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For reference, this is what the comic looks like later on...

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Thank you so much, that's so wonderful to hear ❤️

That's so sweet of you to say, thank you so much 😭❤️

I should probably mention, since we're starting from the beginning, the art is going to be rough for a while. Please keep in mind these pages were drawn over ten years ago 🥲

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 21/05/2026

Proper pic of the 2026 version 💚

The 2026 version of the illustration by itself. It's drawn in a more painterly style and with a more complex colour palette. The two men's embrace is also more intimate and overtly romantic the in the previous two versions.

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 21/05/2026

2006 | 2016 | 2026 Keep at it I guess! Also yes this is indeed gay Cardcaptor Sakura fanart because I've always been really really cool.

Three versions of the same illustrations - the first drawn in 2006, the second in 2016 and the third in 2026. The drawing depicts the characters Touya and Yukito from CardCaptor Sakura in a romantic pose. The difference in style and quality between the illustrations is significant.

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Quindrie Press @quindriepress.com · 31/03/2026

Happy #TDoV / #TransDayofVisibility! Our book WHEN I WAS ME: MOMENTS OF GENDER EUPHORIA is a stunning collection of comics from over 60 trans artists exploring the joy of being transgender. 50% of profits go to UK orgs supporting queer youth. 🪷 quindriepress.com/books/p/wiwm

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 02/04/2026

it's scary!!!! like why do you know this stuff. get out of my house

Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 02/04/2026

I think it's just a matter of time before these are ironed out though, and soon it may become near impossible to tell the difference. If you're ever approached like this: practice caution, research the company and the sender, and consult your industry peers. More about this kind of scam:

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Return of the Nigerian Prince Redux: Beware Book Club and Book Review Scams - Writer Beware

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a rising and extremely prolific marketing scam that I’ve been able to trace back to operators in Nigeria. Using highly personalized (AI-generated) email solicitations th...

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 02/04/2026

Heads up for authors and comic artists that email scams have been getting a LOT more sophisticated thanks to AI. This email I just got includes actual details about my book, even though there are still some obvious AI tells in my opinion (the subject & the last paragraph especially stand out). 1/2

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Quindrie Press @quindriepress.com · 18/02/2026

The Quindrie Comic Fund will open for submissions in May! UK-based comic creators can apply for up to £1000 to put towards a comic project or goal. Read more details and sign up to be notified when submissions open here: quindriepress.com/fund 🐉

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 19/03/2026

unfortunately I plan to never show my face online ever but I will send one just to you 😘

Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 19/03/2026

looooove the second one holy shit

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 19/03/2026

anyway this arrived the other day. if you know you know

A picture of a very large print of the painting 'Portrait of Carl Van Vechten', 1922 by Florine Stettheimer, framed in gold and leaning against the wall in my apartment.

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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Our Palestine comics resource list is slowly expanding at @brokenfrontier.bsky.social. There's some incredibly powerful and devastating work included herein: www.brokenfrontier.com/tag/palestin...

A montage of covers of graphic journalism , graphic memoir and graphic biography on recent events in Palestine.

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Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

if YOU are doing Trans Rights Readathon (I am, more info next week) or simply looking to read more fun things with trans people in, here's a reminder my books exist and an excuse to shout out some books I really enjoyed. Thread ⤵️ #TransRightsReadathon #trr26

Graphic reads "Want to read more books with
trans & n-b characters?
I Shall Never fall in love - Regency rom-com graphic novel with a transmasc/n-b MC.
Choose your own path (and gender) in Into the Tower (n-b love interest) or Night at the vampire castle (transfeminine n-b and trans man MCs).

Graphic reads 'Recent books I enjoyed with
trans and/or n-b leads', with the book covers of A Lady for All seasons by TJ alexander, the Scandalous letters of V and J by felicia Davin, Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto, Angelica and the bear prince by Trung le Nguyen, and Trans history, a graphic novel by Alex L Combs & Andrew Eakett.

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 12/11/2025

Dear @annerice.amc.com and @iwtvwriters.bsky.social please hire me to draw an IWTV graphic novel, I have the credentials and I think it would make my 14-year-old self reach nirvana... also I really enjoyed drawing that blond man freaking out... #IWTV#InterviewWithTheVampire

An illustration of Claudia, Lestat and Louis from the TV show Interview With the Vampire. They are gathered around a dining table in their house in Rue Royale, holding up glasses of what is presumably blood. The mood between them is tense.

A comic page depicting a scene from the Interview With the Vampire novel, not previously adapted by the TV show. In it, Lestat yells at Louis for not being able to accept his vampire nature.

A comic page depicting a scene from the Interview With the Vampire novel, not previously adapted by the TV show. In narration, Louis describes the intensity and horror of his dreams as a vampire.

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 02/03/2026

Made new profile pics for myself and @lindarrow.bsky.social ! My struggle is always that they have to match but I want to draw myself as a weird little guy and Lin as the most beautiful woman in the world...

A square illustration depicting me (Alex) in vibrant colours.

A square illustration depicting Lin Darrow in vibrant colours. She is the most beautiful woman in the world!!!

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 28/02/2026

you guys are NOT ready for this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 25/02/2026

woww I really love this one, the colours are gorgeous !!

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

One year ago today our Palestine comics resource list went live. Lots more additions to the list coming soon. www.brokenfrontier.com/resource-lis... #FreePalestine

A banner image of covers from comics work dealing with Palestine and the genocide in Gaza.

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thank you so much!! 💕

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see i just don't think the waitress at the ramen restaurant would appreciate hearing about such things unfortunately

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thankfully i am a chronic un-finisher of art though and so now not being able to draw the only thing i can do now is polish off old pieces lmao. so at least there's that 🤷

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my wrist is still fractured btw and i regret to inform you every time someone sees my cast and asks how i broke it i get closer to saying oh you know. jerkin' it

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 03/02/2026

Been looking at too much German expressionist art lately.... #InterviewWithTheVampire #iwtv

An illustration of Louis and Lestat from the TV show Interview with the Vampire, drawn in the style of old German expressionist movie posters, stylized with dark colours and rough linework.

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like it's clear to me that he wouldn't be speaking like that if I were his cis son but in a way it's nicer like this. it's like i skipped some of the weird father-son awkwardness you always hear about lmao

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 03/02/2026

one funny thing about having transitioned is that my dad is really supportive and hasn't actually changed the way he talks to me at all, just swapped "daughter" for "son". so he constantly refers to me as his "lovely son" and "beautiful son of mine". i think it's so cute honestly i love it

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 01/02/2026

every time i go to an adult puppet show (which is a lot of times) i always have a small hope that i'll get to see a human fuck a puppet and it never happens because everyone in theater is a coward. apparently

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 30/01/2026

the second one.... incredible

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 29/01/2026

if any of you are noticing that @lindarrow.bsky.social and i are especially synced up it's because i'm visiting her in canada right now. also because we're bound by the red string of fate but that's secondary

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 29/01/2026

yes yes yes ye syneyeye yes ye syees

Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 29/01/2026

you guys don't even understand how good this one's going to be

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Standing Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Ras Ein al-Auja, one of the last remaining Bedouin communities in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, has been completely erased through brutal Israeli settler violence. Ras Ein al-Auja has been ethnically cleansed. (1/3)

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 27/01/2026

to be clear i really do love heated rivalry and i love fujoshis also ❤️

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 27/01/2026

i love heated rivalry because now that it's hit the mainstream i can finally find out which of the women in my life have the fujoshi gene

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 26/01/2026

Today marks mine and @lindarrow.bsky.social 's 16th anniversary as friends & creative soulmates! I lucked out with the best possible collaborator. I can't even imagine where I would be today without Lin's friendship & artistic influence. Lin, I love you and I hope we make comics together forever 🩷

An illustration depicting myself (Alex) and my writer Lin Darrow.

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 13/01/2026

one of the positive things about this development though is that i'm finding out just how many of my fellow hive sufferers i hadn't been following on bluesky! very happy to be correcting this now

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Alex Assan @alexassan.com · 13/01/2026

i was literally about to make a similar post haha