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Andrea

@andreademonakos.bsky.social

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I’m a queer Bermudian / Canadian living in the Seattle area, as a perpetually busy small biz owner. I’m interested in supporting creative people, growing too many plants, and avoiding burnout. She/Her/Hers

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Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hi folks! My name is Andrea Demonakos, and I’m the owner of White Squirrel, a small business devoted to supporting artists via fulfillment services and management of their online stores. 📦

My Bluesky vibe is a mix of enthusiastic yelling, sharing art, and photos of my garden and hobbies. 💕

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jam @jammyness.bsky.social · 2h

I saw another one of these MAP (mutli animator project) music videos drop yesterday and I really hope it becomes a bigger trend because it's rad as hell youtu.be/dYIqX7ZLMyE

bbno$ - ADD (official music video)

YouTube video by bbno$

youtu.be

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Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 46m

This is such a good tote!!!!

Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 47m

Go bird boys!!

Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 47m

Dude whaaaat that’s absurd

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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · 2h

#Comics folks, I need you to pull up to this one.

The world sucks right now, and we have the opportunity to do a little bit of good for a displaced and marginalized member of our community. Please join me in supporting this KS campaign!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

If you're somebody who values supporting marginalized voices in comics, here's your chance to put your money where your values are!

The writer of this RINGO NOM’D INDIE COMIC (and a very dear friend of mine) is a Syrian Refugee who has been through more continuous hardships than I have space to list here; constantly navigating visa applications, unstable living conditions, predatory landlords (limited options as a refugee).

Anas just wants to make comics and live a normal life like what so many of us take for granted. Backing this campaign will help Anas to take the next step toward freedom and autonomy, helping to fund a move to another country with more stable employment options. This is truly one of the most important comics purchases you will ever make.

Middle Eastern and North African comics creators are some of the most underrepresented in the comics industry of the western world. Anas isn’t running a GoFundMe to support this move, and is not asking for charity. Simply, Anas is using their talent for storytelling, along with Dennis’ gorgeous art, to offer you a beautiful experience in the comics medium, that also goes toward funding a better life for Anas.

I’m so proud of Anas, and humbled by their experiences and perseverance. I would like to see Anas’ Dream realized, and I’d love to see this community help to make that happen. Please join me in pledging to the Etheres Kickstarter campaign! (link below).

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Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 1h

Yes! This is so true!

Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 8h

Oh hey same

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chetom ✨🐸 @chetom.bsky.social · 9h

ginkgo leaves for #peachtober25leaf day! 🐸🍁🍂 #frogart

cute tiny frogs hanging from a ginkgo branch with yellow leaves in the autumn cozy autumn vibes cottagecore cute frogs artwork by chetom

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Vero.Doodles @verodoodles.bsky.social · 9h

Day 8 (Leaf) for #peachtober25

I decided to draw a cute little round wizard frog holding a leaf and hopping around! I love how Kirby-fied he looks and will absolutely be drawing him again in the near future! 🐸🌈🌱✨

#peachtober #frog #wizard #kidlit #leaf #illustration #art

A very round wizard frog with star spots running and holding a large leaf. Overhead is a shooting star with a rainbow tail and there are several stars and sparkles around the frog and leaf.

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Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 8h

Ok thank you!! I needed external confirmation lol

Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 8h

🤣
Maybe we’re just so good at posting we project an aura of super busy professionals??

Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 8h

My first date with my now husband happened because of flirting on twitter.

Most of my business was built via word-of-mouth from twitter, instagram, and now bluesky.

My understanding of feminism, politics, LGBTQIA+ issues, all developed through participating in various social media conversations.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 8h

I’ve gotten this too!!

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Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 8h

A+ graphic Nicole!

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Nicole 🪲 @fossilforager.bsky.social · 9h

FALL SHOP UPDATE! 🍁
New enamel pins, stickers, prints, and so much more will be added to my site this Friday 10/10 @ 11 am PDT!
You can preview everything here!
🛒🐛: shop.fossilforager.art

A mockup image with white bubbled text that reads “Shop Update! October 10th @ 11 am PDT” with a link url below (shop.fossilforager.art). There is a collage of sticker sheets and enamel pins around the text, featuring insects and deep sea marine creatures on a whale skeleton. The sticker sheets have weevils and sea creatures. They are placed on a yellow-orange gradient.

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Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 11h

Trying to decide if it’s ominous to discover a large murder of crows assembled in the woods near my house?
They were yelling pretty intensely about something for a long while this morning…

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E.B. Hutchins @ebhutchins.bsky.social · 13h

Bringing back the article I wrote for @comicsbeat.bsky.social earlier this year. Because fuck Amazon.

www.comicsbeat.com/five-places-...

Five places to buy graphic novels online instead of Amazon

You don't have to buy your books at Amazon. Here are five places you can get books that support indie bookstores

www.comicsbeat.com

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 13h

can't help but feel this overlaps nicely with Little Free Library's anti-book-ban action, which is to stock your local LFL with banned books: littlefreelibrary.org/about/book-b...

Book Bans - Little Free Library

Expanding access to books is at the heart of our mission. The rise of book bans in America goes against our organization’s core values — especially when the bans overwhelmingly… Continue reading Book ...

littlefreelibrary.org

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 13h

kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...

Banned Books

bookshop.org

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 1d

“We don’t have to approach and criticize this album as art, because it isn’t art. The Life of a Showgirl is made of Shein quality rip-offs of other people’s songs that are constructed shoddily and sold in ginormous quantities. Art takes time and care. This is profit. It’s content.”

WHEW.

No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector

The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

defector.com

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Andrea @andreademonakos.bsky.social · 1d

Love this!

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indui @monstermonger.bsky.social · 1d

#Drawtober Chapter II - Toad Astrologer
Crossing the Threshold

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 3d

related, when the president is invading our own country, waging war on our own people, i don't wanna see dems give the GOP shit they ask for, don't wanna hear shit bout 'we hope our friends across the aisle will work with us on bipartisan solutions to the problems they cause' i don't want none of it

Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 3d

Look. Invading our own country is about as straightforward a case as you can have for impeachment. The GOP abandoning the Constitution is kind of the only story there is and it gets no coverage.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 3d

Guys. I just had a crazy idea. What if the President DIDN’T deploy troops in American cities. Just a thought. Have we tried that before?

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Marty Tina G. ⚢ @geezmarty.bsky.social · 3d

still thinking about this ask I got yesterday. you have to make things for yourself and the random internet stranger who will go crazy for it

anon ask: Hello,

I just wanted to say thank you for making a lifelong dream come true with your unofficial continuation of Carmilla.

As an avid reader of any additional works I can get my hands on, yours did not disappoint! Long have I wanted a sequel titled Laura (along with a prequel titled Mircalla) and I loved everything about what you created — not only did you keep to the Gothic tone of the story, but you also touched on the most poignant and vulnerable themes the novella leaves unexplored such as Laura’s grief and complex feelings about Carmilla. I found your art style to be simply beautiful, and the choice of the black and white color palette with splashes of red was genius.

This is definitely one of my favourite works out there and I would without a doubt love to read anything else you might make within the canon should the opportunity ever arise in the future.

Thank you again for this visual and visceral delight.

answer: Thank you so much for your very kind words!! I wrote Laura to be able to be enjoyed by anyone, but when fellow fans of Carmilla specifically let me know they liked it it means the world to me :') I'm really happy you enjoyed it!

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