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Abs Bailey | Tbubble Comixology C4b
@abscomics.bsky.social
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Cartoonist + indie comics fanboy
Broken Frontier's Six to Watch Alumni
MOTHER 🦠
ZEBEDEE & THE VALENTINES 🎸
SWIM 🐟

contact me here👇
www.abscomics.com
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MOTHER has been nominated for 3(!!) categories in the Broken Frontier Awards 2025 🤯

If you'd like to read my ~award nomimated~ comic you can grab it digitally and physically here!

ko-fi.com/abscomics/shop
a picture of my comic 'MOTHER' on top of a scattered pile of other copies.
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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this is everyone - mostly in order!!
a notes app list of comic artists as follows: ed stockham martin chick aged 11 ky lawrence neomintsart mini kus! hannah k chapman coleen anderhub imogen mangle ver jenny mure c.a strike karenza sparks b mure r.e burke colleen anderhub philippa rice james taylor jay arthur simpson li blakely eloise march leo fox pigeon manon lily vie owen d pomery linea sterte cat gordon the half-digested boy/sigar magazine
November 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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i've really loved seeing people's thought bubble hauls so here's mine!! this will keep me busy for a while

i'll name creators below in case you see something you like!👇
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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had an incredible time at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend!!

naturally i forgot to take many photos, but it was great to catch up with pals and meet some internet comic people irl!! equally exhausted and inspired. i can't wait to make more comics!
thought bubble name badges for me and my partner a photo of us at our thought bubble table on day 1!! a close up of a little round, green paper mache creature on the top of my stall harrogate skyline on a grey morning
November 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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i forgot to post here all weekend but i'm at thought bubble! you still have 2hrs to swing by

comixology hall c4b!!
0.5 shot of my table at thought bubble from above, at a jaunty angle and showing a paper mache version of my character mucor (a green germ)
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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and a limited number of fish guys!
resin fish figurines sat amongst their packaging, small cardboard boxes. there is a blue background that looks like cartoon water. each fish is a different colour: blue, green, red, yellow, golden orange, and pale green.
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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i'm at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this weekend! comixology hall c4b

i'll have the print debut of MOTHER, a second brand new mini-comic (a queer adaptation of keats' la belle dame sans merci), my avery hill books, old classics, plus all my usual printed tat
a scanned image of my phone with the Thought Bubble comixology hall map. text reads Comixology Hall C4B A scanned image of my comic MOTHER A scanned image of my comic La Belle Dame Sans Merci A scanned image of a range of stickers against a black background
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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a small but mighty shortbox haul this year
a screenshot of the comics i got from the shortbox online comic fair. dance it off by lin visel, dead horses by freya jn, desert orphan by asimina hollingworth, let's fail art school together by zoe gray, and sharpie's mission of rage and justice by BENNIZONE
October 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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last hour and a half of mcm!

(table m16)
a paper mache fish with a stamp rally card leaning against it at mcm comic con london.
October 26, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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last few hours of mcm!
October 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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i'm at MCM this weekend!!

table m-16!! right in the middle of it all 🙌
my comic MOTHER inside of a greasy pizza box, surrounded by slices of leftover pizza.
October 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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clocking out of the fish factory for the last time this year 🫡

i painted 60 of these little guys painted for MCM/TBubs over the last month or so... excited to see them go to their new homes... my sons...
six little hand-painted resin fish dudes sitting on top of their packaging, small cardboard boxes with a gatcha-styled label. each fish is a different colour (red, pale blue, green, yellow, golden orange, and pale green) with dotted patterns and contrasting fins. they are on a messy painting desk. 11 of the final batch of fish guys sitting spread out across a messy painting desk, tiny pots strewn all over the place.
October 19, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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does the full stall setup in my living room give away the fact MCM is only one week away, or is it something else?
October 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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the big spill (how my brain feels right now) #GoshBFDD
October 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Something weird is growing...

MOTHER will debut in print this autumn convention season 🔬

MCM London 24-26 OCT
THOUGHT BUBBLE 15-16 NOV
Available online later (while stock lasts)!
a print copy of my comic, MOTHER in the middle of a grotty fridge a close up shot of a print copy of my comic MOTHER, sitting in a grotty fridge. There is a piece of burger cheese partially covering it, with convention dates for Thought Bubble and MCM London written on it.
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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first 10 fish lads painted! only 50 more to go before mid october...
ten small resin fish dudes with chibi bodies and cartoony fish heads scattered on a messy painting desk. they are pale blue with a dark green patch on their head, white stomachs, purple fins, and paler purple spots.
August 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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doing some inking(? pencilling?) for a quick and dirty little mini-comic today
a close up of an in-progress comic page, drawn in black biro and pencil on white printer paper. a character with a bleeding hole in her chest peers into a river, where a hopeless ghostly face reflects back.
August 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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painting little fish guys today for mcm/tbubs 🐠
a messy desk with 11 small resin fish guys half-painted, all strewn about. they're little dudes with fish heads but chibi human-y bodies, sitting politely.
August 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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yay, i have an online shop again!

digital comics
physical comics
stickers

more stuff coming soon!✨
ko-fi.com/abscomics/shop
banner for my shop that says 'shop open!!' in big yellow clay letters, surrounded by some comics covers and stickers.
August 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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i wish i was reading these comics from the @ldcomics.bsky.social online fair instead of being at my stupid job!!

you can read these comics (including mine!) instead of being at YOUR stupid job, but only if you buy them today, because it's the last day of the fair!!!!
a laptop screen in an office setting showing comics from the LDC online comics fair
July 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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my ipad has been getting uncomfortably hot with the weather so i've been doing a LOT of drawing with biro and printer paper, like i used to at uni

just dropped some colours behind this sketch to figure out characters for a new(!) comic and just.... WHY did i ever stop doing this?!
headshot sketches of two dog characters. the one on the left is more femme with bouncy orange bangs, two silver ring earrings in her right ear, and a neutral facial expression. the one on the right has straight baby bangs (also orange) and is wearing a t-shirt with holes in it. both are wearing black berets.
July 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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not to brag but the lineup is incredible 😤
post outlining the exhibitors at the cardiff small press day event, 12-5pm at arthole. joe latham, r.e. burke, josh hicks, erika price, archie mckenzie, kai dylan, beastly worlds, coleg gwent, ed stockham, thunderchair, abs bailey, pigeon, cat lilith, shri gunasekara, mereida fajardo, piggyhammer, b mure (no longer attending!), and USW illustration. it also outlines a workshop run by ed stockham between 12:30 and 1:30, called Drawing Dice, a workshop that gets people drawing based on the destiny of a dice roll... post outlinging the talks at the cardiff small press day event: 12:30 - 1:30: Life altering Indie Comics panel. Hosted by Lydia Turner, featuring joe latham, shri gunasekara, piggyhammer, beastly worlds, and mereida fajardo 13:45 - 14:15: Creating Comics Through Traumatic Experiences. R.E Burke shares her story of embarking onto a graphic novel project documenting her experience of being detained by ICE. 14:30 - 15:15: Journeys Into Publishing Panel. Hosted by Lydia Turner featuring Pigeon, Thunderchair, and Josh Hicks. 15:30-16:00: Handmade Books. Archie McKenzie dives into their illustration and bookbinding process.
July 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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diwrnod y wasg fach hapus!! we're all set up for cardiff's @smallpressday.bsky.social event tomorrow ✨

swing by art hole for a day of comics fun 👀 talks, panels, a workshop, market!! some of the best comics talent in wales and the south west!!

12-5pm
some creative clutter on a table: some big sheets of paper, pens, small press day posters, and a snippet of a poster advertising comics from exhibitors in the LDC online fair a shot of some chairs facing a space set up for a talk/panel the poster for cardiff's small press day event colin napping on a sofa in arthole
July 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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oh... oh dear... he stole their zine pages...

#GoshBFDD
July 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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hello i'm abs and i drew the poster below (colours by the wonderful pigeon)!

managed to snag a quick break at the warhammer club to scribble this (😎)... i wonder what they're reading? 👀 #GoshBFDD
a scrappy biro and pencil doodle of a mischievous fairy with butterfly wings reading a zine while hunched on top of a big mushroom.
July 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM