The Secret Life of Shapes is debuting in Hullabaloo magazine this January. 💟 Treat yourself! www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

Hullabaloo Comic magazine is live on @kickstarter.com 🎉🎉🎉 Subscribe to get four new pages of comics from @michaelsweater.bsky.social and I in your mailbox every month! www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

On the road to SPX! I’ll be at table J4A this weekend with new prints, comics, and other fun things. Can’t wait to see you there! 🩵🩷💛🖤

Any antique doll fans here? I’m trying to learn more about my nana’s doll. 1940’s, bisque head-and-shoulders, no joints, bisque limbs, synthetic wig, inset eyes (not painted on), closed mouth. Twin face makers mark. She looks like a Kester or Bradley doll to me, but I’m having trouble confirming.

Art Journal Page Dump
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Cute stickers and found objects from:
@littlekittybigcity.bsky.social
@mixtapecomics.bsky.social
@tigerstooth.bsky.social
@uppermindink.bsky.social
@royallydivine.bsky.social
@giantrobotstore.bsky.social

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Excited to be back at Now or Never Comics w/ @uppermindink.bsky.social, @royallydivine.bsky.social, & @michaelsweater.bsky.social on 7/23 leading up to @sandiegocomic-con.bsky.social. 🎉Catch us there from 11a-3p, slinging comics, zines, riso prints and more!

2003: Small Press at SDCC. Approved a week before the show, I made a zine describing my in-progress comics & promoting my webcomic. I had buttons & magnets for sale, & shared the 6' table w/ friends. 2024: A2CAF, where I filled my 3' w/ comics, zines, stickers, plush, and prints!

Tom Tenney is a veteran comics artists. He's got COPD and his family is facing eviction. (they're also struggling to afford his medication and buy food.) If you can help, please do. gofundme.com/f/emergency-donations-for-veteran-marvel-artist-thomas-tenney

It's (and I'm not making this up) National Cartoonist Day. I will accept gifts and tribute.

Despite the name, Free Comic Book Day isn’t free for the comic shops, so make a purchase as well.

Ask for a recommendation
Start a pull list
Pick up a new series
Buy a gift card

Support your local comic shop tomorrow, this week, next month, all year long! 🖤

Re: small press/publisher agreements, if your advance is $2k, you're gonna see those royalties much sooner than if your advance were $50k from a traditional publisher. At least small publishers are forthcoming about what the costs to be made back are. 50/50 is a GOOD deal.

REMINDER!

Tomorrow is #FreeComicBookDay - a yearly event where a whole bunch of comics are made specifically to be given away to you FOR FREE at your participating comic shop!

It's a great day to

1) Get a whole bunch of free comics
2) Support your local comic shop by buying/pre-ordering comics

If you enjoyed the Beat's coverage of the Diamond Bankruptcy Drama this week - or the rest of our coverage of Big Two comics, indie comics, kickstarters, webtoons, and even wrestling.....Please consider supporting us on Patreon - everyone little bit helps.

www.patreon.com/comicsbeat

A lot of us know Bianca in the comics community, pls help by sharing the donation link www.paypal.com/paypalme/bia...

Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more

With most small publishers, you almost never see royalties even on a modest seller; it's almost always the case that while they take 50% of the profits (larger publishers give you a percentage of cover, which is harder to creatively doctor), 100% of the costs, not 50, are deducted from your end.

Holeeeeeee shit. Give it up for @graphicpolicy.com reporting on a new bombshell.

Why did Alliance bail on their Diamond purchase?

Now we know.

graphicpolicy.com/2025/04/29/a...

Let’s spill some personal tea at CAMP panel Self-Gossip: Diary Comics with @lizprincecomics.bsky.social , @mixtapecomics.bsky.social , Nicole Testa LaLiberty and Kristen Schull!

Sign up here: www.comicartsmaineportland.com/programming2...

The news is out! I am working with my friends at Lifeline Comics, @comicuno.bsky.social & @philfalcowrites.bsky.social for a HORROR ANTHOLOGY about WITCHES!

paid comic work! submissions open til may 4, show me what you've got:
forms.gle/SXM1S9ozbstW...

I understand it is a dark read for many, but I wanted to say, Maus 1 and 2 are available for free through the Internet Archive.
archive.org/details/maus...

Here is a handout I made for my kid’s class last week, when I went in to talk to them about making books. I Frankensteined together a bunch of art I already had to make it, and filled other stuff in. But it was a big hit, so I’m sharing it here in case you know any kids interested in making books!