Ell Balson
@ellbalson.bsky.social
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Scottish Comics Artist - get in touch if you want to collaborate!
Hey all! It's
#newcomicbookday
, and I wanna make comic with YOU! Funds are tight, as they are for everyone, so any shares on this would be appreciated.
#ArtCommission
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Tim Onion
4 months ago
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes. Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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If you see this, give it a like. I'm interested to see how many of my followers my posts actually reach - because I tried this on Twitter and only got double digit views and goose-egg interactions. Bodes poorly for sharing work.
about 1 month ago
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Fraser Campbell
about 1 month ago
The answer to this is obviously yes. Sadly, few who aren't artists consider art to be work, so the idea is generally looked on as some kind of skive, because we rarely look beyond the end of our own noses and are utterly in love with misery.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Should artists get a basic income like they do in Ireland?
Could the government pay salaries to musicians and artists - no strings attached like they do in Ireland?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2yp1ewwq5o
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Charlie Stross
about 1 month ago
Reminder that this is the Telegraph decreeing that cities as human-friendly as like Edinburgh and Paris are "Stalinist". (Signed: a native of Edinburgh who doesn't own a car because *he doesn't need one*.)
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Daniel Kibblesmith
about 1 month ago
“He’s killing us in the streets and we still have to pay our taxes in April” is an incredibly compelling point.
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It's
#newcomicbookday
and I want to make new comics with YOU! I'm open for fully sequential projects, or just one-off artworks and
#artcommission
. Hit me up if you're interested, and please share this around so potential collaborators can see it! Cheers!
about 2 months ago
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It's
#newcomicbookday
and I want to make new comics with YOU! I'm open for fully sequential projects, or just one-off artworks and
#artcommission
. Hit me up if you're interested, and please share this around so potential collaborators can see it! Cheers!
about 2 months ago
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I think my goal for 2026 is to be a bit more active in the online Art/Comics community - which would include posting here! Here are some samples of recent work, in the meantime:
4 months ago
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4 months ago
So a while back I was commissioned to do short bios of various rock stars, and they were just about universally total psychopaths, with the huge exception of Freddie Mercury. A lovely man who did good by his wife, his lovers, and his cats.
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I'm Ell, and I want to make comics with YOU! I'm open for one-off Commissions (Christmas is closer than you think) or Sequential work, so hit me up if you're interested!
4 months ago
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I think my goal for 2026 is to be a bit more active in the online Art/Comics community - which would include posting here! Here are some samples of recent work, in the meantime:
4 months ago
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Today was
#international_mens_day
, so it seems as good a time as any to remind people about one of my recent projects - a comic looking at the results of a joint study into Young Men's Mental Health, by Men Minds. You can find the comic itself and resources at
menminds.org
!
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4 months ago
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It's New Comic Book Day, so here's a reminder that I'd like to make new comics with YOU! Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
over 1 year ago
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It's new Comic Book Day! Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s? Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
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Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
http://kck.st/4mpweml
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It's not new comic book day - but is IS a week away from the possibility of a new one! Will you help push us over the finish line?
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6 months ago
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Adam Balson
6 months ago
A focus on my first page for the story "Not Tonight; I'm Drained":
www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
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Adam Balson
6 months ago
Check out the KICKSTARTER for the new Freaktown Comics Anthology: Dead Men Tell Tales! 1 writer (
@allhellismrsun.bsky.social
), 10 horror stories, and 12 artists; two of which are me and
@ellbalson.bsky.social
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Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1692478274/dead-men-tell-tales-a-retro-anthology-graphic-novel/description
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It's new Comic Book Day! Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s? Well you're in luck!
kck.st/4mpweml
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Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
http://kck.st/4mpweml
7 months ago
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It's now in the wild! A great cause, and a great project. A big thank you and congratulations to all involved on the main research study, and for bringing us on for the comic.
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10 months ago
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Nina Vaswani
10 months ago
So proud of the young men who took part in Men Minds Watch the promotional animation - narrated by our Young People's Forum and created by Richard Stevenson with artwork by
@ellbalson.bsky.social
Read more about Men Minds and access the comic aimed at boys and young men here
www.menminds.org/comic
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Nina Vaswani
10 months ago
📢New comic aimed at boys and young men to help normalise conversations about mental health📢 Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this Read or download the comic
www.menminds.org/comic
Artwork created by
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Nina Vaswani
10 months ago
It's the start of Mental Health Awareness Week with the theme of Community, and the start of our Men Minds dissemination Young men get a lot of bad press, but what a wonderful, supportive community our young men built during this project Keep your eyes peeled on Wed for an exciting announcement 👀👀
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I forgot to post this here yesterday, still getting used to using this. I'm sure this has been done before, but here's my spin on it. May the 4th be with You!
10 months ago
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Hey folks! Are you into tabletop RPG adventures? Espionage thrillers? Italian Horror? All of the above? Then you might be interested in a recent project I'm working on with writer Tone Milazzo! Check it out!
kck.st/43dxwdv
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The King in Giallo, a Quickstart Adventure for ESPionage
A one-shot, RPG, adventure- Ian Fleming's classic James Bond, as if written by Robert W. Chambers, with a touch of Italian horror.
http://kck.st/43dxwdv
about 1 year ago
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Family First
about 1 year ago
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Happy New Year! Hoping to get really stuck back into work this year, so to start off here's another pass at what's becoming a retrospective piece. 2024/5, 2013, and 2009.
about 1 year ago
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Adam Balson
over 1 year ago
Happy
#DragonBall40th
! Piccolo and composition, by myself Goku, background and colours, by
@ellbalson.bsky.social
Credits: Toriyama Brush for CSP, by
@gusceps.bsky.social
Daima Filter, by ReksArts on X
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Happy
#DragonBall40th
! Here's a collab I worked on with my brother
@adambalsonart.bsky.social
- layout and Piccolo by him, Goku and colours by me. Shout out to
@reks.bsky.social
for the Daima filter, and
@gusceps.bsky.social
for the ToriGus brush! Always happy to celebrate the late great Toriyama.
over 1 year ago
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every single day i learn something new about this man AGAINST my will and every single day it’s the most ASININE bullshit i’ve ever heard
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Guess I should post here more often! I'm Ell, I draw comics, and I want to draw them with YOU! Hit me up!
over 1 year ago
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It's New Comic Book Day, so here's a reminder that I'd like to make new comics with YOU! Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
over 1 year ago
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It's Masako Nozawa's 88th Birthday! Here's a piece from Goku Day last year to celebrate.
over 1 year ago
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It's Masako Nozawa's 88th Birthday! Here's a piece from Goku Day last year to celebrate.
over 1 year ago
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Happy
#WonderWomanDay
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over 1 year ago
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Happy
#WonderWomanDay
!
over 1 year ago
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Russell Hillman
over 1 year ago
Ell draw good. Him need work. You give work now, me not hit you with big heavy club.
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Guess I should post here more often! I'm Ell, I draw comics, and I want to draw them with YOU! Hit me up!
over 1 year ago
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Jendia Gammon
about 2 years ago
And presenting my new banner, illustrated by
@ellbalson.bsky.social
, showcasing all the genres I write: horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He also used my own ship design for the spaceship Fithich from The Questrison Saga.
#Writer
#Author
#Science
#Art
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Mike Maynard
over 1 year ago
After uni my buddy
@ellbalson.bsky.social
was working on a the art for a superhero anthology and asked me to do the colours and some character designs. I sent over these as options for one character, and I guess the people in charge couldn't pick one and made her a shapeshifter to use them all
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Mike Maynard
over 1 year ago
I made comics all the way through school, but I went to uni for animation and didn't do any comic work professionally until my pal
@ellbalson.bsky.social
asked me to do some colours for him right around when I turned 30. Now I'm in my mid-late 30s self-publishing solo books
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And, while I'm at it, some new art celebrating an old game coming back (but still DBZ):
about 2 years ago
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Waking up this page with a repost of some old art to celebrate 5 years of Actually Good Broly!
about 2 years ago
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Jendia Gammon
over 2 years ago
Yay! Ell is here. I’ve worked with him a lot. Commission him!
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Not sure what kind of traction these kinds of posts get here (or 'here' in general) but worth a shot! Open to stand-alone Commissions or Sequential work. Hit me up!
over 2 years ago
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Hello, BlueSky! I'm Ell, I draw comics, and am hoping to escape TwiXer soon.
over 2 years ago
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