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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.

A page from the Image comic Seven to Eternity, drawn by Jerome Opeña and colored by me. A strange creature grabs a man's hand, surrounded by rainbow fireflies.

A page from the Image comics Precious Metal, drawn by Ian Bertram and colored by me. A glowing, multi-faced, multi-armed god glows brightly at the center of a cloud of entrails, as a man looks on.

A page from the Image comics November, drawn by Elsa Charretier and colored by me. A girl wakes up in bed with two other girls, scantily clad after a seeming night of debauchery, only to be beaten with a crutch by an angry man

A promo piece for DC Comics' The Curse of the White Knight, drawn by Sean Murphy and colored by me, featuring the Joker on the left, Azrael with a flaming sword on the right, and Batman swinging across the image.

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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 2d

In 2004, Parisian police were conducting a training exercise in the french catacombs and found, after moving past a desk and a tape playing audio of snarling dogs, a fully functional movie theater and bar. When they returned 3 days later, the equipment was gone, with a note: “Do not try to find us.”

Members of the force's sports squad, responsible
- among other tasks - for policing the 170 miles of tunnels, caves, galleries and catacombs that underlie large parts of Paris, stumbled on the complex while on a training exercise beneath the Palais de Chaillot, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.
After entering the network through a drain next to the Trocadero, the officers came across a tarpaulin marked: Building site, No access.
Behind that, a tunnel held a desk and a closed-circuit TV camera set to automatically record images of anyone passing. The mechanism also triggered a tape of dogs barking, "clearly designed to frighten people off," the spokesman said.
Further along, the tunnel opened into a vast 400 sq metre cave some 18m underground, "like an underground amphitheatre, with terraces cut into the rock and chairs".

There the police found a full-sized cinema screen, projection equipment, and tapes of a wide variety of films, including 1950s film noir classics and more recent thrillers. None of the films were banned or even offensive, the spokesman said.
A smaller cave next door had been turned into an informal restaurant and bar. "There were bottles of whisky and other spirits behind a bar, tables and chairs, a pressure-cooker for making couscous," the spokesman said.
"The whole thing ran off a professionally installed electricity system and there were at least three phone lines down there."
Three days later, when the police returned accompanied by experts from the French electricity board to see where the power was coming from, the phone and electricity lines had been cut and a note was lying in the middle of the floor: "Do not," it said, "try to find us."

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Alex Kain @tdcpresents.bsky.social · 3d

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

Ah, thanks, man!

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

I mostly listen while working. So, it's like radio. I catch a game here and there, at night, when I'm done working. Reminds me of my grandpa listening to baseball on radio in the 1970s when I was a kid, the voice urgently describing action you cannot see.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

That might be too slow even for ADHD me! But I dig. There's some kind of steadiness to that slow stuff, some kind of reassurance. No fight or flight response. There's a joy in that.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

Thanks, Ian. That's great. I'll be digging in soon and can't wait. Please feel free to tag and share your responses when the issues come out. Cheers!

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

Thanks, Richard. With that team, it's sure to be a blast.

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

Thanks for hosting, teaching, and supporting us. You rock. See you around the corner.

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

I'll soon be coloring Batwoman. Back working with @gregrucka.com—one of my fave collaborators—again. It's like going home. And I'm looking forward to working with Dani.

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 2d

NYCC ‘25: New Greg Rucka Batwoman announced along with details of D.C. K.O.

NYCC ‘25: Rucka returns to BATWOMAN in 2026 to launch DC NEXT LEVEL

DC Comics has announced a new Batwoman series written by Greg Rucka, debuting in 2026 as the launch title for DC Next Level.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 3d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

ALT TEXT, people. Alt text. Multiple reasons. First, for accessibility. Second, so you're not VagueBooking BS. Just commit to it and follow through. I'm not perfect with it, but really try. Do it. Por favor, molim, prosim, please.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

@ianmcque.bsky.social

I can't PM you, but am having troubles with Kickstarter. I supported your book, but that system seems a mess. Can you PM me? Or reach out? I want to support, but I'm about done with trying to use that fucked up system. Ended up wasting a ton of my time on it. Help?

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d

Just finished a writing workshop with @kathyfish.bsky.social. Brilliant fun, and I generated two new micro drafts that are worth revising to finish. All in 90 minutes. Check out Kathy's workshops when they next come up. You'll have fun, and do some writing. See you there!

#writing #flashfiction

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Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · 3d

Just a reminder that if you want to see the news about my books and other writing stuff, subscribe to my newsletter because social media is a black hole.
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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 3d

Been watching baseball playoffs. NO SPOILERS. Here in Europe, I'm always a day behind.

People criticize baseball as boring, but that slowness is the main appeal. The way the world is—frenetic, panic-filled, depressing—that slowness is a salve, a meditation on minutiae that offers comfort.

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · 3d

getting a lot of haters talking shit about my set at the epstein island comedy festival, as if those young women don’t deserve to see me do stand up

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 3d

“Best regards”

A letter from STANLEY KUBRICK
August 27, 1970
James T. Aubrey, Jr.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
245N Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Dear James,
It has come to my attention that you and your
studio are considering producing a sequel to "2001:
A Space Odyssey" over my objections. My attorney informs me that you hold the option and, legally. there is little I can do to stop you.
However, I'd like you to know that I own the tapir bone prop from 2001 - the one "Moonwatcher" throws into the sky. If you attempt to make a sequel, I will cram that temur up your ass so far, it will take an as yet undiscovered alien super-intelligence to figure out how to dislodge it. Seriously, don't fuck with me.
Best regards,
Stanley Kubrick

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Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social · 3d

Este estudio estara iniciando con talento Mexicano y Latinoamericano para vincular animadores de varios paises y ifrecera estudios a un animador Mexicano por cda ciclo escolar durante una decada entera.

Animated Antic @animatedantic.bsky.social · 3d

Guillermo del Toro and Netflix have announced plans to form a new stop motion studio that will be both a studio and a school to push the medium forward and will develop plans to make Del Toro's next stop motion project after Pinocchio. I'm very hyped to see what this leads to!

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 3d

Check it. For my first guess, I always use the previous day's answer, figuring that'll be a challenge and I'll never get it on the first guess. But with zero correct letters, and a not particularly strong start word, I nailed it in two. Woo hoo!

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 3d

Reposting for the filthy American late night crowd. Go read my story. It's dark and sad and happy, with a bit of magical realism and a fairy tale feel.

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 4d

I was SO busy this week, I missed my short story "Grown Boy" going up at Intrepidus Ink. Not tomorrow, like the video says, but live now.

It's flash, so takes only a few minutes to read. Go check it out.

#amwriting #flash #flashfiction #magicalrealism

intrepidusink.com/grown-boy/

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 4d

Check out this thread if you want to see preview pages of our new Vertigo comic.

Deniz Camp @denizcamp.bsky.social · 4d

BLEEDING HEARTS! My new creator owned book with @StipanMorian, Matt Hollingsworth (goat), Hassan Otsmane Elhaou (Nope), coming from VERTIGO COMICS! (that has a nice ring, doesn't it?)

So...what it about? (6 page preview below)

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 4d

Just got an email telling me it's the last day for 'prime deals.' Fug that crap. Want a real deal? Check out our selection of $2 eBooks for October. Any sale helps keep our indie spirit going. Thank you!

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Horrific Scribblings @horrificscribs.bsky.social · 4d

NEW SCRIBBLING ALERT! @stevetoase.bsky.social, who joined HORRIFIC SCRIBES with the #surreal "Dental Hygiene," returns with "Húsið Mitt," a story about rarefied dining that won four hearts for extremity. Very imaginative! Read for free: horrificscribblings.com

#horror #foodhorror #extremehorror

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