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Hari Conner
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Hopeless forest romantic, Scotland. ♿ 🏳️‍⚧️ (they) Award-winning author/ illustrator: queer historical romance & fantasy, comics & gamebooks.

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Repped by Jessica Mileo.
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Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 11d
HELLO I'm so delighted to finally officially share A TRUE GENTLEMAN, the graphic novel I’ve been working on for the last few years & is very close to my heart.

Inspired by a lot of real queer & trans history and my own disability, with big marsh, big ships & BIG YEARNING #books
Publishers' marketplace screenshot about A True Gentleman, "a queer historical romance fllowing a trans teen grappling with masculinity, diability and empire after his dreams of proving himself at sea take a turn - and his sweetheart's secret plans to see him again. to Caitlin O'Connell at Penguin Workshop, for publication 2028, by Jessica Mileo - Rights to S&S UK by Louise Lamont at LBA books."
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haridraws.bsky.social
Diary comics thread for hourly comics day ✏️ intro/9am
#hourlycomicday #MEcfs #ChronicIllness
graphic reads ‘hourly comics day disability diaries’ with a drawing of me (white nonbinary guy w black facial scruff & short green hair) lying in bed looking shattered. Lower text reads ‘hello. I make comics, and—‘ “This year’s my 10 year anniversary of chronic illness (ME/CFS)” - a small cartoon of me with a balloon going ‘wow!!’ then ‘…wait.’ In an inset past year’s comic, I’m going ‘hopefully later I’ll be well enough to draw a little!’ but end up lying still in bed all day - ‘alas’. “*8 years of my illness being “moderate to severe” = mostly bedbound, unable to walk down the street or prepare a meal without collapsing.” “I’ve been making a day of hourly comics every February since I first got ill” (some pics of many years worth of hourlies,w ith me waking up feeling exhausted, too ill to sit up) “It can be hard, but it means a lot to share the reality of my daily life honestly and to hear from others in the same boat. So here’s Hourly comics day 2026” - a small baloon now reads ‘still here!’ next to the same drawing as the first, me now waking up. 9am - “good morning my body feels like it’s been run over by a train’
February 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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spiremint.bsky.social
happy hourly comic day!! i drew mine about a day trip we took a couple weeks ago but i sat down to draw them all today :]
#hourlies #hourlycomicday
February 8, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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quindriepress.com
It is once again #HourlyComicDay! Here's a thread of some of the Quindrie creators' #hourlies, where they draw comics every hour that they're awake about what they did that hour🧵
February 8, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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chechula.bsky.social
I got no data at my phone so I will post pages at....the time wifi's around :D
#hourlycomicday #HourlyComicDay2026
February 8, 2026 at 12:23 PM
haridraws.bsky.social
Diary comics thread for hourly comics day ✏️ intro/9am
#hourlycomicday #MEcfs #ChronicIllness
graphic reads ‘hourly comics day disability diaries’ with a drawing of me (white nonbinary guy w black facial scruff & short green hair) lying in bed looking shattered. Lower text reads ‘hello. I make comics, and—‘ “This year’s my 10 year anniversary of chronic illness (ME/CFS)” - a small cartoon of me with a balloon going ‘wow!!’ then ‘…wait.’ In an inset past year’s comic, I’m going ‘hopefully later I’ll be well enough to draw a little!’ but end up lying still in bed all day - ‘alas’. “*8 years of my illness being “moderate to severe” = mostly bedbound, unable to walk down the street or prepare a meal without collapsing.” “I’ve been making a day of hourly comics every February since I first got ill” (some pics of many years worth of hourlies,w ith me waking up feeling exhausted, too ill to sit up) “It can be hard, but it means a lot to share the reality of my daily life honestly and to hear from others in the same boat. So here’s Hourly comics day 2026” - a small baloon now reads ‘still here!’ next to the same drawing as the first, me now waking up. 9am - “good morning my body feels like it’s been run over by a train’
February 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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pauljholden.com
Posting this again to remind you you dont have to be an amazing artist to draw comics!
A comic showings cartoon man degrade into a bubble with eyes and a mouth saying that comic work no matter how well drawn they are.
February 6, 2026 at 3:38 PM
haridraws.bsky.social
gothic revival #art
Sketchy drawings of the tall skinny gothic revival windows on Vienna city hall, built in the late 1800s, and their archways and decorations, on a dark green background Sketchy drawings of the tall skinny gothic revival windows on St Pancras station, London, built in the late 1800s, on a warm, dark grey background
February 6, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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scarygorgon.bsky.social
Watched the whole interview this morning. Got to this monologue as I was bumbling around making coffee.

He gets about five lines in in before I burst into tears over the stove.

Incredible performance. Such a well crafted lead up and impeccable timeliness. A pair of bloody wizards.
lalahaenzy.com Omg. WTF is Happening? @lalahaenzy.com · 4d
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 3:05 PM
haridraws.bsky.social
Next week! Designed for those in & around Edinburgh but ONLINE, & you don't need to be an AOI member to attend.

Tickets & info here, and if you've got yours already, remember to submit Qs so I can talk more about what's most useful to you x
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/graphic-no...
February 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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anineillustration.com
ok I will stop fiddling with this now
Three small drawings: One of a shrine under a pine tree with a stone inside, one of a salamander on the forest floor, one of a coastal path with stone steps, two tall trees, stone columns and two hikers in the distance. The overall feel is very late summer to early autumn.
February 2, 2026 at 6:26 PM
haridraws.bsky.social
cleverly forgot to tag with #atg <- but if you click this and 'posts from this user', you can see more art of this book I'm currently working on
haridraws.bsky.social Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 11d
HELLO I'm so delighted to finally officially share A TRUE GENTLEMAN, the graphic novel I’ve been working on for the last few years & is very close to my heart.

Inspired by a lot of real queer & trans history and my own disability, with big marsh, big ships & BIG YEARNING #books
Publishers' marketplace screenshot about A True Gentleman, "a queer historical romance fllowing a trans teen grappling with masculinity, diability and empire after his dreams of proving himself at sea take a turn - and his sweetheart's secret plans to see him again. to Caitlin O'Connell at Penguin Workshop, for publication 2028, by Jessica Mileo - Rights to S&S UK by Louise Lamont at LBA books."
January 30, 2026 at 12:21 PM
haridraws.bsky.social
Unfortunately the almost-identical publishers' weekly news came out too late in the day to use, and UK publishing used an older pic. Unfortunately because the real announcement is my marginally better moustache 1 more year on T
January 30, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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toadlett.bsky.social
Goblin week 2! I'm catching up the days I was at work. This is Pillage, another goblin from the Upper Watch.
ink drawing of a goblin wearing a tall helmet and holding a pickaxe. their helmet has bulbous eyes and a grate at the front through which whiskers poke. they carry a basket on their back full of stolen weapons, as well as a bandolier of knives and tools.
January 29, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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alexassan.com
you guys don't even understand how good this one's going to be
haridraws.bsky.social Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 11d
HELLO I'm so delighted to finally officially share A TRUE GENTLEMAN, the graphic novel I’ve been working on for the last few years & is very close to my heart.

Inspired by a lot of real queer & trans history and my own disability, with big marsh, big ships & BIG YEARNING #books
Publishers' marketplace screenshot about A True Gentleman, "a queer historical romance fllowing a trans teen grappling with masculinity, diability and empire after his dreams of proving himself at sea take a turn - and his sweetheart's secret plans to see him again. to Caitlin O'Connell at Penguin Workshop, for publication 2028, by Jessica Mileo - Rights to S&S UK by Louise Lamont at LBA books."
January 29, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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haridraws.bsky.social
it took a lot of restraint not to post something stupid like 'are you a queer master and commander enjoyer but HATE THE BRITISH EMPIRE?' But I'm being very professional... for the time being
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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caitlinrenata.bsky.social
OH THANK GOD I CAN FINALLY TALK ABOUT THIS.

Truly this book has my whole heart. It's such a thorough, honest look at queerness and history and there is *so much hope* in it.
haridraws.bsky.social Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 11d
HELLO I'm so delighted to finally officially share A TRUE GENTLEMAN, the graphic novel I’ve been working on for the last few years & is very close to my heart.

Inspired by a lot of real queer & trans history and my own disability, with big marsh, big ships & BIG YEARNING #books
Publishers' marketplace screenshot about A True Gentleman, "a queer historical romance fllowing a trans teen grappling with masculinity, diability and empire after his dreams of proving himself at sea take a turn - and his sweetheart's secret plans to see him again. to Caitlin O'Connell at Penguin Workshop, for publication 2028, by Jessica Mileo - Rights to S&S UK by Louise Lamont at LBA books."
January 29, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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tjalexandernyc.bsky.social
I AM SO FUCKING SEATED lads prepare yourselves
haridraws.bsky.social Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 11d
HELLO I'm so delighted to finally officially share A TRUE GENTLEMAN, the graphic novel I’ve been working on for the last few years & is very close to my heart.

Inspired by a lot of real queer & trans history and my own disability, with big marsh, big ships & BIG YEARNING #books
Publishers' marketplace screenshot about A True Gentleman, "a queer historical romance fllowing a trans teen grappling with masculinity, diability and empire after his dreams of proving himself at sea take a turn - and his sweetheart's secret plans to see him again. to Caitlin O'Connell at Penguin Workshop, for publication 2028, by Jessica Mileo - Rights to S&S UK by Louise Lamont at LBA books."
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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thebookseller.com
Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired an 'exquisite' new YA graphic novel by Hari Conner, the author/illustrator of I Shall Never Fall in Love. A True Gentleman will publish in spring 2028 👇 #BookSky
Hari Conner’s ‘exquisite’ YA graphic novel acquired by S&S Children’s
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January 29, 2026 at 12:39 PM
haridraws.bsky.social
HELLO I'm so delighted to finally officially share A TRUE GENTLEMAN, the graphic novel I’ve been working on for the last few years & is very close to my heart.

Inspired by a lot of real queer & trans history and my own disability, with big marsh, big ships & BIG YEARNING #books
Publishers' marketplace screenshot about A True Gentleman, "a queer historical romance fllowing a trans teen grappling with masculinity, diability and empire after his dreams of proving himself at sea take a turn - and his sweetheart's secret plans to see him again. to Caitlin O'Connell at Penguin Workshop, for publication 2028, by Jessica Mileo - Rights to S&S UK by Louise Lamont at LBA books."
January 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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evegwood.com
heads up that folks are asking to move hourly comic day to feb 8th since feb 1st is the first day of black history month in america. february is also lgbt history month here in the uk so that's a nice way to give both celebrations some social media breathing room!
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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lukesteuber.com
Hatch them. Feed them. Do it
4 Black Eggs Surfaced From the Dark Heart of the Ocean—With Alien Creatures Inside
These spheres from the abyss conceal creatures with startling biology.
www.popularmechanics.com
January 23, 2026 at 6:43 AM
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aluino.blacksky.app
I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there.

I need you to listen to these people.
STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.
January 20, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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haridraws.bsky.social
very small previews of new book. Onto inking now, and should have some news soon...
#atg #comics #art
very small preview of some lineart for a drawing of two pepole close together in historical dress, looks romantic
January 19, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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trungles.com
Things continue.

#iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls
In a lot of ways, I'm really lucky. I work from home. I write and draw books. I still experience a lot of the same normal creative issues. I'm burned out. My current project frustrates me. But a few things in my routine have changed. Me: Hey, mom. Are the cousins okay? How's grandma? And your sisters? Me: Oh, good. Yeah. Okay, that's good. I'll call you later. Watching Bob's Burgers on repeat while I work. My friends check in from time to time. Text: I got rubber-bulleted by ICE just on my way back from work. Ouch. Text: Hey I'm gonna observe tomorrow at the protest. I'll text every hour, and if you don't hear from me, please call [number] and give them my identifying information. I'd probably be at the Whipple. Okay? Text: They knocked on my door, but I'm okay. I demanded a signed judicial warrant, and they couldn’t provide one, so they left. I’m worried all the time. Very little in the news feels encouraging. Headline: Mayor Kaohly Her says she was told to carry a passport amid ICE operations in Minnesota St. Paul Mayor elect Kaobly Her says her office received reports of federal agents going door-to-door asking where the Asian people are. KARE11 January 16, 2026 And it makes me feel utterly untethered from reality when I have to live like this and just get back to work and draw my stupid little cartoons. Nothing else feels real or important right now. But my neighbors are doing such a great job staying engaged and finding needs to meet. Text: I'm running to Costco and picking up some canned goods to run to the food shelf. Let me know if you want to donate anything. Text: I'll throw in for some canned goods! Text: Me too! Text from me: What's your Venmo? I can contribute.
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
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evegwood.com
Quindrie is BACK!! If you've been hankering for a copy of RUIN, there are copies available on Quindrie's website - and even some bashed copies available for a big discount! quindriepress.com 🐉
quindriepress.com Quindrie Press @quindriepress.com · 21d
We're back! Happy New Year, everyone! To celebrate the start of 2026, we're kicking off with our traditional January Damaged Book Sale. Head over to quindriepress.com to browse our comics catalogue and pick up some battered books for up to 50% off their usual price! 🐉
Damaged Book Sale. Buy discounted copies of all the Quindrie books! (No way, free UK shipping and discounted international shipping...?!) All damage is cosmetic; interior pages are correctly printed and fully readable. Sale ends on Feb 13th!
January 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM