As we boycott vile companies, a reminder that many US public libraries offer: 1) Ebooks & audiobooks via the Libby app. Pro tip: use the “notify me” tag to request your library add books by trans, disabled, & BIPOC authors! 2) TV & film streaming via Kanopy 3) Language learning via Mango 💙📚 And:

@lucyknisley.bsky.social Someone is reading Ride Beside Me to their kid in the shop rn it's so cute I thought you wanted to know!

I went to @outsidercomics.com today. Got some fun stuff. Girlmode by @magsvisaggio.com and @paulinaganucheau.bsky.social, Bolero by @wyattwritesthings.bsky.social and @luanavecchio.bsky.social, and pins by @smallrinilady.bsky.social and @arledgecomics.bsky.social.

It’s always a good day to draw Kamala Khan. Did the cover for the upcoming Ms. Marvel novel!

Update: In the last day we've gotten almost $500 of book donations to our charity partners Books to Prisoners Seattle and Lambert House LGBTQ Center! With all the sales and clearances going on this is more like $700+ of books so THANK YOU EVERYONE SO MUCH. <3 <3 <3

Please help my friends at Outsider out!! This space means a lot to me and I'd like to see them thriving 💕

Feel good, help out a trans business that's supporting art creating a third space for all our trans friends in this hellish time.

Outside comics is an amazing shop, go help them out! 🩷🩷

Thinking about the Underground Press Syndicate, the Alternative Press Syndicate, the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, and the benefits of partnerships and syndication. A subscription package for multiple sites would probably appeal to a lot of readers.

to survival

Here's a direct link to the fundraiser. You can get an obstruction permit by helping us pay some very nice people many thousands of dollars to sort out our construction permits. shop.outsidercomics.com/products/202... Thanks for the support so far <3 <3 <3

Outsider has signed copies of my books! Help Wing out with her move!

hey outsider is Seattle's greatest queer comics outlet please consider helping them move to a better space so we can still enjoy them ❤️

Friends! Outsider Comics is Seattle's local alternative comics shop, owned by a trans woman of color, and prioritizing covid consciousness. They are moving, and things have gotten expensive. Please stop by the shop if you're local, or buy things online if you're not! 💜

I’ll be there. I hope you will be, too.

Outsider Comics has always been a big supporter of me and my work, which always means the world as a chronic comic shop loiterer 💜 Wing invited me for an event last year, and tho I haven’t been able to afford any work travel since then I hope to make it happen someday! Go support this great shop!!!

outsider comics seems rad as hell—now is the time to support a comic shop owned by a trans woman of color. if you’re in seattle—they’re local to you. if not, they do mail order. i just snagged the new lee lai book, CANNON—stoked to read it

Hey, um, we need help. Moving is costing us at least $10k more than we planned for and we may need to close down the shop for a short while so... we're running our first ever fundraiser. outsidercomics.com/moving-updat... You can also help by shopping our moving sale this weekend.

Look. I'm not mad you bought a Kimmel picture book. But marginalized creators are getting banned and death threats and harassed all the time. It'd be neat to show them that wallet solidarity.

In the ruins left by a super typhoon, a girl searching through the wreckage stumbles upon something impossible--a tiny mermaid, stranded and trapped in filthy flood water. 'Floodwater Maiden' is a new comic from @lilyresh.bsky.social, coming to the fair this October!

As of 6PM today we still have 6 spots left for Spider-man pre-release tomorrow! Sign up here: shop.outsidercomics.com/collections/...

👀 ✨Vendor Spotlight ✨ 👀  Indipro Games will be joining us for #Creepsmas5!  Find them online here: WWW.InDiProGames.com or FB @InDiProGames Oddmall dates are 11/8 – 11/9 Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA!  FREE ADMISSION FREE PARKING  https://www.facebook.com/events/1634411943820420

One week from now we'll be at @outsidercomics.com discussing "This Land is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story" by Julio Anta @julioanta.bsky.social & Jacoby Salcedo @jacobysalcedo.bsky.social! Show up at 6, grab a copy, and read silently before the graphic novel book club + chat starts at 7! 📖

The fact that green yuri and seaside stranger get anime adaptations and not incredible titan of queer storytelling that is Our Dreams At Dusk is a crime At least we have The Summer Hikaru Died...

I think it's becoming clear that if you like indie creators, you're going to need to support them any way you can. And that doesn't mean money, just spreading worth of mouth can be powerful as well.

Looking at our store copy of the new Dungeons and Dragons starter kit and it's pretty cool! It's more expensive than the 5e one but it comes with lots of bits and feelies. We have a few in stock rn and they're 10% off until Sunday! (We're excluding them from our 30% moving sale because they're new.)

Look at these SAVINGS! 80% off a bunch of trades! Y the Last Man (the whole thing) is 40/80% off! Board games are the cheapest they have ever been here! Omg come by this weekend and pick up BARGAINS plz. :3

This is not a drill! Local all-queer, community-focused brass band Assigned Gay at Band will be live at our taproom SouthEnd Public House on Friday September 26th, starting at 7pm! You won't want to miss this fun, full throttle setlist! #SouthEndPublicHouse #AssignedGayAtBand #brassband #Seattle

Me @ AI translations in my manga

The outpouring of support from readers & colleagues is overwhelming. I can't imagine them coming together like this for a "problematic" trans woman even five years ago. If you want to help me make up the lost income from comics work, you can subscribe to my Patreon. www.patreon.com/c/scumbeliev...

Fellow game store buyers: remember that your preorders for the Ultimate Guard and Codenames Harry Potter collabs are due today and to *not fucking order any of them*.

Moving Sale Part 2 begins! All comics (trades and hardcovers) are 20% off and all board games are 30% off until next week! We're also expanding our clearance sections (up to 80% off)! Do we sound desperate? That's because we are! I'll post more details later but tldr plz we need money to exist.

This place is great and I am horrified.

We're not only selling comics and games and art... we're also selling a LOT of our fixtures and displays! Look out for "this is for sale!" signs around the store for things that could be great for your store, your artist alley table, or more! Also we started a couple boxes of FREE STUFF!

Hours Update!!! We will be closed on Tuesdays starting 9/16 until further notice so we have extra time to start packing stuff and also prepping the new space! Thanks for your understanding!

We at Outsider are sadden by the sudden passing of the world's biggest loser this week. We will miss you, Haru Urara! Even though you've never won a race you have won our hearts. If you too would like a heartwarming underhorse story, make sure to check out our special display by the door!

“I felt myself spiraling and then, like a splash of cold sanity-saving water, that ‘Get 4 weeks of unlimited digital access for $1’ paywall pop-up came on the screen and rescued me,” said Laura Norbert with a deep sigh of relief.

hi, cis folks! the WSJ endangered trans lives with false reporting yesterday. it’s still accepted as truth by many, regardless of it being false. the article’s still up with a little note. it needs full retraction. it's not even a phone call—it's email. you can do this. contact info below.🧵⬇️

Update: We've lowered our prices for Magic Spider-man collector booster and prerelease pack preorders to reflect updated market prices! Collector Booster display is now 625 and prerelease packs are 60. (You can still sign up for an actual prerelease for 42.) shop.outsidercomics.com/collections/...

We're not only selling comics and games and art... we're also selling a LOT of our fixtures and displays! Look out for "this is for sale!" signs around the store for things that could be great for your store, your artist alley table, or more! Also we started a couple boxes of FREE STUFF!

nobody goes into comics for the money, except maybe the executives of the megacorps

BOOM! Studios is HIRING!!! We're looking for a talented, organized, and detail-oriented Assistant Editor with 1-2 years in editorial or a similar field! You will most likely be working directly with me on a variety of comic titles. Please visit the link to apply! bit.ly/42ooXLq #comicjobs

Horizon Experiment is a great collection!

So @dc.com pulled Red Hood from digital storefronts but you can still buy all of Sandman. The lesson here is that DC doesn't care if you sexually assault women, but don't you dare make fun of a dead fascist.

We have preorders available online for Magic Marvel's Spider-man collector and play booster boxes, as well as scene boxes and prerelease packs. We're pricing collector boxes at $25 below online market, and everything else based on local shops. To preorder: shop.outsidercomics.com/collections/...

Also heads up working on Spider-men Magic preorders now we'll have them up by end of this week (including collector boosters).

I love Doll Parts (a Lovesick Tale) in part because it's now broken the record for entry with the most number of content warnings in our staff recommendation spreadsheet. (In case you are wondering it's 10 and I'm pretty sure I missed some!)

If you want to preorder one let us know by this Friday!

Taking a break from posting about our moving sale (still ongioing!) to remind folks that our SPM prerelease is happening on the 19th (reg: shop.outsidercomics.com/collections/...) and we'll be running an Edge of Eternities commander party this Thursday the 11th from 6 to 9 PM! Yippee!