Mistigram: today’s panel of our daily serial...

Mistigram: today’s panel of our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic may be a little confusing – explosive “POOP!” panels were a fondly-remembered stock trope in Mr. Biffo’s original Turner comics, but in this case, @illarterate has drawn one intended to communicate the opposite of what it describes. This, here, represents the notorious moment when viewers of Turner’s final appearance on Digitiser hit the “reveal” button.

Glug: “The switchboard is lighting up again, but I don’t think it’s good news… Ooh, what’s that, then?” https://instagr.am/p/CTPu1T2DK73/

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Mistigram: here in the closing hours of August, we feature this...

Mistigram: here in the closing hours of August, we feature this animated seasonal scene drawn by @blippypixel in #BBCMicro high resolution mode, “Summer Meadow”. This piece was included in the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month.

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Mistigram: this “Tombstone” BBS #ANSIart logo by The...

Mistigram: this “Tombstone” BBS #ANSIart logo by The Extremist is almost more sculpture than typography, but it remains an interesting specimen of its style and technique. This piece was included in the MIST0895 artpack collection released 26 years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CTNcEFggGVw/

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Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily #teletext...

Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily #teletext #TurnerTheWorm fancomic, illstrated by @illarterate, our hero has made a grave on-camera miscalculation regarding the effects of a Pumpkin Spice Latte on his delicate digestive system.

Turner: “Glug, get me a bucket, QUICK!”

Narrator: “But it was too late…” https://instagr.am/p/CTNTed1jfd0/

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Mistigram: from the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24...

Mistigram: from the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24 years ago this month, here’s an uncoloured newschool #ASCIIart logo drawn by Dead Soul for Trinity’s BBS “Malpractice”. https://instagr.am/p/CTLiWEcAc4y/

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Mistigram: @illarterate really picked up the ball in this latter...

Mistigram: @illarterate really picked up the ball in this latter half of our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm #teletext webcomic and ran with it! Finally, after years of uncertainty, an explanation is proffered for Turner’s final appearance in the pages of Digitiser!

Young Turner: “Gulp!”

Narratow: “But a first-run Pumpkin Spice Latte on Turner’s empty stomach had CATASTROPHIC results…”

Stomach: “BOOM!” https://instagr.am/p/CTLh-_4goDD/

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Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily...

Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic, @illarterate draws a truly contrite worm of 2003, awed at the dwindling-away of his time travelling counterpart of 2020.

Young Turner: “I’m going to give myself last rites while the cameras are rolling. My older self gave us so much, but at what cost? But… phew, chopping down that door wore me out, I’m going to need a pick-me-up. Glug, pass me your Pumpkin Spice Latte, will you?” https://instagr.am/p/CTJ1cXtguz4/

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Mistigram: this #teletext animation by @blippypixel,...

Mistigram: this #teletext animation by @blippypixel, “Network Fail”, really stood out from the other items in last summer’s MIST0820 artpack collection as they were, by and large, all nature-themed! But do note the tiny red areosolized passengers who haven’t paid a fare…

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Mistigram: 24 years ago this month, in the MIST0897 artpack...

Mistigram: 24 years ago this month, in the MIST0897 artpack collection, Neophyte (formerly Solar Menace) officially changed his handle to Quip (now @psidreamdnb) with this bold #ANSIart proclamation. https://instagr.am/p/CTFgjUcpFdb/

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Mistigram: TitaniumDave brings us today’s #teletext screen...

Mistigram: TitaniumDave brings us today’s #teletext screen of our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm fancomic. When last seen, upon saving Digitiser from cancellation in 2003, the Turner of 2020 began fading from the timeline.

Narrator: “It’s true loyal fans. In an alternate timeline, further years of Digitiser would have bloated Turner with rock star success, leaving him terminally susceptible to the vices of fast cars, fast women, and hard drugs.” https://instagr.am/p/CTFeRx5jeSo/

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Mistigram: sure, this year has been another flaming dumpster...

Mistigram: sure, this year has been another flaming dumpster fire, but just in case you’re tempted to look back at last summer as an oasis of security and normalcy, here’s @jellica_______’s riff on the Asian Murder Hornets phenomenon, this #teletext warning of giant wasps. Beware and stay vigilant, citizen! This screen was included in the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CTDFytUjVGR/

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Mistigram: Digitiser’s fortunes secured, it seems...

Mistigram: Digitiser’s fortunes secured, it seems #TurnerTheWorm has found a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in today’s panel of our serial #teletext fancomic, illustrated by @GentlemanNikki:

Old Turner: “I succeeded in saving Digitiser… but the timelines! I must have changed events that result in my early death… I can feel myself fading…” https://instagr.am/p/CTDEYH8HTTn/

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Mistigram: this summer scene of a #butterfly fluttering in the...

Mistigram: this summer scene of a #butterfly fluttering in the sunshine was drawn in #BBCMicro high resolution graphics by @blippypixel and included in the MIST0819 artpack collection released two years ago this month.

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Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily...

Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fan comic, drawn by @AndyUglifruit, it seems that the audiences interpreted the time travel paradox drama as a scripted part of the show - the Turner of 2020 may have succeeded in his mission to 2003, overturning Digitiser’s cancellation!

Glug: “We’ve been saved!! The cancellation is stayed! Our phone lines have been ON FIRE with viewers who love our new edgy style, makeup and Hollywood FX!”

Callers: “…aged him using CGI…” “…fab new cape…” “very similar body-double…” “…own stunts…”

Both Turners: “SAY WHAAA??!”

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Mistigram: @Joninscii shares with us this #ASCIIart animation...

Mistigram: @Joninscii shares with us this #ASCIIart animation of the Tony Hawk of the animal kingdom, very possibly the skateboarding #FrenchBulldog named #NordBoss. Gnarly! This piece was included in the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month.

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Mistigram: @illarterate presents today’s grand reveal in...

Mistigram: @illarterate presents today’s grand reveal in our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic – wherein the time-travelling Turner of 2020 pulls back the cowl and shows Turner 2003 who he’s yelling at.

Old Turner: “You callow larva, don’t you understand… I’m trying to save you from the worst thing that ever happened to us!” https://instagr.am/p/CS9g3YcA544/

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Mistigram: from the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24...

Mistigram: from the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24 years ago this month, here’s an oldschool #ASCIIart logo by Feral celebrating our second WHQ BBS, Happyfish’s The Jade Monkey. https://instagr.am/p/CS8ol5tjpm-/

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Mistigram: in today’s meeting of the minds, our daily...

Mistigram: in today’s meeting of the minds, our daily #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic sees the time-traveling Turner of 2020 confronted by his counterpart from 2003, kindly directing him to make himself scarce. This screen was drawn by @AndyUglifruit.

Old Turner: “Turner, you need to leave RIGHT NOW, or we risk tearing the world apart with a… PARADOX!!!”

Young Turner: “This is my last episode. You can’t threaten me with the end of the world… I’M ALREADY LIVING IT!”

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Mistigram: @BlippyPixel commemorated the #solareclipse on last...

Mistigram: @BlippyPixel commemorated the #solareclipse on last year’s summer solstice with a number of artworks engaging the topic. This #BBCMicro hirez screen, titled “Ring of Fire”, was included in the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CS5SbappUct/

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Mistigram: @andyuglifruit illustrates today’s page in our...

Mistigram: @andyuglifruit illustrates today’s page in our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic. The Turner from 2020 has barricaded himself into the Digitiser studios in an attempt to change history, but he didn’t reckon with the Turner of 2003 undermining his efforts with a fire axe!

HEEERE’S TURNER!

Turner: “WHO is this impostor Glug! ? Stinking up my airtime with his gloomy tosh!” https://instagr.am/p/CS5Qcv4pO-u/

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Mistigram: this menu for the games playable at Operation Ivy...

Mistigram: this menu for the games playable at Operation Ivy BBS, protected by an #ANSIart ranger drawn by @MaxMouse__, was included in the MIST0819 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CS2TkeXh-sR/

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Mistigram: in today’s panel of our daily serialised...

Mistigram: in today’s panel of our daily serialised #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic, this screen again drawn by TitaniumDave, the Turner-of-2020 despairs at not having any good news to share with his audience of 2003:

Caller: “This Euroskepticism won’t ever amount to anything will it?”

Turner: “I can’t take it any more cut the line!”

(POOP, a not uncommon Digitiser sound effect)

Oddly Familiar Voice: “I’ll cut something alright!” https://instagr.am/p/CS2RfBHgyS7/

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Mistigram: @kurogao96 arranged this very appealing pastoral...

Mistigram: @kurogao96 arranged this very appealing pastoral summer scene of punting down a garden-flanked canal in his trademark #asciiart style using #emoji and other extended characters. This piece was included in the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CSznZ0aMAKe/

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Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily serialised...

Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily serialised #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic, illustrated by TitaniumDave, speaking frankly of our wonderful future in 2003 continues to be a humbling experience:

Caller: “This SARS outbreak is a real pain but with a well-funded NHS and advances in modern medicine we won’t ever have another outbreak like that right”

Turner: “This question is making me feel sick…”

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Mistigram: this enigmatic set of eminently smoochable #popart...

Mistigram: this enigmatic set of eminently smoochable #popart #lips was drawn by @carlos_teletextr and included in the MIST0817 artpack collection released four years ago this month. Pucker up! https://instagr.am/p/CSw8g0cjoDB/

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Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily serial...

Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic, @Illarterate shows our fortune-telling worm, displaced in time, painting a grim picture of the future to his 2003 Digitiser audience.

Caller: “Arnold Schwarzenegger was just elected as governor of California - that isn’t going to be a trend in the future, is it? … Unqualified figures from the entertainment business representing on the world stage, I mean?”

(Arnold: “I’m back.”)

Turner: “Well, I guess it’ll be OK if you live in Germany of New Zealand…” https://instagr.am/p/CSw8Tm0j8EP/

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Mistigram: In today’s installment of our daily serial...

Mistigram: In today’s installment of our daily serial #teletext #TurnerTheWorm fancomic, @Illarterate illustrates Turner laying out his bold plan to defy Digitiser’s 2003 cancellation – and change his own fate – by any means necessary.

“Glug! Get me a hammer, some nails and some boards… a cowl from wardrobe and a crystal ball from the props department. We’re not going off the air tonight even if they have to send in the riot squad to evict us!” https://instagr.am/p/CShZuMiAPTa/

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Mitsigram: from Crystal Lake to your home, all of us here at...

Mitsigram: from Crystal Lake to your home, all of us here at Mistigris wish you a very happy #FridayThe13th! This digital illustration of #JasonVoorhees and his trusty machete was made by the teletext god @horsenburger, and was included in last year’s MIST1020 artpack collection. https://instagr.am/p/CShZWUuDFKT/

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Mistigram: CoaXCable is having a hard time right now, so...

Mistigram: CoaXCable is having a hard time right now, so let’s remind him of the good times and celebrate past glories with this piece, “The Nova Nuevo Kid”, which won 1st prize in the #ANSIart competition of last year’s Nova 2020 demoparty. This piece was included in the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CSe7liCD8IQ/

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Mistigram: in today’s screen in our daily serialised...

Mistigram: in today’s screen in our daily serialised #TurnerTheWorm fancomic, @AndyUglifruit shows the Turner of 2020 arriving at his workplace of 2003 at #Teletext, Ltd., determined to change history. At the front reception he’s met by a more youthful version of his eternal colleague, #GlugTheSlug. A transcript follows:

“Stop! You’re making a horrible mistake!”

“Cor blimey Turner, it looks like you aged 15 years overnight! You’d better visit the makeup department before we go on the air for our big finale tonight.” https://instagr.am/p/CSe0C6ajzAU/

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Mistigram: in 2019, @axltm was going wild making original action...

Mistigram: in 2019, @axltm was going wild making original action figure designs inspired by the #MOTU toy line, rendered using #PETSCII characters. I characterised this one as “Klaw”. This piece was included in the MIST0819 artpack collection released two years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CScPshOjwm5/

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In this wordless animated panel from our daily serialised...

In this wordless animated panel from our daily serialised #teletext #TurnerTheWorm fancomic, TitaniumDave shows Turner en route to his old workplace at Digitiser, Inc., nonplussed to be once again riding the Tube with a bunch of London commuters. Mind the gap!

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Mistigram: this wicked coloured newschool #ASCIIart logo for...

Mistigram: this wicked coloured newschool #ASCIIart logo for Halaster’s BBS The Regency (“RGNCY”, Wheel of Fortune style) was drawn by Dead Soul and included in the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24 years ago this month. https://instagr.am/p/CSaFvbOpUrl/

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Mistigram: today’s #teletext screen in our #TurnerTheWorm...

Mistigram: today’s #teletext screen in our #TurnerTheWorm fancomic was drawn by @andyuglifruit:

“I don’t care if I am all old and past it… If this is 2003 then I’ve got to take the chance to change history! Off to the Digitiser main offices!” https://instagr.am/p/CSZssGpDw4c/

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Mistigram: infodump ahead in today’s installment of our...

Mistigram: infodump ahead in today’s installment of our daily serialized #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fan-comic! @illarterate’s illustration of the note spat out by the time portal reads:

“Greetings, Turner!

Remember when #Digitiser was cancelled in 2003, making you violently ill?

Enclosed is one of my old ‘experiments’ that will send you back in time to finish the job! Just try to change history in your boneless dotage.

Sorry I can’t be there in person, but I’ll catch up by recovering yourw demise from VHS.

– Dr. Otto Matik” https://instagr.am/p/CSXHRnfgM78/

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Mistigram: from the MIST0820 artpack collection released one...

Mistigram: from the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month, here’s an atmospheric underwater scene in animated #BBCMicro high resolution graphics made by @blippypixel.

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Mistigram: from the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24...

Mistigram: from the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24 years ago this month, here’s a swell #ANSIart logo by @bryface for the Mistigris music HQ BBS he was setting up, called “Atomique”. https://instagr.am/p/CSUdMmSlslB/

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Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily serial...

Mistigram: in today’s installment of our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic, @illarterate shows the cosmic rift in space-time abruptly sealing itself - after spitting out a note which might hold clues explaining Turner’s predicament. https://instagr.am/p/CSUchI0l33S/

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Mistigram: from the MIST0820 artpack collection released one...

Mistigram: from the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month, here’s a calming #GameBoy palette #pixelart forest lake scene drawn by AFlamingoCup. https://instagr.am/p/CSR7sZEAkMN/

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Mistigram: today in our daily serialized #TurnerTheWorm...

Mistigram: today in our daily serialized #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic, again drawn by TitaniumDave, our hero comes to terms with his predicament, having been sent 18 years into the past: “What on Earth? Where did that wibbly wobbly wormhole take me? Wish I’d bought a scarf, it feels at least… a degree and a half cooler than I’m used to*

* That’s awfully specific–Ed.” https://instagr.am/p/CSR7I9XA3fI/

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Mistigram: today’s page in our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm...

Mistigram: today’s page in our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic is well-nigh wordless: having been somehow sent through a mysterious cosmic portal, Turner arrives, landing on his face on a London sidewalk in what a nearby newspaper box reports to be the fateful year of 2003. This illustration was also drawn by our special guest TitaniumDave. https://instagr.am/p/CSPc9RRjUUm/

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Mistigram: from the MIST0820 artpack collection released one...

Mistigram: from the MIST0820 artpack collection released one year ago this month, here’s a @Blippypixel #BBCMicro high resolution graphics vista of twilight descending upon a valley town. https://instagr.am/p/CSPZbunjzOV/

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Mistigram: “Titanium” Dave Hingley serves us up with...

Mistigram: “Titanium” Dave Hingley serves us up with the next page in our daily serial #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic

“But before he can figure out what he has received, the sinister gifts deliver their payload (AIEEEEE!) – CULTURED TACHYONS sending Turner BACK IN TIME!”

(PS, yes, we know that worms don’t have bones Artistic license.) https://instagr.am/p/CSM35fxDeiV/

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Mistigram: from the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24...

Mistigram: from the MIST0897 artpack collection released 24 years ago this month, catching our breath between the end of the Mistigris World Tour and our third anniversary, here’s an #ASCIIart main menu for Chthonia BBS, drawn by The Iconoclast. https://instagr.am/p/CSM3Om9Mn51/

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Mistigram: in the MIST0820 artpack collection released a year...

Mistigram: in the MIST0820 artpack collection released a year ago this month, @kurogao96 explored some once and future summertime activities in his trademark blend of #asciiart and #emoji, such as this scene depicting the lighthearted harvesting of the mandarin orange crop. https://instagr.am/p/CSKTfE-DvvV/

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Mistigram: @illarterate injects a little flashing animation into...

Mistigram: @illarterate injects a little flashing animation into our serialised #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic. The plot is thickening nicely, I think, as the Turner of the year 2020 examines the mysterious package he’s received in the post:

“WHAT!? A broken clock with wires and some glowing rubbish? Huh, seems this package has been messed up in transit. Wait, here’s a note…” Exposition ahead!

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Mistigram: in our third #teletext screen, again handily drawn by...

Mistigram: in our third #teletext screen, again handily drawn by @Illarterate, the plot picks up with our #TurnerTheWorm fan comic.

“Package here for T. Wurm!”

“Let’s go and see what that’s all about then.” https://instagr.am/p/CSGmx3qAKr6/

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Mistigram: from the MIST0820 artapck collection released one...

Mistigram: from the MIST0820 artapck collection released one year ago this month, here’s an end-of-day #BBCMicro hirez graphics scene by @blippypixel , titled “Sundown”. https://instagr.am/p/CSGmZfoAJDI/

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Mistigram: our story kicks off with a look at our hero...

Mistigram: our story kicks off with a look at our hero #TurnerTheWorm, older if not necessarily wiser, surviving if not exactly thriving in the pandemic summer of 2020. This #teletext screen was drawn by @illarterate. Stay tuned to see how the tale develops tomorrow!

“Since the plug was pulled* (*last episode - Ed.) on his broadcasting career, Turner has suffered a decline over the years.”

‘Tum-te tum…’ https://instagr.am/p/CSE6jyQHInD/

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Mistigram: A motivating force in our #TurnerTheWorm #teletext...

Mistigram: A motivating force in our #TurnerTheWorm #teletext fancomic was @Blippypixel’s screens, included in last summer’s comics-themed MIST0720 artpack collection, investigating just where things had gone wrong for old Turn. The style was off-brand, but the attitude was very au courant. https://instagr.am/p/CSCeEI8gXxd/

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Mistigram: in July of 2021, assembling our comics-themed...

Mistigram: in July of 2021, assembling our comics-themed artpack, it occurred to us that serial digital comics such as #Digitiser’s celebrated #TurnerTheWorm would fit the order, and we began work on a collaborative #teletext fan-comic to demonstrate it. A year in the making, we start sharing it today, serialised daily on social media through August, opening here with @andyuglifruit’s splash screen. What would Biffo’s noodly hero make of today’s end times, and what if he had a chance to go back and do it all again, differently? Stay tuned to find out! https://instagr.am/p/CSCdieFgLqy/

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