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Lesly Julien

@leswrite.bsky.social

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I keep writing comics for some reason. Typo 👑. He/him 🇭🇹 💌 leswritecomics @ gmail . com 🌐 leswrite.carrd.co

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Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · Sep 9

FUNDED!🥳 I'll make a proper funded KS post later but thanks again to everyone that backed and shared the campaign!!! Been an exhausting run but grateful for every single ounce of support we've received 💖!!! Looking forward to getting this issue in your hands and hard drives ✌🏿

Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · Aug 3

Headcases #3 launches this Wednesday August 6th 😱
www.kickstarter.com/projects/les...

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Carnivalaire of the Damned ☄ @shiningcapella.bsky.social · 13h

REEEEEE
ONE. MORE. WEEK!! 🥳😍🎉

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Ibrahim Moustafa @ibrahimmoustafa.bsky.social · 7h

#Comics folks, I need you to pull up to this one.

The world sucks right now, and we have the opportunity to do a little bit of good for a displaced and marginalized member of our community. Please join me in supporting this KS campaign!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

If you're somebody who values supporting marginalized voices in comics, here's your chance to put your money where your values are!

The writer of this RINGO NOM’D INDIE COMIC (and a very dear friend of mine) is a Syrian Refugee who has been through more continuous hardships than I have space to list here; constantly navigating visa applications, unstable living conditions, predatory landlords (limited options as a refugee).

Anas just wants to make comics and live a normal life like what so many of us take for granted. Backing this campaign will help Anas to take the next step toward freedom and autonomy, helping to fund a move to another country with more stable employment options. This is truly one of the most important comics purchases you will ever make.

Middle Eastern and North African comics creators are some of the most underrepresented in the comics industry of the western world. Anas isn’t running a GoFundMe to support this move, and is not asking for charity. Simply, Anas is using their talent for storytelling, along with Dennis’ gorgeous art, to offer you a beautiful experience in the comics medium, that also goes toward funding a better life for Anas.

I’m so proud of Anas, and humbled by their experiences and perseverance. I would like to see Anas’ Dream realized, and I’d love to see this community help to make that happen. Please join me in pledging to the Etheres Kickstarter campaign! (link below).

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Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 5h

3 ft give or take

Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 6h

I keep getting books in the mail 😭. Not sure the pile is shrinking

Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 8h

Idk if it's a lack of transparency think or if there just hasn't been enough tangible results? but for me personally it's not worth expending the energy anymore. Better to finish stories than create concepts that never get made 🥲

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d

So just once again reiterating, if you wanna be a patron of my art, every dollar of your support goes really, REALLY far in making a tangible difference in my life.

patreon.com/kodyisover
subscribestar.adult/kodyisover
ko-fi.com/kodyisover

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Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 8h

The Iron Barge! @thatnormdude.bsky.social dropped into a cool post apocalyptic talking animal story. There's a mystery afoot and I want more @megacarter.bsky.social fantastic job bringing the crew to life. Some terrific action and great work done with lighting certain scenes

The Iron Barge. Two otters and monkey. Hold a lemur captive near water's edge

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Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 9h

Skip Beat is the only manga I read. Feels like the library let's you borrow books way longer than when I was a kid. I've had these way too long 😬. The story doesn't progress much after some explosive things prior but art is still incredible. Some transformational looks, a good time as always.

Moko in the left in a blue kimono. Kyoko on the right in a pink kimono. Trees and traditional Japanese building in the background. Skip Beat vol 50

Ren is feeding Kyoko. Kyoko is holding a weird realistic bear. Skip Beat vol 51

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 11h

I didn't know Mamdani's wife was a comics nerd! New York, you have to vote for him now because I need at least one person in comics to have good health insurance.

Luke Steuber @lukesteuber.com · Jun 25

This is Zoran Mamdami’s wife’s portfolio site and she is very good

HOME | Rama Duwaji

Rama Duwaji is a Syrian illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, NYC.

www.ramaduwaji.com

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Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 16h

Remember to back Dino Knights and tell @chappyzach.bsky.social what your favorite dinosaur is after you do 😉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hou...

Dino Knights: The Techno Tribe

A science fiction arthurian fantasy comic: Dinosaurs, knights, time travel and evil robots. The epic issues 3 & 4 of an ONGOING series.

www.kickstarter.com

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Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 14h

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Shadia is busy with comics ATM @shadiaminart.bsky.social · 15h

Vampiretober 8/31: Freaky
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#vampiretober #art

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Anas Abdulhak - أنس عبدالحق @anasabdulhak.bsky.social · 15h

WE ARE LIVE!!

Etheres: Deluxe Edition is now funding on Kickstarter with brand new covers, exclusive behind the scenes content, creator commentary, and an original soundtrack!

We're so excited to bring Valerie's story back to print, we hope you'll join us!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/den...

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Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 16h

Remember to back Dino Knights and tell @chappyzach.bsky.social what your favorite dinosaur is after you do 😉

www.kickstarter.com/projects/hou...

Dino Knights: The Techno Tribe

A science fiction arthurian fantasy comic: Dinosaurs, knights, time travel and evil robots. The epic issues 3 & 4 of an ONGOING series.

www.kickstarter.com

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Andrew Hilbert @ahilbert3000.bsky.social · 16h

Let's read a comic! Dreamcast two, sex dreams! youtube.com/shorts/Ab8Vi...

let's read a comic Dreamcast two

YouTube video by Andrew Hilbert

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therealgstoye @therealgstoye.bsky.social · 1d

So, we have a horror Kickstarter coming up that is, quite literally, six years in the making: It’s called PATERFAMILIAS, and its a book that delves into the sheer terror of an abduction, but heightened with a sense of the unknown. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sid...

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Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 2d

Self-publishing is probably the only longterm sustainable option for a majority of comics people, given ::gestures broadly::

we hope you’ll check this out!!!

Joey Esposito @joeyesposito.bsky.social · 7d

MADAM, 164 pages of horror by me, @pandamusk.bsky.social @brainpulp.bsky.social & @paulallor.bsky.social is coming to @kickstarter.com!

Madam McQuillen is a black magic Mary Poppins, and she's found a new family to torture.

Campaign starts Oct. 14, sign up now!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/joe...

Coming soon: MADAM — An Original Horror Graphic Novel

What if Mary Poppins practiced Black Magic and traveled from family to family searching for human sacrifices to extend her immortality?

www.kickstarter.com

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Andrew Hilbert @ahilbert3000.bsky.social · 2d

My Patreon is half off in October but you can be a free member too because every comic becomes public the day after posting it. Consider joining! Join the postcard club before October 24 to get a creepy doodle postcard in the mail with a disturbingly scrawled haiku. Dreamcasttwo.com

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Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 2d

Always

Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 2d

*Making not missing 😩. Typo king strikes again

Lesly Julien @leswrite.bsky.social · 2d

You think you're missing a dent on your read pile and then you remember all the digital comics you haven't touched

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Andrew Hilbert @ahilbert3000.bsky.social · 2d

Morning on my Deck in the New Regime by Donna Hilbert oneartpoetry.com/2025/10/06/m...

Morning on my Deck in the New Regime by Donna Hilbert

Morning on my Deck in the New Regime I see a chap I know, walking with two friends on the boardwalk dividing my tall house from beach below, and hear invoked with flourish, the Bard of Avon’s holy …

oneartpoetry.com

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Dave Cook @davecook.bsky.social · 14d

Over 200 pre-launch sign ups so far.

Thanks so much everyone. Really needed a win this week, so this is seriously appreciated 🙏

The sign up page has our plot synopsis, cover and more.

We launch on Oct 31st 👻

Check it out: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bus...

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ChappyZach @chappyzach.bsky.social · 3d

Sunday reminder that WE ARE LIVE!

ChappyZach @chappyzach.bsky.social · 7d

I work with the best of the best artists!! @sergeititov.bsky.social ! Briane Andan! @daveswartzart.bsky.social ! Rodrigo Catraca! Simon Kercz! Fuck AI! Human made DINOSAUR covers! Let's gooooooo!!!

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ChappyZach @chappyzach.bsky.social · 4d

Dino Knights is funded! Grab issues 1 through 4 here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hou...

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Andrew Hilbert @ahilbert3000.bsky.social · 4d

Join the dreamcasttwo.com postcard club for half off in October

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