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Welchtoons

@welchtoons.bsky.social

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Artist, illustrator & collector of stuff. Art styles include digital art, dark art, comic art & texture art/photography. More arty stuff can be found here: www.instagram.com/welchtoons/ Collection stuff can be found here: www.instagram.com/welchycollects

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Nov 13

Something Wicked This Way Comes.

This is another one of my gothic horror inspired pieces. I did this particular one after a viewing of Stephen King’s The Mist and a trip to the Booth Museum of Natural History in Brighton.

#art #illustration #darkart #artsky #horrorart #gothichorror #digitalart

Gothic Horror inspired creature illustration.

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 1d

20 years ago I was given this as a birthday present. To this day I still have no idea what exactly it is.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 1d

To be effective, an assassin must be invisible as well as deadly, hiding behind the most innocent disguise. A bowl of beef ramen metamorphoses into a fearsome ninja; an apparently harmless can of tea becomes a sword-wielding samurai of death.

With Lunchbots, each meal may be your last…!!!

Lunchbots. Can of tea transforms into a Samurai Warrior. Bowl of Soup morphs into a Ninja Assassin.

Lunchbots.

To be effective, an assassin must be invisible as well as deadly, hiding behind the most innocent disguise. A bowl of beef ramen metamorphoses into a fearsome ninja; an apparently harmless can of tea becomes a sword-wielding samurai of death.

With Lunchbots, each meal may be your last…!!!

Tea Samurai
Soup Assassin

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 3d

Definitely a massive me-treat!! Woke this morning to find a new Gary Numan track has been released. It’s a rare outtake from the Telekon album. Thought I was going to have to wait for the forthcoming reissue to hear it. Love stuff like this. Great track too.

youtu.be/wOdJ8zgWids?...

Like a B-Film

YouTube video by Gary Numan - Topic

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 4d

Sooo tempting…

…but still waaay out of my price range!!

#booksky #theunexplained #unexplainedmagazine #cult #occult #halloween

Unexplained Magazine’s book on cults and the Occult.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 6d

Hope you don’t mind the reply, Harsha. Just wondered if you’d seen Westbourne magazine this month? I went to 2 of the public consultation meetings & signed the petition. Sadly the surgery was allegedly sold off way back in 2024 to a company owned by 2 doctors at Emsworth. I’m totally dumbfounded.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 11d

Crikey!! I used to have this on VHS back in the day. Picked it up at a car boot sale out of curiosity many years back. Seem to recall it’s a real oddity. Thanks for the video link. This is the first time I’ve actually ever seen it referenced anywhere else.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 15d

Watched ‘She Killed in Ecstasy’ by Jess Franco last night and have become more than a little obsessed by the house in the opening scene. Love the fact it still exists today too and remains untouched.

Big creepy house in the opening scene from Jess Franco’s film, She Killed in Ecstasy.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 17d

Late night movie watch…

Fresh Crisp Apples:
Vincent Price!

(Not quite the opening scene I was expecting!!)

Opening scene from the film Scream and Scream again.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 19d

It was amazing, Pete. You would have loved it. I still actually have one of the postcards I picked up from the gift shop at the time. The exhibition was in the Pompidou Centre probably about 1986/87ish.

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Stoopalu @stoopalu.bsky.social · 20d

Well I know what it is (for me anyway), it's "strong lines on creamy background". See also Giacometti's paintings, which caused my head to explode when I first came across some in an encyclopedia of art as a teen back in caveman times

'Annette', a painting by Alberto Giacometti. Portrait of a woman, sat straight up facing the viewer, arms crossed over and resting on her lap. Strong dark lines on a background of creamy greys, predominantly blue

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · 20d

Love Giacometti!! Always remember going to see an exhibition of his paintings and sculptures during my art college days. They were amazing. This was also, of course, during those self same ‘caveman’ times!!

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Cassetteboy @cassetteboy.bsky.social · 27d

New! Cassetteboy vs Keir Starmer.

This took absolutely ages, so if you'd like to buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/cassetteboy we'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Sep 22

Thanks for this, Paula. Interesting to see an earlier incarnation of the game. It was 2015 when I played. Crazy to have created it in survival mode. That must have been really difficult for her. To my shame I’ve only ever used creative mode. Keep meaning to give the proper game a go at some point.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Sep 21

Sounds awesome, Paula. Does she still have a visual of it? That creative mode is so addictive. I don’t think I played any other game while mucking about with that.

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Sep 21

Suddenly reminded this morning of that time 10 years ago when I spent a whole year dicking around in the creative mode in Minecraft!! The ‘’Welchcraft’ block even had its own front door, candles, a toilet & permanent portal to the Nether!! And people say I don’t know how to party.

#gamesky #gaming

Screenshot of my gameplay in Minecraft from 10 years ago.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · Sep 16

“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”

—Iain Banks
www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...

Iain Banks: the final interview

Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .

www.theguardian.com

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Sep 16

RIP Robert Redford.

Did this illustration back in 2010 for a local cinema event.

Robert left us with so many great movies. For me it’s Three Days of the Condor, All The Presidents Men, Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid plus I also have real soft spot for Sneakers (which no one seems to remember!!)

Digital illustration of actor Robert Redford. I drew this as a commission back in 2010.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Sep 12

Still marvelling over this recent find in a local bookshop. A huge collection of old sci-fi paperbacks all with stickers from 2 of my favourite London comic shops of the past. So great to see stickers for Forbidden Planet (Denmark Street) & Dark They Were and Golden Eyed out in the wild once more.

Original price sticker from London Comic shop Forbidden Planet when it was based in Denmark Street.

Original price sticker from London Comic shop Dark They Were And Golden Eyed.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is a rather nice find. Searching through one of my Whole Earth Catalogues is an original advert for the 1st edition paperback version of Frank Herbert’s book, Dune. I wonder if I send off the $1.25 they’ll still honour the order? Worth a bit more than that these days methinks. 😂

#booksky

Original advert for the 1st paperback edition of Frank Herbert’s book, Dune.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Aug 21

Build council homes and control private rents.

That is how we would fix the housing crisis.

Join us at yourparty.uk.

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Aug 19

Another moment when the world casually reminds you that you’re literally living in the matrix now..!!

Computer generated sign fail on a Southern Rail train. Computer error sign now showing broken link. Advert now reads CLI_JPG_104 Portrait.

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · Aug 13

Let’s remember why we’re doing this: to transform society so that everyone can live in dignity.

My interview with @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on the need for a real, democratic alternative.

tribunemag.co.uk/2025/08/jere...

Jeremy Corbyn: People Have Been Denied an Alternative

In a wide-ranging interview with Tribune, Jeremy Corbyn discusses his hopes for the new Left party, the potential for coalition building, and his determination to overcome sectarianism on the way to f...

tribunemag.co.uk

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · Jul 28

Hey Government, there are so many voices you are deaf to

Lou Calvey @loucalvey.bsky.social · Jul 27

Skegness, one of your absolute finest people right here. Buy her a drink whenever you see her.

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Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Jul 25

Just verifying my age.

The Bejam badge should be worthy of age verification alone!! Now where are those ice pops?

Small collection of badges from the seventies and eighties.

Welchtoons @welchtoons.bsky.social · Jul 24

It was very tempting, Paul. If it’s still there next time I go back I might have to.