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Helioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Just in time for @rosecitycc.bsky.social, Ben Coleman @ohcoleman.bsky.social and the good folks at Portland Monthly Magazine have an article about our shared comics studio Helioscope in the latest issue. www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-cul... #pdxcomics #rccc

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Comics and Community at Portland's Helioscope Studio

As with many Pacific Northwest endeavors, the creative coworking setup began in a café.

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Ripley's Believe it or Else 🎃 @ripleylacross.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

TOMORROW! Dozens of micro-paintings from my backpacking trips over the years will become available for purchase. Prices will range from $20 to $30, shipping included! Patrons will first pick and 20% off, opening to the public on 9/21. #art Some of the paintings in question can be found here:

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Timberline Trail 2025 - Seventh Time | Ripley LaCross

Hey gang! I just got back the other day from yet another trip on the Timberline Trail. Every fall I head out to Mount Hood and spend three t

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OPB @opb.org · 30/07/2026

Meet six Eisner winners from Oregon — five comic book artists and one comics retailer — who took home awards last Friday evening during a ceremony at San Diego Comic Con.

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Six Oregonians win Eisner Awards at Comic Con

Learn more about Portland's comic artist community in Oregon Art Beat's upcoming comics special.

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Happy 13th Birthday to Oh Joy Sex Toy! Join our Patreon Pledge Drive this month for BONUS COMICS and to keep the site going for one more year! www.patreon.com/OhJoySexToy

Erika draws with a bouncy, cartoony style and uses a color palette of warm yellows, oranges, and reddy-pinks.

"Ahh, summer again!" Exclaims Erika, a white cis middle-age woman in beach attire, which is appropriate since she and her crew are walking on a sandy beach.

Ahead of her walks Ziggy, a trans man in his 40s with a heavily tattooed arm, gauged ears, and a septum piercing. He wears big round glasses, a Pokemon trainer's baseball hat, swim trunks and a tank top while toting in more beach supplies under his arms.

He adds, "That means sunshine, BBQs, and celebrating-"

"Oh Joy Sex Toy's 13th Birthday!" reads the text on a giant beach umbrella that Matt stakes into the sand. He is a devastatingly handsome white cis British man with salt and pepper hair who has just crossed the threshold into his 40s. He wears square-ish glasses, a t-shirt, shorts, and sneakers.

"We invite you all to chip in to our annual Pledge Drive and support the site this month!" Matt continues.

"For the price of a fancy coffee-"

"(or tea)" Erika interrupts.

"(or kombucha!)" Adds Ziggy.

"-you keep the site going AND get access to a bunch of BONUS COMICS that we've been cooking up this last few months.*" Finishes Matt with an iced coffee in his hands while Erika and Ziggy rest under the umbrella, each holding up their own iced tea and kombucha.

Caption: *In addition to all the previous years' extra stories if you haven't read them yet.

The scene shifts from the beach to show samples of the bonus comics, under a ribbon banner labeled "Preview"

Caption: Ripley LaCross travels through a backpacking retrospective. Hien Pham tackles Hourly Comic Day. Jey Pawlik explores what sketchbooks mean to them.

Surfing in on a wave of comic pages, Matt says, "Last year, we had to consider closing... but with our successful Pledge Drive, instead you all helped us raise our rates to commission 27 new and returning guest artists to publish 52 comics for the site, which now has... gosh, 680 comics, all available for free to the folks who need them."

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Leila del Duca @leiladelduca.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Introducing my next comic, SERPENTINE! It’s a YA science fantasy adventure and it’s funding NOW on Kickstarter. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...

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SERPENTINE: A Story From Afar

A 48-page comic book about astral projection, adventure, and responsibility

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

✍️ our newest developer blog comes from Justin, one of our Art Leads at Spry Fox. Justin sat down to walk us through the inspirations & thoughts that went into concepting the visuals for the Shrineworks in Spirit Crossing. let's have a read! → spryfox.com/2025/10/07/developer-blog-shrineworks/

A digital illustration showcasing concept art for "Shrineworks", living stone structures in the world of Spirit Crossing (a game being developed by Spry Fox.) The structures are beige-grey and covered with moss. An assortment of tubes is sticking out of them in a life-like manner.

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Helioscope @helioscopepdx.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

And here's Lucy Bellwood with some INCREDIBLY useful advice for comics writers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXO1... @lubellwoo.bsky.social

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How to Think Like an Artist When Writing for Comics (with Lucy Bellwood)

YouTube video by Helioscope PDX

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Spry Fox @spryfox.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Wondrous details can be found lurking wistfully in the skies of Spirit Crossing... and sometimes those details are *really* happy to see you! #playspiritcrossing #netflixgames #mobilemmo #mobilegames #cozygames

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Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

This video includes my dog Ripley, whom @scottmccloud.bsky.social called a “saint.” #HumbleBrag

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Dystopian Arthur Wyatt @arthurwyatt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

A great list, mainly because a top 10 SF movies of the 70s list is going to do double duty as best ever SF movie list and have a shot at being a decent “best movies of the 70s” list.

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Parker @jeffparker.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Watching this excellence again, Fraction and Lieber discuss making the magic happen with Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. The hidden powerhouse here is @matthewbogart.bsky.social, who is phenomenal at editing and producing this piece.

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Fraction & Lieber Talk Jimmy Olsen

YouTube video by Helioscope PDX

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

We're closing in on the end of our ride! Our MESSENGER Kickstarter ride, I mean, a project with me, @rays666hell.bsky.social, and @rocketshipofficial.bsky.social! THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR YOU ON THIS BICYCLE! We might have to get one of those banana seats, though. www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...

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Messenger Volume 2

Volume 2 of the hit webtoon series by 3x Eisner winner Paul Tobin and artist Ray Nadine!

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Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

I have these prints decorating my apartment and people always ask about them, by the way did you know that because of these prints that WES ANDERSON asked Bill to work on Isle of Dogs because it's true anyway you too can own something that is good enough for WES ANDERSON

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Anina Bennett @bigredhair.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My secret is out—I’m a character in an MMOG! I’ve never played one before, and I’m in love with #SpiritCrossing by @spryfox.bsky.social. I’d love to see some IRL friends in this game. It has drop-dead gorgeous art, great writing, questing & building galore, & fun community. 💖 Come explore with us!

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Erika Moen @erikamoen.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

For my free patrons: How my teen friends and I started making photo copied black and white minicomics, going to conventions, meeting our heroes, and eventually got For Reals published: www.patreon.com/posts/122891...

Photo of the Pants Press table at San Diego Comic Con 2003, L-R: Bill Mudron, Vera Brosgol, Clio Chiang, Jen Wang, Erika Moen, Karen (don't know last name), and Dylan Meconis.

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Smeagol @smeagol92055.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is WILD. In case you can't make it out, Musk's kid is saying "You're not the president and you need to go away." I WONDER WHERE HE COULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT IDEA FROM.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more. I'm trying to save them. You can find the deleted docs at CDCGuidelines.com - I'll be adding more over the weekend.

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Download CDC Guidelines Removed By The Trump Admin

The Trump administration is scrubbing the CDC’s website of documents on reproductive rights issues, sexual health, intimate partner violence, and more.

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Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

That time myself and @bigredhair.bsky.social played Spock’s parents in the theatrical production, TREK IN THE PARK. CBS did a piece about it, which is still on YouTube. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KI5...

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"Trek in the Park" on CBS Morning Show (2012)

YouTube video by Craig Pratt

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Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

15 years ago, as part of @bigredhair.bsky.social & my book release of our history of the robot BOILERPLATE, we did a standing room only reading & signing at Powell’s Books. You shoulda heard Anina’s impression of Mark Twain! Check it out: timetunnel.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/signing/powells.html

Paul Guinan & Anina Bennett perform scenes from their book, BOILERPLATE.

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Dan Schkade @danschkade.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

DAVID LYNCH'S SUPERBOY 1/10

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

It's time to start stockpiling gifts for the upcoming holidays! Wanna get your sweetie something sexy but don't know where to start? DON'T WORRY, WE GOT YOU. Renowned feminist sex toy shop Early to Bed has helped us compile a list of this year's best sex toys. www.ohjoysextoy.com/best-of-24-w...

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Please have a look around our archives of over 600 comics! All Comics: www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/comic Sex Education: www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/com... Reviews: www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/com... Non-fiction: www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/com... SMUT: www.ohjoysextoy.com/category/com...

Screencap of part of Oh Joy Sex Toy's comics archive, featuring preview images to 16 comics by Hien Pham & Ziggy, Simon Shadows, Ripley LaCross, Senna Church, Stefanie B, Robogart, Mads G, and Alex Assan. (Some creators have multiple comics up)

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Kane Lynch @kaneicaruslynch.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

This fall, I'm have with a new weekly online comics class for adults— MAKE YOUR DANG COMIC! (Cartooning Fundamentals). www.crucialcomix.com/.../comics-w... Shay Mirk and I wanted to make a fun, affordable class for both total newbs AND experienced folks who could use the structure to Get Stuff Done.

Flyer with a smiling cartoonist for Make Your Dang Comic! (Cartooning Fundamentals)
Text reads:
This eight-week-long beginner-friendly class will kickstart your creativity and put you on track to create a finished comic you'll be proud of. We'll go through the steps of developing a comics idea, writing a script, working through thumbnail drafts, and drawing the final version, with an emphasis on story, structure, and building skills to eliminate road blocks in the cartooning process.
Taught by Kane Lynch!
• Tuesdays, 6pm-8pm PST
(9-11pm EST)
• October 15th - December 3rd
• Sliding scale cost
• All online

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MajoraZ @majoraz.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I've gone ahead and made Mesoamerican artist and Mesoamerican researcher Lists and Starter packs (I'm not sure why both exist separately?) like I have on twitter: Artist: SP: go.bsky.app/8H4ioGJ List: bsky.app/profile/did:... Researcher: SP: bsky.app/starter-pack... List: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Stop Project 2025 Comic @stopproject25comic.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

Hi. We’re a group of comic book writers & artists who are furious about Project 2025, The Heritage Foundation’s plan to consolidate power under authoritarian rule. So we made a bunch of comics to explain their agenda and move you to vote against it. stopproject2025comic.org

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Stop Project 2025 Comic

Trump's Project 2025 is a detailed plan to shut you up, and shut you out. Don’t let it do either. Read on, then vote.

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Ron Randall @ronrandall.bsky.social · 16/07/2024

You know what's cool? Getting funded on Day One. We're on the way, and I'm not above bribery to get there. Early Bird Specials and limited rewards are going fast, so jump in now at TrekkerKickstarter.com

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Luis Castillo Silva @theeluisifer.bsky.social · 30/04/2024

This is one of my favorite webcomics, and I highly recommend it! @paulguinan.bsky.social knocks it out of the park with the historical accuracy of this story, and @davidhahn.bsky.social's art is phenomenal! If you've ever wanted to learn more about the Aztec Empire, this is a great primer!

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Erika Moen @erikamoen.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

LETTERS FROM SPACE CAMP is my memoir about my month in the Intensive Outpatient Program at the mental hospital. You can read the entire 162 page first draft and I'm currently re-working Chapter Two to send out as a sample to potential publishers: www.patreon.com/posts/letter... #WebcomicDay

IMAGES: Erika sits hunched over on the bus, scrolling on her phone. Same image but now Erika sits hunched over her desk, drawing.

TEXT: 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Bus from the clinic to work at my downtown studio.

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Bus Home
IMAGE: Erika gets off from the bus and walks to her house

IMAGE: Erika joins Matt in the kitchen. He is cooking while she slips her backpack off.

Matt: Hi honey! How was school today?

Erika: Let's see... Today at Crazy Camp we had this one class on the real meaning of words we use to describe our feelings...

Matt: Hey, uh, sorry, but could you not call it Crazy Camp around me?

Erika: Oh!

Matt It's just... upsetting. Because you're not crazy.
Erika: Ha! I call it that because it just... makes it easier for me. It's tongue in cheek, it's ridiculous.

Matt: I get that, I just don't like hearing you say you're crazy. You're not. You're not crazy.

Erika: [thinking] But I am. [aloud] Sure sweetie I'll try real hard not to say that around you.

Matt: Just call it Brain Camp or.. or Space Camp.

Erika: SPACE CAMP?!

IMAGE: Exterior shot of the house.

Erika: Haha! Ok, so at SPACE CAMP today...

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Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

NEW PAGE 90! The zoological gardens of Motecuhzoma! Read our series for free on our BigRedHair website and please support us on Patreon. Thanks! @davidhahn.bsky.social @bigredhair.bsky.social

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Steve Lieber --> Bedrock City Comic Con @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 13/05/2024

It was three years ago today that we lost Jesse Hamm. I'd sat next to him at our shared studio for almost a decade and I miss him every day. Here's Jesse's last published essay from Comic Con International's site, where he was a regular columnist: www.comic-con.org/toucan/carou...

Jesse Hamm in front of some bookshelves, wearing a dark tshirt and his trademark head kerchief, posing for reference, looking wry and pointing

Jesse laughing as he teaches a demo on perspective to Ariela Kristantina, Morgan Beem, and Jorge Corona. Dustin Weaver and Ben Bates are watching.

Jesse and his wife Anna, seated, seen from behind. Anna is resting her head on Jesse's shoulder. They're isolated against a bright white background.

Shrine for Jesse Hamm atop a bookshelf at Helioscope, featuring a drawing of Jesse by Derek Kirk Kim, two of his bandanas, a photo of Jesse and Anna tabling at Stumptown Comics Fest taken by Joshin Yamada, and a couple of artists editions: Toth's Bravo for Adventure and Mignola's Hellboy in Hell.

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Erika Moen @erikamoen.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

@lastweektonight1.bsky.social's episode on Public Libraries is now online! Around the 12 minute mark is when he defends our book, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT, just before comrade graphic novel GENDER QUEER around 16 minutes. There were... some tears while watching this. Book ⮕ www.erikamoen.com/LetsTalk

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Libraries: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver explains why public libraries are under attack, where those challenges are coming from, and how you really spell “Berenstain." Trust us, it’s not...

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

To celebrate our 11th anniversary, we're giving away an extra handful of comics exclusively on Patreon! Coincidentally, this pledge drive will also help us fund the next year's worth of diverse, queer, sex-positive comics. win-win!

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11 YEARS - Pledge Drive 2024

Hot damn! Oh Joy Sex Toy turns 11 this year on April 26th! An insane age for a project we started for funsies-! That's 572 comics clocking in at roughly 2,860 pages of creator-owned sex-positivity. To...

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 02/04/2024

OH JOY, 11 YEARS! Oh Joy Sex Toy is ✨11✨ years old! To celebrate, we're having a party on Patreon all this month sharing bonus, exclusive comics from @jeypawlik.bsky.social, @hienpham.bsky.social, & @ripleylacross.bsky.social 🎉 Learn more: www.ohjoysextoy.com/pledge-drive...

Today's comic is drawn by Erika Moen and contains depictions of herself and her husband, Matthew Nolan. Erika is a white, Cis woman with she/her pronouns. She’s drawn in a fairy costume with short brown hair and pom-poms on her flat pumps in today's comic. Matthew is a cis white male who goes by he/him pronouns. He has green hair, cool, bright shoes, and a plain T-shirt and trousers combo.

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Erika sweeps across the page dressed as a fairy, she’s tied to the ceiling by a thick rope. Behind her is Matthew on the ladder tying up celebratory flags that say Happy Birthday Oh Joy Sex Toy.
As she sweeps, Erika announces - ‘Greetings, gentle wanderer! I-’
Matthew interrupts - ‘Erika?! Why are you dressed up like Tinker Bell?’

Erika gets close and squishes Matthew’s mouth in a loving but comedic way, interrupting him by putting her fingers in his mouth and smushing it.

Full transcript on https://www.ohjoysextoy.com/pledge-drive-2024/

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Oh Joy Sex Toy @ohjoysextoy.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

To celebrate our ✨11th anniversary✨ join our Patreon for exclusive, bonus comics *and also* you'll be helping us secure funding for the next year's worth of public Oh Joy Sex Toy comics. Everybody wins! Public view of exclusive comics: www.patreon.com/posts/101643...

Text: New Exclusive Comics Only On The Patreon!
Three excerpts are shown from Hien Pham, ripley Lacross, and Jey Pawlik in their three distinct styles.

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Leila del Duca @leiladelduca.bsky.social · 24/03/2024

3 days left and counting down! We’ve reached all of our stretch goals, so when backing us you get a large 11x8 hardcover collecting all 11 issues of “Sleepless” PLUS a gold ribbon bookmark, postcard, sticker, and signed book plate. You can snag this bundle here: kck.st/3woyHZ1

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Leila del Duca @leiladelduca.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

We hope you slept well! Our Kickstarter for “Sleepless: The Complete Collection” is now live! Be an early lovebird and help back our gilded hardcover of the 11-issue series! kck.st/3woyHZ1

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Paul Guinan @paulguinan.bsky.social · 06/02/2024

ESTATE SALE! Anina & I have many precious items that need new homes. So many eclectic collectibles! We're having a sale this coming weekend, Feb 10-11. Check out photos of our stuff on the official sale site here: www.theasvintageliving.com/upcoming-est...

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Thea's Vintage Living Upcoming Estate Sale

Upcoming Estate Sale Services Thea's Vintage Living Portland

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