Gareth Branwyn
@garethbranwyn.bsky.social
Storyteller, tinkerer, tabletop gamer, kitchen table philosopher.
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A great BOING BOING review of SECRET OF THE SAUCER!
Dear to my heart because I've been reading BOING BOING since I was a baby (15 or something at least)
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Dear to my heart because I've been reading BOING BOING since I was a baby (15 or something at least)
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Hobtown Mystery Stories returns with another perfectly unsettling slice of small-town high weirdness
If you’ve read the earlier books (The Case of the Missing Men and The Cursed Hermit) you already know Hobtown’s peculiarities.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A great BOING BOING review of SECRET OF THE SAUCER!
Dear to my heart because I've been reading BOING BOING since I was a baby (15 or something at least)
boingboing.net/2025/11/25/h...
Dear to my heart because I've been reading BOING BOING since I was a baby (15 or something at least)
boingboing.net/2025/11/25/h...
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Coming from @darkhorse.com in March: @benstenbeck.bsky.social's Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man.
Details via @boingboing.net:
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Details via @boingboing.net:
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Ben Stenbeck's "The Skinless Man" heading for Lands Unknown
Cartoonist Ben Stenbeck is journeying into Mike Mignola's new shared universe with a story that's closer to horror than anything we saw in Bowling With Corpses and Other Strange Tales…
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November 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Coming from @darkhorse.com in March: @benstenbeck.bsky.social's Lands Unknown: The Skinless Man.
Details via @boingboing.net:
boingboing.net/2025/11/17/b...
Details via @boingboing.net:
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Cult comic "Halloween Boy" in new hardcover edition
Oni Press has picked up Dave Baker's Halloween Boy, the self-published underground series that's been steadily building a devoted following. The first hardcover volume, Halloween Boy Vol. 1: Last of…
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October 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Latest on Boing Boing.
Dark Horse and Lucasfilm resurrect Hisao Tamaki’s Star Wars manga with deluxe Kickstarter editions
In 1997, manga artist Hisao Tamaki took on what sounds like an impossible task: retelling Star Wars: A New Hope as manga. The result wasn't just a straight adaptation, it…
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September 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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"Szym's work is unsettling in the best possible way, pulling you toward the edges of familiar reality before tipping over into nightmare." - Boing Boing
My daily Boing Boing reader high school self would be pretty pumped about this.
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My daily Boing Boing reader high school self would be pretty pumped about this.
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Cartoonist Adam Szym's latest sci-fi horror triptych explores abduction and alienation
Cartoonist and author Adam Szym has a new collection out today, Little Visitor & Other Abductions (Oni Press). The book gathers three uncanny graphic novellas: the Ignatz Award–nominated A Cordial…
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September 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Szym's work is unsettling in the best possible way, pulling you toward the edges of familiar reality before tipping over into nightmare." - Boing Boing
My daily Boing Boing reader high school self would be pretty pumped about this.
@oni-press.bsky.social
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My daily Boing Boing reader high school self would be pretty pumped about this.
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First fully illustrated edition of "1Q84" features purple cloth binding and die-cut slipcase
Haruki Murakami's 1Q84, a sprawling, hypnotic tale of love, danger, and dreamlike dislocation is getting a beautiful Folio Society edition. For the first time, Murakami's 1000-plus-page magnum opus is...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Poop cannons, robot birds, and sewer submarines: Welcome to the ULTRAWILD
Every once in a while a book comes along that feels less like reading and more like having your creative brain blown wide open.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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My latest on Boing Boing.
Marvel, Fantagraphics celebrate boundary-defying innovator Howard Chaykin's “Lost Marvels”
Fantagraphics and Marvel are teaming up again for another in their Lost Marvels series. This volume, Lost Marvels No. 2: Howard Chaykin Vol. 1, gathers the early, brash, and boundary-pushing work of H...
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August 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I was excited to receive the latest issue of @Make:, the "Props, Models, and Miniatures" issue.
It has two articles by me, one on "trashbashing" (making sci-fi models from kitchen trash) and a piece on painting, weathering, and modeling tips. The whole issue looks great!
It has two articles by me, one on "trashbashing" (making sci-fi models from kitchen trash) and a piece on painting, weathering, and modeling tips. The whole issue looks great!
August 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was excited to receive the latest issue of @Make:, the "Props, Models, and Miniatures" issue.
It has two articles by me, one on "trashbashing" (making sci-fi models from kitchen trash) and a piece on painting, weathering, and modeling tips. The whole issue looks great!
It has two articles by me, one on "trashbashing" (making sci-fi models from kitchen trash) and a piece on painting, weathering, and modeling tips. The whole issue looks great!
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Toxie meets his maker as Fred Harper channels Lloyd Kaufman in tribute variant cover
If you've been enjoying Matt Bors and Fred Harper's Toxic Avenger comics from AHOY, you'll be interested to know that Fred Harper has cooked up a tribute "variant cover" for a new book that puts the m...
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July 22, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Comic writer and satirist Mark Russell is looking to massacre your Thanksgiving
Mark Russell, the razor-sharp satirist behind God Is Disappointed in You (my all-time favorite comedic take on The Bible), is back with a new naughty delight. This time, the altar is the Thanksgiving ...
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July 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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"Biker Mice from Mars" ride again... for free speech! CBLDF’s Comic-Con party is back for 2025
Oni Press and The Nacelle Company are once again teaming up with the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) for the annual Welcome Party, and this year it's roaring in on two wheels with Biker Mice fro...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Over at @boingboing.net, @garethbranwyn.bsky.social has an exclusive look at the new book by @aronwiesenfeld.bsky.social.
"These aren't scribblings or casual doodles; they're distilled vignettes packed with mood, mystery, and lots of character."
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"These aren't scribblings or casual doodles; they're distilled vignettes packed with mood, mystery, and lots of character."
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July 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Over at @boingboing.net, @garethbranwyn.bsky.social has an exclusive look at the new book by @aronwiesenfeld.bsky.social.
"These aren't scribblings or casual doodles; they're distilled vignettes packed with mood, mystery, and lots of character."
boingboing.net/2025/07/07/a...
"These aren't scribblings or casual doodles; they're distilled vignettes packed with mood, mystery, and lots of character."
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Gar’s Tips & Tools just hit issue #200!
For seven years, this newsletter has been my way of staying grounded in the DIY world and connected to an incredible global community of makers. Come celebrate with me!
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For seven years, this newsletter has been my way of staying grounded in the DIY world and connected to an incredible global community of makers. Come celebrate with me!
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Gar's Tips & Tools - Issue #200
Access to tools, techniques, and shop tales from the diverse worlds of DIY
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June 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Gar’s Tips & Tools just hit issue #200!
For seven years, this newsletter has been my way of staying grounded in the DIY world and connected to an incredible global community of makers. Come celebrate with me!
garstipsandtools.com/p/gars-tips-...
For seven years, this newsletter has been my way of staying grounded in the DIY world and connected to an incredible global community of makers. Come celebrate with me!
garstipsandtools.com/p/gars-tips-...
My latest on Boing Boing.
Legendary Hellboy creator @mikemignola.bsky.social is expanding the Lands Unknown universe with a brand new graphic novel: Uri Tupka and the Gods. @boingboing.net has the exclusive details: bit.ly/4e6EuEt
Coming next February
Coming next February
Mike Mignola returns to Lands Unknown in "Uri Tupka and the Gods"
Mike Mignola's new dark folklore universe, Lands Unknown, is expanding, and if the next installment is anything like the first, we're all in for a wonderfully weird ride. Following the…
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June 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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May 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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@garethbranwyn.bsky.social posts about @propanon.bsky.social fabulous book about RA Wilson! Huzzah!
Review: Chapel Perilous: The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson
Those who’ve followed Boing Boing from its early zine roots know Robert Anton Wilson was a huge inspiration to the founders of this happy mutant enterprise.
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April 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
@garethbranwyn.bsky.social posts about @propanon.bsky.social fabulous book about RA Wilson! Huzzah!
My latest on Boing Boing.
An exclusive peek at The Folio Society's new edition of "Perdido Street Station"
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of China Miéville's groundbreaking novel Perdido Street Station, The Folio Society is releasing a lovely limited edition of this iconic work of weird fiction.
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March 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Read all about the "clam switches of Warsaw" in my latest newsletter. No, really--clams, outfitted with contact switches, are used in the Warsaw, Poland municipal water system to monitor water quality.
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Gar's Tips & Tools - Issue #196
Access to tools, techniques, and shop tales from the diverse worlds of DIY
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March 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Read all about the "clam switches of Warsaw" in my latest newsletter. No, really--clams, outfitted with contact switches, are used in the Warsaw, Poland municipal water system to monitor water quality.
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Here is what I wrote this morning to Senators schumer.senate.gov & @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social. Neither of them have committed to opposing the GOP Budget should it pass the House. Call, write, or demonstrate outside their offices. This is a five-alarm fire. The Senate Democrats may fold on us.
March 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Here is what I wrote this morning to Senators schumer.senate.gov & @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social. Neither of them have committed to opposing the GOP Budget should it pass the House. Call, write, or demonstrate outside their offices. This is a five-alarm fire. The Senate Democrats may fold on us.
On the London tube. I love the comment someone made on FB: "Smells like sour milk and daddy issues."
March 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
On the London tube. I love the comment someone made on FB: "Smells like sour milk and daddy issues."
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My studio mate and I are having a featured artist exhibit @gallery621, Season of Renewal, opening March 6-March 30, 2025. Our reception is Saturday, March 15th, 4-6pm. My work is a mixture of new oil paintings, encaustic and found object assemblage.
March 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My studio mate and I are having a featured artist exhibit @gallery621, Season of Renewal, opening March 6-March 30, 2025. Our reception is Saturday, March 15th, 4-6pm. My work is a mixture of new oil paintings, encaustic and found object assemblage.