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Alex Blott

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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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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 25/09/2026
I think that's true. There aren't a lot of games that if I saw someone was doing a remake I'd leap, but it's definitely one of them. Great voice acting as well.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 25/09/2026
Sacrifice! So good. Me and my best friend played so much of that, really enjoyed the squabbling gods and chances to choose between them.
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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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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/09/2026
Great! Sent an invite to the email in your bio =)
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/09/2026
Fab! if you drop me an email to hello - at - alexblott -dot-com I'll send an invite!
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/09/2026
Yeah I'm really hopeful that the first option will be a relatively light-lift way for people to help each other out! Thanks for replying, would you like an invite to the serv? I'm slowly populating it!
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 21/09/2026
Thanks! Yeah that could definitely work. I worry a little about moderation when you open it up to general conversation but think it could be workable! Would you like an invite to the serv? I'm slowly populating it!
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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
A central hub for grants/funding/calls for submissions. So people could subscribe to the serv and then funding bodies/publishers could message whenever they want to promote.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 20/09/2026
A place for general comics discussion, Hopefully giving people an opportunity to talk/come up with ideas in the same manner people were doing in the ccic chat and breakouts.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 20/09/2026
An 'advice line'. Where people can send in their questions (anonymously if they wish) and then people with experience can respond. This will hopefully serve to give access to expertise for anyone who needs it, and ease the initial obstacle of identifying who has that expertise,
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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
Great! Could you try sending an email to the group so I can see how moderation works? (I'll reply to that on there for the next stages so bsky doesn't have to see us just troubleshooting on here)
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 17/09/2026
Should be winging its way to you now.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 17/09/2026
Fabulous, thank you! I'm just writing up a first draft of a welcome email and then I'll test it. Email should come from ukcn+admins -at - gaggle -dot - email if you want to whitelist.
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Alex Blott @alexblott.com · 17/09/2026
Heya! Can you receive DM's? If so i'll drop you a message just now.
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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
Everyone gets a little lovesick for.... a couple of books.
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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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