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Aleksi Gray @ The Bard and the Messenger
@alakotila.bsky.social
I make webcomics! Read SPIDERSILK on Tapas ✨ Enthusiastic about flowers, elves, armor, fantasy thieves, and satyrs 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ He/They. ✨ Sometimes NSFW. ✨ Freelance Editor, BG artist
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Hey! I'm an artist and writer. I make queer fantasy and lots of fancy clothes and flowers. Probably too many elves and satyrs.
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Webcomics: Spidersilk (ongoing), Fell Swoop (complete)
Novels: The Bard and the Messenger (coming this fall)
linktr.ee/alakotila
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Star Trek is always so relatable. I’m human and I also don’t have any money…
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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I know several of my friends and colleagues use Scrivener for their writing projects so heads up! 👇🏾
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas is a Haida cartoonist who popularized the term "Haida manga," which might get you some additional hits!
Haida manga - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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I would suggest A Howl, which is a graphic anthology about werewolves made by only Indigenous writers and artists. You can find A Howl and many many many others Indigenous comics and graphic novels at atcgbooksandcomics.com An Indigenous store and publisher focused on sequential art.
ATCG Books and Comics - Keep Calm and Decolonize!
The original Indigenous comic shop! Featuring comics, books, games, toys and collectibles, including exclusive retails items not found in any other stores.
atcgbooksandcomics.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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I'd like to second the recommendation for Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen. The author is Mvskoke and Jewish, just like me, so this book made me feel so seen!

www.emilybowencohenauthor.com
Emily Bowen Cohen Author | middle grade graphic novel
Website for Emily Bowen Cohen, Native American and Jewish graphic novel creator, the author of Two Tribes.
www.emilybowencohenauthor.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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New pack OUT NOW! ⚙💛
Jess is back again, and is channeling your fave sci-fi mechanic. (all of them)
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Today's Art Tip is about drawing the head in perspective, and some shorthands to hopefully make that a little easier.
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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That frieren chin up head drawing has me tearing up a lil bit like the artist was brave enough to ask for advice on Reddit and got so many encouraging responses and suggestions from thousands all over the world that they made a thank you post 😭 that’s what art making is all about……
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Take a look at the Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novel Collection at the University of Manitoba Libraries libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/c.php?g=6519... The collection was originally created by @tahltanlibrarian.bsky.social and there is an annotated bibliography
LibGuides: The Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novel Collection: Home
This guide gives a brief overview of Mazinbiige Indigenous Graphic Novel Collections, its history and information on the collection.
libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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I can finally post this illustration now when the episode is out 🧜‍♀️

#dontenterthehousepool #housepool #horrorwebtoon #dethp #webtoon #mermaid #siren
November 17, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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It and Indiginerds are on sale right now store.ironcircus.com/products/ind...

Also I forget the name but guest editor for Woman in the Woods and editor of Indiginerds @alinapete.bsky.social recently drew a gn. Alina, what's the name of your book?
Indiginerds
First Nations culture is living, vibrant, and evolving... ...and generations of Indigenous kids have grown up with pop culture creeping inexorably into our lives. From gaming to social media, pirate r...
store.ironcircus.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Hey, I'm looking for comics and graphic novels *by* Indigenous writers and/or illustrators, especially in the Americas. Doesn't have to be a recent book. Any genre! Any topic, any themes, does not have to be a memoir or history, though that is welcome too!
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser.

gofund.me/f5615787f
Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass
Like many of those in the games industry, I was laid off back… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.
gofund.me
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I have a heck of a time understanding lyrics and I use subtitles for movies, so imagine my pain when I heard a song I needed to know on the radio 🫠 I was struggling to pick up a chain of 3+ words so I could look it up later. I was even gonna contact the radio station lmao
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Fellow writers constantly closing pop-up windows while we work, Emma Thompson feels our pain! ♥️
November 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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maeron ursinius, hand of the dread-father 🏹
November 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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People NEED to understand the evil of Prosperity Gospel and how it underpins the right-wing "Christianity"

They believe that God will reward you in this life (not just Heaven) with riches and good health for being Holy. And the inverse is also true - if you're sick or poor, that's God's punishment.
I don't think we talk enough about the fact that what underpins their belief is a corruption of the bible - prosperity gospel. They think because they are rich , they are blessed by god.

also for people who are going to say, I'm saying they aren't really christian - I'm not. /1
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.

Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.

(Published Oct. 2024)
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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🏳️‍⚧️ We’re back with paid opportunities for Trans+ creatives!

Writer? Illustrator? Audio producer? This is for you.

With @transhistoryweek.com we’re investing in 20 Trans+ creatives to make content for Trans+ History Week 2026.

Deadline 2nd Dec 2025, 11:59PM GMT 🗓️
🧵 Details 👇
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Felt like sharing some random creative hobbies -- I consider myself a comic artist, illustrator and writer first, but you've gotta have hobbies! These tend to be floral (surprise!!)
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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These two 🧡
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Did you know? I'm not just an illustrator, I also love making comics!

You can find links to my other socials, my website, and places to read my webcomic--Guilts of Tundai--in my linktree: linktr.ee/galtenoble
November 1, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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I have an art book for #tyreecomic ! It's 62 pages at $10! Not only does it have art but I have some brief guides into my page process as well. There is even stuff I havent released publicly in it! It's a great way to support me currently and get a glimpse into my obsession

ko-fi.com/s/f5c5cebbd6
May 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM