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George @hannahtempler.com · 13h

Just announced at NYCC! A new Vertigo series from Grace and I about fandom, obsession... and parasocial chaos :)

the cover for Fanatic, a new series from DC vertigo by Hannah Templer and Grace Ellis. The cover depicts a woman cast half in shadow, looking back over her shoulder in a look of surprise as she is caught holding a shovel and wearing a tattered costume in a wooded area. The colors are in two tones of blue and red

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Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social · Aug 19

SABLE: A GHOST STORY is an ongoing gothic horror webcomic, and it launches publicly today!!! Sablecomic.com

An anthropomorphic stoat with white fur and a red sweater brandishes a flashlight in a darkened hallway, as a skeletal animalistic wraith looms out of the shadows behind him.

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Bayleaf 🍃 @iceghost.bsky.social · 10h

Chloe Gendron just put out a vid showing some fantastic technical exercises for inks. I know people ask me about inking a lot so I absolutely recommend all these exercises

10-minute exercises for pen and ink drawing

YouTube video by Chloe Gendron

youtu.be

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Kaylee's Boyfriend @megsyv.bsky.social · 12h

Ended up making a very simple mockup in Blender and tracing/drawing on top of it. 👍

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Harry Shapiro @harrymonster.bsky.social · 2d

Honestly it's a tie between these three, I adore them all!

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Scoiattolo @offline.mountainherder.xyz · 2d

In 2009, NATO put an archive of internal security posters online. They’re great!

www.nato.int

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🕸️jess m. 🎃🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 3d

if I'm not mistaken, this is the first UBI scheme where they aren't in some stupid endless "study" and finally have enough data to just simply DO it, and of course like all the studies showed, the result is a huge boost for the economy

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 3d

@bkindivisible.bsky.social members also folded the incredible @meganpiont.bsky.social's awesome "How to Report ICE" zine for distribution!

You can find them here to fold/distribute yourself! drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Close up shot of some folded "How to Report ICE" zines on a table next to a pair of scissors.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 3d

So, if you're thinking about backing Blanksword but are unsure, there's a demo you can check out right now, which might help you decide. 😊👍

store.steampowered.com/app/3484670/...

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Harry Shapiro @harrymonster.bsky.social · 8d

This will be so cool!!!! I love Goya's paintings and his life is so interesting and tragic

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 8d

Hugh Welchman & Dorota Kobiela (Loving Vincent, The Peasants) are currently working on a new hand-painted animated feature film entitled "Cave Of Dreams".
A horror story about Spanish artist Francisco Goya.
deadline.com/2025/10/lovi...

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Cab @cabfolio.com · 8d

C'est le mois de l'encre!

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 8d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Sen ⚢ @dresdencodak.com · 9d

I love the Weathering Continent (1992) so much. Three scrappy protagonists wandering through an endless city of the dead, complete with moody setpieces and protagonists dealing with a LOT of Gender Feelings.

A really great anime to kick off Spooky Season, imo.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 10d

Hermína Týrlová was a stop-motion legend -- and she used wool to create pure magic.

Her wool animation was part of her career rebound in her 60s. We're exploring these wonderful films and what makes them so special:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/a-legends-...

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 12d

Polar bears occupy abandoned Soviet-era research station

Drone footage captures a group of polar bears living inside an abandoned research station on Russia's Kolyuchin Island.

www.bbc.com

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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 10d

Give folks their flowers

No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier

"They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

Murlin @murlin.bsky.social · 10d

From bravewave.net/interviews/t...

Mo: Do you remember the first time you met someone who said they loved your work on Mega Man 2?

Tateishi: You’re the first, in 2013. No one else has.

Mo: Wow. I’m surprised. I don’t even have a follow-up question… how could no one come up and say something.

Tateishi: …

Mo: Now that you know how big Mega Man 2 is outside of Japan, do you look fondly back at the soundtrack?

Tateishi: Yeah, my thoughts have changed since I met you and became more aware of how people felt. But even when I was at Konami, I didn’t even bother telling anyone I did Mega Man 2. So the fact you came all the way to Japan to tell me these things makes me very happy I worked on the game all those years ago.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 12d

If you're into the 1920s/30s and art depicting common people's lives and night scenes of New York, you'll love the art Martin Lewis (1881 – 1962) made.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_...

Here's a small selection of his work;

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Mark Truesdale @marktweedale.bsky.social · 14d

@23rdstbooks.bsky.social Is there any chance we could get more Castle in the Stars books translated to English?

Le Château des Étoiles – Volume V: De Mars à Paris

Le Château des Étoiles – Volume VI: L’Exposition interplanétaire de 1875

Le Château des Étoiles – Volume VII: Planète des brumes

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Marco Palmieri @mxpalmieri.bsky.social · Feb 20

From D. L. Mayfield:

Writer D. L. Mayfield’s advice for resisting fascism.

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Jason Piperberg Illustration 🍉 @jasonpiperberg.bsky.social · May 27

Anyone need some #ClipStudioPaint brushes or transformable perspective grids? Links below!

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gabi ghoul 👻🏳️‍⚧️ @sukurimi.bsky.social · 18d

FUCK IT!!!!! TIMELINE CLEANSE!!!!! ROLL THE CLIP!!!!!!

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🕷️Gory Thing🕷️ @korybing.bsky.social · 17d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd4u... really good video by @helioscopepdx.bsky.social about how @stevelieberart.bsky.social and Matt Fraction made the Jimmy Olsen comics and it's a great insight on both story structure and also flying by the seat of your pants when unexpected shit happen IRL.