Michael Kurt
@michaelkurt.bsky.social
Writer in Portland, OR
Editor @ Berm Magazine
Recent work can be found here: https://www.iseebadspirits.com/
Editor @ Berm Magazine
Recent work can be found here: https://www.iseebadspirits.com/
Wait, they go 7-11 Gunpla? Alright, it was kind of joke before but now....
December 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wait, they go 7-11 Gunpla? Alright, it was kind of joke before but now....
guess it's time to get really into gunpla?
December 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
guess it's time to get really into gunpla?
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New at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: A decade ago, Katie Pryde and her shop BOOKS WITH PICTURES began championing diversity in comics retail with the motto "Comics for Everyone." Now, she talks her near-miss with financial crisis, what she's learned, and what the future the holds.
Books With Pictures' Katie Pryde on her store and comics retail: 'I don’t think comics are going anywhere' - The Comics Journal
Zach Rabiroff talks with Katie Pryde of Portland’s Books With Pictures about surviving debt, navigating comics, and what it takes for a diverse retailer to survive.
www.tcj.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
New at @comicsjournal.bsky.social: A decade ago, Katie Pryde and her shop BOOKS WITH PICTURES began championing diversity in comics retail with the motto "Comics for Everyone." Now, she talks her near-miss with financial crisis, what she's learned, and what the future the holds.
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I’m looking for cover work. More samples can be found on my website. admancartoonist.com/covers-splas...
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I’m looking for cover work. More samples can be found on my website. admancartoonist.com/covers-splas...
People were not joking about that Geese album from this year, huh? That thing is wild (positive)
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
People were not joking about that Geese album from this year, huh? That thing is wild (positive)
Color of the End: wonderfully realized post-apocalypse manga that dives into loneliness and what it means to be exempt from a mass catastrophe. Also a cute library robot... so...
Volume 3 is out this week from Yen Press
Volume 3 is out this week from Yen Press
December 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Color of the End: wonderfully realized post-apocalypse manga that dives into loneliness and what it means to be exempt from a mass catastrophe. Also a cute library robot... so...
Volume 3 is out this week from Yen Press
Volume 3 is out this week from Yen Press
Watching Friendship and then The Chair Company this year has been a real treat. I Think You Should Leave was not for me when I tried it last year, but.... yeah, I was probably wrong about that one...
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Watching Friendship and then The Chair Company this year has been a real treat. I Think You Should Leave was not for me when I tried it last year, but.... yeah, I was probably wrong about that one...
Our next issue of Berm Magazine is now up for pre-order!
Berm Issue 7 "Arts & Craft"
$15, 8.5 x 11, full color. Printed locally at Brown Printing here in Portland, OR.
Magazine Photography by Molly Strohl.
More information and pre-order link: berm.world
Berm Issue 7 "Arts & Craft"
$15, 8.5 x 11, full color. Printed locally at Brown Printing here in Portland, OR.
Magazine Photography by Molly Strohl.
More information and pre-order link: berm.world
December 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Our next issue of Berm Magazine is now up for pre-order!
Berm Issue 7 "Arts & Craft"
$15, 8.5 x 11, full color. Printed locally at Brown Printing here in Portland, OR.
Magazine Photography by Molly Strohl.
More information and pre-order link: berm.world
Berm Issue 7 "Arts & Craft"
$15, 8.5 x 11, full color. Printed locally at Brown Printing here in Portland, OR.
Magazine Photography by Molly Strohl.
More information and pre-order link: berm.world
One of my favorite subscriptions. I'm not good at remembering to read every week, but the newsletter gets me every time. So much good work coming out of the @aftermath.site folks.
We're having a sale! Get your first month of Aftermath for just $1.
aftermath.site/aftermath-vide...
aftermath.site/aftermath-vide...
November 13, 2025 at 11:03 PM
One of my favorite subscriptions. I'm not good at remembering to read every week, but the newsletter gets me every time. So much good work coming out of the @aftermath.site folks.
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If you haven't heard yet, The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter campaign is live RIGHT NOW! It will not be live forever, so go check it out!
The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]
A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb
www.kickstarter.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
If you haven't heard yet, The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter campaign is live RIGHT NOW! It will not be live forever, so go check it out!
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Hey hey #portfolioday
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia
[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia
[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Hey hey #portfolioday
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia
[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa
I’m Amalas and I’m open for cover work.
I love to draw urban scenes and human connections found between concrete and steel, sprinkled with some nostalgia
[email protected]
cara.app/amalasrosa
azantianlitagency.com/our-artists/amalas-rosa
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A client promised about 180~ pages to drop by the end of this month. So far they have only dropped 31....So I'm looking for some stopgap work from today until the end of the year. If anyone needs a colorist, lmk!
Rates start at $55
www.rebeccagoodart.com/comic-colorist
rebeccagoodart @ gmail
Rates start at $55
www.rebeccagoodart.com/comic-colorist
rebeccagoodart @ gmail
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A client promised about 180~ pages to drop by the end of this month. So far they have only dropped 31....So I'm looking for some stopgap work from today until the end of the year. If anyone needs a colorist, lmk!
Rates start at $55
www.rebeccagoodart.com/comic-colorist
rebeccagoodart @ gmail
Rates start at $55
www.rebeccagoodart.com/comic-colorist
rebeccagoodart @ gmail
That eraser cover is wild. Looking forward to getting into IM #2 this weekend.
OUT NOW!
INVISIBLE MAN #2
Jack Griffin’s ambitions will not be limited by the small minds of his rivals.
So now he must strike back....
#invisibleman #skybound #TinyOnion #ImageComics #UniversalMonsters
@skybound.bsky.social
@imagecomics.com
@jamesthefourth.bsky.social
INVISIBLE MAN #2
Jack Griffin’s ambitions will not be limited by the small minds of his rivals.
So now he must strike back....
#invisibleman #skybound #TinyOnion #ImageComics #UniversalMonsters
@skybound.bsky.social
@imagecomics.com
@jamesthefourth.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
That eraser cover is wild. Looking forward to getting into IM #2 this weekend.
First time a comic I co-created is on the big boyz shelf at my LCS. Feels weird! DEEP NIGHT took ~3 years to get to print, mostly due to my inexperience on a project that size!
The art = crazy good, WALOPH did an a hell of a job.
If you're in Portland, check out @cosmicmonkeycomics.bsky.social
The art = crazy good, WALOPH did an a hell of a job.
If you're in Portland, check out @cosmicmonkeycomics.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
First time a comic I co-created is on the big boyz shelf at my LCS. Feels weird! DEEP NIGHT took ~3 years to get to print, mostly due to my inexperience on a project that size!
The art = crazy good, WALOPH did an a hell of a job.
If you're in Portland, check out @cosmicmonkeycomics.bsky.social
The art = crazy good, WALOPH did an a hell of a job.
If you're in Portland, check out @cosmicmonkeycomics.bsky.social
Reposted by Michael Kurt
From 1984-2011, this downtown dive was a venue where, impossibly, musical legends, locals, and total unknowns shared a stage—as well as its disgusting bathroom.
Satyricon Was a Portland Dive Venue Where Legends, Locals, and Total Unknowns Shared a Stage
Before Michaela Watkins’ first shift behind the bar at Satyricon, the manager gave her the tour. “He said to me: ‘Okay, here’s the taps, here’s the keg, here’s the bat.’ And I was, like, the bat? And ...
www.portlandmercury.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
From 1984-2011, this downtown dive was a venue where, impossibly, musical legends, locals, and total unknowns shared a stage—as well as its disgusting bathroom.
Reposted by Michael Kurt
Looking for work once again
Hey Comics Bsky! I'm a professional comic colorist and I'm looking for work! (Preferably short term)
I've done work for Boom! Studios, Caliber, Dauntless and more
You can find more of my work at ahgart.com
And you can contact me at [email protected]
#ComicJobs
I've done work for Boom! Studios, Caliber, Dauntless and more
You can find more of my work at ahgart.com
And you can contact me at [email protected]
#ComicJobs
September 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Looking for work once again
#comicwriter friends - I am looking for a new editor for a graphic novel script I'm working on. Looking for developmental editing, not copy edits. (paid)
Do you have someone you like? (looking for experienced editor, not a writer who wants to try editing)
Do you have someone you like? (looking for experienced editor, not a writer who wants to try editing)
September 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#comicwriter friends - I am looking for a new editor for a graphic novel script I'm working on. Looking for developmental editing, not copy edits. (paid)
Do you have someone you like? (looking for experienced editor, not a writer who wants to try editing)
Do you have someone you like? (looking for experienced editor, not a writer who wants to try editing)
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September 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Excited to be tabling my first comic con tomorrow with something new and cool to show off. Years in the making. Lots and lots of (self-imposed) edits. 🙏🏻
September 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Excited to be tabling my first comic con tomorrow with something new and cool to show off. Years in the making. Lots and lots of (self-imposed) edits. 🙏🏻
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ROSE CITY COMIC CON this weekend September 5-7!
Come visit the table at Author's Lane table 1843.
There will be an exclusive RISO printed poster for my new comic Deep Night. Poster illustration by @admancomics.bsky.social, printed here in Portland by Secret Room pals.
Come visit the table at Author's Lane table 1843.
There will be an exclusive RISO printed poster for my new comic Deep Night. Poster illustration by @admancomics.bsky.social, printed here in Portland by Secret Room pals.
September 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
ROSE CITY COMIC CON this weekend September 5-7!
Come visit the table at Author's Lane table 1843.
There will be an exclusive RISO printed poster for my new comic Deep Night. Poster illustration by @admancomics.bsky.social, printed here in Portland by Secret Room pals.
Come visit the table at Author's Lane table 1843.
There will be an exclusive RISO printed poster for my new comic Deep Night. Poster illustration by @admancomics.bsky.social, printed here in Portland by Secret Room pals.
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I'll be in Portland this weekend for Rose City Comic Con!!!!
Come to table J 13 by the bathrooms!
Come to table J 13 by the bathrooms!
September 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I'll be in Portland this weekend for Rose City Comic Con!!!!
Come to table J 13 by the bathrooms!
Come to table J 13 by the bathrooms!
This weekend I will be at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon!
DEEP NIGHT is a new comic debuting at RCCC - created by me and Waloph, Deep night is the story of a paranormal romance author lost in the depths of his own life.
If you're in Portland, head over to Author's Lane and check it out!
DEEP NIGHT is a new comic debuting at RCCC - created by me and Waloph, Deep night is the story of a paranormal romance author lost in the depths of his own life.
If you're in Portland, head over to Author's Lane and check it out!
September 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
This weekend I will be at Rose City Comic Con in Portland, Oregon!
DEEP NIGHT is a new comic debuting at RCCC - created by me and Waloph, Deep night is the story of a paranormal romance author lost in the depths of his own life.
If you're in Portland, head over to Author's Lane and check it out!
DEEP NIGHT is a new comic debuting at RCCC - created by me and Waloph, Deep night is the story of a paranormal romance author lost in the depths of his own life.
If you're in Portland, head over to Author's Lane and check it out!
Going on a 2 week vacation right before a big con challenge starts next week... I think I'm ready...
August 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Going on a 2 week vacation right before a big con challenge starts next week... I think I'm ready...
#comicbook friends: I am tabling my first comic con this year in Author's Alley and I have no idea how many copies of my comics I should print to prepare. Any advice!?
(I will have 2 comics for, a one-shot and a collection of works)
(I will have 2 comics for, a one-shot and a collection of works)
May 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#comicbook friends: I am tabling my first comic con this year in Author's Alley and I have no idea how many copies of my comics I should print to prepare. Any advice!?
(I will have 2 comics for, a one-shot and a collection of works)
(I will have 2 comics for, a one-shot and a collection of works)