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@hesitantdoodle.bsky.social

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🌿✨29 • they/them 🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 • Comic Artist & Illustrator • still learning, still growing! • Commissions: (OPEN!) • creator of GUTS and Creating Comics UK✨🌿 Tags: #art | #comics | #commissions hesitantdoodle.carrd.co

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · Sep 2

Howdy! 🤠

I’m hesitantdoodle, a non-binary illustrator and comic artist based in Scotland! I like wrestling, magic and bright colours 🎨✨

Check out some of my links below! ⬇️

💼: hesitantdoodle.com
✉️: [email protected]
📸: instagram.com/hesit…
🛒: hesitantdoodle.bigcartel.com

Demon Guardians webcomic chapter 1 cover art

Pokémon Legends Arceus team drawing; Electrode, Arcanine, Decidueye, Ursaluna, Zorua, Basculegion

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 12h

maybe my year-long depressive episode has resulted due to the lack of new Pokémon games and playing Legends Z-A for a month straight and ignoring all other responsibilities will heal me. maybe

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shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social · 3d

I am organising direct action against Reform UK to fight against their racist misinformation. Posted more about it over on my insta, but here's the main bits!

Find out more: www.instagram.com/sticker_up_f...
Grab a PDF of the zine: www.shazleenkhan.shop

too many people i love are being victimized by nigel farage and i am going to mobilise the entire uk comics industry to fucking defeat him and protect myself, immigrants and refugees

our target is the 2026 local council elections. through targetted sticker and flyer campaigns i aim to destroy reform UK's momentum in vulnerable constituencies throughout the UK

this is a link to resources. I am sorry people who use screen readers I am not able to transcribe everything. I am one guy and I am doing this on voluntary basis. if you use a screen reader and have mates who would be willing to help me convert my text posts into readable formats please link us up

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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 3d

WHO LIKES MAPS?!

Here are the full maps for all four halls of Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025, including the full listings of all exhibitors, publishers, guests and more!

Take a look: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/maps

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 6d

Issue 27 of Kid Eastwood made the shortlist for best narrative at the Selkie Awards!!

I’m Incredibly honoured to be up there with such great looking books!!

Selkie Comic Awards @selkieawards.org · 6d

BEST NARRATIVE

🦭 Kid Eastwood #27 by Connor Tierney
🦭 One More Year by Simon Birks (Writer), Pietro (Artist), Rob Jones (Letterer)
🦭 Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage by Eve Greenwood and Spire Greenwood
🦭 Sacred Bodies by VER
🦭 The Silence of our Fathers by François Giro

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Selkie Comic Awards @selkieawards.org · 6d

🦭 It's time to announce the shortlist for our 2025 Selkie Awards!🦭

Check out the link below for the details, and for information on how to sign up to our online award ceremony:

🦭 selkieawards.org/2025 🦭

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TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 10d

📢 Exhibitor announcement: CONNOR TIERNEY (@connortierney57.bsky.social)

"Connor Tierney is a cartoonist from Glasgow that makes silly funny action packed comics that combine a love of comics, manga, cartoons and video games into one zany package."

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

For his birthday Alfie received the greatest gift any dog can hope for: a cheap squeaky pig toy 🙂‍↕️

Comic panel; mum gives Alfie a squeaky pig, “happy birthday, Alfie!”

Comic panel, three Alfie’s squeaking his new toy and one cartoonish version saying “my greatest treasure”

Comic panel; Alfie squeaking his toy with pure joy. “Oh it’s quite noisy” “it’s fine, he’ll break it in a day!”

Comic panel; hesitantdoodle and Iain sit on a sofa looking haggard, Alfie between them squeaking incessantly. “One week later…”

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 16d

I love Go-Man! 🤩 the colours, creatures and very human characters in this first book are so incredible! I can’t wait for more!! 🌇💫🪲 @hamishsteele.bsky.social

An illustration of Hamish Steele’dtitular Go-Man jumping in the air with an arm raised

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 10d

LAST ORDERS, FOLKS! This closes at midnight tonight!

It’ll take you ten mins, your anonymised answers will be used for the good of the whole comics scene, and you might win £50 to spend in your favourite online comic shop... 💰📕 ✅

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌟 IT LIVES! 🌟 The UK Comics Creator Survey is BACK, baby!

Here to gather up, analyse and disseminate your data to help uplift the comics world, like if Robin Hood was a statistician or something.

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

A promotional image for the survey, reading “we’ve got questions; we need answers. Who’s in?” Above a series of illustrated raised hands in various styles. At the bottom is the url ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 14d

okay so do I try and embark on a brand new 24-hour comic on Saturday or use the time to plough through as many other projects as possible? 🤔

- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 16d

It’s true, they know exactly what they want and it’s to burst our ear drums with fun squeaky sounds 🤣 I always give in to him he’s just so cute 😩

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 16d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 17d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 16d

I love Go-Man! 🤩 the colours, creatures and very human characters in this first book are so incredible! I can’t wait for more!! 🌇💫🪲 @hamishsteele.bsky.social

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 16d

wow I really didn’t think this would go any further than my immediate circle I’m glad so many people relate to my beloved funny pup 🥹 thank you!!

#art | #comics

comic panel; hesitantdoodle calls out to Alfie the dog “Mousey, you’re doing numbers!” He squeaks his toy and looks questioningly back “?”

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

It’s wild, they definitely do their best to preserve them I think 🥲

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

ₐₐₐₐₐₐₐₐₐ (in lower case, as she prefers) 🤩 thank you for blessing me with this picture of your sweet pooch 😭

- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

stopppp that is so cute 😭 what a polite lil lady!!!

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

He says “correct🙂‍↕️”

- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

that is so CUTE he had something to say too!!!! 🥹 we are truly blessed to have them 😭💛

- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

You know our pain 😭 anything to make them happy 🥲

- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

Forgot to add my tags oops #comics #art have this bonus panel of Iain thinking we were finally free but our clever dog kEEPS FIXING HIM 😩

Comic panel; Iain aghast asking “wh-what did you DO???” And Alfie responding “I fixed him!”

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- ̗̀ Sidney ̖́- @hesitantdoodle.bsky.social · 17d

For his birthday Alfie received the greatest gift any dog can hope for: a cheap squeaky pig toy 🙂‍↕️

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 24d

The Kickstarter campaign for Kid Eastwood the Movie is OVER!

The project hit 179% of its goal and I couldn’t be more stoked about it!! Thank you all so much!

If you missed out, late pledges are enabled for all digital tiers, so you can grab a copy here!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/129...

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Sequential Scotland Comic Con @sequential-scot.bsky.social · 26d

SAVE THE DATE

Sequential Scotland 2026 will be happening on Saturday August 8th!

As with 2025 we will be going for Creative Scotland funding to make this possible.

To stay up to date sign up to the mailing list at the website below. And keep your fingers crossed for us!

sequentialscotland.co.uk

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Kat Calamia @comicuno.bsky.social · Sep 15

PAID WORK - CALLING COMIC CREATORS!

Lifeline Comics - Creators of the Ringo Nominated Transphoria and Hairology are opening submissions for our next anthology WOMEN SPORTS!

DUE DATE: OCTOBER 19th 11:59 PM EST

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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