Alison Sampson is working
@alisonsampson.bsky.social
Artist, writes + draws comics in London UK. Image, Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, IDW/PRH, Oni, Boom, AWA, DSTLRY, Mad Cave, Tiny Onion & more. Open 4 writing, covers
Multiple Eisner nominee on team books
Contact alissamp at gmail
Portfolio: www.alisonsampson.com
Multiple Eisner nominee on team books
Contact alissamp at gmail
Portfolio: www.alisonsampson.com
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Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Alison, an artist and sometimes writer from London, UK, and I draw comics, book covers and editorial. Can't show you the sequentials I'm drawing right now but I'm open for covers (especially books), comic writing and to discuss the next thing.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
PJ Harvey
Soft Cell
David Bowie
Prince
Daisy Chainsaw
PJ Harvey
Soft Cell
David Bowie
Prince
Daisy Chainsaw
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
James Brown
B.B. King
Garth Brooks
Meatloaf
Pink
James Brown
B.B. King
Garth Brooks
Meatloaf
Pink
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Big Boi/Killer Mike/Sleepy Brown
Deltron 3030/Kid Koala
Metallica
Shiny Toy Guns
DragonForce
Big Boi/Killer Mike/Sleepy Brown
Deltron 3030/Kid Koala
Metallica
Shiny Toy Guns
DragonForce
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
PJ Harvey
Soft Cell
David Bowie
Prince
Daisy Chainsaw
PJ Harvey
Soft Cell
David Bowie
Prince
Daisy Chainsaw
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X is not above the law.
The plaything of the world’s richest man won’t take down illegal posts on X – but no-one’s above the law.
Join the fight: https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
The plaything of the world’s richest man won’t take down illegal posts on X – but no-one’s above the law.
Join the fight: https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
X is not above the law.
The plaything of the world’s richest man won’t take down illegal posts on X – but no-one’s above the law.
Join the fight: https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
The plaything of the world’s richest man won’t take down illegal posts on X – but no-one’s above the law.
Join the fight: https://goodlaw.social/6pw6
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This is also relevant as context for any discussion of ‘AI’ in education; the philosophical and intellectual cultures underlying it all and driving the technofascists in charge of many ‘AI’ companies. An STS/philosophy of tech understanding of genAI is crucial yet often missing.
The Yarvinite fanbois nicknamed their movement as "Endarkenment" for a reason.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is also relevant as context for any discussion of ‘AI’ in education; the philosophical and intellectual cultures underlying it all and driving the technofascists in charge of many ‘AI’ companies. An STS/philosophy of tech understanding of genAI is crucial yet often missing.
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Your occasional reminder that @bookshop.org is open for all of your Christmas book shopping needs. Every sale supports independent bookstores, the books arrive beautifully packaged, and they even have gift wrapping options.
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookshops.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookshops.
uk.bookshop.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Your occasional reminder that @bookshop.org is open for all of your Christmas book shopping needs. Every sale supports independent bookstores, the books arrive beautifully packaged, and they even have gift wrapping options.
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
Buy some great books and stop paying for Jeff's botox
uk.bookshop.org?next=t
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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My book Where We Stand, Where We fall is now up for pre-order. It's about the politics of Doctor Who, the themes the show keeps returning to over sixty years.
I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My book Where We Stand, Where We fall is now up for pre-order. It's about the politics of Doctor Who, the themes the show keeps returning to over sixty years.
I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
Comic people, don't be boring with your architecture. I'm not sure quite what is going on here, but this is a real unmanipulated photo.
Super long day sorting out touchscreens and the lighting on a huge model with over 5,000 LEDs in it.
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Comic people, don't be boring with your architecture. I'm not sure quite what is going on here, but this is a real unmanipulated photo.
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Super long day sorting out touchscreens and the lighting on a huge model with over 5,000 LEDs in it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Super long day sorting out touchscreens and the lighting on a huge model with over 5,000 LEDs in it.
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we’re in the final few days of the KILLTOPIA: PHANTOMS campaign! @davecook.bsky.social and @clarkbintart.bsky.social make-up one of the most exciting team-ups on the indie scene and i’m VERY excited to see them tell a hard-boiled cop story through the neon lense of new-tokyo...
#art #comics
#art #comics
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re in the final few days of the KILLTOPIA: PHANTOMS campaign! @davecook.bsky.social and @clarkbintart.bsky.social make-up one of the most exciting team-ups on the indie scene and i’m VERY excited to see them tell a hard-boiled cop story through the neon lense of new-tokyo...
#art #comics
#art #comics
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Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
Why I Need the Birds
A Love Letters Feature by Amal El-Mohtar - November 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Today's Love Letter is a stunning meditation on birdwatching and the loss of a friendship, from the one and only @amalelmohtar.com
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letter-...
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I’m really excited to share that I won the Frank R. Paul Award for Best Magazine Cover Art! My painting Stasis, a self-portrait about invisible illness, was featured on the cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 🖤
#art #painting #portrait #illustration
#art #painting #portrait #illustration
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I’m really excited to share that I won the Frank R. Paul Award for Best Magazine Cover Art! My painting Stasis, a self-portrait about invisible illness, was featured on the cover of Uncanny Magazine Issue 58 🖤
#art #painting #portrait #illustration
#art #painting #portrait #illustration
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It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics.
To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I’ve written about Julia Gfrörer’s work before, but Moto Hagio was new to me and I really can’t overstate how hard she walloped me. Ouch ouch ouch www.tcj.com/the-silent-r...
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I’ve written about Julia Gfrörer’s work before, but Moto Hagio was new to me and I really can’t overstate how hard she walloped me. Ouch ouch ouch www.tcj.com/the-silent-r...
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Speak of the Devil comes out March 3rd! You can already pre-order it online or at your local bookstore 🖤
www.harpercollins.com/products/spe...
www.harpercollins.com/products/spe...
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Speak of the Devil comes out March 3rd! You can already pre-order it online or at your local bookstore 🖤
www.harpercollins.com/products/spe...
www.harpercollins.com/products/spe...
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Tuesday Tip: Comic book scripts are conversations between the writer and the artist (with the editor eavesdropping). The comic book grows out of that conversation. So, write your script whatever damn way you want, provided it gives the artist the information they need to bring the story to life.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Tuesday Tip: Comic book scripts are conversations between the writer and the artist (with the editor eavesdropping). The comic book grows out of that conversation. So, write your script whatever damn way you want, provided it gives the artist the information they need to bring the story to life.
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Update. We won!!!!!
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Update. We won!!!!!
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BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
BBC censors a lecture removing author’s remarks on Trump that refer to him a the most openly corrupt American president.
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not only did we put out mafia yaoi we have a new kerascoët about an illiterate court lady and a friendly torturer's apprentice falling in love, the PEANUTS 75th anniversary book, the biography of the man who inspired Ansel Adams who Bill Griffith is also NAMED AFTER, and much, much more
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
not only did we put out mafia yaoi we have a new kerascoët about an illiterate court lady and a friendly torturer's apprentice falling in love, the PEANUTS 75th anniversary book, the biography of the man who inspired Ansel Adams who Bill Griffith is also NAMED AFTER, and much, much more
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This spring!!! All new cover and design unique to the US edition!!! Gold foil on the cover!!!! www.abramsbooks.com/product/cour...
Court Charade A Graphic Novel
From the New York Times bestselling illustrators of Beauty and Beautiful Darkness comes a fleet, tongue-in-cheek adult fairy tale graphic novel where love is found in the least likely places and nothi...
www.abramsbooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This spring!!! All new cover and design unique to the US edition!!! Gold foil on the cover!!!! www.abramsbooks.com/product/cour...
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I want the industry to change, but ultimately publishing is a reactive industry. It IS reacting to adult manga, but the manga market and graphic novel market are two different book industries that have evolved in different ways, and manga readers don't often cross over of their own accord.
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I want the industry to change, but ultimately publishing is a reactive industry. It IS reacting to adult manga, but the manga market and graphic novel market are two different book industries that have evolved in different ways, and manga readers don't often cross over of their own accord.
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For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
If you like an author's work, the best thing you can do is buy it. The second best thing you can do is ask your local library to buy it. Or, do both!
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 PM
For graphic novels, especially adult genre fiction, it's incredibly helpful to review it online, talk about it, recommend it to a friend—adult fiction in the graphic novel space is difficult to place, and nothing convinces readers that they'll like a book more than the personal testimonial.
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I love everything about this, but maybe especially:
"your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people."
"your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people."
So I was invited to accept an award for "imagination in service to society." This forced me to think a bit about what "imagination," "service" and "society" mean to me.
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
Here's the speech I delivered last night:
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
"The Enemy of Imagination": Here's the Speech I Gave Last Night
I had such an incredible day yesterday, y’all. First I was at the Trans Day of Literature at George Mason University, talking with incredible authors...
buttondown.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I love everything about this, but maybe especially:
"your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people."
"your private, cloistered reveries turn out to be one of the best ways to create that shared, inclusive space that can shelter other people."
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It’s that time of year again! The WBMC is looking for short zines and comics by trans/queer artists to publish in 2026!
As always, this is a paid opportunity and you don’t need a finished project to apply! Apps are open till January 15th, 2026! Tell your friends!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
As always, this is a paid opportunity and you don’t need a finished project to apply! Apps are open till January 15th, 2026! Tell your friends!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s that time of year again! The WBMC is looking for short zines and comics by trans/queer artists to publish in 2026!
As always, this is a paid opportunity and you don’t need a finished project to apply! Apps are open till January 15th, 2026! Tell your friends!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
As always, this is a paid opportunity and you don’t need a finished project to apply! Apps are open till January 15th, 2026! Tell your friends!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.