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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 6d

UK Comics creators! Take a few minutes of your time to fill this out if you haven't already!

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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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 7d

Time for an evening bump!

NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 7d

"...The Space Between the Trees left me lost for words. It’s a home run, cementing Konyu as one of the brightest creators in indie comics."

That's what @comicsbulletin.bsky.social said about my latest graphic novel from @comicstitan.bsky.social out Oct 21!

comicsbulletin.com/review-the-s...

Review: 'The Space Between the Trees' is one of the creepiest comics you'll read in 2025 - Comics Bulletin

In The Space Between the Trees, writer and illustrator Norm Konyu delivers a chilling, twisty tale about a couple who get lost in the woods.

comicsbulletin.com

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Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com · 7d

Into the last 24 hours of the Worrywart Kickstarter campaign!

I won't leave long for late pledges on this because I want it out in time for the autumn cons, so grab your family feud fantasy fun now! 32 pages of glorious art by @lanedraws.bsky.social!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...

Promo image with text:
"24 HOURS TO GO! When should you back Worrywart?"

Then a panel with the queen yelling "NOW!" at a guard, sending him flying.

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 7d

"...The Space Between the Trees left me lost for words. It’s a home run, cementing Konyu as one of the brightest creators in indie comics."

That's what @comicsbulletin.bsky.social said about my latest graphic novel from @comicstitan.bsky.social out Oct 21!

comicsbulletin.com/review-the-s...

Review: 'The Space Between the Trees' is one of the creepiest comics you'll read in 2025 - Comics Bulletin

In The Space Between the Trees, writer and illustrator Norm Konyu delivers a chilling, twisty tale about a couple who get lost in the woods.

comicsbulletin.com

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Alex - Spells & Spaceships @blogspells.bsky.social · 14d

Stay tuned next month where I'll be on the blog tour for this, right in the middle of spooky season!

Love @normkonyu.bsky.social 's work and I'm really excited to read this.

Thanks @comicstitan.bsky.social for including me on the tour ☺️❤️

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 20d

Aw shucks! Thanks Russell!

NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 21d

Evening bump!

NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 21d

Out October 8th and available to pre-order now from wherever you get your books or comics-- THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TREES from @comicstitan.bsky.social ! More supernatural twists and turns from my twisted mind! #comics #graphicnovel

Mark and Meera, our protagonists, recoil in fear from something unseen to the viewer which threatens them between the rough grave markers hidden in an eerie forest setting

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 21d

Out October 8th and available to pre-order now from wherever you get your books or comics-- THE SPACE BETWEEN THE TREES from @comicstitan.bsky.social ! More supernatural twists and turns from my twisted mind! #comics #graphicnovel

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Rob 'B'ones @ MCM London 24-26th October @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 23d

£63 off of hitting our £7k stretchgoal of a behind the scenes pdf for all backers - featuring sketchbook art & scripts!

Have you heard the Boatman's Call?

Join @rorydraws4.bsky.social @rapiaghi.bsky.social & I onboard the Griff Gristle Collected Edition!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel

The supernatural seadog in an action packed 140 page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!

www.kickstarter.com

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 26d

Finally freed this Kickstarter beauty from its black tissue paper wrapper after its arrival last week---- RASP from @simoart.bsky.social !

The cover of Martin Simpson's RASP book, with the Detective Agent Rasp peering out at the viewer through the rain

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Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com · 26d

Coming up to 70% funded! Back now and take us into the proper home stretch!

Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com · 27d

One third through the Worrywart Kickstarter, also only a third left of the funding total!

Get 32 pages of fantasy teen rebellion, messy cartoon monster action and searching for true happiness by me, @lanedraws.bsky.social and @lettersquids.bsky.social.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · 28d

Here's a cover I had the honour of doing for the first collected volume of Griff Gristle for @robjoneswrites.bsky.social and @rorydraws4.bsky.social ! You can jump on the Kickstarter campaign here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Griff Gristle, the grizzled old seafarer finds himself being dragged into a hellish pit in the depths of the ocean by skeletons of the drowned and to make matters worse, he's lost his diving helmet!

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Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com · 28d

Worrywart is getting into the quieter mid-section of its Kickstarter campaign, so if you want to be The One to make my day, now is a great time to back!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...

Worrywart - a chaotic action-fantasy comic

A standalone story about a monster royal family, their magical imp pet, and violent teen rebellion, by Nick Bryan & Lane Lloyd.

www.kickstarter.com

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Blue Fox Comics - Scottish Publisher @bluefoxcomics.com · Sep 8

We're serialising our amazing new comic 'Hexes: Daybreak' to our Blue Fox VIP Newsletter paid subscribers - get on board!
Story - @simonbirks.com
Art - @normkonyu.bsky.social
Publisher - @bluefoxcomics.com
Follow here:
www.bluefoxcomics.com/p/hexes-dayb...

Hexes: Daybreak - Starts Here

A new comic by Simon Birks and Norm Konyu - serialised for paid subscribers

www.bluefoxcomics.com

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Rob 'B'ones @ MCM London 24-26th October @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · Sep 5

Hey, yo. Griff Gristle backers! You may want to check the latest update for cool news! In the mean time, check out this AWESOME Griff art by @normkonyu.bsky.social! Want to know how to get hold of it? Follow the link below!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

Griff Gristle has had his diving helmet removed by spectral skeletons bursting out under the ground beneath his feet. He is fighting them off of him with Gungir, his spear, as he is frantically trying to hold his breath.

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Rory Donald @rorydraws4.bsky.social · Sep 5

Need a collected hardcover volume of GRIFF GRISTLE? You do!…then come aboard…

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
#comics #indiecomics #kickstarter

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Asa Wheatley @asawheatley.bsky.social · Sep 2

We're closing in on 200 sign ups. Who's going to help us cross that line?

www.kickstarter.com/projects/asa...

Coming soon: Sagas of the Shield Maiden Book Five

The acclaimed Viking Western comic returns! Volumes #1-4 also available.

www.kickstarter.com

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Rory Donald @rorydraws4.bsky.social · Sep 3

Missed out on any GRIFF GRISTLE books over the years? Want a couple of new ones?We’ve got ya…

www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...

GRIFF GRISTLE: THE BOATMAN'S CALL Graphic Novel

The supernatural seadog in an action packed 140 page extended HARDBACK! For fans of Hellboy, BRPD, Hellblazer and SEA SHANTIES!

www.kickstarter.com

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Nick Bryan @nickbryan.com · Sep 3

My new comic Worrywart is loose on Kickstarter!

A fun standalone tale of violent teen rebellion in a monstrous royal household, by me, @lanedraws.bsky.social and @lettersquids.bsky.social.

Clawing our way towards the halfway mark, back now!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...

The cover of Worrywart (featuring a despairing armoured mother orc looming over her carefree son), with MOTHER KNOWS BEST below it.

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · Aug 26

Quote with your yellow art!!!💛

A boy, pushing his bike, stares into a dense forest as autumn leaves blow past

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · Aug 26

Nice to see the little fellow come to life!

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Roger Langridge @hotelfred.bsky.social · Aug 23

@fantagraphics.bsky.social are in the soup thanks to Diamond’s shady shenanigans - time to order some books, I reckon
blog.fantagraphics.com/the-fantagra...

The Fantagraphics “We’ve Been Robbed” Sale - Fantagraphics Blog

A call to action! Fantagraphics is in a legal battle (as part of a coalition of a dozen other publishers) that is stressing our ability to publish the world’s greatest cartoonists, as we have done for...

blog.fantagraphics.com

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NormKonyu @normkonyu.bsky.social · Aug 22

From what I’ve been told, Mixam outsources to different places, so different formats (eg prints and books) are likely to be coming from different sources, so 2 separate couriers….

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Gabor Csigas @whoisnot.bsky.social · Aug 20

Iä! iä! H.P. Lovecraft wäs börn ön this däy in 1890!

It's also #WyrdWednesday today — to celebrate, here's a link to the audiobook version of "Cthulhu Lives!", edited by @salomekjones.bsky.social (and feat. a story and a cover design by yöürs trüly. :))

ghostwoodsbooks.bandcamp.com/album/cthulh...

Cthulhu Lives!, by Ghostwoods Books

22 track album

ghostwoodsbooks.bandcamp.com

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Comic Book Yeti @comicbookyeti.com · Aug 18

CBY Contributor @dougawood.bsky.social drops his weekly Cruisin' Crowdfunding column highlighting some of the amazing comics projects funding right now.
@ericpalicki.bsky.social @asawheatley.bsky.social @mattmlpdx.bsky.social @andrewclemson.bsky.social
www.comicbookyeti.com/post/crusin-...

CRUSIN' CROWDFUNDING 8/18-8/24

Whew! Between getting hired for a tight deadline comic job and trying to coach softball in a heat advisory, I have not been kind to my body. Forgive a little shorter entry than usual. I am once again,...

www.comicbookyeti.com

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