Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego)
@englishmansdcc.bsky.social
Comics and comic con fanatic. I can't write, I can't draw, I can't colour, I can't edit. Therefore, *of course* I have a podcast, are you crazy??
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Lots of new followers lately: hello there, I guess!
A re-introduction: my name is Leonard Sultana, I'm a middle aged nerd based in Yorkshire, married to Caroline, currently looking after my dad who is not in a good way but we’re muddling on, I guess.
What’s with the San Diego thing? Well…
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A re-introduction: my name is Leonard Sultana, I'm a middle aged nerd based in Yorkshire, married to Caroline, currently looking after my dad who is not in a good way but we’re muddling on, I guess.
What’s with the San Diego thing? Well…
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Got to chat with @neilkleid.bsky.social and @alexcormack.bsky.social about their new baseball/King Arthur comic Medieval. Check out our interview and an excerpt from today's new issue of Medieval below.
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/medieval-baseball-comic-interview
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/medieval-baseball-comic-interview
A baseball fan in King Arthur's court
An interview with the creative team behind Medieval, a new comic
www.thefanfiles.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Got to chat with @neilkleid.bsky.social and @alexcormack.bsky.social about their new baseball/King Arthur comic Medieval. Check out our interview and an excerpt from today's new issue of Medieval below.
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/medieval-baseball-comic-interview
www.thefanfiles.com/articles/medieval-baseball-comic-interview
Sorry, guys: I know this year seems to have set a particularly low bar for this but I get the sneaking suspicion that 2026 is going to be waaaaaaay stupider. Like, 'the Matrix has gone beyond glitching, it's Star Wars Galaxies-level hating its users' idiotic.
December 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Sorry, guys: I know this year seems to have set a particularly low bar for this but I get the sneaking suspicion that 2026 is going to be waaaaaaay stupider. Like, 'the Matrix has gone beyond glitching, it's Star Wars Galaxies-level hating its users' idiotic.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Another diary comic from Volume 1 of Tess's diary comic series. Not to be confused with the memoir. All 3 can be found at tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Another diary comic from Volume 1 of Tess's diary comic series. Not to be confused with the memoir. All 3 can be found at tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
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URGENT!! We are on our last day to raise funds to stay housed this month. We need to sell 5 more blind boxes or digital art bundles. Just FIVE! Thank you so much for your ongoing support!!
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
Tess Fowler Art
A collection of art by Tess Fowler. - High end art prints - Original art - Comic books
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
URGENT!! We are on our last day to raise funds to stay housed this month. We need to sell 5 more blind boxes or digital art bundles. Just FIVE! Thank you so much for your ongoing support!!
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
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immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
Stephen Miller: "If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of the sudden our test scores skyrocket"
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
immigrants score the lowest on tests, but they also take all our jobs, while at the same time taking all the welfare and buying all the homes
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Launching on Kickstarter in Feb 2026 - the return of DAN DARE in a new over-sized format Graphic Novel from B7 Comics by @alexdecampi.bsky.social and me!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
Coming soon: Dan Dare (Graphic Novel)
An all-new reimagining of the classic British adventure strip Dan Dare written by Alex de Campi with art by Marc Laming.
www.kickstarter.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Launching on Kickstarter in Feb 2026 - the return of DAN DARE in a new over-sized format Graphic Novel from B7 Comics by @alexdecampi.bsky.social and me!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
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Chips wars continues - some chips are more equal than others...
Endeavour inks @dstlry.bsky.social @stephsmash.bsky.social
Endeavour issue #2 in store 12/17/25
Endeavour inks @dstlry.bsky.social @stephsmash.bsky.social
Endeavour issue #2 in store 12/17/25
December 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Chips wars continues - some chips are more equal than others...
Endeavour inks @dstlry.bsky.social @stephsmash.bsky.social
Endeavour issue #2 in store 12/17/25
Endeavour inks @dstlry.bsky.social @stephsmash.bsky.social
Endeavour issue #2 in store 12/17/25
Alex talks here about mastering t'basics which, from there, you can do what comics excels at which is being able to bend and play with 'focal length', perspective and lighting to your hearts content. Go and check @jockbsky.bsky.social THE LOSERS, he goes extreme at every opportunity, a masterclass.
Then you can add on high angle shots, low angle shots, extreme closeups, superwides, over the shoulders, POVs, and more.
Plus fun tricks like the more headroom the character has (distance between top of their head and top of panel), the weaker / more isolated they seem
Plus fun tricks like the more headroom the character has (distance between top of their head and top of panel), the weaker / more isolated they seem
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Alex talks here about mastering t'basics which, from there, you can do what comics excels at which is being able to bend and play with 'focal length', perspective and lighting to your hearts content. Go and check @jockbsky.bsky.social THE LOSERS, he goes extreme at every opportunity, a masterclass.
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* CLOSEUP: Chest/shoulders up. For reactions, emotional intimacy, etc.
You can do a pretty great basic job cutting between these three shots! But a whole page of one shot size? You can make it work (9 panel grid of closeups) but it’s a special situations thing
You can do a pretty great basic job cutting between these three shots! But a whole page of one shot size? You can make it work (9 panel grid of closeups) but it’s a special situations thing
December 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
* CLOSEUP: Chest/shoulders up. For reactions, emotional intimacy, etc.
You can do a pretty great basic job cutting between these three shots! But a whole page of one shot size? You can make it work (9 panel grid of closeups) but it’s a special situations thing
You can do a pretty great basic job cutting between these three shots! But a whole page of one shot size? You can make it work (9 panel grid of closeups) but it’s a special situations thing
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Wides are often the opening shot/panel to establish your scene
* MEDIUM: Waist up. For smaller motion/action, two characters together, etc. Cutting from a medium shot to a different medium shot is offen clumsy. Go wider or tighter.
* MEDIUM: Waist up. For smaller motion/action, two characters together, etc. Cutting from a medium shot to a different medium shot is offen clumsy. Go wider or tighter.
December 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Wides are often the opening shot/panel to establish your scene
* MEDIUM: Waist up. For smaller motion/action, two characters together, etc. Cutting from a medium shot to a different medium shot is offen clumsy. Go wider or tighter.
* MEDIUM: Waist up. For smaller motion/action, two characters together, etc. Cutting from a medium shot to a different medium shot is offen clumsy. Go wider or tighter.
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Another way to think about it is there are three standard shot sizes in cinematography, and while comics is so much more than film, knowing some camera basics can help:
* WIDE: Shows whole body (inc feet!). Great for showing environment, spatial relationships, big action / comedy. (1/more)
* WIDE: Shows whole body (inc feet!). Great for showing environment, spatial relationships, big action / comedy. (1/more)
my comics advice is: show feet
it sounds like dumb online meme nonsense but it's not; every 2-3 pages make sure you draw your character so their feet show, it grounds them in the environment and forces you to vary your panel composition.
it sounds like dumb online meme nonsense but it's not; every 2-3 pages make sure you draw your character so their feet show, it grounds them in the environment and forces you to vary your panel composition.
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Another way to think about it is there are three standard shot sizes in cinematography, and while comics is so much more than film, knowing some camera basics can help:
* WIDE: Shows whole body (inc feet!). Great for showing environment, spatial relationships, big action / comedy. (1/more)
* WIDE: Shows whole body (inc feet!). Great for showing environment, spatial relationships, big action / comedy. (1/more)
Someone in the comments described the Tesla Optimus as a ‘bipedal RC’ and that’s absolutely it.
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 9, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Someone in the comments described the Tesla Optimus as a ‘bipedal RC’ and that’s absolutely it.
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I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I made a long-form comic book! It’s a romance! Teens fall in love! Hijinks! Transmasc non-binary love interest! Mother-daughter bonding! Idyllic wintry vibes! Five starred reviews from trade publications! bookshop.org/p/books/ange...
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Now, it be Christmas.
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Now, it be Christmas.
Okay, is Nerdist just parsing Reddit posts now? What a fall from grace.
A raccoon in Virginia got trashed after breaking into a liquor store, smashing bottles of alcohol, drinking a lot, and passing out.
Trashed Panda: A Raccoon Raided a Liquor Store and Passed Out Drunk in the Bathroom
nerdist.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Okay, is Nerdist just parsing Reddit posts now? What a fall from grace.
Well, yes, but frankly you’ve not experienced it until you’ve listened to it in the original Klingon.
DID YOU KNOW that right now on YouTube you can watch Leonard Bernstein conducting Mahler’s 2nd for the London Symphony? what a world!
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" - Leonard Bernstein - Ely Cathedral 1973 - REMASTERED
YouTube video by Christian Reimeir
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Well, yes, but frankly you’ve not experienced it until you’ve listened to it in the original Klingon.
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You don't know performance anxiety until you're sketching at an after-con party and notice Bilquis Evely looking over your shoulder.
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
You don't know performance anxiety until you're sketching at an after-con party and notice Bilquis Evely looking over your shoulder.
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Urgent!
I have 3 days to sell my last 8 art/book/prints bundles! THREE days. EIGHT bundles. And we are safe for another month! Any help is appreciated.
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
I have 3 days to sell my last 8 art/book/prints bundles! THREE days. EIGHT bundles. And we are safe for another month! Any help is appreciated.
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
Tess Fowler Art
A collection of art by Tess Fowler. - High end art prints - Original art - Comic books
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Urgent!
I have 3 days to sell my last 8 art/book/prints bundles! THREE days. EIGHT bundles. And we are safe for another month! Any help is appreciated.
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
I have 3 days to sell my last 8 art/book/prints bundles! THREE days. EIGHT bundles. And we are safe for another month! Any help is appreciated.
tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com
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I hope everyone can remember your art is more than the numbers it gets. The internet is not as kind to art as it was a decade ago. I hope everyone can keep creating even if it's just for themselves.
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I hope everyone can remember your art is more than the numbers it gets. The internet is not as kind to art as it was a decade ago. I hope everyone can keep creating even if it's just for themselves.
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So cool to see @cbccpodcast.bsky.social highlighting Two Face: Trial Separations in their holiday guide
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
So cool to see @cbccpodcast.bsky.social highlighting Two Face: Trial Separations in their holiday guide
Rewatching THE ACOLYTE. I know *exactly* what kind of reaction this'll get from Star Wars 'fans'... but it's the show that's intrigued me the most, that's asked the more interesting questions, that has the most going on under t'surface. It's the one I find myself going back to more than the others.
a woman with dreadlocks is holding a light saber with the word kepler on the bottom right
ALT: a woman with dreadlocks is holding a light saber with the word kepler on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Rewatching THE ACOLYTE. I know *exactly* what kind of reaction this'll get from Star Wars 'fans'... but it's the show that's intrigued me the most, that's asked the more interesting questions, that has the most going on under t'surface. It's the one I find myself going back to more than the others.
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For #ADVENTICONS Day 7, here's Thrash's sister TWITCH!
I hope she gets something shiny and exciting for Christmas...
I hope she gets something shiny and exciting for Christmas...
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
For #ADVENTICONS Day 7, here's Thrash's sister TWITCH!
I hope she gets something shiny and exciting for Christmas...
I hope she gets something shiny and exciting for Christmas...