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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 11h

This Live is bought to you by the amazing Shelf Editions bookshop 🥰 the UK’s most artist friendly children’s bookshop (in my opinion), a space that champions a very prolific variety of beautiful children’s books.

Go check them out and show some love. 😊

www.shelfeditions.com/pages/about-us

About Us

~ Shelf Editions ~ - Curating & sharing a love of picture books for both kids & adults. Founded and run by Helen Hancocks. Based in Lincoln, UK. Find us on the first floor at: 4 Saltergate, l...

www.shelfeditions.com

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 11h

Join myself and the insanely talented Matthew Forsythe in convo this October 28th at 7pm (gmt).
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We’ll be talking about his journey from comics to animation to absolutely epic children’s books.
It’s gonna be a vibe, be sure to get your drinks and snacks ready and put the date in your diary.

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The image is of an advert for an Instagram Live event. It contains a picture of myself (Dapo Adeola) and my guest (Matthew Forsythe), as well as the date (October 28th 2025) and time (7pm GMT) the event will be taking place. There’s also an image of the cover of Matt’s latest picture book (Aggie & The Ghost) in the bottom left corner of the image.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 4d

I’m super excited to be on @streakofpith.bsky.social’s panel giving an early preview of the findings from the 2025 UK Comic Creator’s Survey, alongside the amazing @pondi.bsky.social & @dapsdraws.bsky.social, on Sunday at 13:30! I can’t wait to discuss this!

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 4d

So excited to join @streakofpith.bsky.social @markbradley.bsky.social and @dapsdraws.bsky.social
to talk about the current industry landscape!
Can’t promise I won’t go on a rant either 😘

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s the full article.

www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/guil...

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www.animationmagazine.net

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 3d

This is music to my ears, and it’s gonna be a feast for my eyeballs too. 🥹

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 7d

Why? Because your readers do. The literary world is full of people wanting to write children’s books, who haven’t looked at a children’s book since the 60s. Or people who want the sales associated with romantasy (or cosy crime, or sci-fi), but don’t actually know the genre, or want to read any.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 7d

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 1579: If you’re going to write in any genre (children’s fiction, SFF, romance, etc), you need to read EXTENSIVELY in that genre. You need to read current authors in the genre. You need to know what’s been done; what tropes exist; how the genre has changed.

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 8d

I need more artists and creatives to clock this for what it is and stop self identifying with this DEAD trope.

It’s bad enough the rest of the world upholds this narrative, you don’t have to willingly do it to yourself.

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 14d

This is the reason why you won’t be able to reach me today! 😮‍💨

ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 14d

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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Dashawn @dashawnmahone.bsky.social · 19d

testing

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · 22d

I laughed a bit too hard at this 😅😭

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Dashawn @dashawnmahone.bsky.social · Nov 25

Coming soon!

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Dashawn @dashawnmahone.bsky.social · Dec 10

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Chase Mitchell @chasemit.bsky.social · 27d

“You used to be able to say anything” comedians never been more quiet in their lives

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Joshua W. Cotter @joshuawcotter.bsky.social · Nov 6

A drawing of an anthropomorphic goat and sheep, the goat is saying “THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE FORCE OPPOSING HOPE IS DESPAIR. THE DESPAIR WE FEEL IS MANUFACTURED.
AND WHAT HAS BEEN MANUFACTURED CAN BE TAKEN APART.”

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 27d

Bemoaning the cost of UK electricity and in the same breath promising to do the one thing guaranteed to cause that cost to stay sky high is the sort of intellectual brilliance you'll only get from the world's leading tech moguls.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 27d

"Britain must burn more fossil fuels and bills must rise in order to power the robot that'll fire everyone. How else will I afford my next private island?"

Nvidia says Britain will have to burn gas to power technology revolution

The company chief executive Jensen Huang says the UK’s costly electricity means new data centres will rely on fossil fuel as well as renewable energy

www.thetimes.com

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Nikita Gill @nikitagill.bsky.social · 27d

It’s great how the people who spent the last 20 years yelling everything that personally offends them is 1984 are now so dedicated to making that book our very dystopian reality.

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 28d

The Woodrow Bobcats are know for, let's face it, not being very good at basketball. But all that's about to change with their new star recruit: a 2-foot bipedal calico cat!
Prepare yourself for basketball-playing cat cuteness overload in Yvonne Hsuan Ho's new comic, 'Butter Beans Ball'!

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 29d

I do feel like part of the hatred extended toward Bluesky is a function of preferring to think that the alarm about the state of the country that’s common here is misguided or exaggerated. Dismissing the site as liberal doomers allows you to dismiss those concerns, too.

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · Sep 11

People are demanding we show empathy to a person whose whole career was built on spreading hate for anyone who wasn’t a straight white male. 😮‍💨

I’m just gonna leave this here, cos it sums this thing up better than I can right now.

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Holl🌞 @willows-song.bsky.social · Sep 10

This explains it better than I can

Dave Portnoy tweet saying ‘absolutely disgusting and disturbing video from Charlie Kirk shooting today. Hoping for the best for him and his family. Anybody who is happy about this is a disgusting human.’

Pop Crave Tweet: ‘Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy says he hopes a missile hits Greta Thunberg’s boat as she sails away with aid: “I hope they hit a f*cking, like, a missile on her boat. Knock that boat down. Greta or whatever her name is”

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Evan Palmer @evanpalmercomics.com · Sep 10

Daily DBZ 120-2. This guy’s really ticking Frieza off. He hurls some energy at the boy but everything bounces right off. Suddenly the guy transforms into a Super Saiyan, WTF! It really triggers Frieza’s trauma, but not for long because he quickly slices Frieza in half. Rip Frieza again.

Flying in the air, the Super Saiyan slices through Frieza, splitting him in half hotdog style.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Sep 10

Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.

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Dapo Adeola @dapsdraws.bsky.social · Sep 10

Soooo…Is it time to take another look at the 2nd amendment yet?

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