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Dan Whitehead

@danwhitehead.net

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Writer for books, comics, TV and games. Worked on Star Wars, Looney Tunes, LOTR, and more. Ella Upgraded, Hex Loader, Frankenstein Texas, Speccy Nation, Blondie (Z2), Terrahawks (Time Bomb), Minecraft (HarperCollins) Find my stuff here: danwhitehead.net

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · May 10

I've got a new book out! Cult Britannia is a 400-page beast covering hundreds of weird and wonderful world of British horror and science fiction movies from the quaint post-war 1950s through to the end of the post-modern digital 1990s.

Available in paperback and on Kindle here: amzn.eu/d/ghGmoNA

The front cover of a book called Cult Britannia. The title is in large white letters against a Union Jack flag background, where the central red stripes are made from strips of film. The subtitle reads Great British Genre Movies from the 1950s to the 1990s.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 2h

Thing is, if you'd pitched exactly this in like 1995, after the live action Flintstones, I'd probably be interested - for the production design if nothing else (Flintstones is a gorgeous showcase for practical sets etc). Who wants to see 63-year-old Carrey as George Jetson though?

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 3h

Come read My free welcome! 195 people can’t be wrong fans if you subscribe for free maybe I can break that 200 barrier!)

PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 14h

Terran Omega The Ghosts of War Page 8 now live, if you'd like to read the entire strip for free, start right here: www.pauljholden.com/patreon.php?via=BS&campaign=page_8 #terranomegapage8

A Comic page drawn in black and white and green, this is Terran Omega Page 8.

Panel 1
Terran Omega’s hands firmly grip the staff. Power transfers.

Terran No.
s/fx VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
Panel 2
She raises the power up staff, as she’s about to destroy some of the weird bio-cabling.
Terran NO!!
s/fx VVRRRRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Panel 3
A blow from somewhere, she’s knocked backed.
Terran Ugh!
panel 4
She is angry, looking to see where the attack came from.
Terran SHOW YOURSELF DAMN YOU!

panel 5

Something whoosh’s past her drawing blood, bodily knocking her backwards.

Terran Urgh!!!
S/FX WHOOOOOMPH!!

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 3h

Christopher Walken as Dracula. Dennis Hopper as Van Helsing.

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Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 4h

Two weeks to go till our Ghost Story Special - just in time for Halloween! 👻

Scarred For Life @scarredforlife.bsky.social · 7d

Northwest weirdies! Join me and @bobfischer.bsky.social for our GHOST STORY SPECIAL at Dukes Lancaster on Wednesday 29 October - it's a big group chat about all things spooky. Bring your real-life ghost stories too!

Tickets: bit.ly/3HK5duQ

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Theo Priestley @tprstly.com · 6h

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 7h

2027 - Daredevil: Born Three

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

NEW RAIMI!

Send Help | Official Trailer | In Theaters Jan 30

YouTube video by 20th Century Studios

www.youtube.com

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 8h

Yeah, it's a testament to how ostracised from TV Linehan has become that he doesn't seem to know who Sharpe is. He created an amazing dark comedy in 2016 called Flowers starring Julian Barratt and Olivia Colman, people who would absolutely have been in Linehan's orbit if he wasn't...the way he is.

TRAILER: Flowers | Watch the full series on All 4

YouTube video by Channel 4 Entertainment

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 9h

Another classic of the form, from Stephen Sommers right before he went blockbuster with The Mummy. Great cast - Treat Williams! Famke Janssen! Wes Studi! Djimon Hounsou! Shame the CG monster stuff has aged poorly, but still a blast.

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SUGAR @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social · 11h

Sugar is back! New music at sugarcopperblue.com PLUS May 2026 live shows in NYC and London. All the info is here!

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

It's a full day outing. Absolutely massive.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

I remember that one near the Arndale - half old games, half old guitars, right?

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

And if you don't mind a drive in the countryside, the Dagfields antiques emporium in Nantwich had a surprising number of games last time I visited. There's a retro toy shop that has a decent selection, and a few of the stalls have Speccy/C64 stuff tucked away in cabinets.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 10h

There used to be one in Afflecks but it was pretty pricey. Retro Rewind in Ashton is really good though. One of the only retro shops I've found that still has 8-bit tapes.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 12h

I look forward to Labour responding by adopting more left-wing policies and progressive tax reform and by that I mean calling him names and saying he's being silly and don't worry, we'll still batter the immigrants.

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 13h

They're going to try and get us to use AI for it, aren't they?

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 13h

I'm always surprised there aren't more retro games there, although I did find this hidden treasure earlier this year.

Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · Apr 14

I'm constantly amazed by the resilience of some retro games. Found this cassette lying on a shelf in a "vintage emporium". No case, the tape exposed to the elements for the best part of forty years. Still loads perfectly!

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Eleanor Morton @eleanormorton.bsky.social · Aug 29

We Have AI Now

www.youtube.com/shorts/8-lgJ...

We Have AI Now

YouTube video by Eleanor Morton

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 15h

a man in a pink shirt is crying while sitting down .

ALT: a man in a pink shirt is crying while sitting down .

media.tenor.com

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Thim! @jimstafford.bsky.social · 15h

Hello #portfolioday. I'm looking for some more #comicbook #lettering gigs. I also do design and pre-press. Thanks!
jimstaffordlettering.carrd.co

Jim Stafford Lettering and Design

Jim Stafford's comics lettering and design portfolio

jimstaffordlettering.carrd.co

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 16h

Halloween Radio: Quiet Please
The Internet Archive/YT has the extant eps of Wyllis Cooper's unique late 40s series. Sound quality can be iffy but ck out: The Smell of High Wines, Camera Obscura, Some People Don't Die, My Son John, Rain on New Year's and of course The Thing on the Fourble Board. (1)

Quiet_Please : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Quiet, Please! was an old-time radio fantasy and horror program created by Wyllis Cooper

archive.org

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 15h

"Home Secretary for six brutal years"

That bit's accurate, at least.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay - I am Kim Hu
Freelance Illustrator & Concept Artist

Looking for cool new projects to work on in 2026 💫

Portfolio: kim-hu.com
✉️ [email protected]

Cover of Killtopia Comic Anthology, featuring a despairing man in a tech helmet.

The cover to Blister City
In the background in orange and pink tones sits a massive city, behind which orange mountains rise into a dusty orange sky
In the foreground 3 punks perch on the edge of a building, surrounded by litter and soda cans. The punk on the left wears a blue jacket that says die young on the back.

The text Blister City can be seen in the sky above the city.

Illustration of Clippy the Paperclip in a Mad Max style truck, blasting through the wasteland; Done for Autonocast.com

Photo of a shirt, showing a girl with a nailbat on top of a smashed robot, holding up its severed head. The text says: Destroy AI; Done for Aftermath
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#kimgakaku

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 16h

It’s very revealing that the big promise of so-called generative AI is still just “what if two existing things were smushed together?”

Minilla Jovovich 🍉 @minillajovovich.bsky.social · 17h

"Have you ever wanted to see Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones, well AI can now..."

Bruh GoT was beneath every woman who was already in it

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