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Rivkah LaFille
@rivkahlafille.bsky.social
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Graphic Novelist, Educator, and Kidlit GN Creator Advocate. Repped by Janna Morishima. Hartford, CT -- Austin, TX -- NYC FIVE WISHES, Candlewick (2026) -- CREATIVE WRITING WITH MISS MARY MAC, First Second (2025) -- STEADY BEAT V1 & 2, Tokyopop ('05/'07)
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · Jan 10
Finally got poked and prodded enough by friends to join Bluesky. For those who are interested: I am a midgrade and YA graphic novelist (illustrator/writer) as well as an educator, teaching adults how to make better, awesomer comics over at Kids Comics Unite.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 5h
Skipping out this year on everything but MICE. Just. too. tired. 😭
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 5h
Take the underdog approach, perhaps. Everybody loves a good underdog story. "Look at the incredible journey I've taken" is always a powerful, moving narrative.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 1d
So badass it's an ABSOLUTELY.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 1d
Lol! We have three! I just needed some quick up-close tread reference. Treads are a pain to draw. 🥲
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 2d
It's like a drunken toddler tried to draw bicycle spokes from memory. And I think most artists know how well THAT would go.

/hits 'report AI generated image' to duckduckgo/

They let you turn off AI content now, but some stuff still sneaks through.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 2d
In the midst of drawing four different types of bicycle wheels super up close for a couple panels, and ohmygod does AI-gen SUCK at drawing bicycles! I use image search with AI-gen images hidden, and the few that sneak through are so damn obvious, I literally burst out into gales of laughter.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, same!!! It was so dang cute!
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 4d
Everything is just so f*cked up. 💔💔💔
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 5d
Nope. Because I love comics and all comics deserve to exist. 💖💖💖
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Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 6d
Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 5d
I throw dried lavendar from my garden in a pillowcase in instead. Those dryer sheets are so bad for the environment. 😭 No fabric softener either for the same reasons.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 5d
I will sell my car and walk twenty miles every day before I'll sell my dryer. But I've also had an endless round of messy child to clean up after for ten years. Being dryerless while single wasn't bad. But as a parent...noooooooooo. 😭
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 5d
"And as homes and appliances become more efficient, that will help reduce energy bills as well."

Well THAT'S a pretty broad assumption. Pretty sure our devices are pulling more energy now than ever because they are always on and in standby. And just wait for the AI in your toaster. 🥲
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 5d
Ugh. Same. Been operating under a nomme de guerre since day 1. It just seemed kinda dumb not to.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 5d
And this is why you use pseudonyms and VPNs. F*ck this police state cr*p.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 8d
Democrats seriously need to stop expecting to win in midterms based on people hating trump. The lack of spine and leadership on display right now is infuriating.
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 8d
OMG the Flashdance and 9 1/2 Weeks movie references in Jealous Type are killing me. 💘💘💘
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 8d
YESSSSSSS! 😭💖
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 9d
Out of print clauses are a beautiful thing. Especially when they specify what "out of print" means. :)
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 9d
Is it available in the original Japanese somewhere? The lady's voice for the dub is so flat. ;_;
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 9d
I literally never knew this, and I had a girl Calico. 😖

So now I know. No excuses. :D
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 9d
I think this may be the ONLY movie in the Sailorverse I've never seen. WHERE IS THIS MAGIC STREAMING? (yes I know I can go find out, but it's more fun to ask and pretend I can't. :D )
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 9d
OMG it's true! 😂
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 9d
But yes. Moved from Texas for Reasons much like the ones you cited. >_>
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 9d
I've driven to Ohio from TX a few times, and it's even worse there. So much worse. Like, "Have you Found Jesus?" billboards directly across from the porn XXX shops and written on the bridges in graffiti spraypaint.

Upside is that it's cooler than ANY city in TX, so there's that. 😅
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Rivkah LaFille @rivkahlafille.bsky.social · 9d
One of my favorite moments as an older gen artist is when I learn something new from younger folks, whether it's a new perspective, technique, or method; it's proof to me that art is something that never stagnates and is always growing and transforming. It gives me such beautiful hope. 😭
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