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handcraft-y designer and art director 🖍️ stargazer, storyeater, moss enjoyer and connector of dots 🍐 currently mastering natural resources

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cartoonist.coop
CALLING ALL BLACK COMIC ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND ALL-AROUND CARTOONISTS!

Reply to or quote this post showing off your favorite work so we can get more people reading your creations!
The text "Read Black Comics" on an inky almost-grey textured background.
February 1, 2026 at 9:23 PM
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boneyhag.bsky.social
what's up #pornfolioday, i'm boney and this year i'm self-publishing my tentacle porn webcomic nomatter what 💪😤

i'll be crowdfunding on backerkit starting Feb 3 🐙 www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
up-close, cropped photo of a bright pink book. the spine reads "BROOD". there is a stamp on the front that says "BL R18 explicit adult content". there is a drawing of a character with a tentacle going into their mouth, but it's mostly covered by hands holding the book. A drawing that looks like a mock movie poster. Two people embrace in front of the silhouette of an ass covered in goo. They're surrounded by tentacles. The poster reads "submit to your desires. Submit to the brood" snippet of a comic page, 2 panels. in the first panel, two people are kissing in the middle of having sex, while tentacles surround them both. in the second panel, one of them cums in the other's ass with a "thwop!" sound effect.
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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musicologyduck.bsky.social
I think one thing that people fail to account for is that even if you get rid of or otherwise fix a lot of the current systems, you still have to deal with people’s behaviors being heavily trained by the old systems
January 19, 2026 at 11:47 PM
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cartoonist.coop
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:

cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...
Hiveworks Guild logo. Two bees sitting on a bee hive holding hands.
January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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mobydickatsea.bsky.social
There is no steady unretracing progress in this life; we do not advance through fixed gradations
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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tehweenus.bsky.social
annual repost of Trashed Bathrooms
when I was in college, a part of our university's graduation requirements had a community service component that they called service learning. one of my service learning classes involved work at a local homerless community center, helping people write resumes and cleaning bathrooms. our instructor told us to expect to see the bathrooms trashed a lot - like you will clean the bathroom and immediately someone will wreck it. and it's not because they disrespect your work or don't value having access to clean bathrooms or whatever, but because of control. when you feel like you have no control over your life or your environment, your brain is going to want to assert control however it can. which results in thrashed bathrooms. it's control exercised over one small part of your environment that you still have the power to affect. i see kids on tumblr using the language of social justice as cudgels on people who actually do care about and listen to them. or holding the creators within their own communities to an impossibly high standard that they never apply to mainstream media properties. i just see thrashed bathrooms. 'These are the people my voice actually reach,' they rationalize, 'so these are the people I'll hurt'. but the guiding principles of social justice are aimed at correcting and dismantling systems. stop using them to dismantle people.
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
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arielries.bsky.social
i spent my entire comics career thinking i was slow as mud for taking 2-3 years to finish each book, until my french editor called me "fast" and when i asked what he meant by that he said that on average french artists are taking 5-10 years to finish a book
nilahmagruder.com Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 28d
I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.
January 7, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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mel.bzky.team
[january 3rd voice] god what a fucking year
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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jlkoepke.bsky.social
In the last half of 2025, the President of OpenAI donated $25 million to the SuperPAC MAGA, Inc — the single largest contributor
Quote of a tweet saying the following: JUST IN: Trump SuperPAC MAGA Inc. raised $102.17 million between July 1st and December 22nd. It spent $1.69M on IEs in the #TN07 special and another $2.17M on assorted other expenditures, and now has a war chest of over $294 million heading into the midterms.
January 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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katesheridanart.bsky.social
State birds and wildflowers for a friend's Christmas gift to her parents. California, Kentucky, and Oklahoma 🐦🌷
Digital drawing with flat coloring and some gradient of a california quail with orange cali poppies. Art of a male and female northern cardinal perching on stalks of goldenrod. Art of a scissor tailed flycatcher perched on a sprig of flowering indian blanket.
December 26, 2025 at 2:38 AM
hither-yon.bsky.social
it's been a while since I did one of these for the public, but one goal going into 2026 is showing more appreciation for the things I love, so here is my "best of" for 2025:
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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turianmailman.bsky.social
Just finished Strange Bedfellows by @arielries.bsky.social

The. Art. Is. STUNNING. I truly am grateful to have this on my shelf for inspo; themes of self induced isolation + banishment were painful to witness, but comforting to digest.

Thank you Oberon x Kon, it was a joy to spend time with you
December 26, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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crownprinxe.bsky.social
📣JUST BETWEEN US preorder campaign with Yu & Me Books📣
Get a signed and personalized copy from me as well as 3 character photo cards when you order from Yu&Me books. You get to collect cute photocards AND support local bookstore its a win-win. Find it here: yuandmebooks.com/products/978...
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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sayadaramdial.bsky.social
PSA to anyone ever looking to hire an illustrator, artist, designer, craftsperson, etc:
Do not send them gen ai images.
*Especially* do not send them ai images to use as a basis to work off of/ improve/ fix for you. Just send a description of what you are looking for and a sketch (100000% better!)
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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mkreed.bsky.social
WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.

details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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arielries.bsky.social
Two years ago, Tam's best friend Iphi was the sole casualty of a freak tsunami. Now, Iphi’s back—impossibly alive with a newfound affinity for water—and threatening to upend the peace that Tam has built after the years of grieving … by… being a really fun person to hang out with?
December 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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weisanboo.bsky.social
it's december !! 🙀 good excuse to post these guys again ...!
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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crownprinxe.bsky.social
My debut graphic novel JUST BETWEEN US is coming out Febuary 24th! It's a figure skating graphic novel about the rivalry, and romance, of star figure skaters Lydia Chen and Elaine Yee the year leading up to the Olympics! @penguinteen.bsky.social
July 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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everydaymerlin.bsky.social
LOOKING FOR WORK!! i’m merlin and i’ve worked in animation, games and comics as a visual developer and illustrator 🫶🎨 past clients: netflix, d&d, magic the gathering, volta

🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg

📧 [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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johannamation.bsky.social
Hey US & UK friends! Wanna buy books & comics for Cyber Monday but don’t want to support Big Corpos?

Try Bookshop dot org! Part of every $ goes directly to indie bookstores! 📚

I made a ton of booklists for comics—must-reads, starter packs for kids & teens, and more!

bookshop.org/shop/johanna...
ANZU AND THE REALM & DARKNESS MAI K. NGUYEN THE MAGIC FISH TRUNG LE NGUYEN Johanna Taylor Graphic Novel Starter Pack (for Kids - ages 7-12)
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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asmeesh.bsky.social
Nightlife.
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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presentcorrect.bsky.social
Our annual posting of Snoopy at the 1988 Thanksgiving parade.

lfi-online.de/en/stories/e...

www.instagram.com/p/CIDnpVhAFT...
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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ngoziu.com
Holy smokes, THE BIG PICTURE has reached 1000 subscribers!!!!! 😻🎉✨

Have you missed that cozy read-along experience? The thrill of a new comic? This is like getting a CHECK PLEASE update in your inbox once a week, except words. And 1000% more Garfield mentions. ✏️

✨ www.okjohnrich.site ✨
October 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM