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It's Hallowe'en and the portal has opened between the now and the never never. But enough about Rob's bowel movements…

This week in the podcast that is and isn't about human sacrifice, our Agents of Filth are rifling through Uncle Ted's VHS collection. Not that one. Rob and Jon talk about their favourite moments in horror films.

News includes the End of the World, Slasher Art, A Sleep Tracker for Vampires and Boris Johnson's Underpants. Quelle Horreur!

Pies are fresh from Sweeny Todd's… Wait, is that a fingernail. Yum. Wait a minute what's that? It can't be, it can't be. I-i-i-it's a VEGETABLE. Arrrrghhhhh…

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• John Scalzi's The Consuming Fire — Rob and Jon are both reading this sequel to Scalzi's excellent Collapsing Empire.
• The Illustrated World of Mortal Engines — Rob was one of the illustrators for this book which is an illustrated encyclopaedia of the Mortal Engines world created by Philip Reeve.
• Murder Is Her Hobby: Frances Glessner Lee and The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death | Smithsonian American Art Museum — Creepy miniatures from the early days of forensic science.
• Edward Burne-Jones review – art that shows how boring beauty can be | Art and design | The Guardian — A withering, and not all that helpful, review of the art of Edward Burne-Jones.
• Jeremy Deller creates a monumental party for Stonehenge centenary | UK news | The Guardian — More wonderful stuff from Jeremy Deller, just a shame about the socks.
• Take that, Charlie Brown! The artists putting the pain into Peanuts | Books | The Guardian — Good Grief, Charlie Brown exhibition at Somerset House.
• I pulled a 1,500-year-old sword out of a lake | Life and style | The Guardian — Saga Vanececk, the new rightful Queen of Everywhere.
• What next for photography in the age of Instagram? | Art and design | The Guardian — The Power of Photography. Forget the clickbait headline, this is a great article about photography in today's changing landscape of technology and social media.

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It's Hallowe'en and the portal has opened between the now and the never never. But enough about Rob's bowel movements…

This week in the podcast that is and isn't about human sacrifice, our Agents of Filth are rifling through Uncle Ted's VHS collection. Not that one. Rob and Jon talk about their favourite moments in horror films.

News includes the End of the World, Slasher Art, A Sleep Tracker for Vampires and Boris Johnson's Underpants. Quelle Horreur!

Pies are fresh from Sweeny Todd's… Wait, is that a fingernail. Yum. Wait a minute what's that? It can't be, it can't be. I-i-i-it's a VEGETABLE. Arrrrghhhhh…

This week's episode brings you forgettable fonts, silly phones, easter eggs, Inktober, and an adieu to Carlos Esquerra.

This week's episode brings you forgettable fonts, silly phones, easter eggs, Inktober, and an adieu to Carlos Esquerra.

You know that dusty old shop that's always closed? You know the one, slumped between CoffeeKings and Harvey's Estate Agents on the high street. That's where episode 84 is being recorded right now. We sent you a text on your Punkt phone. Didn't you get it?

Following on from Creative Review's recent flurry of articles on the matter, Rob and Jon ask if design can save retail? Can design save anything at all? They do their best to obfuscate the entire debate.

News includes Apple (briefly, you'll be relieved to hear), a new map of Antarctica, Fontsmith's new catalogue, kitbashed spaceships, octogenarian fashion models, Incompuito buildings and a new New Adventures Conference.

Pies are consumed like the greedy capitalist pigs we are.

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• REMA - New map of the Antarctic.
• Home | New Adventures | 23rd-25th January 2019
• Marcel du Long | Pixels & Plastics — Amazing model making from Jake Jerde and Marcel Du Long.
• Sunnyside Podcast Show — Rob's been enjoying this podcast. A funny chat about comics, art, film, pop culture…
• Fontsmith Library Book – Fontsmith Shop — Mmmmm.
• George Allen – Ellipress — Ellipress has a new artist on board. Check out the work of architecture student George Allen.
• Alexandra Leese (@alexleese) • Instagram photos and videos — Alex Leese's work for Helmut Lang caught our eye.
• Can creativity save the British high street?
• Best Basic Punkt Dumb Mobile Phones without Internet - Modern Non Smartphone technology — A phone for the (wannabe) unconnected. Or just another expensive gimmick?
• Mud Foods — Jon's Pie.
• Robson's Butcher and Deli — Rob's Pie.

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This week our very special guest is Dan Berry: host of the wonderful podcast Make It Then Tell Everybody. Dan is also a comic artist, teacher, pen whittler, desk collector, and log cabin dweller.

We talk to Dan about making comics, his career, industrial poisoning, child labour, and death.

News includes Luna landing, V&A Gaming, Anish Kapoor's massive (dangerous) hole, and jerks on the internet.

Special Guest: Dan Berry.

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• Thingsbydan – Comics, Design & Illustration
• Make It Then Tell Everybody | How artists do what they do — Dan's excellent podcast.
• Dan Berry (@thingsbydan) | Twitter — Dan on Twitter.
• Justin O’Beirne — Justin O'Beirne's essays on maps and cartography.
• kottke.org - home of fine hypertext products
• Vent Haven Museum--the World's Only Museum of Ventriloquism — Vent Haven (hell if you are spooked by dummies).
• ザ壁 (@ka_nai) • Instagram photos and videos — Incredible photography of Japanese architectural gubbins. Pipes, vents, cables, ducts.
• The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers — Jon has been reading…
• The V&A opens up the 'black box' of video game design
• Creative Review by Creative Review on Apple Podcasts
• Man falls into Anish Kapoor's painted hole installation | Creative Bloq
• Gosh Comics

This week our very special guest is Dan Berry: host of the wonderful podcast Make It Then Tell Everybody. Dan is also a comic artist, teacher, pen whittler, desk collector, and log cabin dweller.

We talk to Dan about making comics, his career, industrial poisoning, child labour, and death.

News includes Luna landing, V&A Gaming, Anish Kapoor's massive (dangerous) hole, and jerks on the internet.

Special Guest: Dan Berry.

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