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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

At this point if I was gonna do an indie comic I’m slicing that shit up panel to panel and just putting it on TikTok with animated slides going through the photos and music bc atp everyone else is gonna do you like frieza is doing vegeta in my icon like lol

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toril @toril.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

a tapas tale 🐙

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

gonne be reckless and say I don't even think fanwork is stealing buyers from indie comics in indie spaces, i think that genuinely people just are bad at hooking readers/selling their stories or making stories with broad appeal and well drawn doesn't always mean well written 🏃

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

the way I feel like this is connected to and an extension of Art Colleges and the protection of the upper class, often white prestige around it and how that often translates to anti-anime sentiment

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Can You Sell Doujinshi in Artist Alley? www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v4Q...

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

for the record doujinshi events do not work like this and as a result there is a doujinshi event almost every weekend in tokyo and everyone who wants to make a doujinshi can make one. isn't that a wonderful concept. accessibility and proliferation

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

can you imagine if comiket were like *in the 80s* our concept, the doujinshi event, is an original concept that we worked hard on and therefore all other doujinshi events are plagiarizing our work and if you participate in them you are banned from comiket forever

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It’s bc the rt culture artist to artist has really collapsed for reasons I have 13 theories about

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Frankly if I draw a 30+ comic book you simple are not going to dictate what I fucking do with it and try to pressure me into making it loss media to please you unless I am making royalties, am selling in major stores and we have a contract I’ve reviewed with a lawyer

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I think it’s tempting for success comic artists to speak against the current criticism to speak about their ease and success and good experiences but it’s not really about you it’s about marginalized,underprivileged creators.

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Liana ✦ illustrain't @ commissions open @herssian.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

dont fall prey to the brush example showing you a masterpiece. you cannot draw like that just because of this brush. they're lying to you. you'll download the brush and you'll draw like you always do. are you listening

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

And upon access and proximity to white privilege and wealth 🤫

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"i don't have any time" it's okay me neither. it's fine if it takes you months or years. it's fine if you never finish. just give it a shot, you might like it. "it's gonna be bad" that's okay. humans need to make bad art to live.

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Not to soap box about this but i feel that ppl in the english indie comics space should hear it: creating doujinshi/self published comics without the stamp of a prestigious fair or an indie publisher does not make you any less of a comic artist. drawing comics makes you a comic artist.

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Kan・COMMISSION OPEN @kohiu.com · 31/07/2026

Please do not apply to Shortbox Comic Fair. Here's a thread:

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I was a buyer of the very first short box zines when it was actual physical books you could buy and i've supported it every year since, im really sad to see how the pursuit of power and profit has again ruined what was once a really beautiful thing i really supported

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Duke Stephens @oliveoilcorp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

anyway. indie comics shouldn't have landlords

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

My mobilestudio model was one with a known manu defect where the battery would bloat and explode and i would have to pay 300$ to have it fixed until finally they were like we're not supporting repairs on this product anymore and gave me a different model which then proceeded to also bloat and have

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Anime boston was one of our best cons ever yay

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

art... is like gacha. sometimes you draw a good. and sometimes you draw a bad

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nico @nicodelort.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

happy birthday Dark Souls III and my favorite set piece in a souls game (5x7" ink on claybord - 2023)

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

It's nice out and the light is good, you know what that meeeeaanns

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

greens and oranges were so hard for me www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

slablet for sketching, screen for drawing, slablet for editing is my current process

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I don't even think tagging is the issue, I think it's because artist to artist RT culture is depressed here bc other platforms have a more audienced fueled circulation culture that doesn't quite exist here yet.

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Dont be weepy sleepy puppies

picture of a scarf on a desk that has a tiny chihuahua wrapped up in it

up close of chihuahua falling asleep within her scarf cocoon

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

twitter search has been broken for a while and you can only look down to like first 1k to 3k posts on a timeline so essentially anything you post on twitter eventually becomes lost media after a while

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

i wanna say that you can draw comics while holding a full time job. I don't just mean doujinshi. I have a friend w/a published manga that has been officially localized in NA and they have a day job. I also have a full time job and I draw this much but I'm comics georg adn should not be counted

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IDK @idkkun.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

the culture difference between jp conventions "i'm here for the joy and whimsy and only charging to recoup printing costs" vs US cons "money money i must draw the most popular current IP" is jarring

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

so many AA artists just not gonna ever be able to retire bc they don't have the financial literacy which is embedded into regular job culture and their wages are not consistent enough tot be compatible with regular fin security institutions who demand large deposits

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fishu @ gateway fate 800 @goldfishu.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I agree with this but also want to say that I hope the breaking point of the hyper competitive convention hustle culture ends up with people finally focusing more on local community driven art markets and events

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

i made a guide on how to write, draw, and print a doujinshi/fanzine/whatever you want to call it. this is a crash course on literally everything i know about making doujinshi. it's over 40 pages long. i hope you like it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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sai ✦ fefw @radiostarkiller.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

its a bit of a relief to see other artists feel the same about how US artist alley has become more ""hustle culture"" with a focus on making marketable goods with ok enough art, and less ""check out this mental illness"" with 200 doujinshi pages of the best sucking and fucking you can ever imagine

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

@r2e054.bsky.social happy birthday!!!hope you are having a beautiful day today!!

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

actually one more thought in this era of social media, 70% of your success is going to be tied to your charisma and social skills. If your personality stinks or you are inclined to negativity and aren't in the practice of holding community, then your success will directly reflect that

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

established artists sneering down at new gen artists who are maturing in a vastly different creative space and saying things like marketing and making merch of your ocs is a waste of time/effort better poured into comic making are so out of touch and miserable

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

i gave wacom one more chance with a shitty little basic graphic tablet and it broke for no reason today meanwhile my ipad has never disappointed me in my life

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Anyway I wanna share my Pinterest worthy Christmas tree lol

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

So I realized that having ass and butt in all my usernames may be why all my shit is failing so now I need to think of a better username when I've been assby for 15 +years lol

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saba sabaton @ gateway fate 501 @sabato-n.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

interest check for volume 5 is up! forms.gle/5rjPkJKdMUEj... please fill it out if you think you'd like one. the amount i order is based on the interest check so this is actually very important! feel free to share with anyone who might want one as well. thank ye

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

My hot take is that if you spend 12 hours a day on Tumblr engaging in politics you aren't in the world talking to real people, youre just consuming a curated isolated ecosystem of online politics that is in no way representative of the actual population

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

i'm watching invincible and my toxic trait is that it doesn't matter to me how much a scumbag father a character is, I want them to have a vegeta redemption and return to their wife and kids lol

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Assby @assby.bsky.social · 16/10/2025