Ell Balson
@ellbalson.bsky.social
Scottish Comics Artist - get in touch if you want to collaborate!
I'm Ell, and I want to make comics with YOU!
I'm open for one-off Commissions (Christmas is closer than you think) or Sequential work, so hit me up if you're interested!
I'm open for one-off Commissions (Christmas is closer than you think) or Sequential work, so hit me up if you're interested!
November 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I'm Ell, and I want to make comics with YOU!
I'm open for one-off Commissions (Christmas is closer than you think) or Sequential work, so hit me up if you're interested!
I'm open for one-off Commissions (Christmas is closer than you think) or Sequential work, so hit me up if you're interested!
I think my goal for 2026 is to be a bit more active in the online Art/Comics community - which would include posting here!
Here are some samples of recent work, in the meantime:
Here are some samples of recent work, in the meantime:
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I think my goal for 2026 is to be a bit more active in the online Art/Comics community - which would include posting here!
Here are some samples of recent work, in the meantime:
Here are some samples of recent work, in the meantime:
Today was #international_mens_day, so it seems as good a time as any to remind people about one of my recent projects - a comic looking at the results of a joint study into Young Men's Mental Health, by Men Minds.
You can find the comic itself and resources at menminds.org!
You can find the comic itself and resources at menminds.org!
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Today was #international_mens_day, so it seems as good a time as any to remind people about one of my recent projects - a comic looking at the results of a joint study into Young Men's Mental Health, by Men Minds.
You can find the comic itself and resources at menminds.org!
You can find the comic itself and resources at menminds.org!
Reposted by Ell Balson
It's New Comic Book Day, so here's a reminder that I'd like to make new comics with YOU!
Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
November 6, 2024 at 10:14 AM
It's New Comic Book Day, so here's a reminder that I'd like to make new comics with YOU!
Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
Reposted by Ell Balson
It's new Comic Book Day!
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
kck.st
August 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's new Comic Book Day!
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
It's not new comic book day - but is IS a week away from the possibility of a new one!
Will you help push us over the finish line?
Will you help push us over the finish line?
It's new Comic Book Day!
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
kck.st
September 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
It's not new comic book day - but is IS a week away from the possibility of a new one!
Will you help push us over the finish line?
Will you help push us over the finish line?
Reposted by Ell Balson
A focus on my first page for the story "Not Tonight; I'm Drained":
www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
August 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A focus on my first page for the story "Not Tonight; I'm Drained":
www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
Reposted by Ell Balson
Check out the KICKSTARTER for the new Freaktown Comics Anthology: Dead Men Tell Tales!
1 writer (@allhellismrsun.bsky.social), 10 horror stories, and 12 artists; two of which are me and @ellbalson.bsky.social!
1 writer (@allhellismrsun.bsky.social), 10 horror stories, and 12 artists; two of which are me and @ellbalson.bsky.social!
Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
www.kickstarter.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Check out the KICKSTARTER for the new Freaktown Comics Anthology: Dead Men Tell Tales!
1 writer (@allhellismrsun.bsky.social), 10 horror stories, and 12 artists; two of which are me and @ellbalson.bsky.social!
1 writer (@allhellismrsun.bsky.social), 10 horror stories, and 12 artists; two of which are me and @ellbalson.bsky.social!
It's new Comic Book Day!
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
kck.st
August 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's new Comic Book Day!
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s?
Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
It's now in the wild!
A great cause, and a great project. A big thank you and congratulations to all involved on the main research study, and for bringing us on for the comic.
A great cause, and a great project. A big thank you and congratulations to all involved on the main research study, and for bringing us on for the comic.
📢New comic aimed at boys and young men to help normalise conversations about mental health📢
Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this
Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic
Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this
Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic
Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
It's now in the wild!
A great cause, and a great project. A big thank you and congratulations to all involved on the main research study, and for bringing us on for the comic.
A great cause, and a great project. A big thank you and congratulations to all involved on the main research study, and for bringing us on for the comic.
Reposted by Ell Balson
So proud of the young men who took part in Men Minds
Watch the promotional animation - narrated by our Young People's Forum and created by Richard Stevenson with artwork by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Read more about Men Minds and access the comic aimed at boys and young men here www.menminds.org/comic
Watch the promotional animation - narrated by our Young People's Forum and created by Richard Stevenson with artwork by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Read more about Men Minds and access the comic aimed at boys and young men here www.menminds.org/comic
May 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
So proud of the young men who took part in Men Minds
Watch the promotional animation - narrated by our Young People's Forum and created by Richard Stevenson with artwork by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Read more about Men Minds and access the comic aimed at boys and young men here www.menminds.org/comic
Watch the promotional animation - narrated by our Young People's Forum and created by Richard Stevenson with artwork by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Read more about Men Minds and access the comic aimed at boys and young men here www.menminds.org/comic
Reposted by Ell Balson
📢New comic aimed at boys and young men to help normalise conversations about mental health📢
Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this
Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic
Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this
Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic
Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social
May 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
📢New comic aimed at boys and young men to help normalise conversations about mental health📢
Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this
Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic
Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this
Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic
Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Reposted by Ell Balson
It's the start of Mental Health Awareness Week with the theme of Community, and the start of our Men Minds dissemination
Young men get a lot of bad press, but what a wonderful, supportive community our young men built during this project
Keep your eyes peeled on Wed for an exciting announcement 👀👀
Young men get a lot of bad press, but what a wonderful, supportive community our young men built during this project
Keep your eyes peeled on Wed for an exciting announcement 👀👀
May 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's the start of Mental Health Awareness Week with the theme of Community, and the start of our Men Minds dissemination
Young men get a lot of bad press, but what a wonderful, supportive community our young men built during this project
Keep your eyes peeled on Wed for an exciting announcement 👀👀
Young men get a lot of bad press, but what a wonderful, supportive community our young men built during this project
Keep your eyes peeled on Wed for an exciting announcement 👀👀
I forgot to post this here yesterday, still getting used to using this.
I'm sure this has been done before, but here's my spin on it.
May the 4th be with You!
I'm sure this has been done before, but here's my spin on it.
May the 4th be with You!
May 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I forgot to post this here yesterday, still getting used to using this.
I'm sure this has been done before, but here's my spin on it.
May the 4th be with You!
I'm sure this has been done before, but here's my spin on it.
May the 4th be with You!
Hey folks!
Are you into tabletop RPG adventures? Espionage thrillers? Italian Horror? All of the above?
Then you might be interested in a recent project I'm working on with writer Tone Milazzo!
Check it out!
kck.st/43dxwdv
Are you into tabletop RPG adventures? Espionage thrillers? Italian Horror? All of the above?
Then you might be interested in a recent project I'm working on with writer Tone Milazzo!
Check it out!
kck.st/43dxwdv
The King in Giallo, a Quickstart Adventure for ESPionage
A one-shot, RPG, adventure- Ian Fleming's classic James Bond, as if written by Robert W. Chambers, with a touch of Italian horror.
kck.st
March 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hey folks!
Are you into tabletop RPG adventures? Espionage thrillers? Italian Horror? All of the above?
Then you might be interested in a recent project I'm working on with writer Tone Milazzo!
Check it out!
kck.st/43dxwdv
Are you into tabletop RPG adventures? Espionage thrillers? Italian Horror? All of the above?
Then you might be interested in a recent project I'm working on with writer Tone Milazzo!
Check it out!
kck.st/43dxwdv
Happy New Year!
Hoping to get really stuck back into work this year, so to start off here's another pass at what's becoming a retrospective piece.
2024/5, 2013, and 2009.
Hoping to get really stuck back into work this year, so to start off here's another pass at what's becoming a retrospective piece.
2024/5, 2013, and 2009.
January 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Happy New Year!
Hoping to get really stuck back into work this year, so to start off here's another pass at what's becoming a retrospective piece.
2024/5, 2013, and 2009.
Hoping to get really stuck back into work this year, so to start off here's another pass at what's becoming a retrospective piece.
2024/5, 2013, and 2009.
Reposted by Ell Balson
Happy #DragonBall40th!
Piccolo and composition, by myself
Goku, background and colours, by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Credits:
Toriyama Brush for CSP, by @gusceps.bsky.social
Daima Filter, by ReksArts on X
Piccolo and composition, by myself
Goku, background and colours, by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Credits:
Toriyama Brush for CSP, by @gusceps.bsky.social
Daima Filter, by ReksArts on X
November 20, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Happy #DragonBall40th!
Piccolo and composition, by myself
Goku, background and colours, by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Credits:
Toriyama Brush for CSP, by @gusceps.bsky.social
Daima Filter, by ReksArts on X
Piccolo and composition, by myself
Goku, background and colours, by @ellbalson.bsky.social
Credits:
Toriyama Brush for CSP, by @gusceps.bsky.social
Daima Filter, by ReksArts on X
Happy #DragonBall40th!
Here's a collab I worked on with my brother @adambalsonart.bsky.social - layout and Piccolo by him, Goku and colours by me. Shout out to @reks.bsky.social for the Daima filter, and @gusceps.bsky.social for the ToriGus brush!
Always happy to celebrate the late great Toriyama.
Here's a collab I worked on with my brother @adambalsonart.bsky.social - layout and Piccolo by him, Goku and colours by me. Shout out to @reks.bsky.social for the Daima filter, and @gusceps.bsky.social for the ToriGus brush!
Always happy to celebrate the late great Toriyama.
November 20, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Happy #DragonBall40th!
Here's a collab I worked on with my brother @adambalsonart.bsky.social - layout and Piccolo by him, Goku and colours by me. Shout out to @reks.bsky.social for the Daima filter, and @gusceps.bsky.social for the ToriGus brush!
Always happy to celebrate the late great Toriyama.
Here's a collab I worked on with my brother @adambalsonart.bsky.social - layout and Piccolo by him, Goku and colours by me. Shout out to @reks.bsky.social for the Daima filter, and @gusceps.bsky.social for the ToriGus brush!
Always happy to celebrate the late great Toriyama.
Reposted by Ell Balson
every single day i learn something new about this man AGAINST my will and every single day it’s the most ASININE bullshit i’ve ever heard
“”100% of the people who died — the first thousand who had AIDS were people who were addicted to poppers,” Kennedy (falsely) told an audience of supporters in a video posted by the watchdog social media account PatriotTakes in 2023.”
Just a Reminder That RFK Jr. Thinks Poppers Cause AIDS
Trump’s pick for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services also has claimed that chemicals in water turn kids gay and refers to puberty blockers as “castration drugs.”
www.them.us
November 15, 2024 at 8:20 PM
every single day i learn something new about this man AGAINST my will and every single day it’s the most ASININE bullshit i’ve ever heard
Reposted by Ell Balson
Guess I should post here more often! I'm Ell, I draw comics, and I want to draw them with YOU! Hit me up!
October 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Guess I should post here more often! I'm Ell, I draw comics, and I want to draw them with YOU! Hit me up!
It's New Comic Book Day, so here's a reminder that I'd like to make new comics with YOU!
Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
November 6, 2024 at 10:14 AM
It's New Comic Book Day, so here's a reminder that I'd like to make new comics with YOU!
Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
Reposted by Ell Balson
It's Masako Nozawa's 88th Birthday! Here's a piece from Goku Day last year to celebrate.
October 24, 2024 at 3:31 PM
It's Masako Nozawa's 88th Birthday! Here's a piece from Goku Day last year to celebrate.