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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley
@alisonsampson.bsky.social
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Artist, writes + draws comics in London UK. Image, Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, IDW/PRH, Oni, Boom, AWA, DSTLRY, Mad Cave, Tiny Onion & more. Open 4 writing, covers Multiple Eisner nominee on team books Contact alissamp at gmail Portfolio: www.alisonsampson.com
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · Jul 8
Hi #PortfolioDay, I'm Alison, an artist and sometimes writer working from London UK, drawing comics, book covers, editorial, and whatever you need. I like making imaginary worlds which could be real, emotional storytelling, nature and ideas. Open for covers and writing.
www.alisonsampson.com
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 1h
Loving the art x
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 2h
Giving this a bit of a boost in the #DVpit
I've seen it and it looks good.
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Colleen Douglas PhD @collyd.bsky.social · 2h
#DVpit Graphic Novel Pitch:
OLD FADAMA based on true events of an Albino friend, growing up on e-waste dump Agbogbloshie,avoiding sacrificial hunters and her ultimate escape via dumped US e-waste.

Genre: non fiction/adult thriller
More info: zeecomeeks.com/comics/w-i-p/
Contact:[email protected]
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Melissa F. Olson @mfolson.bsky.social · 2h
It’s finally here!
You can now buy the trade paperback of ARCHAIC, about a badass single mom who’s put in charge of a sentient island and its mythological Inhabitants. Come for the Mesopotamian goddess of the dead, stay for the 9-yr-old who saves the day w/birdwatching skills.
bit.ly/Demonde
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 2h
I would really like to read this
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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 3h
TOMORROZ!
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 3h
At 7pm on 9th October, don't miss @aptshadow.bsky.social at Leeds Waterstones for a very special panel event on "Building Brilliant Worlds" alongside @rjbarker.bsky.social and
@davewragg.com in association with @britfantasysoc.bsky.social!

Tickets only £5! www.waterstones.com/events/panel...
A screenshot of the Waterstones Event Graphic.
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 3h
Was tempted to say, but I'm gonna leave you that way. Better to just enjoy the art. I'm torn. But it's not exactly a secret, if you want to know it's a Google away.
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 3h
I would like to read this. Go Bex!!
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Hamlet Machine @hamletmachine.bsky.social · 1d
I'll be doing a live draw at NYCC 2025, Thursday Oct 9th, 5:45pm - 6:30pm, Room North 406.1! 💋 I'll be drawing a sketch of my characters from "Come Find Me"!

Hosted by @neonichiban.bsky.social, enjoy listening to the @dstlry.bsky.social team talk while drawing with @mirkand.bsky.social!
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 3h
I'm keen on this. I'm slightly less keen on the ellison clan taking over all of media.
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Bruno Redondo @brunoredondo.bsky.social · 3h
Yeah, “asking people permission for robbery would kill the robbery industry”, such a fucking shame… FUCK AI
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 15h
You don’t need AI; AI is not “inevitable.” That’s a lie being fed to you by companies who are going to lose a fuckton of money if they don’t convince you that AI is something you can’t live without.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h
NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Big Bang Comics @bigbangcomics.bsky.social · 17h
WE'RE HIRING!

We are looking for a couple of new people to join our team, Full-Time and Part-Time.

Please E-Mail your CV to info(at)bigbangcomics(dot)ie with the Subject Line saying either Full-Time or Part Time for whichever position you are applying for.
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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 6h
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The Verge @theverge.com · May 26
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 6h
Another for the "this is fine" files news.sky.com/story/bank-o...
Bank of England warns of 'sharp correction' for markets if AI bubble bursts
In its latest update on the state of the financial system, the Bank adds its voice to concerns about US issues that will have knock-on effects for us, if realised.
news.sky.com
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Clord TC, Comics Guy @clordtc.bsky.social · 6h
Coming up soon, Goblin Market!

That rarest of rares, a london based small press show!
I’m tanling there and will have all the usual bits, even if i have to pull em out the suitcase cos this is a cosy one

www.instagram.com/thatgoblinma...
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 6h
Cc @karriefransman.bsky.social
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 6h
TODAY
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 23h
TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks
#DVPit Rules -#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors -Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET -Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project) -Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio. -Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag) -A like from an agent = a query request -A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent -A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions -Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches -Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines. #DVpit 2025 has 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from the following literary agencies and publishers: Andrea Brown Lit Ash Literary Azantian Literary Agency Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Folio Literary Management Gallt & Zacker Literary Gelfman Schneider Literary Hachette Grand Central Publishing Little Brown Books for Young Readers Harper Collins Harlequin Hanover Square HG Literary Inked in Gray Press Jill Grinberg Literary Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Macmillan Feiwel & Friends Farrar, Straus & Giroux Roaring Brook Press Saturday books Wednesday books Mad Woman Literary Neighborhood Literary New Leaf Literary & Media Open Book Literary Page Street Publishing Park, Fine & Brower Penguin Random House Ballantine Berkley Delacorte Labyrinth Road Penguin Workshop Viking Root Literary Simon & Schuster Aladdin Atheneum Atria McElderry Sheldon Fogelman Agency Sourcebooks Stonefruit Studio Triada US Writers House Zando
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 8h
feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*
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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 9h
I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 9h
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
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Erica Schultz-Opinions are my own @ericaschultz42.bsky.social · 18h
Next Thursday, Oct 16, @gronbekk.bsky.social and I will be signing at @thegeekerynj.bsky.social in Matawan, NJ.
Photo of Torunn Grønbekk and Erica Schultz on the backdrop of The Geekery in Matawan, NJ.
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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 20h
the fact that technology is as advanced as it is is the reason we should be emphasizing the unique value of every human soul more, not less
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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 20h
everything about the attempt to co-opt the language of social justice to promote AI personhood makes my skin absolutely crawl

that people are doing it in the current political environment, where the most basic human rights are crumbling before our eyes, is as bleak as it gets for me
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 20h
You would think no one learned from 'citizens united'.
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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 20h
I think also the faces. That's 'AI face'.
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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 23h
TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks
#DVPit Rules -#DVpit (Diverse Voices Pitch) is a Bluesky event for marginalized creators that have been historically underrepresented in publishing to pitch their work to agents & editors -Post your pitch on Bluesky on Wednesday, Oct 8, 2025 between 8AM ET - 8PM ET -Only post once per hour (6 max pitches per project) -Must have a polished, query ready manuscript or art portfolio. -Pitch must include the #DVpit hashtag (illustrators pitching their art must use the #DVArt hashtag) -A like from an agent = a query request -A repost from an editor = interest in submission once you've signed with an agent -A like from an editor = editor who takes unagented submissions -Please do not like or repost a pitch if you are not an agent or an editor. Support other creators by replying to their pitch or quote-reposting their pitches -Visit dvpit.carrd.co for more detailed guidelines. #DVpit 2025 has 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from the following literary agencies and publishers: Andrea Brown Lit Ash Literary Azantian Literary Agency Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Folio Literary Management Gallt & Zacker Literary Gelfman Schneider Literary Hachette Grand Central Publishing Little Brown Books for Young Readers Harper Collins Harlequin Hanover Square HG Literary Inked in Gray Press Jill Grinberg Literary Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency Macmillan Feiwel & Friends Farrar, Straus & Giroux Roaring Brook Press Saturday books Wednesday books Mad Woman Literary Neighborhood Literary New Leaf Literary & Media Open Book Literary Page Street Publishing Park, Fine & Brower Penguin Random House Ballantine Berkley Delacorte Labyrinth Road Penguin Workshop Viking Root Literary Simon & Schuster Aladdin Atheneum Atria McElderry Sheldon Fogelman Agency Sourcebooks Stonefruit Studio Triada US Writers House Zando
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Emily Schnall @emilyschnall.bsky.social · May 29
Have I mentioned I love drawing monsters and spooky things??

If you’d like a ghoulish commission or have any upcoming horror projects, get in touch!🔪👻
Painterly illustration of a darkly lit dirt road. A coyote is crossing and looking at the viewer with glowing eyes like an animal photographed at night, its limbs are severed at their base and replaced with human arms and legs Illustration of a zombie and the bride of Frankenstein’s heads smooshed up against each other. The heads are floating over a white background and they both look annoyed Black and white illustration of a snarling figure with many sets of eyes ascending on his face and spilling out into the background Black and red illustration of a monstrous, seated figure clutching at its throat. Its bird-like head features a large, yellow eye and an open mouth of exposed bone
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