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Russell Mark Olson

@russellmarkolson.bsky.social

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Comic artist and writer. The Phantom . Past Time. Gateway City. SKRAWL. 2000AD. Mad Cave. Rootbeer aficionado.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · Dec 16

What's up, Death?

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E M Will @elainemwill.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm a Canadian cartoonist who likes drawing monsters & things related to mental health/neurodivergence. Looking to do short comics, album covers, & book covers - hit me up!
Web: www.cuckoosnestpress.com
Shop: ko-fi.com/elainemwill/...
Email: elaine AT cuckoosnestpress DOT com

E M Will @elainemwill.bsky.social · Jun 17

Hey! I'm E.M., I make comics & a bunch of other stuff! I just published a graphic novel called The Last Band On Earth which you can get from my shop here: ko-fi.com/s/ec1f7cdea3 (digital version here as well - ko-fi.com/s/a00aca22ef )
And here's where else you can find me: cuckoosnestpress.carrd.co

Cover illustration for Hexagon Magazine, depicting two figures in hazmat suits reflected in a pond. They are holding hands and walking away together. The ground is covered with fungi and spore dander. There is a large smiling frog in the far foreground in the bottom right corner.

A page from my graphic novel The Last Band On Earth, depicting two characters, Nat and Rick, on a rooftop in a windstorm, battling an evil eldritch being that resembles a biblically accurate angel, but with bat wings instead of feathery angel wings, and several long strands of sinew stretching out from its midsection in all directions. Rick is hooking his phone up to a guitar amplifier with a dongle and searching through his files to find something loud to play through the amplifier. Yup!

An acrylic painting of a dead tree trunk split down the center into three pieces, surrounded by rocks and foliage. A small black blob with eyes is perched on the edge of one of the stump pieces, peering out at the viewer on the right side. Another identical black blob is crawling on the ground behind the stump at the left.

An old hollowed out car, an Austin Mini, parked in a driveway. There are several stylized ghosts drifting out of it. The colour palette is entirely monochrome red, giving the whole piece an eerie atmosphere.

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 16h

Another Ernest Chiriacka original. My two things of note on this one are those fantastic expressions, and the guts it took to just... no illustrate that foreground column in any way. It's nothing but an online. Not colored. Not anything.

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JP Jordan @jpjordan.bsky.social · 1d

I'm lucky enough to team up with the incredible writer/artist @laurenknight.bsky.social and amazing letterer @longtalljodie.com to bring you a horror romance tale in the form of LOVEGRAFT

If you love Jennifer's Body and Heathers, this is FOR YOU!

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

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 1d

The year is 2043. The humans have been wiped out. The only surviving culture comes in the shape of posthumous posts reshared by Social Media bots. Every day is portfolio day.

a picture of the earth is displayed on the screen of a phone

ALT: a picture of the earth is displayed on the screen of a phone

media.tenor.com

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 2d

Did… do no one vet the title of this book?

The book by The Reverend Fergus Butler-Gallie is subtitled “confessions and communions of a young priest” and is called “Touching Cloth”

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 2d

Stourhead.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 3d

Montacute and Barrington.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 3d

Somerset and Dorset are such underrated parts of the country. Just endlessly beautiful.

Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 3d

Montacute and Barrington.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 4d

Lytes Cary Manor

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 3d

Oooh, fancy!

Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 4d

I hope I'm wrong, but I think the Rubicon is already in his rearview mirror.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 4d

Christ almighty. Hey BBC! Fancy tugging on some of these threads?

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 4d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Luke Ridge (Commissions open✏️) @lri.bsky.social · 4d

Time for #tolktober Day.11 - Battle

Prompt brought to us by @peonygent.bsky.social and Keenan Bouchard (instagram)

#Tolktober2025 #LordOfTheRings #Mumakil #creaturedesign #monsters #RingsOfPower #Handmade #pencilart #illustration #Fanart #graphiteart #drawing #Portrait #graphitepencil 🐘

Towards you strides a towering Mûmakil. An elephant like creature several stories tall. With four massive tusks they are used as mobile war platforms going up against the army’s of men and the walls of Minis Tirith.

2-4B graphite on 110gsm paper

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Comics in the Spooky Age 🧛🧟‍♀️👻 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 4d

Cover by Dick Briefer.

Frankenstein #4 (1946). Titled “Ghost, Ghoul, & Vampire Glee Club,” the cover shows Frankie playing the piano and singing with other classic monsters.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 4d

Lytes Cary Manor

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Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 5d

Updated our bio image with characters from @rikworth.bsky.social's and my upcoming Rome book.

Cartoon illustration of Rik and I. Rik - bearded with luscious hair - leans casually against a desk and a stack of books, while holding a laptop. Jordan - bearded, bespectacled and bald - hunches over a desk and draws a comic page. Molly the dog lies on the floor, a magpie perches on Rik's arm, and a spider dangles from a lamp.

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𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 @stipanmorian.bsky.social · 6d

BLEEDING HEARTS! @denizcamp.bsky.social on a typewriter, @matthollingsworth.com with a paint roller and me with chikin' leg voodoo pencils, almost like grabbing a live wire!

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Michel Dinel @padder.bsky.social · 5d

Pulled from Reddit (hid the user) about what it was like during that "period" in Germany, how it just creeped up unnoticed, uncertain.

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 6d

Have some pretty pictures for your desktop, Terran Omega will return next week!

PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 7d

No new Terran Omega comic for tomorrow (as I was at my youngest brothers wedding this weekend) but I will have a treat for you all anyway… patreon.com/pjholden

Get more from PJ Holden on Patreon

creating Comics and Things

patreon.com

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Deeply Unsexy Scary Gorgon Costume @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 6d

Some confusing inks that will make a lot more sense when I colour them tomorrow.

Ink drawing of a bird’s eye view of night sky, surrounded by mountains and bony-looking trees.

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Chloë Green @okaychloegreen.bsky.social · 6d

You know what I think we should all do? Just start reply to stuff with positive comments.

Dickheads are so quick to comment, how about we tell people they look good? Their art is cool? The event sounds excellent. Whatever. Fucking hell, let’s just be openly nice for once.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 7d

Fantastic stuff, Dan. Congratulations on the milestone.

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John J. Perez @jjperezwrites.bsky.social · 7d

The Witcher x The Revenant

When Gallian colonists venture too far west, they awaken the Horned Ones, ancient demons once restrained by the vanished Great Eagles. Arksanaq, a Tulkan warrior bound to her conquerors, must rally her kin before darkness consumes the world.

#DVPit #GN #A #DF #Latine

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 7d

Very kind!