Louie Stowell

@louiestowell

Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. . No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.

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Louie Stowell@louiestowell· 27d

Tell me you see this too?

The usborne adventurss of king Arthur where Arthur looks, to my mind, like rob brydon.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· 29d

My new fave pic of myself (text to hide kids faces)

Me on stage at a festival in a dress with a fake white beard, eye patch and soft toy snake around my shoulders. I'm odin and text hiding kids faces reads Odin is watching you. We can see a festival of brilluabt banner and amplifier on stage plus a rainbow flag that's a stand in for bifrost.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· 29d

I'm going to miss norway. Not that I follow football really but I would watch their silly little Viking videos any day.

Erling Haaland in a norway shirt pointing at someone looking a bit cross. He's saying - in a badly photoshopped speech bubble - "LOKI! If you transform into moving goalposts ONE more time it's eternal snake torture for you!"

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 12

I can only apologise for Norway's loss. It's clearly Loki's fault. He is not a fan of sportsball.

A comic from Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good in which Loki watches Thor and Heimdall as they watch football. They're yelling things like "man on" and "switch it" and "offside" and he is complaining that these are not real words and that the footballers on the tv cannot hear the anyway.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 10

My good news is PATRICE LAWRENCE IS THE NEW CHILDREN'S LAUREATE! @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social

Me, robin stevens and patrice laurence looking joyful in the barbican greenhouse garden. Patrice has a gold necklace saying laureate.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 8

Look, it's the new Waterstones Children's Laureate and a pair of troublemakers! The atmosphere in the room was amazing Congratulations to Patrice Lawrence, all hail! I'm really excited to see what she does. Her speech was properly inspiring. Let's see how books can build community.

Patrice Lawrence wearing her Laureate necklace. And you can just see the ribbon of her medal around her neck. She's grinning and has shades on her head. Me and author Robin stevens are also looking joyous in the photo, clustered around Patrice. We're in the indoor garden bit of the Barbican with lots of lush plants. I'm wearing a name tag because we're at the waterstones children's laureate party and whoever organised it is a nice person who takes account of the fact that so many people are awful with names, especially me. Thank you, msytery Booktrust person.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 7

Yayyy! Patrice!

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 6

Me with my bluesky mutuals who are also deeply heat intolerant and yet have to work this week:

A gif from The Vampire Lestat which I came across in spite of not having watched it yet cos it's not out in the uk. It shows Lestat, apparently burned and looking horrified saying "I don't want a job. I wanna die."

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 6

19th century historians @ gay couples

The cover of Frog and Toad Are Friends showing a frog and a toad who we ALL know are more than friends. It's an I CAN READ book and won the caldecott honor medal. It's by Arnold Lobel.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 6

Me when there is drama

A squirrel is peering quite closely at the camera lense while hanging from a branch of a yew tree in a graveyard. I took this pic and am quite proud of it so thank you for the opportunity to use it.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 3

Traditionalist Catholics:

An old fashioned wooden door with "NO Popery scratched" into it.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 3

This line from widow's bay can be used in so many circumstances.

A still from Widow's Bay with subtitles. The image shows the photo of a dead priest at his own funeral, with flowers either side of the picture. The text reads: Once again, I'd like to remind everyone that it is not mandatory that you speak.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 3

Looked her up, and there are so many more beauties besides! i0.wp.com/earlymusicmu...

Various weird little guys from beverly minster, carved into the walls of the cathedral. I'm sure there's a formal word for this specific above-an-arch decoration. One appears to be a medieval dude wrestling an eel while shoving possibly a lemon in his mouth. Another is a medieval woman (I think woman( with possibly some wings. Or is it a turtle? Then there's a little bear-fox creature sitting down and holding a big stick. Its wearing clothes. It looks like something from rupert the bear but less racist and more 14th century.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jul 2

I was just in a restaurant for a party that was clearly run by that mob

Restaurant bathroom showing handwash and moisturiser and behind it a dark green wall that's probably something like farrow and ball

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 30

What in the seven extremely divorced hells is this?

A screenshot from the tesla website. Yes, it is my own fault for going there. I was checking if a tesla pram thing I saw was made up or not. I didn't get that far because I saw what can only be described as a monstrosity. But, more specifically, it's a cybertruck CyberTent. Which is basically some plastic looking awning on the back of a Cybertruck, with a couple of poles to make a pathetic excuse for a tent. For a very divorced dad to live in, presumably.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 28

The diary when Loki tries to justify his actions

A two panel quote from The Good Place.
Panel one: Chidi is saying "Ok, but that's worse."
Panel two: Chidi continues: "You do get how that's worse, right?"

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 28

Or ginger odysseus! I'm casting this guy:

A picture of a pale, red-haired man smiling. It's Domhnall Gleeson. His hair is a a bit floppy and he's not well shaven.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 26

That was my wife's assumption too! No, this guy!

A black and white photo of Anton Checkhov sitting in a wicker chair looking dapper. His slutty little glasses have a string and he's wearing a bow tie.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 26

I really enjoyed this one (I grew up watching the TV adaptation) a lot!

Cover of Monkey king and the world of myths: the monster and the maze. By Maple lam. Shows Monkey (of Journey to the west fame) riding a cute 3 headed dog. There's an ancientish Chinese city on a cloud in the sky behind him and another city on a hill.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 26

This is where I become That Guy and gesture towards these.... lokibooks.com

The luridly bright yellow cover of LOKI: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos by Louie Stowell, showing schoolboy loki resting on the word chaos while his friends, enemies and fake siblings are all acting daft around him. Vinir the elf has heart eyes and a bunch of flowers. Thor is clutching his hammer and looking hostile. Valerie and Georgina are glaring at one another and Valerie is chucking an apple at Georgina. Everything is in chaos. Nothing is going well for anyone. Loki appears not to have noticed yet and is extremely relaxed.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 20

This book was stupendous. And apparently another will along soon. @nikitagill.bsky.social you wonder! I wasn't very familiar with Hekate's story before this and now I want to delve into all the sources. A powerful exploration of the devastatint effects of war thru a mythological lens. I RECOMMEND!

A beautifully illustrated book cover against a background of garden leaves. The book is Hekate: the witch by Nikita Gill. It shows the tripartite godeess in grey, looking like a statue, each of her iterations holding a torch. Gold swirls decorate the cover, as well as golden owls. She also has what looks like a pet fox.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 19

This one!

A jan pienkowski sihouette of a fairytale woman with a string of sausages

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 19

It's friday! Time for the weekly good news thread! What's your good news from the week? What's made you smile?

Matthew Rhys in Widow's Bay having a rare chance to smile.

Louie Stowell@louiestowell· Jun 12

It's friday! Time for the weekly Good News Thread! Sponsored by my beloved, Santos, the MVP of the Pitt who has never done anything wrong in her life and the AI charting mistakes are entirely on management. #GoodNews