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🗡️‿︵‿︵ @cowardlyworm.bsky.social · 7d

This is a perfect comic. It is SO GOOD. I know you🫵 know it's amazing, and you🫵 haven't read it yet - but it's better than that

Freya JN @goblinstunts.bsky.social · 24d

Dead Horses | 86 pages | Online at Shortbox Comics Fair October 1st-31st

two adolescent catgirls chasing a butterfly up a meat staircase (yuck! sorry). above them are 8 panels cropped from the comic with the text “What will you do when you finally get your wish?”

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🗡️‿︵‿︵ @cowardlyworm.bsky.social · 7d

(1st) ShortBox haul RAAAAAAHHHHHHH

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o-scare 👻 @pepperbloom.bsky.social · 17d

my friends @abodhajaj.bsky.social and Aya are having their second kid next month!!

we hope to raise $1,000 between now and the end of September for formula, clothes, diapers, etc. can you help? chuffed.org/project/help-save-abod-and-leens-family-from-the-hell-in-gaza

RT to help a family in Gaza 🙏❤️

gouache painting of my friends Abod and Aya, holding a baby. together they make the shape of a heart. text reads: "please help Mila grow up strong."

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theo stultz @theoplum.bsky.social · 8d

the fair is liiiiiive
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

chibi illuminated manuscript doodle of the LLP protagonists

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Lonnie Garcia 🦠💚 @sixgills.bsky.social · Sep 5

GFM update ❤️‍🩹
My tooth almost took my life,I got it pulled + am getting my implant consult soon.

Since then I have been sick with a chronic respiratory issue, & it's cost me tabling RCCC.
I hate to do it, but I am asking for a bit more help. Share if you can 🫶
www.gofundme.com/f/help-lonni...

Cartoon of me sitting on my own hand, with a censored photo of my rancid tooth cackling.
"That guy almost killed me! " I say, and the tooth says "I almost killed you! Nyehehe!"

Comic of me trembling , saying "oh, well I'm glad I got that tooth pulled, now to r-" and I am hit with multiple bouts of sickness.
"In time for Rose City Comic Con". I am hit with a sickness anvil.

I am pancaked on the ground, and I peel my face up, saying "I think I need to rest."

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o-scare 👻 @pepperbloom.bsky.social · Aug 9

nobody can do everything but everbody can do something - like supporting Hassan today

o-scare 👻 @pepperbloom.bsky.social · Aug 5

yall have done so much for Abod -- can we spread some love to his brother, Hassan? 🙏

Hassan has been devastated since June, when a sniper martyred his eight year old son, Zakaria. he's desperate to save his wife & daughters from the same fate.

let's show him we care 💖 chuffed.org/project/1391...

Help Hassan and his family in the war

Donation Campaign for Hasan and His Family – A Father’s Last HopeImagine living every day in fear — with no food, no safety, and no way out.This is the daily reality for my dear friend Hasan, his wife...

chuffed.org

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theo stultz @theoplum.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Queen of the Underworld is dead, the dead spill vengefully upon the living. A medieval haunted-house fairytale about weird girls winning.
GL, 170 pages, SBCF ‘25

cover for Ladies of the Living Princess. two seated women holding hands in front, with grey, veiled women standing behind them, and in the very back a (sort of 15th c style) beaded portrait of a woman with a crown

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Ana Valens | 🔞 | Announcements Only @acvalens.net · Jul 27

It’s time for our own collective shout. Who are you calling?

Remember: Stress you’re a repeat caller on this issue and that you heard about this controversy on the news. With Visa, ask for a supervisor once you hit a dead end. Calls should always last longer than 30 seconds

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PayPal Customer Service: +1 (877)-569-1116

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☀Hyde Angelus☀ ➡️ GGC @hydeangelus.bsky.social · Jul 27

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🗡️‿︵‿︵ @cowardlyworm.bsky.social · Jul 22

I’ll let you out of the crate for one hour as a treat for completing another graphic novel

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Val K. Wise @valkwise.bsky.social · Jul 22

Abdel Majeed needs $350 to pay for his wife’s Leponex prescription and visits to the doctor. His campaign has had very little support, and anything you can give helps a ton ❤️

chuffed.org/project/1286...

an update from Abdel Majeed campaign from Wednesday, July 16th titled “please help my wife”. the update reads “To all friends, I urgently plead with a heavy heart to help my wife, a mother of two girls, who is torn apart by deep depression due to the Gaza war; we desperately need $350 for Leponex 100ml and doctor visits, and your donation, no matter how small, is a ray of hope to bring her back to her daughters and us--thank you from the bottom of our hearts for every act of support and humanity.”

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anabel colazo ->SBCF 2025⭐️‼️ @ufotomorrow.bsky.social · Jun 11

sinister cards reading👁️‍🗨️🃏

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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · Jul 21

preaching to the choir, but this would obviously be financially devastating to many independent comic and game artists using itch to release queer or adult works, myself included - around half of my annual income comes from itch comic sales every year

demon grrl 😈🏳️‍⚧️ @demongrrl.gay · Jul 21

So you know how Steam updates their TOS to restrict "NSFW" content at the request of payment processors like Visa and Mastercard?

The group behind that pressure campaign is coming after Itch.io.

If you are selling books on itch, this concerns you.

www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there

Everyone hated that.

www.pcgamer.com

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · Jul 10

We've just got 2 HOURS LEFT!!

Can we hit 500 backers?? Who wants to be in the final 10? 👀✨

Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · Jul 9

✨🚨WE HIT OUR GOAL!!! 🚨✨
This book is going to print!!
But we've still got some great stretch goals to hit, let's keep things rolling!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

The Traitor & The Wretch - An Illustrated Novel

A dark fantasy with queer romance that asks: in a world of heroes and prophecies, can a couple of henchmen get a happy ending?

www.kickstarter.com

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🗡️‿︵‿︵ @cowardlyworm.bsky.social · Jul 10

Happy birthday!!

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taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · Jul 8

Bookshop is offering free shipping July 8-11 as part of their Anti-Prime day, so now is an excellent time to pick up a copy of Hunger's Bite!

All proceeds go to indie bookstores! Get that hardcover you always wanted! Reject undercutting scum like Amazon!!

bookshop.org/p/books/hung...

panel 1: neeta gasps
panel 2: neeta says "you were thinking of buying a book from amazon!" wick "I wasn't!"
panel 3: wick "well, maybe I was..."
panel 4: "what's the big deal, it's just books!"
panel 5: neeta "always buy books from indie bookstores! never buy from amazon! they're the real blood suckers of the book world!"

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Lorian Merriman @ m/m novel kickstarter!!!! @lorian.bsky.social · Jul 10

it is my birthday, which means I must sing (poorly) about how I have books you can read...! A funny YA graphic novel and an M/M romance-focused mature adult fantasy series! Also some free webcomics! 🧵
bookshop.org/shop/lorian
longlostlorian.itch.io/for-a-horse-...
www.otherknown.com
tapas.io/lorian

the cover for maelstrom: a prince of evil showing a blue-haired half-demon boy against a backdrop of fire

the cover for For a Horse and Horseman Vol 1 showing two guys on horses against a backdrop of red flowers in a field

promo art for The Otherknown showing a bunch of characters floating in space

cover for Fall Until Summer showing some high school boys hugging and their friends in the bg

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theo stultz @theoplum.bsky.social · Apr 17

comic page of woman walking to a door that swings open into darkness

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amanda @mandallin.bsky.social · Mar 3

my most recent original comic is up for purchase now in my digital store! i like how this one turned out a lot! ^-^ mandallin.itch.io/wind-tempos

Wind Tempos by mandallin

mandallin.itch.io

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lucky pocket @luckypocketpress.bsky.social · Apr 29

🥐🍰🧺☕️KNAPSACK MAG VOL. 2 IS LIVE! 🥐🍰🧺☕️

Our Kickstarter Campaign for Knapsack Mag 2 is here!! Help us fund our second anthology, Butter! 🍰 Volume 2 is even bigger than the first volume with over 28 artists and 250+ pages exploring our collective weird kid nostalgia...🍀

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Anya Chalina @anyachalina.bsky.social · Apr 20

Nuptial Rites
This piece was inspired by "The Color of Pomegranates" by Parajanov.

The illustration shows a wedding ceremony. There's a woman in the left side of the image. She wear a headpiece decorated with flowers and holds a large egg in her arms. There are stairs leading to an elevated stage with musicians playing lute on both sides of the stage. There's a skeleton in a festive clothes riding a white horse in the center of the image. There are festive robes behind them. The room is decorated with tiles and there are two roosters in front of the stage. There are some poppy flowers in the foreground. The artwork is colorful with much red, blue and beige.

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littledeadling🌿🍊✨ @littledeadling.bsky.social · Apr 16

VOILA! The very first BESTIES BUNDLE is here! 11 comics from 9 friends :•)

250+ pages of comics: from comedy to horror, sci-fi to illustrated poetry—and more! Until the end of April!

itch.io/b/2978/besti...

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toril @ NYCC #4455 @toril.bsky.social · Apr 18

"The reimagined edition is being fully redrawn and re-scripted, and “sharpened into a poetic, brutal, and unflinchingly queer reworking of the Western.”"

My comic is good, many people are saying this. Preorder it here: madcavestudios.com/product/hotb...

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · Apr 18

Exclusive Preview: Check out HOTBLOOD! from Mad Cave Studios

Hotblood! by Toril Orlesky is getting a new version in physical print!

www.comicsbeat.com

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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · Apr 17

im working on chapter 2 of my dark fantasy gn TIME WILL DEVOUR HIS CHILDREN, where in a completely made up world trans people go through life in existential humiliation & unchecked capital hoarding threatens to kill everyone... anyway, while i'm at it i'd love it if you checked out my other works ->

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