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hazelmonforton.com
Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
The dad from Coraline, sitting at his computer and looking like the most tired and disheveled person who has ever existed.
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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meo.bsky.social
October 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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theoplum.bsky.social
i am certain there is a non-zero population of comics people that wish they were drawing fantasy fiction rn and won't let themselves. i feel like i can sense it in a person sometimes. everyone needs to be drawing fantasy Now. pivot right now
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
vehementa.bsky.social
What's the best anime to watch when your life is falling apart. Asking for a friend
October 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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darrylayo.bsky.social
I don’t want to have a good time. I want to draw comics
October 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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catbus.phd
LOGGING ON
an airborn schoolbus bursting through a wall of fire
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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dublincomicarts.bsky.social
**DCAF FUNDRAISER!!!** Our very talented committee members have donated their time for a 5-min portrait fundraiser to help cover the costs of running DCAF in 2026. Prices from €5 (or donate what you can).

How it works below!
An image announcing a 5-min portrait fundraiser for DCAF, with two examples of portraits, both are rendered with black out lines on a white background. Text reads "Support DCAF and get a custom drawing by one of our talented committee members" An explanation of the fundraiser reads "We are committed to keeping costs down for our artists. But our expenses are ever increasing. Your donations will help cover the costs of our venue, tables, insurance, posters, poster artists, workshops and more. *Plus you get some custom art* A further description of the fundraiser. Text reads "A 5-min, head and shoulders. Styles and colour will vary." There is another drawing similar to the two in the first image. Text reads "You will receive an A5 PDF file via email which you can print yourself, and a jpg which you can use to post online (please tag DCAF and your artist).
September 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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rinzy.art
there's always a John Waters quote, it seems
John Waters quote: "Remember, pornographers have always been on our side. Brave, ready tonight for our rights. Smut is our friend."
September 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
vehementa.bsky.social
Begrudgingly admitting I need to start existing online again and thus reintegrating into the tutorial island of social media; bluesky
September 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
vehementa.bsky.social
If I won the lottery you guys would never see me again. Gone. In the woods, growing vegetables. Every 3 years I'd emerge with a new comic and then I'd retreat back into the mists
September 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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kendrawcandraw.bsky.social
Ugh I hate doing this part of comics. Ugh I hate doing THIS part. Ugh I HATE doing this part. "Why don't you do literally anything else" WHAT DO YOU MEAN!!!!! I LOVE COMICS I WOULD DIE FOR THEM
September 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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jyoungman.bsky.social
I don't get how people don't realize that a technology that replaces junior and entry level positions in a field destroys that field.

There's no skipping steps. You have to be a junior before you can be a senior, and if you don't have senior people, you don't have a field.
scalzi.com John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Aug 31
Remember, kids: A real big goal of "AI" is to entirely sever capital from labor, and no, there will be no universal basic income, you can all just starve and die, thanks

www.axios.com/2025/08/26/a...
AI is already taking jobs away from entry-level workers
Software and customer service are most at risk right now and could be the canary in the coal mine.
www.axios.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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louceph.com
Oh god. Oh fuck.
August 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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quindriepress.com
"[Autobiography] just scratches some sort of gossip gland. It's not snooping, but it feels like it."

⚜️ Read our third and final Artist Spotlight, featurng @vehementa.bsky.social, at kickstarter.com/projects/qui...
Two people stand in front of a painting, one with their arm around the other's waist. Text reads: "Artist Spotlight: Hel Mel. '[Autobiography] just scratches some sort of gossip gland. It's not snooping, but it feels like it.' Buy I Let Love Destroy Me on Kickstarter!" A crying person crouches in the dark, illuminated only by the light from their phone. Text reads: "I LET LOVE DESTROY ME AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID COMIC by Hel Mel: A chronicle of a heartbroken dyke braving the murky waters of dating apps, exploring gay yearning, intimacy, and the gamification of dating."
July 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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isacsireland.bsky.social
Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a six month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts.

This marks the beginning of a coordinated National Campaign For The Arts' in raising the profile of the sector call to Retain, Extend and Expand Basic Income for the Arts bit.ly/3FMuG5Z
Basic Income for the Arts Campaign NCFA Info pack - ISACS
Minister Patrick O’Donovan has announced a six month extension to the Pilot Scheme for Basic Income for the Arts. You can see more HERE. This marks the beginning of a coordinated campaign in raising…
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June 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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hausofdecline.bsky.social
Every year I think I will enjoy Pride and every year I remember I'm a massive crank who hates fun
June 29, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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izzykamikaze.bsky.social
Can we get the US out of Shannon now, please?
June 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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huxleymorgan.bsky.social
Black and white image of Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, smoking a cigarette. "The world is not divided between east and west. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same."
June 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
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bombsfall.bsky.social
shorty is mad virtuous
June 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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quindriepress.com
It's nearly time: the Quindrie Press 2025 collection is coming to Kickstarter on July 1st! You won't want to miss these 3 fantastic autobiographical comics about relationships and love, from Ashling Larkin, Judy Powell, & Hel Mel.

🐉 Sign up for a launch notification: kickstarter.com/projects/qui...
Text overlaid on a drawn collage of family photos. Text reads "Quindrie press, the 2025 comic collection. Coming soon to Kickstarter!"
June 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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quindriepress.com
I LET LOVE DESTROY ME AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID COMIC by @vehementa.bsky.social: A chronicle of a heartbroken dyke braving the murky waters of dating apps, exploring gay yearning, intimacy, and the gamification of dating.

🐉 Sign up for a launch notif: www.kickstarter.com/projects/qui...
A comic cover featuring a blindfolded person with long hair. There is an apple on their head and three arrows sticking through their face. A comic page where Hel Mel expresses the difficulty of being the only single person in their friendgroup.
June 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing
keithwilson.eu Keith Wischmann Wilson 💭 @keithwilson.eu · May 6
Bizarrely framed article about the people (all women) who ‘refuse to use AI’. And a #philosophy professor who says “The moment to opt out of #AI has already passed”. Oh well. That’s that then. 🤷‍♂️ #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...
The people refusing to use AI
Worried about the environment and the loss of skills, some people are resisting the rise of AI.
www.bbc.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social
wikipedia table of content with sections: sexuality. musical interests. special abilities. hot dog.
April 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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nooskadraws.bsky.social
ye olde trans rights 🏳️‍⚧️🌿
A digital illustration of a medieval banner. It says in medieval inspired script "ye olde trans rights". It is decorated with plants and blue, pink, and white flowers.
April 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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samtranum.bsky.social
Visual artists in Dublin, are any of you worried about tech companies using your work to train their AIs, and thinking about what to do about that? Would you be willing to talk to us about it for an article in @dublininquirer.com?
April 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM