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Saya || SBComicsFair '25

@ordinaryundead.bsky.social

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they • cartoonist based in pakistan https://ordinaryundead.carrd.co/ 🌟SBCF comic out until end of October:🌟 https://www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p/riwayat-by-ordinaryundead --fuck nfts/ai--

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 6d

my comic is birthed, hope it finds its people!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 17h

thank you! <3 i'll likely rework it for sub if an agent responds tho

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#DVpit - Diverse Voices Pitch @dvpit.bsky.social · 17h

#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co

#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.

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 17h

Gul, a queer rishta aunty for "straight" marriages, is reeling from the death of her trans wife "husband". While setting up her bff (also trans), Gul rethinks her feelings for her. Can she face her past and find love again in the queerphobic city of Karachi?
#DVpit #DVart #GN #A #CR #TV #POC #LGBT

A 2 panel comic page. The first panel shows the outside of a modest looking house in a mohalla (neighborhood). There's an expensive looking pickup truck parked at the door.
The second panel shows a coffee table inside the house. It's populated with snacks, chai, a laptop, some photographs, and a decorative plant.
Gul, the main character, says offscreen: "Like I said, Rida and her family aren't willing to move forward with this."
Gul's client says offscreen: "That's no excuse! Did you speak with the parents alone?"

This page shows the interior of the house. Gul is seated with the client, an old woman, and her middle aged son, who is the groom candidate. As the page goes, the son reaches for the biscuits on the table.
Gul: "Rida's wish is what matters here. Her parents know better than to exclude her from her own rishta."
Side text reads: Gul, 45, Rishta aunty, widowed 4 years, wants to make the wedding scene less dogshit.
Client: "This is unfair. We've been so patient and compromising."
Gul: "Compromising?"

This page shows shots of Gul seated with the client and her son, who is chomping on the biscuits.
Client: "Yes! I mean... you might not like to hear this, given your establishment... but the world isn't kind to girls who not only lack money but also looks."
A beat. Someone walks by Gul and takes her empty chai cup from her.
Gul: "And I suppose you see yourself as a savior in this world? You, your son, and his wife, who you never mentioned?"
Gul is holding her laptop that shows the image of the client's son with a woman.

The client is shocked, her son almost chokes on his chai. The client looks up annoyed at the person that just walked in and is collecting everyone's empty mugs on a serving tray. Text next to this person reads: Atiya, 27, Gul's assistant, sees Gul as a mother.
Client, nervously: "Ahaha... is that what this is about? Did you mention this to the girl's family?"
Gul, correcting the client once more: "Rida..."

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Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · 1d

today is the day my book Black Arms To Hold You Up officially comes out. about 5-7 years of hard ass work finally in the world. i’m mfing terrified 😂

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 1d

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Pepe Reyes @suscipepe.bsky.social · 2d

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

In @raoon.bsky.social's'Medium Rare,' a paranoid supermarket cashier befriends a girl but begins to obsess over her seemingly unending craving of meat.
While the cashier's imagination conjures increasingly horrendous scenarios, their bond grows stronger and more...ambiguous...

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 2d

Our plants are growing nicely, i wuv them. There's been some casualties but now that the heat is lessening (marginally) they're able to relax and grow

Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 2d

Green

Picture of our chilli plant. It has some chillis hanging on it.

Picture of our second chilli plant. It also has some chillis hanging on it

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah we're fine thanks yar
Its just everytime it happens it takes me a bit to move on

Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 3d

Nothing beats being a sapphic str8 presenting couple driving home at night in the middle of nowhere and the rangers or policemen stop u
mwah. ubeatable. absolutely unable to function for the next 2-3 days. brilliant

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 3d

Only when i make eye contact with my wife

Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 3d

the looming fist of dollars has become a casual reference between my wife and i when discussing pk bullshitry atp
this comic is that iconic! check it out!!

Nabeel Rooshan >> Shortbox Comics Fair 2025 @nabeelrooshan.bsky.social · 4d

"Lil' Burgers" is a coming-of-age, magical realism comic about surviving Pakistan while trying to pay your grocery bill.

40 pages
Manga Style
Coming-of-age/Shonen Action
If you like: FLCL, Scott Pilgrim, Midsummer Chaos, Commander Safeguard.

Available now at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 6d

my comic is birthed, hope it finds its people!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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Pepe Reyes @suscipepe.bsky.social · 5d

The 1st story of Nocturnal is about a caterpillar that knows it will be the Most Beautiful Creature. Nothing will go wrong.

Its about my experience with dysmorphia, dysphoria & my undying love for insects

Check it out at the ShortBox Comics Fair! @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social

#art #comics

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 4d

Yes me and what about it!? Lets let it be anal!!!

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Casper Pham @ Shortbox Comics Fair (The Luminary Lark-Mirror) @marcheriest.bsky.social · 5d

my 52-page full color comic about pinball crimes in ‘60s America is live on Shortbox for this month only
#sbcf25

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sōm @hyl.st · 4d

I am begging you, please use an RSS reader and *curate* your own media diet.

You will never be free if you rely solely on recommendation algorithms!

zeu @zeu.dev · 5d

i think we also need a media diet shift in society, really think about what we are consuming and how we interact with others online, not wholly rely on "for you" algos and waiting on site-wide moderators to curate our experiences

we need to advocate for online societal change

bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 5d

my positive vision for atproto is for people to have a greater degree of self-determination on the public social web.

baseline experience should be decent, but motivated folks should be able to organize and get more control over their online spaces and experience in line with their norms+values.

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Papoila ✹ sbcf @gaiapapoila.bsky.social · 7d

🐇Tell me who your wizard is👑 is my new comic, available for @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social an online comic fair that takes place throughout October!🍂 (❁´◡`❁)
details ☛ 50 pages | b/w | price £8
☛ link www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

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deeg 🤍 @deegoo.bsky.social · 5d

Pyaari is so decent 🥺

Two drawings and two small photos of the cat, Pyaari. The drawing on the left is wearing a blue dupatta. The drawing on the right is in a gold sari with a dupatta on the head.

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Samuel Edme @sams-studios-llc.bsky.social · 5d

Deaf-Defying

Panel 1 -- Triangle is connecting wireless ear buds.

Panel 2 -- Music blares in his ears at full volume to his shock.

Panel 3 -- Triangle reduces the volume.

Triangle: Fiddlesticks, is it just me, or do the earpiece and hearing aid industries feel interrelated?

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 5d

Emo gloves!!!

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yes that's a woman and it's GL🙂‍↕️💞@Shortbox Comics Fair 10/31🔚 @luckycavity.com · 5d

pink yuri ❓
@shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social

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Saya || SBComicsFair '25 @ordinaryundead.bsky.social · 5d

Biceps clenched, locked in

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jean fhilippe @noseturquoise.bsky.social · 13d

I have a new comic at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social this year which has all the greatest jean fhilippe hits you've come to know and love: we got palm trees, hands, beaches, memories, what else...ah I can't remember so you'll have to read it and let me know

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