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Destination Venus sells comics in Harrogate! @destinationvenus.bsky.social · 4h

Incredibly useful advice about portfolio reviews from the awesome @alisonsampson.bsky.social If you're an aspiring comics maker coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social you should read it closely...

Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 5h

www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/programme/tb...
This year there's going to be accessible and inclusive portfolio reviews at the Thought Bubble comic convention, with the artist guests. These are for absolutely anyone who makes comics from kids to professionals. You should take advantage... Thread. 1/?

Artist Portfolio Reviews With Thought Bubble Guests — Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival

Drop-in comic artist portfolio review sessions with a selection of excellent Thought Bubble guests.

www.thoughtbubblefestival.com

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Rachael Smith @ MCM London Artist Alley A-16 @rachaelsmith.bsky.social · 1d

THE KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!

tinyurl.com/napcomixks

I'll post about it properly in the morning but BY GOSH if anyone else is awake right now I'd sure love for you to take a look!

R xxx

Nap Comix

Bringing the acclaimed webcomic to life in graphic novel form

tinyurl.com

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been reading this since 2007. It reads well, I’m interested, but it’s ~590 pages & I get 1/3 in then halt for some reason, lose my thread, & have to restart.
I hoped this might be the time…but it wasn’t.
Had I finished it, it would have been #200 a book with a cover you love

lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 1d

#201 the one that got away

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 2d

And that’s it for the list - 200 is a nice round number.
Tomorrow will be ‘the one that got away’, and then normal service resumes.
Did it do what I wanted it to? Kinda. Kinda not. But it was fun. And it was a thing.

lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 2d

#200 a book that scraped into the list (I only finished it yesterday)

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 2d

I was meaning that your art often has men with honed, slightly exaggerated physique. Like the guy on your sign-in. And then with added smut. But vampires (to me) are usually thin, and a bit bloodless. Not obvious smut material. But if you see them as inherently smutty then that works fine.

lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 2d

Was the Finland Batman not a bit vampiresque? Not that I’m suggesting that you should smuttify Batman. And aren’t vampires generally a bit too aesthete for smuttification…? Ok, maybe not… Shutting up now

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 3d

#199 a steampunk novel

lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 4d

But is it not ‘good news’ that popular entertainment now has so many participants that are PoC etc ? (I don’t watch it…)

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 4d

#198 a book about being a carer

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 5d

Comics is Hard.

Support the publishers you love, gang. Buy their books, support their crowdfunds, and boost their promo. The margins are razor thin.

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 5d

Humanoids, the US arm of the famed French publisher, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with less than $50,000 in assets

Humanoids files for Chapter 7 bankruptcy

Humanoids, the US arm of the famed French publisher, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy with less than $50,000 in assets

www.comicsbeat.com

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 5d

#197 a book about jokes and joking

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 6d

Eyes popping out of my head at this:

“On average, respondents who were paid for letters were paid $42.72 with the highest rate recorded being $375. These respondents were averaging 1.3 hours of work a page”

Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 6d

The 2024 numbers are crunched, data visualised, and insights SHARED!

Here's the findings of the 2024 Comics Worker Survey!

Anyone can read these findings on income, rates, royalties and more--online or as a PDF.

The Cartoonist Cooperative

Making comics better for everyone!

cartoonist.coop

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 6d

#196 a book that explained the idea of life being heavy

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Jason Grandt @43squaremiles.bsky.social · 6d

When it’s had one of “those posters”, you knew it’d be a good movie… Later I found out those posters were Drew Struzan. And then they became more than the movie, they became the goal if you just kept drawing… I’m still drawing! Haha!

RIP Mr. Struzan and thank you!

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 7d

#195 a book advocating a simple life

lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 8d

#194 a book about Working Mens’ Clubs

lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 9d

#193 a book that helped you plan a journey

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · 10d

An independent bookshop is one of the best things you can support right now.

Visit one today & spend £10 on a book.
#bookshopday

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 10d

#192 a book of its time

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 11d

#191 a book with a malign mirrorworld

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lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 12d

#190 a book about interconnectedness

lynnfollows.bsky.social @lynnfollows.bsky.social · 13d

#189 a book featuring a horse named Bucephalus

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Allen Institute @alleninstitute.org · 15d

Congrats to Mary Brunkow from @isbscience.org on winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine! Brunkow was honored with collaborators Ramsdell and Sakaguchi for their groundbreaking work on immune system regulation.

A proud moment for science and Seattle!

🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems

www.nytimes.com

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