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dearbhla!
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comic colourist, illustrator, adhder, cats & kpop

Dearbhla Kelly
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dearbhla! @dearbhlala.bsky.social · Nov 11
for all the new people here 😌😌
dearbhlala.bsky.social dearbhla! @dearbhlala.bsky.social · Jul 9
a quick #portfolioday post from my phone before I forget! I’m Dearbhla, an Irish illustrator, designer and comic colourist and here’s a few bits I’ve been playing around with lately

✉️ dearbhlalakelly@gmail.com
🎨 dearbhlala.com for colour portfolio
a black and white illustration of a pants and mushrooms blooming from a naked person drawing of a weird lil street pigeon illustration of a skeleton on fire with the words ‘rest your weary bones’ across it
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soengery.bsky.social
Goin down to the ocean!
Gonna get myself a MAN!
A bunch of fish men following a cultist lady
February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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brandtandstein.com
Algorithms have failed artists, so once again I am appealing to the wealthy to go back to the practice of patronising artists so you can brag that your sicko is better than your rival’s sicko
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
could've just asked a trans person
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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skullpiratemike.bsky.social
They're calling this a landmark study, but that's misleading. It's actually just a review of existing studies. I've known this information for years, because I read the studies. They could've done that at any time.
February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
update, still not working 😭
dearbhlala.bsky.social dearbhla! @dearbhlala.bsky.social · 5d
excellent day for my imac to not work 😭
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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etheringtonbros.bsky.social
Our feature tutorial/artist for today is this BRILLIANT set of tips on putting LIFE into your poses by Lomonte on tumblr! These four simple tricks, so well illustrated here, are ESSENTIAL! #gamedev #animationdev #characterdesign #animation #howtodraw #drawingtutorial #anime
February 4, 2026 at 11:14 AM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
excellent day for my imac to not work 😭
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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ceeejus.bsky.social
🌻
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 AM
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ohheydj.bsky.social
There are so many sticker manufacturers available the don’t support ice. Don’t use Sticker Mule, EVER.
kgarriguesart.bsky.social ✨ Kato Garrigues (He/She) ✨ COMMS OPEN @kgarriguesart.bsky.social · 23d
The latest move by Sticker Mule's owner. Please don't give these people your money (or honestly send them your artwork, you never know).
A Facebook post by Sticker Mule's owner Anthony Constantino. The post says "I support ICE ICE BABY. If you want a FREE T-shirt DM me your email". It has an image linked of a black shirt with ice-looking text reading "I support ICE ICE Baby"
January 31, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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johnlees.bsky.social
Do you like comedy?

ORLA! Is a satire of the hellscape that is modern dating, skewering manosphere brainrot. I’m not saying some people deserve to eaten by a monster, but…

Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, letters by @letteringbear.bsky.social.

ORLA! is out 21st April.
A montage of bad dates with various scummy men, viewed from an Orla first-person POV. There is a dickish MRA guy negging her, a right-winger in a MEN'S RHIGHTS T-shirt spouting bigoted crap about protecting borders and trans panic, a weird foot fetishist guy sweating buckets as he asks Orla to take off her shoes, a grubby-looking guy boasting about not washing his hands as he reaches to take something off her plate, a guy saying "So, tell me... are you into crypto?" and a sleazy business bro.
January 29, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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didichanoch.bsky.social
Unsurprising. Still enraging.
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban
Emmy-winning Owda points to changes in TikTok's US ownership, remarks from Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu to explain ban.
aje.news
January 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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tillybridges.bsky.social
a week or so ago @tonyisabella.bsky.social was looking for as complete a list as she could assemble of comic creators who are trans-inclusive

i named a whole bunch of folks, so i added in a buncha editors and made a starter pack!
January 26, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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alexjaffe.bsky.social
Catch me in the manga aisle of the Barnes & Noble and you can call me Kira Nerys, because I’m a Nana Visitor
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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adityab.net
Big news, gang: IN YOUR SKIN, a new comic book written by me, drawn by artist Som, coloured by Francesco Segala, starts publication in April from @imagecomics.com, produced by @readtinyonion.bsky.social. @popversesays.bsky.social has the exclusive details: www.thepopverse.com/comics-in-yo...
The Substance meets fandom in In Your Skin, a new Image Comics series from Tiny Onion
The new Image Comics comic from Exquisite Corpses studio Tiny Onion mixes Bollywood and body horror.
www.thepopverse.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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cartoonist.coop
Hourly Comics Day has MOVED!

It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!

hourlycomicsday.com

#hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd
"IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY". Two black speech bubbles with white text read "HOURLY COMICS DAY IS NOW ON FEB 8TH. CARTOONISTS HONOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FEB 1 - MAR 1". There is an illustration of a black silhouetted hand raised and holding a pen in the top right, and an illustration of a nib pen and an ink well personified on the bottom right. The nib and ink are bumping fists. A URL at the bottom is "hourlycomicsday.com".
January 26, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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yamino.bsky.social
Calling all fellow antifascist himejoshis! This one is for you!!

All proceeds are going to my favorite local anti-fascist group! ✊
shop.yamino.art/products/lov...
A large holographic sticker that reads "LOVE YURI- HATE FASCISM" with a silhouette of two girls about to kiss
January 27, 2026 at 6:17 AM
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darkhorse.com
Hannah Rose May, Utkarsh Ambudkar and team's The Guy in the Chair concludes this week with issue #4!

Catch up on the series: https://bit.ly/4qEnACf

By @hannahrosemay.bsky.social, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Guillermo Sanna, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, Steve Dutro
Cover of The Guy in the Chair issue #4, illustrated by Guillermo Sanna
January 26, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
Final Order Cutoff for ORLA! - from me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com - is on Monday 9th February, in 2 WEEKS! Pre-order at your local comic shop before then to secure your copy ahead of the 4th March release.
Orla Bard, looking radiant.
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
i did get BTS tickets this week btw 😎
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
Sally puts so much thought into the fashion of characters which makes them such a treat to colour because I want to honour that level of thought and detail! Plus the crochet blanket in Orla's apartment? A delight.
johnlees.bsky.social John Lees @johnlees.bsky.social · 16d
The many looks of Orla Bard! Kudos to @sallycantirino.bsky.social for giving Orla a wardrobe that feels varied and authentic, complete with great colours from @dearbhlala.bsky.social.

ORLA! is released on 3rd March, pre-order now!
Orla Bard, looking radiant in a green summer dress with a yellow floral pattern. Orla Bard, looking radiant in a grey sweatshirt, grey leggings and cosy socks. Orla Bard, looking radiant walking with Gwyn in a long sleeved sweater dress with an Argyl pattern, black leggings and Timberland style boots. Orla Bard, looking radiant at a bar in a dark red cocktail dress.
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
dearbhlala.bsky.social
every so often i text my finnish aunt to ask for this word again, my favourite (and only) finnish word
January 23, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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johnlees.bsky.social
When ORLA! - out 3rd March - is such a massive blockbuster success that it spawns its own tie-in toy line, this is what the Gwyn action figure will be wearing.

Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.
Orla Bard, looking radiant and wearing a yellow Regency-era ballgown, looking admiringly at Gwyn, who’s posing in a sexy nurse costume with fishnet stockings and red knee-high high-heel boots.
January 22, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
A huge thanks to @comicbookyeti.com for the love shown to ORLA! in their Year-End Awards. Nominations for me in writing, @sallycantirino.bsky.social in art, @dearbhlala.bsky.social in colours, @letteringbear.bsky.social in lettering and ORLA! in Best Series.

cryptidcreatorcorner.com/episode/4th-...
4th Annual Yeti Awards | The Comic Book Yeti Cryptid Creator Corner podcast
It's the 4th Annual Yeti Awards and special guests David "DB" Andry and James B. Emmett join Jimmy on the podcast to talk about Comic Book Yeti's favorite...
cryptidcreatorcorner.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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johnlees.bsky.social
If you’re a fan of arse, then ORLA! - from the cheeked-up creative coalition of me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com - might be the comic for you! Bottoms up on 3rd March!
Orla Bard, looking radiant, sits on the edge of a bed, naked, her back to us, looking over her shoulder at a similarly disrobed man, his butt in the foreground. Orla Bard sat hunched on the floor in a puddle of blood. Her butt is sad. Orla Bard, looking radiant, is wearing clothes this time, but is embracing a naked Gwyn and cupping his blushing butt cheeks, from which little love hearts are emanating. Orla Bard, looking radiant, reads a book called The Peach Field while Gwyn chows down on his supper.
January 19, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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trungles.com
Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
Just before Christmas, I got a puppy. Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie. I'm still learning how to understand her. Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo? Do you need to do a widdle piddle? Minnie: Arf! *I just call her "little baby" most of the time. I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now. Nobody tells you about that. I got so lucky with my first puppy. Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now. Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport. I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers. I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless. The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective. I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition. ICE will pick up anybody. I know that. So I tucked my passport away. And I largely avoid leaving my house. I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too. And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized. We'll do our best to get through this. Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 PM