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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I adore my brother and his husband. They are two of the sweetest souls on this earth and have always been quick to help their friends and community in every way possible. Right now, however, life keeps hitting them over and over. Please consider donating to their GoFundMe: gofund.me/c8e549448

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Donate to Grief and Debt: Help Jack and Charles Get Back on Their Feet, organized by Jack Hawthorne

Our names are Jack and Charles and we could use your help. … Jack Hawthorne needs your support for Grief and Debt: Help Jack and Charles Get Back on Their Feet

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🌟 HEAVY ARE THE YEARS is now live on Kickstarter!! 🌟 This book is a Stardust Collaboration with @wildstarpress.bsky.social with a special collaboration from @gegallas.bsky.social of Open Book Chocolates! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

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Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

Three illustrated SFF novellas in one collection exploring the theme of time and how it effects us.

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Peter Ramsey @pramsey342.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Joel and Januel are old Dreamworks friends I knew as hardworking kid story artists, and they've made something lovely and personal!! See it!! #ForgottenIsland

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Tim Gaedke @timgaedke.com · 24/09/2026

in the age of AI, making art is a radical act

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Also, we've updated the add-ons so that folks can add a selection of digital books from both @bonedustpress.bsky.social and @wildstarpress.bsky.social to enjoy while waiting for Heavy Are The Years to publish! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

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FaerilyAdjacent @faerilyadjacent.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Saw that my favorite book was turning a year old soon, so I decided to draw @mythjae.bsky.social’s boy Knell in celebration And if y’all haven’t read The Traitor and The Wretch yet, now’s the perfect time to do so! #art #traitorandthewretch

Knell from the book The Traitor and The Wretch sitting in a cave. He is wearing a long, tattered black robe and his face is mostly in shadow. The only bright spot of color is his blue-ish green eyes

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

9 days left, and we're just under the halfway mark! The stories and art in this collection are INCREDIBLE but we need to fund it to make it happen! 👇🏾🌟 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon... Is something making you hesitate? I'm happy to answer any questions or concerns! #booksky 📚💙

A book map for Heavy Are The Years showing the cover (made by Riotbones) that reads: Three illustrated stories in one volume!

An archeological crew discovers an ancient city but the gods who were once worshiped there have turned... strange.

The eternity of a 50-year time loop, and using it to adopt the world's angriest cat, again and again.

Love and grief across generations as a young mother fights death itself to be reunited with her baby, recruiting the help of strange and familiar spirits.

Now live on kickstarter!

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Manga letterers are so dang powerful!! Also, I am so excited about this series, the minute I have some expendable cash I am READY!!

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Dean Scott @deantoonfull.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My favorite comic of the week is Ghostlocke #1 by @crashwong.bsky.social @michael-yg.bsky.social Raul Angulo and @airy.bsky.social Fun and cohesive matchup of Ghost Rider and Psylocke. What a fun character! The art is spectacular and matches the story well. Good job everyone!

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One more backer could get us to $5k!! 👀✨

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who've shared and those who contributed to my brothers' gofundme. They've got a long road ahead and still need help, but I know it really means a lot to them that folks have pitched in so much already to help them out.

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is the perfect time to catch up with the series and see the final arc unfold.

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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR & GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN are sci-fi graphic novels about how being trans is beautiful, queer love is life-saving, & how to live when an empire wants you dead. I made them with @deuxdel.bsky.social, @airy.bsky.social, @ryehickman.bsky.social & @longtalljodie.com

GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR by Jadzia Axelrod, Vash Taylor and Ariana Maher

GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN by Jadzia Axelrod, Rye Hickman and Jodie Troutman.

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We have not forgotten that The Traitor & the Wretch turns one year old next month!! 🥳 Join us on Oct. 10th, we've got a celebration planned with cake, a giveaway, and sharing all the fanart we've gotten this past year! Want to join in? Make sure to use the tag: #traitorandthewretch

The cover for The Traitor & the Wretch, illustrated by Amy Phillips. A greyscale black and white illustration with the look of a charcoal and pencil drawing shows two men, each seemingly running from something. Knell, with grey skin and long tangled hair, looks frightened as chains and bones try to drag him downward. Percy, a scarred man with paler skin and shirt dark hair welds a dagger and is looking over his shoulder, he is surrounded by a halo of stylized blades.

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

So please, share this campaign with folks you think would be interested! Back whichever tier you find affordable and you're excited for, we have options for everyone! Ebooks, paperbacks, the coolest chocolate collab I really want to succeed, discounted editorial consultantions, and more! 👇🏾🌟

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Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Real talk from behind the scenes: we have 2 weeks to raise $8.5k in order to fund Heavy Are The Years. We've been crunching numbers just in case we fall short and we simply will not be able to print the gorgeous book we want to share with you all, not at the high quality we're hoping for, at least.

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Comic Book Panel of the Day @dailycomicbooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

BOOK: Daredevil #7 WRITER: @stephsmash.bsky.social ARTIST: Flaviano COLORIST: @whoisrico.bsky.social LETTERER: @airy.bsky.social DESIGNER: Kat Walkington EDITOR: Mark Basso, Cy Pedro Beltran PUBLISHER: @marvelcomicshqs.bsky.social #comics #Daredevil

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Kelly Fitzpatrick @wastedwings.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Looking for coloring work with an Oct/ Nov start!

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ursiday @ursiday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm so excited about the newly described Leopardus tilcayo #cats

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Making a sticker of a portrait of Wyrm as a wyrm I think

Work in progress screenshot of a design of a long ribbon like dragon with bat wings framed in an unfinished frame

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

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Donate to Grief and Debt: Help Jack and Charles Get Back on Their Feet, organized by Jack Hawthorne

Our names are Jack and Charles and we could use your help. … Jack Hawthorne needs your support for Grief and Debt: Help Jack and Charles Get Back on Their Feet

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Saoirse Victoria Stone 🏳️‍⚧️ @saoirsestone.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It brought a tear to my eye to find Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by @planetx.bsky.social @deuxdel.bsky.social @airy.bsky.social on school shelves. It made me incredibly happy to see a student check it out.

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Keeping this thread updated with all sorts of little treats and previews!!🌟 There are snippets of two stories so far as well as samples from the artists, so check it out!

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Claudie - Buy Nerezia While I Vacation ;) @clh2oars.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Get yourself good books and support them. Loved both This Mortal Coil and The Traitor & the Wretch 💚

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Today we're highlighting the artists working on Heavy Are The Years! The campaign is live and we want you to get a taste of how gorgeous the art in this book will be!🌟 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

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Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

Three illustrated SFF novellas in one collection exploring the theme of time and how it affects us.

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A teaser from our second story!! 👀✨ Back the campaign here and help us make this book happen! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

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Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Librarians! Zine-Makers! This new Temporary Services zine (made with @doormouse12.bsky.social) is for you! We interviewed 4 public librarians that maintain zine collections and the result is a beautiful 44 page booklet. See and learn how they do it! $10.00 (or $3.00 PDF) from www.halfletterpress.com

From the front and back cover of the booklet:

Public Librarians Discuss Zine Collections

We asked librarians at four public libraries to talk about their library’s zine collection. What advice can they share with zine makers that want to get their work into a public library, or librarians that want to start a collection at their library? Was it hard to convince others that zines are a resource that the library should collect? What collecting models did they follow? How did they build the collection?

Interviewees:

Tim Devin / Somerville Public Library
(Somerville, MA)
Angi Brzycki & Ziba Pérez /
Los Angeles Public Library
(Los Angeles, CA)
Alicia Tate / Multnomah County Library
(Portland, OR)
Alina Josan / The Free Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Traitor & The Wretch is a grim fantasy with a surprisingly tender romance between two disaster henchmen trying their best to outrun their terrible fates. Written by me Illustrated by @skulkingfoxes.bsky.social Cover art by @fusspot.rip Buy it here: bonedustpress.com/shop

A trope map showing the cover of The Traitor & The Wretch, with the two main characters. It reads: "Minor villains dungeon-crawling their way to a happy ending." "On the run from an entire kingdom that wants them both dead." "This guy helped raise a Chaos God to bring about the end times (he's not coping well)." "This guy tried to kill the Prophesized Hero (it ended badly)." "Enemies-to-Lovers" and "Mutated cave creatures! Undead horrors! Endless pitch black caves! Somehow, it's a romance!"

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JD, you can’t eat comics. @lostcity.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Well I‘ve got some good news.

User Raymondreamer from… I think this is Threads… says, “If you hate on ai, you better be pretty damn good at whatever you’re doing”

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I also have a bunch of other very cool books!! Particularly Brooms (made with Teo DuVall, @lgions.bsky.social, and @airy.bsky.social) about BIPOC witches in 1930's Mississippi flying in illegal broom races to earn money. Queer found family, and an alt-history that doesn't ignore racism.

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Pat Brosseau @droog811.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

See, I can still hand letter. I definitely wouldn't want to hand letter as much as I used to pre-digital lettering but it's good to know that I can still do it. ;)

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When shit feels bad, remember that WE ARE CURING CANCERRRR

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WildStar Press @wildstarpress.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Reminder that we collaborated with @gegallas.bsky.social of Open Book Chocolates to offer a limited edition Rosemary & Olive Oil dark chocolate bar! We'll only have 100 of these!🍫✨ www.kickstarter.com/projects/bonedu…

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Cody Ziglar @yayforzig.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Marvel Mangaverse: Iron Knight #1 Layouts > Pencils > Inks > Lettering Artist: Kei Zama

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Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The first illustrated story in our Heavy Are The Years collection is "Irreparable Evolution" by K.C. Pickelsimer and @yellghoul.bsky.social An archeological crew finds something far more dangerous than ruins when they explore a long lost Dwarven city that isn't quite as empty as it seems.

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Intention is the key word here. If you break rules out of arrogance, spite, or curiousity, you may luck out with the results, but doing it with intention is a sign of experience and mastery.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The return to physical media is a radical act. A book in your hand or a record on the turntable belong to a world beyond subscriptions, licenses, and corporate permission, and they can be lent, inherited, annotated, repaired, and loved. They remain when the platform fails and the servers die.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller Monday, September 07,1953

P1- NANCY AND SLUGGO ARE WALKING DOWNTOWN
SLUGGO: I HAVE AN IDEA, NANCY
P2- THEY WALK BEHIND A WOODEN FENCE
SLUGGO: LET’S STAND BEHIND THIS FENCE
NANCY: WHY?
P3- SLUGGO: THIS IS LABOR DAY ---
LET'S GIVE THE BOSS AN EASY STRIP TO DRAW

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andrea shea @whattheshea.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Omg, the pumpkin head you can fit over the skull!!

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America's Voice @americasvoice.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

#LaborDay reminder: labor rights are immigrant rights. Immigrants are essential to our workforce and our communities. They build our homes, grow our food, care for our families, and keep our economy moving. They deserve the same protections, dignity, and the right to organize.

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Open Book Chocolates | Geri E. Gallas Brando @gegallas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

SUPPORT US ON KICKSTARTER! ✅Literary-Inspired Chocolate Bars ✅Women-Owned, Small Business ✅Handmade from Scratch ✅Gluten Free, Soy Free ✅Dark Chocolate = Dairy Free ✅Fair Trade = Fair Wages for Cacao Farmers ✅Made Without Child Labor ✅Dedicated Equipment for Flavors with Nuts Link in thread! 📖🍫💖

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Alrighty, I've got work to focus on this week, but I'll be peeking in to shout about our very cool Kickstarter a few times a day! Heavy Are The Years is a collection of three illustrated SFF stories about time and how it weighs on us all! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

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Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

Three illustrated SFF novellas in one collection exploring the theme of time and how it effects us.

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

it bothers me SO much when people say "death of the author" to mean "separating art from artist" and not "your canon is, like, just your OPINION man. I don't care if you literally made it, let me think what I want about what you made loser."

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Welcome to all of the new followers. I'm so happy many of you are here from the Trans-Inclusive Comic Creator starter pack that @tillybridges.bsky.social made. Y'all have excellent taste. ^_^ If you're interested in encountering more good folks in comics, here is a Letterer starter pack as well!

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