Davey Jones
@daveyjones.bsky.social
Undistinguished Viz cartoonist
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Every time Dominic Cummings spouts forth again I am reminded of @daveyjones.bsky.social's Dogshit Puppet Master from 2021 in @vizcomic.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Every time Dominic Cummings spouts forth again I am reminded of @daveyjones.bsky.social's Dogshit Puppet Master from 2021 in @vizcomic.bsky.social
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I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
![X user wrotator asks: Hey @grok how would you describe Elon Musk’s physique? How about his mind? And his relationship with his kids?
Grok answers: Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields [buying websites, electric car companies and spacecraft and destroying them]. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreibdrfwpkt563lqwl7xsvd5my6vufdjd7ov4sef4qm3sz4lx2t7jsq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
The sound of one tiny hand clapping
It’s not a recession. It’s a moment of zen.
* WHITE HOUSE ECONOMIC ADVISER HASSETT: THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF ALMOST QUIET TIME IN THE LABOR MARKET
@reuters.com #QuietTime
@reuters.com #QuietTime
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The sound of one tiny hand clapping
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Tough time for freelance artists and the amazingly talented @gailmyerscough.co.uk is having a tough week sales wise. Have a look at her wonderful site! I’d be very grateful (as would she!). Please share! Thank you!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Discover a world of bold and colourful prints, homewares and stationery by Gail Myerscough, a surface pattern designer and illustrator. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tough time for freelance artists and the amazingly talented @gailmyerscough.co.uk is having a tough week sales wise. Have a look at her wonderful site! I’d be very grateful (as would she!). Please share! Thank you!
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk
In 1975 I had a space hopper and death was fifty years further away than it is now. Whose idea was it to replace space hoppers with looming mortality? I reckon they should swap them back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In 1975 I had a space hopper and death was fifty years further away than it is now. Whose idea was it to replace space hoppers with looming mortality? I reckon they should swap them back.
Spot The Clue with DCI Baby Jesus in the Christmas issue of Viz, on sale today. If you can identify the killer before you reach the end of the strip, you could WIN YOUR WEIGHT IN QUALITY STREETS* (*competition not open to readers in your region)
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Spot The Clue with DCI Baby Jesus in the Christmas issue of Viz, on sale today. If you can identify the killer before you reach the end of the strip, you could WIN YOUR WEIGHT IN QUALITY STREETS* (*competition not open to readers in your region)
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Lovely fags.
November 8, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Lovely fags.
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The Fence is one of the 10 best magazines of the last decade! Thanks to Jeremy Leslie for this wonderful write-up
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mag...
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mag...
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Fence is one of the 10 best magazines of the last decade! Thanks to Jeremy Leslie for this wonderful write-up
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mag...
www.itsnicethat.com/articles/mag...
Here's an odd illusion: look at a picture of Edgar Allan Poe and you may think that he looks slightly, though not very much, like Kenneth Connor in Carry On Girls. But if you then look at a picture of Kenneth Connor, you'll see that he doesn't, particularly. This is known as the Poe-Connor Effect.
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Here's an odd illusion: look at a picture of Edgar Allan Poe and you may think that he looks slightly, though not very much, like Kenneth Connor in Carry On Girls. But if you then look at a picture of Kenneth Connor, you'll see that he doesn't, particularly. This is known as the Poe-Connor Effect.
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I liked it better when stuff like this was the backbone of the Viz letters page rather than what we decided to replace politics with.
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I liked it better when stuff like this was the backbone of the Viz letters page rather than what we decided to replace politics with.
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SgtPepper montage 10 years project is go.
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
SgtPepper montage 10 years project is go.
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
See the link to find out about the book, exhibition, auction and the charity.
Please consider backing the book. If it doesn't get funded, it doesn't get made and you don't pay anything. If it does, you get a fantastic book!
chrisbarkerprints.co.uk
#sgtpX10
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One of my favourite sections of "Schott's Significa" … a collection of comic strip conventions — penned by the legendary @vizcomic.bsky.social toonist @daveyjones.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
One of my favourite sections of "Schott's Significa" … a collection of comic strip conventions — penned by the legendary @vizcomic.bsky.social toonist @daveyjones.bsky.social
Well chuffed to have had a small involvement in Schott's Significa, the highly addictive new book by the author of Schott's Original Miscellany. It's a field guide to linguistic subcultures, and I collaborated on the section about the conventions of the comic strip.
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Well chuffed to have had a small involvement in Schott's Significa, the highly addictive new book by the author of Schott's Original Miscellany. It's a field guide to linguistic subcultures, and I collaborated on the section about the conventions of the comic strip.
"11-year-old Jumbo Musk was the shittest schoolboy in Barnton. For he had his very own shit robot army made up of shit remote-controlled robots that didn't work very well, because they were shit."
ELON MUSK: “If we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over this robot army? … I don't feel comfortable building that robot army unless I have a strong influence.” Read the full piece from @aarianmarshall.bsky.social on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Elon Musk Wants ‘Strong Influence’ Over the ‘Robot Army’ He’s Building
In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world’s richest man pondered the future of his company’s Optimus robots—and his control over them.
www.wired.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"11-year-old Jumbo Musk was the shittest schoolboy in Barnton. For he had his very own shit robot army made up of shit remote-controlled robots that didn't work very well, because they were shit."
Five on a Highlands Adventure
October 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Five on a Highlands Adventure
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I think we know where this is going:
October 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I think we know where this is going:
Speaking of 'reverse bathtubs', there's a new Profanisaurus book available now in all good bookshops
October 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Speaking of 'reverse bathtubs', there's a new Profanisaurus book available now in all good bookshops
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I hear the theme song for Peaky Blinders for some reason…
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I hear the theme song for Peaky Blinders for some reason…
At last! Now they've finally realised what AI is for, perhaps they'll stop trying to foist it on every other aspect of our lives
October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
At last! Now they've finally realised what AI is for, perhaps they'll stop trying to foist it on every other aspect of our lives
I came to Jonathan Creek very late in the day, because I'd always somehow assumed that it wouldn't be my kind of thing. But it turned out that it couldn't have been more my kind of thing if it had come out of a box of kind-of-things with the word 'MINE' embossed on the lid.
And we're off! NEW EPISODE out today. Journalist and author @michaelhogan100.bsky.social talks about the magic of Jonathan Creek and his own crime novel debut, The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Jonathan Creek
Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 10/10/2025 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I came to Jonathan Creek very late in the day, because I'd always somehow assumed that it wouldn't be my kind of thing. But it turned out that it couldn't have been more my kind of thing if it had come out of a box of kind-of-things with the word 'MINE' embossed on the lid.
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And we're off! NEW EPISODE out today. Journalist and author @michaelhogan100.bsky.social talks about the magic of Jonathan Creek and his own crime novel debut, The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
Jonathan Creek
Podcast Episode · Box of Delights · 10/10/2025 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 AM
And we're off! NEW EPISODE out today. Journalist and author @michaelhogan100.bsky.social talks about the magic of Jonathan Creek and his own crime novel debut, The Dogwalkers' Detective Agency. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...
