C.K. Carpenter 🏳️🌈🌻🍉
@ckcarpenter.bsky.social
Comics Writer/Editor | 2025 Negative Space Short Comics Competition Finalist | Aces & Aros (W) | unSEEN/unHEARD (E/W) | Ringo Award-winning Transphoria (W) | Down Below (W) | Disabled | Queer | They/them | Icon by Lane Lloyd
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Comics reviewers, if you'd like a digital copy of unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence to see how amazing this anthology made by disabled and neurodivergent creators is, DM me!
We really want to spread the word about how amazing it is.
Please repost this to get more eyes on it.
We really want to spread the word about how amazing it is.
Please repost this to get more eyes on it.
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From November's Top Of My Pile:
@kaitlphere picked Tokyo These Days vol. 2 :
"In volume 1 a long-time manga editor retires and immediately begins putting together a team to create an exceptional manga project. This is a slow-moving story full of characters who love the medium."
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@kaitlphere picked Tokyo These Days vol. 2 :
"In volume 1 a long-time manga editor retires and immediately begins putting together a team to create an exceptional manga project. This is a slow-moving story full of characters who love the medium."
buff.ly/PCwjmMm
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
From November's Top Of My Pile:
@kaitlphere picked Tokyo These Days vol. 2 :
"In volume 1 a long-time manga editor retires and immediately begins putting together a team to create an exceptional manga project. This is a slow-moving story full of characters who love the medium."
buff.ly/PCwjmMm
@kaitlphere picked Tokyo These Days vol. 2 :
"In volume 1 a long-time manga editor retires and immediately begins putting together a team to create an exceptional manga project. This is a slow-moving story full of characters who love the medium."
buff.ly/PCwjmMm
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I’m putting together my picks for our end of the year awards show. 🏆
Shout out some of the amazing comics projects we’ve seen this year that you love. No big 2 (you can but it won’t be considered as we focus on indies.)
Shameless self promotion is accepted. Categories are obvious.
Shout out some of the amazing comics projects we’ve seen this year that you love. No big 2 (you can but it won’t be considered as we focus on indies.)
Shameless self promotion is accepted. Categories are obvious.
December 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I’m putting together my picks for our end of the year awards show. 🏆
Shout out some of the amazing comics projects we’ve seen this year that you love. No big 2 (you can but it won’t be considered as we focus on indies.)
Shameless self promotion is accepted. Categories are obvious.
Shout out some of the amazing comics projects we’ve seen this year that you love. No big 2 (you can but it won’t be considered as we focus on indies.)
Shameless self promotion is accepted. Categories are obvious.
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Want to Spotlight Your @kickstarter.com, @wearezoop.bsky.social, Indiegogo, or Other Crowdfunding Campaign? Contact Fanbase Press’ @barbrajdillon.bsky.social About #CrowdfundingFridays!
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December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Want to Spotlight Your @kickstarter.com, @wearezoop.bsky.social, Indiegogo, or Other Crowdfunding Campaign? Contact Fanbase Press’ @barbrajdillon.bsky.social About #CrowdfundingFridays!
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Graphic Mundi’s Spring 2026 Publishing Schedule Includes Queer Comics Work and Graphic Medicine. www.brokenfrontier.com/graphic-mund...
Graphic Mundi's Spring 2026 Publishing Schedule Includes Queer Comics Work and Graphic Medicine – Broken Frontier
The Graphic Mundi list for Spring 2026 includes 'Gay Mormon Dad', 'Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine' and 'Infected for Science'.
www.brokenfrontier.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Graphic Mundi’s Spring 2026 Publishing Schedule Includes Queer Comics Work and Graphic Medicine. www.brokenfrontier.com/graphic-mund...
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Melanie Anspacher reviews Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls
#GraphicMedicine
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#GraphicMedicine
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Feeding Ghosts – A Graphic Memoir | Graphic Medicine
Meticulously researched and created by the author over nearly a decade and filled with beautifully detailed etching-like illustrations that richly cover each page, this work tells not one but many sto...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Melanie Anspacher reviews Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls
#GraphicMedicine
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#GraphicMedicine
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MAGIC POWDER #7 has over 200 backers, so here's your first look at page 9!
We're running out of time to fund, so feel free to back HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
We're running out of time to fund, so feel free to back HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
MAGIC POWDER #7 has over 200 backers, so here's your first look at page 9!
We're running out of time to fund, so feel free to back HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
We're running out of time to fund, so feel free to back HERE: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
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Fanbase Press’ Virtual Panel: More Than a Month: The Importance of Healthy Queer Representation w/ @davidbooher.bsky.social, @richardfairgray.bsky.social, @losthiskeysman.bsky.social, @blueludebar.bsky.social, @tillybridges.bsky.social, & @barbrajdillon.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9d...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9d...
November 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Fanbase Press’ Virtual Panel: More Than a Month: The Importance of Healthy Queer Representation w/ @davidbooher.bsky.social, @richardfairgray.bsky.social, @losthiskeysman.bsky.social, @blueludebar.bsky.social, @tillybridges.bsky.social, & @barbrajdillon.bsky.social
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X9d...
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A big THANK YOU to @comicbookyeti.com's @luisgodoyii.bsky.social for highlighting the indie comics creators and publishers with holiday sales - including Fanbase Press!
Indie Comics on Black Friday 2025
Black Friday is a time for sales, and here at Comic Book Yeti, we like to highlight some indie comic creators who are having sales on their storefronts. I put out a call on social media and a couple o...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A big THANK YOU to @comicbookyeti.com's @luisgodoyii.bsky.social for highlighting the indie comics creators and publishers with holiday sales - including Fanbase Press!
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OUT TODAY: Back To Life. Back to Reality.
@ohhipaulie.bsky.social @kaitlphere.bsky.social and @eckospider.bsky.social sat down to discuss comics recommended by their Local Comic Book Shops (and Librarians!)--part of our Goodreads Theme of the Month.
@ohhipaulie.bsky.social @kaitlphere.bsky.social and @eckospider.bsky.social sat down to discuss comics recommended by their Local Comic Book Shops (and Librarians!)--part of our Goodreads Theme of the Month.
Back To Life. Back to Reality.
Paul, Kait, and Danny sat down to discuss comics recommended by their Local Comic Book Shops (and Librarians!)--part of our Goodreads Theme of the Month.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
OUT TODAY: Back To Life. Back to Reality.
@ohhipaulie.bsky.social @kaitlphere.bsky.social and @eckospider.bsky.social sat down to discuss comics recommended by their Local Comic Book Shops (and Librarians!)--part of our Goodreads Theme of the Month.
@ohhipaulie.bsky.social @kaitlphere.bsky.social and @eckospider.bsky.social sat down to discuss comics recommended by their Local Comic Book Shops (and Librarians!)--part of our Goodreads Theme of the Month.
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GMIC exists because we believe in the power of comics to change how we see health and humanity.
As #GivingTuesday approaches, we’re asking you to help us continue this work. Even a small contribution goes a long way toward keeping GM open, inclusive, and sustainable.
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As #GivingTuesday approaches, we’re asking you to help us continue this work. Even a small contribution goes a long way toward keeping GM open, inclusive, and sustainable.
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
GMIC exists because we believe in the power of comics to change how we see health and humanity.
As #GivingTuesday approaches, we’re asking you to help us continue this work. Even a small contribution goes a long way toward keeping GM open, inclusive, and sustainable.
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
As #GivingTuesday approaches, we’re asking you to help us continue this work. Even a small contribution goes a long way toward keeping GM open, inclusive, and sustainable.
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...
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Thank you to everyone who submitted to our Women's Sports Comic Book Anthology! All email acceptances are out.
But don't fear, our next open submissions are opening in December. What topic are you looking for us to explore next?
But don't fear, our next open submissions are opening in December. What topic are you looking for us to explore next?
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thank you to everyone who submitted to our Women's Sports Comic Book Anthology! All email acceptances are out.
But don't fear, our next open submissions are opening in December. What topic are you looking for us to explore next?
But don't fear, our next open submissions are opening in December. What topic are you looking for us to explore next?
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It’s a brand new Cryptid Creator Corner as @jimmygaspero.bsky.social chats with @jason-aaron.bsky.social about BUG WARS, Absolute Superman, and Thundarr the Barbarian. What an episode! Listen now at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It’s a brand new Cryptid Creator Corner as @jimmygaspero.bsky.social chats with @jason-aaron.bsky.social about BUG WARS, Absolute Superman, and Thundarr the Barbarian. What an episode! Listen now at the link below or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Top 10 Comic Books of 2025
Read our newest newsletter for this and more!
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Read our newest newsletter for this and more!
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November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Top 10 Comic Books of 2025
Read our newest newsletter for this and more!
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Read our newest newsletter for this and more!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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From October's Top Of My Pile:
@kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls:
"This is an immigrant and first-generation story that follows three generations of women. This is the second graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize!"
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@kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls:
"This is an immigrant and first-generation story that follows three generations of women. This is the second graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize!"
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November 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
From October's Top Of My Pile:
@kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls:
"This is an immigrant and first-generation story that follows three generations of women. This is the second graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize!"
buff.ly/NPfJkDr
@kaitlphere.bsky.social picked Feeding Ghosts by Tessa Hulls:
"This is an immigrant and first-generation story that follows three generations of women. This is the second graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize!"
buff.ly/NPfJkDr
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A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking by using a lever below its chest.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An older watercolour drawing from when I used to make frequent trips to sketch in London. This shows the Embankment with lots of pigeons, a pavement artist and a couple of Japanese young women on one of the benches. This was sold at an exhibition.
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
#art #pleinair #London #Thames #watercolour
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Review! Twins: A Memoir – Teresa Robertson’s Story about Family Tragedy and Renewal. www.brokenfrontier.com/twins-teresa... Review by @edwardpicot.bsky.social
Twins: A Memoir - Teresa Robertson's Story about Family Tragedy and Renewal – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Edward Picot takes a look at Teresa Robertson's slice-of-life, graphic memoir - the self-published 'Twins'.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Review! Twins: A Memoir – Teresa Robertson’s Story about Family Tragedy and Renewal. www.brokenfrontier.com/twins-teresa... Review by @edwardpicot.bsky.social
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If you're a member of the comics community, I highly recommend giving this episode of Comics Industry Insider with @superfanpr.bsky.social a listen! I will always value David's input and experience, and there is a lot for every comics industry member to take away.
How Comics Will Sell in 2026 | PR, Press Hits & Crowdfunding with David Hyde
YouTube video by Prana: Direct Market Solutions
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November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
If you're a member of the comics community, I highly recommend giving this episode of Comics Industry Insider with @superfanpr.bsky.social a listen! I will always value David's input and experience, and there is a lot for every comics industry member to take away.
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What comic book Kickstarters should be on my radar? My Top 10 Kickstarter video for the month goes up on Monday!
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(NO PRELAUNCH PAGES)
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
What comic book Kickstarters should be on my radar? My Top 10 Kickstarter video for the month goes up on Monday!
(NO PRELAUNCH PAGES)
(NO PRELAUNCH PAGES)
Facts.
I give away the first issue for FREE because I know it'll get you HOOKED!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
MAGIC POWDER #1-7: THE SECOND FANTASY-CRIME ARC BEGINS
The Dwarvfather must rectify his error. As the cartels fracture, new faces come to town. Breaking Bad meets D&D! BACK ISSUES AVAILABLE!
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November 21, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Facts.
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EXCITING NEWS: Fanbase Press' 2026 Ad Rates Announced, Now Including Opportunities via the **Weekly Newsletter**!
Fanbase Press offers affordable advertising opportunities for creators and vendors to promote their products and services. Options for every budget!
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Fanbase Press offers affordable advertising opportunities for creators and vendors to promote their products and services. Options for every budget!
fanbasepress.com/about/advert...
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
EXCITING NEWS: Fanbase Press' 2026 Ad Rates Announced, Now Including Opportunities via the **Weekly Newsletter**!
Fanbase Press offers affordable advertising opportunities for creators and vendors to promote their products and services. Options for every budget!
fanbasepress.com/about/advert...
Fanbase Press offers affordable advertising opportunities for creators and vendors to promote their products and services. Options for every budget!
fanbasepress.com/about/advert...
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Bed time for me!
Feel free to check out the first issue of MAGIC POWDER, or the first 8 pages of the new issue, while I'm out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
Feel free to check out the first issue of MAGIC POWDER, or the first 8 pages of the new issue, while I'm out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
MAGIC POWDER #1-7: THE SECOND FANTASY-CRIME ARC BEGINS
The Dwarvfather must rectify his error. As the cartels fracture, new faces come to town. Breaking Bad meets D&D! BACK ISSUES AVAILABLE!
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Bed time for me!
Feel free to check out the first issue of MAGIC POWDER, or the first 8 pages of the new issue, while I'm out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
Feel free to check out the first issue of MAGIC POWDER, or the first 8 pages of the new issue, while I'm out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
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We push this all year round obviously but just a reminder that we tag comics dealing with trans and non-binary themes as part of our BF Resource Lists. You can find them all in one place here alongside lots of other important work: www.brokenfrontier.com/resource-lis... #TransDayofRemembrance
Resource Lists – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's resource lists are designed to provide information on socially relevant comics in a variety of subject areas.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We push this all year round obviously but just a reminder that we tag comics dealing with trans and non-binary themes as part of our BF Resource Lists. You can find them all in one place here alongside lots of other important work: www.brokenfrontier.com/resource-lis... #TransDayofRemembrance
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Want to Spotlight Your @kickstarter.com, @wearezoop.bsky.social, Indiegogo, or Other Crowdfunding Campaign? Contact Fanbase Press’ @barbrajdillon.bsky.social About #CrowdfundingFridays!
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November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Want to Spotlight Your @kickstarter.com, @wearezoop.bsky.social, Indiegogo, or Other Crowdfunding Campaign? Contact Fanbase Press’ @barbrajdillon.bsky.social About #CrowdfundingFridays!
fanbasepress.com/press/featur...
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