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Surly Queen
@surlyqueen.bsky.social
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She/Her | Artist | Bard/Rogue | Bibliophile | Bog Witch

I read comics and I draw comics:
www.surlyqueen.net
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"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:
Space Ghost, Moltar, and Zorac sitting together at the commissary table, drinking coffee.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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CEOs: Finally! We have all the money!

Actual People: Now we can't buy your products.

CEOs:
Shocked Pikachu meme
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Not me completely forgetting that I had gotten this signed by @tadstones.bsky.social 1000 years ago at Momocon 🤩
A DVD copy of Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers, featuring Chip and Dale and Tad Stone's signature.
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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And oh yeah, I painted the bird myself and I'm really proud of it 😁
A bookshelf filled with comic trades. A ceramic bird painted to look like a red wing blackbird next to a collection of tumbled stones sit on the ledge in front of the books.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Oh yeah, the Smarmiest Penguin. My Dad got him for me and I love him.
A bookshelf full of books. A small statue of a smug penguin sits on the ledge in front of them.
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Oh yeah, here's my bookshelf stuff.

My shelves are pretty rad (Gaiman being a sex pest was a hard blow and you can judge me for those, I guess, but, like, I've had those books for forever, he won't get more of my money)

I need to see if I can remount that one bug, it's a very fancy mantis.
A bookshelf filled with trade paperback comics. A Sonic the Hedgehog lego build sits on the ledge in front of the books. A bookshelf full of comic trades. A Lego botanical build sits in front of the books. Other knickknacks sit on the shelf front. A bookshelf of comic trades. A ceramic bird painted to look like a Redwing blackbird sits on the ledge in front of the books. There is an assortment of small stones next to the bird. A bookshelf full of books. A ceramic sheet ghost and a collection of dead bugs and tiny rubber animals sit on the ledge in front of the books
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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A very cool cat.

#FatTabbies
A grey tabby cat with a white chin and chest sitting on a knit blanket wearing a pair of sunglasses.
November 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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QR code if you want to add Cricket and Goldie to Whistle Pass in their fall outfits!
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Updated my Pocket Camp campsite today for fall 😊

#AnimalCrosing #ACPC #ACPCC
My Animal Crossing Pocket Camp campsite. It features several trees with yellow and red leaves and several buildings with blue tiled roofs. My Animal Crossing Pocket Camp campsite. It features several trees with yellow and red leaves and several buildings with blue tiled roofs. There are also two apple trees in the foreground. My Animal Crossing Pocket Camp campsite. It features several trees with yellow and red leaves and several buildings with blue tiled roofs. This image also features a flagstone patio with several seating areas for animal visitors. My Animal Crossing Pocket Camp Complete camper card featuring my camper Cricket and Goldie. They are dressed in fall colors, the background is a simple landscape with a brown monochromatic color scheme.
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! 🎃
Halloween decorations sitting on a dark stoop, including an electric light-up chibi grim reaper, a vintage terracotta Jack-o-lantern, and three carved pumpkin Jack-o-lanterns lit by candles.
November 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Happy Halloween, here's a picture of Hunter witnessing the sound activated ghost for the first time. #FatTabbies
A brown Tabby with a white chest is sitting inside behind a glass storm door. He is staring in shock at something off frame.
October 31, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Days 26-29: Moon, Secret, Lantern, Jack-o-lantern.

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #SheetGhost
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are in the night sky silhouetted against a crescent moon and five-pointed stars. A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are swooping around with a "hand" over where their mouth would be in a suggestion of a "shusing" gesture. A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are holding an old-fashioned lantern. A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are holding a jack-o-lantern.
October 30, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Time to catch up on #Inktober! This was Day 25: Bats.

#Inktober2025 #SheetGhost
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat flying with three bats.
October 30, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Oh yeah, Days 23 and 24: Candle and Bones.

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #SheetGhost
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. The point of the witch's hat is a candle flame. A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are posing while perched on a bone sticking up from the ground. Many other bones stick up from the ground around them.
October 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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All caught up with Day 22: Grave.

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #SheetGhost
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are sitting and leaning against a gravestone with a sheet ghost cat on their lap. The witch ghost has chicken feet poking out from under their sheet.
October 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Days 19-21: Botanical, Magic Wand, and Eyes.

Oof, you can super tell it's a new bottle of ink in that last one. 🧵
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. In one hand, they are carrying a basket with plants in it and in the other hand, they have a pair of shears. A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are holding a magic wand. A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are holding their sheet open wide, revealing many eyes staring out from the dark folds of the sheet.
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Got behind on posting Inktobers bc one of the cats took a flying leap into my inkwell 😑

Here's days 17 and 18 (Mushroom and Stars) and their unfinished, blotted counterparts. RIP.

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #SheetGhost
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat carrying an ink-cap mushroom as an umbrella. Their little chicken leg is poking out from under the sheet. A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat gazing up at five five-pointed stars arranged in a semicircle over their head. An unfinished version of the sheet ghost holding a mushroom as an umbrella. It is blotted with ink. An unfinished version of the sheet ghost looking up at the stars. It is blotted with ink.
October 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Human artist?

Use one piece to convince people to follow you.
A stick figure drawing in sharpie, Surly Queen. She has a Very Serious Expression and is wearing a simple crown. Quote reads: I AM VERY FUNNY.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Heck yeah, we ready!
October 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Day 16: Cauldron

Double, double, toil and trouble!

#Inktober #Inktober2025
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost in a witch hat. They are stirring a large bubbling cauldron that is sitting on a blazing fire.
October 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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I forgot to post yesterday's Inktober, but here are days 14 (Potion) and 15 (Lightning).

#Inktober #Inktober2025
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat. They are drunk, holding a round potion bottle with swirls for eyes as bubbles float around their head. A chicken foot pokes out from under the sheet. A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost wearing a witch hat with chicken feet poking out from under the sheet being struck by lightning. The lightning is hitting the point of the witch hat and illuminating a skeleton within the sheet.
October 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Day 13: Snake
A black and white illustration of a ghost in a witch hat entwined with a long black snake.
October 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Day 12: Moth

A little friend came to visit.
A black and white illustration of a sheet ghost in a witch hat. They are holding a moth.
October 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Day 11: Key.
A black and white illustration of a ghost in a witch hat. The ghost is holding a key and twisted to look back at the viewer with squinted eyes. Bird feet stick out from under the sheet.
October 11, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Day 10: Fire!

#Inktober #Inktober2025 #SheetGhost
October 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM