This soft and calm illustration is from @bellerowan.bsky.social Zoë Stewart, also known as Zoë Belle or Belle Rowan, is an independent comic creator from Glasgow Scotland. She likes to make brightly coloured work focusing on whimsy, fantasy and folklore.

We're so pleased to announce the selected artists for the Sequential Scotland 2025 postcard set! Featuring @bhankadraws.bsky.social @bellerowan.bsky.social @francoisgiro.bsky.social and @mackjagee.bsky.social The set will cost £10 and can be preordered with your tickets, or picked up on the day!

This is the truth of it.

Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.

Her radical ideology of “mercy”

what the fuck?

My grandma's older brother Joseph died at the Battle of the Bulge, gut-shot while fighting nazis. My great grandma rode in the parade every year as a Gold Star mother;wrecked her. Never stopped grieving him. To see that piece of shit give a nazi salute-- it's beyond rage, into a cold place.

underground musician (releases music every 17 years)

another far side recreation 🦆

cage constructor

this is making the rounds on facebook so i thought id bring it here for u m'lord

I won’t subscribe to newsletters on Substack, as a rule. I do subscribe to other platforms. If you want me as a reader, consider going elsewhere!

I saw, once again, people using Tolkien quotes to justify white supremacy, so here's the obligatory reminder that in 1941 he called Hitler a "ruddy little ignoramus" for "ruining, perverting, misapplying, and making for ever accursed" the cultures he based his works on.

I recently played #Mouthwashing with my partner and loved every bit of it

Hey, friend - I know that it can feel like you're screaming into a void these days, but please know that I see you. Keep going. Keep writing, drawing, coloring, lettering, publishing, selling, promoting, speaking out, educating, providing access, helping... all of it. We need it. We need you.

Seeing a number of marginalised friends and/or colleagues in the community expressing concerns about silence regarding the events of the last couple of days. I don't want anyone thinking @brokenfrontier.bsky.social has forgotten them so I wrote this.

Computer, enhance… HEY WAITAMINUTE!

Right out of the gate they are detaining U.S. citizens and saying their “papers”are fake. It was always a lie.

You’ve Got To Accept It

UK chums, please sign this. Everything we can do to push back on Cass and Streeting, we must

Add your voice to this!

it turns out that if you *DO NOT* support trans youth in their gender identity then you *CAN NOT* help support them through their mental health issues either. I feel like the trans community could have told you this

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10

Crime Skeleton

📢 Exhibitor announcement: BELLE ROWAN @bellerowan.bsky.social “Part-Time Comic Artist & Game Dev, debuting Valley of the Blind at TAGS fest 2! Makin' cool Zines/Comics for those that also love Sci-Fi, Folklore & Queer Stories!” 🏷️ Learn more about TAGS Fest at tagsfest.co.uk

"Illegal immigrants are taking your jobs." -- absurdly rich and powerful assholes spending billions to build robots that will take your job

Comics fam, I’m going to be looking to hire a colorist for a graphic novel I’m working on likely in mid to late January. If you have availability in early 2025, hit me up.

some backgrounds from my new historical graphic novel too, if people are interested #comics #art #isnfil

Just over 3 weeks left to pitch a comic to Quindrie Press!

⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed. If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath. 👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...

Hey Edinburgh folk, ECAF is this Saturday, Nov 23rd at the Drill Hall on Dalmeny St! Come explore our market of over 40 exhibitors and check out our free workshops and panels. Full exhibitor list and panel details at ecaf.uk!

It's all tied together and don't let them trick you into thinking it's for safety

Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform

Weekend doodles ft. a Falin cosplayer from Thought Bubble

Want to know where you can grab a Unofficial Thought Bubble Sticker Club Sticker Book?! Don't worry we've got you covered! @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social #utbsc24

Welcome to the Home of the Unofficial Thought Bubble Sticker club! All the memebers this year will be giving out a Free Excluisve sticker to anyone that asks or purchases from their tables! We even have a cool Sticker Book for the low price of £2 that you can store your stickers in! #utbsc24

I was gonna save this til December but i realized i won't have a computer so fuck it, I'M GOING BACK TO UNIVERSITY NEXT YEAR AND NEED MONEY FOR TUITION AND SHIT so come check out my Body-Horror Shitshow Bundle where you can pick up all my itch.io comics for just 10USD!!! 🔗 itch.io/s/137550/bod...

deeply resent that AI features keep trying to claim the ✨ emoji as their symbol. that one's mine. those are MY sparkles

sort of made this list for myself - then thought it would be fun to make shareable, since I'm obsessed with all these people's drawings go.bsky.app/SLAwLM1

Hello Bluesky! It’s nice to be here 🥰

I'm doing a panel at Thought Bubble!!! I'm so excited ah!! It'll be on WEDNESDAY evening in LEEDS!! www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/programme202...

Please don't leave disabled people behind in your revolution. Please do not see us as sacrifices for the greater good, or dead weight. Please see our lives as worth saving, too.

I’m so sorry bluesky, I had to delete so many apps as my old phone was on deaths door - but now I’m back so here’s another digital sketchbook page WIP betch! 💕👠

It feels futile - BUT IT ISN'T!!!! Keep living, keep fighting, you matter!! And you can make a difference, even if it's small 🔥🔥🔥

any #indiedevs looking to work with a concept artist (me) on their game, would love to feel part of a team again and make some concept art ( #gameart ) for your games? ༘⋆ some examples of the type of work I make can be seen below and over at: mattjohnsillustration.com

There's less than a week left of THE SECOND SAFEST MOUNTAIN Kickstarter, my dark graphic novella about leaving the mountain dedicated to sacred women 🫀 I hope you give it a look - I can't overstate how beautiful the hardback version is shaping up to be: www.kickstarter.com/projects/qui...

Fuck You A Magazine of the Arts Number 5 Vol. 5. 1963. Edited by Ed Sanders. Published by the Lower East Side Guild of Motherfuckers & Poets.

Feeling like reposting some of my art of Barny again, since we're playing our next Prophecy of Varaxes session this Saturday :P I love my half orc/gnoll warrior chef.