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Critical Role @criticalrole.bsky.social · Sep 10

CAN YOU GUESS THE CAMPAIGN 4 CHARACTER? 🤔 4️⃣

See if you can match the emojis to each player before our adventure begins in Aramán this OCTOBER 2nd! ✨

MEET THE CAST ⬇️
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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Jul 1

LOVE TO FIND A NEW WORD TOO!!!!! I am so honoured!!!!!

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Jul 1

WHAT. This sounds. Amazing. How do I find this.

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Phillip Sevy @phillipsevy.bsky.social · Jun 9

I've been so busy with Utah Pride events this past weekend that I haven't had a chance to post more DC Pride BTS. Here is the first page of the Connor Hawke short from @sammaggs.bsky.social @erenangiolini.bsky.social & me. My inks. Eren's incredible colors. Had a blast trying to make it "90s!"

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Kendra, regular version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · Jun 9

The Kickstarter for Real Hero Shit 2: Harder Than It Looks is LIVE NOW!!!! Right NOW!!!!!! Back it in the first hour for free domestic or discounted international shipping!!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Real Hero Shit Book 2: Harder than It Looks by Kendra Wells

Grab the second volume of the queer fantasy adventures of a disparate band of mismatched adventurers: Real Hero Shit!

www.kickstarter.com

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Comic Watch @comic-watch.bsky.social · May 30

A triumphant and timely story of community returns in DC Pride 2025 #1 on shelves June 4, 2025 @definitelyvita.bsky.social @sammaggs.bsky.social @ilovetimsheridan @artofdonaguillo.bsky.social @derekcharm @alkcomics @skyepatridge.bsky.social @exemi #pride #lgbtqia
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Show Your Pride With The Triumphant And Timely Story Of Community in DC Pride 2025 #1 - Comic Watch

A triumphant and timely story of community returns in DC Pride 2025 #1 on shelves and digital platforms June 4, 2025, from @definitelyvita @sammaggs @ilovetimsheridan @artofdonaguillo @derekcharm @alk...

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Phillip Sevy @phillipsevy.bsky.social · Jun 3

DC PRIDE 2025 is out TOMORROW. Here's a little peek at my style sheets for Connor Hawke from the story @sammaggs.bsky.social @erenangiolini.bsky.social and I did. @whattheshea.bsky.social hit me up to draw an EXTREME 90s-style version for this story, and I've never felt more seen!

Versions of Connor Hawke Green Arrow - modern, 90s, and Green Arrow classic - each more insanely 90s EXTREME style.

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Zoe TunnHELL @zoewithasword.bsky.social · Jun 4

Particular shout out to @definitelyvita.bsky.social / @skyepatridge.bsky.social 's Renee story and @sammaggs.bsky.social / Derek Charm's Midnight era and Apollo story. One broke my gay little heart and the other healed it by absolutely cracking me up

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Jun 9

THANK YOU!!!

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⚡️Dr. Keira Von Frankenstein @keira-incognita.bsky.social · Jun 5

I had a wonderful time tonight at the DC Pride 2025 event held at The Ripped Bodice in Culver City, featuring @nicoleamaines.bsky.social, @sammaggs.bsky.social, and some other lovely creators who I’m not as familiar with (yet).

In addition to the new Pride special, I also got the Dreamer OGN.

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Alex Jaffe “Alex Jaffe” Alex Jaffe @alexjaffe.bsky.social · Jun 6

My seventh year covering Pride Month for @dc.com is now officially underway. To start, here’s my way too much fun interview with @sammaggs.bsky.social on this year’s DC PRIDE 2025.

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Finding Queer Community in “DC Pride” with Sam Maggs | DC

To celebrate the release of the 2025 DC Pride Special, we spoke to writer Sam Maggs about representing the queer journey, the importance of feeling seen and how to have the most fun in comics.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · May 3

Happy #FreeComicBookDay! 🎉

Head down to your local participating comic shop to pick up our 2 free issues, featuring stories from the worlds of #BlackHammer, #CriticalRole #StarWars, and #AvatarTheLastAirbender 🙌

With work from @jefflemire171.bsky.social, @sammaggs.bsky.social, and many more.

Image of the Critical Role Free Comic Book Day issue

Image of the Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Free Comic Book Day issue

Image of the Black Hammer Free Comic Book Day issue

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · May 2

Headed out for #FreeComicBookDay? Don't forget to grab a copy of
@CriticalRole.bsky.social: The Mighty Nein Origins from @sammaggs.bsky.social and team (and a new #BlackHammer story from @jefflemire171.bsky.social, more).

@IGN.com highlights the issue in a #FCBD Roundup: bit.ly/4k0vfHt

Cover of the Free Comic Book Day 2025 (General) issue

Preview page from the Free Comic Book Day 2025 (General) issue, of the Critical Role comic

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🌻Bree Williams🌻 @larkspurns.bsky.social · May 3

TODAY!! Come see me, @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social and @sammaggs.bsky.social literally side by side in the #QCon artist alley! Queers arranged for your browsing convenience 🙌

🌻Bree Williams🌻 @larkspurns.bsky.social · Apr 30

This weekend!! If you’re around West Hollywood, come see me and @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social at Q Con! It’s queer and it’s free, the two most important things an event can be

My announcement graphic for Q Con, featuring me, some of my work, and the logistical information for the convention:

Saturday May 3
11 am to 6 pm
Fiesta Hall, Plummer park
7377 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood

Free tickets @ qconprism.org

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JEN 🎭 halandil fang theatre patron @jenofthemoon.bsky.social · May 3

Happy #freecomicbookday! So excited to see the Empire Kids shenanigans written by @sammaggs.bsky.social for @darkhorse.com! 💖

@voiceofobrien.bsky.social @marisha-ray.bsky.social @criticalrole.bsky.social

#criticalrole #calebwidogast #beauregardlionett

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Diana Sousa @dianasousaart.bsky.social · Apr 24

Hey, look at that! 👀

It's a preview of @criticalrole.bsky.social's FCBD issue featuring Beau and Caleb (and... spoilers 😏). Written by @sammaggs.bsky.social, art by @leoncino.bsky.social, and colors by me!

You can get it for free at your local comics shop on May 3rd! #CriticalRole

Polygon @polygon.com · Apr 23

Critical Role’s new free comic traps its heroes in the mortification of interactive dinner theater

It’s Caleb and Beau vs. interactive musical theater

www.polygon.com

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Apr 18

CANON CAL IN TOY FORM HELLO??????????? SCUBA STEVE?? my goD

James Whitbrook @jwhitbrook.bsky.social · Apr 18

Oh my god

A photo from Star Wars Celebration Japan. A video screeb shows Black Series Turgle, Cal (with an alternative mullet/handlebar moustache head), BD1, and Skoova Stev.

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Apr 18

OH MY GOD MY TIME HAS COME

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Apr 18

Every day I wake up and wish to God I had the moral plasticity to become an "I was wrong to be woke!" right-wing grifter and make an insane amount of bank for the 12 minutes women are allowed the pretense of power before they're thrown in the bin to rot and die barefoot and alone but, alas,

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Apr 18

It's just that you so rarely find an example of fiction vs. reality that is SO STAGGERINGLY 1:1 that your brain doesn't even have to do any particularly hard work to get there. I think that's what makes it feel so brutal to me. Like honey, you've been given the gift of FOREKNOWLEDGE! CLAIRVOYANCE!

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Apr 18

Do you think K*roline L*avitt understands that she's Serena Joy? Does she think she's going to be the exception to the rule, is she THAT power-hungry, or is she just functionally illiterate like all "the curtains are just blue" anti-arts conservatives? I wonder this every time I see a video of her.

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Apr 16

if you told these people about he/him lesbians their fucking heads would explode

Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Apr 16

Going through the For Some Women decision, and something I haven't seen mentioned elsewhere is that the court took it upon itself to define lesbians in a way that excludes some cis lesbians and includes some straight trans men.

Accordingly, a person with same sex orientation as a lesbian must be a female who is sexually oriented towards (or attracted to) females, and lesbians as a group are females who share the characteristic of being sexually oriented to females. This is coherent and understandable on a biological understanding of sex. On the other hand, if a GRC under section 9(1) of the GRA 2004 were to alter the meaning of sex under the EA 2010, it would mean that a trans woman (a biological male) with a GRC (so legally female) who remains sexually oriented to other females would become a same sex attracted female, in other words, a lesbian. The concept of sexual orientation towards members of a particular sex in section 12 is rendered meaningless. It would also affect the composition of the groups who share the same sexual orientation (because a trans woman with a GRC and a sexual orientation towards women would fall to be treated as a lesbian) in a similar way as described above in relation to women and girls.

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Apr 16

damn... this one hurts

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Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · Apr 16

I am glad to hear this!!

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Johnny Terra Nova @johnnyterranova.bsky.social · Apr 16

Meanwhile in Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 @ a liquor store…

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