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Kayleigh Giorgio
@kayleighathena.bsky.social
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🐙 Learning how to human.
🎨 Gremlin of many trades.
📚 Support libraries and bookstores/comic shops!
🏳️‍🌈 she/they
📍 Baltimore
🍉 Free Palestine 🇵🇸
https://linktr.ee/kayleighathena
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Came across one of my favourite ads on the back of a comic book today and flashed back to 1998 so hard that I may still be in it.

(Got Milk ft. Sarah Michelle Gellar)
A GOT MILK? ad from 1998, featuring Sarah Michelle Gellar in a black coat with a lacy corseted top peeking through. The text reads, "Revealing outfits and the undead. What else can't most young guys get enough of? Calcium. But there is a mouth-watering solution. Milk. It can help provide the calcium growing bones need to stay strong. A real must. Especially if you plan on sticking your neck out. MILK Where's your mustache?"
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I’m imagining the prak is like the crag in GUTS.
A picture of the aggro crag mountain from Nekelodeon’s “GUTS” game show.
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Charlie Brown gets it.

Read books!! Support your libraries and bookstores and comic shops!!!
Charlie Brown is looking for a comic book. They’re saying, “I’m discouraged today, and when I get discouraged, a comic magazine is the only thing that will revive me.” The books on the rack are titled, “Slaughter”, “Throttle”, “Jab”, “Choke”, “Crush”, “Murder Komix”, “Kill”, “Ouch!”, “Hit!”, “Gouge”, “Stab!”, “Kick Rocks”, “Kill Komics”, “Terrir Comics”.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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It’s me, your local comics dragon coming in to remind you to support your local comic shops and bookstores! (& libraries!!)

I’ve been having fun unpacking loads more goodies to restock the shelves at @dreamersbmore.bsky.social!

🐉📚✨
A screencap of a digital photo album shows about forty photos of stacks of comic book trade paperbacks, with their titled spines facing the camera.
November 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Today is my birthday, and if anyone is able and would like to help me to get things like groceries and to pay some bills, my Venmo and PayPal are @ KayleighGiorgio!

Also here is some proof of life of me with all of the boxes of comics I’ve been organising for my LCS lately! 💪🏻📚🙏🏻🥳
Kayleigh is standing in front of stacks of white shortboxes and brown DCD boxes in a storage locker. She’s smiling and giving a peace sign with her left hand.
November 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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I’ve been helping @dreamersbmore.bsky.social to organise their backstock and have been finding so many goodies!

I feel like a dragon with treasure to inventory. 🐉📚

Support your local comic shops and help them to make room on their shelves for more books!!
A screencap of a digital photo album shows about thirty photos of stacks of comic book trade paperbacks, with their titled spines facing the camera.
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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When @lordspew.bsky.social draws Sandy as a cool cat with a sandwich, you pick up your needle and thread. 🪡🥪😻
An embroidered version of Lord Spew’s drawing of Sandy as a cool cat wearing sunglasses and holding a huge sandwich like a guitar. Lord Spew’s drawing of Sandy as a cool cat wearing sunglasses and holding a huge sandwich like a guitar.
October 21, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Been working on stitching this “Filth & Grammar” logo just for fun!

You wanna learn how to make comics? Go pick up “Filth & Grammar” from your local comic shop, library, or from @offregisterhq.bsky.social!!

✍🏻 @sxbond.bsky.social
🎨 @imogenmangle.bsky.social
🎨 @sofiedodgson.bsky.social
A close-up of an embroidered work in progress. It features a skull with two red pens beneath it, instead of crossed bones. The eyes and nose of the skull have “F & G” in them. The artwork is from Imogen Mangle and Sofie Dodgson for Shelly Bond’s book, “Filth & Grammar”.
October 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Casper turns into an egg, sunny-side up and dripping off of the chair in the chamber.
October 15, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Lololol at this point I don’t think I’d have it any other way. If AUDHD were a city… 😂
Two stills from Beauty and the Beast show Beast’s reaction to Belle not coming down for dinner. At first he looks incredulous and then exasperated.
October 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Dicked around and finally finished stitching this old @baileyillustration.bsky.social drawing!
White stitching on black fabric in an embroidery hoop shows an illustration, from Matt Bailey, of a penis with the phrase, “Fuck Censorship” written along it.
October 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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I finally used my tattoo pass from @sophiemcpike.bsky.social last week and got this gorgeous beauty on my calf and tested some of her glitter/stars as filler on my arm!

Tattoos done by Rob King at Chapterhouse in Baltimore!
A close-up of Kayleigh’s calf shows a fresh tattoo. It is a black ink illustration of a woman hugging her knee while sitting under a crescent moon. There are stars in her hair and on the back of her thigh. A close-up of Kayleigh’s forearm shows glittery stars in blue, purples, and pink filling in the gaps between tattoos. They have a mid-century modern aesthetic.
October 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Catching up on my last book haul. I am so grateful for libraries!!
“Processing: 100 Comics That Got Me Through It” by Tara Booth is being held up in Kayleigh’s dining room. The cover features the inner mappings of the author’s mind as a cross-section of their head, revealing a conveyor belt of various items. “It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over” by Anne de Marcken features a neon yellow-green cover with the silhouette of a dead bird. “Second Shift” by Kit Anderson features two astronauts in a field on the cover. “Menopause: A Comic Treatment”, edited by MK Czerwiec, has a red cover with nine panels depicting several ailments and worries associated with menopause. The cover illustration is from Teva Harrison, and the book features work from several artists!!
October 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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Artist Alley!!!

www.graphicnovelfestival.com
A flyer for Graphic Novel Festival lists the artists in the artist alley! They are: Emiett, BTRCP, Nik Koski, Dani Diaz, Constantxp Comics, J. Marshall Smith, Jade Vaughn, Alex Lupp, Knack Whittle, Resolve Comics, Rafer Roberts, and Angela Hsieh!
October 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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THIS SATURDAY IN BALTIMORE!!!
The second annual Graphic Novel Festival is happening from 9-5 in Highlandtown at @dreamersbmore.bsky.social!

www.graphicnovelfestival.com
An illustrated flyer for Graphic Novel Festival reads: “Graphic Novel Festival - Save the date! Saturday October 4, 1025 at Dreamers and Make-Believers Bookstore! An illustrated flyer for Graphic Novel Festival lists the program schedule. 9am: The Kids’ Graphic Novel Game Show 10am: Beginner Pen & Ink (workshop) 11am: Creators of a Graphic Novel (panel) 12pm: Cosplay Runway 1pm: business of a Graphic Novel 2pm: Writing for Artists 3pm: the Graphic Novel Game Show 4pm: The Madness of Junji Ito An illustrated flyer for Graphic Novel Festival lists the signing schedule. 10am: Jordan Clark, Jonathan Roth 11am: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Jonathan Roth 12pm: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Derek Kirk Jim 1pm: Sam Freeman, Lindoyes 2pm: Barbara Perez Marquez, Hannah Templar 3pm: Sarah Meyer, Trish Forstner 4pm: Sarah Meyer, Trish Forstner
October 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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*continues cry-shouting from publishing limbo*

Almost finished embroidering this panel, illustrated by @dillonsnook.bsky.social!
A work-in-progress of an embroidered version of a yet-to-be-released comic book character named Lysanna. She appears to be angrily crying or yelling, probably because she’s stuck on the publisher’s shelf. (Artwork by Dillon Snook!) A panel from a yet-to-be-released comic book showing a crying woman. She has pierced eyebrows and is wearing a suit with large thorns (or perhaps bones from dragon wings??) on the shoulders, and the chest piece resembles dragon scales. The illustration is by Dillon Snook!
September 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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It’s Local Comic Shop Day!! I swung by @dreamersbmore.bsky.social to scoop some books and to see an old comrade, @tormantula.bsky.social!

Got lots of goodies from the 2-for-$1 and $2 overstock boxes, and a Swamp Thing tpb!!

Go support your local comic shops today!!!
A few dozen comics are spread out on Kayleigh’s dining room table like a deck of cards.
September 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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I don’t know if you ever watched New Girl, but I instantly flashed to this bit and think of it a lot. 😂
Nick Miller is complaining during an episode of New Girl. He says, “You’re allowed to be happy, but it’s really annoying, the way you’re doing it.”
September 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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*cries from publishing limbo*

🫂🪡
A work-in-progress of an embroidered version of a yet-to-be-released comic book character named Lysanna. She appears to be angrily crying or yelling, probably because she’s stuck on the publisher’s shelf. (Artwork by Dillon Snook!)
September 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Today’s haul from @dreamersbmore.bsky.social look so nice together!!

“Absolute Wonder Woman” #12, “Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring” #3, and “Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide”.

Support your local comic shops!!!
📚📚📚
- “Absolute Wonder Woman” #12 by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Jordie Bellaire, Becca Carey, et al. - “Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring” #3 by Patrick Horvath, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou, et al. - “Silenced Voices: Reclaiming Memories from the Guatemalan Genocide” by Pablo Leon. All three covers have artwork in warm tones and complement one another well.
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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I finally added in the red thread for Zed!

(Illustration by @dillonsnook.bsky.social, stitching by me!)
An embroidered version of Dillon snook’s 2021 illustration of Sean Connery as Zed in Zardoz in his lil’ red strappy getup, with the word “POW” behind him.
September 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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“Nobody Ever Told Me Anything” by Rachael “Steak” Finley is pure and raw and I am so glad that it was leant to me by a friend. I’m gonna have to get my own copy!
“Nobody Ever Told Me Anything” by Rachael “Steak” Finley features a picture of the author in a vintage pink puffy prom dress while she stands in a fan boat in Florida waters.
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Look at this Beorn from @koboldscrossing.bsky.social!!
So many of my faves are collected in these volumes. I am so stoked for next month and volume three!!!
Beorn from The Hobbit, illustrated by Ben Staten (@koboldscrossing). He is whistling while standing outside with his axe. There are cute little bumblebees buzzing around, a beehive, tree stump, and a resting horse.
September 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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If you haven’t already scooped volumes I&II of Tolktober, they’re available in @rogueprintco.bsky.social’s shop!

(You can grab “Second Breakfast” printings of volume one & first printings of volume two!!)

roguescreenprint.bigcartel.com/category/books
Volumes one and two of Tolktober, hosted by Rogue Print Co, printed as “A Middle Earth: A Collection of Tolkien-Inspired Art”. Their covers are both by Anna Stead and depict the trees of Lothlórien, and Gollum in his cave.
September 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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READ BOOKS. PUNCH NAZIS.
Kayleigh is holding a large pink & turquoise water bottle covered in stickers. The most prominent one displayed is a large white square with black text in all caps that reads “READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS”. It is from Book Moon Books, and their logo is inside the second “O” in books. The sticker on bottom left is a mushroom from Hannakinart. Top right is from Epoch Coffee in ATX. Bottom right is a moon with a sad face from Emily Cotton Cram.
September 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM