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Jessi Eoin

@jbeoin.bsky.social

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they/them 🌿 illustrator + cartoonist 🍄 changeling 🌼 jbeoin.com/newsletter 🌿 [email protected] 🍄 rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social‬ ✨

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · Jul 23

i am VERY excited to announce that i am now represented by the lovely @jenazantian.bsky.social of azantian literary agency!! 😃💖

please feel free to direct any projects you have me in mind for her way!

(also, new fairy art attached as a celebration, yay! 🥳)

A colorful illustration of a fat, disabled, dark-skinned Black dragonfly fairy with Crouzon Syndrome; her purple gradient hair is braided back, and she looks back over her shoulder directly at the viewer with big beautiful eyes. Her wings are iridescent. She wades in a pool of water filled with water lily pads and framed by a variety of luscious plants in various shades of green. A dragonfly perches nearby on a fantastically large leaf of a plant, and tadpoles swim near the fairy in the foreground. The scene is serene and inviting.

A colorful illustration of a disabled person resting in a clearing of a forest on a rainy day, enjoying a cup of tea under the outstretched wing of a golden griffin taking a nap behind the person. A starry quilt covers its paws ever so slightly. The person pats a cat-sized roly poly bug sitting next to them on the log. Their cane rests on their backpack next to them as if they just set it down. In the foreground, a beetle lifts its legs to the sky as if ready to take flight.

Page two for the comic titled A Long Eviction. The color palette is of varying shades of purple with pops of white and yellow. The background is a very dark purple, almost black.

Panel one: Jessi stands surrounded by speech bubbles that press up against them from every angle, each filled with negative comments about Jessi. Text reads, "A lot of things seem to confirm my worst suspicions. The text in the speech bubbles read, "You just want attention. You just want money. You don't care. You're just too sensitive. Don't ever talk to MY family again, bitch. You're the only one who ever has a problem. Autistic people are fucking evil, man. I'm not being defensive, you're just being really aggressive. Lazy. You're such an asshole. Mean. You're unreasonable. You look scary when you don't smile. You're so rude." Jessi presses their hands to their ears to block them out.

Panel two: Jessi struggles to slam a door closed on the speech bubbles. Text above reads, "I do my best to..."

Panel three: Text continues, "...block out these words...." Jessi is in a room with their eyes closed and headphones covering their ears. In the background, the knob wriggles as if something is trying to enter.

Panel four: The text finishes, "...but...." An ominous figure opens the door with a creak and stares inside, their eyes glowing yellow as they stare.

A blue and white comic cover with pops of pink. A child's figure with a human body and a lamb's head is dragged through the snow by their foot. They have a slit throat and the blood from their wound streaks the snowy path carved by their limp body. Footsteps appear in the snow next to them, with drops of blood spattered around from the hand seen dragging the body. In a bold font, the word "Burden" appears in white against a dark blue background with the author name underneath.

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 7h

omg, e.b.!! i'm so sorry!! 😭😭

Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 7h

omg 🫠🫠 hopefully tomorrow!!

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Jes & Cin @jesncin.bsky.social · 9h

This looks so charming omg. Let's get more Filipino mythology rep out there!

Tristan Y. @trisketched.bsky.social · 11h

THE TICKING STONE follows Toby, a young Filipino boy who accidentally swallows a stone that ticks when danger is close. It is up to him and his best friend Maya to figure out the mystery behind all the strange monsters and creatures they encounter.

#DVPit #DVArt #YA #GN

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cori walters @ SLICE 64 @acidwashwerewolf.bsky.social · 9h

aw fuck is it lesbian day. read my comic about being the grownup version of a closet case in love with her toxic bff

cori walters @ SLICE 64 @acidwashwerewolf.bsky.social · May 13

Jane was in high school when she lost her best friend Nat, but Nat was not the only one to go missing. Beset by Nat's ghost, Jane is the only one left to put the pieces together and figure out what actually happened all those years ago. But does she really want to know? #WebcomicDay

holecomic.rip

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 7h

sara!! this is so cute!!

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sara linsley @sara.pizza · 8h

happy lesbian day, girl kissers

sara linsley @sara.pizza · Jan 12

Introducing my new comic book font, Girl Kisser 🧡🤍💖

It's all-caps, really pretty, super soft, and comes with a wide range of glyphs. It's hand-drawn with a micron pen and hand-traced into vectors, and it's perfect for comic book dialogue.

You can find it over here: ko-fi.com/s/b1e9cc34d4

Large center text: "Girl Kisser", with tiny trans, lesbian, and bisexual pride flags poking out of the side.
Top left text: "Designed for use in comics"
Top right text: "Regular • Italic / Bold • Bold Italic", with each in their respective style
Bottom right text: "Manga characters ♪♫��♥※💢〜"
Bottom center text: "Free for commercial use"
Bottom left text: "internationalcharacters ¿¡ÁÈïÔŰ»"

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 7h

siiiiiick!

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🔪 To Meet You @ear-a-corn.bsky.social · 13h

Hehehehe look what I got in the mail today! Y’all should go checm out CLAIRVIOLENCE by @momoshaty.bsky.social from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social i hear the guy who did the cover’s pretty cool too, wonder who that was 👀

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 7h

NOOOOOO!! i know how excited you were for them too! did they say how much longer you have to wait? 😭

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Johnnie Jae @johnniejae.bsky.social · 21h

Excited to share this interview with Navajo and Taos Pueblo artist Daryl Begaye who I met in a galaxy far, far away in a Yahoo Messenger chat for Natives 🤣 I knew we were gonna be lifelong friends when he survived my family....the rugged side.

redpopnews.com/creating-his...

#redpopnews

Creating His Own Space in Contemporary Native Art | An Interview with Daryl Begaye

For Daryl Begaye (Diné/Taos Pueblo), art was always present, but not what he pursued until later in his life. He first studied computer science before realizing that his creative spirit was being call...

redpopnews.com

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Vivian Zhou @vivianz.bsky.social · 18h

TODAY!! 🎉🎉

Vivian Zhou @vivianz.bsky.social · 5d

Can't believe it's almost time already, but the French translation of Atana and the Jade Mermaid will be out NEXT WEDNESDAY, Oct 8th!! Here's the new cover I drew for it! Please look for it in stores, French readers! 💖

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M. R. Robinson @mruthrobinson.bsky.social · 17h

Happy pitching event day, otherwise known as the hardest day of the year as I fight for my life not to hit like on all my friends’ cool projects 😰

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 14h

i wheezed 😂

Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 14h

yeaaaaaaahhh!! go, nicky!! 🥳💖💖

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 14h

omgggggg, YES!! 👀

Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 18h

#DVpit #GN #A

Melody works from home as an artist, but when pursuing her goals drives a wedge between her and her partner, she's torn between being a "good partner" and a "good artist."

VIOLAPSE is about choosing yourself over a broken fantasy and breaking out of roles that other people give you.

Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 19h

it would fix us all 😌✨

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 19h

awww, ash! 💖💖💖

Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 20h

👀👀👀

Arka 🌸 slow response @arkadraws.bsky.social · 20h

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!"

Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 20h

ohhhh, an uncanny artifact in the woods, you say?? 👀

Diana Sousa @dianasousaart.bsky.social · 20h

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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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 20h

i love jey and max's work, and this is no exception!! 🤩🤩 the title and pitch alone have me in a grip, and the art is just fantastic!

28 Jeys Later 🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @jpawlik.com · 20h

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 · 20h

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 · 21h

#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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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 20h

when i tell y'all that this comic is constantly on my mind, it is CONSTANTLY on my mind!! 🤩🤩

look at how delicious this traditionally inked art is-- those expressions-- the queerness!! i need this comic

Ash @draculing.bsky.social · 20h

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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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 20h

GAY OUTLAWS, y'all!! and mystery!! NEED. 🤩🤩

Axel @beltaguise.bsky.social · 20h

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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28 Jeys Later 🏳️‍⚧️🎃 @jpawlik.com · 1d

Page 17 of my HRT Diary is up and is part 2 of 5 on HRT and expectations. Go read it for free~

Latest page: https://topazcomics.com/genderslices/hrt-diary-17
First page: https://topazcomics.com/genderslices/hrt-diary-1/
Read early on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1354660
#Webcomic

Promo image for the comic "HRT Diary" by Jey Pawlik. The promo shows a crop from the comic, a 20 year old Jey with short shaggy hair and thin glasses looks dreamily ahead. Read the comic at topazcomics.com

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Jessi Eoin @jbeoin.bsky.social · 21h

ahhh, look how cute this is!! 😍😍 queer, magic, mythical creatures, AND a mystery?? i'm sold!

pynklaady @pynklaady.bsky.social · 21h

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