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Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · 6h

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Sam Manley (booked up for now) @sammanleyartist.bsky.social · May 26

"If I can't steal, my business doesn't work."

OK then.

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Hellish Children @hellishchildren.bsky.social · May 26

Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders!

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 10h

Protect Viz at all costs.

Viz Comic @vizcomic.bsky.social · 10h

Subscriptions >>> shop.viz.co.uk/viz349bs

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21d

Jesus Christ.

It was my birthday recently and I sincerely considered not living anymore.
The worst part of all is that the parents who once supported me fully in being an artist sent me an AI generated picture of a caricature of themselves holding a birthday cake with my name spelled incorrectly.

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Ned Hartley @nedhartley.com · Aug 26

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · Aug 10

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all:

“If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.”

Israel just killed him.

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · Aug 7

As someone who works in the children’s comics industry I would like to share my thoughts on this: Fuuuuuuuck offffffff.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · Aug 6

The former NFL player's Lumi Story AI, aims to help middle and high school students work with an AI-powered chatbot to write their own stories, comics and graphic novels.

AI platform from former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick finds playing field in Portland schools

The former NFL player's Lumi Story AI, aims to help middle and high school students work with an AI-powered chatbot to write their own stories, comics and graphic novels.

www.oregonlive.com

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Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · Aug 5

Also can't believe this was almost 20 years ago. Still think of it as new music ☠️😬

Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · Aug 5

Did you ever hear a band or a piece of music that sounds like it was made *just for you*, perfectly attuned to you? Burial is that for me. Couldn't believe what I was hearing. Still can't.

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Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · Aug 5

New BURIAL klaxon 😭 🤗 😊 🤩

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Aug 3

Check out the colossal array of great Murphs in the replies.

The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 2

Dog Named Murph Lives Up To Name

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Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · Aug 5

I only drop in here now and again because I'm just not pure enough for it. #Bluesky

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Maytera Marble @mayteramarble.bsky.social · Aug 4

logging onto Bluesky

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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · Aug 3

no one ever comes back

An interior view of a shoe store or department featuring a sign that reads "DON'T Enter Mirror" on a mirror covering a wall.

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David Ziggy Greene (Jam bookshop) @jambookshopuk.bsky.social · Jun 20

Recently posted that people who say they can't draw can actually draw, they just need to practice.
The reaction from people who insist they can't draw was that it's bollocks & practice will never make you better at skills you don't have.
Then I had to explain that desire to practice is also crucial.

The Scariest Gorgon @scarygorgon.bsky.social · Jun 16

Had a couple of folk say they wanted to make comics but couldn’t draw well enough. So PSA: if you make the thing, you get better at the drawing (and the writing) in the process of making the thing. And then the next one is a bit better, and so on and so forth. Making “crap” stuff is allowed.

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Microplastics Spookmelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · Jun 17

manager: you make that allergy warning sign for the counter?

employee: sure did boss, real fuckin ominous just like you asked

manager: what

Bagel store sign

ALL BAGEL VARIETIES MAY COME IN CONTACT WITH THE EGG BAGEL.

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Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · Jun 11

I sat in one at Bloom last weekend and I can't wait to get one. #Ami

Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · Jun 11

We should all be driving these:

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Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Beano *routinely* sells out where I live. I got the very last one on the shelf in Easons last week. Big appetite for comics out there.

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · Jun 11

It’s worth emphasising that comics have managed to get this far with a fraction of the space on store shelves, a minuscule amount of titles compared to prose, basically no public funding, no support in the curriculum, etc. What would the impact be if comics received support & resources?

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · Jun 11

@markbradley.bsky.social makes an important point here. For a medium which has been (and still is by some parents) REALLY looked down upon, children’s comics are engaging readers again in a big way. That’ll keep going if, as a country, we could just give comics a bit more space and prominence.

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · Jun 11

100% this 🙌🙌🙌

Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · Jun 11

It’s worth emphasising that comics have managed to get this far with a fraction of the space on store shelves, a minuscule amount of titles compared to prose, basically no public funding, no support in the curriculum, etc. What would the impact be if comics received support & resources?

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Leah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social · Jun 5

I never, ever want to hear again that women are too emotional to be leaders.

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Alan Ryan (Slowed & Reverbed) @alotron.bsky.social · Jun 6

Grandaddy opening for the Super Furry Animals in the Olympia. They only played six songs but blew the roof off the place and nobody wanted to hear SFA after that.

Kimber Johnson @kimberjohnson.bsky.social · Jun 4

Who was the best opening act you've seen live?

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