This Saturday it will be a year since Alzheimer’s stole Terry Pratchett from the world. We mark the occasion with a beginner’s guide to his most enduring creation, the 41-book Discworld series.

Set of five bookmarks featuring a cast of characters from Terry Pratchett's Discworld including Vetinari, Nanny Ogg, Sam Vimes, Moist Von Lipwig & Rincewind!

Here are some books and comics that are perfect to scratch that Good Omens itch, discover some new surreal fantasy read.

Most books about witches

A series of characters from the cycle "Discworld" by Terry Pratchett. Pratchett is one of my favorite writers and I have long wanted to draw my own version of my favorite characters. Some of them i drew quickly, while others took a long time to think. I hope you will like it. The series will continue.

Gosh, time flies!  It does not seem a fortnight since I wrote the last inspiration post for the HSF!  Things come around quickly! This particular challenge, #20: Alternative Universe (due Sat 1 Nov, because hey, Halloween is the day before and look, sometimes I can plan!)  is quite exciting, because it’s the one challenge of the year where doesn’t require you to  be properly historical.  The brief is simple: make something from an alternative universe, that shows elements of costume history within our universe. With the Alternative Universe challenge we’re exploring all the ways in which history has influenced fantasy, and all the ways in which we’ve imagined the world would look if events had gone differently, or all the ways in which we would dress if we simply lived in another world, with another set of rules and history and species. There are so many choices to pick from. There are realms from literature: Middle Earth, Narnia, Westeros & Essos, Damar, Hogwarts, Diskworld, Oz, Barsoom, Dinotopia, Earthsea, and Neverland, to name just a few! …