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Bex Burgess
@theorah.bsky.social
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Pro comic artist/illustrator 💖 I like cuddling my gf and cat 😸 Mostly writing/drawing comics about autism, asexuality and French Revolution atm~
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Bex Burgess @theorah.bsky.social · Apr 5
Happy #autismacceptancemonth !
Here's an old (like 10 years now lol) comic that explains the Autism Spectrum- still much needed, as I continue to see people- and most recently a book read out on bbc radio 4- think you're either 'mildly' or 'severely' autistic. Please give it a read 💖
Mia waves to the reader: “Hi! I’m Mia, and I’m autistic! It means sometimes I find talking nad language difficult, even though I’m really good at writing my own songs. But sometimes neurotypical people aren’t so good at this kinda stuff either. And it means they can make some misconceptions about me. That’s why I want to explain what ‘autism spectrum’ actually means.” Mia points to a line that is going from light to dark pink. On one end of the line is the words: ‘Not Autistic’, on the other end ‘Very Autistic’. “Sometimes when people think of the word ‘autism spectrum’ they think of something like this. A very linear looking ‘spectrum’ which suggests that people range from being ‘a little autistic’ to ‘very autistic’. Mia looks uncertain as she points to a drawing of herself where half of her is filled up with autism and the other half isn’t. “...Huh. I just don;t get it. If I’m just ‘a little autistic’, which part of me would that be? My feet? My eyes? I don’t think that’s how autism works!” A big hand is holding Mia and trying to put her somewhere along this autism line. Mia says: “The problem with thinking of the spectrum in this way is that an autistic person becomes linear, too.” The hand says to Mia: “You’re only a little autistic, Mia.” Mia says back: “uuuh, c-could you elaborate please?” The hand replies: “you’re able to explain yourself pretty well and you act mostly NORMAL. You’re not SEVERELY autistic.” The hand pushes Mia towards a bunch of intense and scary looking words that are all muddled together. The words read: ‘new situations, smart tight clothing, too much noise, lack of routine, don’t stim, be more organised, don;t fidget, loadsa conversations all at once’ Mia says: “But you see, when someone thinks you’re only a ‘little autistic’, this can happen.” The hand says: “Mia, you can handle all these situations just fine, since you’re not THAT autistic”. Mia starts to panic as she’s faced with all those scary noisy words. Some judgemental speech bubbles talk around her: “How can you be tired? Everyone does this every day, you’re just being lazy.” “Wow you’re being so overdramatic! Get over it!”
theorah.bsky.social
Any deep thoughts and insights I acquire at the end of each episode of Evangelion, are completely erased, as that banger of a theme song springs into action when the next episode starts playing 😔
July 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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CARTOONISTS! 🗣️

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Ashanti Fortson | Color Design
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June 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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nameshiv.bsky.social
make representatives represent the people again. they have been standing on the heads of those who elected them to work for the people who pay them for far far far too long. It's over.
June 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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mitpress.bsky.social
🧪 Cover reveal: The heroes of the Curie Society, our YA graphic novel series, start their next adventure in "Game of Code"—out March 2026! Saturday at 1 p.m., meet writer Barbara Perez Marquez (@mustachebabs.com) at #ALAAC25, booth 2028, and find out what's next for our young team of scientists.
Cover art for "The Curie Society: Game of Code" featuring a dynamic illustration of six diverse characters actively engaging with various technologies, set against a backdrop of a large classical building. Text includes authors' names: Heather Einhorn, Adam Staffaroni, Barbara Perez Marquez, and Sonia Liao.
June 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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matchbloc.bsky.social
A few of our favourite suns. Happy Solstice! ☀️
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June 21, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators
June 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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hikatamika.com
Webcomics are the Zines of Comics.

Both in the OG "No barriers to entry: just print, copy, and staple"-sense,

and the "Has blown up into a thing with professional/high-achieving expectations on it and now people think they have to be making polished/premium work in order for it to count"-sense.
feathernotes.bsky.social Krispy @feathernotes.bsky.social · Jun 20
There's a lot of folks who are afraid to start their webcomics because they don't want it to look 'ugly' or don't know if they're ready yet" but...
You just need to draw it and have something ugly and potentially 'not ready'
That's the secret to starting a webcomic!
June 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
theorah.bsky.social
I love how Whisper of the Heart makes ordinary life feel so magical and charming somehow. Maybe its the combination of the themes, music and that lovely classically Ghibli pacing and animation?
I watch it whenever I want the mundane to feel beautiful.
I want to make something like that one day~
June 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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skyhawkins.bsky.social
buying anime
buying an anime disc on satan dot com world famous anime released: before 2012 format: blu-ray $178.93 $40.79 delivery Out of stock as of 3 seconds ago genre: anime language: incorrect subtitles format: upscaled dvd distributor: stopped caring top reviews "eva is better. also a big line across the screen"
June 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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qasimrashid.com
I'm a human rights lawyer. If you're exercising your human right to protest on June 14, here are 13 rules I recommend you follow.

No paywall. Free access. Please do read and share: www.qasimrashid.com/p/13-rules-t...
13 Rules to Protect Yourself While Protesting
Read & Share if you're joining the No Kings protest on June 14, or know anyone who is
www.qasimrashid.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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thatsgoodweb.bsky.social
Moto Hagio, Iguana Girl, 1996
Moto Hagio, Iguana Girl, 1996
June 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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theorah.bsky.social
Here's Chapter 2 of Incorrutible. Time for Revolution 🔥
Can you imagine going through your life assuming you would NEVER be allowed to have a say in politics, and then suddenly, at only 30 yrs old, getting the chance for that??
#incorruptiblecomic #robespierre #frenchrevolution #history
The Bourbon flag over shadows a large group of men dressed in black, who march along a road. A narration box describes the scene: "May 4th, 1789. France is in shambles, having been hit with debt and poverty." In the next panel, a tired and fed up looking King Louis XVI rolls his eyes at the various people in the background, from nobles to working class, all angered, scared or complaining. "In a country burdened with food shortages, steep price rises, and frequent protests, King Louis XV! faces an impossible task, as he tries to maintain popularity." The next panel shows the starkly different working class, shouting over to the stubborn looking nobles, who ignore them. "What changes can he make to relieve the poverty of the common people, whilst also satisfying the nobles, who don;t want to give up their priviledges?" A narration box reads: "The King decides to hold the Estates-General- a meeting of representatives from the three Estates, in which reform will be discussed and voted on. The 'first estate' consists of memebers of the catholic church. The 'second estate' makes up the nobility. The 'third estate' represents the common people- roughly around 98% of France's population." In the background behind the narration box, we can see just how much the third estate gulfs the 2nd and 1st in its amount of people. 3 panels show Ronespierre's role during the lead up to the Estates-General. He hyper fixates over the pamphlet announcing the meeting. He talks to farmers so that he can get on their good side when people vote for a deputy. He stands on a podium and gives a speech. A narration box says: "The Estates-General will finally give the Third Estate its chance to partake in policy making. The common people vote for deputies, who will speak on their behalf during the event. Everyone is hoping for big changes." A narration box says: "Maximilien de Robespierre is one such deputy." 3 panels show Robespierre on his journey to Paris. He waves goodbye to be beloved brother, sister and dog. He squishes himself between two taller men in a carriage. The carriage makes its way through a street in Paris. Robespierre peers meekly out of his carriage window. In the street, two women fight over bread, while an angry man throws his fists at the door of a baker, convinced that they are withholding bread. The narration continues: "A thirty year old lawyer from Arras, he has no experience in politics. But, he is eager to fight for the interests of his constituency during the Estates-General. Especially for the lower classes, of who hardly make up any of the mostly middle class deputies." A close up of many feet, covered in black from shoes to stockings, walking a long a street. Narration says: "They march now in a procession through Versailles."
November 24, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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katiebruce.bsky.social
I bought Speak Up by Rebecca Burgess for kiddo on Monday at @portalbookshop.bsky.social
Kiddo finished it tonight and declared it the best book they've ever read ♥️
Brilliant graphic novel about an autistic girl finding herself through music
Speak Up by Rebecca Burgess - the cover has a girl with red hair wearing a green hoodie and blue headphones, at a desk with a book, chewing on a pencil. Above, in pink sparkling clouds, is a girl with the same hoodie, purple hair, blue eye mask, singing into a microphone The back of the book featuring the same two girls and the blurb "For Mia, being herself has always been hard, especially when she's trying to fit into a world that doesn't quite see her true autistic self. But she gets through school armed with her headphones, listening to music to tune out her classmates' bullying. While Mia wishes she could just speak up, she's been able to say what she feels through singing and songwriting while her best friend, Charlie, helps put together the best beats. Together they've taken the internet by storm. And little do Mia's classmates know that she's the viral singer Elle-Q! But when the chance to perform live has Charlie excited, Mia isn't so sure. She'll have to decide whether she'll let what other people think get in the way of showing everyone, including the bullies, who she is and what she has to say."
June 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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toonyballoony.bsky.social
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️

toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.” On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.” A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use. On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield. A spread from one page zine printout. On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm. On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents. A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.
June 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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chadloder.bsky.social
Organizers in LA are raising money to do tamale buyouts from local tamale vendors who are unable to safely vend on the street due to ICE kidnapping vendors. The tamales will be distributed to unhoused neighbors. Please consider donating — I personally vouch for this one: venmo.com?txn=pay&audi...
HELP KTOWN VENDORS STAY SAFE ® HOME DONATE NOW to love your neighbors & help them resist ICE TAMALE BUY-OUT! LET'S GO! Venmo: @AndreinaKniss
June 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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nwtrek.bsky.social
Baby bison zoomies alert! 💨 Meet Samson, the newest (and speediest) member of our Free-Roaming Area herd. Born over Memorial Day Weekend, this fluffy little calf has already mastered the art of sprinting joyfully across 435 acres of forested fields like he owns the place. 🦬
June 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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cenbe.bsky.social
Share this tutorial far and wide please!
youtu.be/V0iytr0qM90?...
How Hong Kong’s Protesters Evade Police and Keep the Demonstrations Alive | Visual Investigations
YouTube video by The New York Times
youtu.be
June 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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kennylauderdale.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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unburntwitch.com
GOD I love a mustelid
June 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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cartoonist.coop
The Coop's Digital Comics Residency is now OPEN for applications for the first time! Check the link below for additional info and registration!

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cartoonist.coop Cartoonist Cooperative @cartoonist.coop · Feb 25
THE CARTOONIST COOPERATIVE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE...

The very first DIGITAL COMICS RESIDENCY! A PAID opportunity for comics creators AROUND THE WORLD.

Learn more at our journal:
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(Art by @amandajealous.bsky.social !)
Inkling and Nibford getting sucked into cyber space. “The Cartoonist Cooperative, Digital Residency. Applications open in May! Paid opportunity open to anyone around the world.”
May 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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zoewithasword.bsky.social
I feel like most of my followers know this but because I see a lot of cis folks who have a specific blind spot for it:

This includes the theme park. I don't care if you want Butterbeer or want to get a wand or are already there so why not just walk in. It's all Her. Everything with the name is Her.
advocate.com The Advocate @advocate.com · May 28
J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.”

🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk
J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization
May 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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May 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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redgoldsparks.bsky.social
The four books flagged as inappropriate for school libraries are Blankets, Flamer, Fun Home, and Gender Queer. Folks in Alberta, Canada can share their opinion on book banning here before June 6: www.alberta.ca/school-libra...
May 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
“I agree with Nick.”

Kill the industry, you say? That sounds tough for that industry. Which industry was that again?

Oh. The stealing industry? Maybe killing that industry wouldn’t be such a bad thing? Considering it’s kind of a bad industry. Unlike the other one, which it’s currently killing.
Nick Clegg: Artists' demands over copyright are unworkable The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train Al on copyrighted work would 'kill' the industry
May 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM