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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

10 months

Out here making challenging, progressive comics like

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

I was working recently with a bunch of kids who kept tearing up their own drawings in frustration, so I did something I've not done before.

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@neillcameron

7 years

IN SUMMARY: be kinder to your drawings, and yourselves. I know, it's hard. But try.

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@neillcameron

7 years

But here's the thing, and I think it's easy to forget this: no-one else can see that first version.

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@neillcameron

7 years

There's the version that exists in your head, and then there's the version that ends up on paper.

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@neillcameron

7 years

And you know what, this sounds crazy, but they might actually like it, for what it is. They might think it's cool that you made it.

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@neillcameron

7 years

And because you can see both versions, you can't help but compare them, and feel frustrated by the difference.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

Or, possibly even better: abandon false objective notions of quality altogether and just enjoy the process, the activity, of making a thing.

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@neillcameron

7 years

They can't judge against it. They can only see, and judge, the version that exists on paper.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

9 years

Here you go @wilw , I turned you into Aubrey Plaza. Or turned Aubrey Plaza into you. Either way. #ParksAndTrek http://t.co/oniVh01tAz

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

As I attempted to explain it - and many of you reading this will know this already - when you make a drawing, there are two versions of it.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

2 years

Epic Back-to-School MEGA ROBO GIVEAWAY! For a chance to win all ALL FOUR Mega Robo Bros graphic novels AND all three Freddy novels, just ❤️ & reply to this tweet! I’ll pick a winner at lunchtime Fri 9th September!

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@neillcameron

7 months

MEGA ROBO BOOK GIVEAWAY! My web shop is open from now till xmas - - and to celebrate I’m giving away one COMPLETE SET of ALL SIX Mega Robo Bros books so far! Just ❤️ & RT this post for a chance to win 🤖🤖🔥

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

Super weird day yesterday, please bear with me while I attempt to process it by telling you about a comic of mine that you almost certainly have never heard of.

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@neillcameron

7 years

I talked honestly to a classroom full of children about how much I hate my own drawing.

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@neillcameron

7 years

Your eyeballs would melt and your heart be burned away by the sheer divine fire of amazingness.

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@neillcameron

7 years

But the differences between that version and what's on the page are only visible to me, and shouldn't - can't - matter to anyone else.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

If a drawing goes a bit wrong, ah well. Look at it, learn, try and make the next one better.

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@neillcameron

7 years

They were kind of appalled and horrified and fascinated, but anyway, they stopped tearing up their drawings.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

Okay, not the full extent. These kids ain't ready to hear that. But that I do.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

6 years

A young friend of mine does not think she is good at drawing. I think she *is* good at drawing, and wish she felt more confident about it. Please like or RT this drawing she made if you agree with *me*.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

I mean, holy god, if you guys could see the version of Mega Robo Bros that exists in my head.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

4 months

I would just like to thank the young correspondent who sent me this, for absolutely making my day. I will take your excellent suggestions under advisement. 🤖💩👌

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

10 years

#ParksAndTrek crew so far! http://t.co/dSXZNK9NLW

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

10 months

Hey how about a cheeky little🚨🤖💥BOOK GIVEAWAY 💥🤖🚨 For a chance to win a copy of BOTH the latest Mega Robo Bros books, NEXT LEVEL and CARNIVAL CRISIS - available NOW from good bookshops everywhere - just ❤️ & RT this tweet! (UK only please!)

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

OKAY, THAT’S IT. I think that’s my Sappiness Quota for the next 10 years or so filled. In conclusion: PAY NURSES MORE, jfc.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

10 months

Bye then 👋

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

Not quite how I phrased it to the Year 5s, but hopefully you get the idea.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

4 years

NEW THRILL, STARTS TODAY #2020x365

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

11 months

Teachers! Parents! Librarians! I have a bunch of these cool MEGA ROBO BROS posters to give away - if you’d like one just ❤️ & RT this and I will pick a few people to send them to!

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

6 years

Comic book lettering that uses a serifed capital "I" for anything other than a pronoun.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

IMPROMPTU PRE-FESTIVE GIVEAWAY! To win signed copies of all 4 of my books from this year - FREDDY VS SCHOOL, FREDDY AND THE NEW KID, plus MEGA ROBO BROS: POWER UP and DOUBLE THREAT, simply RT this tweet! Whaaaat

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

8 months

I was talking the other day about how our culture undervalues the funny, and undervalues the pictorial, but this is the bit that was almost too dark to talk about - that there is a distinct strain in our culture, exemplified by this dude, that just has *contempt* for children.

Royal Television Society

@RTS_media

8 months

As for whether we will take to AI-generated content - Griffin reckons that, whereas adults need a soul behind their content, the kids don't care—as long as it entertains them.

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@neillcameron

1 year

May everyone involved in this decision be haunted by vengeful revenants.

Complete Fiction Pictures

@FictionComplete

1 year

Some news. #LockwoodandCo

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

4 months

Wrote a piece for the Bookseller about the whole ‘these celebrities, coming over here, writing our comics’ thing 👇

Comic... or tragic?

Is David Walliams' new graphic novel a cynical landgrab, or a welcome tribute to the genre's success?

www.thebookseller.com

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

2 years

I drew this sketch for a school library and decided I liked it so I coloured it up. If YOU would like a copy for your school library, let me know and I can send you a high-res copy! #megarobobros

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

8 years

It's weird to be constantly decried as an elite by people who make 10,000 times more money, and also run the country.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

You guys can keep a secret, right? I ordered a bunch of 80s transformers comics on eBay and I’m going to give the boy one a week every Saturday morning for the next couple months :D 🤖💥 #parenting

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@neillcameron

2 years

My (dearly loved) mother in law is up for a visit. Runs up to me, excited. “We saw your books! In the BOOKSHOP.” I’d just like to thank Truro Waterstones for making my wife’s parents actually believe, sixteen years in, that I have a job.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

8 years

Guys our prime minister is terrible. Just... terrible.

Sky News

@SkyNews

8 years

"It's about a red, white and blue #Brexit that is the right deal for Britain," Prime Minister @theresa_may has said

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

5 years

1: Fascist Moron says something outrageously wrong/ stupid / offensive 2: Everyone quote-tweets Fascist Moron, dunking on him hilariously! 3: Original tweet ends up being seen by 100m people 4: 1% of those people see tweet, think ‘huh, he’s got a point’ 5: 1m new Fascist Morons.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

1 year

I had a very cute e-mail from a young reader who wanted to dress up as Robot 23 for World Book Day but couldn’t find a good picture online to use as a mask. So I made him one!

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

Stop assuming boys are incapable of imagination or empathy, and just give them awesome stories about awesome girls doing awesome stuff.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

God help me I want a Pink Tutu Lego Batman so bad.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

(Before we go any further in the story, I feel like I should just say - he’s fine, and he’s going to be fine, and you don’t need to worry about where this is going.)

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

Spent a happy hour drawing epic DALEK CYBERMEN WARS with the boy.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

1 year

500 episodes and it still, impossibly, just gets better every week. Rounds of applause, tossed bouquets and some kind of commemorative cheese platter please for Bunny vs Monkey, and for @jamiesmart 🎉⭐️🍰🎉⭐️

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

1 year

I saw someone on FB saying we shouldn’t even use the term AI for midjourney and chatgpt and shit like that but should just refer to it as ‘plagiarism software’ and yeah, I’m in

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

4 years

I feel I should say this every day, but: just, a moment of appreciation for all the teachers, head teachers and school staff working through all this. The amount of shit you must be dealing with is almost incomprehensible to me. Your work is so, so appreciated.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

And yesterday, I got to be inspired by the bravery and resilience of my kid.

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@neillcameron

3 years

I really loved seeing all the robots kids designed for the current MRB story in @phoenixcomicuk but I was bummed only three could win, so for the last episode I drew *literally as many more as I was physically capable of*

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

Anyway, eventually, long past deadline and thanks to the incredible efforts of many - but principally @josephobrady - it existed. A special issue of the Phoenix, basically, for a special audience.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

9 years

Here is a short comic about my experience upgrading to #Windows10 http://t.co/Qvg4p83d1L

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

4 months

It is a testament to the hard work, brilliant creativity and well-deserved success of, well of Jamie basically, that it has expanded the market for children’s graphic novels to the point where these Bigtime Celebrities start jumping on board.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

5 years

Got the boy a phone today and, anyway, it was a nice 11 years and I enjoyed talking to my son, we had a good run there.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

I was just about to go onto a zoom with my editors and was just checking in with myself to see if I felt up to it, emotionally. And then I looked at my phone. And I saw that Mega Robo Bros... was the Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week?

Times Books

@TheTimesBooks

3 years

Mega Robo Bros — Power Up by Neill Cameron puts together sci-fi and the entirely familiar and made @NicoletteJones laugh out loud.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

Oh, who gives even the slightest, faintest ghost-image of a fuck.

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

7 years

Poll: Conservatives most likely to be offended by holiday greetings

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

2 years

I just launched my first ever Kickstarter! Check out X365: A Graphic Novel by Neill Cameron on @Kickstarter

X365: A Graphic Novel by Neill Cameron

I made a comic, one panel a day, for a whole year. This is what happened.

www.kickstarter.com

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

11 days

This message is beautiful and personal and has completely wrecked me and maybe it is unseemly to share it, but I just want to make the point: comics matter. Sometimes, comics really matter. ❤️

Christina Burge

@christinaburge

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@neillcameron I want to thank you so much for Mega Robo Bros. My 8yo (Alex!) has struggled to learn to read, but is completely obsessed & connects so strongly with the themes as an autistic boy with two mums (& a crazy little bro), it's helped him more than I can tell you.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

So yeah, in the end I just feel really lucky that I got to work on that project. I was inspired by the dedication and compassion of everyone I met working on it. Even more, I was inspired by the bravery and resilience of all the children I met on the wards.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

24 days

I bought this stack of brilliant @neilslorance comics - even though I own them all already - so that I can share them with YOU! For a chance to win the lot, just post a reply to this tweet saying YES PLEASE. I’ll pick a winner sometime tomorrow, good luck!

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@neillcameron

1 year

This is out now I believe! My first work for 2000AD, and *I GOT TO DRAW A DREDD*. Genuinely a childhood dream come true, and so much fun to do. In shops, everywhere, now!

Liam Johnson

@LiamJohnsonType

1 year

2000 AD 2336 drops tomorrow! With a brand new Cadet Dredd story by me, @neillcameron and Annie Parkhouse. Check out that art!

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@neillcameron

3 years

But more so because I was able to tell him, with absolute conviction: these people are going to look after you. I’ve talked to them all about what they do, I’ve listened as they talk about their patients. I *know* how good they are, and how much they care.

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@neillcameron

4 years

Organization whose goal is to preserve history: hey, let’s look at some more history. These spanners: YOU ARE TRYING TO ERASE HISTORY!!!

keewa 🇵🇸

@keewa

4 years

The UK is a country with a deep and lingering sickness in its soul

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@neillcameron

2 years

💥💥💥 EVIL ROBOT GIVEAWAY! For a chance to win an original drawing of you / your kid / the person of your choice, TEAMING UP WITH WOLFRAM TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD, just ❤️ and leave a comment here! I’ll pick a winner on Thursday, MELTDOWN day! 💥💥💥 #megarobobros

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@neillcameron

25 days

He’s only gone and done the double!

The Bookseller

@thebookseller

25 days

Our Illustrator of the Year (sponsored by @sweetcherrypub ) is @jamiesmart . Congratulations! 'By any measure, Smart has had a remarkable 12 months!' #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

. @phoenixcomicuk summing it up a bit devastatingly, there. #GE2017

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

4 years

Sorry, I promise I will get back to being a Fun Children’s Comics Guy at some point. It’s just that, you know, there’s a criminal gang running our country and tens of thousands of people are dead at their hands.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

4 years

I wrote a BOOK! FREDDY VS SCHOOL, out Jan 7th from @DFB_storyhouse ! You can pre-order it right now from your local bookshop or HERE:

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

5 years

1) revoke article 50 immediately 2) every standing member of parliament to resign in disgrace 3) new elections held under proportional representation 4) Houses of Parliament to be converted into a museum titled ‘a warning from history’.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

4 years

A thing they don’t tell you about making comics for kids is that one day you will get to see stuff like this and your brain will explode with the sheer amazingness. Happy World Book Day, Alex!💥💥💥💥💥

bogglebeast

@boggleboy

4 years

My son's all set for tomorrow - dressed as his hero and namesake Alex from #megarobobros . Awww yeah!! @neillcameron @phoenixcomicuk #worldbookday

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@neillcameron

2 years

The boy, starting to play Mario sunshine: “This is fun! I don’t know what you were going on about, dad.” The boy, a couple of hours into Mario sunshine: “NO! NO! OH GOD I HATE IT SO MUCH!!”

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@neillcameron

3 years

Anyway, honestly, the comic really helped. Firstly, because obviously the boy had read it, so when moments like this inevitably happened we were able to recognize that this *always* happens, this is normal, this is nothing to worry about.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

8 years

I fully admit to not understanding the US electoral college system, but it seems... fucked?

Jonathan Weisman

@jonathanweisman

8 years

Hillary Clinton's popular vote lead over Trump stands at 1,720,053 and still climbing. A strange history is being made here, very quietly.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

2 years

Tidying up my studio and I found this drawing of Freddy riding a T-Rex, which I would like to send to a good home. If you would like it just reply to this tweet with YES PLEASE and I will pick someone to send it to! #megarobobros

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

So anyway. Yesterday. When, at super short notice, in the middle of a pandemic, and on the day he was supposed to finally be going back to school, we had to take my son into hospital for an operation. Into *that* hospital.

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@neillcameron

3 years

But it meant I had the almost indescribably weird experience of living through the exact scenes I’d drawn. Literally those moments, in those physical spaces. Moments I’d found myself getting emotional just *drawing*

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

There’s even a whole spread gallery of Cuddly Friends Kids Have Taken In To Surgery, in case your heart wasn’t breaking enough.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

3 years

And, best of all, it was filled with just proper actual brilliant comics by @jamiesmart , @MonstrousComics , @PatriceAggs , @paul_duffield , @Lillustrator , ET AL

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

2 years

I was honoured to be asked to select 10 great graphic novels for children over at @Booktrust . And so I did! And they ARE great, too.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

7 years

I'm not trying to Let Terror Win, I'm just really quite hungover.

Scott

@merseytart

7 years

Woman on CNN talking about London's streets being eerily quiet. Mate, it's Sunday. They're not cowering in fear, they're having a lie in.

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@neillcameron

3 years

I walked down this exact corridor with my kid, on the way to theatre.

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

10 years

Nephew's comic has a Song Lyrics page which, I'm sorry, but the world needs to *see*. http://t.co/GTfQB2uAsV

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

5 years

My new book came out: MEGA ROBO REVENGE! 208 pages, packed full of EMOTIONS and GROWING UP and also ROBOT-PUNCHING, go get it!

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Neill Cameron

@neillcameron

2 months

Just want to give a ten minute standing ovation to the whole team at @phoenixcomicuk for this week’s issue. 🥚

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@neillcameron

3 years

I stood in this exact spot, in the room I’d used reference photos of for this scene.

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@neillcameron

4 years

Hello all. I am feeling better enough today to kind of feel okay talking about how ill I’ve been. Pretty ill! I was maintaining for ages that it was just A bug, not THE bug, but turns out that nope, it actually was.

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@neillcameron

3 years

Was having a moan about how hard my job is and how it is currently kicking my arse and the boy told me to, and I quote, “shut up, you literally draw comics about robots all day long.”

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@neillcameron

7 years

Just layer upon layer of bullshit.

Lord Woolamaloo

@LordWoolamaloo

7 years

amusing May said we couldn't consider Indy Ref now, too distracting, but it is okay for her to u-turn on a general election.

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@neillcameron

7 years

I think that whether *I* have “witnessed prejudice” at a festival is missing the point in a fairly catastrophic fashion.

Sharon Tait

@SharonTait9

7 years

@neillcameron Did you witness this when you attended the festival? Prejudice? Is it less inclusive than other festivals? #judgeallfairly #allppl

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@neillcameron

3 years

I stood in that spot, and I watched as this moment happened. I don’t know if I was as composed as the mum in this scene.

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@neillcameron

7 years

STARTS TODAY! My new comic, Our Daily Breath. It is an autobiographical diary comic, but with monsters. First one in a bit! #OurDailyBreath

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@neillcameron

3 years

I love how much it feels like a ‘real’ issue of the comic, but filled with Useful Stuff To Help You Feel Ready For This.

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@neillcameron

2 years

Hey, I made a whole bunch of books this year, and I think they would make excellent xmas presents for kids who like reading / comics / robots / FUN AWESOME STORIES GENERALLY? Please allow me to tell you about them in this THREAD:

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@neillcameron

3 years

Here is my Mega Robo Bros X Pirates of Pangaea Mashup Poster from @phoenixcomicuk #issue500 ! I just wanted to draw something to say thank you to all our readers, past and present, to *anyone* who's supported us all along the way. Anyway, this was my way of doing that.❤️

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@neillcameron

1 year

I have one (ONE) special Phoenixfest Freddy card left over from the weekend - if you know any young #megarobobros fans who might like it, just ❤️ & reply to this tweet and I will pick a winner to post it to! Along with ohhh maybe a FREE BOOK?! (Yes)

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@neillcameron

4 months

Was a bit bamboozled by the back cover of this week’s Phoenix - an ad trailing the return of Mega Robo Bros that has so many brilliant people saying so many nice things about me that, obviously, the whole makes me feel deeply awkward and uncomfortable, THANKS EVERYONE

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@neillcameron

2 years

Heyyy, I was just on Newsround! Talking about #kaboomtsm and getting kids making comics. That was really fun, and the exhibition looked GREAT on telly. Will share a link to watch it if I get one!

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@neillcameron

6 months

At comics club yesterday I was encouraging the kids to all draw Christmas Card Comics for friends / family / whoever they most wanted to send one to. And one (brilliant) little girl called Beth most wanted to draw this for her (and indeed my) hero, @jamiesmart . 🎄😹💨

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@neillcameron

3 years

My First Ever Novel, FREDDY VS SCHOOL, is out today! Fun and ridiculousness and robots and FRIENDSHIP. I hope it is of use to anyone who could use any of those things. 🤖💥🎉 Amazon: Bookshop: Waterstones:

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