Nuclear Jackal
@nuclearjackal.bsky.social
I'm an illustrator and comic creator. You find more of my work here https://linktr.ee/nuclearjackal
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Nuclear Jackal
@nuclearjackal.bsky.social
· Nov 11
A little announcement! So I've mentioned it a few times now, but I'm currently working on an autism memoir of sorts. 'The Big Soup: Growing up Autistic' will essentially be a graphic novel about my life in the UK, before, during, and after school.
#graphicmemoir #autobiography #comic #asd #autism
#graphicmemoir #autobiography #comic #asd #autism
Back in May this year I was drawing the roughs for this page, now we're back inking it. My first independent living situation, back in university.
Part of my upcoming book 'The Big Soup: Growing Up Autistic'
Part of my upcoming book 'The Big Soup: Growing Up Autistic'
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Back in May this year I was drawing the roughs for this page, now we're back inking it. My first independent living situation, back in university.
Part of my upcoming book 'The Big Soup: Growing Up Autistic'
Part of my upcoming book 'The Big Soup: Growing Up Autistic'
I did a Twitch stream last night, inking my ASD autobiography comic. This is from that time my art college visited Paris.
I'll be streaming at 4pm PST every Thursday for the next few weeks :) www.twitch.tv/nuclearjackal
I'll be streaming at 4pm PST every Thursday for the next few weeks :) www.twitch.tv/nuclearjackal
November 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I did a Twitch stream last night, inking my ASD autobiography comic. This is from that time my art college visited Paris.
I'll be streaming at 4pm PST every Thursday for the next few weeks :) www.twitch.tv/nuclearjackal
I'll be streaming at 4pm PST every Thursday for the next few weeks :) www.twitch.tv/nuclearjackal
Some more work-in-progress panels from the College era (shading and tweaks having been applied yet). The part of Cardiff we lived in was rather unpleasant.
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Some more work-in-progress panels from the College era (shading and tweaks having been applied yet). The part of Cardiff we lived in was rather unpleasant.
Happy Halloween! Here's some throwback art from 2020! :D
November 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Happy Halloween! Here's some throwback art from 2020! :D
Something silly I made back in 2021 but never got around to uploading it until now
October 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Something silly I made back in 2021 but never got around to uploading it until now
Here are some inks, before I fix/edit them and apply shading. This scene could do with just a little more context, but it's spread out over many prior pages, which I can fit here: I was misbehaving more around this time, which explains my keyworker/LSW's mood (1/2)
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Here are some inks, before I fix/edit them and apply shading. This scene could do with just a little more context, but it's spread out over many prior pages, which I can fit here: I was misbehaving more around this time, which explains my keyworker/LSW's mood (1/2)
Some panels take longer than others. For me, drawing people is very tricky. So those panels take long due to trial and error. These building panels take long not due to difficulty but mostly just because there are a lot of details to cover.
October 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Some panels take longer than others. For me, drawing people is very tricky. So those panels take long due to trial and error. These building panels take long not due to difficulty but mostly just because there are a lot of details to cover.
Recently inked the three panels where I remember my lurcher labrador cross. Chapter 5 just about finished: glad I tackled the toughest one first!
October 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Recently inked the three panels where I remember my lurcher labrador cross. Chapter 5 just about finished: glad I tackled the toughest one first!
In 30 days I've managed to ink 50 pages. Chapter 5 is almost finished, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of it materialise
These panels are about my experience with studying for the GCSEs (exams UK pupils take around age 16, vital for entering further education)
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These panels are about my experience with studying for the GCSEs (exams UK pupils take around age 16, vital for entering further education)
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October 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
In 30 days I've managed to ink 50 pages. Chapter 5 is almost finished, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of it materialise
These panels are about my experience with studying for the GCSEs (exams UK pupils take around age 16, vital for entering further education)
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These panels are about my experience with studying for the GCSEs (exams UK pupils take around age 16, vital for entering further education)
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More WIPs from my autobio graphic novel project about growing up autistic. This is from when I was around 14 and went with my boarding school on a trip to France. Albeit a trip that featured few French people, and many activities that could have just as easily been done in the UK
September 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
More WIPs from my autobio graphic novel project about growing up autistic. This is from when I was around 14 and went with my boarding school on a trip to France. Albeit a trip that featured few French people, and many activities that could have just as easily been done in the UK
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September 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Inking my autobio comic continues. Here's a scene from when I was about 13. I was enrolled in a boarding school for pupils with angry outbursts. Autistic pupils were grouped together with others with different behavioural issues, many with criminal recods.
September 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Inking my autobio comic continues. Here's a scene from when I was about 13. I was enrolled in a boarding school for pupils with angry outbursts. Autistic pupils were grouped together with others with different behavioural issues, many with criminal recods.
Reposted by Nuclear Jackal
The devil, from a thing I'm working on. I did a lot of research on Abenaki and Celtic mythology to make him, though I may not be done. May go to the library to try and find a better resource than what I could find online.
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#cernunnos #lox #malsumis #devil #spooky #characterdesign #horror
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#cernunnos #lox #malsumis #devil #spooky #characterdesign #horror
August 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The devil, from a thing I'm working on. I did a lot of research on Abenaki and Celtic mythology to make him, though I may not be done. May go to the library to try and find a better resource than what I could find online.
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#cernunnos #lox #malsumis #devil #spooky #characterdesign #horror
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#cernunnos #lox #malsumis #devil #spooky #characterdesign #horror
Only one chapter remaining to pencil! Infant School is finished, now for Junior school, possibly the most nostalgic era of my life (Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, drawing my first comics, and more!) But here's one more scene from my Infant School days.
August 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Only one chapter remaining to pencil! Infant School is finished, now for Junior school, possibly the most nostalgic era of my life (Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, drawing my first comics, and more!) But here's one more scene from my Infant School days.
More memories: this is how all the greatest plumbers got their start
#autobiowip #thebigsoup #comicwip #pencils #memoirwip #asdmemoir
#autobiowip #thebigsoup #comicwip #pencils #memoirwip #asdmemoir
August 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
More memories: this is how all the greatest plumbers got their start
#autobiowip #thebigsoup #comicwip #pencils #memoirwip #asdmemoir
#autobiowip #thebigsoup #comicwip #pencils #memoirwip #asdmemoir
July 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Just finished pencilling Chapter 2 of the autobio (set during ages 0-4). Two more chapters left, then it'll be finished! :)
#autobio #asdautobio #autismautobio #autisticmemoir #graphicmemoir #graphicnovelwip #comicwip #comicmemoir #autobiowip #pencils #thebigsoup
#autobio #asdautobio #autismautobio #autisticmemoir #graphicmemoir #graphicnovelwip #comicwip #comicmemoir #autobiowip #pencils #thebigsoup
July 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just finished pencilling Chapter 2 of the autobio (set during ages 0-4). Two more chapters left, then it'll be finished! :)
#autobio #asdautobio #autismautobio #autisticmemoir #graphicmemoir #graphicnovelwip #comicwip #comicmemoir #autobiowip #pencils #thebigsoup
#autobio #asdautobio #autismautobio #autisticmemoir #graphicmemoir #graphicnovelwip #comicwip #comicmemoir #autobiowip #pencils #thebigsoup
More pencilled panels, this time from the part of my autobio where I recount living together with my partner, after about 8 years of long distance relationship.
#autism #asd #autobio #asdautobio #graphicmemoir #graphicnovelwip #pencils #comicswips #autobiocomic #workinprogress
#autism #asd #autobio #asdautobio #graphicmemoir #graphicnovelwip #pencils #comicswips #autobiocomic #workinprogress
July 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
More pencilled panels, this time from the part of my autobio where I recount living together with my partner, after about 8 years of long distance relationship.
#autism #asd #autobio #asdautobio #graphicmemoir #graphicnovelwip #pencils #comicswips #autobiocomic #workinprogress
#autism #asd #autobio #asdautobio #graphicmemoir #graphicnovelwip #pencils #comicswips #autobiocomic #workinprogress
220 pages pencilled so far, that's 100 in the past 60 days. Some panels might be rewritten, so we'll see if some of these pencils that I've shared end up looking different in the end. I've been getting lots of helpful feedback from friends :)
#asdmemoir #thebigsoup #autismmemoir #graphicnovelwip
#asdmemoir #thebigsoup #autismmemoir #graphicnovelwip
June 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
220 pages pencilled so far, that's 100 in the past 60 days. Some panels might be rewritten, so we'll see if some of these pencils that I've shared end up looking different in the end. I've been getting lots of helpful feedback from friends :)
#asdmemoir #thebigsoup #autismmemoir #graphicnovelwip
#asdmemoir #thebigsoup #autismmemoir #graphicnovelwip
Reposted by Nuclear Jackal
Its me! BTW, Halfsoul books are in bookstores today!
"At its core, I wanted to create an inequitable world where demons like to roam and slurp up all those desperate people. Yum."
We interview artist @scarletwingskaili.bsky.social about her HALFSOUL series, which depict mental health struggles in a magical setting:
alllitup.ca/im-intereste...
We interview artist @scarletwingskaili.bsky.social about her HALFSOUL series, which depict mental health struggles in a magical setting:
alllitup.ca/im-intereste...
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Its me! BTW, Halfsoul books are in bookstores today!
Reposted by Nuclear Jackal
"At its core, I wanted to create an inequitable world where demons like to roam and slurp up all those desperate people. Yum."
We interview artist @scarletwingskaili.bsky.social about her HALFSOUL series, which depict mental health struggles in a magical setting:
alllitup.ca/im-intereste...
We interview artist @scarletwingskaili.bsky.social about her HALFSOUL series, which depict mental health struggles in a magical setting:
alllitup.ca/im-intereste...
June 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"At its core, I wanted to create an inequitable world where demons like to roam and slurp up all those desperate people. Yum."
We interview artist @scarletwingskaili.bsky.social about her HALFSOUL series, which depict mental health struggles in a magical setting:
alllitup.ca/im-intereste...
We interview artist @scarletwingskaili.bsky.social about her HALFSOUL series, which depict mental health struggles in a magical setting:
alllitup.ca/im-intereste...
More ASD Memoir updates! So after the supermarket job didn't work out so well, I went on to become a shoeshiner. New cover design concept is in the works! The exisiting book cover idea will probably become an interior cover/titled page instead :)
June 23, 2025 at 5:10 PM
More ASD Memoir updates! So after the supermarket job didn't work out so well, I went on to become a shoeshiner. New cover design concept is in the works! The exisiting book cover idea will probably become an interior cover/titled page instead :)
Pencilling continues. We're looking at around 200 pages out of an estimated 300 pencilled so far. Here is the Post-university chapter where I got my first mainstream job. Even though I have a Canadian mum, I still needed to learn a lot about Canada, as well as big city life.
June 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Pencilling continues. We're looking at around 200 pages out of an estimated 300 pencilled so far. Here is the Post-university chapter where I got my first mainstream job. Even though I have a Canadian mum, I still needed to learn a lot about Canada, as well as big city life.
Reposted by Nuclear Jackal
More watercolor. I feel like I'm getting the hang of things. The thing I like the most about it is you cant make it too perfect. The hand of the artist is always visible.
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#watercolor #study #crow #greyscale #pen #ink
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#watercolor #study #crow #greyscale #pen #ink
May 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
More watercolor. I feel like I'm getting the hang of things. The thing I like the most about it is you cant make it too perfect. The hand of the artist is always visible.
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#watercolor #study #crow #greyscale #pen #ink
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#watercolor #study #crow #greyscale #pen #ink
So, I'm more or less finished with commission work for the time being, and now it's back to my ASD memoir. 120+ pages roughed, another 180 or so to go. Then I'll have to get it all inked by April 2026. It shall be done! Here's my studio apartment as it was when I saw it for the first time.
May 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
So, I'm more or less finished with commission work for the time being, and now it's back to my ASD memoir. 120+ pages roughed, another 180 or so to go. Then I'll have to get it all inked by April 2026. It shall be done! Here's my studio apartment as it was when I saw it for the first time.