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Revolutionary War espionage stories.
The true history of the Culper Spy Ring + fictional adventures through American conflicts.
📖 First story: Jan 2026
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The true history of the Culper Spy Ring + fictional adventures through American conflicts.
📖 First story: Jan 2026
🌐 hiddeninkpress.com
Thanksgiving 1776 looked very different.
Washington's army was in retreat. Morale was collapsing. The revolution seemed lost.
Two months later, the tide turned—thanks in part to intelligence gathering.
That's the story we're telling: hiddeninkpress.com 🕵️
Washington's army was in retreat. Morale was collapsing. The revolution seemed lost.
Two months later, the tide turned—thanks in part to intelligence gathering.
That's the story we're telling: hiddeninkpress.com 🕵️
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November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thanksgiving 1776 looked very different.
Washington's army was in retreat. Morale was collapsing. The revolution seemed lost.
Two months later, the tide turned—thanks in part to intelligence gathering.
That's the story we're telling: hiddeninkpress.com 🕵️
Washington's army was in retreat. Morale was collapsing. The revolution seemed lost.
Two months later, the tide turned—thanks in part to intelligence gathering.
That's the story we're telling: hiddeninkpress.com 🕵️
The website went live this week. The response has been overwhelming! Nathan Hale's story drops in January. Sign up at hiddeninkpress.com to get it early and a few other perks! #RevolutionaryWar #AmericanHistory #espionage #hiddeninkpress #nathanhale #shortstories
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The website went live this week. The response has been overwhelming! Nathan Hale's story drops in January. Sign up at hiddeninkpress.com to get it early and a few other perks! #RevolutionaryWar #AmericanHistory #espionage #hiddeninkpress #nathanhale #shortstories
In 1780, Benedict Arnold's treason was discovered because
of intelligence from the Culper Ring.
The spy network Washington built after Nathan Hale's
execution literally saved the revolution.
First story drops January 2026: hiddeninkpress.com 🕵️
of intelligence from the Culper Ring.
The spy network Washington built after Nathan Hale's
execution literally saved the revolution.
First story drops January 2026: hiddeninkpress.com 🕵️
Hidden Ink Press
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November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
In 1780, Benedict Arnold's treason was discovered because
of intelligence from the Culper Ring.
The spy network Washington built after Nathan Hale's
execution literally saved the revolution.
First story drops January 2026: hiddeninkpress.com 🕵️
of intelligence from the Culper Ring.
The spy network Washington built after Nathan Hale's
execution literally saved the revolution.
First story drops January 2026: hiddeninkpress.com 🕵️
The Culper Spy Ring operated behind enemy lines for 5 years during the Revolutionary War.
Their identities stayed secret for 150 years.
We're bringing their story to light.
Hidden Ink Press is live: hiddeninkpress.com
First story drops January 2026. 🕵
Their identities stayed secret for 150 years.
We're bringing their story to light.
Hidden Ink Press is live: hiddeninkpress.com
First story drops January 2026. 🕵
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
The Culper Spy Ring operated behind enemy lines for 5 years during the Revolutionary War.
Their identities stayed secret for 150 years.
We're bringing their story to light.
Hidden Ink Press is live: hiddeninkpress.com
First story drops January 2026. 🕵
Their identities stayed secret for 150 years.
We're bringing their story to light.
Hidden Ink Press is live: hiddeninkpress.com
First story drops January 2026. 🕵
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July 27, 1775: The Continental Army votes to establish a “hospital” or medical service for the Army of up to 20,000 troops outside Boston. As the director and chief physician of the service it appoints Benjamin Church, unaware that this aide to George Washington is a British spy.
July 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
July 27, 1775: The Continental Army votes to establish a “hospital” or medical service for the Army of up to 20,000 troops outside Boston. As the director and chief physician of the service it appoints Benjamin Church, unaware that this aide to George Washington is a British spy.
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Signed copies of Paul Revere's Ride: An Illustrated History are still available at the Paul Revere House (while supplies last). It's the first book ever produced that illustrates the key moments of Revere's ride based on his own handwritten accounts located at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
July 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Signed copies of Paul Revere's Ride: An Illustrated History are still available at the Paul Revere House (while supplies last). It's the first book ever produced that illustrates the key moments of Revere's ride based on his own handwritten accounts located at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
Weekend reads: Historical fiction that gets it right 📚
If you're excited about Liberty's Invisible Ink, try:
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Civil War)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Civil War)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (WWII)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (WWII)
#HiddenInkComics
If you're excited about Liberty's Invisible Ink, try:
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Civil War)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Civil War)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (WWII)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (WWII)
#HiddenInkComics
July 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Weekend reads: Historical fiction that gets it right 📚
If you're excited about Liberty's Invisible Ink, try:
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Civil War)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Civil War)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (WWII)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (WWII)
#HiddenInkComics
If you're excited about Liberty's Invisible Ink, try:
The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara (Civil War)
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier (Civil War)
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (WWII)
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (WWII)
#HiddenInkComics
How do you visualize invisible history? 🤔
The Culper Ring's greatest strength was staying hidden. No photographs, few portraits, operations designed to leave no trace.
Comics let us reconstruct their world - the tense conversations, secret meetings, moments of terror when discovery seemed certain.
The Culper Ring's greatest strength was staying hidden. No photographs, few portraits, operations designed to leave no trace.
Comics let us reconstruct their world - the tense conversations, secret meetings, moments of terror when discovery seemed certain.
July 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How do you visualize invisible history? 🤔
The Culper Ring's greatest strength was staying hidden. No photographs, few portraits, operations designed to leave no trace.
Comics let us reconstruct their world - the tense conversations, secret meetings, moments of terror when discovery seemed certain.
The Culper Ring's greatest strength was staying hidden. No photographs, few portraits, operations designed to leave no trace.
Comics let us reconstruct their world - the tense conversations, secret meetings, moments of terror when discovery seemed certain.
Setauket, Long Island - then and now 📍
1778: Abraham Woodhull's spy headquarters, surrounded by British patrols
2025: Quiet Long Island town, most residents unaware of its Revolutionary War significance
History hiding in plain sight. #Setauket #HiddenInkComics #CulperRing #LibertysInvisibleInk
1778: Abraham Woodhull's spy headquarters, surrounded by British patrols
2025: Quiet Long Island town, most residents unaware of its Revolutionary War significance
History hiding in plain sight. #Setauket #HiddenInkComics #CulperRing #LibertysInvisibleInk
July 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Setauket, Long Island - then and now 📍
1778: Abraham Woodhull's spy headquarters, surrounded by British patrols
2025: Quiet Long Island town, most residents unaware of its Revolutionary War significance
History hiding in plain sight. #Setauket #HiddenInkComics #CulperRing #LibertysInvisibleInk
1778: Abraham Woodhull's spy headquarters, surrounded by British patrols
2025: Quiet Long Island town, most residents unaware of its Revolutionary War significance
History hiding in plain sight. #Setauket #HiddenInkComics #CulperRing #LibertysInvisibleInk
Abraham Woodhull lived three lives simultaneously: farmer, father, spy 🌾🕵️
Imagine the psychological toll. Tending cabbage crops while memorizing British troop movements. Reading bedtime stories while planning dead drops. Attending church with the same officers you're spying on. #HiddenInkComics
Imagine the psychological toll. Tending cabbage crops while memorizing British troop movements. Reading bedtime stories while planning dead drops. Attending church with the same officers you're spying on. #HiddenInkComics
July 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Abraham Woodhull lived three lives simultaneously: farmer, father, spy 🌾🕵️
Imagine the psychological toll. Tending cabbage crops while memorizing British troop movements. Reading bedtime stories while planning dead drops. Attending church with the same officers you're spying on. #HiddenInkComics
Imagine the psychological toll. Tending cabbage crops while memorizing British troop movements. Reading bedtime stories while planning dead drops. Attending church with the same officers you're spying on. #HiddenInkComics
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Weekend reading for history comics fans 📚
If you're excited about Liberty's Invisible Ink, check out:
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series
March trilogy by John Lewis
Rebels by Brian Wood
The Dreamer by Lora Innes
What historical comics would you recommend? #HiddenInkComics #WeekendReading #Comics
If you're excited about Liberty's Invisible Ink, check out:
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series
March trilogy by John Lewis
Rebels by Brian Wood
The Dreamer by Lora Innes
What historical comics would you recommend? #HiddenInkComics #WeekendReading #Comics
July 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Weekend reading for history comics fans 📚
If you're excited about Liberty's Invisible Ink, check out:
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series
March trilogy by John Lewis
Rebels by Brian Wood
The Dreamer by Lora Innes
What historical comics would you recommend? #HiddenInkComics #WeekendReading #Comics
If you're excited about Liberty's Invisible Ink, check out:
Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series
March trilogy by John Lewis
Rebels by Brian Wood
The Dreamer by Lora Innes
What historical comics would you recommend? #HiddenInkComics #WeekendReading #Comics
'Patriots in Plain Sight' - the title for Liberty's Invisible Ink Issue #1
The Culper Ring weren't soldiers or politicians. They were your neighbors, shopkeepers, the woman next door.
The most dangerous revolutionaries often look the most ordinary. Thoughts on the title? #PatriotsInPlainSight #comic
The Culper Ring weren't soldiers or politicians. They were your neighbors, shopkeepers, the woman next door.
The most dangerous revolutionaries often look the most ordinary. Thoughts on the title? #PatriotsInPlainSight #comic
July 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
'Patriots in Plain Sight' - the title for Liberty's Invisible Ink Issue #1
The Culper Ring weren't soldiers or politicians. They were your neighbors, shopkeepers, the woman next door.
The most dangerous revolutionaries often look the most ordinary. Thoughts on the title? #PatriotsInPlainSight #comic
The Culper Ring weren't soldiers or politicians. They were your neighbors, shopkeepers, the woman next door.
The most dangerous revolutionaries often look the most ordinary. Thoughts on the title? #PatriotsInPlainSight #comic
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Historic home once owned by John Hancock up for sale in downtown Boston www.masslive.com/boston/2025/... #Boston #FreedomTrail
Historic home once owned by John Hancock up for sale in downtown Boston
Want to live in a building that once housed a founding father? This Boston property is up for sale.
www.masslive.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Historic home once owned by John Hancock up for sale in downtown Boston www.masslive.com/boston/2025/... #Boston #FreedomTrail
Anna Strong's laundry code was genius in its simplicity 🧺
Black petticoat on the line = Caleb Brewster is in the area, meeting tonight
Number of white handkerchiefs = which cove he's anchored in (1-6)
Sometimes, the best hiding place is right in plain sight. #AnnaStrong #CulperRing #HiddenInkComics
Black petticoat on the line = Caleb Brewster is in the area, meeting tonight
Number of white handkerchiefs = which cove he's anchored in (1-6)
Sometimes, the best hiding place is right in plain sight. #AnnaStrong #CulperRing #HiddenInkComics
July 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Anna Strong's laundry code was genius in its simplicity 🧺
Black petticoat on the line = Caleb Brewster is in the area, meeting tonight
Number of white handkerchiefs = which cove he's anchored in (1-6)
Sometimes, the best hiding place is right in plain sight. #AnnaStrong #CulperRing #HiddenInkComics
Black petticoat on the line = Caleb Brewster is in the area, meeting tonight
Number of white handkerchiefs = which cove he's anchored in (1-6)
Sometimes, the best hiding place is right in plain sight. #AnnaStrong #CulperRing #HiddenInkComics
Washington's actual letter about invisible ink, 1775: 'The ink now used...appears and disappears almost like magic'
Even the Commander-in-Chief was amazed by the Culper Ring's methods. This letter directly inspired scenes in Liberty's Invisible Ink. 📜 #HiddenInkComics #GeorgeWashington #InvisibleInk
Even the Commander-in-Chief was amazed by the Culper Ring's methods. This letter directly inspired scenes in Liberty's Invisible Ink. 📜 #HiddenInkComics #GeorgeWashington #InvisibleInk
July 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Washington's actual letter about invisible ink, 1775: 'The ink now used...appears and disappears almost like magic'
Even the Commander-in-Chief was amazed by the Culper Ring's methods. This letter directly inspired scenes in Liberty's Invisible Ink. 📜 #HiddenInkComics #GeorgeWashington #InvisibleInk
Even the Commander-in-Chief was amazed by the Culper Ring's methods. This letter directly inspired scenes in Liberty's Invisible Ink. 📜 #HiddenInkComics #GeorgeWashington #InvisibleInk
If you were a newbie to the comic scene, what suggestions would you give? #HiddenInkComics #indiecomics #comics #newbie
July 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
If you were a newbie to the comic scene, what suggestions would you give? #HiddenInkComics #indiecomics #comics #newbie
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had the honor of creating this year's event poster for the boise comic arts festival 😌🫡 #bcaf #illustration
July 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
had the honor of creating this year's event poster for the boise comic arts festival 😌🫡 #bcaf #illustration
Every Monday, we'll share real documents that inspire Liberty's Invisible Ink. Starting with this 1778 Long Island map showing actual Culper Ring spy routes.
The truth is always stranger than fiction. 🗺️ #HiddenInkComics #LibertysInvisibleInk #HistoricalComics #CulperRing #Map #RevolutionaryWar
The truth is always stranger than fiction. 🗺️ #HiddenInkComics #LibertysInvisibleInk #HistoricalComics #CulperRing #Map #RevolutionaryWar
July 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Every Monday, we'll share real documents that inspire Liberty's Invisible Ink. Starting with this 1778 Long Island map showing actual Culper Ring spy routes.
The truth is always stranger than fiction. 🗺️ #HiddenInkComics #LibertysInvisibleInk #HistoricalComics #CulperRing #Map #RevolutionaryWar
The truth is always stranger than fiction. 🗺️ #HiddenInkComics #LibertysInvisibleInk #HistoricalComics #CulperRing #Map #RevolutionaryWar
Sunday question for my new Bluesky friends: What's your favorite spy story (real or fictional)?
I'll start: The Cambridge Five absolutely fascinates me. Five Soviet spies were at the heart of British intelligence for decades. Truth really is stranger than fiction.
#HiddenInkComics #SundayChat
I'll start: The Cambridge Five absolutely fascinates me. Five Soviet spies were at the heart of British intelligence for decades. Truth really is stranger than fiction.
#HiddenInkComics #SundayChat
July 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Sunday question for my new Bluesky friends: What's your favorite spy story (real or fictional)?
I'll start: The Cambridge Five absolutely fascinates me. Five Soviet spies were at the heart of British intelligence for decades. Truth really is stranger than fiction.
#HiddenInkComics #SundayChat
I'll start: The Cambridge Five absolutely fascinates me. Five Soviet spies were at the heart of British intelligence for decades. Truth really is stranger than fiction.
#HiddenInkComics #SundayChat
Did you know the Culper Ring operated for 5 years without losing a single agent?
In an era when most spies were hanged within months, these Long Island farmers built a network so secure that some members' identities remained unknown until the 1900s.
#HiddenInkComics #LibertysInvisibleInk #History
In an era when most spies were hanged within months, these Long Island farmers built a network so secure that some members' identities remained unknown until the 1900s.
#HiddenInkComics #LibertysInvisibleInk #History
July 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Did you know the Culper Ring operated for 5 years without losing a single agent?
In an era when most spies were hanged within months, these Long Island farmers built a network so secure that some members' identities remained unknown until the 1900s.
#HiddenInkComics #LibertysInvisibleInk #History
In an era when most spies were hanged within months, these Long Island farmers built a network so secure that some members' identities remained unknown until the 1900s.
#HiddenInkComics #LibertysInvisibleInk #History
The Culper Ring's invisible ink formula was so secret, it wasn't rediscovered until 2011!
They called it "sympathetic stain" and George Washington was so paranoid about it falling into British hands, he numbered the bottles.
What historical secrets fascinate you?
#HiddenInkComics #HistoryFacts
They called it "sympathetic stain" and George Washington was so paranoid about it falling into British hands, he numbered the bottles.
What historical secrets fascinate you?
#HiddenInkComics #HistoryFacts
July 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Culper Ring's invisible ink formula was so secret, it wasn't rediscovered until 2011!
They called it "sympathetic stain" and George Washington was so paranoid about it falling into British hands, he numbered the bottles.
What historical secrets fascinate you?
#HiddenInkComics #HistoryFacts
They called it "sympathetic stain" and George Washington was so paranoid about it falling into British hands, he numbered the bottles.
What historical secrets fascinate you?
#HiddenInkComics #HistoryFacts
Question for our fellow comic creators: How do you balance historical accuracy with compelling storytelling?
We've got 200+ pages of Revolutionary War research but need to make it work in 24-page issues.
What's your process?
#HistoryComics #HiddenInkComics #ComicWriting #AskBluesky
We've got 200+ pages of Revolutionary War research but need to make it work in 24-page issues.
What's your process?
#HistoryComics #HiddenInkComics #ComicWriting #AskBluesky
July 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Question for our fellow comic creators: How do you balance historical accuracy with compelling storytelling?
We've got 200+ pages of Revolutionary War research but need to make it work in 24-page issues.
What's your process?
#HistoryComics #HiddenInkComics #ComicWriting #AskBluesky
We've got 200+ pages of Revolutionary War research but need to make it work in 24-page issues.
What's your process?
#HistoryComics #HiddenInkComics #ComicWriting #AskBluesky
Meet Abraham Woodhull: Cabbage farmer by day, Washington's spymaster by night.
In 1778, he recruited childhood friends to form America's most successful spy ring. They operated for 5 years without a single member being caught.
#HiddenInkComics #IndieComics #HistoricalComics #ConceptArt
In 1778, he recruited childhood friends to form America's most successful spy ring. They operated for 5 years without a single member being caught.
#HiddenInkComics #IndieComics #HistoricalComics #ConceptArt
July 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Meet Abraham Woodhull: Cabbage farmer by day, Washington's spymaster by night.
In 1778, he recruited childhood friends to form America's most successful spy ring. They operated for 5 years without a single member being caught.
#HiddenInkComics #IndieComics #HistoricalComics #ConceptArt
In 1778, he recruited childhood friends to form America's most successful spy ring. They operated for 5 years without a single member being caught.
#HiddenInkComics #IndieComics #HistoricalComics #ConceptArt
The Culper Ring saved America. History forgot their names—time to change that.
Announcing Liberty's Invisible Ink 📚 An 8-issue series revealing how farmers became Washington's spies using invisible ink & coded laundry.
Issue #1: Patriots in Plain Sight • Spring 2026
#IndieComics #HiddenInkComics
Announcing Liberty's Invisible Ink 📚 An 8-issue series revealing how farmers became Washington's spies using invisible ink & coded laundry.
Issue #1: Patriots in Plain Sight • Spring 2026
#IndieComics #HiddenInkComics
July 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The Culper Ring saved America. History forgot their names—time to change that.
Announcing Liberty's Invisible Ink 📚 An 8-issue series revealing how farmers became Washington's spies using invisible ink & coded laundry.
Issue #1: Patriots in Plain Sight • Spring 2026
#IndieComics #HiddenInkComics
Announcing Liberty's Invisible Ink 📚 An 8-issue series revealing how farmers became Washington's spies using invisible ink & coded laundry.
Issue #1: Patriots in Plain Sight • Spring 2026
#IndieComics #HiddenInkComics