Bob Fischer

@bobfischer.bsky.social

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Writer and mumbler. Haunted Generation, Fortean Times, Electronic Sound, Doctor Who Magazine, Shindig, Mulgrave Audio, Wiffle Lever To Full, Scarred For Life and Summer Winos. Summat to do innit

'The Analogue Auteur'... feature in the new issue of Electronic Sound magazine about the synth soundtracks of film-maker Mark Jenkin.
The front cover of "Meet The Junglies" Story Book, a kid's reading book from 1978
The new Fortean Times magazine open at the Haunted Generation page, with a middle-aged man's hand spread across it in a vaguely spooky fashion.
Cud, The Wedding Present, The Primitives, Young Knives, Bis, Mt Mistery, Slime City and Carefree Sud... live at the Royal Hotel in Whitby 2nd and 3rd October. 85% sold out!
Me, looking old and sweaty on a bench in a country churchyard.
Giant Hogweed. Looking a bit limp.
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. In pots. On my patio.
A roadsign on the hard shoulder of the M6 motorway: "Some works are out of sight"
Giant Hogweed makes a sentimental return to the banks of the River Tees
My Rudolf Rocker feature from the new Electronic Sound magazine. Apologies to Steve and Jeremy whose likenesses are obscured by the sleeve of my sweater.
A 38-year-old drawing of a medieval broadsword in black biro
A long-haired archer drawn in black biro
A collection of Giant Hogweed badges, sold through the Haunted Generation website with artwork by the great Jason Heeley.
Bob standing eye-to-eye with a huge golden cock.
Front cover of a hand-drawn comic called "Zappa", dated April 1982. Lots of felt-tip illustrations. Very little else.
Trevor and Simon in a Toyota Starlet looking very happy alongside a yawning border collie.
Bob giving the thumbs up to his magazine feature about the Library Of The Occult label.
Bob with a haircut and a shave.
A picture of Andy's telly in the mid-1980s with an unidentified logo... it seems to show the globe splittng apart (or coming together) with Africa and its reflected image in the middle.
Wombles with teeth.
The front cover of a home-made comic alled "Ack Mag", drawn when I was nine years old in October 1982. It shows Pac-man being pursued by four ghosts and promises "Pac Man Poster Inside"...
Brett Anderson onstage with Suede at Newcastle City Hall, 14th Feb 2026
Screengrab showing the new Haunted Generation Radio Show at No 1 in Mixcloud's soundtrack chart.
Bob with his favourite gravestone.
A screengrab of the Championship football table, with MIDDLESBROUGH AT THE TOP
Bob smiling and holding up a box of Ready Brek
Bob's thumb at a nice jaunty angle next to his Haunted Generation column in Fortean Times magazine
Bob gives the "thumbs up" to the latest issue of Electronic Sound magazine
"Cleveland Way". Bob on a winters walk next to a signpost for the Cleveland Way Public Footpath.
Kirsty MacColl playing live at the Arena in Middlesbrough in 1992.