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Ted (& technically Ro)
@brandtandstein.com
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We write & draw comics! DC, Marvel, most others. Currently:
#WorstManOGN

(skeets probably by Ted)

“The fancy cheese of comics creators” - Phoebe Hedges

Web: https://bio.site/brandtandstein

Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social
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Ted (& technically Ro) @brandtandstein.com · 15h
Hi new friends! We make comics, and for the last year we’ve been making a smart, hella gay romcom about weddings, crime, and how shitty rich people can be.

Check out the cover and first 10 pages in the link, check the hashtag #WorstManOGN for a bunch of WIP stuff, and maybe give it a preorder?
proud-geek.co.uk Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 1d
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein

Read the first ten pages of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators @brandtandstein.com

(Many thanks to Julia at @comicstitan.bsky.social for the preview pages)

#queerbooks #booksky
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein
Read a sneak peek of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators Brandt&Stein.
www.proud-geek.co.uk
brandtandstein.com
Roses are red
Water is wet
It’s time for sleep
Goodnight, internet
February 14, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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alexchung.bsky.social
Delighted that Laser Joan & the Rayguns is headed back to print! It’s by my favorite comic book folks @adampknave.com, @djkirkbride.bsky.social, @robertwilsoniv.bsky.social, @jordantboyd.bsky.social, & @gofrankgo.bsky.social.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/548...
Coming soon: Laser Joan and the Rayguns
A 24 pg one shot adventure comic about an all-female rock band collecting the three stories that originally ran in DARK HORSE PRESENTS.
www.kickstarter.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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mckelvie.bsky.social
Roses are red
Stem held between teeth
I ordered us takeout but it's
None pizza left beef
February 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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brandtandstein.com
Happy #ValentinesDay bluesky! We got you a 10 page preview of our gay, witty, billionaire-hating romcom. You don’t have to get us anything, but giving it a read would be appreciated ❤️
proud-geek.co.uk Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 1d
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein

Read the first ten pages of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators @brandtandstein.com

(Many thanks to Julia at @comicstitan.bsky.social for the preview pages)

#queerbooks #booksky
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein
Read a sneak peek of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators Brandt&Stein.
www.proud-geek.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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gretchenmcculloch.com
Roses are red
Violets are grue
In Ancient Egyptian,
Pashto, and Zulu

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2...
Blue–green distinction in language - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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airy.bsky.social
I keep seeing fantastic writers with substacks and it's terribly tempting to check out the platform, but this incident from three years ago is why I never do.
marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Dec 21
NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them.

Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...
Hamish McKenzie Disiointed • Subscribe 1h Edited Hi everyone. Chris, Jairaj, and I wanted to let you know that we've heard and have been listening to all the views being expressed about how Substack should think about the presence of fringe voices on the platform (and particularly, in this case, Nazi views). liust want to make it clear that we don't like Nazis either-we wish no-one held those views. But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don't think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away- in fact, it makes it worse.
February 14, 2026 at 2:00 PM
brandtandstein.com
I would give all friends who don’t have it my discord and fade away like Obi Wan Kenobi before he’s hit with a lightsaber
zachweinersmith.bsky.social Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 13h
Hey artist/creator/writer/etc people: if tomorrow you were guaranteed a very comfortable living the rest of your life, how would that affect your relationship to social media?
February 14, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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bclev.bsky.social
Capitalism is a meritocracy you see
landbeforetim.bsky.social Timothy @landbeforetim.bsky.social · 13h
This is blackout poetry to me
I became Senior VP at a multi-million dollar company at age 26. My salary was $600k. This was in 2018. How did I do it? Blacked out lines CEO (my dad) promoted me to SVP. There are no gimmicks. There are no shortcuts.
February 14, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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phoebehedges.bsky.social
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here’s a sneak peak at a panel from issue 2 as a token of my affection (god I love these idiots so much) ♥️
A digital Valentine’s Day card, featuring a panel of two cyberpunk characters kissing in the rain whilst one holds a cigarette. The caption boxes on the image read “yeah, well… only fools are happy”. Underneath reads “happy Valentine’s Day love total recall of the heart”
February 14, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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danwhitehead.net
To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.
"I say! Are you Georgina?" The child in the opposite bed sat up and looked across at Anne. She had very short curly hair, almost as short as a boy's. Her face was burnt a dark-brown with the sun, and “Famous Five 01 - Five On A Treasure Island” By Enid Blyton 7 her very blue eyes looked as bright as forget-me-nots in her face. But her mouth was rather sulky, and she had a frown like her father's. "No," she said. "I'm not Georgina." "Oh!" said Anne, in surprise. "Then who are you?" "I'm George," said the girl. "I shall only answer if you call me George. I hate being a girl. I won't be. I don't like doing the things that girls do. I like doing the things that boys do. I can climb better than any boy, and swim faster too. I can sail a boat as well as any fisher-boy on this coast. You're to call me George. Then I'll speak to you. But I shan't if you don't." "Oh!" said Anne, thinking that her new cousin was most extraordinary. "All right! I don't care what I call you. George is a nice name, I think. I don't much like Georgina. Anyway, you look like a boy."
February 14, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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brandtandstein.com
Hi new friends! We make comics, and for the last year we’ve been making a smart, hella gay romcom about weddings, crime, and how shitty rich people can be.

Check out the cover and first 10 pages in the link, check the hashtag #WorstManOGN for a bunch of WIP stuff, and maybe give it a preorder?
proud-geek.co.uk Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 1d
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein

Read the first ten pages of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators @brandtandstein.com

(Many thanks to Julia at @comicstitan.bsky.social for the preview pages)

#queerbooks #booksky
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein
Read a sneak peek of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators Brandt&Stein.
www.proud-geek.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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brandtandstein.com
A reminder than in these times of genAI: in order to support actual human creativity my DMs are permanently open to ANY new or aspiring comics creator (yes, including you) who has questions or needs feedback regarding writing, art, or the industry at large.

Ask ‘em if you got ‘em!
February 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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gronbekk.bsky.social
I painted a cover for Garth Ennis and @jacen-art.bsky.social’s BABS, brought to you by the lovely people at @ahoycomicmags.bsky.social!

It was a JOY! The issue is on the stands on May 20th.

(Painted in oil on wood.)
Painted Babs cover
February 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
brandtandstein.com
Hi new friends! We make comics, and for the last year we’ve been making a smart, hella gay romcom about weddings, crime, and how shitty rich people can be.

Check out the cover and first 10 pages in the link, check the hashtag #WorstManOGN for a bunch of WIP stuff, and maybe give it a preorder?
proud-geek.co.uk Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 1d
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein

Read the first ten pages of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators @brandtandstein.com

(Many thanks to Julia at @comicstitan.bsky.social for the preview pages)

#queerbooks #booksky
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein
Read a sneak peek of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators Brandt&Stein.
www.proud-geek.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 11:42 AM
brandtandstein.com
The reason our anniversary is Valentine’s Day is hilariously on brand. We were at university together and went out for the regular Thursday night bowling group…only nobody else turned up. We waited for half an hour, nobody even answered their phones. We were baffled.
February 14, 2026 at 11:27 AM
brandtandstein.com
Good lord. Today marks Ro and my 14th anniversary. I want to thank everyone we’ve met along the way for being just the best, but also dedicate this anniversary to Olly, who gave us 6 months at best
February 14, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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notanotheralex.bsky.social
AND! as a devilishly delicious deal, early bird backers for HECTIC LOVE LIVES OF THE MYTHICAL will get this demon-drummer print thrown in for FREE 🔥😈🔥

@mhcaliwrites.com has pulled a TRULY outrageous line-up of artists together for this #comics anthology- check it!

#art
February 13, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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abigaillarson.com
Instagram was so offend by this post they’ve threatened to terminate my account. Cool! Grateful for the support here and Patreon 🖤
abigaillarson.com Abigail Larson @abigaillarson.com · Oct 31
"an agony of delightful anticipation..."

I wanted to reimagine the brides of Dracula scene for the "Ritual" theme of this week's @hardcoverart.com #Hardtober2025

View the uncensored version on Patreon: patreon.com/abigaillarson
illustration of a bedroom scene in cool tones. Dracula's three brides and Jonathan Harker are engaged in coitus on an ornately decorated bed. A wavy black line censors part of the image.
February 14, 2026 at 12:45 AM
brandtandstein.com
A reminder than in these times of genAI: in order to support actual human creativity my DMs are permanently open to ANY new or aspiring comics creator (yes, including you) who has questions or needs feedback regarding writing, art, or the industry at large.

Ask ‘em if you got ‘em!
February 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
If you’re affected by the High Court’s decision this week, you're not alone and we stand with you 💜

Here are some resources for our trans friends and allies 👇
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
February 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.
Members of the Swarovski family were early, active and enthusiastic champions of Nazism, and at least six of its members maintained membership in the illegal party prior to Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.!23] Three weeks earlier, 500 marchers in the Tyrolean town of Wattens held a torchlight procession that ended with chants of "Sieg Heil" and "Heil Hitler". The majority of the participants, police determined, were Swarovski plant employees, among them Swarovski family heirs Alfred, Wilhelm and Friedrich. 124] In its report to the state police on 14 February 1947, the Innsbruck district administrator called company head Alfred Swarovski "an enthusiastic member of the NSDAP." [25] Alfred Swarovski praised Hitler at business gatherings and took actions as a regional business leader to ensure that "Tyrolean industry could be integrated as smoothly as possible into the enormous gears of the economy of Greater Germany and into the National Socialist economic order." He sent "grateful loyalty greetings" to Adolf Hitler on his 49th birthday and arranged a donation of 100,000 shillings for Hitler to establish a holiday home in Tyrol.!26] In 1994, historian Horst Schreiber wrote about Swarovski's past but was not granted access to company archives. (27] The contemporary Swarovski company commissioned historian Dieter Stiefel as "a step towards dealing with our history in a serious and very pro-active manner," board spokesman Markus Langes-Swarovski said in 2018; however, the study was not published because, Langes-Swarovski said, "Swarovski is a company that generally tries to keep the owners' personal stories largely out of the public eye because it does nothing for the business." (28]
February 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM
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williambibbiani.bsky.social
Can a LetterBoxd review win a Pulitzer?
mikexnichols.bsky.social Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 1d
i often think about this review
Letterboxd screenshot Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022 Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.
February 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
brandtandstein.com
Good morning, chums!
February 14, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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runwithskizzers.bsky.social
HAVE YOU PREORDERED THIS PERFECT BOOK YET
proud-geek.co.uk Proud Geek LGBTQ+ Bookshop @proud-geek.co.uk · 1d
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein

Read the first ten pages of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators @brandtandstein.com

(Many thanks to Julia at @comicstitan.bsky.social for the preview pages)

#queerbooks #booksky
COMIC PREVIEWS: WORST MAN by Brandt&Stein
Read a sneak peek of Worst Man by Eisner and GLAAD award-nominated creators Brandt&Stein.
www.proud-geek.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 9:05 PM
brandtandstein.com
Get on this, uk chums. Let your MP know they can’t let the government back a code of practice that’s as wrong in law as it is in ethics
February 13, 2026 at 9:43 PM