Welcome to Grave Offerings

We’ve been expecting you.

What foul abomination is this?

A monthly (or thereabouts) illustrated newsletter usually about the intersection of pop culture and politics by me, Tom Humberstone.

This is also the place to keep up with news about my comics, illustrations and writing. I’ll post about upcoming events, share my latest work, and occasionally write about nerdy things like process.

This newsletter started out as a daily illustrated horror film recommendation that I wrote and drew every day in October 2023.

Who do you think you are?

I’m a comic artist, writer and illustrator based in Edinburgh. I often make non-fiction comics for publications like The Nib, Washington Post, New Statesman, Buzzfeed, Vox and others.

My debut graphic novel, Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis, was published by Avery Hill in 2022.

What will this cost me?

Your undying soul. But otherwise, this is completely free to read.

If you’re enjoying it and want to help me pay the monthly Ghost hosting fee, you can pay to subscribe/tip me/buy something of mine/donate on ko-fi.

Now and again, I plan to publish limited-run printed zines of some of my writing on here. If you’re an annual Top Tier subscriber, I’ll send new zines to you for free!

Mainly, it’ll be a huge help if you tell your friends/share it on social media. The Ancient Ones (the algos) are making it increasingly difficult for artists to get their work out there to the people who might like it, so your help with that would be amazing.