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Alex de Campi
@alexdecampi.bsky.social
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On your bookshelf: THE SCOTTISH BOY, SCRAPPER, PARASOCIAL, BAD KARMA, DRACULA MOTHERF**KER!. On your TV: BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS, SCAVENGERS REIGN. Film/TV: Sean Berard @ Untitled. Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/themagpie . She/her/Mother
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Does DAN DARE: FIRST CONTACT honor Frank Hampson’s work and vision? Yes. Is it also accessible to someone who’s never read Dan Dare? Absolutely. Is Digby still from Wigan? You bet.

If you like action-packed space opera with great art, sign up: www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
Some of Marc Laming’s character sketches for Dan Dare (white guy with short back and sides military haircut and flight suit) Marc Laming’s character sketches for Alfred Digby (a young white working class inventor from Wigan with bleached hair) and Dr Jocelyn Peabody, a British woman of South Asian descent with dark hair. They both wear flight suits.
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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This is what I worked on all summer: an 80-page Dan Dare graphic novella (the first of three), in collab with the incomparable @marclaming.bsky.social, @b7media.bsky.social, and The Dan Dare Corp.

If you’re at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social, free prints at B7’s booth! And go say hi to Marc, too
A poster image for the Dan Dare graphic novel, with Dan Dare (white guy with sandy brown hair in a flight suit) and Dr Peabody (dark-haired woman, also in a flight suit and jacket) in foreground and an ominous looking alien head (the Mekon) looming above them in the background—which also features explosions and a nebula-esque space background
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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look I never refuse a request for pet pics
Bruce, a large grey and white pit/mastiff mix lies belly up on his human’s bed on a white fleece blanket. There is a pile of colorful squeaky dog toys next to him at right. He looks very content.
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Auctioneer: “Chinese 19th century cricket cage”

Me: “…you know what? all right, sure, I guess putting a cricket in there is how you made it vibrate before batteries”
A wooden item—supposedly a cricket cage—shaped suspiciously like a butt plug. Which I guess putting a cricket in there is one way to create vibrations before, y’know, batteries. Bruh that cricket has SEEN things.
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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good morning from Bruce
The head and shoulders of a large grey and white pit/mastiff mix dog (Bruce) as he leans against a person in a red cable-knit sweater. He looks sleepy and regal. Behind him, out of focus, is a large model of a US Navy destroyer ship
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I see your Meiji ceremonial chair and raise you a Victorian American griffin throne: www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/...
A dark wood and heavily carved curule-style chair from the mid 1800s, with the arms and back shaped like griffins—including open work carving of feathers on the seat back which makes it less heavy-looking than it could be. It’s both totally over the top and strangely compelling. Seat needs a reupholster, though
November 12, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Damn, Today in Tabs remains UNMATCHED. The yell I yelled at “in the adjacent field of racism”:
3. James Watson James Watson became one of the most famous biologists in history in 1953, when he discovered Rosalind Franklin’s notes. In the 72 years that followed, Watson also discovered “The Bell Curve,” and left biology to build an enduring legacy for himself in the adjacent field of racism. He died on November 6th. Watson was predeceased in 2021 by legendary science journalist Sharon Begley who nevertheless arranged to roast him from beyond the grave in an inspired act of haterism that will live on long past Begley or Watson or Watson’s footnote in the annals of Rosalind Franklin’s too-brief but remarkable scientific career. Begley wrote:
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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*shakes head *
A book titled Zero Pussy And What It Does To A Motherfucker
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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If you have an android or other device, this is what the app looks like:
An app store listing for Too Good To Go, an app that helps reduce food waste by selling off restaurant and bakery food at deep discounts. The icon is dark green with a white linework design that looks like a stylized flower bud or lettuce head
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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If you prefer digital, they’re all on digital—yes, including MADI and TRUE WAR STORIES, finally!

Many libraries have copies too, both physical and via Libby/Hoopla. I LOVE it when you borrow my books from your local library!
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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You can also buy my books from a local indie comic shop and if you are in a mostly English-speaking country I can give you links to stores that will mail to you!
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Every comic book writer is listening to this novelist whinge about how hard it is to bring a character back from the dead like, “bruh”
November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Happy November to this guy, 11 months indoors with us now after a sojourn on the mean streets of Brooklyn. He definitely started out as a housecat but something bad must have happened to his people
Image: Slim, an all-black cat whose coat is thick and shiny, sits on a white fleece blanket on a bed and looks up at us like “this is all very nice but where’s me dinner?”. He looks handsome and demanding. Extras: Slim has FIV and nearly died last Nov/Dec until a very kind TNR person took him in. That person’s foster bailed out at the last minute, on Boxing Day, and so we ended up with a terrified, wounded cat for Christmas. The rest is history. He’s a huge lovebug who will nevertheless yell the house down if his dinner is one (1) minute late
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Please note that Sabot ammunition is not suitable for all engagements. If you need to maximize splash damage then you should go for a HEAT round:
an image of a delicious looking High Explosive Anti Tank sandwich, with extra cheese
November 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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truly. although this is Slim if his dinner is one (1) minute late

he loves his food
A scribbly drawing of an angry looking black cat beast, it reminds me of our cat Slim who YELLS if his food is late, and he has the creakiest old man yell but it is SO LOUD
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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 idiot hellion
Slim, a black cat who looks shy but eager for attention and affection. He gives great headbutts Ruffles, a beige tabby lounging in a white person’s lap (the person is wearing a visually regrettable but extremely cozy plush tiedye onesie). Do not mess with Ruffles.
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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In case any of you have missed Bruce: he is well
Bruce, a large grey and white pit/mastiff mix, sits regally inside a modernist spherical chair—the inside of which is dark brown velvet and the outside of which is paneled aluminum—on top of a cream blanket. He is not allowed in that chair but looks singularly unrepentant
October 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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My agent is @tinyfairyhunter.bsky.social so if you are an editor of an imprint thinking “I wish romantasy was queerer / more m/m and also had incredible, immersive worldbuilding that brought a medieval era viscerally to life” HAVE I GOT GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, also I have plans for 2 more similar books
The Unbound (RIP) edition of The Scottish Boy which absolutely sold so so well on word of mouth (check out its deluge of Amazon reviews) imagine what would happen if it had ~marketing~ ALSO the book has great illustrations by Trungles
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Wish me luck—The Scottish Boy (+ a new, similar book!!!) is out on sub to publishers, hoping to find a new home post-Unbound.

The book sold out 3 print runs & did big audio numbers on word of mouth, so I hope a new publisher can build on that. If you liked the book, pls RT 💕 synopsis in alt txt
Cover of my book The Scottish Boy, a big fat medieval action/suspense/queer romance. If you like knights and think they should kiss, this is the book for you Cover is a dagger lying on dark foliage (mostly thistles) with the title and author name in light text, and the cover designer was Mark Ecob
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Screencap of Darth Marenghi (Temu Stephen King) against a dark background, emphatically saying “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards!”
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Popping back online real fast to talk about @kibblesmith.com’s delightful HOW TO SURVIVE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE, which is out next week but we got an early copy—and it is teenager and cat approved. Looking for a gift for kids/teens? This is it bookshop.org/a/23067/9781...
A small tabby cat reclines sluttily in the lap of a teen wearing a tie-dyed robe. The teen is reading the new book HOW TO SURVIVE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE (a delight!! buy it), it’s a small hardback book and it is open to a splash page of Galactus (gigantic space dude with a purple flanged helmet). It’s quite apropos as the cat is gazing at us like “mother, I too hunger.” Could my cat take down Galactus? If by “take down” you mean “pee on his laundry” the answer is yes, yes she can
October 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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A papyrus illustration showing the ancient Egyptian gods Thoth (god of learning/wisdom) and Ammit (devourer of sinful hearts). Ammit is saying “Maybe it will happen today”
October 6, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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An undisclosed amount of time later…
Two panel cartoon featuring the Egyptian god Anubis. The first panel reads: Yo whaddup, it’s ya boi Anubis, back back at it again with another soul unboxing video. In the next panel, Anubis weighs a tiny white man against an ostrich feather on a scale. The text reads: Now, as you can see, this one is a little heavier than a feather, which long time viewers will know is really bad. Haha.
October 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Ohh this also reminds me, on the same tip if you love well-drawn graphic novels and Filipino stories this is an absolute banger, buy it and SIGNOS and have an excellent reading week
The mostly-red cover of The World of Andong Agimat: The Mystery of the Talisman by Arnold Arre, who draws really fecking well
October 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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NYC (and nearby)! The rescue I volunteer for just took in a sweet,
middle-aged small pup (15lbs) who was abandoned in Brooklyn. He’s neutered and good natured; his people must have suffered some catastrophe. Can you foster him? If so, @ me and I will get you in touch with the rescuer! Pls RT!
A small grey and white yorkie/poodle mix, who needs grooming and a cuddle. He is middle aged, 15lbs, neutered, and desperately needs a foster. He’s in NYC. Are you nearby & can offer him a safe home?
October 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM