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Birdee Blake
@birdeeblake.bsky.social
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30+, Queer Crippled Art Gremlin. Creator of @magicfreelance.bsky.social, a queer historical-fantasy comic!
Anti-AI, occasionally NSFW, obnoxiously COVID-conscious
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Birdee Blake @birdeeblake.bsky.social · Oct 13
I'm Birdee, a disabled amateur comic artist, working on The Magical Freelancer's Guild, a queer historical-fantasy! I post a lot about disability, other comics, and politics.

Follow @magicfreelance.bsky.social for just MFG posts, and linktr.ee/BirdeeBlake for all the places to read the comic!

🔥🐦!
The 2023 main cover of The Magical Freelancer's Guild. The main cast of Monty, Luca, Lana and Zendaya stand on the stone balcony of their guild hall, looking down at what appears tobe a fire below. Lana, Monty and Zen all look somewhat relaxed, while Luca looks startled. A digital painting of a group of people dressed in Edwardian-inspired fantasy party clothes. They are standing around a table laden with various Autumn foods. Both the characters and the feast are lit by the glow of two red candles on the table. Chapter 4, Page 4 of digital comic The Magical Freelancer's Guild. Monty, a man with long hair tied back in a ponytail, wearing a green and brown vest, rearranges some books on a shelf while talking to a person with chin-length brown hair and several bandages on their face. "Hey, Bert-- I heard you can tell a lot about someone by how they use Magic. For instance, you cast by reading aloud from a book, but you insist on translating it into Latin first." Snickering, Monty adds: "Does it not work if you're any less stuck-up?" The other character jumps up out of their seat, fuming. "Why you assho--" And is cut off by the return of a third character. Chapter 3, page 14 of The Magical Freelancer’s Guild. The panels at the top and bottom appear to be burning away to reveal the sepia-toned flashback panel in the middle.
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birdeeblake.bsky.social
Gimme $7 to see Monty be an absolute doofus and fail at therapy sex or something idk
January 19, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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birdeeblake.bsky.social
NSFW artists, use one piece to convince people to follow you!

Well, I guess, this one of vampire AU Caspian? 🥴 sure, yea.
A digital illustration of a man with long red hair, red eyes and vampire fangs, kneeling on the ground. He's wearing a muzzle, a desperate, flustered expression and nothing else. He has a burn scar on his bare chest and on the arms that are tied behind his back. Someone is grabbing the muzzle and pulling his face up towards them. Look I don't know how to finish writing this alt text to describe his cock and I don't know why I'm like this but it's there and it's ready to go so just enjoy it or whatever okay geez.
January 19, 2026 at 5:57 AM
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crabbng.kingsofsorts.com
quote with art you've gotten from other artists and promote them

GLADLY

1. @martiwikiwi.bsky.social
2. @samorog.bsky.social
3. @honey-hamster.bsky.social
4. @radokely.bsky.social
watercolor art of Aoife and Tera from the webcomic Kings of Sorts sitting under a cherry blossom tree. Tera is giving Aoife a little peck on the cheek. digital art of Hana and Bonic from the webcomic Kings of Sorts. They are dancing together and looking very cute. digital art of Chaar from the webcomic Kings of Sorts in a fancy little outfit looking very cute. digital art of Kiigari from the webcomic Kings of Sorts flying down from the sky in a fancy outfit, sword in hand, looking very cool.
January 19, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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byelacey.bsky.social
the snow enjoyer™
several drawings of a big white dog enjoying snow
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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magicfreelance.bsky.social
Hey look what I found on my phone. Look at how scruffy Monty was 🥹
A digital drawing of very early designs of several characters from The Magical Freelancer's Guild webcomic.
January 19, 2026 at 7:14 AM
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doodlemancy.com
guilty
doodle of Ogata sitting and staring into space next to a toilet paper roll that's been strewn everywhere and shredded
January 19, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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hearing-girl.bsky.social
To add on to this, because Erin's getting a lot of "ugh, then what CAN we say?" in the comments: the problem is not a naughty list of banned words to be replaced by approved synonyms. The problem is that general "intelligence" as a concept is largely incoherent and only useful for eugenics.
erinbiba.bsky.social Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 16h
I’m seeing increased use of this word and I just want to gently suggest that if there’s one word you can manage to remove from your vocabulary it should be this one.

It was coined by a eugenicist who used it as a diagnosis to forcibly institutionalize and sterilize mentally disabled people.
The Origins of the Word "Moron" Are Actually REALLY Sinister
It's much more than just a casual insult.
www.teenvogue.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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ravinestudios.ca
❄️⛸️❄️It was amazing to show the first peek of the game to people at @mivsmagfest.bsky.social ❄️⛸️❄️
January 15, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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smoothdunk2.bsky.social
A Nazi (2026)
4 panel comic: Panel 1: A smug Nazi throwing up a Nazi salute Panel 2: The Nazi gets hit with a little water balloon Panel 3: The Nazi starts to shrink and shrivel Panel 4: The Nazi is a now tiny crying baby
January 18, 2026 at 3:14 AM
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anjesatvrnalis.bsky.social
been a while, sorry about that!

on this page; secret bases?

🍃 tuppenceforstardust.spiderforest.com 🍃

[ #webcomics #spiderforest #comicupdates ]
January 19, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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brainmage.bsky.social
Don't know who needs to hear this, but

Unclench your jaw

Let your shoulders drop

Liquefy all your connective tissue for the nutrients

Slither bonelessly off your chair

Wick yourself up the walls through capillary action

Envelop the room

Become a new god

Become a new god
October 18, 2023 at 11:04 AM
birdeeblake.bsky.social
My brain still hurts so maybe I should stop trying to use it to make words for a bit x_X
January 19, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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amarathimi.bsky.social
Artist! Quote with your most detailed art!

[ #boc-comic #webcomic #webcomics #art ]
Full page spread panel from webcomic "Book of Change".
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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amarathimi.bsky.social
Here's the cover, the protagonist and the antagonist in single image.

Now with 20% more leg room! (Really need to draw a new cover at some point...)

[ #boc-comic #webcomic #webcomics ]
Book of Change cover, with both the protagonist and the antagonist.
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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lonelytuatara.bsky.social
On today's Clover & Cutlass: there are many benefits to being a fantasy botanist
cloverandcutlass.com/comic/chapte...
Start reading the current chapter here: cloverandcutlass.com/comic/chapte...
Start from the beginning here: cloverandcutlass.com/comic/cover/
Comic preview crop
January 19, 2026 at 6:13 AM
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aplante.com
just a couple hours left on this 💕
aplante.com Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 3d
lol my accountant made a mistake on last year's taxes and now i owe almost $2k so I need to sell some prints STAT 💀

🇨🇦 All 8"x10" and 5"x7" prints in my shop are 10% off over this weekend with code TAXSZN!!

🌎 10% off my INPRNT shop until Monday! Code: T831SYSY
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ART FER YER WALLS IMPORTANT INFO: All print orders placed after DECEMBER 16 will be processed in the New Year starting the week of January 5th. NEW PICKUP LOCATION! The good folks at Bear Face General...
aplante.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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trungles.com
Things continue.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
In a lot of ways, I'm really lucky. I work from home. I write and draw books. I still experience a lot of the same normal creative issues. I'm burned out. My current project frustrates me. But a few things in my routine have changed. Me: Hey, mom. Are the cousins okay? How's grandma? And your sisters? Me: Oh, good. Yeah. Okay, that's good. I'll call you later. Watching Bob's Burgers on repeat while I work. My friends check in from time to time. Text: I got rubber-bulleted by ICE just on my way back from work. Ouch. Text: Hey I'm gonna observe tomorrow at the protest. I'll text every hour, and if you don't hear from me, please call [number] and give them my identifying information. I'd probably be at the Whipple. Okay? Text: They knocked on my door, but I'm okay. I demanded a signed judicial warrant, and they couldn’t provide one, so they left. I’m worried all the time. Very little in the news feels encouraging. Headline: Mayor Kaohly Her says she was told to carry a passport amid ICE operations in Minnesota St. Paul Mayor elect Kaobly Her says her office received reports of federal agents going door-to-door asking where the Asian people are. KARE11 January 16, 2026 And it makes me feel utterly untethered from reality when I have to live like this and just get back to work and draw my stupid little cartoons. Nothing else feels real or important right now. But my neighbors are doing such a great job staying engaged and finding needs to meet. Text: I'm running to Costco and picking up some canned goods to run to the food shelf. Let me know if you want to donate anything. Text: I'll throw in for some canned goods! Text: Me too! Text from me: What's your Venmo? I can contribute.
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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December 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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rosemarymosco.com
Something a little different. Some cartoonists put out a call for comics about local ICE experiences. This one happened a few months ago so it's a little older than current events, but it's a story that I never stopped thinking about. #ICEoutcomics
An image of a volleyball against a blue background. The text says: In my home state of Massachusetts, ICE is hunting a man who has an expired visa. They find the man’s car, but the driver is just the man’s son, a teen heading to volleyball practice. ICE arrests the teen. A conversation between two people in speech bubbles: “Do you know why you’re under arrest?” “No.” “Because you’re illegal. You’re an immigrant.” “Ma’am, I was seven years old.” Then, text at the bottom says: The teen is put into a concrete cell with 35 men. The community rallies behind him. There's an image of yard signs with the smiling face of the teen that say Free Marcelo. Some quotes from locals: “He’s one of our brothers. Without him, it just kind of feels like a dark, empty room.” -volleyball team captain. “This administration isn’t keeping us safe by putting 18-year-old honors students in prison.” -MA Rep. Moulton In the cell, the teen helps translate for those who don’t speak English. Many are ill. After 6 days, he’s released. There's an image of a hand and arm, with a crinkly foil bracelet tied around the wrist. Wearing a bracelet that another detainee made him from one of the thin mylar blankets they were given, he says: “ I don’t want to cry. But I want to say...nobody should be in here.”
January 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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vermillionworks.bsky.social
The Devil's Trill - Chapter 3, Page 1: Dunderheid
vermillionworks.com/devilstrill

Chapter 3, Page 7 is up at Patreon.
patreon.com/c/vermillion...

A Victorian horror romance webcomic.
#thedevilstrillcomic #webcomics #victorianera #darkromance #webtoon #horrorromance
A shot of a gentlemen's club (not that kind). A place for upper class men to converse, gamble, etc. Two men are standing outside of it talking, one is holding an umbrella that's protecting them both from the rain. Another man is descending the steps to the entrance of the building. The man exiting the building is in fact Neil Cunningham, who he appears to be very inebriated. He's in outdoor attire a wearing a top hat and overcoat that's not quite pulled on all the way, and is carrying a cane. He appears to miss the last step and barely stops himself from falling face first into the sidewalk. Neil: Guh! The two men taking shelter under the umbrella notice Neil's predicament, and one of them, a man with a mustache, comments on it. Man1: You hold your liquor as well as you gamble, Neil. Neil points a finger at him, still staggering. Neil: Ugh, yer a dunderheid. Roulette's my game anyway. I'll sh... show ye next time! The other man with grayish brown hair shows a bit more empathy. Man2: Haha, do you need help getting home, Cunningham? Neil walks away (wobbily). Neil: Nahh, iz just *hck* few blocks from 'ere.
January 19, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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wysticlipse.art
Apparently the AI bros are on another round of "Hatsune Miku is AI, checkmate luddites" so this is just a reminder that the singer behind Miku was paid and still earns royalties, and beyond that, Miku is nothing more than a MIDI soundboard with advanced pitch converter options, it is not genAI.
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 AM
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edencomplex.bsky.social
daily panels time~ 😌 ⚡what's in the ark?? wHAT's IN THE ARK??? (🧵1/2...)

from CH66 of Eden Complex: edencomplex.carrd.co
on webtoon + tapas!

#comic #webcomic #webtoon #tapas #lgbt #nb #nonbinary #agender #cyborg #oc #ocart #ocsky #smallartist #comics #art #action #drama
first left panel is mysterious dark purple substance breaking thru the hitech-filled Holy Order mask 2nd right panel is long panel of the mask exploded into flames behind, w/ Gabi (childlike nb cyborg in the bottom left corner) in shock, hair + ear + shoulder slightly affected by the explosion. they are inside a tent (which a curtain is also fluttering behind)
January 19, 2026 at 3:01 AM
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cranebones.bsky.social
Cue the scene of King George from Hamilton singing,

🎶I wasn't aware that was something a person could do~🎶
Pharmacist Cranebones has a phone headset on and is tiredly sipping coffee while calling a doctor's office. He says, "Hello. Just wanted to verify this script for methylphenidate for a 70-year-old? She's never been on stimulants before." The doctor's office responds, "Ah, yes. The patient has been sleeping a lot during the day and needed something to give her energy." Cranebones, with an odd smile on his face very quietly says, "I see" in the loudest way possible.
January 19, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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magicfreelance.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/18-pat...

😌Too tired to write words, here is the thing.
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
birdeeblake.bsky.social
NSFW artists, use one piece to convince people to follow you!

Well, I guess, this one of vampire AU Caspian? 🥴 sure, yea.
A digital illustration of a man with long red hair, red eyes and vampire fangs, kneeling on the ground. He's wearing a muzzle, a desperate, flustered expression and nothing else. He has a burn scar on his bare chest and on the arms that are tied behind his back. Someone is grabbing the muzzle and pulling his face up towards them. Look I don't know how to finish writing this alt text to describe his cock and I don't know why I'm like this but it's there and it's ready to go so just enjoy it or whatever okay geez.
January 19, 2026 at 5:57 AM