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Wendy Xu

@wendyxu.bsky.social

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bestselling, award nominated comics person. teaching artist via AAWW. MOONCAKES, TIDESONG, INFINITY PARTICLE. more tk. agent: Linda Camacho. opinions my own. she/they no crypto, no nfts, no ai https://linktr.ee/artofwendyxu

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · Dec 5

the pw announcement is out! my next two books are for the girlies who choose violence 😌 i can't wait for you to meet all of these troublemakers in due time.

pw announcement: Alexandra Cooper at Quill Tree Books has acquired North American rights to two graphic novels by Wendy Xu, one middle grade and one YA. Yarrow and the Burning Mountain, due out in 2027, is about a young goblin who, to protect her way of life, takes on her evil estranged cousin who is attempting to mass produce her village's special pottery. A Ghost Is a Wish, due in 2028, features a teen who sees the ghost of a classmate's sister and starts to hang out with an annoying boy and his ghost-hunting friends to escape life with her controlling mother. Linda Camacho at Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency did the deal.

panels are sample art from both books

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 4h

she plays a freak (great & sexy) in shape of water!!

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OOOOOOO!!!!

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needolin

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 7h

I H A T E D IT

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 7h

sally hawkins is a FREAK (complimentary)

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 7h

just saw bring her back... screamed several times but holy shit what a great movie

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 15h

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

‘They didn’t even read the book’: How children’s authors are being canceled over Palestine

Authors tell of book bans, cancellations and harassment – ‘they’re trying to disconnect us from our stories’

www.theguardian.com

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 1d

surprise chicago!! come hang out with me and Bianca THIS WEEKEND!!

ig: restoriedbookshop

WENDY XU & BIANCA XUNISE LET'S TALK COMICS!
BOOK TALK & COMMUNITY EVENT
SATURDAY
OCTOBER 11, 2025 12PM - 2PM

Restoried BOOKSHOP
4613 N KEDZIE AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60625

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18h

sorry man i am not going to take you seriously if your name is Billy Peebles

Bill Peebles, head of Sora at OpenAI, says the app hit 1M downloads less than five days after its launch on September 30, which is even faster than ChatGPT did — OpenAI's short-form artificial intelligence video app Sora hit 1 million downloads less than five days after its launch in late September, according to an executive.

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Haitch Kay 🏳️‍🌈 @haitchkay.bsky.social · 1d

There's fucking yaoi art on a train by my house I'm fucking losing my mind, this rules so much

Anime styled graffiti art on a train car depicting a male demon looking seductively at another man while saying "That's a good boy", with the phrase "kiss yr homies goodnight" in the bottom left corner.
Artist seems to be "Akira BPD"

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 1d

WAIT DO U LIVE AROUND HERE!!!

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 1d

surprise chicago!! come hang out with me and Bianca THIS WEEKEND!!

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toril @ NYCC #4455 @toril.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI I'm pivoting to video

ALKALI BLUE @alkaliblue.bsky.social · 2d

We've got something exciting coming soon 🐎

#hotblood #yaoi #centaur #indiecomic #indieanimation

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 1d

i was gagged on every single page

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Supervising Animation Wizard @brendering.bsky.social · 2d

Miyazaki survived the bombing of Utsunomiya as a child. His family escaped in a car, but left a neighbor and her daughter behind to save themselves. Miyazaki regrets this, and said this has stayed with him and shaped his film making. He hopes his audience will learn the courage he lacked in 1945.

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 2d

every ai bro who has reduced miyazaki to empty gentle aesthetic should no exaggeration get the judas cradle bc this man's markmaking & passion about telling WAR STORIES

three panels from the nausicaä manga depicting ohmu & giant insects

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 3d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 2d

you're a literally multi talented renaissance man omfg

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 2d

y'all don't need to be here you HAVE WINGS

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 2d

i am SHOOKETH

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 2d

@ the lady behind me at the jfk restaurant who ordered the pickle flight at 8 AM: i could never be as strong as you. i am in awe

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 3d

happy midautumn guys, another holiday with a tragic no nut love story at its heart in the grand chinese literary tradition 😌

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 3d

i just found out he said this would "replace god" about this shit and almost spat out my tangsuyuk

01-10-2024 DESIGN
Avi Schiffmann's Tab Al necklace has raised $1.9 million
to replace God
Schiffmann describes his anticipated wearable Al as a superpower Tamagotchi.

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 3d

coloring comics (my least favorite part) became infinitely better when i keep repeating 'it's not that serious' to myself

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