Ed Firth
@edfirth.bsky.social
Art, graphic novels, portraits
Queer, trans ally. He/him
Edwardfirth.com
Queer, trans ally. He/him
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Ed Firth
@edfirth.bsky.social
· May 16
Hi, I'm Ed and I make adult graphic novels. I also run weekly life drawing sessions in London and make portraits, but today the 5th printing of my 1st graphic novel arrived so let me introduce it to you properly! Horny & High vol 1 was started in 2019, after a year of doodling, dreaming and drawing.
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
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Art helps us to think and understand and express ourselves in new ways and any healthy society should value it.
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Art helps us to think and understand and express ourselves in new ways and any healthy society should value it.
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That time of year when I start getting e-mails asking how to apply to the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social #BF6toWatch. So, once again, here's that application process in full:
(1) Make bloody good comics.
(2) Make sure I see them.
(3) Wait and see.
(1) Make bloody good comics.
(2) Make sure I see them.
(3) Wait and see.
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
That time of year when I start getting e-mails asking how to apply to the @brokenfrontier.bsky.social #BF6toWatch. So, once again, here's that application process in full:
(1) Make bloody good comics.
(2) Make sure I see them.
(3) Wait and see.
(1) Make bloody good comics.
(2) Make sure I see them.
(3) Wait and see.
I backed this, take a look and see if you want to chip in
Could this toilet paper save us all?
There's 5 days to go to ensure change from the bottom up - link below!
There's 5 days to go to ensure change from the bottom up - link below!
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I backed this, take a look and see if you want to chip in
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Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
Just realised I never shared my drawings from our October '24 session with Clapmutt, because I flew to LA for my artist residency at the Tom of Finland Foundation the next day.
November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Just realised I never shared my drawings from our October '24 session with Clapmutt, because I flew to LA for my artist residency at the Tom of Finland Foundation the next day.
Still not back to form! My drawings of Clapmutt were way better last time. But next week we draw boxer and PHD queer history researcher Jimmy... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Still not back to form! My drawings of Clapmutt were way better last time. But next week we draw boxer and PHD queer history researcher Jimmy... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
But god forbid they glimpse a Wikipedia article
The UK is still the only country in NATO that recruits 16 year olds into its armed forces. British children can begin the military application process at just 15 years and 7 months.
November 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
But god forbid they glimpse a Wikipedia article
Sketch of somatic masseur BearTiger from this week's ELLD www.instagram.com/reel/DRPwzzr...
November 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Sketch of somatic masseur BearTiger from this week's ELLD www.instagram.com/reel/DRPwzzr...
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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...
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
November 17, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
YES! Collective action wins.
Congratulations to Kickstarter workers for securing their 4-day week! 🙌
This, in addition to winning protections against the use of AI to replace them, means these workers have successfully future-proofed their roles.
Question is: does your role need future-proofing too? 🤔
This, in addition to winning protections against the use of AI to replace them, means these workers have successfully future-proofed their roles.
Question is: does your role need future-proofing too? 🤔
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
YES! Collective action wins.
Not my best work (again!) from last night with Louis. But there's always next week... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Not my best work (again!) from last night with Louis. But there's always next week... typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Rare colour pencil work from June session with Louis... He's back tomorrow at ELLD! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Rare colour pencil work from June session with Louis... He's back tomorrow at ELLD! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
I started watching camp gothic Hollywood horror farce Death Becomes Her yesterday (maybe my 10th viewing), it's free on YouTube "with ads". Told myself I would stop watching when the ads came on. But they never did! Sexual! Sensual! Sexy! Sex!
a woman in a red shirt is standing in a pool of red liquid
ALT: a woman in a red shirt is standing in a pool of red liquid
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I started watching camp gothic Hollywood horror farce Death Becomes Her yesterday (maybe my 10th viewing), it's free on YouTube "with ads". Told myself I would stop watching when the ads came on. But they never did! Sexual! Sensual! Sexy! Sex!
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Anyway I hadn't heard anyone talking about this, so I guess I'm gonna talk about it. Spread the word if you're thinking about doing an nsfw KS project, Stripe apparently might pull your funding at literally any step of the process, with zero warning!
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Anyway I hadn't heard anyone talking about this, so I guess I'm gonna talk about it. Spread the word if you're thinking about doing an nsfw KS project, Stripe apparently might pull your funding at literally any step of the process, with zero warning!
Next week we draw Louis. This is one of mine from our session back in June. typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Next week we draw Louis. This is one of mine from our session back in June. typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
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The Cartoonist Co-op is no longer affiliated with Affinity due to their recent integration of AI tools.
You can read the Co-op's official statement on AI here: cartoonist.coop/journal/ai/
Art by Cy McQuinn (@cymechdraws.bsky.social)
You can read the Co-op's official statement on AI here: cartoonist.coop/journal/ai/
Art by Cy McQuinn (@cymechdraws.bsky.social)
November 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Cartoonist Co-op is no longer affiliated with Affinity due to their recent integration of AI tools.
You can read the Co-op's official statement on AI here: cartoonist.coop/journal/ai/
Art by Cy McQuinn (@cymechdraws.bsky.social)
You can read the Co-op's official statement on AI here: cartoonist.coop/journal/ai/
Art by Cy McQuinn (@cymechdraws.bsky.social)
Speaking of delulu, last year I wrote to one of my comics artist idols, @ralfkoenig.bsky.social and asked if I could visit him in Köln, Germany. He said yes and we spent 3 days hanging out, sketching each other, looking at art. Here's the queer comics legend replying to emails. Make things happen!
November 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Speaking of delulu, last year I wrote to one of my comics artist idols, @ralfkoenig.bsky.social and asked if I could visit him in Köln, Germany. He said yes and we spent 3 days hanging out, sketching each other, looking at art. Here's the queer comics legend replying to emails. Make things happen!
In the UK, only 7% of artists make over £20k a year. Higher earning artists make work that is participatory, community-based, or socially-engaged, with moving image artists making the least (my previous career 👻). www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/only-th...
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
In the UK, only 7% of artists make over £20k a year. Higher earning artists make work that is participatory, community-based, or socially-engaged, with moving image artists making the least (my previous career 👻). www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/only-th...
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Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted at all
October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted at all
Not my best work last night at East London Life Drawing, but passable. Next week, another new model! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Not my best work last night at East London Life Drawing, but passable. Next week, another new model! typ0.bigcartel.com/product/east...
Gonna tell my grandkids this was Human Traffic
Sooty & Co (28th October 1996). Sooty and the gang round off their Spanish holiday by going clubbing.
October 28, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Gonna tell my grandkids this was Human Traffic