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shazleen
@shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
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Illustrator & comic maker
Author of Ignatz award winning webcomic BUUZA!! & artist on Eisner & Harvey nom SAVING SUNSHINE 🌸 First Second / Hachette / Simon & Schuster/ PRH / Abrams / Bloomsbury
📍London, UK
🪷they/them

www.shazleenkhan.com
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shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
I just had a marketing call from a company, but like for the first time in my life it was an actual human being on the other side of the line, and she wascalling from a company I’d just made a purchase from.

And yknow Icl, as small business owner I would like marketing calls from actual humans…
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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alisonsampson.bsky.social
www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/programme/tb...
This year there's going to be accessible and inclusive portfolio reviews at the Thought Bubble comic convention, with the artist guests. These are for absolutely anyone who makes comics from kids to professionals. You should take advantage... Thread. 1/?
Artist Portfolio Reviews With Thought Bubble Guests — Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival
Drop-in comic artist portfolio review sessions with a selection of excellent Thought Bubble guests.
www.thoughtbubblefestival.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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danaelkurd.bsky.social
Can I also say I am so angry today. It's the lives lost, the cities wiped out, the time taken from us. We have been consumed with this level of unspeakable violence for 2 years. To think of all the potential futures taken away... it's unfathomable
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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pigeonface.bsky.social
Amazing action from Shaz! Join now 👇
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social · Oct 13
I am organising direct action against Reform UK to fight against their racist misinformation. Posted more about it over on my insta, but here's the main bits!

Find out more: www.instagram.com/sticker_up_f...
Grab a PDF of the zine: www.shazleenkhan.shop
sticker up for immigrants f*ck reform too many people i love are being victimized by nigel farage and i am going to mobilise the entire uk comics industry to fucking defeat him and protect myself, immigrants and refugees our target is the 2026 local council elections. through targetted sticker and flyer campaigns i aim to destroy reform UK's momentum in vulnerable constituencies throughout the UK this is a link to resources. I am sorry people who use screen readers I am not able to transcribe everything. I am one guy and I am doing this on voluntary basis. if you use a screen reader and have mates who would be willing to help me convert my text posts into readable formats please link us up
October 14, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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domduongart.bsky.social
The rise of the far-right, racism and Reform UK is scary, but that's all the more reason we have to fight back! Shaz is offering FREE stickers and flyers as part of a campaign to fight back against them. You can check out all the info on getting involved below. I'll be getting mine soon
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social shazleen @shazleenmkhan.bsky.social · Oct 13
I am organising direct action against Reform UK to fight against their racist misinformation. Posted more about it over on my insta, but here's the main bits!

Find out more: www.instagram.com/sticker_up_f...
Grab a PDF of the zine: www.shazleenkhan.shop
sticker up for immigrants f*ck reform too many people i love are being victimized by nigel farage and i am going to mobilise the entire uk comics industry to fucking defeat him and protect myself, immigrants and refugees our target is the 2026 local council elections. through targetted sticker and flyer campaigns i aim to destroy reform UK's momentum in vulnerable constituencies throughout the UK this is a link to resources. I am sorry people who use screen readers I am not able to transcribe everything. I am one guy and I am doing this on voluntary basis. if you use a screen reader and have mates who would be willing to help me convert my text posts into readable formats please link us up
October 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
I am organising direct action against Reform UK to fight against their racist misinformation. Posted more about it over on my insta, but here's the main bits!

Find out more: www.instagram.com/sticker_up_f...
Grab a PDF of the zine: www.shazleenkhan.shop
sticker up for immigrants f*ck reform too many people i love are being victimized by nigel farage and i am going to mobilise the entire uk comics industry to fucking defeat him and protect myself, immigrants and refugees our target is the 2026 local council elections. through targetted sticker and flyer campaigns i aim to destroy reform UK's momentum in vulnerable constituencies throughout the UK this is a link to resources. I am sorry people who use screen readers I am not able to transcribe everything. I am one guy and I am doing this on voluntary basis. if you use a screen reader and have mates who would be willing to help me convert my text posts into readable formats please link us up
October 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
this is just a side note but. I love my editors & designers....ur all so kind and patient...!! thank u...!!!
October 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
FYI my shop is open and I've got some new zines and stickers on sale!!! (including this one about jrpg characters I think are trans)

www.shazleenkhan.shop
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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zolwia.bsky.social
I'm back from maternity leave and in desperate need of some work. If you're looking for some fun colourful cover designs I'm your guy! Here are some book covers I loved illustrating
Contact me at charlotk@hotmail.com
See portfolio link below

Shares & some reassuring words would be much appreciated
A digital illustrated book cover of Cruise Life - Raining Cats and Dogs by Reese Eschmann. It shows a Black girl chasing dogs and cats on the deck of a cruise while her big brother tries to catch up while holding a cat in his arms. A digital illustrated book cover for the title Unfadeable by Maurice Broaddus. It portrays a mixed Black girl walking by with her pit bull pet, a bridge is seen overhead her, with some cranes in the background and some key characters in the book watches her from a distance. A digital illustrated book cover titled The Season of Styx Malone It shows a Black boy with a cap and sunglasses on, her smirks to the viewer, and within his glasses you see the reflection of 2 other Black boys, one smiling back at him with enthusiasm while the other smiles more hesitantly. A digital illustrated book cover of a picture book titled Bessie the Motorcycle Queen. It shows Bessie Stringfield on her iconic Hogs (Harleys) against a backdrop of the Grand Canyon.
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
thank u based abrams design and editorial team who are actively teaching me grammar through our edit passes, it turns out i did NOT deserve that A in english GCSE (or I'm such a fire writer that my bunk grammar was all that kept me from an A*)
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
FYI my shop is open and I've got some new zines and stickers on sale!!! (including this one about jrpg characters I think are trans)

www.shazleenkhan.shop
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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spryoldlorax.bsky.social
Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.
I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting. The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The "known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson. So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself." 1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium. Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary. Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.
September 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
No reduction of crime will ever be treated as real because for so many people it is not connected to real life. It is just about their hatred of cities and their hatred of Black/Brown communities.
ndhapple.bsky.social Nolan Hicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · Sep 27
Fascinating NPR-IPSOS poll on perceptions of crime by geography — www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
Polling results show that people are far more negative about big cities in their states than their own city
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
so the UK governments new"Making Tax Digital" Scheme is just a grift to get us all to start using fucking paid tax management software that politicians have undoubtedly got shares in, instead of just fucking USING A FUCKING SPREADSHEET
September 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
edward said chacha… malcom bhaiya… we need you both more than ever right now
September 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
You can pre-order the zine this is from now btw!!
trump wont stop me (from shipping goods to you) The cover of my zine (the lightmeter on my slr is lying to me)
September 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
USA SHIPPING IS BACK, and I’ve updated my store !! Drop by for some new zines and stickers!!

www.shazleenkhan.shop
Trumps tariffs mean nothing to royal mail three cute pictures of digimon!! Its gatomon biyomon and palmon and they are adorable Four cute quatic pokemon - shiny wooper, lotad, horsea and poliwag
September 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
the way i have been battling chronic pain and join injuries for like 12 years now ffs
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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streakofpith.bsky.social
Damn, look how many of you have filled in the survey in its first week! (Yes I *have* made a respondent-meter like it’s a village hall fundraiser - let me have my little whimsies)

If you have ten mins to join in the fun, the link is here: ukcomicscreators.org.uk
A meter showing how many people have responded to the uk comics creator survey 2025. So far it’s at 289! The minimum target is 380 to be statistically representative, and 623 responded in 2020
September 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
my fatal flaw is i cant tolerate being patronized
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
ai will never defeat me also i gotta do more “make a zine in a day” challenges for myself
It is a picture of a picture of a pitcture (it is a scanned painting of a study of a tree, and the original photograph was also printed out and painted over and then scanned as well. The branches are winding and knotted and pale, the leaves are are sparse and intermingled with large palm leaves creating a multilayered canopy. In the distance you can see the suggestion of a greenhouse window)
September 7, 2025 at 12:26 AM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
im just angry every day bc i am capable of making art but instead i have to make art (for other people, for money)
September 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
shazleenmkhan.bsky.social
the desiccated corpse of hmv has rooted itself in westfield to spread the rot of funko pops and misc pop merch and absolutely no fucking cds truly the end times rn
August 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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hamishsteele.bsky.social
Hey London folks! What are you up to tomorrow?

Fancy come down to the Go-Man Launch Party at Gosh! Comics in Soho! There will be signings, drinks and me dressed as an absolute prat!

7pm to 9pm! Hope to see you there!
Text reads Gosh Comics Present Go-Man! Champion of Earth A Launch Party with Hamish Steele Thursday 28th August 2025 7-9pm 1 Berwick St London W1F 0DR @goshcomics - goshlondon.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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lgions.bsky.social
On Starlit Shores - available for preorder from wherever you buy books ✨
August 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM