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Paul Tonner

@paultonner.bsky.social

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Illustration, writing and comics. Sometimes all at once. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

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Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · Aug 18

It's always good to share this link to 'The Illustrated Blade Runner' PDF. The original 97 page illustrated script from 1982 is almost impossible to find. Enjoy.
https://cinephiliabeyond.org/illustrated-blade-runner/

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Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 1d

Or these guys?

Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 1d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.

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Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 2d

One positive thing is that if they eat a traditional British diet like that on a daily basis they'll be dead before they reach 60. Tuck in, you effing racist dimwits!

Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 9d

That's pretty cool, congrats!Looking forward to seeing it.

Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 12d

Trigger warning ⚠️ but would you look at what my pal Bex is up to. Just give her all of the money 💰 and then the awards 🏆 already.

#DVpit #GN #A

Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 12d

#DVpit #GN #A

VIOLAPSE showcases the slow terror of trauma bonding in an abusive relationship. When violence becomes so normalised that it's almost unremarkable, do you trust in the promises that things will be ok in the end, or do you find a way to save yourself?

A few more concepts:

Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 12d

This is incredible stuff, Bex. The story, the art. Oooft. Stunning.

I hope Zachary gets his comeuppance in some spectacularly grim way.

Anyhoo, hope you're healing well. Take care of yourself.

Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 17d

If you see this, quote repost with a GIF of the first anime you remember watching as a kid.

Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 17d

No rush, James. I liked the Skulls on the original but I maybe suggested having more traditional era appropriate horror masks displayed in the window, yer classic Universal Monsters line up for example, maybe this guy, but done in your style.

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Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 19d

I think the time is fast approaching that humanities struggle against AI needs a recognisable symbol.

Inspired by 'V' the 1980s sci-fi TV series and the recent defacing of the advertising for the Friend AI website on the NY subway.

Keep it simple. A universal symbol. Take back the power. Resist.

Abraham from the 1980s sci-fi mini-series 'V'. He has defaced an alien visitor propaganda poster with the letter 'V'

A vandalized New York subway billboard advertising for the AI powered Friend 'companionship' service.

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · 20d

Poster I made for the Great Midwest Crane Fest!

Flat, graphic poster of a Whooping Crane standing in the negative space of many Sandhill Cranes. The poster reads "The Great Midwest Crane Fest - Nov. 15-16, 2025 Baraboo, Wisconsin.

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Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 20d

Love it. The old negative space thing isn't new but you've absolutely nailed it on this poster. The shapes, colours and typography are perfect. We need prints, asap.

a cartoon of a chef with a needle in his mouth is playing at 4:32

Alt: a cartoon of a chef giving a ' chef's kiss '

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Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 28d

Catching the energy.

Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 28d

There's the thin monoline technical propelling pencils and then you have the thicker and more varied weights of the Staedler clutch pencil above. They have their own uses. What do you have in mind for them? This one, for example, could fell a sturdy horse.

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Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 28d

Can't beat a classic. It has heft and a knurled fingergrip. It comes in other casing colours. Easy to procure replacement leads (and coloured variations). Built in sharpener. What's not to like?

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Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · 29d

... oR nEiL PeARt's dRUm kiT ?

Paul Tonner @paultonner.bsky.social · Sep 17

I have the Fails From The Quarantine Instagram account but I don’t think he’s talking about me. I only update it to correct the record if he tells porkies about TFTQ. It feels like he’s more interested in his other non-comics instagram accounts these days. Good riddance.