Rob Jackson
LightNews LightNews
banner
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Rob Jackson
@robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
250 followers 240 following 920 posts
cartoonist, ice cream maker from Bolton, UK comics, small press comics
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Rob Jackson @robjacksoncomics.bsky.social · Oct 29
Hello. I'm Rob Jackson, a cartoonist from Bolton. My websites at www.robjacksoncomics.com I've made lots of comics and zines over the years. Here's some of their covers. Cheers
cover of the comic The Woodman cover of the comic Crowthorn Cover of the comic Behind Thick Glass I Saw the Stars cover of the comic Merchants
Reposted by Rob Jackson
johnwelding.bsky.social
FREE PDF Of my Mundane Diary (Jan-Jun 2024) in the link below.

It's a comic strip diary about walking the mundane outskirts of Wakefield, UK.

Download it now: (61mb)

drive.google.com/file/d/173xN...

#DiaryComic #FreePDF #MundaneDiary #ComicStrip #IndieComics #Wakefield
Photo shows the PDF montage cover to John Welding's Mundane Diary PDF superimposed over his work desk which contains a black and white drawing in his A5 sketchbook and the tools he used to create it which is a pencil, traditional dip pen and black Indian ink. Photo contains orange wording 'FREE PDF in the link below...'
December 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Why is this cafe so big?
a large cafe
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Why is this cafe so big?
a large cafe
December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Went to Clitheroe to do Christmas shopping. We bought a lot of sausages from Cowmans' they are still a really good price. Also got that comic 'Arab of the Future' in Oxfam, which i've wanted for ages, it will be a present.
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
grindrod.bsky.social
It's #sketchpadvent – celebrating amazing modernist concept drawings and models. December 1: Milton Keynes from 1981
Illustration of eighties businessmen by an urban park in Central Milton Keynes
December 1, 2025 at 10:39 AM
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
@ianhagues.bsky.social thanks for the reposts!
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Here's part four of my comic 'Beyond the Valley of the Trolls' robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2025/12/beyo...
'Beyond the Valley of the Trolls' Part Four
Here's part fopur of this comic. I'll put the final two parts up next week. Click on the images to see them bigger.
robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Here's part four of my comic 'Beyond the Valley of the Trolls' robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2025/12/beyo...
'Beyond the Valley of the Trolls' Part Four
Here's part fopur of this comic. I'll put the final two parts up next week. Click on the images to see them bigger.
robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
pbrainey.bsky.social
The French edition of WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME made what would have been The Official Selection List for the now cancelled Angoulême Conic Art Festival 2026. I am like the kiss of death. bleedingcool.com/comics/offic...
Official Cancelled Selection List Angouleme Comic Art Festival 2026
What would have been the Official Selection List for the Cancelled Angoulême Comic Art Festival 2026
bleedingcool.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
herring1967.bsky.social
What an honour to have the extraordinary Paul F Tompkins on RHLSTP. Last main RHLSTP of the year (but lots of special treats coming up) shows.acast.com/rhlstp/episo...
Come and see us live in 2026 richardherring.com/rhlstp
Perfect Xmas gift www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cg...
RHLSTP 592 - Paul F Tompkins | RHLSTP with Richard Herring
Smell My Suit
shows.acast.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
simonrussell.bsky.social
PLEASE SHARE IF YOU LOVE COMICS
(or owe me a favour)
This new 104-page anthology I designed and edited has 25 creators celebrating and exploring the them of influence
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0G5QDPSBY
All money from sales goes directly to @cartoonmuseum.bsky.social
A great long read and a good cause
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
argonautbooks.bsky.social
Thank you all, the update than we can barely believe we get to make.

To everyone who supported us through this last month, we couldn’t have even come close to this outcome without you all.

Have a peaceful festive period, we’ll see you in the bookshop soon 🧡
December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
tomewing.bsky.social
Noel Edmonds and Posh Paws (a purple dinosaur) take offers for swaps
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
theonion.com
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic https://theonion.com/oprah-pursues-dr-phil-on-ship-through-arctic/
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic Media Mogul Vows To Defeat Her Most Dreadful Creation
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
vizcomic.bsky.social
subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz351bs
AS Christmas approaches, I can't help but get excited by the thought of my annual Boxing Day poo, with all those sprouts, the turkey and my Christmas pud making their way to the porcelain graveyard. It really is a wonderful time of year. A Smith, Lincoln
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
alexvont.bsky.social
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
jeffyoungblood.bsky.social Jeff Youngblood @jeffyoungblood.bsky.social · 9d
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Here's part three of my trolls comic robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2025/12/beyo...
'Beyond the Valley of the Trolls' Part Three
Here's part three of my trolls story. Next part up on Thursday.
robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
graemeneilreid.bsky.social
A new landscape painting to finish the year, this one is a scene from the top of a set of steps that lead down to a beach and in the distance is Ravenscraig Castle which is in Kirkcaldy, Fife. Image size is 18cm by 8cm but it is on a piece of paper approx 30cm by 20cm. The cost is £60 plus postage.
Painting, in the distance a castle sits surrounded by trees and grass, closer to us tree branches and leaves obscure the view. Photograph of a painting previously described.
December 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
adambienkov.bsky.social
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.

At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
@ianhagues.bsky.social thanks for the reposts!
December 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social
Glad I saved this by @longwall26.bsky.social
Tweet by Jason @longwall26 My cat, an idiot: Those ornaments look exactly like my toys. Why can't I play with them? Me, pinnacle of animals: That felt frog wearing a top hat is to celebrate The Lord
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
robjacksoncomics.bsky.social
Here's part three of my trolls comic robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com/2025/12/beyo...
'Beyond the Valley of the Trolls' Part Three
Here's part three of my trolls story. Next part up on Thursday.
robjacksoncomics.blogspot.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
groomb.bsky.social
Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73
Known for acute observations of class system, Parr’s images were often in vivid colour with more than a dash of humour
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Reposted by Rob Jackson
dieworkwear.bsky.social
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM