ComicsGal
@comicsgal.bsky.social
Just a gal that loves comics.
PFP: Hand drawn red C overlapping a blue G. In C is a line drawing of a long haired gal reading a comic.
Banner: Photo of shorts & longs of comics and a black bookshelf with trades stacked two deep on most of the shelves.
PFP: Hand drawn red C overlapping a blue G. In C is a line drawing of a long haired gal reading a comic.
Banner: Photo of shorts & longs of comics and a black bookshelf with trades stacked two deep on most of the shelves.
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Letterer Appreciation Day! Each September 1st — the birthday of legendary letterer Gaspar Saladino — we celebrate the vital contributions letterers make to the comic book industry!
September 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Letterer Appreciation Day! Each September 1st — the birthday of legendary letterer Gaspar Saladino — we celebrate the vital contributions letterers make to the comic book industry!
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@fantagraphics.bsky.social is holding a "We've Been Robbed!" flash sale this weekend to raise money to help pay their legal battle against JP Morgan Chase Bank & Diamond Comics Distributors. All items are offered at 30% off. If you can, please support them.
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The Fantagraphics “We’ve Been Robbed” Sale - Fantagraphics Blog
A call to action! Fantagraphics is in a legal battle (as part of a coalition of a dozen other publishers) that is stressing our ability to publish the world’s greatest cartoonists, as we have done for...
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August 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
@fantagraphics.bsky.social is holding a "We've Been Robbed!" flash sale this weekend to raise money to help pay their legal battle against JP Morgan Chase Bank & Diamond Comics Distributors. All items are offered at 30% off. If you can, please support them.
blog.fantagraphics.com/the-fantagra...
blog.fantagraphics.com/the-fantagra...
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My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" 💜 www.vogue.com/article/matt...
![Well, everything. The death of art. [Laughs.] A thing that I’ve been struck by in the last year of tech development around art is that what makes us human is making art, even if you’re not a professional artist. This is kind of corny, but I think about cavemen, right? One of the first things we ever did as a species was put our handprints on a wall, and it’s just this drive that has always been there. It’ll always be there. And I think it’s preposterous that these people are suggesting that they develop this technology, and the first thing they want to eliminate is art, so you have more time to…what, email? I don’t know what they think I’m going to do with my fucking day. Most of the population is not artists, but a lot of the population has artistic hobbies, and if you replace that with a computer doing it for you or whatever, it’s just pointless. I think there’s a death drive in these people, almost, and an actual hatred of artists; they are jealous of people with imagination because they don’t have one, and they almost consciously want to eliminate it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:obalt57atoxc2zooldtuur75/bafkreifnjtvupzmkqg7cggiv2z5nckzpp5yd2sm7h5gg2kq3plbwv2btuy@jpeg)
July 31, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My wife is in Vogue shitting on your AI-generated "art" 💜 www.vogue.com/article/matt...
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UPDATE: HB1375, the Texas bill that, if enacted, will authorize filing lawsuits against comic shops for selling graphic novels that anyone finds objectionable, made the House calendar at the last minute.
May 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
UPDATE: HB1375, the Texas bill that, if enacted, will authorize filing lawsuits against comic shops for selling graphic novels that anyone finds objectionable, made the House calendar at the last minute.
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Folks call your Senators now!! A ban on any state laws on GenAi for 10 YEARS is gonna do unthinkable harm!
For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)
Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org
For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)
Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org
May 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Folks call your Senators now!! A ban on any state laws on GenAi for 10 YEARS is gonna do unthinkable harm!
For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)
Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org
For those of you wondering what to say here are two posts you can use to build your own script (use alt script to cut and paste)
Need to find your representatives? Here you go:
5calls.org
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Update: the WaPo lost a cartoonist with *three* Pulitzers rather than let her make fun of Jeff Bezos.
The Pulitzer Prize for illustrated reporting and
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.
This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
commentary goes to @anntelnaes.bsky.social, for various works that appeared in The Washington Post.
This is her third Pulitzer recognition.
Ann Telnaes
Ann Telnaes was an editorial cartoonist for The Washington Post. She won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 2001 and was a finalist for the prize in 2022.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Update: the WaPo lost a cartoonist with *three* Pulitzers rather than let her make fun of Jeff Bezos.
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"I didn't realize you could go so deep!"
March 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"I didn't realize you could go so deep!"
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This week on Back Issue Bloodbath, Andrew and @obesacantavit.bsky.social discuss the artwork of Alitha Martinez and pick their favourite comics she's drawn!
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Back Issue Bloodbath Episode 483: The Artwork of Alitha Martinez - Geek Hard
This week on Back Issue Bloodbath, Andrew and Petula discuss the artwork of Alitha Martinez and pick their favourite comics she's drawn!
geekhardshow.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
This week on Back Issue Bloodbath, Andrew and @obesacantavit.bsky.social discuss the artwork of Alitha Martinez and pick their favourite comics she's drawn!
geekhardshow.com/2025/02/back...
geekhardshow.com/2025/02/back...
🧵 that made me happy today, so sharing.
(I really need to start reorganizing the library again.)
(I really need to start reorganizing the library again.)
I found out there was an exhibit of Watterson originals down at the U of O in Eugene so I drove down this afternoon to peep at' em
January 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
🧵 that made me happy today, so sharing.
(I really need to start reorganizing the library again.)
(I really need to start reorganizing the library again.)
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Definitely worth a read, especially since they interview Jeff Trexler from @cbldf.bsky.social. (Be sure to give them a follow.)
TL;DR: Surprise, surprise, costs to consumers are going to go up. 😡
TL;DR: Surprise, surprise, costs to consumers are going to go up. 😡
January 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Definitely worth a read, especially since they interview Jeff Trexler from @cbldf.bsky.social. (Be sure to give them a follow.)
TL;DR: Surprise, surprise, costs to consumers are going to go up. 😡
TL;DR: Surprise, surprise, costs to consumers are going to go up. 😡
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as the weather turns cold, remember: if you are designing a fictional island, try taking a few photos in the grocery store parking lot
December 17, 2024 at 7:49 PM
as the weather turns cold, remember: if you are designing a fictional island, try taking a few photos in the grocery store parking lot
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Maus author Art Spiegelman’s next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He thinks he will struggle to find a publisher in the United States.
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”
Art Spiegelman Won’t Shrink Back From Controversy
The artist has illustrated more than one contentious New Yorker cover in his career, chronicled in a new film, and his next project will be no less gutsy.
hyperallergic.com
December 28, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Maus author Art Spiegelman’s next comic will be about Gaza, in collaboration with Joe Sacco. He thinks he will struggle to find a publisher in the United States.
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”
“I’ll finish this thing or die trying.”
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All the plagiarists I've seen come and go over the years, everyone who was incensed over the tracing and stealing and lying these professionals did, only for a billionaire company to come along and prove that actually you can get away with anything if you have enough money!! IT'S THE FUTURE
December 18, 2024 at 9:13 PM
All the plagiarists I've seen come and go over the years, everyone who was incensed over the tracing and stealing and lying these professionals did, only for a billionaire company to come along and prove that actually you can get away with anything if you have enough money!! IT'S THE FUTURE
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Whoever protects black people and trans people first by banning bigots and transphobes IS GOING TO WIN THE WHOLE AUDIENCE
WHY IS THIS HARD
RUN THE BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR
WHY IS THIS HARD
RUN THE BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR
December 14, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Whoever protects black people and trans people first by banning bigots and transphobes IS GOING TO WIN THE WHOLE AUDIENCE
WHY IS THIS HARD
RUN THE BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR
WHY IS THIS HARD
RUN THE BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR
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Usually I don't do this, buuut decided to try this year.
Today is my birthday 🥳, so if someone gives me a repost as a present, I'd be grateful, thank you! 😌
Today is my birthday 🥳, so if someone gives me a repost as a present, I'd be grateful, thank you! 😌
December 7, 2024 at 10:11 AM
Usually I don't do this, buuut decided to try this year.
Today is my birthday 🥳, so if someone gives me a repost as a present, I'd be grateful, thank you! 😌
Today is my birthday 🥳, so if someone gives me a repost as a present, I'd be grateful, thank you! 😌
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Hey, I have a new radical idea!
How about we just...not be shitty to people online.
WHAT?? you might say, BUT WHAT IF I HATE THEM OR SOMETHING THEY SAID??
Then mute or block them. Report it if it's reportable.
Life is tough enough. Being shitty online is such a waste of time.
How about we just...not be shitty to people online.
WHAT?? you might say, BUT WHAT IF I HATE THEM OR SOMETHING THEY SAID??
Then mute or block them. Report it if it's reportable.
Life is tough enough. Being shitty online is such a waste of time.
December 6, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Hey, I have a new radical idea!
How about we just...not be shitty to people online.
WHAT?? you might say, BUT WHAT IF I HATE THEM OR SOMETHING THEY SAID??
Then mute or block them. Report it if it's reportable.
Life is tough enough. Being shitty online is such a waste of time.
How about we just...not be shitty to people online.
WHAT?? you might say, BUT WHAT IF I HATE THEM OR SOMETHING THEY SAID??
Then mute or block them. Report it if it's reportable.
Life is tough enough. Being shitty online is such a waste of time.
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any of y'all defending billionaires in my mentions: they will never give a single flying fuck about any of us. you will never get within a thousand years of being able to lick their boots. knock it off and stop embarrassing yourself
can't fathom having a billion dollars and not giving 99/100s (or more? 999/1000ths? I don't fuck with math) of it away to causes and people I care about as soon as humanly possible. the only way you could justify hording it is if you don't HAVE causes or people you care about
There’s a lot of discourse about CEOs and billionaires right now. It’s hard to have this convo on TikTok but I think Bluesky can handle it with nuance.
Are all billionaires bad?
Are all billionaires bad?
December 6, 2024 at 4:39 AM
any of y'all defending billionaires in my mentions: they will never give a single flying fuck about any of us. you will never get within a thousand years of being able to lick their boots. knock it off and stop embarrassing yourself
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If Glaze and Nightshade are snake oils that don't work, why is OpenAI calling them "abuse"?
Like if people are gonna steal my art I'd rather it be a shitty, inferior version. (Though ultimately I'd prefer they not steal.)
Sometimes I think tech-heads just don't Get It.
Like if people are gonna steal my art I'd rather it be a shitty, inferior version. (Though ultimately I'd prefer they not steal.)
Sometimes I think tech-heads just don't Get It.
November 29, 2024 at 12:05 AM
If Glaze and Nightshade are snake oils that don't work, why is OpenAI calling them "abuse"?
Like if people are gonna steal my art I'd rather it be a shitty, inferior version. (Though ultimately I'd prefer they not steal.)
Sometimes I think tech-heads just don't Get It.
Like if people are gonna steal my art I'd rather it be a shitty, inferior version. (Though ultimately I'd prefer they not steal.)
Sometimes I think tech-heads just don't Get It.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING! From every one us at FLASH GORDON⚡️
November 28, 2024 at 6:20 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! From every one us at FLASH GORDON⚡️