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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 3h

Congrats fella!

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 8h

Very proud to see both Sink Vol 3 and Grawlgore & Shanks nominated for Selkie Comic Awards!

Selkie Comic Awards @selkieawards.org · 9h

🦭 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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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 6h

Heeeeell yeah man! Please let me know what you think when you finish em!! Thanks for turning me onto CBZ files!!

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 6h

All digital rewards for Kid Eastwood the movie have been sent out! Check your email or kickstarter messages!!

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 8h

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 · 9h

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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Selkie Comic Awards @selkieawards.org · 9h

🦭 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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Finding Dee Fish @findingdeefish.bsky.social · 11h

Sometimes, I like doing pieces like this on blank SKETCH COVERS! For the sake of legaity, the logos have been changed to protect the innocent. ;)

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 13h

It’s all about the Halloween comics for me this month, with ORLA! #3 and its seasonal house party setting released in comic shops on 22nd October and SINK: Halloween Special live now on Kickstarter at comixtribe.com/sink. A double-bill of spooky treats!

Cover for ORLA! #3, by Sally Cantirino and Dearbhla Kelly, featuring Orla Bard, looking radiant, kneeling in a Regency era ball gown, surrounded by Halloween decorations, clinging to the arm of someone in a white dress, red high heeled boots and fishnets.

Cover of SINK: Halloween Special, by Alex Cormack, featuring a tattie bogle, a turnip carved with a scary face.

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 13h

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Fran 🍉🍕💥 @franpun.bsky.social · 1d

testing new ipad and apple pencil pro, by drawing Shadow for the first time...
#ShadowTheHedgehog

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 1d

I had a great time joining @sallycantirino.bsky.social on the Fueled by Weird podcast with @cdisweird.bsky.social to talk all things ORLA! and the story behind the making of our comic. Give it a watch!

Chris Dailey @cdisweird.bsky.social · 2d

It's Wednesday, and you know what that means!

It's time for a new episode of Fueled by Weird! This week I got to chat with @johnlees.bsky.social and @sallycantirino.bsky.social about their book Orla! from @madcavestudios.com and more ! Check it out!

youtu.be/4ForXR66L5o?...

S05 Ep06 - We're diving into the dating pool with Sally Cantirino and John Lees!

YouTube video by Fueled by Weird

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 1d

Anytime man! Very excited to get wired in!

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 1d

I just backed this book and you should too!!

John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 1d

SINK: Halloween Special has just passed 300% funded, with over 350 backers! And we've still got 3 weeks to go! Whether you're a veteran SINK reader or a newcomer wanting to get caught up, there are tiers available for you. Pledge your support today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

SINK: Halloween Special #1 | Crime Horror Deluxe Edition

It's HALLOWEEN night in Glasgow! Kids, crooks, clowns & killers collide in a terrifying new 48-page Glow-in-the-Dark one-shot!

www.kickstarter.com

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 1d

SINK: Halloween Special has just passed 300% funded, with over 350 backers! And we've still got 3 weeks to go! Whether you're a veteran SINK reader or a newcomer wanting to get caught up, there are tiers available for you. Pledge your support today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

SINK: Halloween Special #1 | Crime Horror Deluxe Edition

It's HALLOWEEN night in Glasgow! Kids, crooks, clowns & killers collide in a terrifying new 48-page Glow-in-the-Dark one-shot!

www.kickstarter.com

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Julie Mapes @justjuliejam.bsky.social · 2d

Glass scientists meets One piece

Magical gay pirates deprogram a sad, brainwashed man who could overturn the government if he only believed in himself. A story of learning to embrace your differences through fun pirate adventures!

#DVpit #YA #F #AC #HA #LGBT #ND #TV

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Chris Phillips (Demon Logic Productions) @demonlogic.bsky.social · 2d

My Kickstarter books have arrived 🎉
Chuffed with the quality

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 2d

#DVpit Graphic novel pitch:

VIOLAPSE explores the nuances of escaping a dangerous home when violence has become the new normal. Ultimately hopeful, VIOLAPSE is both an indictment and celebration of anger.

Genre: adult thriller/horror
More info: schnumn.com/violapse
Contact: [email protected]

A black and white comic page depicting a woman washing dishes in an eerie way with a bruised eye. The final panel reveals a man tied up at her feet.

An illustration of a red-haired woman holding up a sheet of paper that's burning.

A comic page showing a woman vomiting black tar into another woman's mouth

An illustration of a woman sat on a fancy couch in a dark room. She's looking creepily into the camera as if she's expected you

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 2d

I love you guys, getting to hang out and laugh at stupid bullshit every 2 weeks has enriched my life a lot and I wouldn’t trade it for anything

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 2d

He’s taking a big shit on popeye’s shoulder

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 2d

The back cover for the public domain issue!!

I’m excited about this because I can display the book two ways on tables. I’ll have copies of this at TAGS fest and Thoughtbubble this year!!

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Dominic Kelly @domkellywriter.bsky.social · 2d

"Lunch break"

I usually like to do a little series of pieces across the month to celebrate Halloween, but sadly due to a number of factors I'm unable to do so this year.

So instead please enjoy this art of The Clerk and her staff enjoying a much deserved break!

#OC #OCSky #Art

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 3d

Incredible! DAY ONE, and SINK: Halloween Special is already over 200% funded! Let's keep it going!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

SINK: Halloween Special #1 | Crime Horror Deluxe Edition

It's HALLOWEEN night in Glasgow! Kids, crooks, clowns & killers collide in a terrifying new 48-page Glow-in-the-Dark one-shot!

www.kickstarter.com

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone else been feeling like this a lot lately?

ORLA! #3, from me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com, is set for release on 22nd October.

Orla Bard, looking radiant, is in the midst of a transformation into monstrous alter ego The Ick, apparently struggling to hold it in, screaming, "NNNNG... FUCK OFF!!!!"

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 3d

I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun

OpenAI told the Guardian that content owners can flag copyright infringement using a “copyright disputes form” but that individual artists or studios cannot have a blanket opt-out. Varun Shetty, OpenAI’s head of media partnerships, said: “We’ll work with rights holders to block characters from Sora at their request and respond to takedown requests.”

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