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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · Nov 16

Reintroduction thread:

Name: Sam Erin
Pronouns: He/They
Location: NYC
Interests: Books, mostly YA and comics specifically X-Men, Queer Books, some video games and anime/manga, Horror and SFF fan, Neurodivergent and Queer issues and media
Vocation: Young Adult Librarian

Cassie (she/they) @cassiekayreads.bsky.social · Nov 16

Reintroduction thread:

Name: Cassie
Pronouns: she/they
Location: MD
Interests: Books, theater, burlesque and other performance art, cats, cryptids, movies, video essays, queer disastets
Vocation: nonprofit work breaking barriers to equitable education - being a book faerie

Adam Sass @theadamsass.bsky.social · Nov 16

Reintroduction thread:

Name: Sass
Pronouns: he/him but they’s ok too
Location: Palm Springs
Interests: Zelda, comedy, werewolves, driving around the desert hills, da movies, cutting up, theme parks, and dachshunds
Vocation: creating characters you love in exchange for money and attention

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 13h

You’re allowed to cry! Emotions and brains are A Lot

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David Pepose - Comic Book Writer @peposed.bsky.social · 19h

I absolutely endorse this team-up! Do yourself a favor and pick up TEN-TON TITAN TERRIER and MR. MUFFINS: DEFENDER OF THE STARS at your local comics shop tomorrow — this is truly the next great superpowered puppy double-feature! 🐶🤖🌈

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 18h

YAY glad you got home safe!

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E.M. Anderson | the author too hot for BlueSky @elizmanderson.com · 23h

and here's a static cover reveal post for people who want to skip the book trailer and/or hate videos! cover art by Lucy Rose

THE LORD OF THE WOOD releases in July 2026, from @hanoversquarepress.bsky.social! #author

preorder now: gatheringvolumes.com/item/44euZQq...

the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood, framed in gold with gold flowers against a dark teal background around the edges. The cover is teal with a stag of flowers and foliage growing from a twisted tree with flowers growing around it and black ooze dripping from a branch overhead. the title "The Lord of the Wood" is in large white serif text to the left, with foliage growing through the letters closest to the tree, and the author "E.M. Anderson" is in all-caps yellow text at the bottom. the tagline, in smaller yellow text, reads, "Even a beastly woodland protector needs saving..."

"When lonely clockmaker Arthur Throckmorton loses his way in an enchanted forest, he meets the hero of his childhood bedtime stories: the Lord of the Wood. But instead of the mythical figure of his dreams, the Lord of the Wood is a grim man turning into a beast and losing power over a dying forest. If they can’t save the forest before he becomes a beast completely, Arthur will lose the man he's falling for—and never see his family again." Text is in a textbox against a murky image of a forest, with the cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood below the text, all against a dark teal background with gold curlicues in the corners.

The cover of E.M. Anderson's The Lord of the Wood on a dark teal background with golden leaves overhead, surrounded by yellow text reading: plant magic; sentient forest trying to oops! murder people; intensely homoerotic shaving scene; the one who heard the stories and the one who was in the stories; hopeless romantic who's clueless about his own sexuality; Beauty & the Beast inspired by not a retelling; dual-POV brother/sister; love interest turning slowly into a beast; wound-tending.

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michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social · 1d

WITCHING SEASON is live now on kickstarter!

A 150+ page horror comic anthology from me and Lifeline Comics. Excited for everyone to see what we've been building for most of this year🩸🌙

Cover A by @skyepatridge.bsky.social

More info here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

X-Men is supposed to be some of the most progressive material coming out of Marvel and the brand X-Men as a whole gets diluted when it’s not

(I’m definitely not subtweeting the current era)

X-Men Don't Need Britches 💙💛 @rphutch1975.bsky.social · 1d

What's an opinion about X-Men that'll get you sent to jail? Is Jean really interesting or really boring? Should Logan have stayed dead? Do you think a certain x-mens outfit is positively horrendous even though people seem to love it?

The Brood Saga is better than Dark Phoenix imo 🤷

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KDFoxx🦊 (Kenya Danino)@ NYCC @kaydeefoxx.bsky.social · 1d

Hiya #portfolioday! Im KD, a published comic and cover artist who likes to explore deep parts of humanity, love and monsters! Im also a kiddish soul and love nostalgic cartoons :)

I am available for cover work and would love to work on more fantasy stuff!

Previous work: Dynamite, Vault, DC

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy passed away today according to the House of GG. She was a veteran of the Stonewall rebellion and a lifelong organizer for the safety and dignity of trans people, sex workers, and the incarcerated. She came from the same generation and milieu as Marsha and Sylvia. She was 78.

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

Dude I’ve thought I’ve lost my phone so many times after I HANDED IT TO THE PERSON NEXT TO ME 🤣

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

I didn’t get diagnosed with ADHD until my early twenties… and yet I left my keys in the door OVERNIGHT and my roommate just found them. I did LOCK THE DOOR THO! 🤣🤣🤣

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

GO SLEEP NOW GREG!

Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

I keep trying to make a post with all the pictures I took with friends and creators that I met, but I keep getting distracted because I keep getting really happy. I think this is what ADHD exhaustion is.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 1d

You can get that PROTECT TRANS YOUTH t-shirt, designed by @tombofnull.bsky.social, from @greenpeapress.bsky.social! Proceeds benefit Huntsville's Free LGBTQ+ Closet!
www.greenpeapress.com/shop/p/prote...

Protect Trans Youth — Green Pea Press

Due to the very sudden influx of orders of this product, we are currently working to restock low quantities. We must have gone viral, y’all! Please sign up to receive a restock notifications. Thank yo...

www.greenpeapress.com

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

I hope you have an awesome birthday week!!!

Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

It was GREAT!! I saw SO MANY friends. Met lots of cool folks!! Now I want to sleep for a YEAR

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GlobalComix @globalcomix.com · 1d

This week on GlobalComix, we have new arrivals from Marvel, Kodansha, Magma Comix, Vault Comics, Dren Productions, and numerous independent creators.

Do you have a new or updated series dropping this week? Share details and find links to read/add to your library in the 🧵 below!

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Outsider Comics @outsidercomics.com · 1d

In honor of Indigenous Peoples Day we are running an online sale on all comics by First Nations and Native American creators until Wednesday! All these comics (AND MORE) are 20% off!

shop.outsidercomics.com/collections/...

PS fuck Columbus

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Today's newsletter is all about this brilliant ad www.readtpa.com/p/a-politici...

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

I am post NYCC exhausted but that just means time to rest until work tomorrow!!

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 1d

Please share the news about these students working to get transparency on why books were removed from a statewide reading bowl (including a book ON book banning!!)

bookriot.com/helen-ruffin...

And then sign their petition here: www.change.org/p/ensure-tra...

A Georgia Reading Bowl Bans Titles from Competition, Including a Book on Book Bans

Eight books, including a book about the current spate of book bans and their impact on teens, have been banned from a Georgia Reading Bowl.

bookriot.com

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Colleen Frakes @colleenfrakes.bsky.social · 1d

It's Indigenous People's Day!

Here's some places to donate 🧵

Partnerships with Native Americans provides aid intra-tribally, they cover a lot of groups and a lot of needs-

secure.nativepartnership.org/site/Donatio...

Donate to Partnership With Native Americans - Partnership With Native Americans

secure.nativepartnership.org

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Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

Me

(that’s a joke, but literally anyone other than Columbus)

Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

Sam Erin 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @hearts530.bsky.social · 1d

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEK JASMINE!!!

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 1d

It's my birthday week, and if I could ask for something selfish, it would be that folks spread the word about our new book, The Traitor & The Wretch.

Tell a friend if you liked it, use the #traitorandthewretch tag, request it at your libraries✨

Grab a copy for yourself:
www.bonedustpress.com/shop

www.bonedustpress.com

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Kelly Sue DeConnick @kellysue.bsky.social · 1d

FEELING MESSED UP
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dfw...

FEELING MESSED UP

a mini comic about insomnia, donuts, and depression

www.kickstarter.com

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