Derek Landy
@dereklandy
Writer
Pretty sure this was my introduction to Animal Man by Grant Morrison and Chaz Truog which, if you haven’t read it, you should definitely read. “I can see you.”
Next on the list is Shockwave, a DC reprint anthology that lasted, like, 4 issues or something. #comicsofmyyouth
Some gobstoppingly inventive fight choreography in The Furious. Up there with The Raid. And the five way fight at the end… wonderful!
Another Batman…. And there’s something so wonderfully cool about this particular costume. Batman in black is practical- Batman in grey and blue is just awesome…
The first Batman on the list, with a cover by Alan Davis, if I’m not mistaken… #comicsofmyyouth
And this one has the added bonus of Will Simpson artwork, the artist who drew the Bloodlines story in Judge Dredd and The War Machine, which blew my mind in school. I met Will at Eastercon last year and managed not to geek out too much.
I don’t think I ever bought an issue of the regular Revolver comic (it only last 7 issues) but I could never pass up a Horror Special… #comicsofmyyouth
Maybe it was the weirdly tight-fitting uniform on a weirdly muscular Picard that threw me off…
I loved Star Trek: TNG when it aired, watched it every week with my mum, brother, and sometimes with my sisters. This is the only issue of the comic I picked up. #comicsofmyyouth
This seems to be the only issue of the Terminator (UK) comic I bought, but it DOES have some wonderful Paul Gulacy artwork, who I’ve loved since Batman: Prey, which I remember as being SHOCKINGLY good. #comicsfrommyyouth
Er… a cartoon tie-in, I think? Of a cartoon I never watched? This was 1988, so I would have been 14, and still hadn’t discovered comic shops, so I would have been buying whatever comic showed up at my newsagents. #comicsofmyyouth
I remember buying this, actually, at a… thing. What’s it called? When people came together to sell all their 2nd hand stuff? Not garage sale… jumble sale, maybe? Anyway, bought a load of Hardy Boys and 3 Investigators and THIS… #comicsofmyyouth
Are YOU tired of not listening to the first three books as AUDIO EXTRAVAGANZAS in your EARBRAIN?? Rectify that oversight IMMEDIATELY! Go to Spotify! Or Audible! Or other platforms! DO IT OR REGRET NOT DOING IT!
Open it up and it has MIGNOLA ART!! For those of you who have never read a Hellboy comic, rectify that mistake.
Rediscovered a horde of (UK) comics I collected as a youth, so thought I’d feature a cover a day (sometimes with commentary, sometimes not) until I run out of comics/forget to do it. First up: Hellraiser! #comicsofmyouth
Behold! A Skulduggery nutcracker I was gifted on this tour! (Cat included in picture for size comparison)
Just out of a 4.5 hour signing at @waterstones.bsky.social in Bluewater. Thank you to EVERYONE who came (special thanks to those who dressed up!), and now I am SHATTERED and headed back to my hotel!
A lovely reader (hi Rowan!) gave me this little Skulduggery at the signing today!
It’s out!! Finally! A Soul Full of Shadows is ready to be consumed, to be absorbed, to merge with your inner self, to become a part of WHO YOU ARE… Verily, it is a great day.
Oh glory BE… The ASFOS T-shirts and hoodies are now available at the Skulduggery shop. Wear Cadaver Cain’s grinning visage with PRIDE! shop.skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/products/sou...
Waterstones have a thing! Available exclusively on the Waterstones site and app, you, yes YOU, can get 25% off by entering FEB26 at checkout when you preorder ASFOS or the ASMOIC paperback! Offer runs until 23:59 20th February! AVAILABLE TO ALL CUSTOMERS! WHAT????
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT! Ireland and the UK! March and April! As far as I know, only the O'Mahony's and Forbidden Planet signings are un-ticketed affairs — so plan accordingly! www.waterstones.com/events/searc... ti.to/eason/eason-... forbiddenplanet.com/events/2026/...
An easy trap a writer can fall into is writing so much you don’t make time to read (no one wants to reach that Garth Marenghi stage being a writer that has written more books than he’s read) so I’m glad that my year has started off so well. What have YOU read so far this in 2026?
Okay folks- SHOW ME YOUR SHELVES! On these ones I’ve got books by @joerlansdale.bsky.social, Grady Hendrix, @joe-hill.bsky.social, @chuckwendig.bsky.social and @rachelharrison.bsky.social. People always ask about influences but, honestly, I am what I read. #skulduggeryshelfie