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michele abounader
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ringo-nominated comic editor & writer.

🏳️‍🌈When I Was Young, Sapphic Pulp, Sharp Wit & the Company of Women, Color of Always
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One final Witching Season announcement....

AMBER BENSON from BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will be writing a foreword for our anthology!

We are so thrilled to have one of our favorite witches (Tara 😭) contribute to this book.

This truly means the world to me 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
AMBER BENSON! tara and willow from Buffy Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge
November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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34 hours to go!!!

WITCHING SEASON has about $5k to go to reach our goal, we are 90% there! Please share and support if you can🌙

A 150+ page horror comic anthology with 28 original stories from so many incredible creators!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge Witching Season cover B by Jess Fong Witching Season cover C (kickstarter exclusive) by Sweeney Boo
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Final days for Witching Season and we are so close to our goal...

I have a story in here with @bailierosenlund.bsky.social 🌙 it's gay AND tragic, very off-brand for me.

Back Witching Season for our doomed yuri 💜 (& for all of the other incredible stories too)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
character designs and panel preview clips from In Her Name, art by bailie rosenlund. (top left) a woman is visibly upset, yelling, her hands bandaged; character design for Lila, she's wearing a green cloak over a well-worn tan and lighter green dress, with bandages on her arms and legs. her red hair is tied up with a sprig sticking out; (bottom left) mysterious woman, very blue, flowy blue dress, she floats; panel clip showing the moon in a starry sky, the moon waning; a panel clip of a woman baring her sharp teeth. Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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When we started planning for Witching Season, I made a list of the people I wanted to ask for covers... and these were my top 3💜

I always love working with @skyepatridge.bsky.social and it was amazing to get to work with @anireal.bsky.social and @sweeneyboo.bsky.social on covers for this book!

🔗⬇️
Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge Witching Season Cover B by Jess Fong Witching Season Cover C (kickstarter exclusive) by Sweeney Boo
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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😈

www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
666 backers Screenshot from the kickstarter page for witching season
November 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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saved this one for the holy day... 👻

my story with @bailierosenlund.bsky.social from WITCHING SEASON:

In Her Name

"Suffering the side effects of her efforts to help her village, Lila musters what strength she has left to confront both the mysterious woman in the forest and her own fate."

🔗⬇️
character designs and panel preview clips from In Her Name, art by bailie rosenlund. (top left) a woman is visibly upset, yelling, her hands bandaged; character design for Lila, she's wearing a green cloak over a well-worn tan and lighter green dress, with bandages on her arms and legs. her red hair is tied up with a sprig sticking out; (bottom left) mysterious woman, very blue, flowy blue dress, she floats; panel clip showing the moon in a starry sky, the moon waning; a panel clip of a woman baring her sharp teeth. in her name logo from witching season, with a little crescent moon.
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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happy halloween
chandler clutching the new Florence + the machine album everybody scream
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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"A young ballerina witch has kidnapped two and killed one of her classmates to summon the perfect dancing partner, a dark demon entity."

Pas de Deux
by @paulinaganucheau.bsky.social

WITCHING SEASON live now on kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
a ballerina with blood dripping down her raised left arm, a red hand grips her right wrist from behind. Pas de Deux by Paulina Ganucheau from Witching Season Pas de Deux logo from Witching Season
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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cc @jpjordan.bsky.social
JP Jordan emailing me on Oct 27 saying “fantastic! Let’s fucking go!” Then emailing again on Oct 29 saying “[two days later] *FANGtastic Smh these gays…
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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"On Halloween, a 13-year-old boy is beat up for dressing like a witch. After all the trick-or-treaters go home and the porch lights go off, this little witch boy runs into the bullies again and gets in one last trick."

YOU'RE NOT A WITCH
by @davidbooher.bsky.social & @danparent.bsky.social
You're not a Witch title text from Witching Sesson
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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"A young woman discovers her life hasn’t been so ordinary after all, thanks to a new friend and a tarot reading."

There's a Little Witch in You Yet
by @stephwilliams.bsky.social & @ryanoakleyart.bsky.social

WITCHING SEASON live now on Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
There's a Little Witch in You Yet - title logo from Witching Season from witching season - 2 panels from the story There's a Little Witch in You Yet written by Stephanie Williams, art by Ryan Oakley.
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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"A love ended and its spell is still working.

What to do? Only the advice of a true friend is the answer."

The Drink
Written by Francesco Iesu
Art by Margherita Ostili

WITCHING SEASON live now on Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
logo for the drink from witching season 3 panels from the drink in witching season
October 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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That's a wrap on The Comic Shop campaign! Big thanks to everyone who supported and shouted out the campaign along the way. There's an amazing creative team hard at work on a really cool project here, and we cant wait to get this out to all of you!

Thank you 💜

www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
The Comic Shop from show creator Cheyenne Ewulu featuring stories by Cheyenne Ewulu, Zeno Robinson, and Joshua David King, with Stephanie Williams, Tango, Joe Illidge, Paris Alleyne, Cody Ziglar, D.J. Kirkland, Akira B, Bex Glendining, Chris Robinson, J Clake. Lettered by Jodie Troutman, Edited by Michele Abounader, Kat Calamia, and Phil Falco. Funded on Kickstarter
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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About $5500 and 4 hours to go for The Comic Shop!

Here's a last minute bonus surprise! A lettered page from Edible Man by @cheyennethegeek.bsky.social @stephwilliams.bsky.social @tiredsai.bsky.social @longtalljodie.com

www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...
a preview page from the story Edible Man from The Comic Shop
October 23, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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"A young woman pleads with a witch to resurrect her sister, even though she already knows such an act will lead to disaster."

The Witch of Hallowed Creek
Writers
@barronauthor.bsky.social
Artist
@cicadako.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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"As citizens of a 1950s suburbia disappear, those left behind mobilize against the witch they believe is responsible, but the most dangerous thing they can face isn’t a witch but the truth inside them."

Think of the Children
@christieporter.bsky.social @phillipsevy.bsky.social

WITCHING SEASON🔗⬇️
October 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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"A bereaved widow, tired of living in an empty house and what feels like an empty life, seeks help from a divination witch and in turn gets an answer neither of them were expecting."

Til Life Do Us Part

by @abbeyfrisco.bsky.social & @onzzes.bsky.social

WITCHING SEASON live now on Kickstarter
panels from til life do us part, from Witching Season. a row of brownstones, with a neon sign over one that says "madame teresi" and a girl entering the door below. a bell chimes, she enters a shop a crystal ball can be seen on the table in front of walls of shelving. logo for til life do us part from witching season
October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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3 backers shy of 500 for The Comic Shop! We only have 3 days to go, so please share and support if you can!
cover of The Comic Shop featuring the character Stephanie played by Cheyenne Ewulu
October 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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"An unwanted bride in a hostile palace, Farnaz is bewitched by the ghost of her king husband’s ex-lover into enacting bloody revenge on the royal court."

The Bride, Resplendent in Red
by Alina Wahab

From WITCHING SEASON live now on Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
a glimpse at panels from The Bride, Resplendent in Red from Witching Season, a woman/a monster.
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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"A young witch struggles to accept herself because of harsh actions and vitriol from her mother. Through the help of a friend, she finds a way to express who she truly is."

Whatever You Want
by @tillybridges.bsky.social @susanlbridges.bsky.social @ryehickman.bsky.social

WITCHING SEASON🔗⬇️
Whatever You Want logo from Witching Season panels from the story Whatever You Want from Witching Season
October 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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THE COMIC SHOP has crossed $23k and we are only 2 backers away from 450!

With about a week to go, we need your help to make this book happen and continue the stories that @cheyennethegeek.bsky.social has created for her show The Comic Shop!

Share and support if you can!
🔗⬇️
Cover by Madamka for The Comic Shop
October 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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"By candlelight & blood, a witch's cat keeps watch. But when men bring violence to her mistress's door, this familiar reveals her true nature-something older, darker, & far less forgiving than any mortal soul."

Keep It Familiar
by @heatherantos.bsky.social @morganbeem.bsky.social
WITCHING SEASON🔗⬇️
Keep It Familiar logo from Witching Season a panel from the story Keep It Familiar in Witching Season by Heather Antos and Morgan Beem
October 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Cover B by @anireal.bsky.social and the Kickstarter exclusive cover C by @sweeneyboo.bsky.social
Witching season cover B by Jess Fong Witching Season cover C, kickstarter exclusive, by Sweeney Boo
October 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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WITCHING SEASON is live now on kickstarter!

A 150+ page horror comic anthology from me and Lifeline Comics. Excited for everyone to see what we've been building for most of this year🩸🌙

Cover A by @skyepatridge.bsky.social

More info here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/phi...
Witching Season cover A by Skylar Patridge
October 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Another NYCC in the books.
NYCC book haul: Hello sunshine, horrible girls, death to Pacheco, little nightmares, Marian heretic, anxiety, Mary Sue, the twilight zone, roots of madness
October 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM