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Akira B. • Editor • Publisher of WildStar Press • Writer (Comics & Prose) • Cryptid • Ringo and Ignatz Award Nominated • ???
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✨️Witching Season ✨️

Me and @vampirepyramid.bsky.social teamed up for a comic called Perspective where a witch & her apprentice go on a perfectly normal market run with nothing odd happening at all 😇

Help us get it funded!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
Witching Season on Kickstarter! 1 week left! A snippet of the comic~
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Early voted yesterday.
The special election is on Nov 4th regarding Public Service Commissions and the price of utilities and electricity and such. You should check that out, do your research, and then vote.

A lot of small differences make a big difference and all that jazz.
My orange cat Harley trying to eat my Georgia Voter sticker
October 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Woo #PortfolioDay

I'm a writer/editor always looking to do more in and for the comic industry as a whole.

💫 blubat.biz | wildstarpress.com
💫 blubatart@gmail.com
Coiled to Strike. Published & Edited by me~ I'm glad so many people thought my idea was cool as hell for this book because when I thought of it, I too was hype about it. Ringo-Nominated Hairology story: Who Are You? Art by: Oneilljones Colors by: Katlyn Gonzalez Letters by: Taylor Esposito Written by me! Ignatz Nominated Let Her Be Evil story: Listen Art by: David Joyce Letters by: Jeff Eckleberry Publisher & Editor: Cassandra Jones Oh yeah, and written by me! All the things I'm like, so good at y'all, you don't even know lol: - Editor - Sensitivity Reader - Copywriter - Writer And then information on how to find me, also in the caption.
October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Wrote this on the board at work. Hopefully it's effective.
Little white board that says, "Ooh, you wanr physical media so bad -- ooh you don't want media literacy and reading comprehension to wither & die." Under it is a crudely drawn hypnotic circle. To the left is a drawn cat with glasses sitting on a stack of books and to the right is an alien saying "even aliens read".
October 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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The Traitor & The Wretch published by @bonedustpress.bsky.social

In loove with the silver foil. And this came right on time because guess who just finished their latest book~

Can't wait to read it!
(Also it is on Storygraph to all those that have it so you can rate it there 🌟)
October 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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The Comic Shop Anthology based on the new hit series by @cheyennethegeek.bsky.social is still going!

I wrote the script based on @/joshuadavidking's story with @lgions.bsky.social as the artist! It's a dream team in the making guys 💫

Link: www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
The Curious Case of Keke Wyatt snippet from Kickstarter The Comic Shop anthology alt cover with Keke ad Stephanie facing off and Keith knowing exactly what they are (messy lesbians) The Comic Shop, live on Kisckstarter with a lot of cool people on this project!
September 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Oh this book is gorgeous.

Why yes, I did get this art book for the art but I *also* got it for the quality book design too

By: @sarenstone.com & @runehallow.bsky.social !
September 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The Comic Shop: The Comic is a 50-page anthology of short stories with your favorite character from the hit show The Comic Shop, AND original stories from the mind of show creator Cheyenne Ewulu!

This is one of the coolest projects I've been invited to and I get to collab with @lgions.bsky.social !
Comic Shop anthology is live! Comic Shop the anthology is live! And I'm in it!
September 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Anything (Sept 2025)

📝: Me!
🎨: @artofnickyrdrgz.bsky.social

A story about a first mate reminding her captain that she is, in fact, ride or die for her.
Anything pg 1. Written by me. Art by Nicky R. Anything pg 2. Written by me. Art by Nicky R.
September 5, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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Whispers of Cinnamon by @s-morishita.bsky.social and edited by me!

Job Duties: Pitch Evaluation & Production

I took Sharean's concepts and helped build them into a full outline so she could easily proceed into making the finished product!
September 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Glued in Place by Qynce edited by me!

Job Duties: Project Management | Script Evaluation

I took Qynce's theatrical script and helped build it into a full outline and THEN a proper comic script and THEN a finished comic.

From play to comic. it was a fun challenge!
September 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Had to do some artistic soul searching lol
John Mulaney No! Yeah! meme. In the no space it's "drawing the comic pages" in the yeah section it's "only writing the script and drawing the thumbnails" because I was going thru it before realizing I can just ask other people to draw the comics I write lol
August 30, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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No new pictures, where are you mentally?
Jason Mendoza from The Good Place saying "I know this sounds crazy, but I think we're in the bad place."
August 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Okaaay little unboxing moment for @hypercomics.bsky.social !!
You can't hear me going "oooo this is *nice*" lol

Check out Sanguine Foundations!!
August 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Bonus: when it’s real
Me pointing at Brawlhalla Tales: Nix because friend R.J. was a part of its creation
August 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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One of my favorite parts of working at a comic shop is ordering comics and then sending this to friends when I see their names.

Ft. @thezombiedogz.bsky.social in Brawhalla Tales: Nix
My hand pointing at a Brawlhalla graphic novel that has R.J.'s name on it
August 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Thinking about my #spidersona again for no particular reason.
My spidersona. They're like if blue beetle's scarab decided to be spider themed but also gave full control to them.
August 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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Very excited to get into this one!
Grabbed a copy for the store and one for myself.

@stephwilliams.bsky.social has a million things going on, so I'm just happy collecting the comics as I go lol
Graphic Novel adaptation of The Raven Boys
July 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Romanticized life by going outside and reading but at the cost of being drenched in sweat. The girlies lied to me, I could've just did that at home.

Got this nice picture tho.
A hot and sunny day, book on the foreground and blurred, focusing on the large green park and the fluffy clouds overhead. It looks nice, but it was 90 degrees in this picture.
July 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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I can see the finish line for this book (It Ends With Z), I swear. Currently editing Ch 12 of 20*

*After 3 drafts and like 2 full rewrites.
**Continously breaking chapters in half, so it might be more than 20 chapters.

#IEWZ
July 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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The two genders on display at my job right now.
Sailor Moon Manga and LP next to the Ghost in the Shell Manga and LP with the pride flag over it - at my job.
July 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Scribbling at work to pass the time and also to get back into art for the nth time. (Alt text for clarity lol)

Typical work day with the Teen Coworker that has decided I'm his older sibling.
Teen Coworker, exasperated and yapping away while I stand and watch customers, unbothered by his chatter. Teen, after revealing he didn’t eat breakfast: "I'm hungry" Second "panel" of me suddenly with chips out towards the now surprised Teen. Me: Here. Teen: How?? Where!? Me: Don't worry about it. Teen: You're magic. Me: Yeah. A small caption pointed at me that just says Always Snacking. Because it's true, if I'm not snacking at my job, then I'm suffering.
July 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Here's another snippet of this funky story about a Chaos God trying to find peace despite being a villain.

#IEWZ
His temper boiled like lava but pulsed through his veins like lightning. As long as it took for him to bottle his rage, Sudriel so easily made it rise like the tides. The rings and stars around him spun like saws, flaring brighter. His hands flexed, turning into claws that would have shifted and changed even more had Sudriel not restrained him with the slightest tilt of her head. All twelve mirrors wiped away into inky blackness, and one of Sudriel’s floating claws pressed against Z’s chest, snuffing out his magic like a candle. His sunlit halo dimmed into a sunset. The rings around his wrists became chains, and the one around his neck became a collar, bringing him forcefully to his knees. He bit back a snarl as an ice cold pain pierced through him as if threatening to freeze him from the inside out. “I am on the edge of making an example of you. Continue to push, and you will be the lesson everyone learns from.” “Don’t threaten me.” He could hear the snarl in his voice echo like hers. The rings glowed just the same as hers. Because he was a tool of her design. No matter what he did, no matter what he said, she would not hear him. She wouldn’t see him. The god title was generous at best.
July 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Happy Birthday to me =w=
Mr. Villain in his pjs
June 18, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Trying something new.... called promoting my novel...

A snippet of It Ends with Z
#IEWZ

I'm in the final editing stages here but the edits also turn into rewrites turn into additions... 7 chapters out of 17 edited but 17 is such an odd number of chapters lol. 68,000 words so far tho.
“Mother?!” Yonten squeaked out in surprise, not realizing how much he pressed into Primula until both gods looked at him and Jade stepped closer. He hadn’t expected such an adored goddess to be so… unsettling. Through all of her glamor, as she got closer, Yonten noticed just how perfect she was— too perfect. Her every move was smooth and purposeful. Unlike Z, who never seemed to breathe, Jade mimic’d humanity in that fashion except every breath was even and precise. Nothing about her felt natural or even relaxed. Malicious felt like the wrong word for it, but Yonten could think of no other one that would ease the pit growing in his stomach.
June 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM