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Niki Smith
@nikismithcomics.bsky.social
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Maker of fine queer comics (and some pretty trashy ones too). Author of MIDSUMMER SISTERS, SEA LEGS (with Jules Bakes), THE GOLDEN HOUR, THE DEEP & DARK BLUE, and more. She/her. ENG/GER
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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · Oct 18
Hey, I'm Niki & I make comics 💖

SITE! niki-smith.com
AGENT! @comicsispeople.bsky.social

COMICS!
SEA LEGS ⛵ Growing up on a sailboat (with Jules Bakes)
THE GOLDEN HOUR ☀️ PTSD, baby cows, being young, gay and anxious in the midwest<3
THE DEEP & DARK BLUE 🧵 Queer fantasy kidlit! Fibercrafts!
&more
The cover of Sea Legs, a graphic novel, by Jules Bakes and Niki Smith, featuring a preteen girl sitting on the sail of her family's sailboat. The cover of The Golden Hour, a graphic novel by Niki Smith, featuring a distressed boy and his friends on a haybale in Kansas. The cover of The Deep & Dark Blue, a graphic novel, featuring a pair of twins, a sword, and thread and fiber magic. A spread from The Golden Hour, featuring two boys alone in fields of Kansas wheat. Manuel says "Sorry..."
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
Words to live by ♟️
Hey, spielt Schach, statt euch zu kloppen
February 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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lucyknisley.bsky.social
"Haunted"
#IceOut #IceOutComics
A comic in black/white/blue. Lucy rolls her bike through an alley, by a crew building a fence. Narration: My neighbors hired a crew to rebuild their fence. Crew member: "Do you need us to move our stuff out of the way?" Lucy: "Oh! No, you're all good, thanks!" Lucy: "Have a good one!" Crew member: "You, too!" Narration: I was teaching when my phone started lighting up with alerts from the rapid response network and neighbor chat. Lucy's back is to us as she shows a group of enthusiastic children something on a notebook. Behind her, her phone in her bag is buzzing. Narration: By the time the lesson was over, they were already gone. Lucy is reading messages on her phone. Messages: Alert: black SUV Sighting: be on alert for... Confirmed abductionL alley between ----- and ----. SUV plates... We tried to get them inside, but it was too... ...Contacting an I.R. lawyer. Heading to Broadview later today. Lucy is riding her bike home. Narration: On the ride home, I kept thinking "If I'd been there, could I have warned them? Would my ICIRR* training have helped?" *Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Get trained and know your rights at ICIRR.org. Narration: I'd taken the training after Halloween, when the violent ICE raids had locked down our schools and driven our neighbors indoors. (Image of a halloween bucket in the shape of a jack-o-lantern) Narration: Halloween is fun here-- The community filling the streets and opening our doors to one another. But this year's was tense, frightened and subdued. Haunted. Lucy is standing in the alley, staring at the newly built fence. Narration: When I got home, it was all done. The other two guys who had gotten inside in time stayed and finished the build. The new fence is superimposed with the brief exchange from earlier in the comic ("Have a good one" You, too") Narration: I see it every day and think about how those guys built this in the spot where strangers in masks took their friend. Narration: How many other places in our communities are similarly haunted? (Drawings of sidewalks, buildings, streets and windows)
February 5, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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korimichele.bsky.social
DO NOT COMPLY
Watercolor on paper, 11 x 12 inches, Jan 2026.

ICE OUT OF MAINE
ICE OUT OF EXISTENCE
DEFEND YOUR COMMUNITY
FEED YOUR NEIGHBORS
February 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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ginco.bsky.social
Der Ginco-Award ist wieder ausgeschrieben! Reicht bis zum 15.2. eure Comics und Manga der Vorjahres ein, um eine Auszeichnung inkl Preisgeld zu gewinnen! www.ginco-award.de
#comicaward #mangaaward #gincoaward
GINCO-Award 2026 Vom 1.1. bis 15.2.2026 euren Comic/Manga einreichen! ginco-award.de Darunter eine Zeichnung einer bunten Schildkröten Familie mit fünf Kindern.
January 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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redgoldsparks.bsky.social
My January book reviews! A lot of manga this month: www.patreon.com/posts/januar... (free post)
January reading and reviews | Maia Kobabe
Get more from Maia Kobabe on Patreon
www.patreon.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
New riso zine is allllll folded. A lost and found, tiny little thing that unfolds to an a4 spread of all the nature I miss, and all the nature I now have in my life.
A risograph zine: Gesucht, gefunden.
February 2, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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tiacarebear.blacksky.app
Tryna do one book every few days until classes start
Covers of Graphic 7 Novels: -Indiginerds -The Girl who married a skull and other African stories -yes, Roya -Meal -the woman in the woods -crossplay -Rigsby Wi
December 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Cozy Moomins exhibit on a winter day
Moomins exhibit in Munich Moomins exhibit in Munich Moomins exhibit Moomins exhibit
January 31, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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leguinbot.bsky.social
Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.
January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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cartoonist.coop
Hourly Comics Day has MOVED!

It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!

hourlycomicsday.com

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
"IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY". Two black speech bubbles with white text read "HOURLY COMICS DAY IS NOW ON FEB 8TH. CARTOONISTS HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEB 1 - MAR 1". There is an illustration of a black silhouetted hand raised and holding a pen in the top right, and an illustration of a nib pen and an ink well personified on the bottom right. The nib and ink are bumping fists. A URL at the bottom is "hourlycomicsday.com".
January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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riibrego.bsky.social
Get involved locally, seek out and build bonds with the people around you, learn their names, check in with them, lend a hand when needed. I can't stress enough how much they dread the trust and strength that can be found in community.
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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marjulia.bsky.social
abolish it all, abolish ice, dismantle dhs, burn it the fuck down man. i have no more words.
January 24, 2026 at 7:55 PM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
New riso zine is here and it's unintentional sideeye meme city
A bird The same bird, big sideeye
January 21, 2026 at 9:21 PM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
Was no one gonna tell me the Tennessee flag is a dragonball
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 AM
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katbamkapow.bsky.social
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT [a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision] "In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors! See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/ https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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honeyedhaunt.bsky.social
Swelling rage
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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wendyxu.bsky.social
it's my birthday today. i ask that you please make a shitty little drawing in a journal without posting it and revel in your human heart. maybe write a nasty curse against an ai bro in the same journal. 😌
January 17, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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ethanmaldridge.bsky.social
Several years ago, when things were bad, as they are now, I made a comic about art and community in the face of hate. Today feels like a time to reshare. 1/5
November 6, 2024 at 5:08 PM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
My art!! On a wall!! At Marienplatz!!
Interior of Splendid Comics shop, a collage of art on the wall including a panel from Midsummer Sisters. Interior of Splendid Comics shop, a collage of art on the wall including a panel from Sea Legs. Exterior of Splendid Comics in the Marienplatz Rathaus.
January 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
What's your favorite little hiccup to spot in comics, mine is how often we forget to draw the lap part of a seatbelt in car scenes. Fully fully guilty of this one myself.
January 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
We spent three hours dusting and mopping the entire apartment!! Where's our reward!!!
January 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
Excellent stalking job, because Midsummer Sisters is absolutely queer 🩷🩷🩷
lainasparetime.bsky.social Laina @lainasparetime.bsky.social · 27d
My favourite blog post is up!! Queer Middle Grade Books Coming out in 2026 (So Far)!

lainahastoomuchsparetime.wordpress.com/2026/01/09/q...
January 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
A box of ARCs for ME???
A box of advance copies of the graphic novel Midsummer Sisters
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
We finally watched the extreme birdwatching documentary and now all i wanna do is go OUTSIDE youtu.be/zl-wAqplQAo?...
LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching
YouTube video by owen reiser
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 8:18 PM
nikismithcomics.bsky.social
Wife ziiiine
kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · Jan 6
50 copies hand-printed ✨
January 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM