Childrens illustrator. Expert colourer-inner. Represented by The Bright Agency @BrightAgencyUk.
Widnes, England
Joined January 2010
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A little interview with me by my lovely agents @_Bright_Agency
"Draw lots, draw everything. But make sure you draw things you enjoy and would want to be working on."
Join us in conversation with #BrightArtist @gorillustrator > ow.ly/FhO850PgZMI
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Author @GuyBassBooks introduces the third book in the Hugh Dunnit Mystery series, Splitting Hairs, is a brilliantly funny detective story with comic-book art throughout, illustrated by Lee Cosgrove (@gorillustrator).
Out Now!
#HughDunnitMystery #GuyBass #AndersenPress
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Happy publication day to these wonderful new middle grade stories, out today! 📖✨
🌊 Escape from the Child Snatchers by @sufiyaahmed
✂️ A Hugh Dunnit Mystery: Splitting Hairs by @GuyBassBooks & Lee Cosgrove (@gorillustrator )
Available online and in all good bookshops.
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Lionsgate vice-chairman Michael Burns claims he can produce anime films in 3 hours with AI. The process, he says, is as simple as telling the AI software to "do it in anime." Story: cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commen…
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Don't ignore this case. If this man is convicted, CPS will have invented a new blasphemy law through use of Section 4A of the Public Order Act 1986 (alone or in combination with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998) despite 2006 & 2008 Acts of Parliament intended to prevent this.
We've warned that if this prosecution for burning a Quran in protest is successful, it would effectively subvert the will of Parliament and re-establish blasphemy laws in England and Wales by the back door.
humanists.uk/2025/05/09/cps-…
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It’s a funny coincidence how our tech overlords hot takes always mysteriously line up with whatever will grant them maximum profits and minimum accountability. Every time!
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It’s Easter with a twist in this hilarious mix-up of eggs with legs and hot cross BUMS from Candy Bee 🐣🥚😂
With hilarious illustrations throughout from Lee Cosgrove @gorillustrator, this silly seasonal story is bound to have kids hopping with delight! 🐰
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One thing that really irks me about this whole generative AI thing is people simultaneously celebrating the "democratisation of art" and also crowing that "it's over" for artists. As if artists were some kind of privileged class gatekeeping people from making art for themselves.
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Sobering figures.
Blasphemy laws are in force in 91 countries, impacting 57% of the world's population. In 12 nations, the punishment is death. Prison sentences are possible in 60 countries, while other penalties are imposed in 19.
@EndBlasphemyLaw
humanists.uk/2025/01/30/most…
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Contrary view: Religious offence is never a justification for violence & countries that criminalise blasphemy tend to see more religious violence than others because they legitimise the premise of it
Human lives are worth infinitely more than ‘sacred’ texts
End blasphemy laws
Some of you may disagree but the public desecration of any holy book should be viewed as a hate crime and the offender should face consequences.
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This post was written after the assassination of Salwan Momika, known for burning copies of the Quran
bbc.com/news/articles/…
Given the timing of her claim, it can be inferred that Bushra is referring to the murder of Salwan whose actions were legal. Sweden does not have any blasphemy laws.
voanews.com/a/why-does-swe…
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Day 9, 7+ Category: ‘Taking Shelter’ by @GuyBassBooks, illustr. by @gorillustrator @AndersenPress
When Hugh Dunnit discovers his homework has been ripped up, he tries to prove it wasn’t his beloved rescue dog, Shelter. Like a dog with a bone - he won’t give up! #SparkLonglist
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🎄CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY! 🎄
*WIN* this fabulously festive bundle of Christmassy books!
We are giving away a bumper set of TWELVE kids books - find out more here:
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This is these guys in a nutshell. It's a shot-for-shot remake of the original trailer... except it's not even a good copy. It's not just that there is not a single original idea in there, they aren't even aware that they have taken out all the substance. (A li'l thread.)
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✨NEW PICTURE BOOKS✨
☕The Café at the Edge of the Woods🧁 by Mikey Please.
🎅🏻Christmas? That's Not Right! 🎅🏻 illustrated by @gorillustrator
🎄The Grinch Activity Book and How the Grinch Lost Christmas🎄 by Dr. Seuss
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My latest @GuardianBooks cartoon.
ALT Panel one: Two small figures stand before a huge machine. One says “Our startup has innovated the human writer out of the publishing process. This machine can write sixty-five books an hour.” A conveyor belt at the front of the machine dispatches a continuous stream of books. Panel two: They walk across the workshop. The second figure, who is reading one of the books, says “but will people actually want to read this stuff?” Panel three: They have reached a second huge machine. “The real beauty of our integrated system” says the first figure “is that it also frees companies from the tyranny of human readers”. A conveyor belt at the front of the machine dispatches a continuous stream of robot readers, happily consuming the content from the other machine.
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Lionsgate has signed a deal with AI company Runway, and hopes that AI can eliminate storyboard artists and VFX crews. The studio says that replacing human artists with AI will save “millions and millions of dollars.” cartoonbrew.com/artist-right…
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Guillermo del Toro gives his thoughts on AI and the value of art:
“AI has demonstrated that it can do semi-compelling screensavers. That’s essentially that. The value of art is not how much it costs and how little effort it requires, it’s how much would you risk to be in its presence.
How much would people pay for those screensavers? Are they gonna make them cry because they lost a son? A mother? Because they misspent their youth? Fuck no.”
(Source: @BFI)
