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Matty Long

@superhappymatty.bsky.social

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Black lines & bright colours 🔸️ Check out my new series CROAKY 🔸️ SUPER HAPPY MAGIC FOREST is on iPlayer and CBBC now! 🔸️ www.mattylong.com Insta: @superhappymatty

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Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Nov 11

Hi I'm Matty, a human making children's books. I write all the words and draw all the pictures. One of my books was even made into a TV show! Thanks for following - buckle up for more great posts.

All four Super Happy Magic Forest chapter books - newly released in full colour.

Book covers for the first two CROAKY books - out now!

Key art for the Super Happy Magic Forest TV show!

The author poses in a sonic hedgehog t-shirt while smugly displaying his picturebook 'Turbo Bunnies'

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Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing Emma 👏

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · 8d

Sure would be nice if I could hold just one drawing event without getting ill afterwards 🙂

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 9d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 8d

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 13d

[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]

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SOCRATES:
Plato..

PLATO:
Yes Socrates?

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SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?

PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates

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SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?

PLATO:
Um, yep

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SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then

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[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]

SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?

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PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel

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SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.

PLATO:
No.

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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]

So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?

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PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really

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SOCRATES:
So are we not human?

PLATO:
‘Spose not.

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[Bleak pause]

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PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock

SOCRATES:
Yeah

[ends]

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Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · 14d

CROAKY: Escape from Crow Castle is out now. Some fun surprises in this one, with a bit of spookiness too 😱🐦‍⬛🏰

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Sep 16

Me asking for another deadline extension

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Sep 16

Congrats Jamie 👏

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Sep 5

SHMF turned 10 this week, which is mad! For a more earnest reflection on it do check out my instagram @superhappymatty if you fancy.

Cheers 🍄

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Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Sep 4

Think I loved everything about Hollow Knight apart from playing the game

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Sep 4

Absolutely love these! "Bad Mushroom for Life" the pick of the bunch I think 😎

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Sep 4

Trevor TO THE MAX

Matt Severn @mattsevern.bsky.social · Aug 18

@superhappymatty.bsky.social in our house, Trevor is everyone’s favourite and my kid has made a thousand different ones, including cop Trevor, Minecraft Trevor, constellation Trevor and many more!

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Aug 12

Wading through AI slop on Pinterest like that grandma in the acid lake in Dante's Peak

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Aug 5

Come draw Super Happy stuff! 🍄

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Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Aug 5

Thanks so much for saying so, that's lovely to hear.

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Nikolai Adamski @nikolaiadamski.bsky.social · Aug 4

5yo borrowed this book from the local library. Read it at bedtime and I'm not sure who enjoyed it more 😅
Great buddy comedy between a #crab and a #prawn, lots of nice facts thrown in. The images are gorgeous and full of so many details and hidden surprises.
Can't recommend it enough!!
#rockpool

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Feb 3

My new book Who Rules The Rockpool? is out now!

Join a foolhardy crab and a nervous prawn who are washed away into a journey of discovery and danger. And other stuff. I hope you'll check it out 🦀

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Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Aug 5

Apple did a great job making the Pencil Pro as slippery as possible

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Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Aug 1

Anyone here draw on iPad? Are you using paper-like / glass screen protectors or raw dogging it? I need answers

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Aug 1

Anyone here draw on iPad? Are you using paper-like / glass screen protectors or raw dogging it? I need answers

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Jul 31

Sorry those capitalised words look a bit aggressive. But you need to understand it's TODAY only 😡

Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Jul 31

New one from me, out October 2nd. CROAKY: ESCAPE FROM CROW CASTLE.

Pre-order NOW, and if you do it TODAY at Waterstones.com you can get 25% off with the code SUMMER25. But only until midnight tonight. Sorry for the late notice 😅

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E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · Jul 31

Last day of the Waterstones pre-order promotion (31 July) 🐺

E. J. Swift @catamaroon.bsky.social · Jul 28

When There Are Wolves Again is currently in the Waterstones pre-order summer promotion - 25% off online pre-orders until 31 July with code SUMMER25 🎉🐺

www.waterstones.com/book/when-th...

Promotion image for When There Are Wolves Again in the Waterstones pre-order online sale, with the book cover featuring a wolf against a yellow Waterstones background. Promo offer is 25% off online pre-orders until 31 July with code SUMMER25

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Matty Long @superhappymatty.bsky.social · Jul 22

What an amazing thing to do, huge congrats Jamie!

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · Jul 19

🔥🌟⚔️ HERO SLAM, a brand new card game, is out VERY SOON! 🔥🌟⚔️

Venture through the enchanted forest, gather a team of heroes, and defeat the Great Evil! But beware, your heroes will fall foul of dangerous sidequests, magical imps, even each other, as you battle to keep them alive!

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Doc Sarah Lonsdale @sarahjlonsdale.bsky.social · Jul 9

Private Eye hits the nail on the head

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