Kevin Hoffin

@khoffin

Comics pedagogist/historian/sociologist/cartoonist. Educational activist. Trains. Tea. Photography. BBQ. Golden Gavel. Married to @alias-agatha.bsky.social #Educomix. Comicunity @kevinhoffin, Insta: @Kevin_Loves_Comics No AI/Crypto/DMs

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Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· 9d

This Rod Liddle? The Rod Liddle who beat up his pregnant girlfriend and said that he had accepted the caution but only because it was the quickest way to be released and he hasn't done it? Y'know what? If you want people to be kind to you when you die. Try not to be a total shitheel.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· 15d

The Ghost of Christmas Past is feeling really unappreciated right now.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· 23d

And so, I decided to make a graphic adaptation of 'Dracula's Guest' after buying a beautiful edition of 'Dracula' with Gorey's illustrations.

A copy of a hardback edition of Dracula with Edward Gorey's illustrations.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· 24d

I'm tabling at SCARF (find me at the red dot, 14b) Trafalgar Warehouse, Sheffield. S1 4JT 10th October 2026 FREE ENTRY For more info: scarf.chrismole.co.uk

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jul 14

Today's watercolour practice. #Whitby #Pier #Watercolours

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jul 12

East Cliff, Whitby, watercolour (my first attempt).

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jul 2

My latest comic, written by Dr Lily Hamourtziadou, drawn by myself. This one looks at the importance of necrometrics and memorialisation in war.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jun 29

A slide from my comic-making workshop on Wednesday at the CSPACE Conference at BCU.

One Final Message: SAY NO TO AI ART.

Academics all over the world now understand the dangers of using generative AI in their own and students's work. However, there is a failure in academia to give the same regard to AI in art. I have personally seen around campus numerous posters/.pngs/.pdfs in emails regarding some event gleefully displayed through AI-generated "art".

You may think it doesn't matter, that it saves time while you focus on 'important' things- but that's precisely what students who submit AI assessments are thinking. And you've proven time and time again how frustrated you get from that.

There are so many templates available on PowerPoint (other more ethical publishing software packages are available) that you don't need to feed the plagiarism machine. If you want to be creative, do it yourself. What message are you putting out about your event that you can't even be bothered to promote it properly yourself? If you really don't want to do it yourself, commission someone- what a great opportunity for students! Also, there are so many archives of art in the public domain/ open sourced which that creator has chosen to make it available for use by anyone.

Something produced with love and passion will always outshine something that's stolen from the dedicated work and livelihoods of thousands.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jun 28

Maybe, maybe, they just shouldn't? This is exactly the problem. A ban for under-16s on social media is indeed a TERRIBLE idea, but to jump to 'How are we supposed to sell them stuff?' is just perverse.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jun 28

Look a pond, your mitre and this pear.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jun 28

Ed Miliband runs in at the last minute and shouts 'pick me' abandoning Net Zero just to plunge another knife into his brother's back. The media applauds.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jun 27

There is not a violin small enough.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jun 26

This morning I was contacted on Instagram by a company purporting to be Cross Country rail. Their handle was 'trainscare'. They have since considered that and made their name 'trains-care'. They wanted me to disclose my number to them. With absolutely no proof that they are who they say they are.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jun 24

'needs hundreds of billions in revenue, or they'll go bankrupt' That's it, right there.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Jun 14

Another reason why this is my favourite cafe for tea and a book.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· May 31

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· May 15

Friday afternoon- sorted! @myfanwytristram.bsky.social.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· May 9

... And I can no longer prohibit students from using AI.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· May 8

Today's piece.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· May 6

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is complete and utter bollocks. 1st screenshot- becoming a phone free school has done all these wonderful things. 2nd screenshot- these things happened too, I guess. Honestly, which do you think has made MORE of a difference?

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Apr 28

'Offensive' dog fouling implies the existence of defensive dog fouling.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Apr 11

Badenoch: We'd bring back one thing you hate for another thing you hate.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Apr 6

Reading Pets Tell Tales: Ancient Rome, and finally got the Life of Brian reference that I've been waiting 199 pages for. @rikworth.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Mar 23

I'm sending the template email today with the following addition. I hope this helps. SEN parents are amazing and raise amazing children. I'm not going to stand by and let them down.

Dear [Name of your MP]

I am writing to you as a constituent [and parent of a child or young person with special educational needs – if applicable] to let you know how concerned I am about key aspects of the Government’s proposed SEND reforms.

From the headlines, it sounds positive. But if you analyse the detail in the consultation document, it’s clear that what’s proposed is not “a radical expansion of rights” as ministers have suggested, but may be the opposite.

The proposed reforms risk weakening:

The right to provision based on a child’s particular needs, through a shift to standardised Specialist Provision Packages (SPPs) into which individual children may not easily fit.
The right to enforceable provision, as children potentially move from legally binding EHC plans to Individual Support Plans (ISPs) that appear to have no way of being enforced.
The right to an EHC needs assessment and EHC plan, with unclear thresholds and restricted to children and young people with ‘complex needs’ that haven’t been defined. I am concerned that this will create gaps in the system through which children may fall.
The right for parents to request and secure a specific school or college that can provide the support their child needs, with more emphasis on containing costs than meeting children and young people’s needs. I am afraid that the number of children without a suitable school place may actually increase under these proposals, resulting in more children and young people ending up without an education.

The system for supporting children and young people with SEND is clearly not working as it should. But I am concerned that the direction of SEND reform risks children and young people having to fit into whatever provision is available, or else missing out on education entirely. I’m really worried that these new proposals will leave parents having to battle directly with schools to get help for their child.

Legally enforceable protections for children a…

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Mar 12

Frank Miller's Gun: The weapon of the enemy. We do not need it. We will not use it.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Mar 12

I'm tabling at SCARF Trafalgar Warehouse, Sheffield. S1 4JT 10th October 2026 FREE ENTRY For more info: scarf.chrismole.co.uk

A poster for SCARF Comic Art Festival, featuring a redheaded girl in a coat and hate with a long scarf trailing horizontally behind her and she walks off the right side of the graphic.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Mar 8

More Weight: A Salem Story is one of the finest graphic novels that I've ever buried myself in. The tone is pitch perfect, the art as unsettling and alive as anything I've ever done across. This book needs to be read. This one is going to impact me for a long, long, long time.

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Mar 7

#ThankYouNHS

Kevin Hoffin@khoffin· Mar 5

Look what's turned up today! #NewColumbone #CenterBarks With apologies to Center Parcs.