Author: worstjourney
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Year of the Red Fire Horse
Horse years are, apparently, characterised by dynamism, unpredictability, passion and drive, with the fire element amplifying that. I am not an astrology person in any way, but I can’t deny that it has been a Horse year.
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Roland Huntford 1927-2026
It’s impossible to overstate the effect that Huntford’s book Scott and Amundsen had on the cultural memory of Scott and polar historiography generally.
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So, Where’s Volume 2?
What they don’t tell you about the comics life is that having a book published is as much work as making the darn thing in the first place, and none of it involves sitting alone at your desk lost in your drawings.
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Mid-2024 Update
I have been neglectful about sharing my monthly Patreon updates on here, because most updates seem to consist mainly of apologising for not having any progress to update on. So here is a summary, to save you some time. (If you want to read each month in full, with pictures: January, February, March, April, and…
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Free Comic Book Day
I launched my Patreon on Free Comic Book Day in 2017. Ever since, I’ve unlocked a bunch of posts on FCBD and invite the Internet in. Patreon has made the holiday year-round with even better free membership options!
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March 29th
Originally posted on Patreon, 29 March 2022 And so the Earth completes another circuit of the sun, and once again we’re back at the High Holy Day of the Terra Nova calendar. March 29th, 1912 is the last entry in Scott’s diary, and since he was pretty much the only one still writing at that…
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End-of-2023 Update
I forgot to crosspost my November update from Patreon (in my defence, I was in Norway and then ill) so here is a mashup of November and December, wrapping up 2023 in one convenient post. Book Stuff I have finished an outline for the three remaining books of the series. This pass is just making very basic…
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The Millennials’ Polar Expedition
A year ago today (23 Nov 2022), I launched Worst Journey Vol.1 at the Scott Polar Research Institute. This is the text of the speech I gave to the lovely people who turned up to celebrate. As many of you know, my interest in the Terra Nova Expedition was sparked by Radio 4’s dramatisation of…
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Progress Update: October 2023
I’m trying a new thing here. Every month on Patreon I post a writeup of how (and where) the month has gone; these are always public and free to anyone who cares to visit, but a lot of people seem hesitant about clicking on a Patreon link, so I am going to copy them here.…