Varethane
@varethane.bsky.social
Canadian comic artist! I make Wychwood ( https://www.wychwoodcomic.com/ ) and Chirault ( https://chirault.sevensmith.net/ )
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Varethane
@varethane.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Guess maybe I should do a general introduction post over here!
I'm Thane, and on this account (depending on the day's whims) you may see me post about:
🔹 Comics
🔸 Animation/Gamedev
🔹 Final Fantasy (FFXIV in particular)
🔸 Jak and Daxter
🔹 Legacy of Kain
🔸 Anime
🔹 Painting/Art
🔸 Comics...on the WEB
I'm Thane, and on this account (depending on the day's whims) you may see me post about:
🔹 Comics
🔸 Animation/Gamedev
🔹 Final Fantasy (FFXIV in particular)
🔸 Jak and Daxter
🔹 Legacy of Kain
🔸 Anime
🔹 Painting/Art
🔸 Comics...on the WEB
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I forget that TVTropes is a neat way to discover other stories, and that there is an entry for my comic on there by some folks !
If anyone wants to have fun poking around on it too, go right ahead 👀
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
If anyone wants to have fun poking around on it too, go right ahead 👀
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I forget that TVTropes is a neat way to discover other stories, and that there is an entry for my comic on there by some folks !
If anyone wants to have fun poking around on it too, go right ahead 👀
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
If anyone wants to have fun poking around on it too, go right ahead 👀
tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
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🖊️It's time to boogey! 🖌️
Our cast members at Screen Tones have assembled a digital tool MEGA PACK that contains over ⭐️140 brushes, textures, templates, and actions to use for your comic making journey!
Want to support what we do? Head over to the shop! ko-fi.com/s/12e9c33386
Our cast members at Screen Tones have assembled a digital tool MEGA PACK that contains over ⭐️140 brushes, textures, templates, and actions to use for your comic making journey!
Want to support what we do? Head over to the shop! ko-fi.com/s/12e9c33386
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🖊️It's time to boogey! 🖌️
Our cast members at Screen Tones have assembled a digital tool MEGA PACK that contains over ⭐️140 brushes, textures, templates, and actions to use for your comic making journey!
Want to support what we do? Head over to the shop! ko-fi.com/s/12e9c33386
Our cast members at Screen Tones have assembled a digital tool MEGA PACK that contains over ⭐️140 brushes, textures, templates, and actions to use for your comic making journey!
Want to support what we do? Head over to the shop! ko-fi.com/s/12e9c33386
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"Let’s say 20 years ago the rate for a page of pencils was $150. People still get paid that."
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
The one about comic book page rates – again. News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
The one about comic book page rates – again
News flash: Comic book page rates are STILL stagnant, after all these years, and for indie cartoonists it's even harder
www.comicsbeat.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"Let’s say 20 years ago the rate for a page of pencils was $150. People still get paid that."
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
My work is largely in the book market, buuuut yeah.
BOOM! recently reached out to offer an IP gig with the following rates:
script $50/page, pencils&inks $150/pg, colors $50/pg
Currently: thinking about my little kittycat who is under the weather and with the vet currently....
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Currently: thinking about my little kittycat who is under the weather and with the vet currently....
Wychwood has updated today! www.wychwoodcomic.com
Wychwood
A sci-fi fantasy post-apocalyptic comic!
www.wychwoodcomic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Wychwood has updated today! www.wychwoodcomic.com
A movie that takes place where you're from
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 AM
A movie that takes place where you're from
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Hey anyone got any K-Pop Demon Hunters or Percy Jackson merch in their online stores? Shopping for our niblings right now and buying from artists and not dropshippers is important to us 🎉
Bonus points if you're Canadian!
Drop your shop link below~
Bonus points if you're Canadian!
Drop your shop link below~
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hey anyone got any K-Pop Demon Hunters or Percy Jackson merch in their online stores? Shopping for our niblings right now and buying from artists and not dropshippers is important to us 🎉
Bonus points if you're Canadian!
Drop your shop link below~
Bonus points if you're Canadian!
Drop your shop link below~
Oh yeah and Wychwood updated on Monday! While I was still away and with minimal web access, so I will only tell the wider internet about it now, lol www.wychwoodcomic.com
Wychwood
A sci-fi fantasy post-apocalyptic comic!
www.wychwoodcomic.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Oh yeah and Wychwood updated on Monday! While I was still away and with minimal web access, so I will only tell the wider internet about it now, lol www.wychwoodcomic.com
I've put my BigCartel store back into sleep mode for a bit! My Hivemill still has some copies of Wychwood left, so if you're looking for books, that's the spot for the time being: hivemill.com/collections/...
Wychwood
Webcomic and graphic novel merchandise store for Hiveworks Comics.
hivemill.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I've put my BigCartel store back into sleep mode for a bit! My Hivemill still has some copies of Wychwood left, so if you're looking for books, that's the spot for the time being: hivemill.com/collections/...
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Abel’s arc reads like a B-plot in a Disney movie.
“Congrats you’ve inherited a traumatized, shitty dog. She hates everyone except for your deadbeat (now just dead) dad and casually kills all the fauna she finds.”
Now he has to grow a spine and actually train her.
#siggisart #hazbinhotel
“Congrats you’ve inherited a traumatized, shitty dog. She hates everyone except for your deadbeat (now just dead) dad and casually kills all the fauna she finds.”
Now he has to grow a spine and actually train her.
#siggisart #hazbinhotel
November 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Abel’s arc reads like a B-plot in a Disney movie.
“Congrats you’ve inherited a traumatized, shitty dog. She hates everyone except for your deadbeat (now just dead) dad and casually kills all the fauna she finds.”
Now he has to grow a spine and actually train her.
#siggisart #hazbinhotel
“Congrats you’ve inherited a traumatized, shitty dog. She hates everyone except for your deadbeat (now just dead) dad and casually kills all the fauna she finds.”
Now he has to grow a spine and actually train her.
#siggisart #hazbinhotel
Travel watercolours from Holland! Amsterdam, specifically.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Travel watercolours from Holland! Amsterdam, specifically.
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congrats Valentino on the new drawing tablet
Art supplies are so hard to come by 👏
#hazbinhotel #hazbinhotelseason2 #staticmoth #voxval #keiart
Art supplies are so hard to come by 👏
#hazbinhotel #hazbinhotelseason2 #staticmoth #voxval #keiart
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
congrats Valentino on the new drawing tablet
Art supplies are so hard to come by 👏
#hazbinhotel #hazbinhotelseason2 #staticmoth #voxval #keiart
Art supplies are so hard to come by 👏
#hazbinhotel #hazbinhotelseason2 #staticmoth #voxval #keiart
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Didn't win the lotto? Don't have the gil? Want to stay a bit closer to home? Join the local Ontario XIV community for a fan-run celebration of FFXIV FanFest! Watch the keynote with friends, wear that cosplay, trade those stickers, play silly games, win cool prizes and shop local artists FF merch!
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Didn't win the lotto? Don't have the gil? Want to stay a bit closer to home? Join the local Ontario XIV community for a fan-run celebration of FFXIV FanFest! Watch the keynote with friends, wear that cosplay, trade those stickers, play silly games, win cool prizes and shop local artists FF merch!
Hal-Con was SO good, what an incredible show!! Huge thanks to the folks running it, all the volunteers, and everyone who came!
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Hal-Con was SO good, what an incredible show!! Huge thanks to the folks running it, all the volunteers, and everyone who came!
Drew Thancred in watercolour at my Hal-Con table, just... just for myself, haha
November 9, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Drew Thancred in watercolour at my Hal-Con table, just... just for myself, haha
Also I'm caught up on commissions (got 2 more to post but they haven't been picked up yet so I'm holding off), so I'm drawing Thancred for myself.
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Also I'm caught up on commissions (got 2 more to post but they haven't been picked up yet so I'm holding off), so I'm drawing Thancred for myself.
Good morning @halconscificon.bsky.social! It's day 3 and I am cleaned out of graphic novels, but if anyone has missed out on grabbing them, I've added a code for free shipping within Canada to my Virtual Artist Alley store! varethane.bigcartel.com HALCON2025
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Good morning @halconscificon.bsky.social! It's day 3 and I am cleaned out of graphic novels, but if anyone has missed out on grabbing them, I've added a code for free shipping within Canada to my Virtual Artist Alley store! varethane.bigcartel.com HALCON2025
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I first saw this comic years ago and it has been seared into my brain ever since
I will be thinking about this on my deathbed
(creator was anime_4000 on Instagram, but that account's gone now.)
I will be thinking about this on my deathbed
(creator was anime_4000 on Instagram, but that account's gone now.)
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I first saw this comic years ago and it has been seared into my brain ever since
I will be thinking about this on my deathbed
(creator was anime_4000 on Instagram, but that account's gone now.)
I will be thinking about this on my deathbed
(creator was anime_4000 on Instagram, but that account's gone now.)
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Poster for ZINEDUMP, a new Toronto zine fair! I'm one of the organizers for the event, and we are having our inaugural event on November 9th! We hope to see you there!
For updates, please check our website or follow our instagram at zinedump.fyi
For updates, please check our website or follow our instagram at zinedump.fyi
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I've been taking commissions at my Hal-Con table! To keep them more organized than usual, I'll try threading them this time.
First up: Eddie Dutra from The New Kids!
First up: Eddie Dutra from The New Kids!
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I've been taking commissions at my Hal-Con table! To keep them more organized than usual, I'll try threading them this time.
First up: Eddie Dutra from The New Kids!
First up: Eddie Dutra from The New Kids!
Aw man this sounds right up my alley but I'm in Halifax for Hal-con all weekend! Folks back in TO, please check this out and then tell me about it!
We've gone MAD for ZINES! This month's grant goes to ZINE DUMP which is happening THIS SUNDAY!! Head to the Cecil Community Centre between 12-5pm to enjoy (and participate in?) some self-published goodness.
Read all about it here:
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Read all about it here:
www.awesomefoundation.org/en/projects/...
Zine Dump - A New Toronto Zine Fair
Zine Dump is a new Toronto zine fair, organized by seven Toronto zinesters and librarians. The fair was founded in the wake of the end of Broken Pe...
www.awesomefoundation.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Aw man this sounds right up my alley but I'm in Halifax for Hal-con all weekend! Folks back in TO, please check this out and then tell me about it!
Hal-con has been going for 3 hours and I have already sold out of Chirault sets, I clearly underpacked for this show!!!
They are still available on my Virtual Artist Alley store though :'D varethane.bigcartel.com/product/chir...
They are still available on my Virtual Artist Alley store though :'D varethane.bigcartel.com/product/chir...
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Hal-con has been going for 3 hours and I have already sold out of Chirault sets, I clearly underpacked for this show!!!
They are still available on my Virtual Artist Alley store though :'D varethane.bigcartel.com/product/chir...
They are still available on my Virtual Artist Alley store though :'D varethane.bigcartel.com/product/chir...
Its Hal-con time! Come find me at table i4! :D
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Its Hal-con time! Come find me at table i4! :D
These pen thoughts brought to you by me packing my watercolour supplies in preparation to take commissions at Hal-Con this weekend! See you soon Halifax 😎
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
These pen thoughts brought to you by me packing my watercolour supplies in preparation to take commissions at Hal-Con this weekend! See you soon Halifax 😎
Pilot is one of my go-to pen brands, specifically because their uni-ball vision line (yes, the regular old office supply pen) is waterproof and markerproof and makes a nice satisfying line even on textured paper.
Pilot had a massive ad spread in a jp newspaper with "make AI jealous" and "write what AI can't touch" written on it
Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen
Anyway I think everyone should own a Pilot kakuno pen
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Pilot is one of my go-to pen brands, specifically because their uni-ball vision line (yes, the regular old office supply pen) is waterproof and markerproof and makes a nice satisfying line even on textured paper.