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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie)
@ligerlillie.bsky.social
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Writer/Artist | talks about comics, queer stuff, and Gothic/19th century fiction a lot | they/them (or ze/zir or even "HEY YOU" if you're in a hurry) | No AI/NFTs 🚫

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Lillian Hochwender (a.k.a. Lillie) @ligerlillie.bsky.social · Oct 8
Happy #PortfolioDay !

I'm Lillie and I love to draw weird & spooky stuff. I also write a variety of things including comics and essays about comics. Please keep me in mind for future projects!

Portfolio (& contact info): bit.ly/2IJn6vl
Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/ligerlillie
The back of a black jacket with a white line drawing of a skull in a furry aviator-style hat. The eyes of its ski goggles have crosses through them and it is wearing earmuffs over the hat which have joysticks where the puffs of the earmuffs would be. The illustrator's name (Lillian Hochwender) is signed underneath. The jacket is on a bright orange background. A black and white illustration of a gas lamp emerging from fog. The sky is black but filled with flurries of snow. Flakes accumulate on the lamp. The lamplight illuminates a tentacle emerging from the fog and winding itself around the lamp's base. A blond-haired knight looks upwards at an ethereal yellow flame floating over their head, their hair caught in an unseen breeze. Layered over their silver armour is a singed white garment with a picture of two four-pointed stars. Over that is a dark red cloak with a darker turquoise interior, gold detailing and fur around the collar. There are images of crescent moons on either side of the cloak. There are two yellow plumes coming from their silver helmet. The background is a black arch shape surrounded by a dusky grey-blue. A headline saying "Bringing the Past to Life: Bernie Wrightson's Frankenstein at 40"
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gregpak.net
hell of a post to début those diacritics with
newyorker.com The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11h
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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rphutch1975.bsky.social
Found my next conference name tag...
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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gregpak.net
especially applies to monthly comics. don't save that amazing thing for the second arc. there's a high probability you'll never get a second arc.
antonyjohnston.bsky.social Antony Johnston @antonyjohnston.bsky.social · May 21
WRITING TIP, something simple but it catches many of us out: if you have a great/fun idea for your story, *use it now*.

Don’t save your ideas for some nebulous other story you might write tomorrow. I promise you’ll have more.

Break your story’s status quo. Go a step further. Use the big idea.
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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davechisholmcomics.com
Read this whole thread!

I’ve seen a change in the last 2 years, much less 5.
jesbattis.bsky.social Jes Battis @jesbattis.bsky.social · 1d
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 29, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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zachrabiroff.com
Entire presidencies have been squandered hiding Latin American foreign policy scandals smaller than the ones this president tweets out on a Friday.
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
ligerlillie.bsky.social
*seeing the journalist’s last name* What’s the exact opposite of nominative determinism?
brokenbottleboy.bsky.social Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 4d
No, ChatGPT is not conscious. Are the journalists who keep writing these fucking articles?
Is ChatGPT Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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racheaissance.com
My current food pyramid is actually this pie chart.
From MISS PIGGY’S GUIDE TO LIFE, 1981 Miss Piggy points to pie chart labeled “PIE CONSUMPTION” with each segment labeled for a different flavor of pie, including Apple, Boston Cream, Pumpkin, Peach, Cherry, and Blueberry.
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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stevewmorris.bsky.social
Another great reason to always be writing Comics Criticism is that you get to apply to this
explodingarrow.bsky.social Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 3d
It's time for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant!

My family and I are awarding four $250 grants to active comics critics. The application is simple, just your name, email, and two recent clips. Deadline for submissions is January 1st.
forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...
2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant
This project will be awarding four mini grants of $250 to comics critics. To apply, please provide 2 links to comics criticism work of at least 500 words published within the last year (blogs and YouT...
forms.gle
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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watanabetakao.bsky.social
There are all sorts of places in the world. I'd love to see more of the world~😊

#Illustration
#LineArt
#CommentPls
November 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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bycharlottefinn.bsky.social
When a run of superhero comics I'm enjoying hits a crossover
The meme of Johnny Silverhand saying "I ain't reading all that - I'm happy for u tho - or sorry that happened"
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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randytayler.com
OUT: Turducken

IN: this monstrosity created by @dmacalvert.bsky.social
An unsettling hybrid of Popeye and Donald Duck, just in time for Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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matthtaylor.com
Redrew this old art from 2021
an illustration of the artist, Matt Aytch Taylor, hanging off the front of an ocean liner smoke stack-from the RMS Queen Mary to be specific-looking out toward the horizon. the artist wears a buttondown shirt and a pair of rolled cuff jeans. Chack sandals adorn their feet. Gulls float in the distance. an updated illustration of the artist, Matt Aytch Taylor, hanging off the front of an ocean liner smoke stack-from the RMS Queen Mary to be specific-looking out toward the horizon. the artist wears a buttondown shirt and a pair of rolled cuff jeans. Chack sandals adorn their feet. Gulls float in the distance. yhe artist doffs their cap, smiling at the distance.
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
ligerlillie.bsky.social
Eyvind Earle!
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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manningkrull.bsky.social
Cornucapicola
I've photoshopped a cornucopia to be filled with capicola aka capocollo aka gabagool, you know, slices of delicious cured meats.
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
ligerlillie.bsky.social
The House of the Devil by Georges Méliès was released in 1896, is widely considered the first horror film, and features Mephistopheles/The Devil, so I feel like it can confidently snatch the title of “first faith-based horror film.” Also, it’s four minutes long.

youtu.be/qt0w2qP6REg?...
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 AM
ligerlillie.bsky.social
- “Lifetime Achievement Award,” Lemon Demon, Spirit Phone
- “Erica Western Teleport,” Emperor X, Western Teleport
- “Skulls,” Royksöpp, The Inevitable End
- “Concerning the UFO sighting near Highland, Illinois,” Sufjan Stevens, Illinois
- “Odi et Amo,” Jóhann Johannsson, Englabörn and Variations
patrickbromley.bsky.social Patrick Bromley @patrickbromley.bsky.social · 4d
Top 5 Side 1, Track 1s
November 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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letteringbear.bsky.social
Today's stacks from Alan Scott: Green Lantern #2 & #3 (probably one of my favorite single issues I've ever lettered). By T. Sheridan, C. Tormey & M. Herms.

Check out the density of these pages! I feel like the stacks are akin to sports heat maps, in showing what parts of a page are more used.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
ligerlillie.bsky.social
What’s the book you wish you could reread for the first time and why is it Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier?
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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phorrums.bsky.social
I misread this image so badly that I can only really hope to illustrate what I saw.

( Also a good excuse for an #art study )
A digital drawing referencing the quoted image. In the style of an early 20th century drawing, a woman in a dress holds a minigun. The text above is changed to read "Does the minigun make women cruel?"
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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alexandragallant.com
Tapping the sign again
Page from BRAINS First Panel: "An AI has no sense of anything. No context. No experience." Illustration of a little pink frog (he's playing a blood cell in this comic, though, which is why he's pink) Second panel: "It cannot touch" the pink frog bends down to pick a flower Third panel: "It cannot smell" 'sniff sniff' the frog smells the flower Fourth panel: "It cannot breathe" (the frog is now dark blue with bright pink lungs visible, as though the frog has been imaged in some way) Fifth panel: "It cannot think" (the frogs brain is now visible, similarly to the lungs in the previous panel) Sixth panel: "It cannot be" the frog is floating and his cute lil butt is visible Seventh panel: "*Stares directly at camera*" the pink frog stares directly at camera Eight panel: "It cannot be... YOU"
November 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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frederikhornung.com
Meet THE DOOMS! ALL CAPS!

Tribute art of the four coolest Dooms pop culture's gotta offer!
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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paullicino.bsky.social
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
A cropped screenshot from a Canadian government website with the prompt "What's your occupation?" The answer "Writer" has been provided, generating the red text error response "Please enter a valid occupation."
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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amiyatzin.bsky.social
they're gonna give the robots human rights and healthcare before they give it to you
abeba.bsky.social Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 4d
can’t fucking catch a breath

make it stop
Is ChatGPT Conscious? Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something. By Jeff Wise, a science journalist and private pilot.
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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gregpak.net
william carlos williams mfer
artologica.net Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 4d
Big news! The groundhog is back at my sister's and she gave him a plum
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
my cream cheese lid is so friendly
cream cheese with a smiley face on the bottom of the lid
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM