Right now the world is full of people who want to code and write and paint and film stuff and people who want to play and read and look at and watch stuff and nobody is allowed to do any of that because some unrelated third guy isn't making enough money off the deal

I really wish the entire Comics community in social media wouldn't overreact so much to a few randos not liking something and making it the Discourse™️ for the full week. Every time. We *can* just shrug off nonsense, y'know

El Matador: Short comic I did for The Gateway City Quarterly a few years back.

The one good thing about being a millenial in this economy is that you can say 'It's not a middle age crisis, it just took me this long to be able to afford it!'

PAID ART GIG: I'm looking for a pixel artist who can replicate this level of detail. It's for a set of character stickers. Please chuck your details / portfolios / samples below. Thanks!

The Black Demon RETURNS! Black Demon: Atlantis. Looking forward to this amazing read! Look out for the continuation of the Black Demon comic book series! #BlackDemonAtlantis #blackdemon #chispacomics

As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE.

Y'know, unlike Jorge, this one actually wasn't a shock, because of course the guy that came up with that 'youthification' monstrosity would look at AI and think that seems neat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

More con sketches! Alec Holland.

I mean, just let him remake Escape From LA --nobody likes that one anyway

Most of the hype goes to Batman (well, it usually does) but for me this and WW are the shining best of the Absolute line, to the point I prefer them to their main counterparts

If you're a #comicbook artist concerned with Linktree's changes, happy to set anyone up on bindings.app. We allow NO AI comics and don't feed your amazing work to those machines, and we've got some good stuff coming down the pipeline. (and we've taken no VC money)

Heads up for any artists/writers/etc currently using Linktree to point people to their work: from 5 July they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E.

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This Sam and Max panel and the first page from this Johnny Quest comic by Steve Rude that Alex Toth ruthlessly critiqued are my gold standards for “nobody is impressed that you didn’t use reference” www.artofthecomicbook.com/blog/alex-to...

In honour of the new Quentin Blake Centre For Illustration opening in London, the guardian have run a piece talking to an absolute wealth of amazing children’s illustrators: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/m...

Comics Twitter really was the only part of it that got transplanted here more or less whole, uh?

I'm tired of the toxic positivity of, "Just make comics! No excuses!" There are plenty of valid excuses, and it doesn't make you any less of a comic creator for having to take a break or figure things out.

Also just a reminder that my most recent comic is available on my ko-fi for pay what you want. @maumoraart.bsky.social really went hard on this and getting 62 pages of his art for pay what you want is kind of a steal tbh

Have like a thousand brushes, will only ever use the same five or six

OUT NOW! Be sure to grab a copy of THE MATRON #1 from your local comics shop.

3:29 AM • Evidence suggest I can no longer have an entire choripan for dinner. Will investigate further.

Oof. NGL, this one hurts. Sigh

Miles Davis. Born 100 years ago today.

Adding to this: frequently "bad" hand lettering will look better on your art than slicker computer lettering! If the lettering is of a piece with the art, it will look better than a neater, cleaner computer font laid on top of the art.

Walter Molino (circa 1955)

Found a dinosaur jazz number in an old old sketchbook.

I really hate the idea that webcomics and indie comics are a stepping stone to getting work-for-hire licensed or big two gigs. They are the work! WFH is something you do when you have to for cash!

The final page of art is complete on Hurt Me Plenty! Artist Ciro Scala has produced some amazing action. We have a logo now too!!! While we wait on a cover, we’d love to talk to editors about finding this series about a lil cowardly fainting goat a home!

David Burke, my favorite Watson, has passed away, a few days shy of his 92nd birthday. He and Brett were too old to do STUDY IN SCARLET, but about a decade and a half ago, when I was more involved with the Shelockians, I drew younger versions of them for a nonexistent age-appropriate 1963 version

Gorillaz (2022)

For anyone interested, I just started a petition to get anything created using generative AI disqualified from Eisner Award consideration moving forward. Please consider signing and sharing. www.change.org/no-ai-at-the...

It’s here! The first issue of Hell’s Beckoning will be available on Monday! Myself, @nerdigrey.bsky.social and @zanker.bsky.social worked hard to create something cool for those jonesing for some creepy cowboy stories. Link is in my bio!

Check out our new I, CHIHUAHUA poster!!! You can now see lots of his international opponents. Some will become allies… but I’m afraid most won’t! Lovingly painted by the amazing: instagram.com/leacksam/

I had a major project canceled yesterday—which, it’s comics; wiser men than I have warned us about them breaking our hearts—so I’d really love a chance to keep my name out there. If you’re looking for a writer or editor, I’m super available.

Being an artist means you’re drawing daily for hours while wishing you had time to draw

Orson Welles. Born on this day in 1915.

A limerick. Based on a true story.

I launched an indie webcomic hosting platform several months ago that offered a free and a $4/mo paid plan. This was purely to cover the cost of the infrastructure. But in seeing it grow, I'm no longer worried about the cost. So yeah Webcomic Studio is now free. webcomic.studio

Oooh I read this one last year. Loved it. The art is *triple chefs kiss* 😙👌🏽

Wally Wood had an impressive sense of composition and technique.

It's true, yes.

Uh, the full B Side of Bitches Brew? Kinda been listening to entire albums lately rather than randomized songs

How damn dire is the state of the industry when a *friggin' JOE EISMA book* gets canceled?! Silver line: You can actually *hire friggin' JOE EISMA* right now!!

Duke Ellington. Born this day in 1899.

Tell your local comic shop to order copies of THE MATRON #1 ASAP! The six-issue mini-series starts dropping in one month. Texas horror from Eisner-nominated David Bowles and Ringo-nominated Drew Edwards.

Mr Grimm