Simon Birch
@delargebc
Comic book writer from Brighton for Iron Circus, Paganini Stories, Warden Comics, Very Big Comics and others. I also write about Leicester City Women for The Fosse Way. Links to my comics, music and other writing below:
I listen to Pet Sounds every single day! Just got this from a charity shop for a tenner last week
Johan Cruyff will need to posthumously eat these words if Balogun does score
It's taken me 22 years, but I've finally watched Spider-Man 2. She really should have said this:
I like to look at this whilst working and remind myself who I'm doing this for
Miles Davis would have been 100 today and he must be so glad he's not still here. Pulled this one out in honour of the current temperature in the UK
Today's pick ups. First read will be Of the Earth as soon as I finish work!
The WeWork I was in seems to have some art donated by St Ermin's Home for Daft Lads
I got a 7" of God Only Knows for a quid and it already has my initials on it!
I've not sat behind a kit for more than 5 minutes in about 14 years. The easy bits were still easy but the hard bits were physically harder than ever!
There are so few times I've actually LOL'd at a comic and @ryannorth.ca got me with this name here
Brian Wilson is so real for this. This is the type of answer I give if someone asks me about movies
Car boot pick ups this weekend. (Not pictured: wire strippers, out of date coconut water)
That's one whole notebook done! I bought it when I started writing comics in June 2024 and in that time I've had stories with 8 different publishers and put out a good amount of self published stuff. Very happy with deciding to do something and getting it done!
This is the example I see used. The one on the right is the original and they argue that with the flat, non-realistic colours on the left it looks much better. And I see people agree and it makes me feel like I'm going insane!