Tom Humberstone

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An illustration of Jimmy Fallon mid-monologue. Standing against a stage curtain and swallowed by darkness except for a nightmarishly bright blue spotlight.
An illustration for a piece about 28 Years Later and art at the end of the world.
Cover design and illustration for my own graphic novel: Suzanne.
An illustration of Noami Osaka.
A piece about heartbreak for The Guardian.
A portrait of Michael Moore for Current Affairs magazine.
A montage of pop cultural icons (Kevin from Home Alone, Robocop, Marla from Fight Club, Darth Vader, etc.) for a double page spread in French film magazine La Septieme Obsession.
An illustration of the film The Long Walk. In black, red and white. An origami crane sits in the foreground as three pairs of feet walk away from us into the horizon.
An illustration of the film 28 Years Later in black, red and white. The character of Spike, surrounded by forest and a rising/setting sun, places a skull atop a tower of skulls.
Buffy and the Scooby Gang in Sunnyvale Library. A three colour, A4 riso print (black, aqua, fluo pink).
I Know The Way Out. 24 pages. Riso printed in four colours (black, blue, aqua, fluo pink). Three poetry comics about isolation, grief, hope and solidarity. By me and Chrissy Williams.
A photo of the printed "I Know The Way Out".
The cover of "I Know The Way Out". Riso-printed in four colours (black, blue, aqua, fluo pink). A starry nightsky with a silhouetted skyline of a forest. A mysterious/beautiful/sinister pink glow behind it.
Two colour (red, black) poster design of Panic Room (2002)
Social media friendly poster. Image: a halftone close-up of a giant stapler. Text: EDINBURGH ZINE FAIR. SAT NOV 1 (12 - 5.30PM). SUN NOV 2 (12 - 4.30PM). St Margarets House, 151 London Road, EH7 6AE. @edinburghzinefair #ezf2025 #ezf
Matthew Lillard
The cover of a new poetry comic collection from me and Chrissy Williams. Title is: I Know The Way Out. Image is a forest at night. A pink glow eminating from the forest. It is ambiguous whether the glow is a sunrise/sunset or something more sinister.
A two colour poster for the film Cat People
A montage of various film icons from the 80s and 90s for French film magazine La Septieme Obsession. The Pop Culture issue.
An illustration of the five leads from 1985's The Breakfast Club
A page from Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis. Published by Avery Hill.
Me, sat behind a table, all set up at Sequential Scotland. I have a manic look of excitement on my face and an arm that looks oddly long, possibly due to an optical illusion.
A poster image for Sequential Scotland. Art is by hestiantdoodle. The event is taking place on 2nd August 2025. From 10am until 5pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Cambridge street, Glasgow, G2 3HN. Tickets are £6. Kids under 12 get in free.
A page from poetry comic The First of Many by me and Chrissy Williams. The page was risoprinted in red, blue and black and uses overprint blends of those colours. A figure composed of coral-like nerve endings walks through a forest at night, leaving behind red footprints in the grass which in turn spread coral-like nerve patterns.
An illustrated montage of various pop cultural icons (Robocop, Darth Vader, Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers etc.) for a spread in La Septième Obsession. The colours are made up of halftone dots, giving it a pop art, vintage magazine aesthetic.