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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

It’s like Gwen Stefani said…

Oh what you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting
What you waiting for?

Kamila (also known as Pigeon) @pigeonface.bsky.social · 9d

10 days left and still 2k to raise for “The Ecstasy of Jenny D”! I believe we can do it but I need your help in making this comic a real thing!
Support & share the KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/pig...

Colour comic page. At a regency style party, Paloma makes eye contact with a pretty lady, then blushes and runs away clutching her rosary.

Colour comic page.Among the clouds Jenny stares intensely into the void and says: “Last night I understood understood something about myself and my place in this world. “

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve got the individual issues already but this looks like it is going to tip me over the edge and get the collection! Sucker for a HC!

Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth!!

Jordan Collver @jordancollver.bsky.social · 9d

Alakazam Magic shop have Hocus Pocus on sale for £20. That's less than @rikworth.bsky.social & I have sold it at conventions!
alakazam.co.uk/products/hoc...

Hocus Pocus by Richard Wiseman, Rik Worth, Jordan Collver and Owen Wat

One of the most exciting and refreshing explorations of the world of magic and mystery our community has ever seen. Brought to you by Professor Richard Wiseman and Vanishing Inc., Hocus Pocus is a one...

alakazam.co.uk

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

Check out this mini review of GNRR - read on to see how you can make use of it!

Rickard Sisters @rickardsisters.com · 9d

Hands up who’s used the Graphic Novel Reading Room?
Honestly *the best* service: a pop-up/travelling library where you can browse and read, with Gabbi’s excellent recommendation/suggestions thrown in to widen your horizons. Here we are at LICAF with Gabbi and Matthew Dooley (FLAKE)

A van and gazebo bursting with books! Sitting in deck chairs at the front are the Rickard Sisters (eating as per), Gabbi who curates, owns and runs the amazing Reading Room, and Matthew Dooley who made the awards sensation FLAKE and ARISTOTLE’S CUTTLEFISH. Thank you to Emma at SelfMadeHero for taking the picture

Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

This looks great, the palette really delivers on the weather!

Alex Potts @avpotts.bsky.social · 9d

More from my graphic novel in progress.

I coloured this yesterday, and I'm so happy with it that I thought I'd put it out into the world today.

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

You can almost hear him…

🎤🎵Look like nothing’s gonna change…

Jonathan Edwards @jontofski.bsky.social · 9d

Otis print. The print is blue but it just won’t look that way through the lense!

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

There might still be time! It starts tonight!!!

Laura Howell @laurahowell.bsky.social · 9d

Parents of Birmingham! There's still a handful of places left on my Create a Comic Strip course, running after school (5-6pm) In Kings Heath for the next six weeks, starting Oct 1st. More details here: howbraveisthewren.com/product-cate...

Shop / EVENTS / how brave is the wren

howbraveisthewren.com

Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

question - you are heading to OK Comics for this signing and to grab a couple of things!

Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

Whatcha doing today in Leeds? I know silly

pjbond @pjbond.offregister.press · 9d

Tomorrow - after a bit of a rest: GEEZER signing with me and @williampotter.com and @sxbond.bsky.social at @okcomics.bsky.social tomorrow (Oct 1) in Leeds!

ad for Philip Bond & Shelly Bond & Will Potter signing at OK Comics, Leeds, Oct 1

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

Always hyped by this annual event you put on for the breadth of its creativity!

Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

You gotta love the teeth and the bobbles!

James Corcoran @jamescorcoran78.bsky.social · 8d

The Prunes Skeleton Boys looking like they are about to drop their new accordion album.

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

Ahoy, you scurvy ridden landlubbers.

Who doesn’t want to read more of Mignola’s Hellboy? Aaarrr!

Who doesn’t want a tot of Rob W’s scribing? Aaaarrrr!

And of course we all want more of Laurence C’s haunting art! Aaaaaarrrrrrr!

Graphic Policy @graphicpolicy.com · 9d

Exclusive: Laurence Campbell's Behind-the-Scenes Cover Process for Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Ghost Ships of Labrador #comics #comicbooks @getcampbell.bsky.social @robwilliams71.bsky.social @mikemignola.bsky.social @darkhorse.com

Exclusive: Laurence Campbell’s Behind-the-Scenes Cover Process for Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Ghost Ships of Labrador

Mike Mignola and Rob Williams are writing a new two-part Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. story with art from Hellboy universe vertebral Laurence Campbell!

graphicpolicy.com

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

In case you dont know much about #SBCF, get reading!

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 8d

ShortBox Comics Fair kicks off on October 1

Zainab Akhtar‘s annual ShortBox Comics Fair, an all-digital, indie comics convention, launches tomorrow, October 1st, 2025. The convention runs through the month of October, running until Halloween. Featuring over 100 comics creators, the event helps…

ShortBox Comics Fair kicks off on October 1

Zainab Akhtar‘s annual ShortBox Comics Fair, an all-digital, indie comics convention, launches tomorrow, October 1st, 2025. The convention runs through the month of October, running until Halloween. Featuring over 100 comics creators, the event helps connect independent artists with new readers.

www.comicsbeat.com

Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

To quote The Carpenters “it’s only just begun.”

I feel as excitable as Kermit the Frog introducing a guest on The Muppet Show! More than 140 comics to choose from! How will I decide *bites nails*?

The return of #SBCF!

ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · 8d

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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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

We all love Clark’s art, right?

Clark Bint 🦊 @clarkbintart.bsky.social · 8d

Terra Squad is back on Kickstarter, so come give us some love! I drew and coloured it

Etianverse Studios @etianversestudios.bsky.social · 8d

🚨WE ARE LIVE ON KICKSTARTER 🚨

If you enjoy comics that deliver aliens, fearless fighters, humour, and mind-bending technology, Terra Squad is made for you.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/eti...

Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

Cor! That cover is happening, man!

It is coming soon people.

Dave Cook @davecook.bsky.social · 8d

Phantoms is the sequel arc to our award-winning cyberpunk comic series Killtopia. Issue #1 hits @kickstarter.com on Oct 31st.

The 8-issue run follows an elite police unit as they hunt a mass mind hacker across Neo Tokyo.

Register early here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bus...

Credits👇

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 8d

Comic folk!

In case you are looking…

Charlot Kristensen @zolwia.bsky.social · 8d

I'm back from maternity leave and in desperate need of some work. If you're looking for some fun colourful cover designs I'm your guy! Here are some book covers I loved illustrating
Contact me at [email protected]
See portfolio link below

Shares & some reassuring words would be much appreciated

A digital illustrated book cover of Cruise Life - Raining Cats and Dogs by Reese Eschmann. It shows a Black girl chasing dogs and cats on the deck of a cruise while her big brother tries to catch up while holding a cat in his arms.

A digital illustrated book cover for the title Unfadeable by Maurice Broaddus. It portrays a mixed Black girl walking by with her pit bull pet, a bridge is seen overhead her, with some cranes in the background and some key characters in the book watches her from a distance.

A digital illustrated book cover titled The Season of Styx Malone
It shows a Black boy with a cap and sunglasses on, her smirks to the viewer, and within his glasses you see the reflection of 2 other Black boys, one smiling back at him with enthusiasm while the other smiles more hesitantly.

A digital illustrated book cover of a picture book titled Bessie the Motorcycle Queen.
It shows Bessie Stringfield on her iconic Hogs (Harleys) against a backdrop of the Grand Canyon.

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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 9d

Government funding and more publishers (incl outside children’s) to raise the cultural profile of comics and get rid of this stupid stigma which still prevails would be a start.

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Mark Bradley @markbradley.bsky.social · 9d

I’m just humbly suggesting that, should the publishing industry want to tackle the crisis in reading for pleasure rates, and we have research suggesting that there’s no crisis in reading for pleasure rates amongst children who read comics, that there’s maybe a relatively simple solution right here.

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 9d

Try and find yourself a copy of the anthology so you can enjoy the fruits of Taran’s labours.

Colossive Press @colossive.com · 9d

Colossive congratulations to @taran-draws.bsky.social for winning the @comicsyouth.bsky.social Changemakers Choice Best Short Comic Award for A Dream of One's Own. 👏👏👏

Taran's bittersweet meditation on loneliness was created for Boxes Vol. 3, available from @thirdbearpress.bsky.social

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 9d

Pssst! Oi, you! Yes, you! Wanna be a terrible reader?

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 10d

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

A poster of a manifesto about reading, by Loki, with 6 points on reading "bad" books, short books, comics, audioooks, webcomics and fanfic, plus not finishing bad books cos life is too short.

Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 9d

This is fantastic news. Wishing Mollie all the luck in converting folks’ childhood love of comics into lifetimes of enjoyment.

Comics are cool!

Comic Book News UK @comicbooknews.co.uk · 11d

Mollie Ray Named UK's First-Ever Young Comics Laureate at LICAF 2025.
A huge congratulations from us!
www.comicbooknews.co.uk/article/moll...

Mollie Ray Named UK's First-Ever Young Comics Laureate

Chosen by youth vote to reshape comics in culture and education.

www.comicbooknews.co.uk

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 9d

Do you believe Fraser?

Fraser Campbell @fraserc69.bsky.social · 9d

I swear to God I didn't write this.

Fake (I think) NYT headlines saying Spouses are more attracted to partners who collect comics.

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 9d

I’m sold by the art alone! Looks gorgeous.

Throw in arrows, swords, shields, etc and how can you refuse?

Emily Cheeseman @emcheeseman.bsky.social · 9d

A single arrow turns the tide of a battle, and its archer is swept into the service of a conquering prince.

PEREGRINE is a 28-page minicomic printed on a RISO SF5130 digital duplicator in black and lime green ink. Also available in digital format. 🏹 emilycheeseman.myshopify.com

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Dan Whitehead @danwhitehead.net · 12d

Tell you what, kids absolutely LOVE The Phoenix. We’re in Windermere for LICAF and the whole town is awash with families, kids festooned with Phoenix badges, clutching comics and books, excitedly ticking off the shop window art displays.

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Jamie Ross @mrwent.bsky.social · 9d

It’s not like you needed additional reasons to back this book, but here you go!

Link to KS in Ian’s thread.

Dario Argento’s Suspir-Ian @ianface.bsky.social · 9d

along with TOMB: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION, all physical backers will receive this 2x8" bookmark and 4x6" book-plate (the latter signed by TOMB co-creators Ian Mondrick & @benjaminaefilby.bsky.social

bookmark & bookplate both designed by @benjaminaefilby.bsky.social