The Last Working Day Of The Month: Issue 217

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(MJ Hibbett & The Validators FACT, June 30th 2026)

Hello all, and welcome to this MID-YEAR edition of the newsletter - let's get started!

GIGS TO COME
Saturday 4 July 2026 - The King's Lock, Middlewich
Playing an acoustic set at the final (ever!) Pop At The Lock - SOLD OUT!

Sunday 19 July 2026 - Stanley Hall, London
Talking about growing up with comics at the South London Comics and Zine Fair at 3pm - details HERE:
https://stanleyarts.org/event/south-london-comics-and-zine-fair/

Wednesday 5 August 2026 - venue tbc. (somewhere in London)
'How do transmedia characters work, and why is Doctor Doom the best?' at Pints of Knowledge - tickets will be HERE:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/pintsofknowledge

Saturday 29 August 2026 - Found Festival, Buckingham
MJ Hibbett and CJ Thorpe-Tracey making our festival debut - tickets HERE:
https://www.foundfestival.uk/tickets

DATA AND DOCTOR DOOM
The podcast version of 'Data and Doctor Doom' will be UNLEASHED upon an unwitting world at the end of this month with new songs, new ideas… and old jokes. The trailer is scheduled for release on Tuesday 21 July, with five weekly episodes to follow. More details next time!

PIANO ALBUM
Chris and I have had another recording session and a big admin meeting where we decided, amongst other things, the official name for the act. There should be further details, including a whole suite of websites, heading your way in the next couple of months!

PROLAPSE INFORMATION SERVICE
Tim is out and about with Prolapse again this month, as follows:

Thursday 6 August 2006 - St Stephen's Church, Ipswich
https://www.songkick.com/concerts/43032749-prolapse-at-st-stephens-church

Friday 7 August 2006 - 100 Club, London
https://www.songkick.com/concerts/43032750-prolapse-at-100-club

If you're coming to the 100 Club show I'll see you there!

Tim is also disc-jockeying at the revived Tube Bar on Saturday 3 July at the Nottingham Oddfellows Club, which is in Leicester, not Nottingham - tickets HERE:
https://www.gigantic.com/venue/leicester/tube-bar


AND FINALLY
I was invited to go on the 'Philosophy Playdate' podcast with Christabel Cane and Steve Cross to tackle the question 'Is Lego Batman real Batman?' You can find out the answer, and a whole lot more, HERE:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-16-is-lego-batman-real-batman-with-mj-hibbett/


And that's the lot for this time - thanks for listening!

Cheers,

Mark

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