Palantir is using medical records to help ICE target its victims in the US. And Wes Streeting is pitch-rolling for Farage to do the same in the UK.

We've made a family of fonts we call Backgroundese for creating nonsense text in your games and other projects! 100% Free for commercial use. #GameDev

A big congratulations to Samidoon: Comics for a Free Palestine, we literally could not have lost to a better collection 🙌

Open for applications: Massee Arts Grant: up to £5000 to support novel arts projects focused on fungi. For artists from all disciplines & all geographic locations who can help us encourage engagement and learning about mycology. Find out more & apply here: www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/massee-arts-...

x6ud.github.io#/ Very cool site where you can look up animal skull reference angles and pair that with pictures of the animal at that angle

Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social defend612.com

It's time! The new #BF6toWatch are here! Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2026 – Spotlighting the Work of Daisy Crouch @starspilli.bsky.social, Francis Todd, Jua OK!, Shri Gunasekara, Skai Campbell AKA Skhoshbell @skhoshbell.bsky.social and Yu-Ching Chiu. www.brokenfrontier.com/six-small-pr...

Welcome to Hob’s Creek. Have you had your coffee this morning?

Voting for the awards ends tonight (UK time), and don't you just want to give your ol' pals at WIP Comics a vote for their ♾️ anthology in the 'Best One-Shot Anthology' category? 👀

Tue 3 Feb I'll be hosting a comic writing workshop with London Writers Centre! I'll teach you tips on writing comic scripts while considering page compositions and layouts. Tickets below: tickets.londonwriterscentre.org.uk/events/sprea...

Watch out for the ONE question where they try to trick you by putting "I want AI" as the bottom option where EVERY other question has "I don't want AI" at the bottom!

EVERYONE DO THIS SURVEY MAKE DISCORD PANIC AND REGRET AND REVERSE COURSE DROWN THEM IN YOUR HATRED FOR GENAI

Self-publishers! If you're making comics railing against the horrors of the world around us in 2026 you are eligible for free advertising at Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social for your online store. My e-mail address is here for more details: www.brokenfrontier.com/contact-us/

WIP Comics' ♾️ anthology is up against some stiff competition this year in the "best one-shot anthology" category! Gizzus a vote, would ya? 😉

Submissions for the 2026 Minicomic Awards are NOW OPEN through 1/31/26! 🎉 To submit your comic(s), register an account at mca.cartoonist.coop. Be sure to check out the full guidelines and FAQ before submitting.

Comics studies folks—the submission window for the Comics Studies Society prizes is now open! See below for prize categories and submission details here: comicsstudies.org/prizes/

Two weeks left to apply for a table at the inaugural SCARF (Sheffield Comic ARts Fair)! The form will close on Jan 15th so don't miss out!

If you completely forgot to do the Clip Studio login bonuses you can still finish the 20-day clippy giveaway if you start doing it today 🧍

Some good news for the end of the year - Our comics residency program will continue in 2026! There are 6 spots between May and December. You can find all the info here: komikss.lv/residency/

a new trend

Merry Christmas everyone 🎄🎁🎅 (I'm about to shove dinner down my face and hope you all enjoy yours!)

heads up that bluesky doesnt show posts from other languages by default on your timeline, and its cutting you off from a lot of the community go to bsky.app/settings/lan... and deselect any language from this setting, or else you might not see any of the new japanese users at all!

here's a thing i started doing a while back that i recommend if you're looking for a low-stakes new year's resolution. every time you see a piece of art that you heart or reblog, look at it for 30 seconds. you'll be fucking shocked to realize just how little you're actually taking in what you enjoy

i had to drop what i was doing to make this

ATTENTION CARTOONISTS! 📢 Submissions open Jan. 1st, 2026 for the Minicomic Awards, part of the Cartoonist Co-op’s annual Nib and Ink Festival! Comics 32 pages or fewer published in 2025 will be eligible. See mca.cartoonist.coop/submission-g... for full eligibility requirements and FAQs.

Today, another free ebook is waiting for you behind door number 22 of the Sapphic Book Advent Calendar! You can find it on my website: jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book...

‘Yer da shouts at hotels’ theres been a murder

Running around town buying fine teas, sweet fudges, and a splendid new pen. Christmas shopping for a Victorian cartoon mouse, apparently

I'm told that Cinder the store cat isn't in this image. 📸 Aubuchon (ACE) Hardware

Trans Secret Santa UK is a community project, now in its third year. Danielle St James writes about why it is so important.

It's all lies

The Exhibitor Application Form for the inaugural SCARF is now open! Please go here to fill out the form: forms.gle/uXsDuKcCyhdr... And let me know if you find any issues with it! (re-posting this in case the algo punishes me for quote posting..!)

AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone - tech is now more expensive - you cannot trust most media of reality anymore - programs barely function - energy prices - literal psychosis - your voice can be literally stolen for evil - more spyware but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.

Are you a comics critic? Have you published two pieces over the past year? If so, please apply to this year's Comics Criticism Mini Grant! The application takes only minutes to fill out! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

So my first tip for this is just Read a Lot of Comics. have comics in your bookshelf (real or virtual) that you can flip through for inspiration and see how other artists are working and what/how they fit visuals into a panel. I read a lot of manga on my phone, and every time i see a page that--

I hear your fonts are woke now, Father

I may come to regret this decision, but... SCARF! Sheffield Comic ARts Fair! Next October! Liam "Pais" Hill drew our mascot! Exhibitor application form will be out soon, tables will cost as little as I can get away with! Please remember to apply so this isn't a terrible decision on my part 🙏

(pretending not to cry) Just finished reading the copy of Love Bullet I pre-ordered. It genuinely lives up to the hype, I love the characters, the art, and the story 💯

🚨NEW MANGA ON SALE 🚨 Both Boyish² and My Date is a Total Ike Woman by Mutsumi Natsuo are now available for order on our store! These amazing yuri manga are 10% off until end of Dec 1st, so order your copies ASAP! store.mangamavericks.com/products/boy...

Hot reminder that applications for the 2026 Comics Criticism Mini Grant are OPEN! If you're a comics critic, please apply! forms.gle/Cy8FtCcqVSWa...

A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available. There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism. Support real artists, not con artists.

Our online awards ceremony is TONIGHT at 7pm GMT! We are so excited to share our winners with you. Be sure to register through our website: selkieawards.org/2025

Write a horror story in six words:

With yet more capitulation to transphobic bigotry in the UK a reminder that your trans-themed comics are eligible for free advertising at Broken Frontier. We just need an advertising image/link to run one. My personal BF e-mail is here if you want details: www.brokenfrontier.com/contact-us/ Andy

PAID WORK: Ringo Award Winners Lifeline Comics is opening submissions for the next volume of Bi Visibility! DEADLINE: Jan 11th! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Good news on this grey day, we managed to secure some funding for the comics residencies in 2026! There should be around 2-4 free spots. Watch out for the open call.