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Hagai Palevsky (he/him)

@dialhforhagai.bsky.social

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Writer, critic, translator. Street cat photographer. President of the Great Clown Pagliacci fan club. Enjoyer of posts and content. https://linktr.ee/dialhforhagai

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hi, I'm Hagai, I write comics and occasionally prose, and criticism thereof. Most of my comics can be read online for free, or purchased on a pay-what-you-want basis on Gumroad and Itch.io.

Always on the lookout for new collaborators, projects, and criticism outlets.

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From "Going Up," written by Hagai Palevsky with art by J. Marshall Smith.

From "Mosquitoes," written by Hagai Palevsky with art by Justin LaGuff.

From "Running," written and drawn (by way of collage) by Hagai Palevsky.

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 10d

[singing arrhythmically, stretching out some syllables while truncating others] domo arigato mister rubato

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 3h

Obviously the same question should be asked if you’re doing the lettering manually, but it’s easier to maintain the consistency—or, rather, harder to *lose* the consistency—when both of the elements are based on your own physical gestures

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 3h

I don’t think digital lettering always looks bad, but when it does it’s almost always because of a failure to consider the textural cohesion between the lettering and the rest of the art. The question to ask yourself is “Do these elements look like they belong on the same surface together?”

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 4h

one wonders how the trajectory of altcomix would have changed if I NEVER LIKED YOU and PAYING FOR IT had been published under their original titles

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Garrett Young ✸ doctop @doctop.bsky.social · 8h

a sketch in green and black ink of various faces

a sketch in black ink of a demon-posessed man with white eyes and sharp teeth, smiling

various sketches in black ink of people, text reading “Speak louder to me”

a sketch in black ink of a woman walking through a hallway, unaware of small hairy man wearing a necktie perched in the upper corner of a doorway

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 9h

See also THE DEATH-RAY and BUMPERHEAD

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 9h

The genuine answer is JORDAN WELLINGTON LINT. Not a “horror” comic but it scares me in the same way that David Foster Wallace does: “This is what actual human life can look like. This is what actual human life *does* look like, and you can’t escape it, and to hope for more would be foolish.”

What is the scariest comic you’ve ever read?

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 9h

Dash Shaw ranking:

Doctors
New School
Discipline
Bottomless Belly Button
Blurry
Cosplayers
Bodyworld
The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century AD
Clue
Love Eats Brains
The Mother’s Mouth

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 9h

they actually wanted to give me the Nobel and I said “nah man. give it to my buddy László”

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 9d

Can I sign your cast?

“Cast” is a 16-page comic written by me, drawn by @aaronlosty.bsky.social, colored by Aaron and @marissadraws.bsky.social, and lettered by @illusclaire.bsky.social. You can read it below or purchase a hi-res .pdf on Itch:

hagaipalevsky.itch.io/cast

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

slow day today, ask about comics or something

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 11d

got a new phone and I’m not sure if the previous link I posted still works so: ask whatever

Anonymous messages!

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Deeply Unsexy Scary Gorgon Costume @scarygorgon.bsky.social · 1d

5 minute study of a rat sitting like people.

Very quick ink sketch of a rat, sitting on its butt.

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 16h

Was just thinking I’ll have to get a piece from you at some point…

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · Oct 20

Last year I started commissioning artists to draw pieces based on songs I like, and ahead of Thought Bubble I commissioned Anna Readman (one of my favorite cartoonists) to draw a piece based on “Train Song” by Vashti Bunyan (one of the two best songs of all time imho):

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adam @kumerish.bsky.social · 1d

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

that’s pretty good tbh

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

it’s got the single most perplexing description of a penis that I’ve ever encountered!

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

It didn’t last time I checked, so I just forgot to check again, and now it does! So I’ll probably watch it this week.

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

Felix

who is the craziest cat you've ever seen in comics?

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

CICATRIX by @tamingservice.bsky.social

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

Still haven’t found a download! I’m waitin’ patiently…

Have you finally seen the Spiegalman doc?

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I’ve read all of his Avery Hill books. 2120 is maybe my least favorite, and I’m not a huge fan to start with.

Have you read George Wylesol’s 2120 yet?

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t remember how many Vertigo relaunches there have been during my time reading comics—there was the 2015 one, and the 2018, and iirc I think there were some attempts between then and now as well—and I don’t think any of them had anything new to offer in my eyes.

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

I haven’t really looked at the slate of titles, but ultimately: about as meaningless as doing “EC Comics” in 2025. In the age of Image and BOOM! and Oni and Vault and what have you—all lines vying, more or less, for the same identity—the poignancy of Vertigo as a unique “brand” is diluted.

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 1d

slow day today, ask about comics or something

Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 11d

got a new phone and I’m not sure if the previous link I posted still works so: ask whatever

Anonymous messages!

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