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Helen Mullane aka Supermegabot 🤖

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🏳️‍🌈 Driving dogs & writing comics. Writer of GROUPIES on Comixology 💋 NICNEVIN & THE BLOODY QUEEN 🦌 SUPERSTATE, PAINTED and LIFEFORM: VIVIAN! 🚀 shorts with HEAVY METAL & STORYWORLD. RTÈ DOC ON ONE: THE LONG RUN ❄️

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Helen Mullane aka Supermegabot 🤖 @helenmullane.bsky.social · Jul 21

Exciting! GROUPIES 5, the final issue is out on Comixology tomorrow!

Narrated by Myuuzu, the conclusion takes the girls (and band) down a dark path. It’s beautiful to behold, astounding from @tulalotay.bsky.social and @tylercomicraft.bsky.social @deezoid.bsky.social

www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0D9...

Groupies (Comixology Originals) #5

Amazon.com: Groupies (Comixology Originals) #5 eBook : Mullane, Helen, Dennis, Will, Lotay, Tula, Lotay, Tula, Cunniffe, Dee, Starkings, Richard: Kindle Store

www.amazon.com

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Stephanie Williams @stephwilliams.bsky.social · 18d

My first creator-owned baby is out in the world today! Thank you to @pages-and-panels.com for the review!!!

Please consider picking up Roots of Madness #1 today at your local comic shop or heads straight to @ignitionpress.bsky.social

Roots of Madness #1 — Pages and Panels

[Critic Score: 9.5] Like a house of curiosity where each page lays one intriguing brick after another, Roots of Madness is another stellar debut for Ignition Press. This comic utilizes the topic o...

www.pages-and-panels.com

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len gogos 🏳️‍🌈👽 Open for work! @lengog.bsky.social · Sep 15

Times are dire and I'd love some more work!

len gogos 🏳️‍🌈👽 Open for work! @lengog.bsky.social · Sep 8

Hi folks! I'm once again open for longer gigs and I'm dying to do a big book again ✨✨ I'm also open for short comics, pinups, covers etc. Please share and all that!

📨 [email protected]
🔗 gogcomics.com
☕ ko-fi.com/lengog

#comics #illustration

Cover of Quests Aside. Barrow inviting you into his tavern.

Illustration of a fairy mechanic in their cluttered af workshop

Comic page of a vampire biting a guy while they touch eachother a little too much

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FIYAH Literary Magazine @fiyahlitmag.bsky.social · Aug 27

Calling all Black visual artists! Submissions are OPEN for our 2026 covers! Artists should submit portfolios or work samples which illustrate an understanding of composition, and feature fantastical elements and/or can be categorized as fantasy, science-fiction, horror, & their related subgenres./+

entitled "call for artists" with various magazine covers in the background. "Portfolio submissions are now open for 2026 issue covers

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · Aug 25

Grant Morrison AND Philip Bond are going to be at the Lakes, should any old Vertigo heads want to get their copy of Kill Your Boyfriend signed by both legends.

The front cover of 1995 graphic novel Kill Your Boyfriend. A girl in school uniform wearing Doc Marten boots is brandishing a gun and a bottle of booza. Behind her is a psychedelic double decker bus. The book's title is in a hand-written style, atop a bright red doodle of a heart with a dagger through it.

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GorillaCheese1 @gorillacheese1.bsky.social · Aug 24

#Art #Oil #Horror #Pulps
A little history lesson about artist Frank Kelly Freas. He grew up in a town only 25 miles down from the town that I grew up in called Crystal beach. He is 1st known as the artist of 100's of pulp & SciFi covers such as the Nov. 1950 Weird Tales (his 1st commercial sale).

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Helen Mullane aka Supermegabot 🤖 @helenmullane.bsky.social · Aug 24

Yessssss

Celebrate with this banger

youtu.be/ttVaQ-qnm98?...

.357 LOVER - EVENT HORIZON

YouTube video by evilolive3000

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Saly "and more" @salylockheart.bsky.social · Aug 19

4 slots available right now

Saly "and more" @salylockheart.bsky.social · Jul 8

Hi #PortfolioDay !

My name is Saly, I'm an Afro Caribbean comics artist. I made work for clients like DC comics, Image comics, Dauntless Stories and more!

I'm available for cover gigs right now!!

email: [email protected]

Portfolio link: salomeeluceantoinette.carrd.co

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bilgeebiri.bsky.social @bilgeebiri.bsky.social · Aug 20

Some of the greatest and craziest films ever made are finally coming back into circulation. I wrote about the golden age of Hong Kong action cinema. www.vulture.com/article/when...

When Hong Kong Cinema Ruled the World

An entire generation of classics from this golden age of action cinema is finally being restored and rereleased in the U.S.

www.vulture.com

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Erika Price @erikapriceart.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’m Erika and I make indie horror comics.

I sell my work in print here
erikapriceart.bigcartel.com

And I have a patreon where I post pages and process work from my new series Worms www.patreon.com/erikapriceart

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Ken Mahon @detectiveken.bsky.social · Aug 18

Hello! I've been one of the lucky few on the BIA these last few years, and in light of the uncertainty of its future and potential for public support, I decided to write out this comic with the help of BIA compatriot @ianfay.bsky.social to share our stories. 1/3

ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Ken: Hey, I'm Ken.

Ian: And I'm Ian. We're both in receipt of the B.I.A. (Basic Income For the Arts)

Ken: Our last payment is in February 2026. The future of the scheme is uncertain, but we're here to talk about the past and what we've accomplished these past three years.

Ian: Thanks to the B.I.A, I have expanded my skill set and learned 3D sculpting. I bought a 3D printer to make hand painted toys of my own designs.

Ian: I can afford to repair it and spent thousands in the local economy continuing to grow and create.

Ken: As for me, I've been self-publishing small books for a while, but I now have the means to release larger books, which also gave me the confidence to run two different crowdfunding campaigns.

Ken: Without it, and after failing to return to animation, I was going to start a career in I.T. I was in a bad place with no hope for the future, but almost overnight, the B.I.A made my long struggling passion into a real livelihood. Nowadays, I can travel for events, sustain car expenses and socialise without managing my spending. In darker times, I was about to pay all the vet bills for my dying cat.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · Aug 18

“To allow kids to see themselves as a creator, not in the model of somebody else, but in what inspires them and what makes them want to be storytellers.”

@goraina.bsky.social

#libcomix

www.tcj.com/what-do-you-...

'What do you think would happen if we combined Smile with Understanding Comics?’ Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud have the answer - The Comics Journal

Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud talk to Gina Gagliano about their collaboration, The Cartoonists Club.

www.tcj.com

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Literature Ireland @literatureireland.bsky.social · Aug 12

Would you like to contribute to the public consultation about the Basic Income for the Arts? 💡

Fill out this survey from Minister O’Donovan at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport: ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/run...

Basic Income for the Arts public consultation

ec.europa.eu

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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · Aug 12

This is out tomorrow. I really hope folks give it a shot. Sequels are a very rare thing in comics. We're incredibly fortunate that Oni took a chance on our little mini and greenlit 4 more issues. We'd like to keep telling Cemetery Kids stories for a while yet... so let's get this one to sell out!

Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · May 12

Announcing...

🪦CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID🪦

The Cemetery Kids survived... but barely. A meaner & scarier series about video games you play asleep and the nightmares that follow you into the waking world.

From me, @danielirizarri.bsky.social & Brittany Peer

Out in August from @oni-press.bsky.social

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John Harris Dunning @johnharrisdunning.bsky.social · Aug 11

What an unnerving pleasure to devour issue 1 of “Everything Dead & Dying” art by @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social written by @tatebrombal.bsky.social published by @imagecomics.com and produced by @readtinyonion.bsky.social - a masterful and addition to the Zombie genre. A bloody feast!

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Helen Mullane aka Supermegabot 🤖 @helenmullane.bsky.social · Aug 7

"Sorcerer" has received mixed reviews, with some praising its intense storytelling and visual style, while others criticize its pacing and structure. Overall, it is often regarded as a gritty and compelling film, showcasing human desperation in a dangerous journey.

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Helen Mullane aka Supermegabot 🤖 @helenmullane.bsky.social · Aug 7

I use DuckDuckGo and was really surprised to see it there too! Seems to be the standard right now. I hate the idea of people looking to explore more left-field fare getting put off by these needless vomit paragraphs.

Helen Mullane aka Supermegabot 🤖 @helenmullane.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ok I HATE this AI summery at the top of search results. Review aggregators are bad enough, but this presents the things mentioned in a handful of reviews as fact about the art in question and is just a horrible thing to place above any actual critic reviews.

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Ritesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social · Aug 6

Nah, there were seriously cooking out here in 1957.

The sheer interplay of text and image out here, the way the ball becomes the vehicle for the lettering in page 2, while also carrying weight as an object in story, then that V-Diamond in page 3...my god.

Takahashi Macoto, I bow to you. 🙇🙇

5 panel page by Takahashi Macoto, from The Rows Of Cherry Trees

We see three women spotlighted in the middle, and the first panel announces they're the finalists for a ping-pong tournament. And then the crowd goes wild in the final panel

Three panel page with two girls playing Ping Pong, while the little ball floats through the page getting bigger and bigger, also serving as the lettering vehicle

The two women continue to play ping pong, with a diamond at the heart of the page being the lettering vehicle, and a sparking light at its team indicating their clash, while they're in a V-shaped purple background of conflict, with the white space above the V filled with text also

Two panel page, the two girls continue to play ping pong, we see only one in panel one, while a big balloon carries text about the proceedings. A white pong ball behind her like the moon makes her look almighty. Then we see two girls, with a heart-shaped in-set white panel in between them, serving as a lettering vehicle and an image display of another girl

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Zac Thompson @zacthompson.bsky.social · Jul 30

Two weeks until CEMETERY KIDS RUN RABID hits comic shops everywhere!

Log in & lose your mind - 08/13 @oni-press.bsky.social

Covers from - @danielirizarri.bsky.social @martinsimmonds.bsky.social @gegeschall.bsky.social

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Helen Mullane aka Supermegabot 🤖 @helenmullane.bsky.social · Jul 30

That tee!! Top drawer.

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Brandon Williams @stupidartpunk.bsky.social · Jul 28

Just want to boost this petition one more time. These things actually help organizers gain support in the gov. Please sign and share!

chng.it/c4JZGQgJmw

Artists & Creatives MUST be included in White House discussions on Generative A.I.

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

chng.it

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Gary Moloney (he/him) @garymoloney.bsky.social · Jul 28

In case you missed it, I’ll be hosting a panel at Dublin Comic Con on 9th August in association with TASQ Art all about The Craft of Writing Comics. If you’re a newer creator and you want to get a behind-the-scenes look at how a comic goes from script to final product, this is the panel for you!

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Jul 28

So we are hiring at the moment for two jobs - one in social media & marketing, and the other across customer experience & community. Links are here rowanrookanddecard.com/work-with-us... and I want to talk for a minute about what we’re offering beyond “a job in games”.

Work with us - Rowan, Rook and Decard

We post open staff roles on our social media channels, on our regular email, and below. We are currently hiring for two roles: We are always looking for freelancers to work with us on a project basis....

rowanrookanddecard.com

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · Jul 27

btw if you want to read Sunflowers (winner of the 2025 Graphic Medicine Awards, nominated for an Eisner, an Ignatz, a Minicomic Award, Broken Frontier Award, and a Center for Cartoon Studies award) it's free to read online!

Sunflowers by Keezy Young – Read For Free!

In honor of World Bipolar Day, Keezy Young and Silver Sprocket are publishing Keezy's autobiographical comic, Sunflowers, online! Since being published, we have seen many people resonating with Keezy...

www.silversprocket.net

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X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · Jul 27

I just gave this a whirl, and as someone way behind on flash, I'm here to tell you that Alex and the team absolutely knocked this one out the park.

Alex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · Jul 24

Thank you for the very kind words, everyone. Impossibly enormous shoes to fill on this one, but I did my best to honor the spirit of Robinson, Harris and Snejberg.

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