Matt Hollingsworth
@matthollingsworth.com
Neurodivergent Californian in Croatia, color artist for Marvel, DC, and Image comics, writer, brewer.
www.matthollingsworth.com
➔ tags: #writing | #comics | #ClipStudioPaint | #Affinity | #painting | #photography | #read
www.matthollingsworth.com
➔ tags: #writing | #comics | #ClipStudioPaint | #Affinity | #painting | #photography | #read
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Matt Hollingsworth
@matthollingsworth.com
· Apr 11
Looks like I missed #PortfolioDay a few days ago.
I've worked as a color artist for comics since 1991, primarily for Marvel, DC, Image, Vertigo, and Dark Horse, on Preacher, Daredevil, Batman, etc, etc.
Portfolio website: matthollingsworth.com
Not looking for work.
Artist credits in Alt text.
I've worked as a color artist for comics since 1991, primarily for Marvel, DC, Image, Vertigo, and Dark Horse, on Preacher, Daredevil, Batman, etc, etc.
Portfolio website: matthollingsworth.com
Not looking for work.
Artist credits in Alt text.
I saw horses fighting this morning. Helluva thing.
Almost every morning, I walk my dog near a horse ranch, and we see them every time. This time, two in the group walked toward each other backwards, and then kicked each other with their back legs repeatedly, making weird scream-like sounds.
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Almost every morning, I walk my dog near a horse ranch, and we see them every time. This time, two in the group walked toward each other backwards, and then kicked each other with their back legs repeatedly, making weird scream-like sounds.
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November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I saw horses fighting this morning. Helluva thing.
Almost every morning, I walk my dog near a horse ranch, and we see them every time. This time, two in the group walked toward each other backwards, and then kicked each other with their back legs repeatedly, making weird scream-like sounds.
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Almost every morning, I walk my dog near a horse ranch, and we see them every time. This time, two in the group walked toward each other backwards, and then kicked each other with their back legs repeatedly, making weird scream-like sounds.
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1. Siouxsie and the Banshees/Love and Rockets(1986, Santa Barbara)
2. Dead Can Dance(1990, NYC)
3. Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden(1990, NYC)
4. Fugazi(1991, NYC)
5. Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura(1992, LA)
2. Dead Can Dance(1990, NYC)
3. Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden(1990, NYC)
4. Fugazi(1991, NYC)
5. Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura(1992, LA)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:
Jethro Tull
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Colter Wall
Love & Rockets
Mötley Crüe
Jethro Tull
My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult
Colter Wall
Love & Rockets
Mötley Crüe
November 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
1. Siouxsie and the Banshees/Love and Rockets(1986, Santa Barbara)
2. Dead Can Dance(1990, NYC)
3. Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden(1990, NYC)
4. Fugazi(1991, NYC)
5. Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura(1992, LA)
2. Dead Can Dance(1990, NYC)
3. Voivod/Faith No More/Soundgarden(1990, NYC)
4. Fugazi(1991, NYC)
5. Ministry/Helmet/Sepultura(1992, LA)
NYT spelling bee won't accept "incept" today. What dictionary are they using?
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/i...
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/i...
Definition of INCEPT
begin, commence, undertake; to take in: such as; ingest… See the full definition
www.merriam-webster.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NYT spelling bee won't accept "incept" today. What dictionary are they using?
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/i...
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/i...
Turn that shit off.
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Turn that shit off.
The travel theme's a bit cheesy, but the whiskey advent calendar showed up. 24 little 50ml bottles of whiskey from all over the world.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The travel theme's a bit cheesy, but the whiskey advent calendar showed up. 24 little 50ml bottles of whiskey from all over the world.
Sounds great. I'll be ordering.
I spent over a year of my life writing this collaborative craft book with eleven other (fantastic! talented! good-looking!) writers.
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
"Sometimes a story emerges fully formed in your mind, and sometimes it’s an onion, requiring several ‘peels’ to get to the real, eye-watering heart of the matter."
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sounds great. I'll be ordering.
Reposted by Matt Hollingsworth
My favorite reads of the last few years have all been from indies like Tenebrous and Shortwave. Heck, if you're into novellas (and you should be) that's where most of the action is.
2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.
Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀
IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:
November 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
My favorite reads of the last few years have all been from indies like Tenebrous and Shortwave. Heck, if you're into novellas (and you should be) that's where most of the action is.
@ianmcque.bsky.social Can't message you, but can you please reply to this? I paid for Mileships and never received it. Help?
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
@ianmcque.bsky.social Can't message you, but can you please reply to this? I paid for Mileships and never received it. Help?
Sunday tasks:
Finally hung our carbon monoxide/smoke detectors, 2 of them, networked. And my son, metalhead drummer that he is, keeps breaking cymbals. Today, we drilled a Meinl China & Paiste crash, and then he filed the holes down. All to stop the cracks from spreading.
Finally hung our carbon monoxide/smoke detectors, 2 of them, networked. And my son, metalhead drummer that he is, keeps breaking cymbals. Today, we drilled a Meinl China & Paiste crash, and then he filed the holes down. All to stop the cracks from spreading.
November 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Sunday tasks:
Finally hung our carbon monoxide/smoke detectors, 2 of them, networked. And my son, metalhead drummer that he is, keeps breaking cymbals. Today, we drilled a Meinl China & Paiste crash, and then he filed the holes down. All to stop the cracks from spreading.
Finally hung our carbon monoxide/smoke detectors, 2 of them, networked. And my son, metalhead drummer that he is, keeps breaking cymbals. Today, we drilled a Meinl China & Paiste crash, and then he filed the holes down. All to stop the cracks from spreading.
Weekends rock. I woke at 5am, drank coffee, & wrote for an hour, snow falling outside, family asleep. Walked the dog before sunrise, beside a river, nobody awake. Wrote more. Ate. Family woke. Hung out with them. Napped. Drank cider and beer. Booked vacation in Istanbul. Now, time to watch Pluribus.
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Weekends rock. I woke at 5am, drank coffee, & wrote for an hour, snow falling outside, family asleep. Walked the dog before sunrise, beside a river, nobody awake. Wrote more. Ate. Family woke. Hung out with them. Napped. Drank cider and beer. Booked vacation in Istanbul. Now, time to watch Pluribus.
Polar vortex delivered the first snow of the year in Samobor, Croatia, but sadly, it's a weak snow. We haven't had proper snow in many years. When my son, now 14, was little, we'd get so much snow we'd carve tunnels for him to drive his car through. Those days are long gone.
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Polar vortex delivered the first snow of the year in Samobor, Croatia, but sadly, it's a weak snow. We haven't had proper snow in many years. When my son, now 14, was little, we'd get so much snow we'd carve tunnels for him to drive his car through. Those days are long gone.
Booked our family vacation in spring for Istanbul. First time. We'll walk so much my feet will break, and I'll love it.
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Booked our family vacation in spring for Istanbul. First time. We'll walk so much my feet will break, and I'll love it.
Reposted by Matt Hollingsworth
‘Denim’ gets its name from the French words ‘de Nĭmes’ meaning "of Nĭmes," because it was manufactured in the city of Nĭmes.
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘Denim’ gets its name from the French words ‘de Nĭmes’ meaning "of Nĭmes," because it was manufactured in the city of Nĭmes.
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
‘Jeans’ comes from the city of Genoa (earlier known as Genes) because the pants were worn by the Genoese navy.
'JNCO' means “Judge None Choose One."
This week coloring a comic for Image, then starting on Batwoman for DC Comics.
Mostly recovered from Covid, testing negative, but have some lingering weirdness: mainly my left ear keeps clogging. During Covid, I had tinnitus on the left, and now my hearing is still weird.
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Mostly recovered from Covid, testing negative, but have some lingering weirdness: mainly my left ear keeps clogging. During Covid, I had tinnitus on the left, and now my hearing is still weird.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This week coloring a comic for Image, then starting on Batwoman for DC Comics.
Mostly recovered from Covid, testing negative, but have some lingering weirdness: mainly my left ear keeps clogging. During Covid, I had tinnitus on the left, and now my hearing is still weird.
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Mostly recovered from Covid, testing negative, but have some lingering weirdness: mainly my left ear keeps clogging. During Covid, I had tinnitus on the left, and now my hearing is still weird.
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Rewatching the Twilight Zone. Here's Burgess Meredith in one of the most famous episodes, S01E08, "Time Enough at Last" based on Lynn Venable's short story. Aired November 20, 1959.
November 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Rewatching the Twilight Zone. Here's Burgess Meredith in one of the most famous episodes, S01E08, "Time Enough at Last" based on Lynn Venable's short story. Aired November 20, 1959.
Rewatching the Twilight Zone. Here are actors Jean Marsh on the left (Doctor Who, Willow) and Jack Warden on the right (He's in loads of stuff, but I remember him as the coach in Bad News Bears) for S01E07, "The Lonely" Aired November 13, 1959.
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Rewatching the Twilight Zone. Here are actors Jean Marsh on the left (Doctor Who, Willow) and Jack Warden on the right (He's in loads of stuff, but I remember him as the coach in Bad News Bears) for S01E07, "The Lonely" Aired November 13, 1959.
Rewatching the Twilight Zone. Here are actors Thomas Gomez (playing the devil) and David Wayne for S01E06, "Escape Clause." 1959.
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Rewatching the Twilight Zone. Here are actors Thomas Gomez (playing the devil) and David Wayne for S01E06, "Escape Clause." 1959.
Rewatching the Twilight Zone. Here's a 5 year old Ron Howard with actor Gig Young for S01E05. 1959.
November 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Rewatching the Twilight Zone. Here's a 5 year old Ron Howard with actor Gig Young for S01E05. 1959.
Foundation season one is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Does it improve?
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Foundation season one is about as interesting as watching paint dry. Does it improve?
This is how competent I am with physical crap.
Use a level, draw a level line with a pencil, mark off where the holes should go. Measure twice, drill once. Concrete wall, and the drill bit jumps. So, this is how level I hung my temp controller on the brewery wall.
Stick to digital art, eh?
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Use a level, draw a level line with a pencil, mark off where the holes should go. Measure twice, drill once. Concrete wall, and the drill bit jumps. So, this is how level I hung my temp controller on the brewery wall.
Stick to digital art, eh?
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November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This is how competent I am with physical crap.
Use a level, draw a level line with a pencil, mark off where the holes should go. Measure twice, drill once. Concrete wall, and the drill bit jumps. So, this is how level I hung my temp controller on the brewery wall.
Stick to digital art, eh?
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Use a level, draw a level line with a pencil, mark off where the holes should go. Measure twice, drill once. Concrete wall, and the drill bit jumps. So, this is how level I hung my temp controller on the brewery wall.
Stick to digital art, eh?
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I'm doing a test to see if a specific person really likes every god damned thing I post. Don't like this or share it, please.
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I'm doing a test to see if a specific person really likes every god damned thing I post. Don't like this or share it, please.
Just bottled hard cider in these lovely little Duvel-like bottles, 49 bottles. 9.7% abv. Apple juice adulterated with honey fermented with champagne yeast, both the juice and honey from my friend who has an orchard and bees. Natural Croatian product. Tasty and it will fuck you up right proper.
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just bottled hard cider in these lovely little Duvel-like bottles, 49 bottles. 9.7% abv. Apple juice adulterated with honey fermented with champagne yeast, both the juice and honey from my friend who has an orchard and bees. Natural Croatian product. Tasty and it will fuck you up right proper.
NYT spelling bee game won't accept "gnomon." WTF?
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NYT spelling bee game won't accept "gnomon." WTF?
This morning, I wrapped up a first draft for a commissioned story and sent off to my editor. Attached: my clocked hours, ~33 hrs for this draft, with 6 days off for Covid. Me slow.
Now, I hope the editor doesn't hate the story. Argh!
#writing #indiewriter #fiction #speculativefiction #sff
Now, I hope the editor doesn't hate the story. Argh!
#writing #indiewriter #fiction #speculativefiction #sff
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This morning, I wrapped up a first draft for a commissioned story and sent off to my editor. Attached: my clocked hours, ~33 hrs for this draft, with 6 days off for Covid. Me slow.
Now, I hope the editor doesn't hate the story. Argh!
#writing #indiewriter #fiction #speculativefiction #sff
Now, I hope the editor doesn't hate the story. Argh!
#writing #indiewriter #fiction #speculativefiction #sff
Yay! After nearly two weeks, I'm finally testing negative for Covid. Woo hoo! Still a little tired, but feeling almost back to normal.
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Yay! After nearly two weeks, I'm finally testing negative for Covid. Woo hoo! Still a little tired, but feeling almost back to normal.