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Arka 🌸 slow response @arkadraws.bsky.social · 9h

Aidan wants to join the army and end the war. However, his near-death encounter with enemy soldier Chronus awakens a power to control fire that he never knew before and complicated feelings that leaves him wondering what’s worth fighting for.

#DVpit #GN #YA #F #R #Asian #LGBT #EnemiesToLovers

Comic cover titled The Firewalker featuring two main characters: the red haired guy is pointing a spear to the black haired guy, who parries the spear with a sword. They are surrounded by fire all around. Behind them are distorted clock with a hand of the clock pointing at number 1.

A single panel that shows Chronus pointing his sword to Aidan. Underneath the panel is monologue by Aidan: "Back then, I wondered..."

Two panels showing Aidan's hesitant face and Chronus' determined face side by side. Underneath the panels is monologue by Aidan: "Why you hated me so much."

Two comic panels, the first showing Aidan's hand gripping a spear while the next is him pointing the spear at Chronus (off the frame). The monologue by Aidan reads: "But I'm not going to hesitate this time! I will stop you!"

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Axel @beltaguise.bsky.social · 9h

Years ago, Thorn did something terrible that tore his gang of outlaws apart. Now after 50 years he might have finally found a way to make things right- and a way to save his ex-almost boyfriend/situationship.

Written by me, art by @jeypawlik.bsky.social #DvPit #GN #LGBT #SF

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 9h

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28 Jeys Later 🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @jpawlik.com · 9h

The Curse Eater
When the country’s headmaster is cursed by an amulet, Vasilios volunteers to search for The Curse Eater. Rumours say this person is immune to all magic, including curses and could be the key to saving the country.

Written by @mparker.bsky.social, art by me
#DVPit #GN #A #F #TV

The Curse Eater comic page done in black and white with halftones. We see a fairly well maintained dirt road with various types of trees and vegetation on either side. The sound effects "CLK CLK" can be seen while a roof of a caravan comes into view. As it gets closer, we can see two people in the distance. One is riding a bike that's pulling the caravan and the other is sitting atop a floating staff. The two are making their way down the road together.

The Curse Eater comic page done in black and white with halftones. Salvator has stopped peddling his bike and is shading his eyes while looking to the left. Vasilios is in the foreground looking annoyed. He swerves his staff around and looks angrily at Sal saying "Why are you stopping?". Sal is thinking and ignoring Vasilios, then picks up a bag from the front of his caravan. He pulls out a black notebook stuffed with papers and bookmarks. Vasilios continues to look annoyed as Sal ignores him while checking his notes.

The Curse Eater comic page done in black and white with halftones. Salvator points to a small path between the trees and says "We need to head down this way." While Vasilios becomes more and more annoyed, while lecturing Sal and saying "Salvator, you know we have a very important job to do for the headmaster. We don't have TIME for sightseeing!" Salvator doesn't acknowledge the lecture and blankly responds "I remember." as he puts his satchel away into his caravan. He starts peddling his bike forward while saying "But we need to go here first." and Vasilios looks utterly shocked, but follows behind, sitting on his floating staff, with a frown on his face.

The Curse Eater comic page done in black and white with halftones. An establishing shot from a bird's eye view of a clearing in the forest with a small rundown cabin. The grass and weeds are overgrown around it with moss growing over the cabin and parts of the wood decaying. Salvator and Vasilios make their way towards it. Salvator says "Vasilios, before we go in I need to borrow one of your hats, a pair of glasses, and the fanciest looking gloves you have." Vasilios looks annoyed by the request but starts to get his pack out and replies "Just that? Nothing else I can do for his Most Knowledgeable of the Grandest Understandings?" While Sal has now donned a hat, removed his coat, and is putting his hair up he continues "Actually can you make my cart look like it belongs to The University?" The camera pans out to show Sal in the foreground pulling a pair of fancy gloves on, he's wearing one of Vasilios' hats and mini cape while Vasilios puts a magic sheet over Salvator's caravan, we can see the magic working through the sheet as it disguises part of the caravan to look bright and fancy with fantasy text on the side.

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 9h

If your hashtag searching is not working for #DVpit we created a feed for the hashtag. Please always try to search the hashtag first, but this feed includes all posts under the hashtag as well. We will update during the day as we learn more from bsky bsky.app/profile/did:...

#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 10h

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#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.

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Diana Sousa @dianasousaart.bsky.social · 9h

All 16yo Charlie wants is a safe place away from home where she can keep her emergent telekinesis a secret. Instead she finds an uncanny artefact hidden in the woods, and passages into strange echoes of our world, as her abilities twist into something new and out of her control.
#DVPit #YA #SFF

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 9h

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Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 9h

Henry is mob wife Birdie's right hand, paying off an old debt for protection from cops & the hardship of queer life in the 50s.

When Birdie’s husband returns to town, Henry must decide how much of her soul she can sell - and if she would drag her partner Nicky down with her.

#DVpit #DVart #GN #A

A stark black and white comic page. Across the top, an elegant queen in a black dress stands in a spotlight, arms extended out to her audience.

[Birdie's nightclub, 1940.]

She bows, diffused light and stage curtains swirling around her in a dreamlike state.

In close up, Henry - a scruffy teenage butch with bruises on her face - watches from a window far above. Her fingers barely touch the glass, momentarily distracted from her own dangerous predicament.

"Are you nuts??" someone behind her snaps, too loud, and Henry flinches away from the view. Back to reality.

The same room Henry's in, but from the opposite side. She's so small, against the enormous windows. Two men argue on the other side of the room - a larger man in a suit, and Dickie, a thin, weak-chinned guy in a tuxedo, missing his jacket.

"Bringing this here?!" he's saying, "I don't care whose vig they made off with- this isn't how we *do* things!" His arms are spread wide in furious gesturing.

His companion scrubs his face in his hands - "You think I don't know that?"

He gestures wide, and his shadow is thrown huge and intimidating against the wall. "What I didn't know, right," he snaps, "was they had a *girl* runnin' their whole operation!"

"Even if it is some kinda pervert-"

Henry averts her eyes. Her cheek is bruised.

"Wha- hey, how's that *my* problem?" The thin man stammers, holding his hands in front of him as if to fend the whole thing off. "I mean, look at *you*, pal, blood on your shirt- and here anybody coulda seen you!"

Henry's head snaps to attention as the muscle pulls his companion aside, conspiratorial. "Look, Dickie, I don't wanna spend my whole night buryin' this kid."

The man has a wide hand over the back of Dickie's neck. Henry's skin prickles at the memory, disgust curling in her gut. The hand squeezes.

"I'll throw my back out again," the man is saying, distantly. "Can't we figure something out?"

Henry stumbles forward, clutching at the front of her shirt with its broken buttons. Trying to find her voice. Speak up in her own defense. Anything. "H- hey-"

An older woman leans against the window sill at Henry's elbow, looking down at the same stage that Henry had been just moments ago. Henry starts at the sound of her voice.

"What's your name?"

The woman who addresses her is much older. Elegant, with a coiffure of long graying hair pulled to one side of her face . She watches Henry patiently, but expectantly. Like they have all the time in the world for her to answer.

"It's... Henrietta." she manages, stumbling like a school kid over her full name. Torn between flustered and afraid. She looks away, biting it all down with her arms folding in front of her. "Just call me Henry."

"Henry..." the woman muses. "Well, Henry. If you work for me, you'll need to work hard." She gestures down below them, to the crowd at the club's tables. "Pull your own weight and then some."

Below, a butch woman in a waiter's white tuxedo serves drinks. Birdie continues- "This isnt a charity service."

Henry knows opportunity when she sees it. Defensively, she huffs - "I'm no moocher. I can work."

Head bent to her cigar, Birdie smiles. She heard, of course, what the men said before. A girl, running the whole operation. Right under their noses.

"I'm sure you can."

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 9h

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Vicky Yuh @inkseer.bsky.social · 10h

In 1999, Seulgi feels uncool as one of the few Asian kids in middle school. But new student Nadia latches onto her, and Leonard, the stray pup-like boy down the street, opens up. Sharing warm moments and stumbling through shenanigans, they begin to perceive themselves with love.
#MG #GN #POC #DVpit

A spread of 2 comic pages, showing middle school kids playing four square on an asphalt court outside. There is a daydream/imagination of beating up a bully on the 2nd page.

A spread of 2 comic pages. Middle school girls in the P.E. locker room change out of their uniforms. One student is bullied for being smelly.

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 9h

Today is #DVPit 📖 on BlueSky and we are sharing some story pitches from our amazing members! Remember to only comment or quote-repost unless you are an editor or agent.

Unfortunately the search function in Bsky is down, so if you are a member and would like to be boosted by us, please give us a DM!

pynklaady @pynklaady.bsky.social · 10h

A teen wizard runs a magic makeup business with resources from his Fae, Merfolk and Undead friends. When he learns someone is stealing these same items–and there’s a link to his missing dads–he must find the thief or risk losing his friends, his business and the chance to find his parents #DVPit #GN

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Crys Kirk @cryskir.bsky.social · 6d

Ragdoll update!!

ragdoll.the-comic.org/comics/25/#c...

#webcomic #webcomicupdate #comicfury #comics #RAGDOLLcomic #comicoop

Read Ragdoll from the beginning: ragdoll.the-comic.org
Buy Chapter PDFs: cryskir.itch.io

A greyscale Comic page.
Ragdoll and Mix do shots.
Mix laughs at Ragdoll's wheezing afterwards.
Ragdoll says, Mix?
Mix says, Yeah kit?
Ragdoll asks, Why didn't you ask me to do this, if you were going to come along anyway? Why didn't Fold make the sell?

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Nero Villagallos O'Reilly @itsnero.com · 5d

Ultraviolents update! Tappity tap.

🔞 Read today's page here: uv.itsnero.com
⛓️ Read from the beginning: uv.itsnero.com/comic/ch-1/
🔪 See the end of chapter four today: members.itsnero.com/join

#comicoop #webcomic #spiderforest

Comic panel crop. A b&w drawing of a man tapping on a phone

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Saskia 🌸 @himbonotes.bsky.social · 5d

Being crushed under the weight of expectations all by yourself, handsome? 😜

🌿 Read here: downtempo.thecomicseries.com/comics/58/
🍄 Start from the beginning: downtempo.thecomicseries.com/comics/first
🥀 Read ahead: patreon.com/himinotebook

[ #downtempo 🌿 #ocsky #art #webcomic #blwebcomic #comicoop ]

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Jamil Scalese @jamilscalese.bsky.social · 5d

Last day of hard promo for Satterwhite & Fosgrove #4!

Looking to get caught up?

Click:
www.alltrueoutlaw.com/series/satte...

A Western detective story by Mauro Bueno, Nikki Powers, Claire Napier and myself #🔍🤠

#webcomic
#indiecomic
#artshare
#comicoop

Panel snippet from Satterwhite & Fosgrove #4

Satterwhite squares up with a bushwacker in the pouring rain

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Anni K. Comics @annikcomics.bsky.social · 5d

The Witch Door friday update is here:
🆕 www.thewitchdoor.com/comic/chapte...

New reader? Start here:
www.thewitchdoor.com/comic/prolog...
#thewitchdoor #webcomics #comicoop

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Elliwiny @elliwiny.bsky.social · 4d

Today on Opportunities! Jack likes his gadgets, but how do they hold up against a guy with the cahones to bring a zweihander to a gun fight?
🎄 opportunitiesinspace.com
#webcomics #oppsupdate #comicoop

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Andrew Neal | Added Value Books @wanderlane.bsky.social · 4d

Because people seem to be so smitten by Andy Richter's appearances on Dances with the Stars, here is some Andy Richter fanart: Andy on a date with Val, the main character of my comic series Meeting Comics, from the art zine 20 First Dates: Val on Dates with Famous People.
#comics #altcomix #comicoop

a cartooned drawing of Andy Richter getting a lap dance from Val
#andyrichter #dwts

A photo graph of the zine 20 FIRST DATES: VAL ON DATES WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE by Andrew Neal. On the cover is an illustration of Val on a date with Wes Anderson.

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 5d

We've been emailing them since March... Would be nice to finally get a response :)

boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · 5d

hi Jay, members of the @cartoonist.coop would love to talk to you about content moderation and how it relates to expression, art, and the new moderation rules coming later this month. would you be willing to DM or email?

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higu rose, Ph.D (30 or 40 years old) @higoons.bsky.social · 5d

YINZ CITY ISSUE 7: THESE FEARS is ONLINE YAHOO!!! you can read it on the site AND you can buy the physicals on etsy :') some page previews in the next post
www.yinz.city/yinz7.html
www.etsy.com/listing/4380...

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 5d

Once again, Bluesky has deleted my friend Sama'a's account.

www.gofundme.com/f/help-baha-...

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 5d

We're doing our best!! <3

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Nero Villagallos O'Reilly @itsnero.com · 5d

DID YOU KNOW... that I run the @cartoonist.coop 's weekly mixer for professional cartoonists? No ladder climbing here! Only chill chats with other exhausted comickers who understand the end of year crunch.

Join us today to hop on in!

ad image for the pro mixer, a zoom chat for professionals. weekly!

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Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · 5d

We've been emailing them since March... Would be nice to finally get a response :)

boney🔞💖 @boneyhag.bsky.social · 5d

hi Jay, members of the @cartoonist.coop would love to talk to you about content moderation and how it relates to expression, art, and the new moderation rules coming later this month. would you be willing to DM or email?

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Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 6d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Jamil Scalese @jamilscalese.bsky.social · 9d

We have an extra Monday this month, so that means it's time to look back at some previous @alltrueoutlaw.bsky.social comics:

HORROR ON HOGGER HILL: a gang on the run come across a lonely shack in the Minnesota hills 🩸🪓

bindings.app/read/2uc3kNs7

#webcomic
#western
#horror
#comicoop

Page one of "Horror on Hogger Hill"

Writer: Jamil Scalese
Artist: Claudio Muñoz
Letterer: Nikki Powers

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Harper @harpsicordial.bsky.social · 9d

There's a new bonus comic for Masonry of the Body up today! Regular updates return on Oct 13th with chapter 11, but I hope you all enjoy this for now. #comicoop #webcomics #historicalcomics
harpercrane.com/Masonry%20of...

A younger Ada sits under the shade of a plum tree reading a book, the colors are warmer in tint than standard Masonry of the Body pages.

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Lan ⛈️ @aquapunked.bsky.social · 9d

UPDATE DAY 🏜️

#TheTitan is a post-apoc dramedy romance between an 8-million-dollar guy and a girl who asks the important questions.

#romance #SpecFic #SFF #TransHet #webcomic #comics #comicoop

🦾 Today's update: titancomic.net
🦾 The beginning: titancomic.net/comic/v1c1
🦾 Patreon: patreon.com/lo

Promo image taken from the comic update. Ren looks at Ansel (off panel) and asks what marketing is.

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