Alondra Araujo
@ghostlysloth.bsky.social
Any Prounouns. Queer comic artist living in the Midwest. I love to draw ghosts, gays, and cosas de mi gente. rep'd by Alex Weiss @akaweiss.bsky.social at Azantian Literary. MI TIO HERNÁN | Winter 2028
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Hey guys! I'm opening up my commissions due to car troubles. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
Feel free to repost this or consider donating to my Kofi page!
ko-fi.com/ghostlysloth
Feel free to repost this or consider donating to my Kofi page!
ko-fi.com/ghostlysloth
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Hey guys! I'm opening up my commissions due to car troubles. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
Feel free to repost this or consider donating to my Kofi page!
ko-fi.com/ghostlysloth
Feel free to repost this or consider donating to my Kofi page!
ko-fi.com/ghostlysloth
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Being an artist trying to talk with other artists is just embarrassing. "I like your shapes and colours!" Mortifying playground shit
October 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Being an artist trying to talk with other artists is just embarrassing. "I like your shapes and colours!" Mortifying playground shit
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I can’t recommend enough that if you want to become a comic writer, you need to read comics. It’s so tempting to try to shove a wall of text into one page or a ton of scene changes, but that makes it really hard on artists to be able to properly adapt that
October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I can’t recommend enough that if you want to become a comic writer, you need to read comics. It’s so tempting to try to shove a wall of text into one page or a ton of scene changes, but that makes it really hard on artists to be able to properly adapt that
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I made another post this week just in time for the first weekend in October.
open.substack.com/pub/delartst...
open.substack.com/pub/delartst...
035: Why you should do 24HCD
Are you up to the challenge?
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I made another post this week just in time for the first weekend in October.
open.substack.com/pub/delartst...
open.substack.com/pub/delartst...
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If you’re in the Fort Wayne area, come see a spooky ragtime inspired band I’m in play a free show on October 24th. We’re also selling our new vinyl release!
October 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
If you’re in the Fort Wayne area, come see a spooky ragtime inspired band I’m in play a free show on October 24th. We’re also selling our new vinyl release!
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COMIC CELEBRATION'S "OC"TOBER 2025 PROMPT LIST!
Please share so people can join in the fun!
Most themes have 2 days to do them! You can choose either or both of the prompts!
Feel free to post it with #OCtoberCC so we can share what you create! We will be sharing some posts!
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#CCPartyHall
Please share so people can join in the fun!
Most themes have 2 days to do them! You can choose either or both of the prompts!
Feel free to post it with #OCtoberCC so we can share what you create! We will be sharing some posts!
-🌟
#CCPartyHall
October 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
COMIC CELEBRATION'S "OC"TOBER 2025 PROMPT LIST!
Please share so people can join in the fun!
Most themes have 2 days to do them! You can choose either or both of the prompts!
Feel free to post it with #OCtoberCC so we can share what you create! We will be sharing some posts!
-🌟
#CCPartyHall
Please share so people can join in the fun!
Most themes have 2 days to do them! You can choose either or both of the prompts!
Feel free to post it with #OCtoberCC so we can share what you create! We will be sharing some posts!
-🌟
#CCPartyHall
Just read Unico: Awakening! Aaaah! The art and story is so good!!!!! I wish I could eat it!
October 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Just read Unico: Awakening! Aaaah! The art and story is so good!!!!! I wish I could eat it!
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my debut graphic novel On Starlit Shores is officially out now in the usa!! ahhh ✨🌊
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
my debut graphic novel On Starlit Shores is officially out now in the usa!! ahhh ✨🌊
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Just in time to get into the Halloween spirit, I’m teaching a horror writing class with Queens Collaboratory. If you’re in NYC and want to dip your toes into writing horror, this the place to do it. Tickets are $20-$25, and spots are pretty limited. luma.com/9pzyg2tm
September 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Just in time to get into the Halloween spirit, I’m teaching a horror writing class with Queens Collaboratory. If you’re in NYC and want to dip your toes into writing horror, this the place to do it. Tickets are $20-$25, and spots are pretty limited. luma.com/9pzyg2tm
I've penciled so far 152 pages for my debut graphic novel. I'm only 40% finished, but wow! I drew that many pages???? Thats incredible!
September 27, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I've penciled so far 152 pages for my debut graphic novel. I'm only 40% finished, but wow! I drew that many pages???? Thats incredible!
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it’s National Comic Book Day so help us get this project funded!!!! we have 26 HOURS LEFT AND ARE 31% FUNDED!!!!
Aggressively marketing a book about "touching grass" is forcing me to reckon with how, no matter what heinous shit is carrying on outside, I have to keep living. I have to keep working and paying my people because fighting back is premised upon staying alive. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...
How To Touch Grass
A comics anthology about "touching grass", because it's a lot harder than it looks.
www.kickstarter.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
it’s National Comic Book Day so help us get this project funded!!!! we have 26 HOURS LEFT AND ARE 31% FUNDED!!!!
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To all freelance peers who are struggling to make ends meet this year: it's not you. It's been getting tougher and tougher to get any gigs and many private clients struggle to pay their own bills.
Whatever it takes for us to get through this, please don't doubt your skills and value as a creative ❤️
Whatever it takes for us to get through this, please don't doubt your skills and value as a creative ❤️
September 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
To all freelance peers who are struggling to make ends meet this year: it's not you. It's been getting tougher and tougher to get any gigs and many private clients struggle to pay their own bills.
Whatever it takes for us to get through this, please don't doubt your skills and value as a creative ❤️
Whatever it takes for us to get through this, please don't doubt your skills and value as a creative ❤️
My lesson plan is ready, and my PowerPoint is complete! I hope the kiddos will have a great first lesson with me tomorrow :D
September 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My lesson plan is ready, and my PowerPoint is complete! I hope the kiddos will have a great first lesson with me tomorrow :D
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Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves.
Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...
Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Gentle reminder that in the late '50s, the U.S. government did not censor comics. Comics companies censored themselves.
Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...
Not sure why that crossed my mind today but there it is...
I'm working on the third outline of a passion graphic novel. And oof. I forgot how emotional this comic is.
September 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I'm working on the third outline of a passion graphic novel. And oof. I forgot how emotional this comic is.
I finally got my copy of Keezy Young's "Hello Sunshine"! I bought the last copy at my bookstore lol. It was meant to be!!!
September 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I finally got my copy of Keezy Young's "Hello Sunshine"! I bought the last copy at my bookstore lol. It was meant to be!!!
Manos: The Hands of Fate!!! My beloved!!!!
I'm the guy that found Manos: The Hands Of Fate so I sure as hell ain't being raptured to Heaven.
September 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Manos: The Hands of Fate!!! My beloved!!!!
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Comics are actually very difficult to write if you’re coming from a prose-writing background.
It’s a VERY different skillset from prose—in fact, it’s closer to writing a screenplay than a novel. You gotta know enough about film language and camera to make the comic panels & art *mean* something.
It’s a VERY different skillset from prose—in fact, it’s closer to writing a screenplay than a novel. You gotta know enough about film language and camera to make the comic panels & art *mean* something.
you cannot be telling bad prose authors that they should pivot to writing graphic novels instead bc of their bad prose. Hello
September 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Comics are actually very difficult to write if you’re coming from a prose-writing background.
It’s a VERY different skillset from prose—in fact, it’s closer to writing a screenplay than a novel. You gotta know enough about film language and camera to make the comic panels & art *mean* something.
It’s a VERY different skillset from prose—in fact, it’s closer to writing a screenplay than a novel. You gotta know enough about film language and camera to make the comic panels & art *mean* something.
Trees my beloved!!! How can I choose?!
What's your favorite kind of tree?
1. mossy
2. fragrant
3. brightly colored
4. old & weird
1. mossy
2. fragrant
3. brightly colored
4. old & weird
September 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trees my beloved!!! How can I choose?!
I'm having a blast at the Bad Bunny concert at home omg.
September 21, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I'm having a blast at the Bad Bunny concert at home omg.
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The upcoming proposed rules surrounding NSFW art are bad and the Bsky mod team should feel bad.
Fellow artists: Remember that even if you don't make NSFW art, rules like these eventually come back to bite us all, especially if we make works about queerness.
Fellow artists: Remember that even if you don't make NSFW art, rules like these eventually come back to bite us all, especially if we make works about queerness.
September 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The upcoming proposed rules surrounding NSFW art are bad and the Bsky mod team should feel bad.
Fellow artists: Remember that even if you don't make NSFW art, rules like these eventually come back to bite us all, especially if we make works about queerness.
Fellow artists: Remember that even if you don't make NSFW art, rules like these eventually come back to bite us all, especially if we make works about queerness.
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We've only received single-digit event proposals so far! 😢
Did you attend any of our incredible online panels this past year? Those came from folks submitting their panel ideas! Event proposals are open to the public. You do NOT have to be a @cartoonist.coop member to pitch us a NIF event!!¹
Did you attend any of our incredible online panels this past year? Those came from folks submitting their panel ideas! Event proposals are open to the public. You do NOT have to be a @cartoonist.coop member to pitch us a NIF event!!¹
✨ Nib & Ink Fest 2026 Submissions are NOW OPEN! Co-op members, submit your comics to the Marketplace, the Webcomic Sampler, and the Oops All Comics Zine! Submissions open 9/1/2025 and end 10/1/2025.
Check out nif.cartoonist.coop/submissions for more info!
Check out nif.cartoonist.coop/submissions for more info!
September 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We've only received single-digit event proposals so far! 😢
Did you attend any of our incredible online panels this past year? Those came from folks submitting their panel ideas! Event proposals are open to the public. You do NOT have to be a @cartoonist.coop member to pitch us a NIF event!!¹
Did you attend any of our incredible online panels this past year? Those came from folks submitting their panel ideas! Event proposals are open to the public. You do NOT have to be a @cartoonist.coop member to pitch us a NIF event!!¹
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Now is a great time to back up those “Trans Rights!” statements by hiring trans people so they have the ability to afford to live.
September 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Now is a great time to back up those “Trans Rights!” statements by hiring trans people so they have the ability to afford to live.
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Calling all comic artists!! At this year's comic convention we are hosting drop-in portfolio reviews run by our amazing guests! Take advantage of this opportunity to speak one-on-one with an experienced comic book professional who'll review your work, give tips and personalised advice.
September 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Calling all comic artists!! At this year's comic convention we are hosting drop-in portfolio reviews run by our amazing guests! Take advantage of this opportunity to speak one-on-one with an experienced comic book professional who'll review your work, give tips and personalised advice.