James Lawrence
@kingfridayjoe.bsky.social
(He/Him) Ignatz-nominated bare-knuckle cartoonist, perpetrator of The Legend of La Mariposa. (http://longlivelamariposa.tumblr.com) Opinions my own.
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James Lawrence
@kingfridayjoe.bsky.social
· Apr 15
Super excited to start work on the newest Legend of La Mariposa story ‘Scourge of the Squared Circle’!
This is gonna be a biggun and it’s shaping up to be my best work yet! Hope you’ll join me for the ride!
Watch this space! Why not check out the other books at longlivelamariposa.bigcartel.com? 🤼
This is gonna be a biggun and it’s shaping up to be my best work yet! Hope you’ll join me for the ride!
Watch this space! Why not check out the other books at longlivelamariposa.bigcartel.com? 🤼
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Following from our announcement that Quindrie Press will be closing at the end of 2026, I want to make people aware that in Spring 2026 we will be opening a one-off comic fund for UK creators. More details will be released next year.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Following from our announcement that Quindrie Press will be closing at the end of 2026, I want to make people aware that in Spring 2026 we will be opening a one-off comic fund for UK creators. More details will be released next year.
Sign up to our newsletter: quindriepress.com/newsletter
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I’ll have a few copies of this at my table too!
If you like mutant skateboarders, horrible little thieves and bugs having existential crises, you’ll like this book!
If you like mutant skateboarders, horrible little thieves and bugs having existential crises, you’ll like this book!
Folks! GREB the Little Guys Anthology lives! We are releasing @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend and to celebrate we are hosting a limited edition sticker rally! Find the Grebs, get your pamphlet then HARASS THEM FOR STICKERS!
November 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I’ll have a few copies of this at my table too!
If you like mutant skateboarders, horrible little thieves and bugs having existential crises, you’ll like this book!
If you like mutant skateboarders, horrible little thieves and bugs having existential crises, you’ll like this book!
THE anthology to grab this weekend!!
Folks! GREB the Little Guys Anthology lives! We are releasing @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend and to celebrate we are hosting a limited edition sticker rally! Find the Grebs, get your pamphlet then HARASS THEM FOR STICKERS!
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
THE anthology to grab this weekend!!
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We've had reports of scam emails relating to hotels booked for this weekend and wanted to send out a warning; please be vigilant! If you receive an email relating to a booking we suggest you call your hotel directly, through a number found independently, to verify its authenticity.
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We've had reports of scam emails relating to hotels booked for this weekend and wanted to send out a warning; please be vigilant! If you receive an email relating to a booking we suggest you call your hotel directly, through a number found independently, to verify its authenticity.
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THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! GREB: The Little Guys Anthology – A Collection of Short Comics Stories from MD Penman, Will Morris, Flo Woolley, April Newton and More. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social @mdpenman.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/greb-the-lit...
GREB: The Little Guys Anthology - A Collection of Short Comics Stories from MD Penman, Will Morris, Flo Woolley, April Newton and More – Broken Frontier
'GREB: THE Little Guys Anthology' is another strongly curate comics anthology coming to Thought Bubble 2025.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! GREB: The Little Guys Anthology – A Collection of Short Comics Stories from MD Penman, Will Morris, Flo Woolley, April Newton and More. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social @mdpenman.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/greb-the-lit...
THIS WEEKEND!!
Gonna be flogging my wares at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year at Table B17 in Comixology Hall!!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
THIS WEEKEND!!
Worse still than the actual ad itself is just the naked dishonesty of cooking up a fake making-of video for it.
Actively misleading people, creating a false idea of a workflow that doesn’t actually exist, all as a gaslighting defence of the indefensible.
This kind of deception should be illegal.
Actively misleading people, creating a false idea of a workflow that doesn’t actually exist, all as a gaslighting defence of the indefensible.
This kind of deception should be illegal.
Mirroring the video here if you don't want to even humor going onto Twitter, but when it gets into the "process" section, there's so many red flags of them lying about the work they put into the commercial that reveal how much of this video is them trying and lying after the fact.
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Worse still than the actual ad itself is just the naked dishonesty of cooking up a fake making-of video for it.
Actively misleading people, creating a false idea of a workflow that doesn’t actually exist, all as a gaslighting defence of the indefensible.
This kind of deception should be illegal.
Actively misleading people, creating a false idea of a workflow that doesn’t actually exist, all as a gaslighting defence of the indefensible.
This kind of deception should be illegal.
I’m in this! Alongside about a dozen other absolute BEASTS!!
Very limited copies will be available at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social next weekend!
Very limited copies will be available at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social next weekend!
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! GREB: The Little Guys Anthology – A Collection of Short Comics Stories from MD Penman, Will Morris, Flo Woolley, April Newton and More. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social @mdpenman.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/greb-the-lit...
GREB: The Little Guys Anthology - A Collection of Short Comics Stories from MD Penman, Will Morris, Flo Woolley, April Newton and More – Broken Frontier
'GREB: THE Little Guys Anthology' is another strongly curate comics anthology coming to Thought Bubble 2025.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I’m in this! Alongside about a dozen other absolute BEASTS!!
Very limited copies will be available at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social next weekend!
Very limited copies will be available at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social next weekend!
Sad day, this. Quindrie has been such a valuable presence in the indie comics scene in the last few years and has put out some incredible works that have elevated the UK indie comics scene on a global stage.
I have made the incredibly difficult decision to close down Quindrie Press at the end of 2026. Please read my full statement, along with information about what's next at Quindrie and an FAQ, here: quindriepress.com/closing
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Sad day, this. Quindrie has been such a valuable presence in the indie comics scene in the last few years and has put out some incredible works that have elevated the UK indie comics scene on a global stage.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Gonna be flogging my wares at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year at Table B17 in Comixology Hall!!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
November 9, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Gonna be flogging my wares at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year at Table B17 in Comixology Hall!!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
I’ll have books, including Greb, an awesome anthology assembled by @mdpenman.bsky.social that I’ve got a story in!
I’m also involved with like three stamp/sticker rallies!
Come on by and say hi!
I did the cover for this volume!
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Mixtape of Mystery – The Latest @leedscc.bsky.social Leeds Comics Collective Anthology Takes a Musical Turn Courtesy of Anna Readman, Cara Brown, Beardedhorse and Company. @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #ThoughtBubbleatBF25 www.brokenfrontier.com/mixtape-of-m...
Mixtape of Mystery - The Latest Leeds Comics Collective Anthology Takes a Musical Turn Courtesy of Anna Readman, Cara Brown, Beardedhorse and Company – Broken Frontier
The Leeds Comics Collective are back with another anthology, this time with a musical theme. BF's Andy Oliver reviews 'Mixtape'.
www.brokenfrontier.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I did the cover for this volume!
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And now, a physical metaphor for "LLMs can be just as good as human writers and artists!"
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
And now, a physical metaphor for "LLMs can be just as good as human writers and artists!"
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
(And I know, I shared it twice. But it's just that nice!)
I done halloween’d
November 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I done halloween’d
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
Trying to write a series of comics lectures for an MA at the moment and man it is so frustrating that so many excellent comics critical analysis websites have been broken, sold or mutated beyond recognition by the endless march of capitalism.
It’s so barren compared to what it used to be.
It’s so barren compared to what it used to be.
October 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Trying to write a series of comics lectures for an MA at the moment and man it is so frustrating that so many excellent comics critical analysis websites have been broken, sold or mutated beyond recognition by the endless march of capitalism.
It’s so barren compared to what it used to be.
It’s so barren compared to what it used to be.
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📢 Panel starting soon! Join @pondi.bsky.social and @kingfridayjoe.bsky.social as they talk about the reality of making money as an indie comic artist.
🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks
🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks
October 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📢 Panel starting soon! Join @pondi.bsky.social and @kingfridayjoe.bsky.social as they talk about the reality of making money as an indie comic artist.
🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks
🎤 See what other panels are happening at tagsfest.co.uk#talks
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Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
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We are at @tagsfest.co.uk right godamn now!! 💥
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
We are at @tagsfest.co.uk right godamn now!! 💥
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I’m gonna be at @tagsfest.co.uk tomorrow!!
If you’re there, come on by and say hi!
I’ve got a new single issue along with all my usual books for ya to peruse.
If you’re there, come on by and say hi!
I’ve got a new single issue along with all my usual books for ya to peruse.
October 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I’m gonna be at @tagsfest.co.uk tomorrow!!
If you’re there, come on by and say hi!
I’ve got a new single issue along with all my usual books for ya to peruse.
If you’re there, come on by and say hi!
I’ve got a new single issue along with all my usual books for ya to peruse.
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All set up @tagsfest.co.uk and repping a beautiful new tee by Ryan Hamill. Very relevant to my talk at 3.30pm!
October 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
All set up @tagsfest.co.uk and repping a beautiful new tee by Ryan Hamill. Very relevant to my talk at 3.30pm!
Posted up at @tagsfest.co.uk all weekend, slinging wrasslin funnybooks to all and sundry! Upstairs at the Fruitmarket in Edinburgh near Waverley Station!
Come git some!
Come git some!
October 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Posted up at @tagsfest.co.uk all weekend, slinging wrasslin funnybooks to all and sundry! Upstairs at the Fruitmarket in Edinburgh near Waverley Station!
Come git some!
Come git some!
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The first ever VERY TINY COMICS ANTHOLOGY #1: MONSTERS is stomping over the hills and is coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social in November
* 25 EXCLUSIVE Very Tiny Comics
* 25 Comic Artists
* 25 brand new stories
* 25 limited edition Very Tiny Comics
* All from a gargantuan retro gumball machine
* 25 EXCLUSIVE Very Tiny Comics
* 25 Comic Artists
* 25 brand new stories
* 25 limited edition Very Tiny Comics
* All from a gargantuan retro gumball machine
October 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The first ever VERY TINY COMICS ANTHOLOGY #1: MONSTERS is stomping over the hills and is coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social in November
* 25 EXCLUSIVE Very Tiny Comics
* 25 Comic Artists
* 25 brand new stories
* 25 limited edition Very Tiny Comics
* All from a gargantuan retro gumball machine
* 25 EXCLUSIVE Very Tiny Comics
* 25 Comic Artists
* 25 brand new stories
* 25 limited edition Very Tiny Comics
* All from a gargantuan retro gumball machine
Gonna be in Edinburgh this weekend slinging fun and fine wrasslin’ comics to all comers at @tagsfest.co.uk !
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Gonna be in Edinburgh this weekend slinging fun and fine wrasslin’ comics to all comers at @tagsfest.co.uk !