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Alex Blott

@alexblott.com
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✍️ Writing Scripts | 📚 Making Comics | ☕️ Throwing Pottery linktr.ee/a_exb_ott He/Him

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Teeg @teeketch.art · 18/05/2026
I still really like these old weird doodles. I find it fun to write little blurbs and things when I draw characters though they don't always get shared along with the art. Maybe I should move forward in expressing the full breadth of the weirdos I draw haha
sketch of a robed figure with a head of flame.sketch of a small, childlike character with eyes in shadow and blood around their mouth.sketch of a stout character in robes with a large, bell shaped helmet.sketch of a tall, slender figure with loose robes and cloak with a large, round helmet with a face carved into it.
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Amalas @amalasrosa.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Me and my perspective grid against the world
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Bwillett Comics, Monster Boyfriend Specialist @bwillettcomics.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For folks who made money through Tapas ad revenue and are now building their own sites: this is probably one of the sites you want to use for rebuilding ad revenue
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To celebrate the launch of Sweet Shop, the Comixology We Truly Deserve, ALL Iron Circus ebooks are ONE. DOLLAR. EACH. GET ON THIS.
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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 25/09/2026
We're nearing the end of the webcomic version of RUIN! When it's finished we want to share all the fanart people have done, so if you have drawn the characters and would like it to be posted to visagecomic.com please link it below or shoot me an email!
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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 18/09/2026
Artists Now have opened bursaries for UK artists to put towards their professional development. If you're not already a member of Artists Now you can sign up and apply for the bursary. ➡️ More info: www.artistsnow.com/resource/art...
Artists Now Bursaries support visual artists at every stage of their career to develop their artistic practice and professional development. 

You can apply for between £500 and £1,500 towards a tailored programme of activities that will help you develop your skills, knowledge, networks, opportunities or professional profile. We’re looking for applications that demonstrate a clear opportunity for development and explain how the proposed activities will have a meaningful impact on your practice. 

The bursary can support a range of activities, from professional training, mentoring and research to residencies, networking and specialist advice. It can also contribute towards some of the costs associated with developing your practice. 

Key information 
Who can apply: Current Artist members of Artists Now 

Bursary amount: £500 to £1,500 

Applications open: Thursday 17 September 2026, 12pm (midday) 

Application deadline: Thursday 15 October 2026, 12pm (midday) Your application should describe a plan of activities that is tailored to your development. There's no set format, but you should explain how your proposed activities will help you develop your practice, skills, opportunities or professional profile. 

Your plan might include: 

Learning new skills through professional training, courses, mentoring, coaching or peer learning 

Research and development, experimentation or collaboration 

Residencies tailored to your practice 

Networking with artists, galleries, organisations and other relevant partners 

Visiting exhibitions, events or locations relevant to your work, including travel, accommodation and subsistence 

Developing new audiences or markets for your work 

Portfolio development 

Professional memberships 

Business development activities or specialist advice to support your practice
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
For anyone leaving Tapas. Remember the website doesn’t have to be beautiful or perfect—if you’ve seen the sites kids read scanslations on, you’ll know the only thing that matters is the comic
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Graham Walmsley 🎲 @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is beautiful and also a textbook example of how to design an image so you can reuse it for a wraparound cover, a Kickstarter banner and much more. (Use the whole thing if you want landscape, use the right half if you want portrait.)
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Will Tempest @willtempest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Sketchbook
Sketchbook page of characters
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OneLittleApple @onelittleapple.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is why it’s so much more important than ever to make sure your comic ✨has its own site✨ — this sucks so much because there’s goes a decent platform that elevated webcomics 🙃
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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 22/09/2026
BUILD YOUR OWN WEBCOMIC SITE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Slings and Arrows Graphic Novel Guide @sandagnguide.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Most people reading this post won't know Scottish artist and writer Will Tempest, but they ought to. He's great. Two volumes of his Short Sword collections are available through his own website, and we'd recommend them both. theslingsandarrows.com/short-sword-...
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 20/09/2026
Ok, an update on this. It's made. It works. Now I'd value your input on what people think it should actually DO. I currently have a shortlist of 3 ideas. Welcoming more! Would appreciate a boost from UK #comics folk to get this in front of as many people as possible. #indiecomics #webcomics
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Pictii @pictiipaint.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
🍂🐇Lady of Hares: Sunset🐇🍂 An illustration I completed a few weeks back! I wanted something that felt somewhere between a folk-art style and something art nouveau. The border is inspired by a pattern carved on the Nigg Stone (a very beautiful Pictish carved stone, look it up!)
A mostly symmetrical illustration of a goddess-like woman in a brown dress and short cape. She holds a shining golden stylised hare in her arms, and wears an oak-leaf crown. Her hair splays out behind her and she stands in front of dark fields and a red sky with a golden sun radiating sun rays out from behind her head. On either side of the woman are leafy branches. The image has a decorative red border with a pattern inspired by one of the patterns carved on the Pictish Nigg Stone in Scotland. Two stylised hares leap towards the centre bottom of the picture.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 20/09/2026
Ok, an update on this. It's made. It works. Now I'd value your input on what people think it should actually DO. I currently have a shortlist of 3 ideas. Welcoming more! Would appreciate a boost from UK #comics folk to get this in front of as many people as possible. #indiecomics #webcomics
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adam @kumerish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Chris Baldie @chrisbaldie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I've been working on a new Jacques book that I'm aiming to have ready for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social this year. I'll have more information on where and when this can be purchased online soon, but for the time being I just really wanted to share the cover.
"Jacques pays the price" is the title of this book. 
The cover shows our titular character leaping between two rooftops. The glow of the city lights him from below.
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Lucy Sullivan @lucysullivan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wee snippet of layouts for panels & lettering on MOTHERS RUIN - Chapter 3 HARVEST The line art was hidden as I cleaned up the tone layer but found it easier to see how the page was working. I kind of dig it. (Fear not the final book will definitely include inky line art, watercolour & dialogue)
Image of tone & lettering layers for the rough early pages on the upcoming MOTHERS RUIN (Avery Hill Publishing) created by Lucy Sullivan 

Art: Somewhat indecipherable on purpose to stop any spoilers or scraping by tec-bros-bots
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 17/09/2026
To get things going, I've started pulling together a list-serv for UK comics creators and am looking for people to help me test it before taking it public. If you don't mind receiving a couple of emails then please DM/reply on here =)
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Small Press Scotland CIC @smallpress.scot · 16/09/2026
Thank you again to everyone who attended our roundtable last week! Our full report is now available, with a complete breakdown of everything we discussed, all solutions proposed, and all resources suggested. Let's fix comics! 📝 smallpress.scot/reports/misc...
The Scottish Comics Roundtable. Event report:
- Statistics on Scotland's comic creators
- Problems faced by our community
- Potential solutions proposed
How can YOU help fix comics?
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Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · 15/09/2026
A lovely review of my latest comic - Just Work - over on @brokenfrontier.bsky.social! A reminder that you can read the comic for free here: tomhumberstone.com/just-work
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Lucy Bellwood @lubellwoo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
KNOT CLUB is currently sold out (about to print, fold, pack, and ship 50 zines, pray 4 me), but my $5 PDF Library tier will get you access to all the zines month by month as digital downloads! If this month turns out to be manageable I'll open up some more mail slots <3
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Chris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The goat is finally on the page (and the first page of Outlaw's Apprentice: Frontliner is finished!)
Close up of a panel with a pack goat in it, walking on a gravel road
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⚠️ eve g ⚠️ @evegwood.com · 12/09/2026
it's a real shame to see comic colleagues across the pond facing the same struggles we've got in the uk re: uncurated, unfocused shows, marketed as "comic" cons. it's why we're trying so hard with SPS to make it clear to our attendees what to expect when they come to TAGS or Sequential! INDIE WORK!!
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Grave Goods @gravegoodspub.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We’re SO happy to be back at TAGS this year, it’s one of our absolute favourites and the team deliver such a wonderful event every time
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ThirdBear Press @thirdbearpress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
In case you didn’t see this before you went to bed last night… BOXES Vol. 5 is funded! If you haven’t backed yet, there’s still a few hours if you want to grab your copy before the campaign ends: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... Thanks again 🙏
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Steven Ingram @steveningramart.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Following the Scottish Comics round table last night, I’ve had a look over and updated this list of comics creatives in Scotland. If you think I’ve missed anyone give me a shout! Everyone on this list is worth a follow, so have at it 💪 go.bsky.app/P1oiAY7
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ThirdBear Press @thirdbearpress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We are now within smelling distance. Just £220 left to raise! Help us print BOXES Vol. 5 here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... Thanks 📦📦📦
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Andi Watson @andicomics.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A strange light
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Cab @cabfolio.com · 10/09/2026
Headlines this week.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 10/09/2026
Very cool to see people networking/setting up things in the zoom chat live as ideas were thrown about! Just goes to show the importance of connecting the dots and getting folk in the same room.
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Rob Jones - Letterer/Writer/WOTW: Thunder Child out NOW!!! @robjoneswrites.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🎶 99 Speech Balloons... floating on the comics page... 🎵
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 10/09/2026
So close, 24 hours to go and the finish line is there. Support UK indie #comics gogogogogo.
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
In preparation for this I am elbow-deep in stats comparing Scottish creators to the UK as a whole. It is veeeeery interesting… For example, did you know there’s a higher concentration of self-published creators in Scotland? Now you do, you nerd!
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Neil Slorance @neilslorance.com · 09/09/2026
With the Ocarina of Time buzz I'd like to share an old comic about why the game is so special to me 🎮
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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Once upon a time the small press shelves would be full of comics anthologies providing a platform for exciting emerging creators. Now they’re a rarity. And they are *so* important. BOXES has been consistently excellent and the latest issue needs your support. Let’s do this!
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ThirdBear Press @thirdbearpress.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
BOXES Comic Magazine Vol. 5 is now LIVE for funding on Kickstarter! BOXES showcases a diverse range of UK based comics talent. Help us bring it to life here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... Thanks 📦📦📦
A mock up of BOXES Comic Magazine Vol. 5.

Overlay text says: Just launched on Kickstarter... BOXES Vol. 5
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Cassandra Khaw @casskhaw.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This comes out in about a month?? Help?? What?? Every book is a personal one, but this weird elegaic story about a woman who finds her death on her doorstep one day is as close to autobiographical as I'm willing to get with my work.
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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
self-hating artists! quote post with your crowd scenes! #art #comics
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Félix the Rover @therovercomics.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
European artists! The EU commission is opening a feedback on the use of AI in the cultural and creative fields. Their vision is clearly pro-use of AI, but we clearly have an opportunity to push back: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet...
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European Commission - Have your say
European Commission - Have your say
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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not sure how to move forward with setting up the visual look of your new business, imprint, or game? Read more about Logos vs. Brands here: lonearchivist.com/logo-vs-bran... And then, if you need help with that, hit me up through the CONTACT button!
lonearchivist.com
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 03/09/2026
I have a conspiracy theory that mcvities are slowly turning chocolate digestives into chocolate rich teas.
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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 03/09/2026
Re-upping this, because as we all know you can announce things half a dozen times and still have your friends say "wait, why didn't you tell me?" :) My show. V exciting. (I did nothing, by the way, except write the book. All honours go to everyone else!)
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 03/09/2026
Love breakdowns like this. Nigel does a lovely job of explaining how everything has been built in service of the joke. Plenty to get the brain going!
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horror Ewacui @ewacat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
at one point in this Rocz mentions an essay "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" from Edward Tufte about how PowerPoint flattens and simplifies thoughts and concepts and oh wow there's nothing new under the sun is there www.wired.com/2003/09/ppt2/
wired.com
PowerPoint Is Evil
Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 02/09/2026
I'll play! QRP and show us something you made recently that made you happy! Art, craft, writing, etc... anything! Here are some mugs I made recently for an order. The proceeds from my pottery sales go straight into commissioning #comics work so was pleased to get this through. #pottery
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 02/09/2026
"Why play RPGs when the purchasing process has been wholly gamified?" This one hit hard, and makes good points about how it's in the interest of the crowdfunding platforms that we back just. one. more. game. Pleased and inspired to see TNG exploring alternatives.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 01/09/2026
Here's to @bertacious.bsky.social on this Letterer Appreciation Day!
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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As today is Letterers Appreciation Day, please check out this Starter Pack of comic book letterers here on Bluesky. If you are a professional letterer and wish to be in the Starter Pack as well, please let me know! go.bsky.app/D5PbjPZ
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Gustaffo Vargas @gustaffovargas.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So, in case you didn't know. I'm moving out of the UK by in a couple of months...! 😱Looking for an exciting adventure in Spain! 😁😎🤖 Why not grab my Peruvian Cyberpunk books and all the books in my shop at REDUCED SHIPPING? (only valid for the UK) www.gustaffovargas.com/store #peruviancyberpunk
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