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Kathryn Hemmann

@kathrynthehuman.bsky.social

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Reader of books and player of games. College professor and pokémon trainer. Writes about media and society. In love with monsters and magic. 🌿 https://digitalfantasydiary.com/ 🌿

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · May 21

I'm a denizen of Philadelphia who writes strange and eerie stories about the hidden mysteries and quiet horrors of everyday life. You can find my fiction collections and minicomic zines on Itchio and Etsy.
🌿 digitalterrarium.itch.io
🌿 www.etsy.com/shop/Digital...

A banner featuring the illustrated covers of three of my recent short fiction collections: Terrible People, Decomposition, and Haunted Houses.

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Lovely Indies @lovelyindies.bsky.social · 1d

SOPA - @studiobando.bsky.social
Hoy disponible en PC | PS5 | XB #GamePass

Cuando Miho entra en el almacén para buscar una patata para la sopa de su abuela, es transportado a una tierra fantástica y lejana donde debe seguir los pasos de un gran y misterioso viajero que le precedió.

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Ginny Tapley Takemori @ginnytkmr.bsky.social · 7d

I guess my job is secure for a while, then!

Japanese literature shows why human translation still counts

AI and translation tech lower barriers to global communication, but literary translation requires the ability to convey tone, rhythm and cultural context.

www.weforum.org

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生田目和剛(Nabatame Kazutaka) @nabatamekazutaka.bsky.social · 1d

In front of Mishima Station
(2022)

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 2d

I adore @paperflan.bsky.social's minicomic A Box Full of Darkness, in which a young mage attempts necromancy to bring back the spirit of her cat familiar. Losing a companion is difficult, but the artist handles the theme of grief with care and grace. 🔮 www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

A panel from Gina Nguyen's minicomic A Box Full of Darkness. A young woman speaks to the spirit of her cat familiar, telling it, "Thank you, and... I'm sorry." I won't lie, I teared up a little at this scene.

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gina nguyen 🌩️ LBX224 + SBCF @paperflan.bsky.social · 7d

Happy October and @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social month! A few preview pages from ‘A Box Full of Darkness’ available now until the end of the month 👀

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 2d

The algorithm on Tumblr has observed that I like Silksong, and now it's started recommending posts about Revolutionary Girl Utena. That's an interesting and apt connection, but also, how rude for the machine to call me out like this

Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 2d

Same here. Every day the same disappointment smh.

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Terra 💚 #FinalFantasy #illustration

A digital drawing of Terra Branford from Final Fantasy VI, which is still one of my favorite games of all time.

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 4d

I love how he's perfectly on model yet also distinctly drawn in your own style. And just, his face! His smile! The fashion! The pose!! Ahhhhhh you're making me fall in love with Tenna all over again ❤️💛

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Some Sleepy Freak (❁´◒`❁)*✲ﾟ* @somekrazifreak.bsky.social · 4d

Absolute cimena

Tenna from Deltarune. He has his arms up, claws peaking through his gloves

Same as previous image but now he has an extra set of arms underneath

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much for creating this comic, and thank you for doing the work to get it out into the world. The horror elements are brilliant and super effective... but also, now I really want to get some flowers and crayons and make art 😅

Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 4d

I really enjoyed A Little Beauty, @lauraknetzger.bsky.social's new minicomic. Botanical horror delights in uncontrollable growth, and this story transposes the uncanny sense of disconnect between nature and society onto the process of artistic creation. 🌻 www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

A panel from A Little Beauty. A smiling woman rests her head on a table cluttered with art materials as a vase of sunflowers(?) looms over her ominously. The caption reads: "The flowers never wilted." This is a horror story about feeling so inspired that you lose your sense of self in the dangerous territory of mania, but still. May at least one of those flowers never wilt.

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Laura Knetzger @lauraknetzger.bsky.social · 6d

ShortBox Comics Fair is live! My offering this year is a horror short story about a son questioning if he needs to rescue his mom from a newfound obsession with making art.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · 4d

just passing through

illustration showing a room with a shadowy ghost hiding behind open double doors that lead to a gloomy hallway and staircase. A small grey cat looks up at the ghost.

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 5d

Udon: Unknown Dog of Nobody, available as a gorgeous chapbook from @strangerspress.bsky.social, follows three sisters and their adopted dog into adulthood. Haneko Takayama writes speculative ecofiction about animals, and it's fantastic to see her work in translation! japaneselit.net/2025/10/03/u...

Udon: Unknown Dog of Nobody

Haneko Takayama’s short story Udon: Unknown Dog of Nobody, published by Strangers Press as a stand-alone chapbook in their Kanata series, follows three sisters connected by their love for their fam…

japaneselit.net

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks for the shout out, truly. I hope this is useful for your research!

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AidinAzarkerdar| AidinVision @aidinvisionco.bsky.social · 6d

Here's the newest addition to my research reading list! I found a chapter on Academia.edu called 'The Maiden and the Witch: CLAMP’s Subversion of Female Character Tropes' and it was so compelling I had to get the full book.
It's an academic monograph by @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social (Kathryn Hemmann)

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 6d

Witchcraft, available from @fantagraphics.bsky.social, is a gothic masterpiece that jumps between the present day and various periods in the history of Buenos Aires. It's a massive book but an incredible page-turner, and its story is haunted by magic and power. 🔥 www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...

A scene from Sole Otero's graphic novel Witchcraft. A woman watches from the tall grass as a man is led inside a grand manor in the dead of night.

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Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 6d

Graphic Novel Review: WITCHCRAFT conjures a thrilling tale of dark magic and feminist history

Sole Otero's Witchcraft is a thrilling page-turner and a haunting meditation on how cycles of power echo through history.

Graphic Novel Review: WITCHCRAFT conjures a thrilling tale of dark magic and feminist history

Sole Otero's Witchcraft is a thrilling page-turner and a haunting meditation on how cycles of power echo through history.

www.comicsbeat.com

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 7d

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

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Tiffany Babb @explodingarrow.bsky.social · 7d

Guess what? The Comics Courier Issue 3 Kickstarter is NOW LIVE!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tif...

The Comics Courier, A Comics Criticism Journal [Issue 3]

A newspaper-format journal dedicated to in-depth comics criticism edited by Tiffany Babb

www.kickstarter.com

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Bayleaf 🍃 @iceghost.bsky.social · 7d

Hornet is ready for winter

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Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @zeyiyang.bsky.social · 7d

In college, I'd always walk past an unremarkable store in Beijing that sold a variety of trendy, but tacky, toys. That store has turned into Pop Mart, the $45-billion Chinese toy empire behind Labubu, the biggest global fad of 2025.

This is my big story/pilgrimage trip to explain how they got here

A Journey Into the Heart of Labubu

I made an epic trek across four countries to answer one question: Why is the world going mad for a plushie monster?

www.wired.com

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Wild Ramp Publishing @wildramppublishing.bsky.social · 7d

Here's my new mini zine bundle! Two short reflections on fandom. This batch is slightly discounted by $1 due to a small error in one of the zines: wildramppublishing.bigcartel.com/product/fand...

Fandom Mini-Zine Bundle

* discounted price for this batch, due to one of the zines having a small error. Two mini-zines that look at fandom in a critical way: "In...

wildramppublishing.bigcartel.com

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Kathryn Hemmann @kathrynthehuman.bsky.social · 10d

Queen Sonia 🌿 #LegendofZelda #illustration

A digital drawing of the character Sonia overlaid against a screenshot from Tears of the Kingdom. My art is imperfect, but please understand that she is beautiful and I love her.

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