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The first link in 100 years

https://badmachinery.com/2026/05/04/the-first-link-in-100-years/badmachinery/

Published: May 4, 2026 08:21

In the last couple of days something very strange happened, another webcomic linked to me. This used to be common 20 years ago, but now is so unusual that I looked at my stats and couldn’t work out why they[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Like everyone

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-05-04/

Published: May 3, 2026 23:01

It’s not unusual to be greeted by an older male associate asking not how you are, but which roads you took to arrive at their home. Do not ask me to explain this. It is not in my make-up. Well,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Auto proficiency

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-05-01/

Published: April 30, 2026 23:01

The mystery boys are hard cases, Glenn. They’re turbocharged nutters. Sonny once made a daisy chain and Linton has been known to watch three or four unboxing videos in a row. As for Jack…

My kinda town

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-04-29/

Published: April 28, 2026 23:01

When I was trying to think what the tourism video would be like, I had to think what Shelley Winters would commission (back in her days in the mayor’s office), and I was certain that it would be almost exactly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Bad fuel economy (CHRISTMAS SPECIAL begins)

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-04-27/

Published: April 26, 2026 23:01

A new story begins, and we’re heading back to a familiar location. Who can say what will happen over the next eight weeks? Read “Christmas Special” in full on Patreon!

A break

https://badmachinery.com/2026/04/25/a-break/badmachinery/

Published: April 25, 2026 07:17

[This was posted on Patreon last week, I realise some of you aren’t signed up to the free tier where you get the newsletters – sorry for the repeat if you do.] From late April I am taking a two-month[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL starts Monday

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-04-24/

Published: April 23, 2026 23:01

The final part of Solver volume 2 starts on Monday. Subscribers to my Patreon (in the Early Reader tier and above) will be able to read it as a PDF on Sunday morning. This chapter completes a little trilogy and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Very merry (HULL OR HIGH WATER concludes)

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-04-23/

Published: April 22, 2026 23:01

Another chapter comes to an end, and I am declaring it possibly my best Solver to date. Next up: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, of course beginning in April, I know how to time these things just right. When you see the parade[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...

Thirty minuters

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-04-22/

Published: April 21, 2026 23:01

We are barrelling towards the next story, CHRISTMAS SPECIAL. Lottie’s representation of pumpkin spice is Ginger Spice at the Brit Awards in 1997 with a gourd on her head. I don’t think there is any better way to depict it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this…

Steeple on WEBTOON

https://badmachinery.com/2026/04/20/steeple-on-webtoon/badmachinery/

Published: April 20, 2026 17:28

I wrote back in February about Solver on Webtoon and Tapas, but neglected to mention last month that Steeple is now running on Webtoon Originals, as part of their tie-up with Dark Horse Publishing. They’re re-running it from the start[…]↓ Read the rest of…

It’s a time machine

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-04-20/

Published: April 19, 2026 23:01

Perhaps someone will get the subtle references in today’s page and illuminate the less hip members of the audience. MAN MEN:

The ole bottom line

https://badmachinery.com/comic/2026-04-17/

Published: April 16, 2026 23:01

Lottie and Claire definitely perform a queue-jumping faux pas today. The mission ends as it begins, with a fog horn.