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Casper Manning

@casperusual.bsky.social

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Designer at First Second Books | He/They Cartoonist + Illustrator | Queer + transmasc 🏳️‍⚧️ from the U.K | Rep’d by:Alice Sutherland-Hawes Shop: https://caspermanning.etsy.com I make silly Star Trek comics sometimes

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Casper Manning @casperusual.bsky.social · Oct 28

Thrilled to finally be able to shout about this GN I’m working on!!

Casper Manning’s Flying Out, following a teenager who, while spending a summer in their old hometown, realised they do n out identify with the gender they were born as, to Alex Lu at Random House Graphic, at auction, in a two-book deal for publication in summer 2027, by Alice Sutherland-Hawed at ASH Literary (World English)

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Adam Szym @adamszym.bsky.social · Jun 25

Tonight is huge for Cartoonist Americans as Zohran Mamdani is the first mayor of New York City with a cartoonist girlfriend

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geneva @gdbee.bsky.social · May 28

class is in session!

Illustration of a girl reading a book to a handful of lambs and two dragons in a big field. It's a beautiful day out so everyone's sunbathing instead. Drawn by gdbeeart in May 2025, paint tool sai

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · May 21

It's Bigger Than Alex Graham's Comic: An Instagram post has stirred up a hornet's next of controversy by suggesting that comics by marginalized groups are overrated

Commentary: It’s Bigger Than Alex Graham’s Comic (With An Update)

An Instagram post by Alex Graham has stirred up a hornet's next of controversy

www.comicsbeat.com

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · May 19

new comic on Gil Scott Heron www.patreon.com/posts/pieces...

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Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.social · May 8

oh I see, when the pope chooses a new name, Christians are all for it and address him as such, but a TRANS person chooses a new name—

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hermanos. @iamdavidbrothers.com · Apr 30

Top 5 Best Adobe InDesign Tricks That Almost Sometimes Work

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · Apr 23

My drawing skills are perfectly consistent, as long as the room’s the right temperature, I slept just enough, ate well, have zero plans later, my chair feels right, my internet’s stable, I’m wearing my cozy hoodie, no one texts me, and I don’t remember that one embarrassing thing from 10 years ago.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · Apr 10

Hiveworks, a webcomic publisher that offered both digital and physical publishing and marketing services - will shut down its publishing operations by the end of the year.

Hiveworks Comics sunsets publishing program

Hiveworks, a webcomic publisher that offered both digital and physical publishing and marketing services - will shut down its publishing operations by the end of the year.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Casper Manning @casperusual.bsky.social · Apr 9

The British gov saw acclaimed anime Psycho-pass and learned nothing.

Alex Paknadel from off of comics @alexpaknadel.bsky.social · Apr 9

This has Thiel and Palantir's stink all over it.
And *of course* they're using ethnicity and mental health as predictors of criminal behaviour.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill

Exclusive: Algorithms allegedly being used to study data of thousands of people, in project critics say is ‘chilling and dystopian’

www.theguardian.com

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Casper Manning @casperusual.bsky.social · Mar 17

save me from the Daily Horrors soft Mon Rovîa song

An illustration of a boy tearing up whilst holding a phone. The phone is playing “City on a Hill” by Mon Rovîa

Casper Manning @casperusual.bsky.social · Mar 13

Aaaa I need 10 of these

Casper Manning @casperusual.bsky.social · Mar 10

It’s like that thing where they let the penguins out to see other exhibits but it’s dinosaurs at the museum.

Super thrilled with how these new A4 riso prints turned out!! Grab them at my shop or at MoCCA this weekend!

Photo of a risograph printed illustration of a dinosaur skeleton. The dinosaur is surrounded by lots of storage boxes containing more dino bones and other scientific research. The room the skeleton is in looks like a cluttered back room of a natural history museum. The print is printed in federal blue, sunflower, bright red and teal inks.

Close up of the riso print from slide one. The riso texture is more visible.

Another close up of the riso print from slide one.

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Joseph Galbo @josephgalbo.bsky.social · Mar 10

When I hear people describe themselves as content creators.

An older Orson Welles sitting down for an interview, but with a meme quote that says: Content, content, content! A taco possesses content. A ship's manifest. An owner's manual for the operation of a microwave. Was Botticelli a content creator? Did Joyce wreck himself in chasing English to its limits "for the vine"? My God, man; have a little self respect.

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Casper Manning @casperusual.bsky.social · Mar 5

Excited to be tabling again with @kurogyen this spring! Our first event is MoCCA the weekend after next. Table number 61.

Spring 2025 Con schedule with @kurogyen. Moccafest March 15-16, Capital Art Book Fair April 5-6, BICS April 26-27

Illustration of the Moccafest table map. We’re at table 61

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Debbie Fong 🌲✨ @debbiefong.com · Feb 11

📢 My origami book Kickstarter is live!! ✨🎏 The LITTLE BOXES book includes everything you need to fold 8 mini paper cartons, each with its own illustrated design.

➡️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/deb...

The LITTLE BOXES book, featuring illustrated, bold typography, and an image of 6 mini origami paper boxes designed like fruit/vegetable/beverage cartons, arranged with lots of little toy food props

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Jan 30

I mean, literally, the answer to this is "I am federally prohibited from telling you anything about my students without a subpoena or judicial warrant; if you have a subpoena or judicial warrant, please submit it to [Legal Officer/Office] to ensure it is in compliance with all relevant federal laws"

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · Jan 30

If you have students who are trans no you don’t. If you have students of color who may be affected by ICE no you don’t. If anyone asks you gender or racial the makeup of your class you don’t have to tell them.

Protect your class and protect your students by not complying in advance. They trust you.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jan 29

1. Breaking News: Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting trans youth and teachers in schools who teach for them.

It goes after "social transition" and threatens arrests.

I will go through line by line, as I have the last 3 nights.

Find the EO here:
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Casper Manning @casperusual.bsky.social · Jan 23

It’s gonna be a long 4 years.

Illustration of a white boy staring grumpily at a computer. An orange hand is shooting the middle finger from the computer screen right into the face of the boy. Orange speech balloons come from the computer saying “Nazis but they’re tech bros?? Anti-trans bills, general fascist bullshit, we hate you and all your friends, also pay us money”

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ngoziu @ngoziu.com · Jan 17

THRILLED to announce my next graphic novel, FLIP, which hits bookstores Sept 23, 2025. 🔄✨ This is my most heartfelt, introspective, and autobiographical project to date. I can't wait for everyone to read it!!!

Find out more here: flipgraphicnovel.com
Pre-order here: bit.ly/4aoq3tv