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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social

Sometimes, I long for him

Comic strip by Stephen Collins, it begins with a nighttime city scene. In the next few panels, a mysterious figure, giant in the moonlight, walks towards us through the skyline. His feet echo
jul 20, 2025, 9:10 am • 1,774 508

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Joe Friday @joefriday37.bsky.social

Outstanding

jul 20, 2025, 9:29 am • 1 0 • view
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Donal Brannigan @brannigand.bsky.social

Great comic, and also really good Alt-Text description. :) cc: @jothehat.bsky.social

jul 20, 2025, 2:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Zefram @zefram.bsky.social

Nobody ever thinks they're a twat.

jul 20, 2025, 1:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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Longden Calling @longdencalling.bsky.social

"The list of local twats operating in the area" youtu.be/t5NjcZRbPrk?...

jul 21, 2025, 8:14 am • 0 0 • view
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Sam Pottle @dribrats.bsky.social

Listen, he never promised to collect *all* the twats

jul 20, 2025, 4:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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Marie Hummingway @crapcerealandpills.bsky.social

If only.

jul 20, 2025, 3:33 pm • 0 0 • view
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John Christian @johnsculpture.bsky.social

Is that the best alt text ever? I only clicked because I wondered how…

jul 20, 2025, 10:41 am • 3 1 • view
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LiberalDespot @druidic.org

Glorious, but, as a resident of Glasgow, I feel it should definitely be the Cunt Collector.

jul 20, 2025, 10:13 am • 2 0 • view
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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social

Just when we need him the most. I hope this gains the traction it deserves

jul 20, 2025, 11:24 am • 0 0 • view
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Hextella @pastella.bsky.social

This is positively great!

jul 20, 2025, 2:22 pm • 0 0 • view
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Robin Wilde @robinwilde.me

There's a weird horror of the sublime aspect to this comic that gives me shivers beyond what I'd expect from something called The Twat Collector

jul 20, 2025, 4:42 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nathaniel Tapley @thatnatt.bsky.social

Amazing. Reminds me of this delightful thing: youtu.be/oZdrVo8ERyQ?...

jul 20, 2025, 11:49 am • 7 0 • view
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Heather Trails @heathertrails.bsky.social

Only sometimes?

jul 20, 2025, 1:31 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bella - Red Panda VTuber! @wahbella.bsky.social

This gives massive BFG vibes and I’m here for it.

jul 20, 2025, 2:29 pm • 0 0 • view
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Jeffrey Stackhouse @shadowlandonline.bsky.social

Wellll, that made me Follow you.

jul 20, 2025, 1:50 pm • 1 0 • view
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Songwarmonger @songwarmonger.bsky.social

We all do.

jul 20, 2025, 3:08 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bueller - Movies and Heists @moviesandheists.bsky.social

This is just every European folklore character🤣

jul 20, 2025, 12:49 pm • 0 0 • view
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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol

I think this just jumped up the charts of my favourite strips of yours.

jul 20, 2025, 9:26 am • 1 0 • view
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birchy01 @birchy01.bsky.social

One isn’t enough, we need a dedicated team of them.

jul 20, 2025, 9:12 am • 5 0 • view
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Gaz @gazchap.com

A Twat Collector is never late, he arrives exactly when and where he is needed.

jul 20, 2025, 9:54 am • 5 0 • view
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advungeoneer.bsky.social @advungeoneer.bsky.social

The BFG always lets this slide. "Oh my horriblers, it's... oh. It's just you. By all meanings, help yourself to the wankybingles and pricketygucks."

jul 20, 2025, 12:32 pm • 1 0 • view
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nycbunnymadison @nycbunnymadison.bsky.social

Have you ever done The Wanker Magnet cos my friends say i am one 🤣🤣🤣🤣

jul 20, 2025, 12:02 pm • 1 0 • view
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nycbunnymadison @nycbunnymadison.bsky.social

Hilarious!

jul 20, 2025, 12:01 pm • 0 0 • view
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Alex Bellars 🇵🇸🇨🇦🇬🇱 @alexbellars.bsky.social

Us too, Stephen, us too...

jul 20, 2025, 1:30 pm • 0 0 • view
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Danticlimax @danticlimax.bsky.social

Id buy this print

jul 20, 2025, 9:56 am • 0 0 • view
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JoyComethInTheMorning @sheadapts.bsky.social

We need a bat signal for him.

jul 30, 2025, 4:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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slowtiger @slowtiger.bsky.social

This screams to be animated *sitsonhands*

jul 20, 2025, 9:16 am • 2 0 • view
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paul @ptfen.bsky.social

james corden as the voice of The Twat

jul 20, 2025, 1:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nicola Pitchford @npitchford.bsky.social

Brilliant.

jul 20, 2025, 2:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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mrs fenchel @fraufenchel.bsky.social

(can't stop laughing ...:`)))

jul 20, 2025, 11:29 am • 0 0 • view
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Alison Diamond @saxdiamond.bsky.social

Would buy that tote bag too 😃

jul 20, 2025, 9:23 am • 3 0 • view
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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social

Definite merch opportunity.

jul 20, 2025, 9:48 am • 3 0 • view
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Chris Tierney @readyuser.one

tagging @nellucnhoj.bsky.social just in case he hasn't seen it :D

jul 20, 2025, 11:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Twilight Bassist @twilightbassist.bsky.social

If only!

jul 20, 2025, 10:11 am • 0 0 • view
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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social

I once told a friend to put his head under the pillow when he went to bed so the twat fairy would come for him.

jul 20, 2025, 9:21 am • 29 0 • view
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Mark Osterloh @osterlohatlarge.bsky.social

Thank goodness we’ve moved on from the days when your dad tied string around a loose twat, tied the other end to a door handle, then slammed the door shut.

jul 20, 2025, 9:32 am • 10 0 • view
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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social

Why’s the Twat Collector look so glum? Job for life that…

jul 20, 2025, 9:50 am • 9 1 • view
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George Kaslov @kaslov.bsky.social

Probably overworked

jul 20, 2025, 11:55 am • 6 0 • view
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Mark @rfcider.bsky.social

Certainly not under-appreciated though.

jul 20, 2025, 11:57 am • 3 0 • view
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Incomplete Machine @incompletemachine.bsky.social

i suspect that depends entirely on where said twats are deposited. methinks tis parliament.

jul 20, 2025, 11:27 pm • 1 0 • view
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Curious Iguana @curiousiguana.bsky.social

I don't know why. But I'm crying with laughter. "You are a twat, dear"

jul 20, 2025, 9:15 am • 21 0 • view
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Lloyd Mair @lloydmair.bsky.social

We'd expect nothing less from our other half

jul 20, 2025, 10:02 am • 3 0 • view
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. @nsarbutts.bsky.social

Please put this in the shop

jul 20, 2025, 11:03 am • 1 0 • view
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Secret Squirrel @secretsquidgle.bsky.social

I love both the sense of terror and usefulness you have managed to instil in him. He’s a terrifying yet essential creation. Love the style of him.

jul 20, 2025, 9:24 am • 2 0 • view
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Druzy does Comics @pomdruzy.bsky.social

I must ask, what does the twat collector do with all the twats he gets?

jul 20, 2025, 1:48 pm • 0 0 • view
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Liz Church 🏳️‍⚧️ @dailyturnout.bsky.social

I'd like to think he saves them for episode two

jul 21, 2025, 10:38 am • 1 0 • view
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Shirls @holmfirthartist.bsky.social

I’ve saved that one.

jul 20, 2025, 9:15 am • 0 0 • view
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Richard Goodlad @lankysanchez.bsky.social

This is amazing, bravo

jul 20, 2025, 3:19 pm • 0 0 • view
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The Right Runcible Howard Batey @howardbatey.bsky.social

I'm currently in a car on the M25, from the general standard of driving I've witnessed in the last 20 minutes he'd find rich pickings here.

jul 20, 2025, 9:52 am • 0 0 • view
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social

one of the very few comics the guardian ever said no to - at the time I was convinced you could vaguely sort of bracket the word as a ruder cousin of "twit". And when I tried to use a different word it just didn't work

jul 20, 2025, 9:16 am • 108 1 • view
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M Ramberg @grebmar.bsky.social

I'll be honest I thought he was collecting something other than what he was collecting. On the other hand, the tw*t collector is exactly the hero we need for these tw*t-laden times.

jul 20, 2025, 9:21 am • 3 0 • view
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Tony Rogers @tonyrogers366.bsky.social

As a child I thought twat and twit were interchangeable. When my dad clipped me round the ear for using the former (the 70’s, moving on) I had to go look up what it meant. Well done Dad!

jul 21, 2025, 12:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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Leah | information scientista arc @ideocene.net

It's beautiful. 🥲

jul 20, 2025, 9:39 am • 0 0 • view
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Deep woke lefty @rocketmike.bsky.social

'Twat' is perfect. It was their loss.

jul 20, 2025, 9:24 am • 6 0 • view
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Quin Benson @quinb.bsky.social

I once joked it was the past tense of 'twit'. All was fine until a colleague had completely believed me and told a manager she thought they'd been a twit. But in a single word😆

jul 20, 2025, 5:14 pm • 0 0 • view
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Bobby Jack @bobbyjack.me

Didn't David Cameron use the word as a *hilarious* pun in some interview? If the PM says it in public, the Guardian should be able to print it.

jul 20, 2025, 9:29 am • 0 0 • view
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Richard Long @rclongauthor.bsky.social

Yes, it was a live interview with Absolute Radio and he seemed not to know what it actually meant. The Guardian seemed happy enough to use the word at the time: www.theguardian.com/politics/200...

jul 20, 2025, 1:02 pm • 0 0 • view
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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social

The twats.

jul 20, 2025, 1:27 pm • 9 0 • view
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chap-of-steel.bsky.social @chap-of-steel.bsky.social

If Lord Danton of Dyer can say TWAT on the telly the that's a Rubicon crossed right there.

jul 20, 2025, 2:16 pm • 2 0 • view
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Arthur @arthur.qeng-ho.org

As every Robert Browning knows, a twat is a nun's wimple. [Obscure historic/poetic joke.]

jul 20, 2025, 12:47 pm • 0 0 • view
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Charlie 'ChazDude' Halson @chazdude.newgrounds.com

They made a bad call!

jul 20, 2025, 10:02 am • 0 0 • view
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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social

Michael Hunt had the same challenge? As did Richard Head. All bad jokes aside Pillock is a great word, because most people don’t realise how rude it is.

jul 20, 2025, 9:29 am • 1 0 • view
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Bobby Jack @bobbyjack.me

Also, "berk"

jul 20, 2025, 9:37 am • 2 0 • view
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Head Like A Hat @prettyhatmachine.bsky.social

Is the Berkshire Hunt even a thing now though?

jul 20, 2025, 9:40 am • 0 0 • view
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Godzilla ✅ @iamgodzilla.bsky.social

Yes. They continue to hunt despite the ban. Cunts.

jul 20, 2025, 1:53 pm • 1 1 • view
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Numpty Bus @numptybus.bsky.social

That is the good shit

jul 20, 2025, 1:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social

Too many twats, too few Twat Collectors

jul 20, 2025, 10:56 am • 0 0 • view