Ria Grix
@grix.bsky.social
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Illustrator & Comic Book artist with my head just above the water.
https://linktr.ee/riagrix
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Prefab Sprout - An imagined
@newyorker.com
cover. (Part of my dream jobs series)
5 months ago
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Bicycle Vampire Hunters.
9 days ago
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Matcha
about 1 month ago
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Jenny on Holiday at The Lexington, London.
about 2 months ago
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Sorry… you’re a comic book artist?
about 2 months ago
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Character tests.
about 2 months ago
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Faces
about 2 months ago
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Andy Oliver
2 months ago
So...
#SmallPressDay
is sponsored by
@brokenfrontier.bsky.social
this year. Or to put it more bluntly the entire running costs (hosting, app subs, payment to an artist for this year's poster, etc.) come from my pocket. On top of BF's running losses. So if you enjoy SPD please chip in if you can!
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London Dance. (I know the Hoodening horse is an East Kent Christmas tradition not London or Morris dancing related
3 months ago
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Work in progress
3 months ago
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Always a bloody excellent evening with a bunch of excellent people.
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3 months ago
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Quote ghost post. (A very old ghost ship illustration)
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4 months ago
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Face.
4 months ago
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Figure Study.
4 months ago
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Portrait.
4 months ago
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The three rounds of sketches from last week’s Drink & Draw with
@brokenfrontier.bsky.social
and
@goshcomics.bsky.social
4 months ago
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Happy 40th Birthday
@goshcomics.bsky.social
I first visited in 1986 as they were just around the corner from the U.K Comic Art Convention. Here’s a photo of the Gosh advert in the convention booklet.
4 months ago
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Gosh! Comics
4 months ago
40 years ago today we first opened our doors, at our inaugural site on Great Russell Street, opposite the British Museum. Originally dealing predominantly in back-issues, we’ve grown to host all aspects of the culture of comics, weathered the tumult of the industry and settled in to 1 Berwick St.
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Evening Sketch
4 months ago
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Broken Frontier
4 months ago
Review! Aristotle’s Cuttlefish – Matthew Dooley’s Tale of an Unlikely Friendship in a Lost Property Office is Another Beautifully Observed Story of Human Foibles and Eccentricities.
@jonathancape.bsky.social
www.brokenfrontier.com/aristotles-c...
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Aristotle's Cuttlefish - Matthew Dooley's Tale of an Unlikely Friendship in a Lost Property Office is Another Beautifully Observed Story of Human Foibles and Eccentricities – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Andy Oliver takes a look at another idiosyncratic offering from Matthew Dooley in the form of 'Aristotle's Cuttlefish'.
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/aristotles-cuttlefish/
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Who Stole the World - Me pretending to have cool jobs again, this time an imagined cover for
@wired.com
4 months ago
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Colouring progress.
4 months ago
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Beginning of inks
4 months ago
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Prefab Sprout - An imagined
@newyorker.com
cover. (Part of my dream jobs series)
5 months ago
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Cartoonists United
5 months ago
Hourly Comics Day has MOVED! It's the 20th anniversary and we're taking a stand alongside our Black cartoonist members and friends to demand a change to honor Black History Month- draw your comics on the 8th, not the 1st!
hourlycomicsday.com
#hourlycomicsday
#hourlycomicday
#hcd
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Sammy
5 months ago
If you like my art and style then consider getting a commission from me. My commissions are open for A4 portrait, ink and watercolour illustrations. Visit my Ko-fi Commissions page to find out more. 👻
ko-fi.com/sammywarddra...
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Sammy Ward Draws's Commissions
Check out this tiny weird artist on Ko-fi. You can follow along, share and even buy her a brew if you like!
https://ko-fi.com/sammywarddraws/commissions
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Awesome outfit and hair.
5 months ago
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Need an artist?
5 months ago
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Character doodle.
5 months ago
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A Judge Dredd one page for a competition from a few years ago.
5 months ago
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Artists QRT with your faces.
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6 months ago
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Peow2
7 months ago
A Garden of Spheres by
@decassette.bsky.social
release events! Nov 13 at
@goshcomics.bsky.social
, then at
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
Nov 15-16! Linnea will be there signing, chatting, etc. all days. Our 1st time doing event in the UK so plz come through and show support!
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I drew a tiny 22mm comic for this awesome anthology. Can’t wait to see it over the weekend at
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
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7 months ago
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Broken Frontier
7 months ago
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! ∞ : The new WIP Comics Anthology – The WIP Crew Are Back, Doing Their Thing and Providing a Platform for New and Established Artists Alike.
@wipcomics.bsky.social
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
#ThoughtBubbleatBF
www.brokenfrontier.com/infinity-wip...
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∞ : The new WIP Comics Anthology - The WIP Crew Are Back, Doing Their Thing and Providing a Platform for New and Established Artists Alike – Broken Frontier
The new WIP Comics anthology '∞' will be on sale at Thought Bubble 2025 and we look through its pages here.
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/infinity-wip-comics-review/
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Quoting with Night Art. (from my new book Tales from Liminal City)
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7 months ago
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Both of my new books will be available at
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
this weekend along with all the great
@wipcomics.bsky.social
(Bubbleboy F11)
@brokenfrontier.bsky.social
calls Bicycle Vampire Hunters “sheer unadulterated fun” and they know what they’re talking about.
7 months ago
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Broken Frontier
7 months ago
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Seasons – Moments of Love, Loss and Quiet Change by Rebecca K Jones.
@rebeccakjones1.bsky.social
.
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
#ThoughtBubbleatBF25
www.brokenfrontier.com/seasons-mome...
Review by
@lydiaturner97.bsky.social
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Seasons - Moments of Love, Loss and Quiet Change by Rebecca K Jones – Broken Frontier
Broken Frontier's Lydia Turner reviews 'Seasons' by Rebecca K Jones featuring a collection of comics short stories.
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/seasons-moments-of-love-loss-and-quiet-change-by-rebecca-k-jones/
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Broken Frontier
7 months ago
We have now hit FIFTY
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
articles (reviews/interviews/features) at BF. You can read them all in one place at this link. And there's *much* more to come...
#ThoughtBubbleatBF25
www.brokenfrontier.com/tag/thought-...
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thought bubble month 2025 Archives – Broken Frontier
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/tag/thought-bubble-month-2025/
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Jenny Robins
7 months ago
I’m running a competition on insta
www.instagram.com/reel/DQ2PgIP...
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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ2PgIPDGV2/?igsh=aTNreTR0MmN4MnR2
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Broken Frontier
7 months ago
Last week at Broken Frontier... THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Diary of a Detainee – R. E. Burke’s Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page.
www.brokenfrontier.com/diary-of-a-d...
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Diary of a Detainee - R. E. Burke's Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page – Broken Frontier
R. E. Burke's horrific experiences in a detention centre after being incarcerated by ICE are depicted in this comics short.
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/diary-of-a-detainee/
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Lucy Sullivan
7 months ago
London Folks! GIRLS ON FILM Live Podcast + THE THING WITH FEATHERS Preview screening will be 18/11/25 in the West End Join me (Art DAD) & sculptor Nicola Hicks as we chat collaborating with Dylan Southern & Benedict Cumberbatch on this incredible film Sign up for tix:
www.girlsonfilm.org.uk/podcast
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A very humbling review of my new little book Bicycle Vampire Hunters. (Just nice to hear someone enjoyed it)
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A selection of pages from Tales from Liminal City which will be available at
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
on the
@wipcomics.bsky.social
table (Bubbleboy F11)
7 months ago
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Comic Book News UK
8 months ago
Spite review - satirical spies and spiteful tech bros collide! It debuts at Thought Bubble this month, and you definitely want to check it out
www.comicbooknews.co.uk/article/spit...
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Spite review from Joe Stone & Matthew Dooley
A beautifully ugly comic soaked in British spite
https://www.comicbooknews.co.uk/article/spite-review.html
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Broken Frontier
8 months ago
THOUGHT BUBBLE MONTH review! Diary of a Detainee – R. E. Burke’s Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page.
#ThoughtBubbleatBF25
@thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social
www.brokenfrontier.com/diary-of-a-d...
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Diary of a Detainee - R. E. Burke's Horrifying Story of Being Incarcerated in a Detention Centre by ICE Comes to the Comics Page – Broken Frontier
R. E. Burke's horrific experiences in a detention centre after being incarcerated by ICE are depicted in this comics short.
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/diary-of-a-detainee/
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Bicycle Vampire Hunters will be releasing at Thoughtbubble this year. Available on the lovely
@wipcomics.bsky.social
table (Bubbleboy F11)
8 months ago
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Tales from Liminal City will be releasing at Thoughtbubble this year. Available on the lovely
@wipcomics.bsky.social
table (Bubbleboy F11)
8 months ago
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Honoured to be amongst a bunch of awesome artists making monstrous tiny comics.
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8 months ago
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Acid Box written by Sara Kenney published by
@averyhill.bsky.social
sitting in
@goshcomics.bsky.social
(One chapter drawn by me)
8 months ago
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Hireillo - Hire an Illustrator
9 months ago
Ahoy, me hearties! It be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! 🏴☠️🌴 🦜 'Ere be our artistic shipmates:
@ranarh.bsky.social
, Merrill Rainey,
@kristinagehrmann.bsky.social
, Coen Hamelink, Simon Sturge,
@zoeranucci.bsky.social
and
@grix.bsky.social
Aaarrr!
#Illustration
#Pirates
#TalkLikeAPirateDay
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Destination Venus sells comics in Harrogate!
10 months ago
Good morning and happy Saturday! This is your semi-regular reminder that if you're coming to exhibit at Thought Bubble in November and there is any way a little comic shop a few hundred yards from the venue can help, we're up for it. Need to ship stuff to Harrogate? Use us... 1/2
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