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AJ Malacarne

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AJ Malacarne @ajmalacarne.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hi there! I'm AJ Malacarne! A comic and TV writer who specializes in writing absurd stories with heart. Check out my website below if you want to see more or chat!

Page 1 from Tales From Exit 56. Panel 1 has a man walking past a road sign that reads "56" he says "welcome to Tales From Exit 56". Panel 2 has him smoking and saying " between these pages are strange tales from our fair land of Easton, Ohio. I'm The Walker. Once a mere mortal I'm now destined to lead those interested across these hallowed grounds. Simply put I'll be your guide." Panel 3 has a fight between giant cosmic gods. A text box reads " Long ago cosmic gods fought a great battle here." Panel 4 has the Walker overlooking a mountain with a massive purple skeleton imbedded in it. He says " and now the remains of their fallen angel lies beneath the county."

A cover for Tales From Exit 56. A stained glass window depicts the gods of the Exit 56 universe. Top is The Scientist, a being with a planet for a head. Left is The Farmer, a insect being. Canter is The Artist, a being wearing all white with spots of color and a purple Mohawk. Right is The Leader, a military leader

A page from the comic Psychedelic. The band Neon Daze plays on stage. The singer starts playing their next song which summons a demon from a portal.

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Jeremy Whitley @jeremywhitley.bsky.social · 33m

The SLAY! zoop campaign is warming up! Have you jumped on the pre-sale list yet? Check it out at the link and check out some of the pages below: zoop.gg/c/slay

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 1h

Almost like we founded the entire country on opposing this exact sentence.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Bessent: "No kings equals no paychecks"

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 23h

Denver Leary spent the last three (3!!) chapters of KEEPING TIME trying to get the reserved, attractive pianist he used to know to (re)join his band. He FINALLY succeeded except it's, uh, off to a rough start

#KeepingTime #webcomics

🎸 Latest update: keepingtimecomic.com
🎸Start from the beginning

A panel from the webcomic KEEPING TIME. Three dudes in a band are in their practice space experiencing a full range of emotional reactions to a new band member joining them. The bassist, Stef, crosses his arms surlily, Tomás, the drummer, is an excitable toddler, and Denver holds his hands out at Stef in a 'dude, what gives' gesture as he asks, "Stef, buddy? You wanna say hi back, or...?"

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Sean Von Gorman (of Comics) 🔜 Baltimore Comic Con 119 @seanvongorman.bsky.social · 1h

This weekend @joeyesposito.bsky.social and I come coming back to @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social Swing by Booth 119 and grab a copy of the @ringoawards.bsky.social nominated series THE PEDESTRIAN!

#seeyouinbaltimore

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therealgstoye @therealgstoye.bsky.social · 1h

The special variant cover for PATERFAMILIAS (launching this evening - it waits for dusk) by none other than FINGER GUNS artist and supreme horror dude @valhal.bsky.social!

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AJ Malacarne @ajmalacarne.bsky.social · 15h

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AJ Malacarne @ajmalacarne.bsky.social · 15h

Your work rocks. Making it a career goal to work with you.

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Fell Hound @fellhound.bsky.social · 1d

Somehow it is once again #PortfolioDay

Fell Hound @fellhound.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hey Portfolio Day! ✨

Im Fell, writer and artist of your favourite sad gay comics. Ive worked with Boom, IDW, Scout, AWBW, dozens of indie books. My latest motorcycle jousting romance, S.I.R. is in stores now!

Looking for illustration gigs!
🎨 fellhoundart.carrd.co

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AJ Malacarne @ajmalacarne.bsky.social · 15h

Are you open for sequential work?

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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 23h

Hey hey #portfolioday
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia

[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa

Book cover for the YA book ICEBREAKER by A.L. Graziadei showing the two male main protagonist facing each other and holding onto each others collar.

Digital art of my original characters Aran and Tao as young adults out at night in their local nyc neighborhood kissing. Tao sits on a bicycle and Aran bends down slightly to kiss him.

Mock cover of Suzanne Samin and my upcoming graphic novel. The title still r wads Fear Of Falling but we changed it now to Wherever I’m With You.

The cover shows a brick house fall and Aran and Tao sitting on the rooftop, their legs dangling down the edge, and in big letters underneath them it reads “fear of falling”

Digital art of original characters Aran and Tao as young teenagers on a hot summer day walking down the streets in their local nyc neighborhood and playing around with a basketball.

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Doug Wood @dougawood.bsky.social · 19h

Looking for a miracle on our Kickstarter! Last 39 hours. @viniciuscarreiro.bsky.social is offering these really cool supervillain OCs. He made me one and a few of the backers too!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/174...

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Nola Pfau @ohnola.bsky.social · 15h

In late after a day of travel to say hello! I'm Nola Pfau! I wrote GODZILLA RIVALS: JET JAGUAR VS. MEGALON for IDW and also spent nearly a decade editing Women Write About Comics, which earned three consecutive Eisner Awards during that time. I am absolutely looking for work! #PortfolioDay

Main cover for GODZILLA RIVALS: JET JAGUAR VERSUS MEGALON, in which Megalon looms over a pit that holds a disassembled Jet Jaguar and a silhouetted fast food worker who fell down in there.

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scary bravo @sierrabravoart.bsky.social · 18h

oh my god it's #PortfolioDay again and i really want to get to do another comic soon, please let me do some history and mythology stuff thanks

www.sierrabravoart.com
email: [email protected]

promotional art for the tenth anniversary of Hans Vogel is Dead! Hans and Reineke walk through a birch forest, Hans looking behind him at the viewer.

an illustration of the chimera from Greek mythology, walking through some ruins overgrown with ivy and a charred stone wall.

a comic page from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, showing a dogfight between multiple German and Polish aircraft.

a comic page from HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, showing a boxing match between Princess Glückskind and the leshy. The leshy attempts to turn into multiple animals, unsuccessfully.

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AJ Malacarne @ajmalacarne.bsky.social · 15h

I'd love to do a sequential art project with you at some point. You're one of my favorite artists on here.

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Kim Hu @kim-hu.com · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay - I am Kim Hu
Freelance Illustrator & Concept Artist

Looking for cool new projects to work on in 2026 💫

Portfolio: kim-hu.com
✉️ [email protected]

Cover of Killtopia Comic Anthology, featuring a despairing man in a tech helmet.

The cover to Blister City
In the background in orange and pink tones sits a massive city, behind which orange mountains rise into a dusty orange sky
In the foreground 3 punks perch on the edge of a building, surrounded by litter and soda cans. The punk on the left wears a blue jacket that says die young on the back.

The text Blister City can be seen in the sky above the city.

Illustration of Clippy the Paperclip in a Mad Max style truck, blasting through the wasteland; Done for Autonocast.com

Photo of a shirt, showing a girl with a nailbat on top of a smashed robot, holding up its severed head. The text says: Destroy AI; Done for Aftermath
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#kimgakaku

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 1d

Hey #PortfolioDay!

I'm Zoe Tunnell. Written for BOOM, Marvel, IDW, Dark Horse and Tiny Onion on originals like BLADE MAIDENS as well as licensed properties like GODZILLA, POWER RANGERS, BLACK CAT and more! I've got projects set for 2026 but am still open for work!

Zoetunnellwrites @ Gmail dot com

The game art variant to Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

Lucas Werneck's cover for Marvel United: A Pride Special

Dani Pendergast's cover for Godzilla Valentine’s Day Special

Valentine M. Smith's cover for Blade Maidens

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Sean Von Gorman (of Comics) 🔜 Baltimore Comic Con 119 @seanvongorman.bsky.social · 16h

#PortfolioDay Hi, I’m Sean Von Gorman (of comics) I’m an illustrator best know for Co-creating the Eisner Nominated series The Pedestrian, as well as having my picture taken holding copies of The Pedestrian!

Looking to projects for east 2026 but always down for a cover!

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JP Jordan @jpjordan.bsky.social · 1d

Hi #PortfolioDay

I'm JP, a comic colorist/writer who has worked with 2000 AD, Boom, First Second, IDW, Image, Mad Cave, Maverick, Titan and more

I have three big projects ending very soon so now is the best time to hire me for your book!

Portfolio: jpjordan.carrd.co

Let's make some comics!

The Author Immortal #2 Youngblood Variant Cover, inks by Jim Towe and colours by me

A page from Star Trek Strange New Worlds: Seeds of Salvation #1, written by Robbie Thompson, drawn by Travis Mercer lettered by Jodie Troutman and coloured by me

A page from A Walk Within The Queen's Wood, written by Asa Wheatley, drawn by Daniel Coloma, lettered by Micah Myers and coloured by me

A page from VR Troopers #3 written by Mairghread Scott, drawn by Sebastián Píriz, lettered by Taylor Esposito and coloured by me

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Bodybag Jones @daydreamcomix.com · 1d

It’s #portfolioday! I’m Frankee White & I’m a comics writer/editor. I love horror & naturalistic dialogue. Always looking for writing gigs & the opportunity to pitch. Previous work include WHO KILLED SARAH SHAW, EMFDMB, 20 FISTS, & more. Samples on request!

Contact: [email protected]

A single page comic called Three Is Company featured Batman and Two-Face.

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Marie Enger @soengery.bsky.social · 19h

would you like a WEIRD SHIRT?

WEIRD Crewneck

**PRE-ORDER ITEM - NOVEMBER 2025 DELIVERY** A WEIRD ink black sweatshirt to swathe your bones during these exceptionally wEirD times. BONUS ITEMS - Every order comes with a random TRICK OR TREAT item...

www.crwnstudios.com

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norn noszka @nornnoszka.bsky.social · 21h

First off, if you want to read the entirety of chapter one, it's in this thread bsky.app/profile/norn...

norn noszka @nornnoszka.bsky.social · Mar 16

Welcome to the Maraketh Megathread: a page-by-page posting of the first issue of our dark fantasy #webcomic ~ here is the beautiful cover for #1 👹🐍💅🔥🌙 by
@bugbart.bsky.social

A sunset-colored cover of the web-comic Maraketh's Chosen, by James Duran, Norn Noszka, and Aubrey L. Jeppson. A looming hooded figure towers above the two female protagonists, who are armored in fantasy attire.

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michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social · 1d

WITCHING SEASON is live now on kickstarter!

A 150+ page horror comic anthology from me and Lifeline Comics. Excited for everyone to see what we've been building for most of this year🩸🌙

Cover A by @skyepatridge.bsky.social

More info here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge

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michiums @ deadlines @michiums.bsky.social · 23h

making a proper #PortfolioDay post instead of just my pinned so - hello! I’m michiums, award-winning comic artist and illustrator on the 👀 for #WFH cover and #comic work, anything fantasy-horror-queer is my jam!

portfolio: michiums.carbonmade.com
📧 michiumsart @ gmail

vivid rainbow color sky illustration with yaga and her skeleton lanterns catching stars

Page from persimmon summer from when I was young anthology

$Page from maidensong from fractured realms anthology from limit break comics$ Illustration of Achilles and Patroclus from hades, in a field of flowers

Illustration of Achilles and Patroclus from hades, in a field of flowers

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Anas Abdulhak - أنس عبدالحق @anasabdulhak.bsky.social · 22h

We just hit 100 backers on ETHERES: Deluxe Edition‼️😭
Thank you all for helping us reach this milestone. We're less than 40% away from achieving our goal and making this book a reality

@dennismenheere.bsky.social

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

Etheres: Ringo Award Nominated One-Shot Comic Returns

Anas Abdulhak and Dennis Menheere invite you to journey into Etheres, a realm where souls go when they don't belong anywhere else.

www.kickstarter.com

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Keith Frady @keithfrady.bsky.social · 1d

The Usual Choices is a 150+ page collection of short comics written by Keith Frady, with a killer row of superb artists. From Lovecraftian sci-fi to existential autobiography, this collection spans genres, but returns to themes of love, death, gods, and monsters.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/kei...

The Usual Choices

A collection of short comics, from Lovecraftian sci-fi to existential autobiography, in the vein of Black Mirror or The Twilight Zone.

www.kickstarter.com

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