Mantle #2 is coming soon! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...

Covid boosters and flu shots are available to most Ontarians now!

I had a really cool conversation with a translator today about how the concept of "heaven" might be different between North America and China. So shout out to translators who not only translate but provide insight into culture!

Any comic/literary folks who know Mandarin want to help out with a little translation? Just a few short sentences from English to Mandarin (paid and credited)

Wish I could be at #CanCon2025 this weekend, but I've got too much other stuff to do. But if you're there, you should check out the panels with @manahil.bsky.social, @cloviseditorial.bsky.social, and any of the @augursociety.bsky.social folks (that's what I'd be doing)

ADHDers have been finishing homework at the last minute long before GenAI came around

Proofreading comics today and couldn't figure out why the art looked even better than I remembered, despite the only change being added text. It took me embarrassingly long to realize it's just because I got a new monitor 😆

I think I might like to read more on the history of comics. Anyone have book recommendations?

🇬🇧: Currently framing original art from #PitofEden for this weekend's exhibition. If you are in Paris, you might want to come by! More details soon 🇫🇷: En train d'encadrer des planches de Pit of Eden pour l'expo de ce weekend. Si vous êtes à Paris, venez donc jeter un œil ! Plus d'infos tout bientôt

One of my fave short stories I've read in the last year(ish)!

Cool things are coming for #PitofEden! @therovercomics.bsky.social is nailing the art on this one

Check this out! @oralmenace.bsky.social has been such a treat to work with. I can't wait for you to see this comic!

Inked pages are starting to come in for #PitOfEden, and there's such great style variety. Love to see it!

Gonna be riding the high of finding the exact dishwasher we'd planned to order on major sale at a random appliance store for a while. Yay no more hand washing!

Once again, I'm baffled by the passage of time. Apparently, I haven't published any of my own writing (except for blog posts on my own sites) since 2023. I know I've been focused on my editing career and revising my manuscript, so it's not like I'm not doing writing-related things, but damn...

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

The problem with not using InDesign very often is that every time I do open it, everything has changed

I am fascinated by the differences between comic artists' processes. Some don't thumbnail, some skip pencils, some do multiple rounds of both before inking. And I get to see it all!

I got some of those souper cube things. It's probably overly optimistic to think these will solve all my meal prep troubles, right?

I want to organize stuff in our house. I need to do work. So of course this means I'm stuck just staring at my screen telling myself to work. At least the cat is keeping me company...

Book mail was waiting for me when I got home from my trip. Thanks @adamsantangelo.bsky.social! So great to see all your hard work come to fruition 🎉

Not sure I'm getting over the awkwardness of interviewing people for research purposes, but I've done several now, so project progress is being made

It's such a bummer to see hard working writers and creators repeatedly lose platforms that were previously helping them get their work out to the world

Anyone have tips for collecting oral histories/interviewing people for research purposes? I have five days before I depart for a trip during which I'll be researching for a comic project, and while I'm pretty comfortable with reading-based research, my goal is to actually talk to people

I regret to inform myself that going out and being social is actually a form of rest and does help with productivity and focus

Was wondering why my feed here was so quiet. Just realized that I never actually got around to following all the folks I used to follow elsewhere. Oops! Anyway, I'm taking recs for book/comic/art people to follow

This summer I'm doing research for a comic project about blueberry picking emilystewart.ca/the-blueberr...

I got to do a little work on Mantle a while back and it's so cool to see it come together! Support if you can! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...

It's the last day of #FOLD2025, and I am devastated I have not been able to attend a single live panel because I've been so busy with work. Can't wait to watch recordings though!

Still looking for artists for a horror comic anthology #comics docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I don't have to have meetings very often, but occasionally I get to spend an hour talking to a writer about their goals and intentions with a WIP and it gets me so amped

Calling comic artists! New horror anthology looking for artists docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I am bad at writing helpful blog posts because every time I start writing, I come up with six other topics that should be explained or included for context

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:

📣 New zine! "Radical Books That Aren't a Slog : Leftist Book Recommendations for Newly Radical Folks." If you're a baby leftist looking for a place to start imagining new possibilities, here's 17 books to get you started! violetbfox.info/radicalbooks/ 📚

I would like to do hobbies like a normal person instead of taking a pottery class and then not being able to sleep because I panicked at the end of class and underglazed a pot bright green

The bad news: two writing-related rejections today The good news: the second one made me forget about the first one

Yes! On two occasions I've had blood tests reveal no immunity for things I'd been vaccinated for. Definitely worth getting checked out

I need a new audiobook, and I'm thinking sci-fi. Who has recommendations?

I need to train my right hand to hit Shift and Ctrl or my left pinky finger might fall off

Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory

Having a head cold right after the holidays is a great way to dash any overly optimistic new year plans for getting your life together

Last time I looked at this page, the Comics for Palestine wasn't available yet, so I kept the tab open on my browser. Now that I'm wrapping up projects and closing a bunch of work-related tabs, I see the book is now available to read for free online! cartoonistsforpalestine.org/book

One time while travelling alone, I arrived in a city during a donut crawl and proceeded to go to ~6 different donut shops. It was the best way to get to know the place. This comic is like that but, like, way cuter! Also the art is traditional watercolours!

Oo, TO Comix Press have shared another panel from "The Night Shift," the opossum-y Toronto tale (tail?) I wrote for their new comics anthology The City We Chose. Only 38 hours and $1400 left to go on the Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/toc...

In this autobio story, a sudden layoff sees Brandon and his family forced to leave their planned life in Ottawa. When the money runs out, where do you go? Find "Enmiaq" from Brandon Mitchell and @raysdrawlings.bsky.social in THE CITY WE CHOSE, on Kickstarter now!

In Malcolm Derikx and @pangolinart.bsky.social's "Bloodsucking Monsters" two millennial vampires face an unimaginable crisis; everyone's a renter, and no one can invite them in! Who are they supposed to eat?! Find the full comic in THE CITY WE CHOSE, on Kickstarter now!

An update on the Kickstarter for #TheCityWeChose comic anthology, including a FREE comic! Check it out and give "How to Fine the Apple Jelly Empress" for a glimpse at what you can expect from the anthology! www.kickstarter.com/projects/toc...

Just THREE DAYS left to support The City We Chose on Kickstarter! The anthology features comics about vampires, SIM citizens, hockey players, disabled friends, and more! www.kickstarter.com/projects/toc...

If you're considering backing #TheCityWeChose, you can check out all the rewards (the book, commissions, the whole @tocomix.bsky.social library) on Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/toc...