Tom Humberstone

Just Work. An all new comic about the gig economy, platform capitalism, delivery riders, and their battle for worker rights. You can read a responsive phone/desktop/tablet friendly online version of it - for FREE - here: tomhumberstone.com/just-work

🚲 Calling all Edinburgh food delivery riders to the next monthly gathering of riders' collective ROOM! 📆 Wed 28 October ⏰ 2.00 pm-4.00 pm 📍Old College South Bridge, Edinburgh EH8 9YL (Teaching room 3) 🌯 Lunch 🔋 Charge your e-bike batteries! 📩 Questions? Drop a message #gigwork #platformwork

🔪 Four Colour Cinema 🔪 New post about Dario Argento, bad dreams, colour theory, Daria Nicolodi, Suspiria, Giallo, and Inferno. grave-offerings.ghost.io/four-colour-...

Listening to a report about Google chopping down a quarter of a million trees in Finland to build a data centre while washing out yoghurt pots for the recycling

🎃 Send More Paramedics 🎃 New post about eyeball kicks, chest bursting, Dan O'Bannon, ghouls, copyright, Crohn's disease, punks and The Return of the Living Dead! grave-offerings.ghost.io/send-more-pa...

Really fascinating thread about The State - Leith's luxury supercinema: threadinburgh.scot/2026/10/19/t...

🎃 Serial Possession 🎃 New post about the best jump scare, David Lynch’s good twin, 90s sci-fi TV character actors, Brad Dourif hive, and Exorcist III! grave-offerings.ghost.io/serial-posse...

All set up at @tagsfest.co.uk with the @selkieawards.org nominated I Know The Way Out, the Selkie award winning Introduction To Charts, the all new Just Work, and my pop culture meets politics zines! Here until 5pm. Drill Hall, Edinburgh.

Great piece by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social about frictionless film journalism/content mailchi.mp/tcolondon/fi... for @lwlies.com

Good thread looking at the SoA bringing a handshake to a knife fight

I think a part of this is the constant hype cycle/framing of: this is inevitable. The horse has bolted and we just have to accept whatever scraps the tech companies deign to give us. It is loser behaviour.

If you’re a member of the @societyofauthors.bsky.social - let them know why you won’t be renewing your membership. Hari’s articulate, thoughtful response below is a great example:

Turkeys sign the Charter of Ethical Use of Christmas Dinners. In what world did the SoA think this was protective and representative of their membership?

This Charter undermines the rights, copyright and intellectual property of every member of the SOA. It shows a lack of will in defending the sanctity of their work, undermines every previous fight to ensure fair compensation for copyright infringement & grants AI companies free reign to continue

🎃 Body Parts 🎃 A new post about iconic wigs, bodily autonomy and The Bride of Frankenstein. grave-offerings.ghost.io/body-parts/

Really enjoying Tom’s (sigh) spooky season series of essays on horror sequels.

I get mad / fascinated by how deftly Alex Raymond illustrated fabrics.

Obviously Arts & Culture is a huge contribution to the economy but that, I think, is meeting these people where they are. There are other benefits to our society that art provides that can’t be quantified. Don’t let them decide the terms of success.

The World’s A Hungry Place. New post with me trying to convince you that Doctor Sleep is good, actually. grave-offerings.ghost.io/the-worlds-a...

The only correct response to reading The Ghostface Industrial Complex grave-offerings.ghost.io/the-ghostfac...

It feels so amazing to have @tomhumberstone.com & my poetry comic I KNOW THE WAY OUT nominated in three categories. But I’m going back through our collabs as prep for @comicartfestival.bsky.social and am reminded that we’ve been making them since 2011. Note to self: keep going, always keep going.

We're looking for a new director! Are you passionate about Scottish small press? Do you want to make a substantial impact for Scotland's self-publishing creators? Then you might be the perfect fit for the Small Press Scotland team! 📌 See the full details: smallpress.scot/jobs/director

"The hedonism of Elastica feels especially relevant in a pop world whose biggest star is Charli xcx. Like brat, Elastica exudes a sleazy smokers’ area glamour" lovely writing by @msclairebiddles.bsky.social on one of the best albums of the mid-90s thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

I Know The Way Out by me and @chrissywilliams.bsky.social has been nominated for THREE Selkie Awards! Best Short Comic, Best Art, and Best Narrative. Ridiculously chuffed. Congratulations to all the other nominees!

My first post of October is now live! The Ghostface Industrial Complex. Read about my favourite Scream sequel, Trowma, Wes Craven, requels, and more: grave-offerings.ghost.io/the-ghostfac...

📢 Exhibitor announcement: TOM HUMBERSTONE (@tomhumberstone.com). "Award-winning comic creator based in Edinburgh." 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

My first post of October is now live! The Ghostface Industrial Complex. Read about my favourite Scream sequel, Trowma, Wes Craven, requels, and more: grave-offerings.ghost.io/the-ghostfac...

We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs

So glad Palantir, with its fingers all over our NHS medical data, likes to surveil and implicitly threaten our political representatives. Nothing to worry about here I suspect. www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...

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We're back, with some *good news*! Scottish arts charity Outer Spaces is partnering with our publisher Radge Media CIC to continue our two decades of independent cultural journalism – more details at the link... www.theskinny.co.uk/music/news/t...

Last week at Broken Frontier... Just Work: The Gig Economy, Platform Capitalism and the Battle for Worker Rights – More Standout Graphic Journalism from Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com. www.brokenfrontier.com/just-work-th...