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Linden Davis
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Queer Graphic Novelist | Animator | Librarian | Ok Opinion Haver. Regional Winner in Literature at the 2025 Global Undergraduate Awards. Longlisted for the 2025 Puffin Graphic Novel Award. I once got a score of over 330,000 in Tetris for NES. He/Him
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Linden Davis @linden-davis.bsky.social · 3d
My YA graphic novel MADELINE OF THE COMPASSES was longlisted for the 2025 Puffin Graphic Novel competition earlier this year. It's an urban fantasy about misfit kids embracing their outsider identities as they navigate the Fae Wilds. Currently workshopping it to submit to agents and publishers!
A six panel comic page of three kids wandering through a wooded landscape beset with statues enshrouded with ivy. Fern: How much d'you bet those statues aren't. really statues. Moja: shut up shut up shut up don't freak me out! Mads: Watch out for medusas, frens! Fern: Not to 'um ackshully' but medusa is the lady not the species. Mads: What's the species? Fern: Gorgons. Moja: heh. Gorgon DEEZ NUTZ!! Mads: Stop saying that. Fern starts to stray from the group, hearing the rustle from the ivy. One of the leaves drops onto his hand and he discovers it is actually some kind of insect mimicking the shape of the ivy. Fern: Uh... guys? A different page of the same kids approaching a roundabout during sunset. Moja: This part of town is SO bougie. Fern: 'comrade' Moja: it is tho! Mads: 'Kay dudes. This is the place. Fern: It doesnt look like a fairy circle. It looks like a roundabout. Moja: It IS a roundabout. Mads: Enough talk. Let's do this. Mads and Moja attempt to climb up the roundabout wall. Moja: Ew! It's slippy. Mads: get over it. Moja: Fern! Mads is being mean to me! If anyone comes, can we pretend we're doing our DofE? Mads: Yo, plug-1! Mothership is leaving, get on! Another page from the same scene (I skipped one of them because there isn't space). The roundabout is swirling with colours and lightning, very cosmic, very slay. The kids all scream. Mads: oh my god is that lightning! Moja: Argh! My shayla!! The three start to get sucked into the vortex. Mads: Don't - let-- go!!! Page one of the pitchdoc. Something strange is going on in the little town of Nonsuch. But more importantly, fifteen year old Mads Brewer has it ROUGH. Mads is the kind of girl who spends most of her time playing her older brother's beat up acoustic guitar and talking to her imaginary boyfriend (his name is Floyd). She drews her eyeliner wings into gothic patterns and tells her classmates to get lost when they call her emo. To make matters worse, she's forced to help out at her parents' pub, where they live upstairs from. Her older brotehr Devon is the biggest loser she's ever met (he thinks the same thing about her). And Rhiannon, her grown-up sister, is an intolerably tryhard who's constantly complaining about Mads' grades and friends. The only one who she can remotely stand is her little brother Milton. Like Mads, Milton is a misfit. He's withdrawn, likes playing pretend by himself, and is far more concious of the family's concerns about his recent autism diagnosis than even their parents realise. Everything just FEELS bad at the moment, and it's impossible for Mads to communicate this to her parents in a way that gets them to understand. Besdies, they have bigger things to worry about, like the fact the pub is losing money and they might have to sell it and move. Things aren't much better for Mads at school, either. Nonsuch Girls' Grammar is brutal, with the worst headmaster in recorded history, and some people even say the building's haunted from when it used to be a Manor House. Without her two best friends, Mads would be totally lost. Moja (Aaliyah Shamal; Moja is a nickname) is a punk rocker who loves to skate and has a bone to pick with authority figures of any kind. Moja is the hyperactive kind of ADD, and is constantly fighting with her twin brother, Hazza. Fern Morrow is the only boy at school, having transitioned the summer prior. He's an awkward, neurospicy geek with a flat top and a wardrobe entirely consisting of 90s kitch. I AM OUT OF WORDS SORRY!!
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ironspike.bsky.social
This is your occasional reminder that, if you like Neil Gaiman's stuff, but can't bring yourself to like it anymore for justifiable reasons, Tanith Lee is the author he is credibly accused of extensively cribbing from, and her work is on Audible, and AMAZING.
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
linden-davis.bsky.social
My YA graphic novel MADELINE OF THE COMPASSES was longlisted for the 2025 Puffin Graphic Novel competition earlier this year. It's an urban fantasy about misfit kids embracing their outsider identities as they navigate the Fae Wilds. Currently workshopping it to submit to agents and publishers!
A six panel comic page of three kids wandering through a wooded landscape beset with statues enshrouded with ivy. Fern: How much d'you bet those statues aren't. really statues. Moja: shut up shut up shut up don't freak me out! Mads: Watch out for medusas, frens! Fern: Not to 'um ackshully' but medusa is the lady not the species. Mads: What's the species? Fern: Gorgons. Moja: heh. Gorgon DEEZ NUTZ!! Mads: Stop saying that. Fern starts to stray from the group, hearing the rustle from the ivy. One of the leaves drops onto his hand and he discovers it is actually some kind of insect mimicking the shape of the ivy. Fern: Uh... guys? A different page of the same kids approaching a roundabout during sunset. Moja: This part of town is SO bougie. Fern: 'comrade' Moja: it is tho! Mads: 'Kay dudes. This is the place. Fern: It doesnt look like a fairy circle. It looks like a roundabout. Moja: It IS a roundabout. Mads: Enough talk. Let's do this. Mads and Moja attempt to climb up the roundabout wall. Moja: Ew! It's slippy. Mads: get over it. Moja: Fern! Mads is being mean to me! If anyone comes, can we pretend we're doing our DofE? Mads: Yo, plug-1! Mothership is leaving, get on! Another page from the same scene (I skipped one of them because there isn't space). The roundabout is swirling with colours and lightning, very cosmic, very slay. The kids all scream. Mads: oh my god is that lightning! Moja: Argh! My shayla!! The three start to get sucked into the vortex. Mads: Don't - let-- go!!! Page one of the pitchdoc. Something strange is going on in the little town of Nonsuch. But more importantly, fifteen year old Mads Brewer has it ROUGH. Mads is the kind of girl who spends most of her time playing her older brother's beat up acoustic guitar and talking to her imaginary boyfriend (his name is Floyd). She drews her eyeliner wings into gothic patterns and tells her classmates to get lost when they call her emo. To make matters worse, she's forced to help out at her parents' pub, where they live upstairs from. Her older brotehr Devon is the biggest loser she's ever met (he thinks the same thing about her). And Rhiannon, her grown-up sister, is an intolerably tryhard who's constantly complaining about Mads' grades and friends. The only one who she can remotely stand is her little brother Milton. Like Mads, Milton is a misfit. He's withdrawn, likes playing pretend by himself, and is far more concious of the family's concerns about his recent autism diagnosis than even their parents realise. Everything just FEELS bad at the moment, and it's impossible for Mads to communicate this to her parents in a way that gets them to understand. Besdies, they have bigger things to worry about, like the fact the pub is losing money and they might have to sell it and move. Things aren't much better for Mads at school, either. Nonsuch Girls' Grammar is brutal, with the worst headmaster in recorded history, and some people even say the building's haunted from when it used to be a Manor House. Without her two best friends, Mads would be totally lost. Moja (Aaliyah Shamal; Moja is a nickname) is a punk rocker who loves to skate and has a bone to pick with authority figures of any kind. Moja is the hyperactive kind of ADD, and is constantly fighting with her twin brother, Hazza. Fern Morrow is the only boy at school, having transitioned the summer prior. He's an awkward, neurospicy geek with a flat top and a wardrobe entirely consisting of 90s kitch. I AM OUT OF WORDS SORRY!!
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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notanotheralex.bsky.social
for my MA thesis someone had the GREAT idea to write and pencil a 380pg OGN.

i’m probably 70% of the way through but it’s had to take a backseat to some INCREDIBLE opportunities the last 2 yrs.

very much using the end of this year to tie up some loose ends and retool/format/do...

#art #comics
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
linden-davis.bsky.social
In 2019, my lil bro @caraden.bsky.social graduated with a first in international relations. Six long years later, and I have finally graduated myself with a first in literature. Behold: the high five of glory.
two incredibly cool brothers high fiving, the one on the right in a graduation gown. two awesome brothers high fiving. this time the one on the left is in the graduation gown.
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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streakofpith.bsky.social
Learning there is a vulture called Yolo has filled me with delight 🖤
foxfeather.bsky.social Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 5d
Yolo often stands with his little back toes crossed, which I find ridiculously cute!
You can see vultures don't have bulky feet and talons built for grasping/carrying like other raptors. Their more chicken-like feet are meant for bracing on food to pull at it with their powerful beaks, instead.
A young king vulture standing on a table with his back toes crossed over each other
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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jukeboxcomix.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
linden-davis.bsky.social
I drew the poses for this one! Go follow MJ, she has great takes on manga and JRPGs!
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
karoline.bsky.social Karoline @karoline.bsky.social · 8d
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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rbessaaa.bsky.social
Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
jamiesmart.bsky.social Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 7d
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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diveamydive.bsky.social
Hahaha, right?! Or what about mandatory disclosures for the discrepancy between the salaries of the CEO and their lowest paid worker? That would be so funny, right?! Let’s do it as a funny joke!!!
ign.com IGN @ign.com · 10d
"Why stop at AI use? We could have mandatory disclosures for what shampoo brand the developer uses" — Epic boss Tim Sweeney says Steam should ditch its AI generated content disclosure. https://bit.ly/4a193vt
November 30, 2025 at 10:55 AM
linden-davis.bsky.social
Really excellent event going on atm with the British Fantasy Society! Really interesting conversations about colonialism and diaspora identity and how this informs different writers/artists' work.
annseilin1.bsky.social Ann Sei Lin @annseilin1.bsky.social · 26d
I'll be speaking at Imaginarium's Diaspora Heroes on November 30 at 11:00. Come get tickets and let's have a good time!

britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen...
Poster of Ann Sei Lin with Rebel Skies trilogy https://britishfantasysociety.org/events-calendar/lian-connect-and-bfs-online-presents-imaginarium-ii/
November 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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sarklor.bsky.social
Britain never did grow out of oppressing the Irish because the country generally feels like it *should* own us regardless of all that pesky war of independence stuff
ianfraser.bsky.social Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 8d
This is madness.

All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.

The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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debjitduttaart.bsky.social
What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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esper.bsky.social
finally read Bad Dream: A Dreamer Story from my backlog of @alexjaffe.bsky.social comic recommendations and cried a lot in a good way. good good comic about being trans and finding trans community and developing the ability to shoot lightning from your hands.
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
linden-davis.bsky.social
lotta dope movies out this year! letterboxd.com/journal/nati...
Native Year in Review 2025: fierce warriors dominate a banner year for Indigenous-made cinema • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
Indigenous editor Leo Koziol surveys the world of Native cinema for 2025, and finds fierce film warriors on the global cultural landscape laying down the challenge to make their voices—and those of th...
letterboxd.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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alisonsampson.bsky.social
Comic people, don't be boring with your architecture. I'm not sure quite what is going on here, but this is a real unmanipulated photo.
chthonicionic.bsky.social Mike Trinder @chthonicionic.bsky.social · 11d
Super long day sorting out touchscreens and the lighting on a huge model with over 5,000 LEDs in it.
A large circular model of a series of high rise apartment blocks being assembled below an artificial pink cherry blossom tree. The ceiling above the model is hammered metal and reflects the whole thing like cascading ice.
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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notanotheralex.bsky.social
we’re in the final few days of the KILLTOPIA: PHANTOMS campaign! @davecook.bsky.social and @clarkbintart.bsky.social make-up one of the most exciting team-ups on the indie scene and i’m VERY excited to see them tell a hard-boiled cop story through the neon lense of new-tokyo...

#art #comics
November 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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catbus.phd
tfw u need seven samurai
'Seven Samurai' (1954) dir: Akira Kurosawa a thoughtful figure saying two or three samurai won't suffice.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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arthursmid.bsky.social
"Political communication strategies aiming to increase support for redistribution should enhance the visibility of excessive wealth."

phys.org/news/2025-11...
Seeing rich people increases support for wealth redistribution, study finds
If people do not observe inequality, they are less likely to favor policies that redistribute wealth, such as taxation—but they are also more satisfied with their lot, according to online experiments ...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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notanotheralex.bsky.social
what company to be amongst ;____;

thank you and the rest of the epsom library team for the HURCULANIAN EFFORT. a pleasure of a way to spend the day 💪
November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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stevehorton.mst3k.fan
Here’s some math courtesy of Nate Powell to keep in mind when signing that graphic novel deal. #comics
August 3, 2023 at 11:17 PM
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wbmc666.bsky.social
It’s that time of year again! The WBMC is looking for short zines and comics by trans/queer artists to publish in 2026!

As always, this is a paid opportunity and you don’t need a finished project to apply! Apps are open till January 15th, 2026! Tell your friends!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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chrisbratt.bsky.social
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".

PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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domduongart.bsky.social
Just let Freddie stay dead, you greedy shills, no one wants this

www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Brian May hints Queen will be stars of new Abba Voyage-style AI show
Rumours of a hologram show of the pop rock band have been circling for a while
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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labordeliere.bsky.social
boy savior!
September 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM