Michael Carroll
@mikeowencarroll
@MikeOwenCarroll Irish writer of comics (Judge Dredd, Proteus Vex, Dreadnoughts, Silver, Trigan Empire), books (Quantum Prophecy, Judges), and the Rusty Staples comics blog! He/Him.
August draws nigh, so over on Rusty Staples we're taking a look ahead to the comics that will be celebrating an important anniversary in the coming month! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/07/27/h... #RustyStaples #comics
I've just realised that my Alphaville website Cosmic Meadows is *31 years old today*! There's not a lot of websites that have been around for over three decades! www.cosmicmeadows.space #Alphaville
Recently returned by a friend: 47 issues of 3D World mag, including the first 18. All in fair to good condition. (Haven't got the accompanying discs back yet, but I'm told they're "on the way"!) Don't want to dump them, and Ebay is unfeasible because of postage costs. Any ideas?
Over on Rusty Staples it's time once again for Comics on TV! Today: Jackie Annual appears in the very first episode of The Hairdresser Mysteries! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/07/18/c... #RustyStaples #comics #JackieMagazine
The past few days I've seen an awful lot of those annoying "This is just a test to see who cares enough to keep reading!" posts, so here's one I created back in March 2013...
It's the last Monday in June 2026, so by ancient decree we are duty-bound to look ahead to the British comics that will be noting an important anniversary next month! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/06/29/h... #RustyStaples #comics
35 years ago today Leonia and I went on our first date. I had a huge crush on her but never asked her out because "If I don't ask she can't say no, therefore the possibility still exists." Then she learned that Life of Brian was being shown Dublin and she asked me if I wanted to go. ❤️
Now on Rusty Staples: a look at a Spanish comic that reprinted some classic (well, old) DC Thomson strips! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/06/18/h... #RustyStaples #comics #DCThomson
Comics purchased at the market yesterday in Fuengirola, Spain... #JudgeDredd #KingCobra
The final episode of Silver book 3 appears in this week's @2000ad.bsky.social so I have appropriately updated my website: www.michaelowencarroll.com
I ditched my original Decimal Clock when Adobe abandoned support for Flash... but this morning I rewrote it Javascript so it should run on just about everything. www.michaelowencarroll.com
Important life hack: Do NOT trust any important data to Facebook or Messenger because they can arbitrarily decide that you've broken the rules and disable your account! :( My new FB account: www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
It's the last Monday: time to look ahead to the British comics that will be noting an important anniversary next month! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/05/25/h... #RustyStaples #comics 179 days in #FacebookJail so far... :(
"No, you've mistaken me for a *different* Doctor Doom!" C:\html\Rusty Staples\mistaken identity doom 20200522.jpg #RustyStaples #comics #Marvel #DCThomson
New Adventures from The Trigan Empire: Book One is Out Now! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/n... #TriganEmpire #SFXMagazine @2000ad.bsky.social @sfxmagazine.bsky.social
This time last year on the Rusty Staples Comics Blog... michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2025/05/16/o... #Eagles #RustyStaples #comics
Woohoo! Contributor's copies! :) New Adventures from the Trigan Empire, volume 1, published next week! shop.2000ad.com/catalogue/RC... #TriganEmpire
Rusty Staples presents more strange Goings-on in British Comics... It couldn't all be a mere coincidence, could it? Or *could* it? Or... Couldn't it? michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/05/07/a... #RustyStaples #comics #Starlord
Happy Star Wars Day! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2020/05/04/s... #RustyStaples #comics #StarWars #FacebookJail
April is almost gone: time to look ahead to the British comics noting an important anniversary next month! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/04/27/h... #RustyStaples #comics (I'm still in #FacebookJail [Hello? #Meta?] so I would be very grateful if someone could share this on FB!]
It's always a bit unsettling when you find one of your own books in a charity store... especially when it looks like it's never been read! (That said, finding a *signed* one in a charity store is even more unsettling!) #writing
Today on Rusty Staples Comics Blog we take a look at Action: The Sevenpenny Nightmare by Steve Holland michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/b... #RustyStaples #comics #Action
According to ancient legends, on March 30th it's bad luck not to acknowledge some of the British comics celebrating an Important Anniversary in the coming month! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/h... #RustyStaples #comics (I'm still in #FacebookJail - please share this on FB!)
I've updated my birthday post on Rusty Staples to include a list of my birthday loot, courtesy of Leonia! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/h... #FacebookJail #RustyStaples #Birthday
Call the Midwife season 15 featured a few classic British comics, so naturally I couldn't let it go unmentioned! michaelowencarroll.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/c... #RustyStaples #comics #CallTheMidwife