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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉

@chrislaumanson.bsky.social

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Mixed Scottish-Chinese (Hakka) Comic creator, writer and illustrator based in Glasgow. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇭🇰🎨📝 He/Him/佢 📧: [email protected] #comic | #art | #illustration www.chrislaumanson.co.uk

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · Apr 30

Hi all! I'm Chris Lau Manson, an artist and comic creator based near Glasgow in Scotland.

I've worked with many clients in the fields of journalism, theatre, and academia to bring a human element to their work!

See more of my work on my site:
www.chrislaumanson.co.uk
📧: [email protected]

A semi-realistic illustration of a young black woman with a guitar slung across her back, holding a microphone. An enthusiastic crowd is illustrated below her.

A stylised illustration of a tall, cyclopean person in a suit, reaching down and taking placards from protestors while simultaneously making an imperfect copy before holding this copy up to a trio of people with media devices for heads, floating above everything in a cloud.

A comic page of a young woman being surprised by the appearance of a powerfully-built, wild-looking woman with flam-red hair and rough hide clothing.

A comic page of a Chinese monk being led through a forest by a maiden, who hears the keening wail of hunting demons before the monk does.

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Rob from Chicago (Sleeper Service) @robfromchicago.com · 1d

Portland right now.

Kermit the Frog sitting in his swamp and paying his banjo, singing:

Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me Fuck you I won't do what you tell me

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 21h

Issue 27 of Kid Eastwood made the shortlist for best narrative at the Selkie Awards!!

I’m Incredibly honoured to be up there with such great looking books!!

Selkie Comic Awards @selkieawards.org · 21h

BEST NARRATIVE

🦭 Kid Eastwood #27 by Connor Tierney
🦭 One More Year by Simon Birks (Writer), Pietro (Artist), Rob Jones (Letterer)
🦭 Ruin of the House of the Divine Visage by Eve Greenwood and Spire Greenwood
🦭 Sacred Bodies by VER
🦭 The Silence of our Fathers by François Giro

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 6h

I can’t stress enough how utterly embarrassing it is to see experienced artists suddenly use AI

I can never have a shred of respect for someone who used to be a peer & who decided to embrace something that’s the opposite of any craft & any human endeavour

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Cat 🌻🌾 | Live Laugh Love&Peace ✌️ @tsundernova.bsky.social · 19h

A Duel of Fools has been nominated for two Selkies this year!! I'm over the moon! All the shortlists are PACKED with incredible work, huge congratulations to all the shortlisted creators, especially my lovely friends @spiremint.bsky.social, @evegwood.com, @sna1l.bsky.social and @verface.bsky.social

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Lio 🌿 Gravehearts out now! @kroovv.bsky.social · 22h

Gravehearts chapter 1 is now live on itch! 🪦💛

kroovv.itch.io/gravehearts

and an illustration of 3 characters surrounded by an orange autumnal tree and graves. One character is a cat clown doll floating above the right shoulder of a large buff man with a beard and overalls, then floating over the man's other shoulder is a slightly transparent cowboy with green hair and heavy scars.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 7h

"In this post I will break down... many of you, and unfortunately the road to recovery will be long and arduous."

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 7h

Link

Eric Kim (김현철) inkskratch.com @inkskratch.com · 7h

Link

Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 12h

Link

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 13h

Link.

✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 13h

Link.

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 4d

What if we all just post the word Link over and over again repost it and like then until even the normies are bothered?

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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 13h

Link.

Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 4d

What if we all just post the word Link over and over again repost it and like then until even the normies are bothered?

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 17h

Congrats on the shortlisting, John!

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 17h

I have like one item of Le Creuset because it's so expensive, but I love it. It's the dish I make pasta bakes in and I bought it with birthday money if I remember correctly.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 17h

Ooh 👀

Yes, books!

Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 17h

I'm sorry, Karie. The worst eople are getting bolder - we'll all rely on the kindness of our friends to get through this.

Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 17h

So far as I understand, though, it comes from a similar place - people seeing characters who, like them, weren't white. Characters with agency, with stories that weren't centered around their ethnicity.

Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 17h

In turn, this also re-sparked my interest in understanding how African Americans identified with kung fu films in the 70s and the 80s, but it is late and I will go searching for more articles later 👀

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 17h

Fortunately, Google -ai returned an EXCELLENT article about not just Piccolo, but many other characters from Millennial media. Written by @kambole.bsky.social, it's well worth a read because it's so detailed and *intensely* personal.

www.blackstarfest.org/seen/read/is...

He's One of Ours: Blackness in Animation - Seen journal

Watching 'Dragon Ball Z' as a kid, I knew on an instinctual level that Piccolo was family, and it wasn’t just his paternal nature.

www.blackstarfest.org

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 17h

Ever since watching Dropout's "Cartoon Characters who are invited to the Cookout" Smartypants episode, which specifically points out that Piccolo will be there by default because he is obviously Black, I had my desire to read more about Piccolo's Black identity reignited. I just find it fascinating.

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 19h

Definitely saw this in the Scholastic bookfair and was very confused about it until I accidentally saw the show it was based on on CBBC right before the news or something

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Selkie Comic Awards @selkieawards.org · 21h

🦭 It's time to announce the shortlist for our 2025 Selkie Awards!🦭

Check out the link below for the details, and for information on how to sign up to our online award ceremony:

🦭 selkieawards.org/2025 🦭

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Dominique Duong @domduongart.bsky.social · 22h

You should all read this if you want a great queer regency romcom and period drama 😊

Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 22h

happy birthday to my queer regency rom-com I Shall Never Fall in Love!!!! overwhelmed by how many people have read and enjoyed it in the last year tbh. THANK YOU to everyone who's read, supported, and/or said nice things, it really means the world #books

Photo of me holding the UK version of I Shall Never Fall in Love surrounded by yellow flowers on a sunny day

Comic panels from I shall never fall in love. A drawing of a girl in a garden clasping another's hands and saying 'you have excellent marriage prospects'. The next panel zooms out so we can see the rose arch looks like a wedding arch, and the other replies, 'I do?'

Comic panels from I shall never fall in love. Two young white people in regency dress dancing very close outside a window, one in an evening dress and the other in a more traditionally masc jacket

Comic panel from I shall never fall in love. A drawing of (the same) two people in skirts sitting in a window seat of a fancy room looking towards two girls by the piano. One says 'do you think her more accomplished than me?' and the other replies 'Well.'

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Scott Frerichs @kaiserneko.bsky.social · 20h

Young furries, do not buy this repulsive slop

Support actual furry artists if you want silly furry merch, they're out there and they're happy to oblige, and you won't be feeding a machine looking to capitalize on your subculture

Corporate shitposting needed to be smothered in the crib, istg

Spazzy 📎 @spazzy.bsky.social · 22h

Between this and the Spirit Halloween masks, it's amusing but also the nightmare of furry going mainstream. 💀

Gross furry shirts at Spencer's. s: @R0rek (X)

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Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 19h

Oooooft

Fuckin hell

Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 21h

"Use the code MILKME for 10% off!"

Actually cackling

Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 21h

Total time editing video today: 4 Hours
Total length of time actually usefully added to video: 5 minutes

And now, to the shops!

Chris Lau Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 22h

Yay, and now to install a poltergeist inhabiting a cat doll onto my phone with ZERO CONSEQUENCES 😌

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