Xero Sum
@xerosum.bsky.social
Writer and TTRPG designer working on Distemper, a post-apocalyptic comic & game
Distemper # 1: https://globalcomix.com/c/distemper-1/chapters/en/3/1
Distemper Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xerosum/distemper
AKA: @bushell.bsky.social
Distemper # 1: https://globalcomix.com/c/distemper-1/chapters/en/3/1
Distemper Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xerosum/distemper
AKA: @bushell.bsky.social
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Xero Sum
@xerosum.bsky.social
· Jan 13
seeing Distemper #1 on the shelves of my LCBS was a surreal, trippy, amazing experience.
Took me 50 years from starting to read to producing my first comic book, but this was a great day for me. I’m so glad my kids were there #distemperverse #comicbooks @bushell.bsky.social
Took me 50 years from starting to read to producing my first comic book, but this was a great day for me. I’m so glad my kids were there #distemperverse #comicbooks @bushell.bsky.social
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startplaying.games/adventure/cm...
We need one more player to start!
Join us for some #vtm
#ttrpg #rpg
We need one more player to start!
Join us for some #vtm
#ttrpg #rpg
Play Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition Online | Vancouver by Night (Hopeless) (LBTQIA+ & New Player Friendly)
You will be a new coterie in Hope BC, after the events that transpired on the streamed AP Hope: Down & Outcast after the Caitiff and Thinblood coterie was run out of the city, how will the city treat ...
startplaying.games
January 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
waiting for Jim Jeffries - it’s our first comedy show of year and we can’t wait.
I have a feeling this will be a year when comedy will be much needed.
I have a feeling this will be a year when comedy will be much needed.
January 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
waiting for Jim Jeffries - it’s our first comedy show of year and we can’t wait.
I have a feeling this will be a year when comedy will be much needed.
I have a feeling this will be a year when comedy will be much needed.
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It's #ColoristAppreciation Day!
Have you told your local colorist that they're great? Have you given them a little treat?
Please feel free to share some comics coloring work that you love!
Have you told your local colorist that they're great? Have you given them a little treat?
Please feel free to share some comics coloring work that you love!
January 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's #ColoristAppreciation Day!
Have you told your local colorist that they're great? Have you given them a little treat?
Please feel free to share some comics coloring work that you love!
Have you told your local colorist that they're great? Have you given them a little treat?
Please feel free to share some comics coloring work that you love!
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If you're new to my work, make sure you check out MAGIC POWDER and THE ELF WITH NO NAME on THE PUBLIC DEFENDER campaign!
You can catch up with all the comics I've written on Kickstarter!
You can catch up with all the comics I've written on Kickstarter!
January 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
If you're new to my work, make sure you check out MAGIC POWDER and THE ELF WITH NO NAME on THE PUBLIC DEFENDER campaign!
You can catch up with all the comics I've written on Kickstarter!
You can catch up with all the comics I've written on Kickstarter!
issue 2 or “Living Hell” by @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social and @claytoncowles.bsky.social was just as impressive and compelling and, in a story about demons and hell, delightfully human as issue 1
#comicbookoftheday
#comicbookoftheday
January 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
issue 2 or “Living Hell” by @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social and @claytoncowles.bsky.social was just as impressive and compelling and, in a story about demons and hell, delightfully human as issue 1
#comicbookoftheday
#comicbookoftheday
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STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
January 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
STOP USING AI FOR YOUR BOOKS IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP
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January 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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When there is no parking place, make one yourself 🅿️⛔️
January 5, 2025 at 10:40 PM
When there is no parking place, make one yourself 🅿️⛔️
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I love #MakingComics with @cordoonland.bsky.social.
Seeing what he draws from the words I give him just blows my mind. #DistemperVerse
Seeing what he draws from the words I give him just blows my mind. #DistemperVerse
January 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I love #MakingComics with @cordoonland.bsky.social.
Seeing what he draws from the words I give him just blows my mind. #DistemperVerse
Seeing what he draws from the words I give him just blows my mind. #DistemperVerse
it’s been a very slow #comicbook start to the year but I made up for it this morning with this gem. So glad I have the next two series lined up and ready to go, this was magnificent. I almost always love Bendis’ stuff but this was artwork was sublime.
January 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
it’s been a very slow #comicbook start to the year but I made up for it this morning with this gem. So glad I have the next two series lined up and ready to go, this was magnificent. I almost always love Bendis’ stuff but this was artwork was sublime.
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Self Promotion Saturday!
I just submitted my growth-themed entry to the #36WordRPGJam
Far from my usual elfgame fare, this is an extremely short, experimental #TTRPG about how arbitrarily our economic status can change. It can be played solo or in a group- FREE or PWYW 🎲🃏
I just submitted my growth-themed entry to the #36WordRPGJam
Far from my usual elfgame fare, this is an extremely short, experimental #TTRPG about how arbitrarily our economic status can change. It can be played solo or in a group- FREE or PWYW 🎲🃏
Accumulating Wealth by Creative Wronging
A 36-word game about volatility in pursuit of prosperity
creative-wronging.itch.io
January 11, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Self Promotion Saturday!
I just submitted my growth-themed entry to the #36WordRPGJam
Far from my usual elfgame fare, this is an extremely short, experimental #TTRPG about how arbitrarily our economic status can change. It can be played solo or in a group- FREE or PWYW 🎲🃏
I just submitted my growth-themed entry to the #36WordRPGJam
Far from my usual elfgame fare, this is an extremely short, experimental #TTRPG about how arbitrarily our economic status can change. It can be played solo or in a group- FREE or PWYW 🎲🃏
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January 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
some super cool folks in here
January 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
some super cool folks in here
just backed Postage Due 1 by @hoffertletters.bsky.social on KS - this thing looks wild
did you back it yet?
did you back it yet?
buff.ly
January 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
just backed Postage Due 1 by @hoffertletters.bsky.social on KS - this thing looks wild
did you back it yet?
did you back it yet?
January 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
C'mon, c'mon, let's get this some more backers before it goes live.
Tell me this doesn't sound like an interesting #indiecomic book? Go sign up to be notified on launch.
Tell me this doesn't sound like an interesting #indiecomic book? Go sign up to be notified on launch.
Can I get a couple of reposts? We’d love to launch with 50 followers.
So if you like comics, great art, and thrilling stories, follow, share, and stay tuned!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/139...
So if you like comics, great art, and thrilling stories, follow, share, and stay tuned!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/139...
Coming soon: Postage Due 1
A gripping work-a-day thriller set in the nightmare of modern America.
www.kickstarter.com
January 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
C'mon, c'mon, let's get this some more backers before it goes live.
Tell me this doesn't sound like an interesting #indiecomic book? Go sign up to be notified on launch.
Tell me this doesn't sound like an interesting #indiecomic book? Go sign up to be notified on launch.
we are so close to being done and have sort of slowed down on how fast we're going, just to drag this out a bit more.
16 bags (40 in total, including subbags) and this this has been a beast.
SO much fun. What an amazing Christmas #LEGO project this was.
16 bags (40 in total, including subbags) and this this has been a beast.
SO much fun. What an amazing Christmas #LEGO project this was.
January 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
we are so close to being done and have sort of slowed down on how fast we're going, just to drag this out a bit more.
16 bags (40 in total, including subbags) and this this has been a beast.
SO much fun. What an amazing Christmas #LEGO project this was.
16 bags (40 in total, including subbags) and this this has been a beast.
SO much fun. What an amazing Christmas #LEGO project this was.
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Twitter is usually my biggest source for mid-campaign backers, but that place is a hellhole of Nazi bots.
Can Bluesky replace some of that action? Let's see if we can get 3 more backers tonight!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
Can Bluesky replace some of that action? Let's see if we can get 3 more backers tonight!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
January 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Twitter is usually my biggest source for mid-campaign backers, but that place is a hellhole of Nazi bots.
Can Bluesky replace some of that action? Let's see if we can get 3 more backers tonight!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
Can Bluesky replace some of that action? Let's see if we can get 3 more backers tonight!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
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“Moon Dogs” was my first comic book read of 2025, and it was a banger. highly recommended.
#ComicBookOfTheDay
#ComicBookOfTheDay
January 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
“Moon Dogs” was my first comic book read of 2025, and it was a banger. highly recommended.
#ComicBookOfTheDay
#ComicBookOfTheDay
just backed The Public Defender by the ever-delightful @ajeffschiller.bsky.social - backing #indiecomics feels like a good start to the year :)
get over there and back this bad boy
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
get over there and back this bad boy
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
THE PUBLIC DEFENDER #1: THE LIFE of a SUPER SLACKER
What happens when a stoner is bitten by a radioactive lawyer? Find out in this anthology of 16 stories about THE PUBLIC DEFENDER!
www.kickstarter.com
January 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
just backed The Public Defender by the ever-delightful @ajeffschiller.bsky.social - backing #indiecomics feels like a good start to the year :)
get over there and back this bad boy
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
get over there and back this bad boy
www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpl...
Just spoke to the publisher of Distemper and the launch of issue 2 is being delayed again until June 11th. I'm thrilled that it's still coming out, hate that it will have been 18 months between issue 1 & 2
On the upside, the launch of the Distemper #TTRPG will be pushed back to June 10th to...
1/2
On the upside, the launch of the Distemper #TTRPG will be pushed back to June 10th to...
1/2
Coming soon: Distemper: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival/Horror TTRPG
Distemper combines the storytelling possibilities of Comic Books & Role-Playing Games into a unique, community-driven experience
www.kickstarter.com
December 31, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Just spoke to the publisher of Distemper and the launch of issue 2 is being delayed again until June 11th. I'm thrilled that it's still coming out, hate that it will have been 18 months between issue 1 & 2
On the upside, the launch of the Distemper #TTRPG will be pushed back to June 10th to...
1/2
On the upside, the launch of the Distemper #TTRPG will be pushed back to June 10th to...
1/2
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December 29, 2024 at 6:30 PM