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Mark Bradley

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Children’s comic artist/writer. Bumble & Snug graphic novels published by Hachette! Represented by Lydia Silver of the Soho Agency. Talks about comics a *lot*.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · Apr 22

Bumble & Snug & The Worried Dragons is out on 3rd July, & is available for pre-order now!
It's jam-packed with all the excitement & adventure :)
You can pre-order a signed, doodled & dedicated copy from @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social through the link below:
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk/product/bumb...

Book cover the Bumble & Snug & The Worried Dragons, depicting Bumble (a little blue round character, with a very tall top hat), and Snug (a little pink character with a round head and triangle body, who is wearing a tall green bowler hat and a green bow tie). Bumble looks worried, whilst Snug looks happy - they are surrounded by 3 nervous looking baby dragons, who are flying around them.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 6h

Bumble & Snug has been optioned for TV once, and had two other approaches on top of that, and all of those have involved me asking varying levels of execs why they haven’t done the above yet.

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 6h

I don’t understand how someone in children’s TV commissioning hasn’t just given Philippa Rice a big pot of money just to go wild with it.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 8h

This has just made something click about why I’m enjoy a lot of the Absolute titles so much - on the surface it has all the trappings of an edgelord take, but it’s filled with a really deep love of the icons, so it never descends to this sort of pathetic take.

DC Updates @updates4dc.bsky.social · 3d

Invincible and The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman says Omni-Man could easily take down Superman, adding, “Superman sucks.” (via Collider)

#OmniMan #Superman #Invincible #TheWalkingDead

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 12h

Just for once in my life I’d like to be paid marketing company rebrand money for something as low effort as this.

Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social · 1d

How is this not an Onion headline

click.email.variety.com?qs=4fcd74758...

Apple TV+ Rebrands to Apple TV, Ditching the Plus Sign for ‘Vibrant New Identity’

It's just Apple TV now, no plus.

click.email.variety.com

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 1d

The veneration of Books As Objects misses the point entirely. If you're reading a book, turn the corners down, break the spine, spill soup on it. It's your book, go nuts. A pristine, unread book is a tragedy in a way that a beloved, much-read book that looks like the dog's been at it could never be.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 18h

Finally getting round to reading Journey to the West, after meaning to read it for over a decade, and godddddddd I love it.

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ICv2 @icv2.com · 2d

Vertigo Returns With 10 New Series

Announced for 2026

dlvr.it

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

What percentage of your income goes on trampoline park fees/magnums?

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“5th January - final art”

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

I should also add (& I’ve said this before): I remember picking up the first issues of The Phoenix and thinking that it was amazing, but that there was no way it would succeed in the market, so anything I say should be treated as nonsense.

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

Correction to initial post: Harper aren’t launching it - an editor at HarperAlley (Harper’s children’s comic imprint) is launching this.
As I say: I’m absolutely cheering this on all the way, and it’s fascinating to see more UK model tried there.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

Said it before: I want to see Scholastic launch a weekly comic, which they could get subscriptions to through the book fairs. With that, and their track record + roster, I think that it would hit the market with the force of an asteroid.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

Short strips daily/weekly are the perfect way to do that (obviously there’s lots of titles that prove the case against that - Dog Man & Investigators are massive smashes which prove the case against that). Monthly short strips, especially for kids where they age so quickly… less so.

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

My thinking about comics has changed a fair amount over the last few years. One of the big things is that I think that I always misunderstood the importance of frequency of publication. It builds a relationship with the readers, and - because of the workload involved with comics -

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

I’m obviously cheering it on all along the way, & it’s got amazing creators.
Buuuuut, the fact that it’s been run as a kickstarter when the editor works for Harper is…
The article cites The Phoenix as their inspiration. The thing that’s missing there is that DFB showed incredible faith & foresight.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

I am absolutely fascinated to see how this goes - Harper are attempting to launch a 32 page monthly children’s comic for 8-12 year olds in the US.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

www.publishersweekly.com

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 3d

We did it! Thanks so much to everyone who came to the Union Chapel gig today (and watched at home!). We premiered our cartoon, got Bunny + Monkey on stage to draw each other, and thanks to audience suggestions we drew a comic about bums + toilet bushes.I also got to hang with Max, who dressed as me!

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

Genuinely can’t recommend this book enough - it’s absolutely brilliant!

Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 7d

Or a signed copy of *How Comics Are Made*, my romp through the history of making newspaper comics and printing them? glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h... Features interviews with Garry Trudeau, Lynn Johnston, and Bill Watterson. Unsigned copies at bookstores worldwide: howcomicsaremade.ink#preorder

How Comics Are Made: Signed by Author

If you love newspaper comic strips, you will love my book How Comics Are Made: A Visual History from the Drawing Board to the Printed Page . For a limited time, I’m offering signed and optiona...

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

If only there had been some industries that that had been shouting about this from the start 🤷

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social · 3d

It's both a gorgeous, autumn day, and it's #BookshopDay !! 📚

A perfect time to go for a stroll, a book browse a d support your local Indie bookshop!

#books #livres #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #BooksAreMyBag

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

Awesome! I really hope that you liked it!

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

One of the downsides of having a child who is addicted to comics: Having to carry a bare minimum of 4 files full of Phoenix issues whenever we stay over anywhere.

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 3d

I’m super excited to be on @streakofpith.bsky.social’s panel giving an early preview of the findings from the 2025 UK Comic Creator’s Survey, alongside the amazing @pondi.bsky.social & @dapsdraws.bsky.social, on Sunday at 13:30! I can’t wait to discuss this!

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 4d

Good lord, this makes me happy.

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 4d

Netflix partners with Gobelins school and Guillermo del Toro to launch a stop-motion studio in Paris.
variety.com/2025/film/gl...

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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 4d

The Thought Bubble Comic Convention full programme is LIVE!!

Two days rammed with panels, workshops, guest signings, and loads, loads more. Why not start planning your weekend schedule?

Take a look: thoughtbubblefestival.com/conventionprogramme

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