Tom Murphy
@tomeenmurphy.bsky.social
Prole art threat. Something to do with @colossive.com. Guerrilla historian of Croydon Spaceport. Writing a memoir on class and culture.
Mayo ☘️ / Chorley 🌹/ Penge 🔥
Colossive.com
Profile pic drawn in 60 secs in the pub by Hannah Lee Miller
Mayo ☘️ / Chorley 🌹/ Penge 🔥
Colossive.com
Profile pic drawn in 60 secs in the pub by Hannah Lee Miller
Reposted by Tom Murphy
If anybody is at a loose end I have a stall upstairs at the cafe in Crystal Palace park this weekend.
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If anybody is at a loose end I have a stall upstairs at the cafe in Crystal Palace park this weekend.
Reposted by Tom Murphy
Fernand Léger, The City, 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135856
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135856
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fernand Léger, The City, 1919
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135856
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135856
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My new cartography @colossive.com 'The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the drawing and runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station' aka TBDGCOOTDARITEOTLS. £2! Perfect size to slide into an xmas card. My royalties go to St Christophers Hospice Charity. £2!!!!!!!
colossive.com/product/badl...
colossive.com/product/badl...
November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
My new cartography @colossive.com 'The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the drawing and runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station' aka TBDGCOOTDARITEOTLS. £2! Perfect size to slide into an xmas card. My royalties go to St Christophers Hospice Charity. £2!!!!!!!
colossive.com/product/badl...
colossive.com/product/badl...
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'Penge' by Paul Bartlett
macbirmingham.co.uk/courses/tuto...
macbirmingham.co.uk/courses/tuto...
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
'Penge' by Paul Bartlett
macbirmingham.co.uk/courses/tuto...
macbirmingham.co.uk/courses/tuto...
Reposted by Tom Murphy
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM BLAKE!
Early scenes from LOS, my WIP graphic novel about Blake.
⚡️subscribe to read and support at loshighway.substack.com ⚡️
#williamblake #blakeoff #blakesociety #blakefriday #comic #graphicnovel #nationalillustrationday
Early scenes from LOS, my WIP graphic novel about Blake.
⚡️subscribe to read and support at loshighway.substack.com ⚡️
#williamblake #blakeoff #blakesociety #blakefriday #comic #graphicnovel #nationalillustrationday
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM BLAKE!
Early scenes from LOS, my WIP graphic novel about Blake.
⚡️subscribe to read and support at loshighway.substack.com ⚡️
#williamblake #blakeoff #blakesociety #blakefriday #comic #graphicnovel #nationalillustrationday
Early scenes from LOS, my WIP graphic novel about Blake.
⚡️subscribe to read and support at loshighway.substack.com ⚡️
#williamblake #blakeoff #blakesociety #blakefriday #comic #graphicnovel #nationalillustrationday
Reposted by Tom Murphy
This quote from Patriotism by Yukio Mishima is quite honestly how I feel about 90% of the industry comics that I really should Swedish Death Clean from the loft
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This quote from Patriotism by Yukio Mishima is quite honestly how I feel about 90% of the industry comics that I really should Swedish Death Clean from the loft
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Tomorrow afternoon am giving a talk about Croydon’s postwar architectural legacy, after a talk by the brilliant Alan Powers. In the unlikely event you’re at a loose end, come along cnhss.co.uk/talks-our-fo...
Talks: Our Focus meeting on 20th century buildings in Croydon - Croydon Natural History & Scientific Society (CNHSS)
With talks by Dr Alan Powers and John Grindrod. With refreshments, space permitting. We welcome donations of say £3.
cnhss.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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I’ve got a little book arts-y sort of thing in the pipeline that should be making its debut here…
(Planning to be a bit more careful with the craft knife this time round 🩸)
(Planning to be a bit more careful with the craft knife this time round 🩸)
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I’ve got a little book arts-y sort of thing in the pipeline that should be making its debut here…
(Planning to be a bit more careful with the craft knife this time round 🩸)
(Planning to be a bit more careful with the craft knife this time round 🩸)
New work by @patrickwray.bsky.social that you can own! For next to nothing!
IT'S NEW COLOSSIVE CARTOGRAPHY TIME!
The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the Drawing and Runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station is the second contribution to the series from @patrickwray.bsky.social.
And yes, that is our longest title yet.
Buy the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive70
The Badly Drawn Girl Climbs Out of the Drawing and Runs into the Entrance of Turnpike Lane Tube Station is the second contribution to the series from @patrickwray.bsky.social.
And yes, that is our longest title yet.
Buy the #zine for £2 at bit.ly/colossive70
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New work by @patrickwray.bsky.social that you can own! For next to nothing!
This quote from Patriotism by Yukio Mishima is quite honestly how I feel about 90% of the industry comics that I really should Swedish Death Clean from the loft
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This quote from Patriotism by Yukio Mishima is quite honestly how I feel about 90% of the industry comics that I really should Swedish Death Clean from the loft
Reposted by Tom Murphy
SPARE-TIME DINING-TABLE NO-BUDGET DIY SMALL PRESSES: with the arse falling out of social media, how are you getting your stuff out there?
We're very proud of what we're making, but feel like we're shouting into a void (usually single-digit engagement on here, not much more on IG)
We're very proud of what we're making, but feel like we're shouting into a void (usually single-digit engagement on here, not much more on IG)
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
SPARE-TIME DINING-TABLE NO-BUDGET DIY SMALL PRESSES: with the arse falling out of social media, how are you getting your stuff out there?
We're very proud of what we're making, but feel like we're shouting into a void (usually single-digit engagement on here, not much more on IG)
We're very proud of what we're making, but feel like we're shouting into a void (usually single-digit engagement on here, not much more on IG)
Reposted by Tom Murphy
Lisbet Juel, 1920s
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Lisbet Juel, 1920s
Reposted by Tom Murphy
Review! Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor's ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine. @colossive.com www.brokenfrontier.com/colossive-ca...
Colossive Cartographies #67 - Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor 'Fleece and Fibre' Zine – Broken Frontier
'Fleece and Fibre' is the title of Taran Taylor's entry in the Colossive Cartographies series of fold-out zines.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Review! Colossive Cartographies #67 – Sheep, Wool and Crafts Are the Basis of Taran Taylor's ‘Fleece and Fibre’ Zine. @colossive.com www.brokenfrontier.com/colossive-ca...
Reposted by Tom Murphy
News! The Sacred Memory Bank is an exhibition of assemblage, collage and word at Kirkby Gallery. It’s a joint exhibition with the mighty Mike Badger and we open on 19th January. We would love to see you there! @mikebadger.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
News! The Sacred Memory Bank is an exhibition of assemblage, collage and word at Kirkby Gallery. It’s a joint exhibition with the mighty Mike Badger and we open on 19th January. We would love to see you there! @mikebadger.bsky.social
Reposted by Tom Murphy
Or - you know the score by now - subscribe to Series Twelve at bit.ly/colossiveS12 and get all six #zines in the set for just a tenner...
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Or - you know the score by now - subscribe to Series Twelve at bit.ly/colossiveS12 and get all six #zines in the set for just a tenner...
Reposted by Tom Murphy
Pssst… keep 'em peeled tomorrow morning for the launch of our latest Colossive Cartography.
This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.
What more could you ask for?
#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts
This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.
What more could you ask for?
#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Pssst… keep 'em peeled tomorrow morning for the launch of our latest Colossive Cartography.
This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.
What more could you ask for?
#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts
This one has the longest title to date, and features a guest appearance from Turnpike Lane Tube Station.
What more could you ask for?
#colossivecartographies #zines #bookarts
Keep your Stovold's dry
Tube Rain 1', Mornington Crescent Station (2015) by John Duffin
johnduffin.co.uk
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🎵 'Mornington Crescent' by Belle and Sebastian
youtu.be/1dVoliKbeng?...
johnduffin.co.uk
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🎵 'Mornington Crescent' by Belle and Sebastian
youtu.be/1dVoliKbeng?...
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Keep your Stovold's dry
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People are possibly not buying your books/zines at the fair/fest because:
They are afraid of knocking your books and zines off of the elaborate display structures and scaffolding that you are using to display 175 titles on a 3 feet wide table surface.
They are afraid of knocking your books and zines off of the elaborate display structures and scaffolding that you are using to display 175 titles on a 3 feet wide table surface.
November 26, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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There’s not much to be said for winter in London, but at least you get to wear grown-up clothes again (including my trademark Reclusive Jazz Legend outfit)
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
There’s not much to be said for winter in London, but at least you get to wear grown-up clothes again (including my trademark Reclusive Jazz Legend outfit)
With a bonus painting within a painting (by Joyce Treasure, over the door)!
'Launderette, Sydenham' (2019) by Michelle Heron
michelleheron.co.uk
michelleheron.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
With a bonus painting within a painting (by Joyce Treasure, over the door)!
Reposted by Tom Murphy
Happy birthday to architect Richard Seifert, BOTD in 1910, who put a roof over the head of Croydon's municipal space programme
#croydonspaceport
(colossive.com/product/croy... - and we'll throw in the AFA one)
#croydonspaceport
(colossive.com/product/croy... - and we'll throw in the AFA one)
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Happy birthday to architect Richard Seifert, BOTD in 1910, who put a roof over the head of Croydon's municipal space programme
#croydonspaceport
(colossive.com/product/croy... - and we'll throw in the AFA one)
#croydonspaceport
(colossive.com/product/croy... - and we'll throw in the AFA one)
Reposted by Tom Murphy
Nous, attendant "Train de nuit dans la Voie lactée" par Adrien Demont, d'après Kenji Miyazawa...
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Nous, attendant "Train de nuit dans la Voie lactée" par Adrien Demont, d'après Kenji Miyazawa...
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Yikes - missed this while we were away last week. I remember picking up this and Unknown Pleasures (on cassette) on my first visit to Record & Tape Exchange in 1986 🕶️
Happy 40th birthday to Psychocandy by The Jesus and Mary Chain, which was released on this day in 1985
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Yikes - missed this while we were away last week. I remember picking up this and Unknown Pleasures (on cassette) on my first visit to Record & Tape Exchange in 1986 🕶️
Reposted by Tom Murphy
'Night Lights of Piccadilly'
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
'Night Lights of Piccadilly'
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...
(from 'This Is London', 1959) by Miroslav Šašek
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🎵 'Kinky Reggae' by Bob Marley and the Wailers
youtu.be/s0Ds9hec-CY?...