Rik Worth 👻
@rikworth.bsky.social
Comics oik. Working class. Union man. Sci comm sometimes.
Author of…
📚Pets Tell Tales series 🐈⬛
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15438/9781526366627
📚Eisner-nom’d HOCUS POCUS👻🔮
Rep’d by Watson Little
https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/ebooks/hocus-pocus-book/
Author of…
📚Pets Tell Tales series 🐈⬛
https://uk.bookshop.org/a/15438/9781526366627
📚Eisner-nom’d HOCUS POCUS👻🔮
Rep’d by Watson Little
https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/ebooks/hocus-pocus-book/
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· Mar 18
Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt: Book 1
Get yours now:
geni.us
NEW BOOK!
Pets Tell Tales: Egypt is the first in a series of non-fiction comics explaining history from the point of view of the animals who helped, hindered, and were downright baffled by, humans
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Pets Tell Tales: Egypt is the first in a series of non-fiction comics explaining history from the point of view of the animals who helped, hindered, and were downright baffled by, humans
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@hachettechildrens.bsky.social
#kidslit #booksky
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And I’m not about to say Corbyn is exactly a unifying force, but whatever infrastructure from leading a major political party he has brought just hasn’t worked.
It’s preposterous for Sultana to claim the left needs a welcoming party to all while boycotting her own party while the Green Party is currently hoovering up left wing voters.
What’s fun about your party is that they aren’t even struggling with the dirty hands problem. This has nothing to do with practical, philosophical or political conflict. They’re just incompetent and don’t like each other.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
And I’m not about to say Corbyn is exactly a unifying force, but whatever infrastructure from leading a major political party he has brought just hasn’t worked.
It’s preposterous for Sultana to claim the left needs a welcoming party to all while boycotting her own party while the Green Party is currently hoovering up left wing voters.
What’s fun about your party is that they aren’t even struggling with the dirty hands problem. This has nothing to do with practical, philosophical or political conflict. They’re just incompetent and don’t like each other.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s preposterous for Sultana to claim the left needs a welcoming party to all while boycotting her own party while the Green Party is currently hoovering up left wing voters.
What’s fun about your party is that they aren’t even struggling with the dirty hands problem. This has nothing to do with practical, philosophical or political conflict. They’re just incompetent and don’t like each other.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What’s fun about your party is that they aren’t even struggling with the dirty hands problem. This has nothing to do with practical, philosophical or political conflict. They’re just incompetent and don’t like each other.
My wife is rewatching Stranger Things to catch up. Nothing against this show, I like it and it’s well made etc, but does anyone else just never think about it unless they’re watching it? It’s so odd, it’s like I look away and just forget it exists.
November 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
My wife is rewatching Stranger Things to catch up. Nothing against this show, I like it and it’s well made etc, but does anyone else just never think about it unless they’re watching it? It’s so odd, it’s like I look away and just forget it exists.
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We feel “at home emotionally, politically, and artistically” in this book, it’s true
A new cinematic graphic novel should finally bring one of England’s most overlooked working-class socialist writers to a wide audience.
Recovering Ethel Holdsworth
A new cinematic graphic novel should finally bring one of England’s most overlooked working-class socialist writers to a wide audience.
tribunemag.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We feel “at home emotionally, politically, and artistically” in this book, it’s true
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I was sorry to have missed the event so this makes me happy.
Check out this page for the Comics in Theory and Practice roundtable we did a few weeks back. You can watch the talk halfway down the page.
Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat!
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Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat!
sites.google.com/view/comicsp...
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Comics Practice and Theory: Roundtable and Exhibition
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November 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I was sorry to have missed the event so this makes me happy.
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As a children’s bookseller I spent quite some time every week explaining two things - why visual literacy is important and why comic books are ‘real’ books.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As a children’s bookseller I spent quite some time every week explaining two things - why visual literacy is important and why comic books are ‘real’ books.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
And why certain books are better read when a child is older and more able to understand the emotional complexity on the page.
Check out this page for the Comics in Theory and Practice roundtable we did a few weeks back. You can watch the talk halfway down the page.
Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat!
sites.google.com/view/comicsp...
Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat!
sites.google.com/view/comicsp...
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Comics Practice and Theory: Roundtable and Exhibition
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November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Check out this page for the Comics in Theory and Practice roundtable we did a few weeks back. You can watch the talk halfway down the page.
Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat!
sites.google.com/view/comicsp...
Thanks to @karriefransman.bsky.social @paulfisherdavies.bsky.social and @miriamkent.bsky.social for a great chat!
sites.google.com/view/comicsp...
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I think the main message is that Corbyn already led a fractious, argumentative party for 4 years - and one that was much larger with far more entrenched power bases - and he's apparently taken no lessons from that? No hints how to win an internal party fight?
‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles
A terrific read from @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A terrific read from @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We had six MPs and four factions’: inside Your Party’s toxic power struggles
Some say Jeremy Corbyn is too non-committal for project to work, while others blame Zarah Sultana’s combative nature
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I think the main message is that Corbyn already led a fractious, argumentative party for 4 years - and one that was much larger with far more entrenched power bases - and he's apparently taken no lessons from that? No hints how to win an internal party fight?
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Shirley vs the Green Menace by Tor Freeman, Pets Tell Tales by @jordancollver.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social, Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett (for teens)
I got my annual email from the boys’ aunt yesterday checking in on what books to buy them for Christmas. What great kids books will you be buying, or what would you recommend we seek out for the kids in our lives this Christmas?
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#BookSky
#IndieBookshops
#KidsBooksFriday
#KidLitUK
#UKKidLit
#KidLit
#BookSky
#IndieBookshops
November 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Shirley vs the Green Menace by Tor Freeman, Pets Tell Tales by @jordancollver.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social, Everything Amplified by Sarah Lippett (for teens)
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Ooh! I wasn't aware of that RI book, looks great. In addition to all these, I'll be recommending @edwardross.bsky.social's "Graphic Novel Builder" alongside my go-to Jay Hosler's "Ant Story" & "Way of The Hive".
And if it's not too tacky, my own comic "Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt."
And if it's not too tacky, my own comic "Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Egypt."
November 28, 2025 at 8:56 AM
That’s it Pets Tell Tales.
Ancient Rome is out in Feb.
Our fate is in the hands of the gods of international rights now.
Hopefully, we’ve made good comics. That’s all we can do.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius
Ancient Rome is out in Feb.
Our fate is in the hands of the gods of international rights now.
Hopefully, we’ve made good comics. That’s all we can do.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
That’s it Pets Tell Tales.
Ancient Rome is out in Feb.
Our fate is in the hands of the gods of international rights now.
Hopefully, we’ve made good comics. That’s all we can do.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius
Ancient Rome is out in Feb.
Our fate is in the hands of the gods of international rights now.
Hopefully, we’ve made good comics. That’s all we can do.
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” - Marcus Aurelius
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
So arbitrary that we’re arguing about taxes around 10 million and a billion. We just can’t deal with that scope.
Its the same as setting tax thresholds at 10,000 and 1 million. There is a lot of space in the middle to do stuff.
Its the same as setting tax thresholds at 10,000 and 1 million. There is a lot of space in the middle to do stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
So arbitrary that we’re arguing about taxes around 10 million and a billion. We just can’t deal with that scope.
Its the same as setting tax thresholds at 10,000 and 1 million. There is a lot of space in the middle to do stuff.
Its the same as setting tax thresholds at 10,000 and 1 million. There is a lot of space in the middle to do stuff.
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RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
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The same road this picture was taken.
My neighborhood.
My neighborhood.
November 28, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The same road this picture was taken.
My neighborhood.
My neighborhood.
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Drinking water was invented by big toilet to cause more piss
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Drinking water was invented by big toilet to cause more piss
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HAPPY GAMERA DAY! 60th anniversary!!! The first Gamera movie, directed by Noriaki Yuasa, came out on this day in 1965.
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
HAPPY GAMERA DAY! 60th anniversary!!! The first Gamera movie, directed by Noriaki Yuasa, came out on this day in 1965.
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40th anniversary of the film they used to wheel out on the big telly cabinet with the doors on the screen on the last day of term.
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
40th anniversary of the film they used to wheel out on the big telly cabinet with the doors on the screen on the last day of term.
Y’all got any of them foreign rights?
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Y’all got any of them foreign rights?
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Nice toolkit supported by one of our small grants for how science communicators can make their messages memorable through understanding how people remember things. By @hanachronism.bsky.social
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Storytelling for Science Communication Toolkit: Cognitive Biases, Memory & Objectives
Humans have used stories to understand the world around us for millennia, from folktales to news stories, and from movies to the gossip we collect in the local pub. Science communicators have long bee...
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nice toolkit supported by one of our small grants for how science communicators can make their messages memorable through understanding how people remember things. By @hanachronism.bsky.social
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
So it looks like we’ve finally solved the Jesus and Taylor Swift issues.
No, I won’t be explaining.
No, I won’t be explaining.
November 27, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So it looks like we’ve finally solved the Jesus and Taylor Swift issues.
No, I won’t be explaining.
No, I won’t be explaining.
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Your occasional reminder that @bookshop.org is open for all of your Christmas book shopping needs. Every sale supports independent bookstores, the books arrive beautifully packaged, and they even have gift wrapping options.
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookshops.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookshops.
uk.bookshop.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Your occasional reminder that @bookshop.org is open for all of your Christmas book shopping needs. Every sale supports independent bookstores, the books arrive beautifully packaged, and they even have gift wrapping options.
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
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THE POLICY ADDRESSES THIS ALREADY.
"Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...
"Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
THE POLICY ADDRESSES THIS ALREADY.
"Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...
"Homeowners will be able to roll up the annual payments and defer them until they move house or die." www.ft.com/content/5b07...