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@mild-pain.bsky.social
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🖋️ Cartoonist 🚫 no AI, all handmade
https://linktr.ee/mildpain
pinned post!
artist for hire! send me gigs plz!
mildpain.art
about 1 month ago
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caroline cash
13 days ago
Nancy 5/30/26
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Zach Rabiroff
25 days ago
New statement from San Diego Comic Con on the Eisner-nominated anthology using AI:
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if you left instagram, you aren’t missing much
30 days ago
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artist for hire! send me gigs plz!
mildpain.art
about 1 month ago
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Star Trek Minus Context
about 1 month ago
It's the weekend, baby
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
about 1 month ago
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller May 04,1942 Getting His Pipes Crossed
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had a wonderful time at
@cakechicago.bsky.social
!! ty Chicago for being my home and being a comix hub
about 1 month ago
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hey ho I’ll be reading from We Are The Sickos! at the
@cakechicago.bsky.social
after party ! 🤘
about 1 month ago
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chicago im coming home!! so honored to be a special guest at
@cakechicago.bsky.social
! find me there at table 90A with Mild Pain & We Are The Sickos! i’ll be on a lovely panel about DIY arts organizing in comics communities beyond festivals/expos I’ll also be reading at the CAKE after party!
about 2 months ago
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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
about 2 months ago
The program schedule is LIVE on the CAKE website! Workshops, panels, and more are happening Saturday & Sunday at the Irish American Heritage Center -- all FREE 🎉
www.cakechicago.com/26schedule
Take a look and make a plan to join us next weekend 😎
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redraw of an old one
2 months ago
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Julia B. Chan
2 months ago
losing contact with the earth for 40 minutes sounds nice
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outside
2 months ago
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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D.
2 months ago
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caroline cash
2 months ago
Nancy 4/1/26 … Olivia Jaimes part 4, happy april fools day
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER
2 months ago
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller March 29,1957
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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
3 months ago
SPECIAL GUEST! Abby Kacen (she/her) is a migratory cartoonist and DIY organizer. She’s the creator of the self-published fictional series, Sid & the Sickos, and autobio series Mild Pain. Mark your calendar so you don’t miss Abby (AKA
@mild-pain.bsky.social
) at CAKE this year ⚡️
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Lunalopex
3 months ago
do you like the garlic butter snail crisps or the original snail crisps better?
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Mild Pain is here! ORDER NOW ⬇️
mildpain.bigcartel.com
IF U LIVE LOCALLY ⬇️ These will be available at Bizarro-Wuxtry later this week but… I’ll be debuting at
@flukeathens.bsky.social
on Saturday March 28 (this weekend) from 10a-5p at Live Wire
3 months ago
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open mike eagle
3 months ago
when you don't have creative people involved we can tell
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I have a new comic on the way! This 204-page book is filled with five years of autobio comics. It’s a book of growth in all the ways, literal aging, creative style, storytelling, process, and biiiig emotions. Coming out this month! Look for it on my web shop
mildpain.bigcartel.com
3 months ago
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@flukeathens.bsky.social
pre-party reading is March 27! comic to FLUKE on March 28
3 months ago
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twin peaks
4 months ago
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Joshua W. Cotter
4 months ago
Make Art (1/4)
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nowhere is safe
4 months ago
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My demo comic from my last Friday Night Comics workshop with
@comicsworkshop.bsky.social
always a delight to teach with SAW
4 months ago
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maddi
4 months ago
It’s the end of the month and here are some Venmos supporting rent funds for MN: NorthMplsMA jamesirving jessica-shortall supporteastside canmn centralcaresteam colectivabilingue And if you’d prefer a GFM, there are a few very close to their goal on
www.standwithminnesota.com#mutualaid
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Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
https://www.standwithminnesota.com/#mutualaid
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protest
5 months ago
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I’m teaching a free workshop this Friday with
@comicsworkshop.bsky.social
! Come through!
bit.ly/SAW-MildPain
5 months ago
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New comic published on the best punk & hardcore newsletter
see-saw.fun/hardcore-liv...
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hardcore lives on in athens, georgia
Abby Kacen (Mild Pain) documents the state of the Athens punk scene, where movers & shakers old and new are keeping the amps warm and the beer cold.
https://see-saw.fun/hardcore-lives-on-in-athens-georgia/
5 months ago
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Ariel Slamet Ries
5 months ago
they should make an eisner award for the guy who draws the most things that suck to draw. the eisner for drawing 1000 cars. the eisner for drawing 2000 horses
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I’ve started a newsletter to keep all you indie cartoonists and zinesters up to date on fest/show applications, award opportunities, open submissions, residencies, and grants! (applicable to North American artists)
keep-it-weird-art-news.beehiiv.com/p/welcome-to...
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Welcome to Keep It Weird
the inaugural newsletter & monthly show list update
https://keep-it-weird-art-news.beehiiv.com/p/welcome-to-keep-it-weird
5 months ago
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astrology
5 months ago
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the foxes visit bird town
5 months ago
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Season’s Greetings from The Sickos!
6 months ago
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happy holidays from a perturbed fox
6 months ago
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cruelty-free
6 months ago
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christmas
6 months ago
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do something
6 months ago
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Mellie Crumbs
6 months ago
If you need a stocking stuffer for a spooky comics fan in your life, may I suggest Bezoar #5? With work by
@neilaglet.bsky.social
,
@mild-pain.bsky.social
,
@joeyweiser.bsky.social
,
@joshnickerson83.bsky.social
and more, it's sure to please! Available now at:
Bezoarcomic.bigcartel.com
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vintage
6 months ago
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just thinking
6 months ago
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Kendra, normal version
6 months ago
"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
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6 months ago
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smart consumer
6 months ago
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shop small
6 months ago
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For November, 25% of ALL sales from my shop will be donated to NE GA Foodbank + Freestore Foodbank. I’ll be rounding up + donating on top of total $ raised 🥘 Low inventory on shirts (DM to purchase, $20, sizes XL-S). All purchases comes with a free sticker!
mildpain.bigcartel.com
7 months ago
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The new southeast anthology I am in is here! Bezoar #8 featuring some southern cartoonist powerhouses!
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Bezoar Monster Anthology #5
Monster Romance themed comics by artists from across the southeast. Cover is by Lee Gatlin - Cover color will be random. 5.5 x 8.5 48 pages Black...
https://bezoarcomic.bigcartel.com/product/bezoar-monster-anthology-5
7 months ago
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