John Allison
@badmachinery.com
Cartoonist in Leeds, UK. I brought you such comics as Steeple, Bad Machinery, Giant Days, Scary Go Round, Bobbins, Great British Bump-Off and Solver. The nation's favourite.
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John Allison
@badmachinery.com
· Jul 8
Someone just asked so it may be worth reiterating, the Giant Days/Batman crossover can be read not just free but ad-free here.
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Here is the GROTZILLA lore so far...
mini print for a poster event- grotzilla UP NORF
the world's greatest fanart by the mighty @badmachinery.com (framed in my studio!)
super grotty mini poster
merch that should exist also by badmachinery (go buy all his comics!)
mini print for a poster event- grotzilla UP NORF
the world's greatest fanart by the mighty @badmachinery.com (framed in my studio!)
super grotty mini poster
merch that should exist also by badmachinery (go buy all his comics!)
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Here is the GROTZILLA lore so far...
mini print for a poster event- grotzilla UP NORF
the world's greatest fanart by the mighty @badmachinery.com (framed in my studio!)
super grotty mini poster
merch that should exist also by badmachinery (go buy all his comics!)
mini print for a poster event- grotzilla UP NORF
the world's greatest fanart by the mighty @badmachinery.com (framed in my studio!)
super grotty mini poster
merch that should exist also by badmachinery (go buy all his comics!)
New comic: "Only the best looking ones" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Only the best looking ones - Bad Machinery
Italian restaurants of the 1960s were the height of chic. They had all the dishes: long thins, tubes with tomato, cheese mystery and the best of all, the timpano, which was a drum filled with meatball...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
New comic: "Only the best looking ones" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
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The increasingly half-hearted Cat and Girl holiday store is now up! Your once or twice a year chance to get personalized items, my once or twice a year chance to clear up some closet space. Will this be the year someone buys the licorice eyebrows tin? catandgirl.com/attic-shoppe/
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The increasingly half-hearted Cat and Girl holiday store is now up! Your once or twice a year chance to get personalized items, my once or twice a year chance to clear up some closet space. Will this be the year someone buys the licorice eyebrows tin? catandgirl.com/attic-shoppe/
It's interesting that a lot of the things in this ad haven't gone up that much in 42 years. A 2025 Asda black forest gateau (620g) is £2.98. I know it's not Bird's Eye but I defy you to tell the difference. £1.35 in 1983 is £4.63 now.
50 cocktail sausage rolls at Sainsburys are £2 today! JAM TODAY!
50 cocktail sausage rolls at Sainsburys are £2 today! JAM TODAY!
Dec 1983: Peeled Prawns ad from Asda
(+Black Forest Gateau; Mini Macs Cocktail Skinless Sausages; Lyons Maid Soft Scoop Vanilla; Fine Whole French Beans; Extra Fine Baby Carrots; and Birds Eye 30 Cocktail Sausage Rolls)
«FOR A MERRIER CHRISTMAS. ALL TOGETHER, BETTER CHRISTMAS.»
(+Black Forest Gateau; Mini Macs Cocktail Skinless Sausages; Lyons Maid Soft Scoop Vanilla; Fine Whole French Beans; Extra Fine Baby Carrots; and Birds Eye 30 Cocktail Sausage Rolls)
«FOR A MERRIER CHRISTMAS. ALL TOGETHER, BETTER CHRISTMAS.»
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's interesting that a lot of the things in this ad haven't gone up that much in 42 years. A 2025 Asda black forest gateau (620g) is £2.98. I know it's not Bird's Eye but I defy you to tell the difference. £1.35 in 1983 is £4.63 now.
50 cocktail sausage rolls at Sainsburys are £2 today! JAM TODAY!
50 cocktail sausage rolls at Sainsburys are £2 today! JAM TODAY!
New comic: "Start somewhere more realistic" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Start somewhere more realistic - Bad Machinery
Maurice returns, and his offer now seems more appealing. Though with such a parade of tins, I’m surprised that Esther can ever be prised out of the house.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:37 AM
New comic: "Start somewhere more realistic" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
New comic: "Silly moo" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Silly moo - Bad Machinery
It’s fun to think of Esther as a “right raver” but I don’t think she’d fit in on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. Sock it to me!
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December 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
New comic: "Silly moo" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
I use Powerpoint so infrequently that every time I have to use it, I find I have forgotten how. I dig out the last Powerpoint I made, years earlier, and it seems competent. Who made this, I think, and what happened to him? Every time. Same every time. If only Clippy was still here to help. CLIPPY!
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I use Powerpoint so infrequently that every time I have to use it, I find I have forgotten how. I dig out the last Powerpoint I made, years earlier, and it seems competent. Who made this, I think, and what happened to him? Every time. Same every time. If only Clippy was still here to help. CLIPPY!
Today and tomorrow, one last chance to enjoy my "little jokes"
I have two events with Gosh Comics in London this weekend, I promise to be merry at both, but not so merry as to offend
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
November 28, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Today and tomorrow, one last chance to enjoy my "little jokes"
New comic: "Enjoy the ride" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Enjoy the ride - Bad Machinery
In 1968, Shetland was still called Zetland. I’m all for bringing Zetland back. As for fishwives, I think they were very much “of their time” and the term is best left to slumber.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
New comic: "Enjoy the ride" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Christmas just isn't the same without the Sky TV EPG festive music. Until Jonny Trunk puts out a box set of all these hits, this 2h23 Youtube video will have to do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r97U...
Sky UK EPG Christmas Music ALL tracks (2005 - 2015)
YouTube video by Cocu Grimshaw
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November 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Christmas just isn't the same without the Sky TV EPG festive music. Until Jonny Trunk puts out a box set of all these hits, this 2h23 Youtube video will have to do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r97U...
Vvhat a family
November 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Vvhat a family
Next to my Brian Wilson print on the stairs I have three (3) Jonathan Edwards prints and let me say, dear friends, that I regret hanging none (0) of them
That time of year again. This year’s winter mini print (the 10th!) is now available in my shop. jonathanestore.bigcartel.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Next to my Brian Wilson print on the stairs I have three (3) Jonathan Edwards prints and let me say, dear friends, that I regret hanging none (0) of them
I have this print hanging at the foot of my staircase, it's a "ding dang" beauty if I do say so myself.
New A4 Brian Wilson 4 colour Riso print on my shop now.
A remake of the larger version made this year with a tiny production tweak & sand on the floor, this really turned out a peach.
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A remake of the larger version made this year with a tiny production tweak & sand on the floor, this really turned out a peach.
petefowlershop.com/buy/brian-wi...
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I have this print hanging at the foot of my staircase, it's a "ding dang" beauty if I do say so myself.
I have two events with Gosh Comics in London this weekend, I promise to be merry at both, but not so merry as to offend
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I have two events with Gosh Comics in London this weekend, I promise to be merry at both, but not so merry as to offend
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
* Drink and Draw Friday evening
* KILL OR BE QUILT signing Saturday at 2pm
Reposted by John Allison
In The Pull, I wrote about my buys, recommendations, and curiosities from the week of comics, including Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 as my Comic of the Week and The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt as my Trade/Graphic Novel of the Week.
The Pull: A Look at the Comics Dropping the Week of November 26th - SKTCHD
It’s a big week for big books, but hey, focusing on those are not that fun. So, let’s talk about some unique comics driven by great creators in this week’s edition of The Pull, even if one of them doe...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
In The Pull, I wrote about my buys, recommendations, and curiosities from the week of comics, including Batman/Green Arrow/The Question: Arcadia #1 as my Comic of the Week and The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt as my Trade/Graphic Novel of the Week.
Reposted by John Allison
ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...
The Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford on Friday, November 28th – Broken Frontier
Come one and all! Join the Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw for pub and art fun this Friday November 28th.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
ICYMI The @goshcomics.bsky.social and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Again IN PERSON – Meet Our Guest Artists @badmachinery.com, @larapickle.bsky.social and @marxtafford.bsky.social on Friday, November 28th. #GoshBFDD www.brokenfrontier.com/drink-draw-n...
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If you're in London on Friday, this will be fun, looking forward to drawing with some of you and the good people of @goshcomics.bsky.social
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
Drink and Draw with John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford
Our monthly Drink and Draw event will have its last session of 2025 this month and we've got a killer line-up to finish up the year! Every month, along with our friends at Broken Frontier, we invite t...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you're in London on Friday, this will be fun, looking forward to drawing with some of you and the good people of @goshcomics.bsky.social
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Comics artists who work with writers, I am doing a class for young comics writers and I would like to include some ANONYMOUS quotes from artists about things they hate getting in scripts. More "17-panel pages and cross dialogue" than "horses and bicycles". My DMS are open. SECRECY ASSURED.
If you're in London on Friday, this will be fun, looking forward to drawing with some of you and the good people of @goshcomics.bsky.social
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
Drink and Draw with John Allison, Lara Pickle and Mark Stafford
Our monthly Drink and Draw event will have its last session of 2025 this month and we've got a killer line-up to finish up the year! Every month, along with our friends at Broken Frontier, we invite t...
goshlondon.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you're in London on Friday, this will be fun, looking forward to drawing with some of you and the good people of @goshcomics.bsky.social
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
goshlondon.com/the-gosh-blo...
This is always a big source of bargs and I love bargs even when the bargs are my own books for I am very selfless and zen
The OK Comics Pop-Up November SALE starts today (Monday 24th) at 11am.
In-store only. First come, first served. No reserving.
Everything is individually priced. Everything is limited.
OK Comics, 19 Thornton’s Arcade, Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LQ
In-store only. First come, first served. No reserving.
Everything is individually priced. Everything is limited.
OK Comics, 19 Thornton’s Arcade, Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LQ
November 24, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is always a big source of bargs and I love bargs even when the bargs are my own books for I am very selfless and zen
New comic: "Superstitious twaddle" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Superstitious twaddle - Bad Machinery
Empathetic and caring, Cilla once again provides the balm for a troubled soul.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
New comic: "Superstitious twaddle" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Can anyone think of a crop that is farmed at the north pole other than ice pops? It's funny that climate change doesn't seem to have affected ice pop availability at all. They really are nature's most plentiful bounty. What's your favourite flavour? Mine's blue - the taste of cool Arctic water.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Can anyone think of a crop that is farmed at the north pole other than ice pops? It's funny that climate change doesn't seem to have affected ice pop availability at all. They really are nature's most plentiful bounty. What's your favourite flavour? Mine's blue - the taste of cool Arctic water.
New comic: "Are you all right?" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
Are you all right? - Bad Machinery
Poor Nemulon-13, he’s a gas now and he’s not coming back.
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November 21, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New comic: "Are you all right?" badmachinery.com/comic/2025-1...
I did an interview with @davidhallerwrites.bsky.social that you may enjoy; I talk about a few things I don't think I have talked about before. Plus, enjoy a huge picture of my fast-collapsing middle-aged face which I do not even hide with a beard. www.davidhallerwrites.com/post/freeze-...
Freeze Frame: John Allison on the Realities of Living the Dream
Credits: John AllisonJohn Allison has forged his own unique path from novice freelancer to Eisner Award winner through a career defined by perseverance and experimentation. Within this article, he dis...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I did an interview with @davidhallerwrites.bsky.social that you may enjoy; I talk about a few things I don't think I have talked about before. Plus, enjoy a huge picture of my fast-collapsing middle-aged face which I do not even hide with a beard. www.davidhallerwrites.com/post/freeze-...