And the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award goes to Mike Marts for the LA Strong Anthology published by @madcavestudios.com "When we set out to create LA Strong we weren't thinking about wining awards we were thinking about our dear friends. There is no industry quite like ours." #eisnerawards

Checkout a repeat interview episode. @mightybrunstad.bsky.social from @madcavestudios.com spoke about LA Strong. @meganhuang.bsky.social & @joeyesposito.bsky.social will be autographing copies at SDCC, Mad Cave booth 2806. Mahalo @comicsfunprofit.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Mad Cave Studios is proud to sponsor Flame Con 2025! 🎉🔥 Committed to inclusive storytelling 📚🌈 across all genres and age groups, Mad Cave (@madcavestudios.com) champions diverse voices 🎉✨ and fresh perspectives to connect with readers of all backgrounds 🌍❤️.

even left sympathisers somehow don’t know that you cannot apply for asylum in a country without actually crossing its borders first. Did you know that? You have to actually be at a country’s borders physically to ask for protection, you cannot ‘apply’ in a bourgeois manner to let you in beforehand

A shockingly obvious observation as I’ve been reading the comics for our Pride month episodes: Queer comics—comics that center queer characters authenticity or are told by brilliant queer writers and artists—are some of the very best comics out there. Like I said, shockingly obvious #comicsky

My PC died and I had to spend money I don't have to fix it so.. COMMISSIONS! I'LL DRAW YOU AS A CYANIDE & HAPPINESS CHAR, or ANYTHING YOU WANT! Prices are- $30 for a black/white charicature! $50 for a FULL COLORED and shaded charicature! Limited slots, respond in comments and I will DM YOU!

Happy pride folks I'm still fleshing out the entries, but here's a list of over 200 retro games (pre-2010) which were made by trans people or which had trans people on the dev team. We have always been here. dotmaetrix.neocities.org/classictrans...

mask up indoors in public, friends. never too late to start again!

I watched Desperately Seeking Susan last night and keep mentally replaying the bit where Gary’s stoned and asking Madonna life-shattering questions and she responds: “No.” And the scene cuts. Per. Fec. Tion.

"Nearly 40 people have died [at Rikers] since [NYC Mayor Eric] Adams took office ... [Receivership] is a drastic and necessary measure to save lives. The independent receiver must move swiftly and should be bound to the city's legal mandate to shut Rikers. Anything less is unacceptable."

Today's the birthday of Barry Windsor-Smith—one of the greatest visual storytellers to ever work in comics. A true master.

“I want to save as many as these 14,000 babies as we can in the next 48 hours,” he told the BBC.

I just paused my subscription to save $$ and had planned to go back. Never mind. I’ll get my comfort watches elsewhere. Remember when original content saved this platform? 🤔🤔🤔

I’m here to tell you Decision Makers at the Big Two are pissing themselves about “diversity” and it is not a coincidence that casting choices are already less diverse. Support editors who are bucking the trend b/c their jobs are much harder now.

Yall, Mother’s Day is hard. I went to a yoga class this AM, thinking it would help me build resilience for an emotional day…and the instructor did a whole meditation on thinking about our mothers 😭

eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same

If you think they’ll leave LGB people alone once they’ve gotten rid of the T, I’ve got a rainbow-painted bridge to sell you.

Because my trans pals EXIST. Signed & remarqued #WonderWoman Historia, & I eat the shipping to the UK, USA and CAN. @laurenbeukes.com invited me to join the 2nd Genre Creators for Trans Rights charity auction helping @triangleprojectngo.bsky.social in South Africa & @goodlawproject.bsky.social UK.

Feeling pretty satisfied with today’s $4 thrift find

Butch Guice was such a unique talent and a very nice man. I’m so glad I got to work with him a tiny bit. Another great talent drawing to the end ❤️‍🩹

In our final episode of the season, host @monikaenegra.bsky.social chats with Sarah H. Cho about her very cool erotic psychological thriller comic CAMGIRL! We discuss decriminalizing sex work, fighting Asian fetishization, depicting mental illness, and more! bitchesoncomics.com/episode-199-...

It’s snowing in April and it is a personal affront to Jolene, clearly I have perpetrated this terrible wrong

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HELPING

Want to speak out about book banning, but don't feel confident in your skill? @penamerica.bsky.social is running a free training on testifying before a legislature on Tuesday March 18 pen.org/event/speak-...

The family of detained UK cartoonist R.E. "Becky" Burke has started a GoFundMe to raise funds for the legal process to get her release

🚨Editor Seeking Emergency Work🚨 My name is Devin Arscott and I’m writer/editor with 6 years experience in the comic industry. I’m opening up 4 slots for a special rate of $150 to edit up to 28 pages of comic script, and would love to fill them as I’d like to keep my family afloat.

My cover for the DC Pride special this year The prompt I was asked to do was highlight Alan Scott this year, and his role as an elder gay. I took that and wanted to lean into him as welcoming, both to the other characters in the queer space, but us as the audience.

wednesday

Here’s the unlettered piece I did for the @madcavestudios.com LA STRONG charity book. Gary Moloney found just the right words to add to this. I’ll share that version, too. Thanks to @mikemarts.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute, and to @mightybrunstad.bsky.social for turning me loose.

"Sampson’s art is incredible, with a unique chaotic vibe" - David Brooke at @aiptcomics.com You can get my first writing AND drawing for Marvel at your local comic shop now. Honestly this was much more fun than i expected to write and I'm grateful to be asked- thanks @mightybrunstad.bsky.social

babies 😭😽☠️🫀

farming is some cop shit, you're gonna tell plants where they can grow and bugs what they can eat, what are you a narc

Front page of every single UK newspaper today. Generative AI is theft.

I can’t stop watching this. TRANS JOY 💪🤤💗 youtu.be/a90_cjTF770?...

Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.

Organizing doesn’t require every single person to have contact with every other kind of person. Choose where you want to do your organizing, who you want to organize with, where you want to put your energy, your focus. But sitting back and saying “let them suffer” isn’t anti-fascist.

Wolves are overrated but Jolene gives TJ Klune’s WOLFSONG a strong tail thump, would recommend.

Stocked up on @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social books thx to their 69% valentine’s special 😈😇💖

✨💜 happy Valentine's Day lesbians 💜✨

Very happy to welcome @mightybrunstad.bsky.social Sarah Brunstad to Mad Cave’s editorial team! @madcavestudios.com www.firstcomicsnews.com/mad-cave-stu...

Happy valentine’s

Rose colors will vary, Nazis oughta be quieted. Trans women led Stonewall, We parade ‘cause they rioted. Love you all, Valentines. 💘🏳️‍⚧️

❤️ Further, faster, high five! ❤️

For free?!?

Have not done this in a while, BUT if anyone out there would like to color this new Ingrid drawing, here is a high-res file! I would love to see some!! 🥹🥹🥹 I will share my colors on Friday! If you color it, please either comment it below or tag me! ☺️ drive.google.com/file/d/1COAV...

A colleague gave me a Jeff plushie as a farewell gift and now I pat him on his perfect little head every morning as I sit down to make comics

Ingrid