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MJ erickson
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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ryanhatesthis.bsky.social
For all the grandstanding, Democrats have been nowhere to be seen on the ground in Minnesota. The work there is being done by leftist groups, immigrants rights orgs, and random citizens. Took Walz almost a week to visit Good's memorial. Democrats do not functionally exist in the conversation anymore
January 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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ndrew.bsky.social
ive seen more articles this week about how the phrase “abolish ice” could hurt dems in the midterms than ive seen articles about how paramilitary death squads terrorizing cities will hurt republicans in the midterms
January 14, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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chlowski.bsky.social
happy new year’s eve 💜🌸
Ink drawing of two women sitting on the ground, their legs entangled, kissing under mistletoe and holly Under them are some violet flowers
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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rennerei.bsky.social
💜💜💜
December 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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faithschaffer.bsky.social
Twelve princesses 👑
At last, I have finished my drawing! Here it is: ink drawing featuring 12 princesses walking in side profile to the right. They are walking through an orchard that hangs with crystal pears and (were this in color) silver and gold branches. The princess at the front has a lantern. The princess at the back is looking startled over her shoulder.
December 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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everydaymerlin.bsky.social
LOOKING FOR WORK!! i’m merlin and i’ve worked in animation, games and comics as a visual developer and illustrator 🫶🎨 past clients: netflix, d&d, magic the gathering, volta

🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg

📧 [email protected]
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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whereiseileen.bsky.social
My Online Shop is Now Open for Xmas & US Shipping again with a 10% OFF Black Friday Sale this Weekend Only! 🦇🖤🎄🎁 (Discount applied automatically at checkout) Thank you so much! 🖤

❣️ eileenkaihingkwan.square.site ❣️
Spread of available prints from my online shop
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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prosodi.bsky.social
Here's a small preview of my piece in the zine! I'm really happy with it :') + feel very fortunate to have been included alongside a bunch of my fav creators
A color illustration of holmes and watson in front of a lit fireplace.
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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verysincerelyyours.bsky.social
The Very Sincerely Yours Kickstarter is now live!🎉

🏡 VSY is an anthology dedicated to Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, and the idea of home. It is over 150 pages of illustrations, comics, and fiction, and it's now ready to become yours! More info in thread 👇

❧ www.kickstarter.com/projects/hae...
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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andrewmaxwell.bsky.social
The books are officially in and they look gorgeous!! A few highlights from some ridiculously talented collaborators Leonardo Mazzoli, @andrewkrahnke.bsky.social, @mjerickson.bsky.social, and Pablo Peppino. So many more! In the process of getting these all out to the backers.
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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cerealpancake.bsky.social
30 hours left to back! Let's go gays!

@philfalcowrites.bsky.social @comicuno.bsky.social

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
WITCHING SEASON - A Witch Horror Comic Anthology
A 150+ page Horror Anthology filled with stories about WITCHES, WARLOCKS, and FAMILIARS from some of the biggest names in comics!
www.kickstarter.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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cerealpancake.bsky.social
One final Witching Season announcement....

AMBER BENSON from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will be writing a foreword for our anthology!

We are so thrilled to have one of our favorite witches (Tara 😭) contribute to this book.

This truly means the world to me 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
AMBER BENSON! tara and willow from Buffy Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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cerealpancake.bsky.social
Thanks for all the support and excitement today! We're less than 24 hours away from the end of this campaign, and we only have $2240 to go. So close 😭
cerealpancake.bsky.social michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social · Nov 12
One final Witching Season announcement....

AMBER BENSON from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will be writing a foreword for our anthology!

We are so thrilled to have one of our favorite witches (Tara 😭) contribute to this book.

This truly means the world to me 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
AMBER BENSON! tara and willow from Buffy Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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trungles.com
You can also be like my mom and order Angelica and the Bear Prince, in fact!!! It’s out now! 🐻‍❄️
October 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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keezyyoung.bsky.social
done! SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS COMIC UGH
it's bitter, baby, and it's very sweet cover. subtitle says october 31st, 1994. a basement. and a secret they wish they'd never uncovered. by keezy young. the image is of three teenagers; one is dressed up as a witch, one is a skeleton, and the other is just in street clothes
September 11, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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trungles.com
You should preorder my book, and here are all the links www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/604737...
Cover to my graphic novel, Angelica and the Bear Prince. A young couple holds hands—a young femme person dressed mostly in pinks and reds, and a more masc person dressed in cool hues.
June 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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leslyoh.bsky.social
🍽️ #farcille
July 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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ohcararara.bsky.social
I always forget to participate in #PortfolioDay but I am ON IT this year!

I'm Cara, I've worked with companies like Marvel, DC, BOOM, MadCave, Cards Against Humanity, and many more. I super want to start doing more book covers, including prose books.
You can see more at caramcgee.com 💖 ILU.
July 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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ngoziu.com
I have a new graphic novel releasing and you should preorder it! (And if you can't, please repost this!) ✨📚✨

🔗: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179524/flip/

summary: A nerdy black girl swaps bodies with her rich white boy crush. Self-love, humor, kpop stanning, boarding school, Houston! #booksky ✨
June 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
mjerickson.bsky.social
Some supernote sketching
Sketch of a woman wearing a dress and standing in water, study of reference photo Sketch of random eyes, hands, a nose & the back of my dog’s head Random life sketches of my dogs, a money tree & a coat
June 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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sachinteng.bsky.social
I made this available as a print in my shop. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Point of Pride, an organization dedicated to providing Trans people financial aid for transition care

Transition care IS life saving, it saved MY life. If my art has ever meant anything to you, please help
June 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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hellocloudy.bsky.social
hey, i made a terrible comic instead of working #makeaterriblecomicday2025
panel 1: a person is pointing on a bed where cats are lying in a way that leaves a vaguely human outline in the middle, saying "this is my hole!! it was made for me!! panel 2: a twisted shape of a person lies on the bed, screaling silently as the cats sleep peacefully in random positions
June 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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saint-vagrant.bsky.social
☁️🌤️☁️☁️
SHOALING
🐚🌊🌊🌊

from SUPERPOSE ⛓️
a loose and colourful illustration of a sandbar in a shallow, teal sea, under the bulbous rolling tower of a nimbus cloud in a blue summer sky. the water is shallow and clear enough that the sandy bottom peeks through the foam and patterns of waves-- populated with crops of seaweed, shells, starfish. seaweed and shells are washed up onto the exposed sand. in the centre, a young trans man appears to have been washed up onto the sandbar like flotsam, lying flat on his stomach, his long hair mixed into the sand, seaweed clinging to him, his legs stretching back into the water where the waves seem wanting to reclaim him. a small wave is breaking behind him, strangely, white water surging up into the air. he is awake, face partially hidden by his arms, his eyes peering up at the young child standing over him, casting a short noontime shadow. the kid's footprints in the sand expose an intent to meet him, but it's not clear from where they wandered, or how long either of them have been here. a section of the image, close-up, cropped in on the blue, cyan waves rolling over one another and moving in to embrace the sandbar. another close crop of the image. this time it's on the trans boy, Rafael. he's looking up bleary-eyed at the child (unseen in this crop) and tinged with some kind of unplaceable melancholy.
August 3, 2023 at 3:46 PM
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chlowski.bsky.social
first spell
one-page comic, black and white and grayscale panel 1 : close up of a woman's hand, wearing rings, on an old spellbook page panel 2 : same woman's hands conjuring some black fire panel 3 (big) : woman sitting on the floor where a pentagram is drawn, with skulls and candles, while a tiny demon with horns seems to jump out of the spellbook right on her legs, visibly very happy the woman's wearing converse-like shoes, jeans, a tope revealing her shoulders (and a big tatto on the left one), she has a choker necklace and hair loosely tied into a messy bun text : Look. There's never a perfect time to cast your first spell. Especially as a self-taught witch. Reckless ? Sure. But the truth is... I needed a friend."
June 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM