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Akira B. • Editor • Publisher of WildStar Press • Writer (Comics & Prose) • Cryptid • Ringo and Ignatz Award Nominated • ???
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☆ Blu ☆ @blubat.bsky.social · Jan 9
🦇Akira B.🦇
Editor | Writer (Comics & Prose) | Publisher of WildStar Press

Creating thousands of stories for my own representation and helping even more with theirs.

Find my work & support:
🦇 blubat.biz
💵 ko-fi.com/blubat
🌟 wildstarpress.com
Meet the Artist displaying me and my cat Harley. It has stuff about me and interests that I like. Akira: Editor | Writer | Publisher | Cryptid Harley (my orange cat): Emotional Support Menace
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hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Close-up with the Rosette Nebula (RGB Colour) - From Rolf Wahl Olsen - https://flic.kr/p/UYaQwE
Visible here is a small portion of the large Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), centered on its central cluster of stars; NGC 2244. This large round nebula lies some 5000 light years away and can be found in the constellation Monoceros near Orion. In optical wide field images the entire nebula appears strikingly similar to the petals of a red rose, hence the name. The image is constructed from exposures in three very narrow (3nm) wavelength bands corresponding to the emission profiles of ionised Hydrogen, Oxygen and Sulphur to form the resulting detailed and brightly coloured scene. The combined images in each filter were assigned to their natural colour channels using a PixelMath expression in PixInsight. This enables a synthetic 'natural' colour image to be created from the narrowband data. Several striking shapes can be seen here, many of which resemble animals of various kinds. In particular the figure of a leaping Cheetah is very obvious near the centre. These dark shapes are denser clouds of dust and gas, slowly being eroded away by the intense ultraviolet radiation from the young stars in the central cluster. These stars have themselves condensed out of the nebula relatively recently. The brightest cluster members, HD 46223 and HD 46150, are massive O-type stars with stellar winds and radiation powerful enough to have cleared the nebula's central cavity around the cluster. Image details: Date: 15th, 16th, 18th and 19th March 2017 Exposure: Ha OIII SII: 290:130:110 mins, t...
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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spicymochi.bsky.social
Your month, your puppy!
Illustration of cartoon puppies featuring Gromit, Clifford, Snoopy, Bluey and Bingo, Kipper, Courage The Cowardly Dog, Blue and Magenta, along with a few Sanrio pups
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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violainebriat.bsky.social
How to start a Webcomic: a free series of posts on my Patreon :) (with free worksheets!)
I'm trying a new format where I talk about how & why I'm wrapping up my old comic, Rodney R Rodney, and how I'm prepping for the next one
www.patreon.com/posts/develo...
Developing Webcomics: why end a comic, and how to start a new one | Vee
Get more from Vee on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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artofnickyrdrgz.bsky.social
just talking about poor working conditions doesn't do anything to fix them, esp when it's the same convos over and over. job security is always at risk when u seek to better labor, it always will be, but how many of us have even a semblance of security to begin with?? you gotta DO to bring change.
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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wildstarpress.bsky.social
No Black Friday sale from the press because this a team of one and (royal) we would like to pay the artists properly!

Support Indie 💫

www.wildstarpress.com
WildStar Press Coiled to Strike from WildStar Press Songs of the Sea from WildStar Press (last chance to get it!) How We Made the Moon Cry - the anthology is open for submissions from Nov 10 - Dec 29, 2025
November 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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smallbu.bsky.social
SmallBu is looking for a freelance BG artist for a new animated project!

-multi month job
-must have significant prior experience working professionally on animation/game BGs
-must have several examples available online portfolio
-no students

Link your portfolio of BG work here if ur interested!
a black and white drawing of a person laying on a bench with their feet up and a sign that says 2 feet
ALT: a black and white drawing of a person laying on a bench with their feet up and a sign that says 2 feet
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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explodingarrow.bsky.social
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...
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
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jametc.bsky.social
It's annoying seeing stuff for sale at crazy amazing discounts right now, but STILL not being able to afford any of it
November 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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catwellcomics.bsky.social
Another work doodle
I had more time yesterday 😅

#sonicthehedgehog #milesprower #tails #sonicfanart #doodle
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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bulgilhanpress.com
Buy our books, thanks

(there is no black Friday sale bc we're run by one guy and pay our artists a good percentage)

bulgilhanpress.com/store
Store — Bulgilhan Press
bulgilhanpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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powerandmagic.bsky.social
Drench your fall season with queer, witchy drama and romance. 💅✨❤️‍🔥

When you buy 2 extraordinary comics anthologies, you'll get 1 more extraordinary comics anthology for FREE, only through DEC 17th. 🍂🐈‍⬛✨ buff.ly/LNSHg0N
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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rockybloo.bsky.social
💖Glitter and Guilt Double Update!💖
glitterandguilt.thecomicseries.com/comics/116

A birthday gift for the birthday girl

#GlitterAndGuilt #Webcomic
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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rhymes.bsky.social
haters
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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biteghost.bsky.social
Four new Murder Club character reference sheets just dropped over on Patreon for all $1+ paid members - Ruby & Marshall Phalanx, Lev Cosmo and Anjolie Hitgirl!

Direct Link ➡️ www.patreon.com/posts/144337...

#murderclub 💀🎨 🔪💸
A photoset of four images, each framed with half of a character's face on a white background. The first is of Ruby Phalanx, a young girl wearing orange skull mask with pink eyes. The second features Marshall Phalanx, Ruby's father who wears a cyan blue skull mask. The third is of Lev Cosmo, who wears a white jester's mask with a star for the eye hole and a large black hood draping over their head. The fourth is Anjolie Hitgirl, a woman who wears a mask that looks like a giant bird beak. Her eye peeks out from the gap between the upper and lower beaks. Her hair is styled in a way that is reminiscent of bird feathers.
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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cloudboundcorgi.bsky.social
Fan art for my friend @hisiheyah.bsky.social 's graphic novel, Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology! If you haven't checked it out yet, please do! The art is downright gorgeous and the story is not only loads of fun, it's really heartfelt too. ☕
Lu and Wren, two child protagonists of the story, excitedly race forward to begin their adventure. The kids are joined by various animals met during their adventure, and all are running along the outer rim of a grassy globe. Inside of the globe are layered biomes. The first is a water biome where giant axolotls are happily soaking and basking in the sun. The second, which is the very center of the globe, is a sunset landscape where giant guinea pigs loom like hillsides.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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kotalinejones.bsky.social
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.
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d
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!
laurenbeukes.com Lauren Beukes @laurenbeukes.com · 3d
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
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artofnickyrdrgz.bsky.social
PLS leave reviews and spread the word about graphic novels you enjoy 😭 it's so hard to even convince agents & editors to consider adult gns & bc of the idea they don't know how to market it
kotalinejones.bsky.social kotaline jones @kotalinejones.bsky.social · 3d
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.
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 3d
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!
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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blubat.bsky.social
Soldier, Poet, or King?

This trend was fun when I saw it awhile back so I took the test and-

Oh.
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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oenomene.bsky.social
📣🔪💕

My contribution to the fabulous VILLAINESS Art Book by @novamali.bsky.social and @damesprod.bsky.social !

The text free illustration will be featured in the book, so make sure you back before the deadline!
“Watch out for the KILLER Beauty in- Homecoming SCREAM!” A black girl cheerleader is holding a knife behind her back with an eyebrow raised at the audience. Part of her face and her knife is covered in blood. In the background, there is a Black jock whose face is obscured by a held polaroid photo of him with Xs drawn over his eyes.
November 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
blubat.bsky.social
Soldier, Poet, or King?

This trend was fun when I saw it awhile back so I took the test and-

Oh.
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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tomfowler.bsky.social
Nature is healing.
Photo of the box for the Godzilla chia pet.
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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iceghost.bsky.social
I need a big sword for gender reasons
November 23, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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neonjawbone.bsky.social
not necessarily part of my Career but i've also made music, at least once neonjawbone.bandcamp.com/album/fake-r...
FAKE RPG: The Original Soundtrack for a Game that Doesn't Exist, by NeonJawbone
40 track album
neonjawbone.bandcamp.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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matthewdowsmith.bsky.social
Some advice from a couple of years ago that I still think most creative people need to hear --
Don't put down your own work. Plenty of people want to devalue you and the things you Make. Don't help them do it.
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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longboxpunk.substack.com
Hey NEW comic creators! @punkrockkris.bsky.social & I are launching a brand new horror comic anthology called CHK Presents: AHA!

We're accepting submissions starting today until 1/1/2026! If you are looking for an anthology to get your story or art out there...(cont below)
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM