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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · Apr 11

Looks like I missed #PortfolioDay a few days ago.

I've worked as a color artist for comics since 1991, primarily for Marvel, DC, Image, Vertigo, and Dark Horse, on Preacher, Daredevil, Batman, etc, etc.

Portfolio website: matthollingsworth.com

Not looking for work.

Artist credits in Alt text.

A page from the Image comic Seven to Eternity, drawn by Jerome Opeña and colored by me. A strange creature grabs a man's hand, surrounded by rainbow fireflies.

A page from the Image comics Precious Metal, drawn by Ian Bertram and colored by me. A glowing, multi-faced, multi-armed god glows brightly at the center of a cloud of entrails, as a man looks on.

A page from the Image comics November, drawn by Elsa Charretier and colored by me. A girl wakes up in bed with two other girls, scantily clad after a seeming night of debauchery, only to be beaten with a crutch by an angry man

A promo piece for DC Comics' The Curse of the White Knight, drawn by Sean Murphy and colored by me, featuring the Joker on the left, Azrael with a flaming sword on the right, and Batman swinging across the image.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 7h

I was SO busy this week, I missed my short story "Grown Boy" going up at Intrepidus Ink. Not tomorrow, like the video says, but live now.

It's flash, so takes only a few minutes to read. Go check it out.

#amwriting #flash #flashfiction #magicalrealism

intrepidusink.com/grown-boy/

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 9h

Check out this thread if you want to see preview pages of our new Vertigo comic.

Deniz Camp @denizcamp.bsky.social · 9h

BLEEDING HEARTS! My new creator owned book with @StipanMorian, Matt Hollingsworth (goat), Hassan Otsmane Elhaou (Nope), coming from VERTIGO COMICS! (that has a nice ring, doesn't it?)

So...what it about? (6 page preview below)

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 13h

Just got an email telling me it's the last day for 'prime deals.' Fug that crap. Want a real deal? Check out our selection of $2 eBooks for October. Any sale helps keep our indie spirit going. Thank you!

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

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Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Horrific Scribblings @horrificscribs.bsky.social · 1d

NEW SCRIBBLING ALERT! @stevetoase.bsky.social, who joined HORRIFIC SCRIBES with the #surreal "Dental Hygiene," returns with "Húsið Mitt," a story about rarefied dining that won four hearts for extremity. Very imaginative! Read for free: horrificscribblings.com

#horror #foodhorror #extremehorror

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 1d

Yeah. I'm back working with Vertigo after all these years and loving it, loving my collaborators.

𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗣𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 @stipanmorian.bsky.social · 1d

BLEEDING HEARTS! @denizcamp.bsky.social on a typewriter, @matthollingsworth.com with a paint roller and me with chikin' leg voodoo pencils, almost like grabbing a live wire!

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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SmokeLong Quarterly @smokelong.bsky.social · 25d

Issue 89 with new CNF by Aimee Bender, our first featured author in our Master Series, is live! Work by established writers and those new to the form rubbing elbows in this issue. All rare gems by writers from around the globe. So proud of everyone in this issue. www.smokelong.com/issue-eighty...

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 5d

Yup. Great one. Tiny story. You have the few minutes it takes to read. Go. Read it.

Emily Rinkema @emilyrinkema.bsky.social · 5d

Wow, @jennystalter.bsky.social, amazing story! That ending is so brutal and so good!

Fictive Dream @fictivedream.bsky.social · 5d

"So, this lady’s looking at me with more desperation than I’ve ever seen in someone’s eyes..." Divine Intervention by Jenny Stalter @jennystalter.bsky.social #flashfiction #shortstory #writingcommunity. Please click on the link and enjoy fictivedream.com/2025/10/05/d...

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 5d

I listen to a ton of music while writing or painting. Good for the soul.

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 5d

By no media, I meant no news. I still watch shows during my cleanse.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 5d

Maybe try the cleanse I do every January? No media, no social media, no news, no caffeine, no intoxicants—for a month. Read stories/books on paper before sleepy time.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 6d

Music for a Saturday night. They're not Russian, not supporting evil invasions that I know, so don't freak out on me. Droning post metal. U like Mogwai? Check it. These guys are in my writing playlist. Instrumental wall of lovely noise. @russiancircles.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNDD...

Russian Circles - Tupilak

YouTube video by Evgeniy Volkov

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 6d

Bummer. I was there in 2017. Not sure if he was there then, but it was nice. Some local guy got me way too high, then took me there. And when I hoofed it back to the hotel, I wandered into a crowd of naked bicyclists, hundreds of them, while still quite high. World Naked Bike something or other.

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 6d

And as far as I remember, they pulled a proper pint. Mostly Fullers, if I'm not mistaken, but in good shape.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 6d

There's a pub in Brighton called The Basketmakers Arms that has tins on the walls, like breath mint tins, etc. And people leave messages in those. You can open them and pull out little scraps of paper with poems, notes in various languages, etc. And you can leave your own. Great fish and chips, too.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 6d

Just back from an apple harvest to make hard cider. After 19 years in Croatia, I've finally fallen in with a group of other foreigners, and they're lovely people. I had fun. Brought a 14-year-old mead I made, which was a hit. Good fun. Now, I have to prep for brewing beer tomorrow.

#homebrew

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Kerry C. Byrne @kercoby.bsky.social · 8d

Reminder: anyone can found and edit a SFF magazine.

There’s no regulatory body or hoops. You create the position for yourself.

Many of these people are amazing—

But mag Editors are just guys who decided to spend a lot of time on something they love.

Just people.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 9d

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 11d

Tickets secured for @giaaband.bsky.social in Zagreb October 18th. Looking forward to it!

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 14d

Now this is Content

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 12d

I do see some people who love the show, though. And I sort of mentally file that away, that I won't trust their recommendations for shows in the future.

Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 12d

Worst offense, though: It's mostly boring. I don't care about any of the characters and just want them all to die horrible deaths. I don't care about the aliens either. I haven't watched the latest episode, though. The show is a massive disappointment on nearly every level.

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 12d

Willy Wonka was hard to tolerate. Almost everyone are imbeciles beyond belief for their jobs. The Alien's a no-show. The eyeball alien is cool, as is communicating with the alien. The aliens look like shit, though. Too clean, not wet enough, too rubbery. Wrong shader used for the CG, imho.

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