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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 11h

I don't care for the inverted balloon tail either. But then again, I'm a real stickler for good word balloon etiquette. None of these are even pointing toward her mouth! That first balloon is pointing toward her forehead. Then her neck. And then her forehead. So it's anarchy all around!

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 12h

Yeah, this is a fairly standardized manga convention and you just have to know what it means through context and experience. You see it a lot in One Piece. The other convention I see that's never explained is black panel gutters meaning you are reading a flash-back.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 19h

As a guy who teaches a lot, Bluesky has taught me something today - Y'all have terrible study habits.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 1d

Thank you for 500 followers!

Do you realize how long it took me to get to 500 followers over at the other place?

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 3d

I just bought Affinity Publisher 2 in the last year. My new book is the first book I've made entirely without Adobe products. This is what I was trying to avoid! What an absolute bleak market for creative software.

Questions swirl over Affinity's future as Canva teases an announcement

Affinity has stopped selling its software ahead of "big changes" coming on October 30.

tech.yahoo.com

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 4d

I've never claimed that my tastes were "mainstream," so maybe I've always been out of touch. But I'm continually shocked at which books actually get read by the most people.

Unbound 195: Panel #1 Leaf, "This book has been checked out so many times. Panel #2 "It's so beat up." Panel #3 "It has been so LOVED." Panel #4 Galley, "*Sigh* Is it that nose-picking book?" Leaf, "Yeah."

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 3d

Possibly my favorite comic of all time! I think I'm missing one volume. It's not available in English, but there's a French edition. (Because of course there is) I believe the author is also active planning indie conventions in Japan, but it's hard to confirm that because of the language barrier.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 4d

I've never claimed that my tastes were "mainstream," so maybe I've always been out of touch. But I'm continually shocked at which books actually get read by the most people.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 4d

I'm in the same place. I'll have to look into the neocities thing. Thanks for the lead. I'm in need of a whole new website anyway.

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Lúdica @ludica.cat · 5d

CATALUNYA | @bcngamefest.bsky.social reunirà més de 200 videojocs a la seva primera edició
🗞 ludica.cat/bcn-game-fes...
La nova fira que substitueix a l’exitós IndieDevDay es farà els dies 10, 11 i 12 d’octubre.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 4d

bart simpson from the simpsons is sitting at a table with a plate of food and a glass of water

Alt: bart simpson from the simpsons is sitting at a table with a plate of food and a glass of water. He is waving his hands in the air being moved by the spirit saying, "testify!"

media.tenor.com

Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 4d

I've never read a Harry Potter book. Not a one.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 4d

As a guy who teaches a lot, goddamn that *hurts* to hear. Yikes.

Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 4d

In regards to #2, I think it's important to keep audience in mind. I've had moms come up to my booth and ask, "Are your comics in color? Little Johnny will only read comics in color." Kids genuinely like it. It's appealing to that demographic.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 5d

Welp. I learned a new word today. I hate this.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 5d

Hot take: The money to be made in comics has always been in licensing, not in the comic itself. Japan does it right when they sell a book for 500 yen. Print is cheap, but it's not about the ROI. You can still turn a profit on print, but that shouldn't be the point - you are buying mind-share.

Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 5d

Set up at the Dover Canal Town Book festival! Swing by (snag a free sticker) and say hi! www.canaltownbookfest.org

Inkwits booth set up in a school gymnasium.

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Ben Towle @benzilla.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, hey... CCAD, where I currently teach comics as an adjunct, is looking for a chair of the comics dept. Full-time gig--health insurance, benefits, etc. Plus yr in Comics City, USA w. CXC, the Billy Ireland, and more cartoonists than you can shake a stick at.

ccad.applicantpro.com/jobs/3871453

Chair of Comics & Narrative Practice, Full-time Faculty (Open Rank) - Columbus, OH

Chair of Comics & Narrative Practice, Full-time Faculty (Open Rank) The Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD) is seeking a dynamic and visionary faculty member to lead our Comics & Narrative Practic...

ccad.applicantpro.com

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 6d

Wow! If this is what your "awful" lettering looks like, it will look like a computer font with an Ames guide!

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 8d

This looks real good!

Dave Scheidt @davescheidt.com · 8d

RACCOON CITY PUNKS!!! IT’S REAL!!!!!!! Preorders are live. Shipping this month. Just in time for spooky season! square.link/u/p4AYAuGj?s...

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 9d

And here is the finished comic to go along with the time lapse. This was inspired by several friends who recently lost their internet all at once.

Unbound #410 - Panel #1: All three porcupines are talking to leaf in the library while Galley looks on in the background. Little porcupine: "Hello Leaf. Sigh" Tall porcupine, "Our Internet is out." Medium porcupine, "They are telling us it will be weeks until we get it back." Panel #2: Leaf, "That's terrible! Would you like to check out a library hotspot." Medium porcupine, "Y-You'd do that for us!?" Panel #3: Leaf, "Uh... yeah we-" He is suddenly cut off by Galley, "YES! Just for you! The porcupines all hug in celebration.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 8d

This is really the dirty secret of any "talent" or "hit" based industry, however you want to cut it. Remasters and remakes and re-releases are just the game industry's way of trying to live off residuals like the music industry. The Last of Us is the "We Didn't Start The Fire" of video games.

Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 9d

And here is the finished comic to go along with the time lapse. This was inspired by several friends who recently lost their internet all at once.

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 10d

I'm using this time lapse to tell you that I will be at the Canal Town Book Festival in Dover Ohio this upcoming Saturday, October 4th from 10am - 3pm! I will have copies of all three Unbound book collections for sale! (And I may be giving away some stickers! Come say hi! www.canaltownbookfest.org

Unbound Time Lapse 8-30-2025

YouTube video by Douglas Laubacher

youtu.be

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Douglas Laubacher @inkwits.com · 10d

I'm using this time lapse to tell you that I will be at the Canal Town Book Festival in Dover Ohio this upcoming Saturday, October 4th from 10am - 3pm! I will have copies of all three Unbound book collections for sale! (And I may be giving away some stickers! Come say hi! www.canaltownbookfest.org

Unbound Time Lapse 8-30-2025

YouTube video by Douglas Laubacher

youtu.be

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