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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · 7d

This time, there are FOUR magical dwarves in a trenchcoat, making pancakes.

Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Aug 25

I got to read an advanced PDF of this and it rules. "More Nunsploitation!!!" I scream, looking at the outline I did for a movie entitle Nun More Goth that I wrote after working with Kieron a decade go.

Tini and Jo made a rad book. Check it out.

Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · Aug 25

Final order day for MARIAN HERETIC, Tini Howard and Jo Jaro’s medieval nunsploitation turning theology into KNEEOLOGY and PUNCHOLOGY (which doesn’t rhyme but Marian Heretic will not be confined by your petty rules). Talk to retailers !

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Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · Aug 21

ICYMI: A fundraiser for a great cause AND a sale!

Jody Houser ✒️🗯️🎲 @jodyhouser.bsky.social · Aug 20

One of my first big comics was Faith from Valiant, an Eisner-nominated book that was positive & inclusive. The Bloodshot news from last week was beyond disappointing.

So for one week, I'll donate all profits from Faith shop sales to Trans Lifeline. And take 15% off Valiant with the code "LIFELINE".

Faith comic cover art by Marguerite Sauvage

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Marc Laming all singing, all dancing comics guy. @marclaming.bsky.social · Aug 12

More Endeavour pencils

Issue #1 final order cut off is this Monday, 8/18.

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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · Aug 3

In HALFBLOOD, our protags are brought together by Claire, a British/Kenyan explorer who requires the services of Senjuro, a mixed-race Samurai known as "The Black Demon".

Along w/ Jangveer, their Sikh companion, these 3 are a force of nature.

Click "notify me"!:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Aug 3

When we do our shows at The Pico we have to make special arrangements with a bar to stay open past 10 for after-show drinks. It's wild.

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Aug 1

I legit LOL'd at this. Gotta give it up. A true banger.

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Andy Khouri @andykhouri.bsky.social · Jul 29

TMNT: Fairly in-depth interview with Jason Aaron about the end of his run on what's been, in his words, the best reviewed work of his career; and his collaboration with Juan Ferreyra, who, in my words, is the best Turtles artist of all time. comicbook.com/comics/news/...

Jason Aaron Shares Details on His Big Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Finale (Exclusive)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles writer Jason Aaron breaks down his tenure on the IDW comic and what he has planned before he steps away.

comicbook.com

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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · Jul 29

We’ve pulled out of last & are w/i spitting distance of 2nd place! Big thanks to all who’ve clicked the link so far!

Please head over & click “notify me on launch” to help us secure priority placement for our upcoming campaign! Colors by @20eyesbrad.bsky.social

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 29

A question for @tombrevoort.bsky.social , perhaps?

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Tommy Stella @tommystella.bsky.social · Jul 28

Sad SDCC is over??? Well there’s always more comics to read! Please help get our spooky nostalgic story full of humor, horror, and heart over the $2K hump! We’re just over $500 away from our goal and then it’s time for the trading card stretch goal!

Tommy Stella @tommystella.bsky.social · Jul 23

WE ARE LIVE!!! SUPPORT! SHARE! TELL YOUR DAD!

MUSTN'T TELL #1-3 - The Haunting CONTINUES!

A horror comic full of 00s nostalgia! After maybe defeating the MONSTER, Ryan faces an even more terrifying challenge: a family party.

www.kickstarter.com

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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · Jul 27

HALFBLOOD, story/art by me, colors by @20eyesbrad.bsky.social, coming soon to Kickstarter from HUMANOIDS.

Help us secure priority placement by visiting the link and clicking “Notify me on launch”!

We’re trying to get to 400 by the end of the month! Thank you!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 24

This book rules SO HARD. A tightly wound horror thriller with beautiful character work. Get in on this one, it is GREAT!

Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT!🚨

VERY excited to share w/ you all the title & synopsis of my next OGN coming from Humanoids:

HALFBLOOD
Story/art by me, colors by @20eyesbrad.bsky.social

Launching soon via kickstarter-- click the link below to be notified when it goes live!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hum...

“Do you believe in fate?” asks Senjuro, The Black Demon, to all those who cross his path. Victim or guide.

A masterless, mixed-race samurai, Senjuro skulks through the shadows of an evolving feudal Japan, seeking to serve...but the age of the Samurai flickers on the winds of modernization, and any work to be had is less than honorable. That is until Claire, a wealthy British explorer and anthropologist, swings through the tavern doors seeking aid from the man whose reputation precedes him; the one they call The Black Demon. Her family has just been monstrously slain and exsanguinated, and signs point to perpetrators beyond human. Along with Claire and her Sikh companion Jangveer, Senjuro the Black Demon must face hell on earth to deliver their reckoning, and in the process, find the honor he so desperately seeks.

From the singular mind of Ibrahim Moustafa, who turned time inside out in RETROACTIVE, reimagined The Count of Monte Cristo as a sci-fi epic in COUNT, and put the Western back in Space Western with CYN, comes a thriller that combines worlds have been long-destined to meet, but will collide for the first time within these pages.

Accompanied by an image of our samurai, Claire, and Jangveer in Sikh armor standing at a portcullis with fang-like spikes, dripping with blood.

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Zach 🔱 Pennington YESon5️⃣0️⃣ @zachpennington.com · Jul 20

This was phenomenal. So glad we were able to see one of the shows. I hope it gets another run.

Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 12

*Spins chair Youth Minister style*

Heard about that Keanu Reeves/Alex Winter WAITING FOR GODOT in NYC? Well, did you know there's a hot NEW play all the cool kids are going to check out next weekend in L.A., WAITING FOR [GAL] GADOT?

Don't WAIT, get tix now! www.bespokeplays.com/home/ticketing

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 20

Thanks so much for coming, means the world to have folks make their way out on a July weekend in L.A. to see theater, I am so glad you liked the show!!

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 20

I had an absolute blast! Thanks so much for coming and keeping my wife company! 😛

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 18

OH DANG, IT'S NIGHT OF SHOW, YAL!!!! You gonna be there, or you gonna be left out in the cold, crying that you missed the theatrical event of the season?

www.bespokeplays.com/home/ticketing

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Ethan Sacks @ethansacks.bsky.social · Jul 16

So my daughter is the face of a nationwide Congressional PSA on teenage mental health that launched today. She was chosen based on her advocacy stemming from our @imagecomics.com comic, A HAUNTED GIRL (co-created by her, me, & @marcolorenzana.bsky.social)!

sacks-appeal.beehiiv.com/p/from-a-hau...

From 'A Haunted Girl' to an Undaunted Girl

My daughter is now the face of a nationwide PSA on teen mental health stemming from the advocacy we've been doing with our comic book series.

sacks-appeal.beehiiv.com

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 12

I decided to separate the Reeves/Winter image just to make CRYSTAL clear the shows are unaffiliated (don't sue us, Keanu, we have no money), but I had a grand old laugh making that image homage with my meager Photoshop skills.

Regardless, please come see the show!

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 12

*Spins chair Youth Minister style*

Heard about that Keanu Reeves/Alex Winter WAITING FOR GODOT in NYC? Well, did you know there's a hot NEW play all the cool kids are going to check out next weekend in L.A., WAITING FOR [GAL] GADOT?

Don't WAIT, get tix now! www.bespokeplays.com/home/ticketing

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 12

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 11

I'll be at SDCC, where I will keep repeating to myself, "The trick is not minding that it hurts."

Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks, Robert!

Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 11

A writer & a director sit in a star's waiting room.
And wait.
And wait.
And wait.
Using Beckett's classic as a jumping off point, WAITING FOR [GAL] GADOT explores the existential absurdity of being alive in 2025.
It's a theatrical communion. We all face this world alone. Why not do it together?

Two figures sit on a couch. A marked-up poster reads "Waiting for Gal Gadot. Two acts. No action. Written by Jake Thomas, Directed by Stephanie Sheh. Starring Alan Smyth, Jake Thomas, Eliza Huberth, Rachael Hip-Flores, and Jack Kelly. At the Pico Theater, July 18th and 19th.

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Jake Thomas @jakefromcomics.bsky.social · Jul 11

Hey! L.A. folks! A reminder: WAITING FOR GAL GADOT, a play I wrote and am acting in, is up for 2 days only next week at the Pico. It is an extremely silly play that actually means the world to me, and I'd love to see you there!
www.bespokeplays.com/home/ticketing

Ticketing

Staged Readings July 18 and 19 at the Pico Written by Jake Thomas - Directed by Stephanie Sheh - Starring...

www.bespokeplays.com

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