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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 8h

Drawing is EXCITING it’s FUN
THERES STILL SO MUCH OF IT TO DO THO

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 8h

Stupid meat and bone body

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 8h

I love comics. I hate that I have to make them painstakingly inch by inch. What do you MEAN I can’t draw one hundred thousand comic pages in ten minutes

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Travis Corwin @travisneverwas.bsky.social · 11h

Being a newly sentient and mobile creature in the forest can attract some unwanted attention… 😬

Early process of a page from my upcoming comic, Ode! Art by @pondi.bsky.social

Preorder Ode on Indiegogo now! www.indiegogo.com/projects/ode...

#art #moss #nature #fantasy

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Travis Corwin @travisneverwas.bsky.social · 1d

What is Ode about?

Clip from the 10/2/25 episode of Sketch Up! with Mog and Mel

Art by @pondi.bsky.social

Preorder Ode today! www.indiegogo.com/projects/ode...

#indiecomics #moss

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Travis Corwin @travisneverwas.bsky.social · 2d

Take a look at some of the early concept work that @pondi.bsky.social did for our upcoming comic book, Ode! 💚

Preorder the book on Indiegogo now! www.indiegogo.com/projects/ode...

#mossmonday #art #comicbookart #nature #fantasy #indiecomics

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 24d

Now with colour 🥰

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 3d

Not long left to fill this in!
If you make comics in any capacity the comic creator survey wants to know! x

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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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 6d

Check out the book I’ve been drawing for Travis!
One day in and we’re already a third of the way funded 🥰

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 6d

Check out the book I’ve been drawing for Travis!
One day in and we’re already a third of the way funded 🥰

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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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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌟 IT LIVES! 🌟 The UK Comics Creator Survey is BACK, baby!

Here to gather up, analyse and disseminate your data to help uplift the comics world, like if Robin Hood was a statistician or something.

ukcomicscreators.org.uk

A promotional image for the survey, reading “we’ve got questions; we need answers. Who’s in?” Above a series of illustrated raised hands in various styles. At the bottom is the url ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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Small Press Scotland CIC @smallpress.scot · 12d

📖 We have a new resource up on our website for anyone working in small press in Scotland, whether that's comics, tabletop games, zines, prose, poetry, or other non-traditional publishing.

Read about the SPS Library at smallpress.scot#resources

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 11d

Lmaooo sorry the fatigue has been kicking my ARSE

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 11d

I’ll be at TAGS on Sunday talking about the finances of comics!
Can’t promise I won’t bully you all into charging the right amount for your work 😘

TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 14d

Our panel lineup is out! This will be our first year running talks alongside the Marketplace and Board Game Zone, and we have some great discussions lined up for you.

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

Talks & Panels
All of our talks are free to attend, but space is limited. We suggest queueing up 10 minutes before the talk begins to guarantee getting a seat. Talks run for 45 mins.

Saturday

Pitch to Page: How do you make a comic? 11am. Scripting, compositions, pencilling, inking, colouring, lettering, printing; so much goes into every comic you've loved reading. Sit in with veteran comic creators Gustaffo Vargas and Jenny Mure as they chat about the comic-making process.

Fanfiction, the Old Human Tradition. 12.30pm. Fanfiction has always been part of storytelling culture. Join Ell J Walker and Fran Morton as they discuss the similarities and differences between modern and historic fanfiction.

Comics For Your Own Good: Educating through comics. 2pm. As a medium, comics are a very accessible way to share information. Cat Laird and Julie Campbell will discuss the strength of comics in education and community outreach.

You Can Be a Luddite: How artists can resist AI. 3.30pm. Listen to comic creator Tom Humberstone discuss the impact of generative AI on the creative process, and how artists and audiences can rally against the rising tide of slop.

Sunday

First Draft to Final Product: How do you make a game? 11am. Join TTRPG publisher Paolo Greco / Lost Pages and game designer Letty Wilson as they discuss the ins and outs of the game-making process.

Let's Talk Cash: The cold hard finances of making comics. 12.30pm. Many creative industries are financially lean fields. With the costs of living ever spiralling, Faye Stacey and James Lawrence discuss the realities of making money as comic creators, from self-publishing to public funding.

Autobiography & Vulnerability. 2pm. Steven Fraser, Ashling Larkin, and Amandawonk come together to discuss their experiences of autobiographical work, and the power of creating comics about yourself.

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 11d

I’ll be at TAGS on Sunday talking about the finances of comics!
Can’t promise I won’t bully you all into charging the right amount for your work 😘

TAGS Festival @tagsfest.co.uk · 14d

Our panel lineup is out! This will be our first year running talks alongside the Marketplace and Board Game Zone, and we have some great discussions lined up for you.

🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 11d

Congrats to 2020 #BF6toWatch creator @mollieray.bsky.social on becoming the first UK Young Comics Laureate!

Announcement poster with the news Mollie Ray is the the first UK Young Comics Laureate!

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 12d

Woken up feeling like I’ve just ran a marathon for five years lol

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 12d

Realised today that I’ve been in a fatigued state for five years now 🥴

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 12d

We’re very central belt focussed at the minute! Would be good to get some more entries for other places💖

Small Press Scotland CIC @smallpress.scot · 12d

📖 We have a new resource up on our website for anyone working in small press in Scotland, whether that's comics, tabletop games, zines, prose, poetry, or other non-traditional publishing.

Read about the SPS Library at smallpress.scot#resources

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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 13d

⚠️ I'm looking for lettering work! I specialise in handdrawn bubbles and can also edit lettering in your anthologies to give them a more professional, cohesive finish. As well as Quindrie Press, past clients include Webtoon, Shortbox, and Discord Comics!

⚡ Contact & portfolio: evegwood.com/lettering

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 14d

Slightly updated and restocked my Unfinished Zine!
You’ll be able to pick these up at Thought Bubble, TAGS Fest and Inkblot. Can’t wait to see what yous make with them!

A photo of a stack of zines titled ‘unfinished zine’. They’re printed on different coloured papers. A spread is open inviting people to draw a self portrait

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Faye Stacey @pondi.bsky.social · 14d

Slightly updated and restocked my Unfinished Zine!
You’ll be able to pick these up at Thought Bubble, TAGS Fest and Inkblot. Can’t wait to see what yous make with them!

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a toad buried under the earth @toadlett.bsky.social · 15d

pretty shameful that after supposedly implementing anti AI policies for vendors, fan frontier seems to be using AI in their own imagery. Would be interested to know if the artist commissioned to design these mascots is aware their client has done this!
www.forthefans.uk

screenshot from a site called "was it AI" that aims to check the likelihood an image was made using genAI. an image from the fan frontier website (a landscape with distant mountains, flowering cherry trees, and two cartoon mascots in the foreground) has been run through it, and the site shows that "we are quite confident that this image, or significant part of it, was created by AI.

screenshot from a site called AI image detector that aims to check the likelihood an image was made using genAI. an image from the fan frontier website (a landscape with distant mountains, flowering cherry trees, and two cartoon mascots in the foreground) has been run through it, and the site shows that "this image is likely AI generated" with a 100% probability shown in the analysis.

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Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 15d

🩸 OUT TODAY 🥀
Disappear into a dark forest and get seduced, devoured, and perhaps escape your job for good, in NIGHT AT THE VAMPIRE CASTLE: A choose-your-own-romance for adult readers

✶ No experience needed
✶ Replayable
✶ Illustrated
& out now www.hari-illustration.com/natvc

Hari holding a copy of the book 'night at the vampire castle' while wearing a suitably vampiric shirt with a ruffly collar - the graphic reads 'out today!'

Photo of an open copy of the book 'night at the vampire castle' where you can see the text and an illustration of an ominous castle on a stormy night

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