Simon Roy
@simonroy.bsky.social
Artist/Writer of such comics as Griz Grobus, Habitat, Jan's Atomic Heart, Prophet, and more
Find my sweet comics here:
https://linktr.ee/simonroy
Find my sweet comics here:
https://linktr.ee/simonroy
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
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So many great artists in this thread, including several I would have mentioned myself.
In case they haven’t been mentioned yet, the world building Simon Roy is doing is sick.
bsky.app/profile/simo...
In case they haven’t been mentioned yet, the world building Simon Roy is doing is sick.
bsky.app/profile/simo...
Inside the crypt of a powerful karazadi noble. The ossuary niches here are built into a protective idol of a horned marmot, to deter the living and dead from interfering with the remains. Long bones are kept in the niche to the right, and fine bones gathered into a bronze reliquary on the left.
January 30, 2026 at 5:29 PM
So many great artists in this thread, including several I would have mentioned myself.
In case they haven’t been mentioned yet, the world building Simon Roy is doing is sick.
bsky.app/profile/simo...
In case they haven’t been mentioned yet, the world building Simon Roy is doing is sick.
bsky.app/profile/simo...
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Inside the crypt of a powerful karazadi noble. The ossuary niches here are built into a protective idol of a horned marmot, to deter the living and dead from interfering with the remains. Long bones are kept in the niche to the right, and fine bones gathered into a bronze reliquary on the left.
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Inside the crypt of a powerful karazadi noble. The ossuary niches here are built into a protective idol of a horned marmot, to deter the living and dead from interfering with the remains. Long bones are kept in the niche to the right, and fine bones gathered into a bronze reliquary on the left.
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I'm serializing one of my favorite stories from "A Star Called The Sun" over on webtoons, leading up to the book's release. Called "The Anchoress", it concerns a young scribe, a missing robot, and a mountain abbey filled with rowdy nuns...
Follow along here:
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
Follow along here:
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
January 6, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I'm serializing one of my favorite stories from "A Star Called The Sun" over on webtoons, leading up to the book's release. Called "The Anchoress", it concerns a young scribe, a missing robot, and a mountain abbey filled with rowdy nuns...
Follow along here:
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
Follow along here:
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
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Check out this Chasseur Alpin.
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Check out this Chasseur Alpin.
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(Archeology fans will probably notice the direct inspiration provided by the newly discovered Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca)
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
(Archeology fans will probably notice the direct inspiration provided by the newly discovered Zapotec tomb in Oaxaca)
Inside the crypt of a powerful karazadi noble. The ossuary niches here are built into a protective idol of a horned marmot, to deter the living and dead from interfering with the remains. Long bones are kept in the niche to the right, and fine bones gathered into a bronze reliquary on the left.
January 28, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Inside the crypt of a powerful karazadi noble. The ossuary niches here are built into a protective idol of a horned marmot, to deter the living and dead from interfering with the remains. Long bones are kept in the niche to the right, and fine bones gathered into a bronze reliquary on the left.
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Chapter 4 of "THE ANCHORESS" is now up for your reading pleasure - Junior Scribe Jibrael digs deeper into the mysteries of the Santo Elisabeto Abbey...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Chapter 4 of "THE ANCHORESS" is now up for your reading pleasure - Junior Scribe Jibrael digs deeper into the mysteries of the Santo Elisabeto Abbey...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
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damn, your stories are set in an even more distant future than I'd imagined!
January 27, 2026 at 9:38 PM
damn, your stories are set in an even more distant future than I'd imagined!
Chapter 4 of "THE ANCHORESS" is now up for your reading pleasure - Junior Scribe Jibrael digs deeper into the mysteries of the Santo Elisabeto Abbey...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Chapter 4 of "THE ANCHORESS" is now up for your reading pleasure - Junior Scribe Jibrael digs deeper into the mysteries of the Santo Elisabeto Abbey...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
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Getting ready to tuck into the lovely comps I just got of the new softcover, courtesy of @imagecomics.com
(Griz grobus and novelty Soviet sturgeon cutlery included for scale)
(Griz grobus and novelty Soviet sturgeon cutlery included for scale)
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Getting ready to tuck into the lovely comps I just got of the new softcover, courtesy of @imagecomics.com
(Griz grobus and novelty Soviet sturgeon cutlery included for scale)
(Griz grobus and novelty Soviet sturgeon cutlery included for scale)
Getting ready to tuck into the lovely comps I just got of the new softcover, courtesy of @imagecomics.com
(Griz grobus and novelty Soviet sturgeon cutlery included for scale)
(Griz grobus and novelty Soviet sturgeon cutlery included for scale)
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Getting ready to tuck into the lovely comps I just got of the new softcover, courtesy of @imagecomics.com
(Griz grobus and novelty Soviet sturgeon cutlery included for scale)
(Griz grobus and novelty Soviet sturgeon cutlery included for scale)
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Some of the first amphorans ever drawn (circa 2009), located while digging through my primordial archives
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Some of the first amphorans ever drawn (circa 2009), located while digging through my primordial archives
Some of the first amphorans ever drawn (circa 2009), located while digging through my primordial archives
January 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Some of the first amphorans ever drawn (circa 2009), located while digging through my primordial archives
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In the emotional pressure-cooker of the abbey, things start to get HOT for Jibrael (and the nuns)
(colors by @thenazavr.bsky.social )
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
(colors by @thenazavr.bsky.social )
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
January 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In the emotional pressure-cooker of the abbey, things start to get HOT for Jibrael (and the nuns)
(colors by @thenazavr.bsky.social )
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
(colors by @thenazavr.bsky.social )
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
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"We do things the old-fashioned way here, all digital"
January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"We do things the old-fashioned way here, all digital"
"We do things the old-fashioned way here, all digital"
January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"We do things the old-fashioned way here, all digital"
In the emotional pressure-cooker of the abbey, things start to get HOT for Jibrael (and the nuns)
(colors by @thenazavr.bsky.social )
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
(colors by @thenazavr.bsky.social )
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
January 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM
In the emotional pressure-cooker of the abbey, things start to get HOT for Jibrael (and the nuns)
(colors by @thenazavr.bsky.social )
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
(colors by @thenazavr.bsky.social )
www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/gr...
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Inside the public sauna, under the watchful eyes of the idol of a lesser war god, women of Karazad enjoy a steam
January 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Inside the public sauna, under the watchful eyes of the idol of a lesser war god, women of Karazad enjoy a steam
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Inside the public sauna, under the watchful eyes of the idol of a lesser war god, women of Karazad enjoy a steam
January 19, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Inside the public sauna, under the watchful eyes of the idol of a lesser war god, women of Karazad enjoy a steam
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One of the few public temple-saunas of Karazad to survive the Domekan invasion. Built by the Demiurge to cleanse and fortify the subjects of his city, perhaps as an apology for the many troubled spirits that his ill works unleashed upon them…
January 17, 2026 at 7:33 AM
One of the few public temple-saunas of Karazad to survive the Domekan invasion. Built by the Demiurge to cleanse and fortify the subjects of his city, perhaps as an apology for the many troubled spirits that his ill works unleashed upon them…
One of the few public temple-saunas of Karazad to survive the Domekan invasion. Built by the Demiurge to cleanse and fortify the subjects of his city, perhaps as an apology for the many troubled spirits that his ill works unleashed upon them…
January 17, 2026 at 7:33 AM
One of the few public temple-saunas of Karazad to survive the Domekan invasion. Built by the Demiurge to cleanse and fortify the subjects of his city, perhaps as an apology for the many troubled spirits that his ill works unleashed upon them…