chance to with Stu Horvath's brilliant Monsters, Aliens & Holes In The Ground, a look loads of great TTRPGs & all kinds of other strange stuff to check out.

Any & all reshares much appreciated

wyrdscience.substack.com/p/toxic-t-sh...

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 09:21 UTC

Strawberry deliciousness - the Epomaker Shadow-S is an angel delight
www.moorereppion.com/shadow-s/

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 20:26 UTC

Not as clicky clacky as this one, which is actually one of the very nicest feeling and sounding I've ever tried. www.moorereppion.com/shadow-s/

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 19:43 UTC

New review: the Epomaker Shadow-X #mechanicalkeyboard www.moorereppion.com/shadow-x/

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 08:33 UTC

Imagine if it was the protection of Amazon drones that finally got the US gun laws sorted out.

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tinybaby @tiny.baby
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 23:50 UTC

wait is watergate retroactively legal now

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Daily Grail @dailygrail.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 12:33 UTC

The Monday news briefs are LIVE at the Daily Grail!

Neanderthals cared for child with Down Syndrome, space station astronauts take shelter, mystery 'random event' killed off last woolly mammoths, and much more:

www.dailygrail.com/2024/07/news...

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 16:09 UTC

DC bellybutton piercing jewellery from the 1990s

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 13:38 UTC

I reviewed a couple of new keyboards: the Epomaker Dynatab 75 and the Dynatab 75X. One is retro-futuristic, and one is just plain slick futuristic.
www.moorereppion.com/dynatab75-75x/

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 08:07 UTC

8 movies that each had a beginning a middle and an end, I'd be happy with. I suspect that's not the case, sadly.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 07:55 UTC

Radio 4's Witch covered all the same stuff (and a lot more) in much more detail. Short TV format vs long form radio/podcast format though isn't it? www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 07:52 UTC

Watched the Suranne Jones Investigating The Witch Trials last night. It was enjoyable, and she was very genuine, but it wasn't exactly in depth, more like a kind of "introduction to". www.radiotimes.com/tv/documenta...

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Paul Robichaud @pjrobichaud.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 11:15 UTC

‘The cancrous cities spread over the grass, they clatter in their lairs continually, they glitter about us blemishing the night. The woods are gone, O Pan, the woods, the woods. And thou art far, O Pan, and far away.’ — Lord Dunsany, ‘The Prayer of the Flowers’ (1915)

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 15:07 UTC

A good 75% of those bodies are not hitting the floor. They're piling up on top of other bodies. I hope that guy was fired.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 10:11 UTC

Chaos!

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 10:08 UTC

Just in case you missed this: I wrote about glowing skulls, giant horned daemons, and standing stones thirsty for blood. That's right: classic Doctor Who.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 10:06 UTC

Joe Rogan arguing that he's a classic Sagittarius.

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brian j. white @talkwordy.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

unacceptable

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 18:11 UTC

In England we just call it rain.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 17:59 UTC

I had an idea for a slightly different haircut for myself before I went to the barbers the other day. Thankfully, I came to my senses.

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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 10:17 UTC

Writing on the tablets is much smaller than I'd anticipated. "Dead god" is a phrase begging for use.

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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (StinaMarie) @stinamarie333.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:49 UTC

💙📚 It's Robert Aickman's birthday (BOTD in 1914)

If you haven't read his uniquely odd, strange #horror stories, full of nightmare-logic and weird ambiguities that unsettle, you should definitely check him out.

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Faith 🌊🐥 @faith54.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 08:14 UTC

this is just how I roll people!😅

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BOOM! Studios @boom-studios.com
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 02:39 UTC

Superstar artist Martin Simmonds perfectly captures the immensity of Dark Specter’s threat in this final cover reveal for MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS ISSUE 122 by writer Melissa Flores and artist Simona di Gianfelice! The last day to pre-order is Monday, July 1st. Available Wednesday, July 24th!

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Dr. Damien P. Williams: Magus, Werewolf, Cyborg, Bi @wolvendamien.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 13, 2024 at 00:07 UTC

Please listen to me very carefully right now: Learn to take and celebrate small short wins, to build momentum and morale, or you and everyone you need to fight beside you will be burned out, demoralized, and demotivated before the next big opportunity comes along.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 11:02 UTC

I wrote this about (some of) the #FolkHorror #DoctorWho of the 1970s

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 11:00 UTC

Bucket hats are also back. In neon colours not seen since 1990.

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John Reppion @johnreppion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 10:59 UTC

The constant "I am enjoying this election. It is really exciting and fun!" narrative from lots of the media sounds exactly like "I am enjoying watching this possibly life saving surgery. No one knows whether the patient will live or die. Fun!".

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