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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 1d

*moves*

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 1d

4) If you're an artist in Ireland creating "original and creative work," you can apply to be exempt from income tax if you're earning under €50,000:

www.citizensinformation.ie/en/money-and...

Impressive stuff.

Artists' exemption from income tax

Income that writers, composers and artists earn from the sale of their work may be exempt from income tax in Ireland.

www.citizensinformation.ie

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 1d

How do people do those elegant flick through videos of their comics? I’m forever accidentally flipping it over or missing a massive chunk of pages. While having dirty fingernails.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 2d

Drawing

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 2d

Alternative headline: Not destroying the climate quite enough with your flights? Here's how to pile on more carbon.

BBC headline: More holidaymakers using AI to plan trips

Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 2d

#Brighton! Come buy comics, zines, graphic novels from a veritable host of local creators! Dare I say this could kickstart/revolutionise your Xmas shopping? #comics #whatsonbrighton

Cartoon County autumn fair - Sat 18th Oct at the Open Market

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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 3d

I remember when our eldest was three and him absolutely fuming because the 43 bus was on diversion due to roadworks, and I’m standing on the bus holding his buggy and arguing with him about it, and finding myself retorting “Well you’ll just have to take that up with Islington Council.”

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 3d

I will be on a panel on the second day, repping CCIC!

Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 3d

Registration is now open for Comics Forum 2025!

Comics Forum brings together expert speakers to discuss how comics industries work, and are represented, in a two-day series of talks; this years theme is 'Industry'.

Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/comics-for...

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 4d

📢BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT! 🐎🎃🥿

Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 7d

"Should I fill it in?"

Yes - whether you're an occasional zine-maker, a full-time member of staff at the Beano, a sometime festival exhibitor, a published graphic novelist, a keen webcomics maker... or something in between... yes, you should. ukcomicscreators.org.uk/

Home - UK Comics Creators Survey

UK Comics Creator Survey 2025 If you are a UK-based comics creator over 16 years old, we want to know all about you! Whether you are a working professional, a casual creator or a student, if you make ...

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 4d

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

G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 7d

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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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 5d

Now would be a great time to reach out to any comics creators you know who are less online or more remote (geographically and/or emotionally) to make sure they’ve filled this thing in too…

Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 7d

🚨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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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).

An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 4d

It's very nice, but that is a wild price for St Leonards. The usual Modern House premium.

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 5d

..rather than address the underlying issues being protrsted about 🙄🙄🙄https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/05/police-to-get-new-powers-to-crack-down-on-repeated-protests-says-home-office

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

www.theguardian.com

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 5d

www.totallicensing.com/esquire-and-... Not the social indicator we were expecting - a new men’s fragrance called ‘Cartoonist’ “explores masculinity through the lens of creativity, individuality, and cultural storytelling.”

Although, sod the implication that cartooning is a masculine pursuit.

Esquire and Michael Malul Expand Fragrance Collection with Cartoonist and Composer

Esquire, the men’s magazine brand, in partnership with Michael Malul London, announces the latest additions to the Esquire Fragrance Collection: Cartoonist and Composer. Building on the success of the...

www.totallicensing.com

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 5d

If you see this, post a goth (or punk) girl.

In the foreground, a goth applies mascara. She has Ann Adam and the Ants style white stripe across her nose. In the background her mum is cooking. Mum: “Keep one foot on the floor. That’s what the Hollywood starlets did to preserve their chastity.”
Girl (thinks): “I’m pretty sure there are still ways of doing it with one foot on the floor.”
Panel by Myfanwy Tristram.

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 5d

No need for the quotation marks, I feel. Theft is theft.

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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 6d

Let’s be honest, it’s a stretch to say we live in a true democracy, isn’t it? Government & big business skip along merrily together towards policy decisions that affect the rest of us but over which we have zero control. Decisions are made about us without us all the time.

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 7d

"Should I fill it in?"

Yes - whether you're an occasional zine-maker, a full-time member of staff at the Beano, a sometime festival exhibitor, a published graphic novelist, a keen webcomics maker... or something in between... yes, you should. ukcomicscreators.org.uk/

Home - UK Comics Creators Survey

UK Comics Creator Survey 2025 If you are a UK-based comics creator over 16 years old, we want to know all about you! Whether you are a working professional, a casual creator or a student, if you make ...

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 7d

There are just a few days to fill in the survey at ukcomicscreators.org.uk/.

Run by @streakofpith.bsky.social, this is for all #comics makers in the UK. Share your experiences and help build the evidence base for better support! And just as important, please share with all the creators you know.

Home - UK Comics Creators Survey

UK Comics Creator Survey 2025 If you are a UK-based comics creator over 16 years old, we want to know all about you! Whether you are a working professional, a casual creator or a student, if you make ...

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 7d

"Should I fill it in?"

Yes - whether you're an occasional zine-maker, a full-time member of staff at the Beano, a sometime festival exhibitor, a published graphic novelist, a keen webcomics maker... or something in between... yes, you should. ukcomicscreators.org.uk/

Home - UK Comics Creators Survey

UK Comics Creator Survey 2025 If you are a UK-based comics creator over 16 years old, we want to know all about you! Whether you are a working professional, a casual creator or a student, if you make ...

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 7d

There are just a few days to fill in the survey at ukcomicscreators.org.uk/.

Run by @streakofpith.bsky.social, this is for all #comics makers in the UK. Share your experiences and help build the evidence base for better support! And just as important, please share with all the creators you know.

Home - UK Comics Creators Survey

UK Comics Creator Survey 2025 If you are a UK-based comics creator over 16 years old, we want to know all about you! Whether you are a working professional, a casual creator or a student, if you make ...

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 8d

I read this at the weekend and it is amazing!
I would say “if you only read one self-help book written in collaboration with a rabbit this year, then this should be it”
…but that underplays the fact that it’s a brilliant graphic novel as well. Well done Fluffy and @simonelia.bsky.social!

My hand holding a book.
'How to Make Life Better When it Feels Like it's Getting Worse'
by Simone Lia + Fluffy Pulcino

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 9d

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 9d

Well ok since there's inexplicably no preview, here's a screen capture. The video is Jon McNaut talking through his process for making loads of beautiful covers for the London Review of Books.

A cover of the London Review of Books being held up by Jon McNaut.

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