Alex Assan
@alexassan.com
Artist of the webcomic Shaderunners.com and the graphic novel Sunhead ☀️ Second GN coming from HarperAlley to be announced soon!
He/him. Berlin-based. Represented by Britt Siess.
Portfolio: AlexAssan.com
He/him. Berlin-based. Represented by Britt Siess.
Portfolio: AlexAssan.com
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Alex Assan
@alexassan.com
· Nov 6
This is a thread all about mine and @lindarrow.bsky.social's queer noir webcomic Shaderunners.com, a historical fantasy comic where the alcohol prohibition in the 1920s is instead a prohibition of COLOUR 🍸💚 The archive is big, it’s free to read, and the story is in its final act!
one of the positive things about this development though is that i'm finding out just how many of my fellow hive sufferers i hadn't been following on bluesky! very happy to be correcting this now
January 13, 2026 at 9:00 AM
one of the positive things about this development though is that i'm finding out just how many of my fellow hive sufferers i hadn't been following on bluesky! very happy to be correcting this now
Reposted by Alex Assan
Making a 🧵 to help people get context on Hiveworks:
The Hiveworks Guild statement from Cartoonist Co-op. Make sure to check the "How You Can Help" tab
The Hiveworks Guild statement from Cartoonist Co-op. Make sure to check the "How You Can Help" tab
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Making a 🧵 to help people get context on Hiveworks:
The Hiveworks Guild statement from Cartoonist Co-op. Make sure to check the "How You Can Help" tab
The Hiveworks Guild statement from Cartoonist Co-op. Make sure to check the "How You Can Help" tab
One of the crazier Hiveworks stories in the bunch. Recommend a read if you'd like an example of just how absurdly bad things got for some people.
Heeeyy, we can finally talk about this! So, I would like to co-sign everything in this open letter. I would also like to tell everyone about a specific grievance that @femonologue.bsky.social and I have with Xellette after the mishandling of our kickstarter. Screencap/receipts in🧵 to follow!
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
One of the crazier Hiveworks stories in the bunch. Recommend a read if you'd like an example of just how absurdly bad things got for some people.
Krispy has been more professional, caring and hard-working during the last few years promoting the Hiveworks artists' interests than Xel and Isa have been over a decade actually running the company
It's been a long ten years and I finally get to talk publicly about what happened behind closed doors.
Please take the time to read this letter and please avoid working with these people. You are more valuable than an opportunity for people like them to use you as cash cow for your work. 🧵
Please take the time to read this letter and please avoid working with these people. You are more valuable than an opportunity for people like them to use you as cash cow for your work. 🧵
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Krispy has been more professional, caring and hard-working during the last few years promoting the Hiveworks artists' interests than Xel and Isa have been over a decade actually running the company
Anyone wondering why @lindarrow.bsky.social and I (and many others) left Hiveworks, read this statement.
The Guild has been a source of incredible inspiration, full of amazing people who care deeply about their peers & webcomics as a whole. I am sincerely grateful for everyone's hard work in this.
The Guild has been a source of incredible inspiration, full of amazing people who care deeply about their peers & webcomics as a whole. I am sincerely grateful for everyone's hard work in this.
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
January 12, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Anyone wondering why @lindarrow.bsky.social and I (and many others) left Hiveworks, read this statement.
The Guild has been a source of incredible inspiration, full of amazing people who care deeply about their peers & webcomics as a whole. I am sincerely grateful for everyone's hard work in this.
The Guild has been a source of incredible inspiration, full of amazing people who care deeply about their peers & webcomics as a whole. I am sincerely grateful for everyone's hard work in this.
went on a hiking trip with my dad for his 70th birthday & was worried he would fall when we went down these extremely unsafe-looking steps. i watched him like a hawk and then when we reached the bottom at last with no incident i immediately slipped and fell.
anyway my right wrist is fractured now
anyway my right wrist is fractured now
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 AM
went on a hiking trip with my dad for his 70th birthday & was worried he would fall when we went down these extremely unsafe-looking steps. i watched him like a hawk and then when we reached the bottom at last with no incident i immediately slipped and fell.
anyway my right wrist is fractured now
anyway my right wrist is fractured now
very weird to be working on a graphic novel because i'd sketch 70 pages in two months and go fuckk i'm the slowest artist alive
December 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
very weird to be working on a graphic novel because i'd sketch 70 pages in two months and go fuckk i'm the slowest artist alive
Tonight on Shaderunners: The end of chapter 3. Don't forget to click 'previous' for the last page! | Read for free at Shaderunners.com 🍸💚
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Tonight on Shaderunners: The end of chapter 3. Don't forget to click 'previous' for the last page! | Read for free at Shaderunners.com 🍸💚
don't ever accept free tickets to the theatre because the monkey's paw WILL curl and in the actors WILL shine the world's brightest spotlight on your face and demand that you sing them a song in the middle of the play. in german
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
don't ever accept free tickets to the theatre because the monkey's paw WILL curl and in the actors WILL shine the world's brightest spotlight on your face and demand that you sing them a song in the middle of the play. in german
Dear @annerice.amc.com and @iwtvwriters.bsky.social please hire me to draw an IWTV graphic novel, I have the credentials and I think it would make my 14-year-old self reach nirvana... also I really enjoyed drawing that blond man freaking out... #IWTV#InterviewWithTheVampire
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dear @annerice.amc.com and @iwtvwriters.bsky.social please hire me to draw an IWTV graphic novel, I have the credentials and I think it would make my 14-year-old self reach nirvana... also I really enjoyed drawing that blond man freaking out... #IWTV#InterviewWithTheVampire
Ten thousand nights. A hundred thousand. #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ten thousand nights. A hundred thousand. #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
The Veil. #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Veil. #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
Another time I went a little nuts was at the height of COVID-19 when I caught the Destiel subvariant... I refuse to feel shame [1/2]
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Another time I went a little nuts was at the height of COVID-19 when I caught the Destiel subvariant... I refuse to feel shame [1/2]
Ezra and Easton, Easton and Ezra. / Shaderunners.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Ezra and Easton, Easton and Ezra. / Shaderunners.com
This is a thread all about mine and @lindarrow.bsky.social's queer noir webcomic Shaderunners.com, a historical fantasy comic where the alcohol prohibition in the 1920s is instead a prohibition of COLOUR 🍸💚 The archive is big, it’s free to read, and the story is in its final act!
November 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is a thread all about mine and @lindarrow.bsky.social's queer noir webcomic Shaderunners.com, a historical fantasy comic where the alcohol prohibition in the 1920s is instead a prohibition of COLOUR 🍸💚 The archive is big, it’s free to read, and the story is in its final act!
Reposted by Alex Assan
In Search of Absent Pigments, part 1 of 4 🩵✨ A short comic by myself and @lindarrow.bsky.social, originally published in the Come Together anthology in 2019.
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In Search of Absent Pigments, part 1 of 4 🩵✨ A short comic by myself and @lindarrow.bsky.social, originally published in the Come Together anthology in 2019.
i will stop spamming with old art soon btw. you will once again be graced with my devout social media silence 🙏
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
i will stop spamming with old art soon btw. you will once again be graced with my devout social media silence 🙏
Tonight on Shaderunners: Back to the Shadery. | Read for free at Shaderunners.com 🍸💚
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Tonight on Shaderunners: Back to the Shadery. | Read for free at Shaderunners.com 🍸💚
In Search of Absent Pigments, part 1 of 4 🩵✨ A short comic by myself and @lindarrow.bsky.social, originally published in the Come Together anthology in 2019.
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
In Search of Absent Pigments, part 1 of 4 🩵✨ A short comic by myself and @lindarrow.bsky.social, originally published in the Come Together anthology in 2019.
Ivo and Satinder pinups! Plus a more risqué Easton in the reply for those of you who like greasy men in lingerie...
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ivo and Satinder pinups! Plus a more risqué Easton in the reply for those of you who like greasy men in lingerie...
Some 2020 Shaderunners art...
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Some 2020 Shaderunners art...
The quiet dark. #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The quiet dark. #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
BURN HIM 🔥🔥🔥 #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
October 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
BURN HIM 🔥🔥🔥 #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv
best thing that happened to me all year. yes i said TO ME because that's how invested i am in everyone finally having a chance to realize what I've known for over 15 years, that Lin is the best writer in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so excited to announce that I have a book series officially forthcoming! It's Beetlejuice x Bladerunner but make it Queer, funny and romantic, about ghosts technologically resurrected and left to navigate dead end jobs to support themselves. TY to @LucienneDiver!
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
best thing that happened to me all year. yes i said TO ME because that's how invested i am in everyone finally having a chance to realize what I've known for over 15 years, that Lin is the best writer in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I actually don't think I ever posted this one at all? But here it is. Not sure what I was going for with this one tbh. #iwtv #InterviewWithTheVampire
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I actually don't think I ever posted this one at all? But here it is. Not sure what I was going for with this one tbh. #iwtv #InterviewWithTheVampire