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Ariana Maher

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Comic Book Letterer. 🇧🇷 she/her. 🩷💜💙 Portfolio: www.arianamaher.com. Contact me about lettering through there! Current work includes Justice League Unlimited, Superman, Wiccan: Witches' Road, Expatriate X-Men, Spider-Gwen, Lazarus, and Critical Role.

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · Jun 23

Hi folks! I was CommentAiry on Twitter, just Airy on here. I letter comics, as you can see:

https://www.arianamaher.com/

Ariana Maher

www.arianamaher.com

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 12h

And now the song is stuck in my head.

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P. Djéli Clark | The Disgruntled Haradrim @pdjeliclark.bsky.social · 14h

Congrats to all the IGNYTE award nominees and winners—go out and buy their amazing stuff!

The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d

That's it! Congratulations winners and thank you for your contributions to such a beautiful SFFH landscape and community.
#2025IgnyteAwards
ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/

2025 Results - The Ignyte Awards

OUTSTANDING NOVEL: ADULT for novel-length work (40k words) Works intended for an adult audience BLACKHEART MAN – Nalo Hopkinson (S&S/Saga Press) METAL FROM HEAVEN – August Clarke (Erewhon Books) THE E...

ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 14h

I'm so happy to see Hassan's playful, creative style getting love from comics readers. I find his lettering so inspiring.

Anne 🔜 NYCC 💫 @annecomics.bsky.social · 21h

I had the realization reading through DC KO that Hassan Ostmane-Elhaou is the very first letterer that I can ID on sight

The letters doing some cool shit like reflecting on actual glass like they’re a real and tangible part of the world? Yeah, that shit’s Hassan and its FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 15h

Keep it going. Get your family and friends to join
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’

After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics

www.theguardian.com

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 14h

The way my heart would leap whenever I needed Mom to give me a ride home and I spotted a green phone. 💚

Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 14h

Back in my early teens, I always had to keep a pocket full of coins and a mini address book with me. I don't miss the days before I got my first brick of a nokia, but those little green public phones have a nostalgic place in my heart.

Japanese public phone in its iconic neon green. Photo is from a article on soranews24 from 6/29/2021

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 3d

One third of a way into the fair already; this year more so than ever it's a place to discover a variety of emerging and exciting artists, with our highest number of new-to-the-fair exhibitors and people making their very first comics!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

ShortBox Comics Fair

ShortBox Comics Fair is a unique and innovative digital comics fair, where every exhibiting artist debuts a brand-new comic!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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Arthur Baron-Clément @arthur.baron-clement.com · 1d

Old Station

Landscape digital painting of an old train station surrounded by nature. An old rusty railway leads there from the foreground.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Feb 27

Doaa sent me some photos of her lovely embroidery ❤️

Photo of a circular bag with a gold chain and some beautiful geometric embroidery and blue red green and yellow colors

Photo of a black bag with tatreez embroidery on it

Photo of a smaller black bag on a table with gorgeous rainbow colored geometric embroidery on it

Photo of a navy bag with a bunch of grid, geometric embroidery, in rainbow colors on it

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1d

Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.

FORM A CROWD
STAY LOUD
PROTECT EACH OTHER
CODE I:
ICE NEARBY
BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM:
PRE-PRE-PRE!
→ ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA.
ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS
WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS
• A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS.
• LOUD.
RECOGNIZABLE.
IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE.
• OUR VOICES ARE
STRONGER TOGETHER.
WHISTLES GUIDE
PEOPLE TO:
• FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS
• CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD
• ALERT NEIGHBORS
TO JOIN IN
NOISE = VISIBILITY.
CODE 2:
CODE RED
BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS:
PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE!
→ ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT.
WHY IT WORKS
• INSTANT ALERT
SYSTEM
• FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA
• TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY
ACTION
ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY:
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK
TEACH FAMILY
EIGHBORS TH
CODES
• USE IT WHEN ICE IS
SPOTTED
• PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS
TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD.
THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY:
PROTECT RP
• @PROTECTRP_

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The Ignyte Awards @theignyteawards.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, hello

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 1d

"What was our first kiss like?"

"UHHH. Don't ask."

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Adam 🪿 @vexnir.bsky.social · 2d

That’s such a fluffy, sleepy pumpkin 🧡

#art #cozyart #caturday

Watercolor illustration of a bunch of colorful pumpkins, with a beige striped cat sleeping on top of them curled up into a ball, slightly resembling the round pumpkins itself.

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EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra @thepinkhydra.com · 2d

Devoured this book in one night flat. 😅 (Much like a certain too-hungry mage. 👀)

Going to (hopefully) add some thoughts here as I process them.

This was most definitely a 5-star read & a wonderful addition to the corpus of fantasy starring non-royal working-class characters.

Spoilers below!

EmmyKtz 🐙 The Pink Hydra @thepinkhydra.com · 3d

Shitty photo but the foil details on #traitorandthewretch do look amazing under a camera flash 😍

Happy release day @bonedustpress.bsky.social! So excited to finally curl up & read this tonight.

The Traitor & the Wretch, a paperback book by Jasmine Walls and Rowan MacColl, featuring black-and-white character art with silver foil details of skulls and daggers, is on a crocheted blue-and-green bedspread. A ginger and white cat is curled up beside the book.

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Sebastián Píriz @sebastianpiriz.bsky.social · 3d

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anker @thecojsz.bsky.social · 7d

my friend Jackson at @kitenda.bsky.social, a trans woman refugee in South Sudan, fell ill with malaria last week.

thankfully she's on the mend now, but i'm too broke rn to help her with her medical bills orz

if you wanna help out, every tiny bit counts!! www.gofundme.com/f/lgbtq-comm...

Donate to Support Freedom Spectrum of East Africa, organized by Anker Emil Novak-Tot

Donate to help 429 LGBTQ+ refugees establish a safe home for their commun… Anker Emil Novak-Tot needs your support for Support Freedom Spectrum of East Africa

www.gofundme.com

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

I remember when I first saw a し～ん silent panel in a manga. I was so confused at first and then I learned what it meant and never forgot after.

Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah! Exactly! I guess when I say design language, it's more like... different accents? Anyone can pick up a comic and figure out word balloons, SFX, etc, but different types such manga, euro and western print comics, webcomics, etc. have different design details that a reader has to adapt to.

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

That's awesome!

Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

That's why it tends to be a relief when I spot a review on a comic I've worked on and no one has anything to say about my lettering. I figure, if they don't notice anything, that probably means I didn't do a bad job. Which is good enough, in my books.

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Push/Pull Seattle @pushpullseattle.bsky.social · 3d

Also! ICYMI! We got a big ol' Microcosm Publishing order in last week, along with a bunch of fun stuff from Free Period Press, including new coloring books! Lots of good stuff!! Go look!

Shelf full of various Microcosm titles on display, including several queer horror anthologies.

Various coloring books on display, including books called Queer Animals & Plants and Mushroom Daydream.

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations @mythjae.bsky.social ! It's out and available in print and ebook!

Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 3d

✨The Traitor & The Wretch is out!!✨

By @mythjae.bsky.social @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social & @fusspot.rip

Grab the ebook or the luxurious silver foil version from our website! (shipping in the U.S. only)
www.bonedustpress.com/shop

It's also available to libraries, so stop by and request a copy!

The front cover illustration for The Traitor & The Wretch drawn by the amazing Amy Phillips. The book is written by Jasmine walls and internally illustrated by Rowan MacColl

A photo of the exclusive paperback with shiny silver foiling on the cover.

A photo of a two-page spread, showing off one of Rowan MacColl's lovely illustrations

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🌿Elaine Tipping🍃 @triaelf9.bsky.social · 3d

Oh yeah, it's a manga thing! I feel like I don't see it as much in new ones I pick up, but it could be generational depending on the artist. A quick search in Japanese shows ppl calling it フキダシの内側(に)しっぽ or フキダシの中にしっぽ which both basically mean "balloon with the tail on the inside"

Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve never seen this before! An *inward-indicating* word-balloon tail (that’s the speaker’s right arm descending below the word balloon).

FASCINATING! Does this tail technique have a name? Have folks seen it used elsewhere?? I have so many questions!!! (From HIRAYASUMI, book 3, pg 37)

Photo of HIRAYASUMI, book 3, pg 37… showing an inward indicating word balloon tail

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

I guess the opposite extreme of overthinking the audience's needs is applying absolutely no thought nor creativity at all. 🙃

Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

Whaaaa tf?! That's wild.

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