Darren Ewing
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Darren Ewing
@sadknob.bsky.social
writer. telly director. earned a few shiny things. scotland is home. i own a pub in ireland. working on a project in chicago. science. history. atheist. he/him/his. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

ALT: me holding a pencil & a blue butterfly
BNR: bogart & malone in "the big sleep" 1946
"is too."

"is not.'

"is too!"

"is NOT!"

"is TOO!"

"that's NOT why we're called 'swallows,' alan!"

"...is too."
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
if you see this, post a comic cover you love...
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
apologies, friends. but i'm only hanging out with the fun people here next few days because my angry and sad metres both exploded and i need a break.

i leave the fury temporarily... with this picture of a seagull shitting on an eagle.

sláinte.🥃☕
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
inside you are two wolves...
November 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
November 28, 2025 at 11:10 PM
there's more, but i made my point.
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
choose a side and stop reporting like three year old chinchillas in heat.🧐
November 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
...duck.
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"morning... uh... stay out of the jacuzzi for a few hours—days. a few days—yeah. coffee?"
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
a hooligan.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
not sleeping to meet deadlines and the quality of my work is slipping.🫩

feels like i'm in control of my 40 year long career now the same way damoclese was king for a day.🙄

this frog understands.😊
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
i make trees. thickened acrylic for lots of 3d texture and gouache wash them after—best i've got.

i'm a pretty good screenwriter though.🙂
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
listen to my podcast called "fuck podcasts" available wherever you get podcasts—the podcast shoppe or kiosk or whatever.

it's absolutely free wi' a paid subscription to my blog called "fuck blogs."

i'm gonna go read voltaire now to remind myself that everything has always been exactly this stupid.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"okay, you act all mad—snort dirt everywhere. i'll jump in front of you and say 'stop!' i might call you something like 'fat ass' or 'dumbo.' you pretend to stomp me, but i'll hide behind your leg. then, when everyone runs away, we eat all the bananas and split. get it? banana split?! ha! let's go."
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
*hogan's heroes theme song*
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"you'll be visited by three spirits."

the three spirits:
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"he's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of company beeeeeeee!"
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"yes... government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. BUT! it may move around a bit—you know, switch countries. it might be syria, or the congo next."
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"hey! fuck off, steve!"

"wait—i can see a pond!"

"i was having a nap, you plank."

"we're only about twenty hops away—maybe twenty-five."

"you're only ONE hop away from learning to fly, you tit. get off me."
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"you don't know what you're missing."

correct. well done. full marks.
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
time... leaping in for the kill.

(also... i found this squirrel for you😀)
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
i am not hungover. i am the opposite of hungover. i am... unbendingly... under?

under.

i am unbendinglyunder.🤨
November 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
here... for luck.🙂
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM