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SJ Miller

@sjmillerart.com

Mage will never be in color, I forbid it

#bwcomics

January 29, 2026 at 7:18 AM

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Tamas🐢🌌🐍

@casakhelone.bsky.social

"Do you miss me my darling? As I miss you?
Take my hand and pull me near
And never let me go again my dear"

Happy Valentine's Day💘

youtu.be/Nk-p3SgpaC0?...

A sketch of Love and Death framed in an oval composition.
The word "Aspettami" (Wait for Me) is written at the bottom.

Death is ghostly green with matching pale wings. Half of their face begins to reveal a skull but is slightly covered by a dark semi-transparent veil. Their clothes and veil are a dark green that appears almost black and is lined/embroidered in gold thread and tasseled beads.

They wear a couple of gold rings on their hands with one bearing a bright red gem. Death gazes to the side, searching for their lover who leans above them from behind.

Love has pale red skin and flaming red wings and hair to match. Their hair is wavy and shoulder length, which is partially styled into a bow at the front and a top bun in the back of their head. Pinning their bun in place is a golden arrow hairpin placed in the bun with red gems and a pearl.

Love is dressed in dark maroon clothes with giant golden puffy sleeves with a flair of lace at the wrist. With one hand they reach to gently cup the face of Death, while the other holds a red rose by their beloved's head.

February 15, 2026 at 5:52 AM

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Jasmine W.

@mythjae.bsky.social

Calling writers and artists for this illustrated story collection! 👀✨

This is the one and only call for submissions Bonedust Press will have this year (opening in May!)

So take a gander at the guidelines and start polishing up your pitches and portfolios!

Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 8d

Bonedust Press and @wildstarpress.bsky.social have teamed up to create the
🌟 Stardust Collaboration! 🌟

HEAVY ARE THE YEARS will be an illustrated story collection about the weight of time on our minds, our bodies, and our souls.

More info:
www.bonedustpress.com/submissions

A starry night sky overlaid with both the Wildstar and Bonedust Press logos and reads: A Stardust Collaboration, check out the submission guidelines!

February 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM

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GB

@gbdialga.bsky.social

Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.

February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM

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Lorian Merriman @ m/m novel kickstarter!!!!

@lorian.bsky.social

not so far away, at all...

🐎🐎
For a Horse and Horseman resumes posting with the launch of Volume 3 next week, Monday Feb 9. For free, you can get caught up on my gay novel about horse princes in love

tapas.io/series/For-a...

#fahah #art

Cemil and his horse Anaya, characters from For a Horse and Horseman. Cemil is on Anaya's back looking up at a cloudy sky on a rainy day. Sunlight is poking through the clouds and a solitary bird, illuminated by the sun, flies overhead

February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM

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Badiucao巴丢草

@badiucao.bsky.social

Cartoon on Washington Post‘s mass layoffs

February 4, 2026 at 11:51 PM

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piamo🌸

@piamo.bsky.social

i wrote a 💘VALENTINE'S DAY COUNTDOWN🌹

if you like girls and angels and girls fucking angels, check out what was my first foray into GL and also hi i made a patreon. Kiss, Marry, Contain will be free to read for all of Feb (I'll roll out the chapters daily).

www.patreon.com/posts/kmc-ch...

KMC Ch1 | Piamo

Get more from Piamo on Patreon

www.patreon.com

February 2, 2026 at 9:26 PM

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ngoziu @ ECCC

@ngoziu.com

FLIP, my latest original graphic novel, about a scholarship student who swaps bodies with her crush. You can check it out here: us.macmillan.com/books/9781250179524/flip/

February 2, 2026 at 7:09 PM

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Courtney Milan

@courtneymilan.com

If you read this and want to get free whistles to help keep your community safe, quantity 100 to 1000, you can get them here:

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3D Printed Whistles | Linktree

We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 1000) & where to send them.

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February 3, 2026 at 10:13 PM

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Ann Leckie

@annleckie.com

I believe the whole point of making art is to be delighted by making it. Or perhaps more precisely to be gratified by making it--some art, for instance, comes from anger, and while anger is not delightful it is important to express, explain, convey, etc. That expression is gratifying.

February 2, 2026 at 4:27 PM

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Valiant | pre-order BOOM Goes the Bride

@valwrites.ca

Oh shit, #BandcampFriday is this Friday AND there are EIGHT planned for this year! Good job, Bandcamp team!

If you're not familiar, on BCF, Bandcamp waives its cut of the profits, meaning 100% of your money goes to the artist. I've got a few great albums on my wishlist that I'm gonna grab

Smaug's collection | Bandcamp

Vancouver, British Columbia • Electronic • 498 collection items • 11 followers

bandcamp.com

February 3, 2026 at 11:11 PM

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boney🔞💖

@boneyhag.bsky.social

i am so humbled by the support for this, the project funded in less than 12 hours AND we hit the first stretch goal for mini prints?! thank you so much 🙇‍♂️💕💨

a monochromatic illustration surrounded by golden borders. two characters touch each other's hair gently.

February 4, 2026 at 2:27 AM

Lorian Merriman @ m/m novel kickstarter!!!!

@lorian.bsky.social

I miss when the cute animal videos my family sent me were real. I miss when I could enjoy a creative or inventive work instantaneously instead of after a cautious beat. I miss these tiny simple joys so much and the fact that their loss comes at such tremendous cost is the ultimate insult to injury

February 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM

Lorian Merriman @ m/m novel kickstarter!!!!

@lorian.bsky.social

not so far away, at all...

🐎🐎
For a Horse and Horseman resumes posting with the launch of Volume 3 next week, Monday Feb 9. For free, you can get caught up on my gay novel about horse princes in love

tapas.io/series/For-a...

#fahah #art

February 2, 2026 at 6:13 PM

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Ana Marie Cox

@anamariecox.bsky.social

I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.

You could be next.

January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM

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iasmin omar ata | delta 🌟

@deltahead.bsky.social

WALLFLOWER, my 3rd graphic novel, is officially available at bookstores and online everywhere!! please enjoy this story full of dreams, flowers, and hope.

a photograph of WALLFLOWER, by iasmin omar ata, on a shelf with orange and white books nearby.

January 14, 2026 at 12:36 AM

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Der-shing 德馨 Helmer

@shingworks.com

It's Jobs Time. If you've wanted to try your hand at editing comic books (or crowdfunding them) at the best publisher ever, I suggest you apply. DO NOT SELF REJECT etc etc etc

(reposting with actual correct link)

www.linkedin.com/posts/vault-...

Vault Comics | LinkedIn | Vault Comics

📣 We’re Hiring at Vault Comics As Vault continues to grow across comics, graphic novels, novels, and crowdfunding, we’re expanding our team with three key roles: 🔹 Managing Editor 🔹 Associate Edito...

www.linkedin.com

January 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM

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August Brown 🏳️‍⚧️

@skullamity.bsky.social

Heeeyy, we can finally talk about this! So, I would like to co-sign everything in this open letter. I would also like to tell everyone about a specific grievance that @femonologue.bsky.social and I have with Xellette after the mishandling of our kickstarter. Screencap/receipts in🧵 to follow!

Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · Jan 12

The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:

cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...

January 12, 2026 at 6:34 PM

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Krispy

@feathernotes.bsky.social

A lot of us have actually made a webcomic ring called Chimera Comics after we left hiveworks: chimeracomics.org

This isn't the full list as some artists want their hands completely washed of the situation, but this is a start!

Chimera Comics Collective

A webring, for webcomics

chimeracomics.org

January 12, 2026 at 5:48 PM

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Cartoonist Cooperative

@cartoonist.coop

The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:

cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...

January 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM

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Anya Chalina

@anyachalina.bsky.social

It's time for a new pinned post with some of my recent work.
Hi! I'm Anya! I draw fantasy illustrations like these. I am open for work and also accept private commissions.

📩: anya.chalina.illustrations@gmail.com
prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/anya...
portfolio: anyachalina.myportfolio.com

"Nuptial Rites". The illustration shows a wedding ceremony. There's a woman in the left side of the image. She wear a headpiece decorated with flowers and holds a large egg in her arms. There are stairs leading to an elevated stage with musicians playing lute on both sides of the stage. There's a skeleton in a festive clothes riding a white horse in the center of the image. There are festive robes behind them. The room is decorated with tiles and there are two roosters in front of the stage. There are some poppy flowers in the foreground. The artwork is colorful with much red, blue and beige.

"Angel's Whisper". The image shows a room decorated with tiles and murals with a pool in the foreground. There's a queen sitting in on the throne in the center of the image. There's an angel standing next to her closely. There are two white peacocks in the room and two swans swimming in the pool. The artwork is mostly grey-blue.

"The Dressing Room". The illustration shows a woman with long black hair sitting in front of the mirror. There are people behind her holding and brushing her hair. There are flowers around the woman and behind the wall in the middle ground. There's a statue of a man on the right and some flowers and herons near it. There are broken plates and vases in the foreground. There are eggs in some plates. In the background there are buildings that connect to each other. The artwork is mostly pastel with pinks, blues, turquoise and purples.

"Sojourn". This artwork is inspired by "Picnic at Hanging Rock". The artwork shows a ruin with young women sitting and standing around it. There are two teachers among them. They are skeletons. One is holding a chihuahua and another one is reading a book. The young women participate in different activities such as reading books, drawing, sharing secrets with each other, playing flute and admiring the surroundings. There are two dogs in the foreground and a bird that one of the characters is drawing. There are trees in the background and some rock formations. Two young women are walking towards the rocks. The artwork is mostly green and brown with some white and light blue accents.

May 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM

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Seth Cotlar

@sethcotlar.bsky.social

Weird to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Am Rev while living under a government that has a) sent armed troops to occupy cities perceived to be too rebellious, b) rendered largely irrelevant the representative branch of government, and c) claimed imperial right to rule other countries.

January 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM

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Bruno Dias

@brunodias.bsky.social

This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.

Kotaku @kotaku.com · Jan 9

Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.

"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."

https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429