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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 2m

Big yes! Hope it gets snapped up. Want to read this very much Bex!

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 1h

#DVpit Graphic novel pitch:

VIOLAPSE explores the nuances of escaping a dangerous home when violence has become the new normal. Ultimately hopeful, VIOLAPSE is both an indictment and celebration of anger.

Genre: adult thriller/horror
More info: schnumn.com/violapse
Contact: [email protected]

A black and white comic page depicting a woman washing dishes in an eerie way with a bruised eye. The final panel reveals a man tied up at her feet.

An illustration of a red-haired woman holding up a sheet of paper that's burning.

A comic page showing a woman vomiting black tar into another woman's mouth

An illustration of a woman sat on a fancy couch in a dark room. She's looking creepily into the camera as if she's expected you

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 21h

TOMORROW (Oct 8th) is #DVpit! Any unagented Marginalized writer or artist seeking out representation is invited to participate from 8AM - 8PM ET!
Please make sure you review our rules & guidelines before the event: dvpit.carrd.co#faq

#writersky #booksky #artistsky #weneeddiversebooks

#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.

#DVpit 2025 has 70+ Agents & Editors committed to participate & boost marginalized creators from the following literary agencies and publishers:
Andrea Brown Lit
Ash Literary
Azantian Literary Agency
Dystel, Goderich & Bourret
Folio Literary Management
Gallt & Zacker Literary
Gelfman Schneider Literary
Hachette
Grand Central Publishing
Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Harper Collins
Harlequin
Hanover Square
HG Literary
Inked in Gray Press
Jill Grinberg Literary
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Macmillan
Feiwel & Friends
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Roaring Brook Press
Saturday books
Wednesday books
Mad Woman Literary
Neighborhood Literary
New Leaf Literary & Media
Open Book Literary
Page Street Publishing
Park, Fine & Brower
Penguin Random House
Ballantine
Berkley
Delacorte
Labyrinth Road
Penguin Workshop
Viking
Root Literary
Simon & Schuster
Aladdin
Atheneum
Atria
McElderry
Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Sourcebooks
Stonefruit Studio
Triada US
Writers House
Zando

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John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 2d

It might not be as newsworthy as a few hundred racists outside a hotel here in the UK, but this is the crowd that gathered in solidarity with Gaza in Amsterdam today.

🍉🌻Antifada 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @dadabsky.bsky.social · 3d

It's starting to look like it.
15 minutes ago:

Stop the genocide protest in Amsterdam. Protesters all wear red, we ask our government to stop being complicit to the bloodshed.

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 2d

If you missed this, this is a conversation we need to be having as an industry. Right freaking now.

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 5d

In all seriousness, publishers are going to have to figure out how to market books in the post-social-media landscape. That should be an implicit part of their job. What authors/artists can do on their own is increasingly limited and siloed.

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 3d

Final Days to fill out the survey!
Help them understand comic creators work/finances & help grow their case for supporting comics.

DO IT ASAP! Please!
(UK based creators only)

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 6d

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Warming up for my Witch’s tale with @chrissywilliams.bsky.social & HAD to draw Margaret Hamilton.
Icon.
May we all aspire to be that enigmatic in our hag years.

Sign up for WITCHING SEASON & get notified on launch at kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

Carbon sketch of Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West. Iconic. May we all be so enigmatic in our hag years.

Carbon sketches of Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West. Iconic. May we all be so enigmatic in our hag years.

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Chrissy Williams @chrissywilliams.bsky.social · 5d

WITCHES ❤️❤️

Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Warming up for my Witch’s tale with @chrissywilliams.bsky.social & HAD to draw Margaret Hamilton.
Icon.
May we all aspire to be that enigmatic in our hag years.

Sign up for WITCHING SEASON & get notified on launch at kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Ah thanks Michele!!

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Ta! She’s a goddess.

Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Warming up for my Witch’s tale with @chrissywilliams.bsky.social & HAD to draw Margaret Hamilton.
Icon.
May we all aspire to be that enigmatic in our hag years.

Sign up for WITCHING SEASON & get notified on launch at kickstarter

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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Avery Hill Publishing @averyhill.bsky.social · 5d

Thrilled to share that @julesscheele.bsky.social is adapting Virginia Woolf’s Orlando as a graphic novel biography with Avery Hill! From Elizabethan courts to the present day, a timeless journey reimagined in comics. ✨📚

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 5d

I’m so excited for this year’s @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
Absolutely thrilled to a guest, especially amongst a stellar list!
SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER!!!!!

Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 5d

The final pack of incredible guests for Thought Bubble Comic Convention is here! 😍

Each guest will be at Harrogate Convention Centre, England, on 15 & 16 November 2025, see you there!

See all our guests: thoughtbubblefestival.com/guests
And get your tickets: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 6d

🚨FINAL FEW DAYS!🚨

The UK Comics Creator Survey will close forever at midnight on Monday 6th! Have you submitted your response yet? Or were you, like me*, waiting for the last minute? The last minute is now, lads! Get in there!

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

*I thrive** on pressure
**Exist painfully

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6d

Violating the copyright of a single piece of art is a crime. Violating the copyright of every piece of art in existence is a business model apparently.

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 6d

It’s also darkly funny & has a huge heart. It’s remarkable. See it & make your mind up then.

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 6d

You’re never too old to start drawing.

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sofie dodgson @sofiedodgson.bsky.social · 6d

Loved this book, love Lucy.

Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 7d

THE THING WITH FEATHERS Trailer is out now! Cannot wait for it to be in cinema screens from Nov 21st UK / Nov 28th USA
A truly extraordinary film…

youtu.be/aUhsvd_Z_18

The Thing with Feathers | Official Trailer | In Theaters November 28

YouTube video by Briarcliff Entertainment

youtu.be

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 6d

Big hugs right back at’cha

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 6d

Me too. We can take pillows to hide behind & I’ll say when
It’s more dark drama & gallows laughs with a poignant exploration of grief
Horror is more emotion than genre
I think you’ll dig it

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Sarah L Miles @iamgiantwoman.bsky.social · 6d

This looks creepy and disturbing and I can’t wait to see it!

Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 7d

THE THING WITH FEATHERS Trailer is out now! Cannot wait for it to be in cinema screens from Nov 21st UK / Nov 28th USA
A truly extraordinary film…

youtu.be/aUhsvd_Z_18

The Thing with Feathers | Official Trailer | In Theaters November 28

YouTube video by Briarcliff Entertainment

youtu.be

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 6d

Cannot wait to see what you’ll think. Team cinema trip incoming!

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 7d

THE THING WITH FEATHERS Trailer is out now! Cannot wait for it to be in cinema screens from Nov 21st UK / Nov 28th USA
A truly extraordinary film…

youtu.be/aUhsvd_Z_18

The Thing with Feathers | Official Trailer | In Theaters November 28

YouTube video by Briarcliff Entertainment

youtu.be

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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 8d

Summoning my darkest inks for mine & @chrissywilliams.bsky.social witchy tale. GET SIGNED UP or miss out!

Phil Falco @philfalcowrites.bsky.social · 8d

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...

WITCHING SEASON - A 150+ page WITCH HORROR comic anthology launches in two weeks!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...

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Alison Sampson A-21 MCM London Artist Alley @alisonsampson.bsky.social · 9d

I'm back from LICAF @comicartfestival.bsky.social it was good. I've written a paragraph for Broken Frontier on the experience which I'll send to Andy and need a sleep and to get back to drawing. Thank you to Julie, Carole, @lucysullivan.bsky.social & the amazing kind volunteers.
My heart is full x

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