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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 51m

It's also ridiculous since DC has their Kodansha crossover books that have the Kodansha logo on the spine but have crinkly paper that is more in line with their old CMX releases. Very much feels like DC not knowing manga print specs.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 56m

I got that Long Halloween compact last week and it's crazy how nice it is for that size and price.

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Nora Blake (spooky nun mode) @skulldaughter.exportaud.io · 1h

After a lengthy delay, Journal Updated returns! Despite the universe's best efforts, Molly and I recorded a podcast.
www.abnormalmapping.com/journal-upda...

Journal Updated 62: Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy — Abnormal Mapping

Welcome back! This month on Journal Updated we talk about Silksong, Hades II, Nunholy, and Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy! Meanwhile, in Diary Updated: suffering, coping, and beating Nora’s ass.

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 2h

Update on Project Pixel Panels: Almost done creating the regular version. I think this is going to be your next indie font selection.

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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 5h

Sometimes you get to drop wild shit on friends like "The drummer from The Police's Dad was one of the founders of the CIA"

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Miles Copeland Jr. - Wikipedia

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 15h

Ooooooof

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 15h

WildWords hundred percent autoleading

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 15h

Paging @silencedrowns.com

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 1d

My grand theory is that 6.5 is the ideal rating on IMDb for an interesting movie because it means it alienated idiots. If you’d like proof: Almost every Kiyoshi Kurosawa movie is rated between 6.3-6.9.

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Josh Sawyer @jesawyer.bsky.social · 1d

Mystery Man from Lost Highway with speech bubble

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 1d

I'm lettering this!

Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 1d

A tale awaits! Preorder Princess Da Huang & Other Tales from our store!

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Princess Da Huang & Other Tales

By Ohtori In the whimsical, beautiful, and very dangerous world of Princess Da Huang, humans live alongside bizarre creatures. This anthology spins several fairy tale-like stories where ordinary people and the supernatural intersect. From puppets with minds of their own to bizarre dragons with human faces, each page of

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Manga Mavericks @mangamavericks.bsky.social · 1d

A tale awaits! Preorder Princess Da Huang & Other Tales from our store!

bit.ly/3IrRdWv

Princess Da Huang & Other Tales

By Ohtori In the whimsical, beautiful, and very dangerous world of Princess Da Huang, humans live alongside bizarre creatures. This anthology spins several fairy tale-like stories where ordinary people and the supernatural intersect. From puppets with minds of their own to bizarre dragons with human faces, each page of

bit.ly

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 2d

Readers of Otonari Complex may notice this clever reference to the Bionicle character Thok.

A panel of Otonari Complex with a young man talking. There are skins effects that's read THOK.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 2d

Readers of Otonari Complex may notice this clever reference to the Bionicle character Thok.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 2d

Every second he's on screen I'm thinking "that's young neil..."

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 2d

Phantom of the Paradise is a miracle of a movie.

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 2d

really incredible lettering work from @cornpunk.bsky.social in Baki, Vol. 1 💖

KA-SHING of two wrestlers kicking each other

DMF DMF DMF, DM DM DM, and “OOOH!l from wrestlers grappling

Dude with a bruised cheeck and bloody nose going “HYOU!!!”

Ripped guy jumping up to kick someone in the face with the SFX “BA-SHOOM”

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

How you read a manga, a superhero comic, and a webtoon are different due to the different design approaches in the lettering. And if a letterer understands that, is consistent, and adheres to those different styles, a reader won't even notice that they've hopped from one design language to another.

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Jennifer/Aster Unkle 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔪 @spookycutewitch.bsky.social · 2d

PLEASE be normal when someone criticizes a video game you like

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 3d

For the longest time I wondered why the comic font Whizbang has such an intense italic slant. Way more than most italic variants. Then I realized that it was a near-exact match for John Costanza's lettering and he just did that. Lol at how strong that shear is!

Ranged Touch @rangedtouch.bsky.social · 3d

SHELVED BY GENRE has completed the second half of THE SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING, in which Alan Moore & Co expand the character's mythology, making some truly baffling and ill-advised choices but also giving us some of the coolest-looking Swamp Things ever put on paper. rangedtouch.com/2025/10/10/s...

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Elena Pizarro @elenapizarro.bsky.social · 3d

Bueno, esto es para que algunas editoriales españolas aprendan y tomen ejemplo de que acreditar a los rotulistas no mata .

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Okay this is a good headline

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 3d

You won’t believe what degrading practice the Pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists The Pope has condemned clickbait as a “degrading” part of journalism, at a private audience with global newswires. Australian media representatives were among those to hear directly from Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Thursday with about 150 members of newswire alliance MINDS International. Continue reading...

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 3d

I'd call them inward tails. Most western comics use off panel tails or avoid covering the speaker the tail is meant to point to, so I haven't had the opportunity to try them. Inward tails are pretty neat and, if done well, can be easy to understand in manga and indie books who draw from that style.

Dave Kellett @davekellett.bsky.social · 4d

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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Dia Lacina @dialacina.com · 3d

lmao once again Grace's pieces really become a honeypot to feed the blocklist

Endless Mode @endlessmode.bsky.social · 4d

Hades II demeans the mystery and grandeur of myth through its shallow writing and unserious tone, writes @gracemachine.bsky.social. www.endlessmode.com/video-games/...

Hades II's Ill-Defined, Unserious World Undermines the Depth and Power of Mythology

With its cardboard cutout characters, Hades II flattens the fearful, uneasy mystery of its mythic inspirations.

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Aidan Clarke @cranchyroll.com · 3d

Felt like an utter failure at trivia tonight not knowing whether Poltergeist or Nightmare on Elm Street came out first. Knew for sure that Friday the 13th was the earliest and Child's Play was last of the four.

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