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@mythjae.bsky.social

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Comic writer, editor, sometimes an artist, always way too intense about hot chocolate. 🚨The Traitor & The Wretch is now available!!🚨 jasminewalls.com

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · Oct 14

Hi, I'm Jasmine Walls, an award-winning writer, editor, sometimes artist, and hot chocolate connoisseur. My work is unapologetically queer, inclusive, and heartfelt.

For my full portfolio: www.jasminewalls.com

I'm open for writing work, ready with original pitches, and viciously anti-AI.

The cover of BROOMS, a witchy southern graphic novel with an entirely BIPOC cast. Written by Jasmine Walls, Illustrated by Teo DuVall, with colors by Bex Glendining, and lettering by Ariana Maher.

The cover of 'The Last Session Volume 1, Roll For Initiative' graphic novel showing a group of D&D players and their respective in-game characters. Art by Dozerdraws, written by Jasmine Walls, and letterer by Micah Myers.

The cover of Vixen: NYC, drawn by Vasco Georgiev, showing a young Black woman in a cropped orange cardigan and high waisted blue panets with her hair half down and straightened, and half in braids. SHe is surrounded by ghostly glowing animal spirits, incliding a racoon, tiger, dog, eagle, an monkey on her shoulder, and a snake wrapped around her like a friend. She is gazing around a night-time New York City street in wonder.
Written by Jasmine Walls, Inks by Manou Azumi, Backgrounds by Toby Fan, Flats by Hailey Stewart, Renders by BBM, Letters by Micah Myers

The cover of MIDST: The Valorous Farmer, drawn by Will Kirkby. It shows two hands in torn up gloves and a pale face reflected in a broken rearview mirror, with dark hair and green eyes. A broken chain hangs from the mirror and nearby is a brass locket with a green floral design. There is rubble and smashed metal all around, making it clear this was a crashed vehicle.

The comic was written by me (Jasmine Walls), Illustrated by Aviv Or, with colors by Quinton Winter, and letters by Jim Campbell.

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Matt Emmons @secondatbest.bsky.social · 2d

Me realizing there’s only FIVE DAYS left to back Those That Inherit the Earth!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sec...

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 20h

For all the folks answering this with "more books need illustrations" boy howdy do we have some good news for you.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 2d

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 1d

The Traitor & The Wretch is a grim fantasy with a surprisingly tender romance between two minor villains trying their best to outrun their terrible fates.

Written by me
Illustrated by @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social
Cover art by @fusspot.rip
With editing by @cknightwrites.bsky.social

A trope map showing the cover of The Traitor & The Wretch, with the two main characters. It reads: "Minor villains dungeon-crawling their way to a happy ending." "On the run from an entire kingdom that wants them both dead." "This guy helped raise a Chaos God to bring about the end times (he's not coping well)." "This guy tried to kill the Prophesized Hero (it ended badly)." "Enemies-to-Lovers" and "Mutated cave creatures! Undead horrors! Endless pitch black caves! Somehow, it's a romance!"

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 1d

It's my birthday week, and if I could ask for something selfish, it would be that folks spread the word about our new book, The Traitor & The Wretch.

Tell a friend if you liked it, use the #traitorandthewretch tag, request it at your libraries✨

Grab a copy for yourself:
www.bonedustpress.com/shop

www.bonedustpress.com

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Jordan Alsaqa @jordanalsaqa.bsky.social · 13h

Copies are still available, please consider supporting. www.samidoonanthology.com

SAMIDOON: COMICS FOR A FREE PALESTINE

www.samidoonanthology.com

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Skylar Patridge @skyepatridge.bsky.social · 19h

WITCHING SEASON is now live on Kickstarter with a cover by yours truly 🔮

A 150-page horror anthology, featuring a stacked roster of talent and brought to you by @cerealpancake.bsky.social & Lifeline Comics!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

Cover A for WITCHING SEASON. A dark-haired woman lies nude in fallen leaves. Sunlight filters across her through an unseen forest canopy above. She grips a bleeding pomegranate, red juices dripping,down her arm & mouth. Her eyes glow and golden tattoos light up across her skin.

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 18h

Seeing in real time as Service Top switches are being flipped in his brain haha

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Rob Armbrister @artbrister.bsky.social · 19h

Hi #portfolioday Rob here. I’m and illustrator and art director working on a variety of stuff from packaging to murals. Here’s a few things I’ve worked on recently. If you like give me a follow!

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Balustrade Press @balustradepress.bsky.social · 14d

Got an update on the blog today! Click thru to see some development art for two of our upcoming books 👀
www.balustradepress.com/autumn-check...

Autumn Check-in

An update with progress art from Balustrade Press's upcoming slate of books

www.balustradepress.com

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

“I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They beat us while we were naked day and night.

Until our last day, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

We couldn’t even sleep. They told me they killed my children.”

- released Palestinian prisoner

Palestinian prisoner Shadi Abu Seed has given a harrowing account of life inside an Israeli prison after his release as part of the ceasefire deal.

“I went hungry for the past two years. I swear to God, they didn’t feed us. They kept us naked. They beat us while we were naked day and night. We were tortured,” Abu Seed said.

“Until our last day in Israeli prison, they cut us and hit us and abused us. We endured every kind of torture, emotional and physical.

“We couldn’t even sleep. They threatened us with our children. They told me they killed my children. They told us that Gaza was destroyed. I arrived here and found that everything was gone. It looked like the end of the world. Everything is different.”

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 21h

Yesterday was Indigenous People's Day, but Indigiqueer reads can be enjoyed all year long.

I have recommended quite a few queer books by Indigenous authors in the past, but this week's recs are fresh and full of good stories.

Indigiqueer reads. The Idea of an Entire Life by Billy-Ray Belcourt. A Body More Tolerable by Jaye Simpson. Thundersong by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe. Between the Pipes by Albert Mcleod. A Good Kind of Trouble by Brooke Blurton. Coexistence by Billy-Ray Belcourt.

Indigiqueer reads. To Ride a Rising Stom by Moniquill Blackgoose. The Sunforge by Sascha Stronach. Buffalo is the new Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel. We Can Never Leave by H.E. Edgmon. An Honored Vow by Melissa Blair. Weaving Us Together by Lay Maloney.

Indigiqueer reads. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle by Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon. Sovereign Erotics by Qwo-Li Driskill. To the Moon and Back by Eliana Ramage. Hammajang by Makana Yamamoto. The Mountain Crown by Karin Lowachee. Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist.

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 23h

it’s that time of year again 🍂🍃

four simplistic drawings of a fluffy white dog rolling around in red, yellow, and orange leaves while exclaiming “leaf, leaf”

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Sam Benc 🐟 @nonvieta.bsky.social · 20h

Happy #porfolioday ! I'm Sam, a queer Philly based cartoonist making comics and character design/visual development with a focus on sci-fi and environmentalism. I love drawing girls, robots and messy, detailed worlds.

I'm especially looking to line up some short comics!

💌 [email protected]

Sketches of a robot girl and some various robotic arm design explorations

A page from my graphic novel, Last Ship to Mars

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Julie Dillon @juliedillon.bsky.social · 23h

I just finished this up in a SmArtSchool mentorship class with Sam Weber. 😊 The assignment was to create an illustration with an original character, and I went with my current D&D character 😅

A woman with a shaved head in gold armor stands among dark briars. The briar thorns pierce her armor and skin in a few places, and she hangs her head in a defeated posture.

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Kat Calamia @comicuno.bsky.social · 1d

WITCHING SEASON - A Witch Horror Comic Anthology is LIVE on Kickstarter!

"A 150+ page Horror Anthology filled with stories about WITCHES, WARLOCKS, and FAMILIARS from some of the biggest names in comics!"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 21h

Gorgeous!! I'm so excited for this book!!

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 1d

and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author

preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...

the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, framed in gold with gold flowers against a dark teal background around the edges. The cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."

"When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners.

The cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark teal background with golden leaves overhead, surrounded by yellow text reading: plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality; Beauty & the Beast inspired by not a retelling; dual-POV brother/sister; love interest turning slowly into a beast; wound-tending.

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

More information about how to donate, including for people living in Alaska.
www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?

How to help residents and communities after catastrophic Western Alaska storm

Several organizations are asking for donations or contributing fundraiser proceeds to help residents affected by the remnants of Typhoon Halong.

www.adn.com

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

AFN has a story today. This is the first that I heard someone died. So many villages devastated. It will take years to recover because it's so expensive to build in these rural villages.

www.adn.com/alaska-news/...?

Woman found dead, dozens rescued and over 1,000 displaced after storm devastates Western Alaska

Winds over 100 mph and record tidal surges pounded the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta on Sunday as the remnants of Typhoon Halong inundated some Bering Sea coast communities.

www.adn.com

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 1d

There needs to be more coverage of this in the news. I have read so many stories bout this on Facebook, first hand stories of the terror of that storm, and very little coverage n media.
www.facebook.com/100000960660...

Screenshot of a Facebook post. Photo is an elderly woman holding a child on her ap on a couch with flood water around them. Both are wearing jackets inside. Text says: This was after our 1st drift.. staying put for awhile. Our 3rd and final drift was terrifying. House moving fast then we started spinning in circles. While we were spinning in circles my oldest daughter was just staring at me while I held onto my younger two. Kipnuk doesn't look like kipnuk anymore, like more than 3/4 of the homes displaced, power poles fallen. It smells like stove oil outside. Contaminated

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 23h

I wish everyone participating in Portfolio Day a very get all the money and love and manageable workload

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Marie Enger @soengery.bsky.social · 2d

What if...you could...commission....a cup?

Never before seen Glaze combos! You-Pick-'Em shapes! Become! A Patron! Of! The! Arts!

www.crwnstudios.com/collections/...

Glaze Support Commish

**PRE-ORDER ITEM** This Ceramic Item is a pre-order and will ship in 4-6 weeks, depending on studio kiln schedule. After the purchase is complete, I'll reach out to see if you'd rather a shot glass/tu...

www.crwnstudios.com

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Marie Enger @soengery.bsky.social · 23h

Severed is the Head that Wears the Crown!

(now in SHIRT FORM!)

www.crwnstudios.com/collections/...

A drawing of Pit Pit on a pile of skulls saying Severed is the Head that Wears the Crown AND death to the wizard kings!

A drawing of a shirt with a drawing of Pit Pit on a pile of skulls saying Severed is the Head that Wears the Crown AND death to the wizard kings!

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luketa 🌻 @luketaluketa.bsky.social · 1d

It's #PorfolioDay! 🫣

My name is Lucas, people call me Luketa, and I'm an illustrator from Brazil! Most of my experience is with editorial but I'm open to any cool offers :)

My portfolio: luketa-luketa.carrd.co
All my links: linktr.ee/luketa

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