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Masha Zhdanova

@mashazart.bsky.social

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She/her, cartoonist, writer, editor, picture drawer! Words at publishers weekly, shelfdust, Eisner winners WWAC and the Beat, mozaikmage on dreamwidth. Pictures at mashazart on Twitter and Tumblr and here sometimes.

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 3h

I love comic con weekends just watched a guy spend an hour on nj transit in full Jeralt cosplay swords and all

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Patrick Macias @patrickmacias.bsky.social · 18h

TokyoScope News: #Manga icon Eguchi Hisashi faces backlash in #Japan after fans accused him of tracing a woman’s social media photo for an ad illustration. Major brands pulled his artwork as Eguchi promised to “explain everything soon.” Full story: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/manga-lege...

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 22h

SPOILER ALERT X DEAR WENDY
College freshman Hailey is forced to collaborate on a school project with a boring stick-in-the-mud art major, AND forced to work with her biggest online nemesis on a fanzine! But there's no way they're both the same person... Right?
#DVPit #romcom #NA #YA #CR #LGBT

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Nicky (🦵🏼🔑) Rodriguez #DVPit, looking for a new agent @artofnickyrdrgz.bsky.social · 1d

how did i miss this write-up!!! i have 5 zines in this collection and EVERYONE better be checking out the richness of puerto rican comics and culture at this exhibition and give this collection some love❤️‍🔥

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 2d

A colorful crash course in #comics done the #PuertoRican way.

WEPA: PUERTO RICANS IN COMICS puts Boricua creativity on display at the NY Public Library

A colorful crash course in comics done the Puerto Rican way.

www.comicsbeat.com

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 23h

FANGIRL but for the 2020s
Rival fanartists suddenly find themselves forced to collaborate on a fanzine… and on a school project, without realizing it.
🤺Fencing!
📺Anime!
💻The epic highs and lows of internet friendship
🌤️Sapphic grumpy-sunshine
🗨️Mixed media elements
#DVPit #romcom #NA #YA #CR #LGBT

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

thank you so much!

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

oh thank you!

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

NETTLE & BONE X BEAR & THE NIGHTINGALE
Featuring:
🌾Obscure Slavic folklore
🌼Eastern European summers
🌶️Steamy sapphic action
👯‍♀️Retellings that let the female characters speak
🐦Talking bears and creepy birds
#DVpit #NA #A #F #R #LGBT

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

you can comment but I think liking is frowned upon haha
thank you! I can send you the draft if you wanna see lol

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

In a queer reimagining of several Slavic fairytales, kidnapped princess Lyudmila must ally with the Sea King's mysterious younger daughter to find her way back home.
Comps: nettle & bone, bear & the nightingale
Ruslan & Lyudmila + The Sea King and Vasilisa the Wise
#DVpit #NA #A #F #R #LGBT

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

oh. no that's the bad guy she gets with the girl who helps her escape

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

what do you mean by this

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

In 800s Kyiv, princess Lyudmila is kidnapped by the Sea King on her wedding night. To get home, she must rely on the Sea King’s daughter… and decide what kind of life she rly wants.
Steamy sapphic retelling of Slavic fairytales
Comps: nettle & bone, bear & the nightingale
#DVpit #NA #A #F #R #LGBT

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 1d

When Lyudmila is kidnapped by Chernomor the Sea King on her wedding night, his youngest daughter helps her escape through the land of the dead and the never-alive.
Steamy sapphic retelling of Slavic fairytales
Comps: nettle & bone, bear & the nightingale
#DVpit #NA #A #F #R #LGBT

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 2d

#arttober #sketchbook #coloredpencil

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 3d

#arttober doodle today

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 4d

My girlfriend has a protomen shirt and signed poster so I've learned about them
I said "they said act 3 is soon" and gf said "they've been saying that for like 10 years I'll believe it when I see it"

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 4d

Today's #arttober is coming to you live from @finalbosscomics.bsky.social ! Come by get some comics

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 5d

#arttober all I have time for today sorry

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 6d

Today's #arttober! Trying to do things a little differently today

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 7d

For #arttober I'm trying to use up the art supplies I have and never use lol it turns out I keep buying watercolors and then not doing anything with them.
Lmk if you have any watercolor tips I may not have already heard of and forgot

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 8d

TODAY
open.substack.com/pub/mashazar...

Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 8d

tomorrow

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Zack Davisson @zackdavisson.com · 10d

Fun fact: "Densha Otoko" was so popular, that when Napoleon Dynamite was released in Japan it was called "Bus Otoko."

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Masha Zhdanova @mashazart.bsky.social · 11d

thank you!!