Today's writing is a brief bit on regulatory technicalities, then off for a peasant's revolt. Nice way to ease into the weekend - get the thinky stuff out of the way, then go burn down the local castle before having a couple of beers.
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Andrew Knighton
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A delightfully brutal take on how Europe works.
John BullAnd then this World Cup happened. and FIFA did the Balogun thing. And the target was Belgium. and if European history teaches us anyrhing its that no European power gives a shit about Belgium until suddenly EVERYONE does. Because if you can fuck with Belgium, you might do it to any Euro power.
New comic from me, in which the cowardly Cadman puts other people's lives on the line for the sake of his lunch. andrewknighton.com/out-now-cadm...
Out Now - Cadman: QuartermasterCadman the fighting coward puts his men's lives in danger for the sake of better rations, in his latest Commando comics adventure.andrewknighton.comI've been doing the comics thing again, with my latest Cadman story in among this week's Commandos. In a plotline matching his level of heroism, the fighting coward sets out steal rations from behind enemy lines...
John FreemanThis week's Commando set from DC Thomson, issues 5979 to 5982, brings you all-new Cadman tale featuring the World War One coward from Andrew Knighton and Mike Dorey, trying to avoid eating any more flatulence-inducing Maconochie rations!
As I've said before, I'm enjoying the level of intense, insightful, often contradictory commentary that The Odyssey has provoked, as commantators approach it in a thousand different ships. This is another of those thoughtful takes, one that gets to the purpose of this particular telling.
Nerds of a FeatherTo Burn the Walls of Troy; To Break the World Entire - Christopher Nolan's Odyssey Another take on mythology's most complicated man, and the world he lived in A very rich and detailed piece from @chloroformtea.bsky.social at the NOAF blog: www.nerds-feather.com/2026/07/to-b...
Book Quote Wednesday's word is 'ride' #BookQW #BookSky Raul might be a fake chosen one, but he's about to set off on a real adventure in Forged For Destiny... andrewknighton.com/forged-for-d...
Also, after 13 years, today is my last day working just for myself. Tomorrow, I head into an office to start handover on a part time job. I'll still be doing bits of freelance, & lots of creative writing, but my freelance work's been declining for a few years & hasn't paid the bills for moths.
Andrew KnightonToday's writing is more edits to the start of this scifi novel. I think I got the hardest part done yesterday - those sections took longer to re-write than they took to write in the first place - but there's still some chunky work to do.
There's an inevitability to this ending up on my tbr.
John FreemanFrom the author of The Magic of Terry Pratchett, the Locus Award-winning first biography of Sir Terry, Marc Burrows new book, The Terry Pratchett Reader’s Guide, will get a launch at the upcoming Discworld Convention before its general release on 30th August, a guide that Itakes Pratchett seriously…