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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 23h

not me seeing designer job listings which require "proficiency in ai" 🤮

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puff 🐇😈 @incupuff.bsky.social · Apr 27

please support ur friends making creative shit in this cruel world. u have no idea how much a kind comment can mean to an artist when every website just tries to make you focus on the numbers

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 1d

One third of a way into the fair already; this year more so than ever it's a place to discover a variety of emerging and exciting artists, with our highest number of new-to-the-fair exhibitors and people making their very first comics!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

ShortBox Comics Fair

ShortBox Comics Fair is a unique and innovative digital comics fair, where every exhibiting artist debuts a brand-new comic!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 2d

this week i am tired!!!!

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shivana @heyshivana.bsky.social · 8d

my hot take is some of y'all need to stop only reading comics. read prose, go to a museum, learn scrimshaw, wtfever. go be an interesting person first because i can TELL when people don't ingest anythiinnggg else but comics

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 9d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 8d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

www.consumerreports.org

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 8d

my @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social haul! I could've probably doubled the amount but I had to reign it in becuase I just brought a computer 😭

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 9d

i will at somepoint sit down and get some shortbox comics!!

holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 10d

do the bare minimum, only make con merch when im off work, do one tiny thing a day (colour one panel, send an email) and if I have fun stuff with friends try and prioritise that

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 18d

it made me laugh 😫

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 18d

fun story about when i asked my dr for referral. i just talked abt symptoms and then was like oh yeah my interests 'comics, kpop blah' and he was like 'Ah kpop I liked that demon film! I'm happy to give you the refferal' 😆

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 18d

trying to get my autism diagnosis whilst all this joyous american bs is happening 😬😬😬

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 21d

in other news i met robert sean leonard, i met ten yrs ago. we just talked about comics 😫

holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 21d

haha yup it sucks! hope ur mum is doing okay🩷 im lowkey a clusmy person so im practiced at not hurting myself too badly thank goodness 😫

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 21d

i fell over trying to catch a bus (thank u dodgy pavement) and the bus left without me :( i had to wait for the next one whilst bleeding wooo

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 25d

me when i add more random art projects to my list,, apologies apricots

holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · 29d

me when i accidently save over my sketch with an Entire other drawing and cant recover it :(((

holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · Sep 10

apricots is getting closer,,, working on two chapters at once yay

holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · Sep 10

nothing like getting rejected from every job you apply to 😆

holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · Sep 6

no more slowly dying laptop for me 💛

holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · Sep 6

i made a Purchase!

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌟 IT LIVES! 🌟 The UK Comics Creator Survey is BACK, baby!

Here to gather up, analyse and disseminate your data to help uplift the comics world, like if Robin Hood was a statistician or something.

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

A promotional image for the survey, reading “we’ve got questions; we need answers. Who’s in?” Above a series of illustrated raised hands in various styles. At the bottom is the url ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · Sep 4

New article on Blambot: What Happened to Hand Lettering?
blambot.com/pages/what-h...

What Happened to Hand Lettering?

I get it. We all love hand lettering in comics. At least a couple of times a month I get an email from a comics fan who feels like they need to express their disdain for digital lettering. Their…

blambot.com

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holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · Sep 3

honestly the making of the comic is way more satisying then revealing it to the world lol

holly r @iliadtea.bsky.social · Sep 3

going to work, drawing comics at lunch, coming home, making food, drawing more comics, the best! i love art!!

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