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Lillie J. Harris
@lilliejharris.bsky.social
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jack of all trades / master of fun :0)
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I MADE THIS
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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I'll be at SPX this weekend, table i8!!
a promotional image for the Small Press Expo happening September 13 - 14 of 2025. I'll be at table i8 with Radiator Comics selling my comics and zine!
September 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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fanfi.bsky.social
BOYS WITH TITS, an anthology by boys, for boys and those who love them is OUT! 52 pages of bountiful illustrations and comics by 14 trans authors (and me who did the cover!) of milky boys for only $15, if you're thristy 🥵🥛💦

On sale until Sept 30th!

💥 naumin.itch.io/bwt 💥
Promo image made out of the cover for BOYS WITH TITS, an anthology by boys for boys and those who love them. ON SALE NOW.
July 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
lilliejharris.bsky.social
Pigtail self portraits done on construction paper while at work 🫰🏾
Self portrait of me with my locs in pigtails made with green and blue markers on a tiny page of white construction paper Self portrait of my profile with my locs in pigtails made with fuchsia, yellow, orange and red markers on a tiny page of white construction paper
July 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
lilliejharris.bsky.social
Without Ashanti's pivotal color design and editorial wisdom, Wilderness would've been severely lacking in its emotive color choices during the thumbnail stage. To say I highly value and recommend Ashanti's expertise on emotional color is such an understatement.
A colorkey of my graphic novel, Wilderness, while in the thumbnail stage. Each page has a dedicated series of colors that flow with the emotions of each scene, and help to map out the flow of the narrative through color design.
July 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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ashantifortson.com
…Our washing machine just broke and our financial situation is uhh pretty bad, so:

I’m available for illustration work!
ashantifortson.com
[email protected]

I have an artist shop with my spouse @binglin.bsky.social:
seatoad.bigcartel.com

And I have a tip jar:
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Ashanti Fortson | Illustration
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June 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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shanfiction.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day!

My name is Shannon Wright (Shan) and I’m an illustrator, author and cat mom! I am rep’d by Hannah Mann @ Writers House 📚

I’m available for work~ #kidlit
An illustration from my last picture book’s inside hardcover. I have my name SHANNON WRIGHT displayed with “illustrator/author/cartoonist” and my website: shannon-wright.com listed, along with my agent and agency
June 6, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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ashantifortson.com
Did you know that you can support me and my artwork by subscribing on Patreon? I survive solely on my freelance work and my Patreon/shop earnings, and I am the primary earner in my household. It's been a very tough year.

If you like what I make, consider subscribing! ♥️

patreon.com/ashantifortson
Get more from Ashanti Fortson on Patreon
creating comics and illustrations
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June 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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San Diego neighborhood makes ICE agents retreat
June 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I’ve been keeping this under wraps for a few weeks but it’s true! The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) have nominated the project I co-wrote for the Best Game Writing category! 🫰🏾
May 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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robertgreeve.bsky.social
if you’re an artist who ever thought “what’s the point? The world is Hell and I should do something that matters instead”

even in an ICE detention center people will treat art as sacred, seek it out, and find joy and comfort in it. You aren’t making art, you’re making hope.
On her first day in the facility, Becky asked for a scrap of paper and a pen, and began to draw the inmates on the table next to her. She was immediately inundated with portrait requests. A Mexican woman called Lopez, who had a photo of her children stored on one of the iPads, told Becky she would buy her some paper and colouring pencils from the commissary if Becky drew her kids. She soon became the dorm’s unofficial artist-in-residence, with women huddling around the dirty mirrors to make themselves look presentable before they sat for her. They would decorate their cells with Becky’s drawings, or send them to their families. Lopez declared herself Becky’s manager. “She kept saying, ‘Becky, you need to ask for stuff in exchange. Ask for popcorn.’ And I’d be like, ‘Lopez, I don’t need anything.’ I thought, I’m here briefly, you’re stuck here a long time. I’m not going to take your food away from you.” A three by three grid illustrating in blue pen cartoon portraits of women in an ICE detention center. “Mrs Kailey,” Bana, Lewelyn, Ikram, Asil, ‘Auntie,’ ‘F.Z,’ Kseniia, and “P.A.” Two have light hair, three have glasses, one wears a hijab, one poses, and one holds a drink.
April 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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ashantifortson.com
It's the last two days of the @cartoonist.coop Nib & Ink Fest Marketplace, and I have some work available!

LEAF LACE: The goddess of thread-spun fate falls in love with a mortal woman. The rest is history, until history reaches its end. 25 pages, ages 13+

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Cover illustration for the comic titled Leaf Lace, by Ashanti Fortson. The title takes up half the composition, hand-lettered in a cursive style to evoke thread and yarn. Beneath the title, a dark-skinned woman kneels over, tenderly and sadly clutching an older woman’s hand. Tears fall from the central woman’s face, echoing her teardrop earrings. The older woman is not visible aside from her hand. The central woman’s dark, tightly curled hair sweeps upwards from her form, becoming the backdrop for the title and pressing down on the woman visually. The illustration is done in soft linework and painted purples, with an emphasis on color and light. Comic page from Leaf Lace by Ashanti Fortson. Ananke, the goddess who spins mortals’ life threads, sits in her studio and spins her yarn. Mnimi, her mortal wife, picks vegetables and tea leaves from her garden. She brings a tray of tea and treats to Ananke, and the two share a kiss. Mnimi looks like an old woman, but Ananke ruminates on meeting Mnimi when Mnimi was young. The page is illustrated in lush, warm colors. Comic page from Leaf Lace by Ashanti Fortson. Through second-person narration, the goddess who spins mortals’ life threads reflects on the time she has shared with her mortal wife. A flashback sequence, framed by intertwining threads of yarn, shows the two meeting when her wife was still young. In the last panel, the mortal woman points out her newly-flowering orchids to her immortal wife, but the mortal woman is now old. The page is illustrated in lush, warm colors. Comic page from Leaf Lace by Ashanti Fortson. Narration at the top of the page reads, You deserve to live forever. Mnimi, the old, mortal wife of the life-spinning goddess, shakily prepares a pot of tea. She shakes as she carries it to her wife, who is in her studio. Mnimi cries out for Ananke, her wife. She falls, dropping the tray, teapot, and teacups. The panel layout echoes this fall: the panels become irregular, tumbling down the composition. The page is illustrated in purples, hot pinks, and dark teals.
May 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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jamilarowser.bsky.social
Thought I’d remind y’all u can buy the comic REAL REALM, created by 2 Eisner nominees, me + @btrcp.bsky.social at @cartoonist.coop’s #NIF!

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It’s a story of messy gods struggling to improve their image in the eyes of the mortals by starring in a reality show.
Real Realm
Real Realm is the story of messy gods struggling to improve their image in the eyes of the mortals by starring in a reality show. The comic takes place during a dramatic reunion episode of the reality...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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!!! pick up a copy from Radiator Comics!
radiatorcomics.bsky.social Radiator Comics @radiatorcomics.bsky.social · May 12
Last week we added @lilliejharris.bsky.social's newest comic, If I Had Known... an unsettling horror comic based on real historical horrors of white doctors stealing Black bodies "to advance medicine" and the lengths family will go to to protect loved ones. www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
comic cover, monochromatic painting of a forest, a small figure clutches to the side of one of the trees. The title reads in full: If I Had Known...They would rob your grace, this is what I would have done two-page comic spread, one page is loose pencils of a young child seeing her sister's corpse in a coffin, and then transitioning into the afterlife, and cuddling up with her sister in a comfortable bed. The second page is fully drawn as the two sisters connect
May 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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A lot of us know Bianca in the comics community, pls help by sharing the donation link www.paypal.com/paypalme/bia...
Screenshot of an Instagram story by Bianca Xunise, it includes a photo of them in a hospital bed. The text reads: "Hey y'all I kinda got hit by a car yesterday. My head and my drawing hand took the worst lf it. As a result I had to drop some gigs I needed so I can rest and recover. I'm taking a financial hit rn I could really use some support. If you can throw something my way to help bridge the gap and some after care that'll be awesome"
May 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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shanfiction.bsky.social
I’m still thinking about Sinners and how I got to watch/experience it with my best friend and laugh, cry and kiki and be Black as hell with each other the whole time ♥️ @lilliejharris.bsky.social
Movie poster for Sinners Me and Lillie taking a selfie outside the movie theater after watching Sinners
April 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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IF I HAD KNOWN… is officially in PRINT! 🦇

If you’re interested in buying a copy from me directly, just send me a DM! Otherwise, I’ll update when other shops have them in their inventory soon 🌙
April 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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UPDATE: ICE is wildly unconcerned about where this man is and no one will tell me, his registered attorney. The universal answer so far is "let's wait and see where he ends up." This is deeply off.

We would have more rights at this point if UPS had lost a pair of shoes I'd just bought from Zappos
mattcameron.bsky.social Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · Apr 7
My detained client was scheduled for a bond hearing this AM in a MA immigration court. He wasn't brought in, and he and his case have disappeared.

I then received this notice of activity on a nonexistent docket in which his name was changed to "N/A"

It's all happening a lot faster than I expected
April 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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60minutes.bsky.social
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
lilliejharris.bsky.social
If I Had Known (They Would Rob Your Grave, This Is What I Would Have Done) is a 26 pg. comic all about sibling grief, grave robbing, and vampirism, and it's up on my itch for free! 🔗 is below!
A greyish blue forest during the night with thick trees sprouting all around. There are vines hanging from branches and tall grass. Hidden behind one of the trees, there's the figure of a young girl clinging halfway up a large tree. The text falls vertically over the image, and reads: IF I HAD KNOWN... They Would Rob Your Grave, This is What I Would Have Done.
March 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
lilliejharris.bsky.social
daughter angel baby puddin pie supreme #iwtv #claudia
February 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM