Applications for CAKE 2026 open December 1st! The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) returns May 2nd and 3rd at the Irish American Heritage Center in Chicago’s Mayfair neighborhood. We can’t wait to see you there!

Today is BACK UP DAY! 💾 Here's your monthly reminder. Make sure your back ups are working. Download your cloud writing and put it somewhere else safe. Make a copy of your procreate files. Back up your website too! Check to make sure your back ups are running and USABLE!

International shipping is rough right now! However, co-editor on the Cautionary Fables series and UK resident, @katedrawscomics.bsky.social, has agreed to ship our remaining Thought Bubble stock to any UK customers! 📦 Supplies are limited, so grab 'em while you can! kateashwin.com/shop/product...

REMATCH SOON!! THIS YEAR WE WILL TRIUMPH!! (these were supposed to be some very cute cookies that looked like bear faces)

Is it too early to start making xmas cookies?? I just want to make xmas cookies. I want to make and eat Xmas cookies forever!

BEANSAW stream at 3pm (1 hr from the time of posting) with @beanycoffee.bsky.social on www.twitch.tv/sawhand Today is gonna be tshirt design or comics! Depending on if i can figure out clip studio's text tool...which I'm not sure is possible 😂

I haven’t bought anything from Amazon since 2008, and we stopped buying from Target when they rolled back their DEI initiatives earlier this year. If anyone needs tips on how to avoid them/alternative places to buy specific items, please feel free to ask.

8 Dems voted to end the shutdown: Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of NV Sen. Jacky Rosen of NV Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of NH Sen. Maggie Hassan of NH Sen. Dick Durbin of IL Sen. John Fetterman of PA Sen. Tim Kaine of VA Sen. Angus King of ME If these are your senators call them. Call them cowards!

I've been quietly working on a 30 day collage challenge! Just needed to use my hands on something physical and get out of the computer for a bit. Been thinking about making 30 day challenge kits where I send out the base paper and a # of magazine images w/nice color schemes 🤔

This is pretty cool! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUda... Cargo ships and airplanes are going to be one of the hardest things to decarbonize because of their scale, so this is really great to see!

100% Can confirm

BLEP

I'm running a comics workshop in New Bedford, MA THIS SATURDAY at noon to 3! :D You can register for it on the Rotch Jones Duff Museum House website/calendar! It'll be fun! I made a slideshow!

4 Nov 2025 -- If you're a TikTok user looking for its transgender emoji you won't find it. The emoji has suddenly gone missing without no explanation. Prbly has nothing at all to do with Trump's control over its pending sale. @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

Attn Pennsylvania voters: A massive wave of texts is being sent from random numbers telling Democrats and Independents to vote “No” on the Supreme Court retention questions. These messages are fake and misleading, part of a coordinated disinformation push.

New objects in the home, a bit fragile, only marginally important, but something I'll want again soon. Put them away somewhere they'll be protected...sure wish I remembered where! :'D

AAAAAAND... We're up and running! Submissions are now being accepted for both short- and long-form projects. We'll be open for submission until the end of the month - find out more information at our website: www.fieldmouse.press/submissions

In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.

Stickers/Magnets to put on the window of your business to signal that you refuse the right to provide service to the secret police kidnappers including using the bathroom! They're at-cost, cheap as redbubble will let me do. And you can get em BIG! www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Ri...

Alright, well Affinity's out. I'm not about to support a company that uses any Gen AI (also there's no way they'll stop here). Anyone got a rec for vector program you can BUY (no subs) with no AI bs. Open source would be even better!

Reminder: November 4th is extremely important, don’t forget to vote!

New Pumpkin Tuber available on my ko-fi! ko-fi.com/s/811bc412f3 I wanted to have it up earlier this month, but better late than never :'D #kofi #halloween #vtuber

We're in the last week! Please consider backing us today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/kei... @jocosejoni.bsky.social @ryanmaniulit.bsky.social @lanedraws.bsky.social @cullensart.bsky.social @jorgesantiagojr.bsky.social @gregerymiller.bsky.social @wyrmsfornerves.bsky.social @ryehickman.bsky.social

@kickstarterunited.org is on strike right now but management is promoting new jobs on LinkedIn! Go tell their CEO to take care of the employees they have before hiring new ones.

Oh no! T_T I can't use glaze or nightshade cause I have an AMD graphics card instead of Nvidia :( I might try to get around it, or apply for a web app version. I hate to take up the web resources tho, cause other than incompatibility, my computer is def beefy enough to handle the calculations.

Highly recommend BAGATTO by Sassoraviolo from Shortbox Comic Fair (available during Oct)! The art style is fantastic, luscious, energetic and dreamlike, very much in keeping with the themes of the comic! Content warning: probably adult leaning. www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

Way to go, Chicago, more of this! Kristi Noem is upset that ICE agents in Chicago are being “denied entry” to restrooms and lunch spots.

It’s Banned Books Week (October 5-11), a celebration of the freedom to read. We’re proud to have exhibited original art from numerous challenged and banned comics and graphic novels throughout our 40 years. Thanks for your support in helping us showcase these works for all to (re)discover and enjoy.

🌷✨ shortboxcomicsfair.com ✨🌷 comic by @weisanboo.bsky.social

AAAAAAH!!! I had a presentation to give on October 1 and then immediately tested positive for COVID, so I'm a lil late but... IT'S SHORTBOX COMIC FAIR TIME Y'ALL!!! GET YOU SOME COMICS!!

The Theme for Ludum Dare 58 is ... Collector ldjam.com #LDJam

If i could filter out every article title, description, every youtube thumbnail with text that uses the word "shocking" i would DO IT. I just assume it's clickbait garbage if it has the word "shocking". What're your clickbait tells?

Seeing so many people spreading the word about the No Kings rally on October 18th. Trump is scrambling to mobilize as much of the National Guard as he can to control the narrative, he was rattled by the last one on his birthday.

This is great news guys! Really really cool stuff!! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ready to jump into a pile of leaves but they're still stuck on the tree?! Not Anymore! Grab a free leaf pile for VTube Studio for the season~ ko-fi.com/s/8304e842d7 #vtuber #vtubestudio

Another shirt for tshirt Tuesday! www.bonfire.com/self-explana... (I know it's Wednesday; we design them on Tuesday on twitch) This shirt has a Logo...get it? It's a logo! As usual, profits go to The Rainforest Alliance!

HAPPY HANSIVERSARY! I cannot believe I've been making this weird little story for ten years officially today, but I know I wouldn't be who I am today if I hadn't taken that leap in 2015. Thank you to everyone who's joined me along the way! www.hansvogelisdead.com

Oooh this is a fantastic comic y'all!! I definitely recommend it! (And memoir isn't usually my thing, so if I'm recommending it, you know it's good!)

a good marriage 💞

Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom. Many may not know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country. (Published 2022)

OH MY GOD I'M SO FREAKIN EXCITED!! I picked up some REALLY cool comics last year! (also, fellow comic artists, typically the application period for shortbox kicks off RIGHT AWAY after the fair in Nov. Mentioning cause it's unusually early for most events. BE PREPARED! <3 )

Another photo study 🍮 These have been helpful while I have very little creative energy

Saw some posts about Affinity's Object Select Tool being AI because it uses Machine Learning. Machine Learning is VERY different from generative AI (tho gen AI falls under the umbrella of ML). Machine learning has been going on since the 1960s on PUNCH TAPE MEMORY. We like it. It's good.

Hehe, just got the proof for the graphic history I've been working on, they've got some bonus questions for readers to think about, and one is basically 'how does using greyscale convey emotion' TRICK QUESTION! It conveys that color is more expensive and no one wants to pay for it lol

Recommend me some HORROR COMICS for HALLOWEEN MONTH. I want to try to read one a day so nothing 800 pages long, but mini comics, digital comics, graphic novel etc Rec your own stuff too! No real squicks to avoid, and i'm happy to have a pretty generous definition of horror, so rec away!!

NEW EMOTE JUST DROPPED pixeled up by the illustrious @cupohjoe.bsky.social with...more to come? :O Seriously though, if you're looking to get a fabulous emote (still or animated) you gotta check out Joe! (hope the pixels don't get stretched here...if they do you'll just have to visit the stream!)

T-shirt Tuesday new design! This one isn't up yet, I want to do some of these designs with vector, and I don't have a program for that yet, looking into getting affinity! Also, the Morris Worm is "one of the oldest computer worms distributed via the internet" if you were wondering :'D

Made a rough calendar of Comic Cons/Events: when they happen, and when applications are usually open. It's mostly east coast-ish stuff (MICE, CAKE, SPX, smaller MA-adjacent zine fests) and it only goes by month (eg. IC3 apps are probably in May, I think). Anyone interested in the info?

YAAY! Got accepted into the Cartoonists Cooperative! :D It's not like...competitive or anything (if you do comics you should consider joining too!) but just getting the email was a nice lil serotonin boost! Plus I'm really excited to talk comics with other people! Maybe find some local groups!