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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 28/09/2026

biiiiig Silk + Cassandra Cain commission done! where they're hanging was artist's choice, so of course i put 'em in a record store with the client's fave albums. soooo freakin fun 🕸️🎸🦇

an 11x17 inch ink, watercolor and gouache illustration on bristol paper depicting Silk and Cassandra Cain in an old school record store. Cassandra Cain sits on a round orange stool with chrome trim and is thrashing whilst turning up the volume on an amp to "MAX". in front of her is a Micro-Seiki DD-40 turntable, currently playing DANGER DAYS by My Chemical Romance. in between a pair of wood-paneled speakers mounted on the walls, Silk sits in a relaxed pose and hands another record (LILIAC by IU) to Cassandra. decorating the walls are more vinyls and posters including works by Sam Cooke, Norah Jones, Nas, Big Pun, Labi Siffer, Olivia Dean, Yorushika, and (my self-indulgent addition) The Strokes. the colors are bright, with the lime-green walls dominating, mixtures of purple, pink, teal and highlighter yellow in the characters' supersuits, plus warm browns and oranges in the furniture and audio gear.

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 28/09/2026

Are you and your webcomic affected by the impending Tapas shutdowns? In light of recent events, the CartUn journal has published a new guide on webcomic hosting and moving platforms. journal.cartoonist.coop/webcomic-hos...

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 28/09/2026

GREAT read on how to self-publish the niche queer comic/writing anthology of your dreams. finding your people, editing and curating submissions, dealing with marketing and censorship, being real and kind. genuinely: this is the kind of attitude and work that will keep interesting art alive.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 27/09/2026

for this commission, i really wanted to draw an old-timey elevator. thank you to this client for letting me trap their characters in one. ✨

an ink and watercolor illustration for a commission of Remi and Tamaki from COLD HANDS, COLD HEART by Mariko Abe. a tall femme with long, swirling platinum hair wears a fur coat that's slipping off one shoulder to reveal a dark glittering dress; she looms over a shorter, curly-haired person in a herringbone vest and pants who looks up at her with an admiring and timid expression. they are in an old fashioned elevator with brass grilled doors; the color scheme is mostly brass tones of sepia and gold and blue-black shadows with accents of ice blue and violet.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 27/09/2026

i finished all of my commissions!!!! praise the i did it!!!

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 25/09/2026

If you want to see what kind of incredible report & action that data can be turned into, see the UK Comics Creators Research Report 2026!! An incredible feat of collective action and labor by the wonderful Comics Cultural Impact Collective who helped us create our survey! ukcomicscreators.org.uk

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UK Comics Creators Research Report 2026 The most comprehensive overview of comics creators in the UK Drawing on the responses from nearly 700 creators to the UK Comics Creator Survey in autumn 2025, t...

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Jey Pawlik 🏳️‍⚧️ @jpawlik.com · 23/09/2026

I was commissioned by @filthyfigments.bsky.social to draw up a BRAND NEW RSS COMIC! With all the Tapas news, I thought this would be the perfect time to post the full comic. This is an up-to-date comic with what I'm using, how I'm using it, and how you can too! #Comic #RSS #Webcomic #Art

Digitally drawn comic with black choppy lines and a purple tone over the colours. The comic is set in space with Jey, a white nonbinary person with short black hair and a chubby build; Ember, a chubby blond white woman with goggles on her head and two heart shaped pigtails; Pomona, a thin black woman with dark purple hair wrapped up in a heart-shaped bun and then in a braid from that. The three of them are sitting in a space ship, all looking at their hologram tablets. Jey says "Hell yeah, that new comic on Filthy Figments" just updated!" Ember looks surprised and asks "WHAA?! How'd you know that? I didn't see it yet!" Pomona responds "Yeah, what's up? I don't see any posts about it on socials." Jey points to their hologram tablet and says "Oh I got the notification on my RSS reader as soon as the page went up!" Ember looks confused and asks "R-what-what?" and Pomona says "Sounds sexy, do tell~" Jey explains "RSS, or Really Simple Syndication", is an update feed for a website. Every time the site publishes a blog post, comic page, or anything else, that feed is updated. Pomona and Ember then ask "Okay cool, but how do we access that feed? I'm no hacker or anything!" Jey points up to the URL of the feed and says "It's really simple~ heh" All you need is: the feed url from the site, usually a button or a link (ie. filthyfigments.com/comic/feed) and a feed reader! Pomona asks "Do you have any sexy ready recs, Jey? ❤️" Jey responds excitedly with "Oh, I sure do! I've tried a whole bunch out, and every reader is a little different so try out a few to see what fits you best." Here's a few I've tried: Feedbro Feedbin (paid, but worth it) Feedly (was good but got into AI) Thunderbird Ukagaka Ghosts (the most fun) Jey presents these to Ember and Pomona and says "I like Feedbro the best for my needs~"

Copy the link and add it to your reader of choice: The image shows a mouse copying the url filthyfigments.com/comic/feed and pasting it into the feed reader, which then turns in to a feed of posts and images for the user. The feed shows blog posts, subscription posts, and image posts by people on their own websites, blogs and a tumblr. Jey shows the finished feed off and says "And VOILA! You've got a feed of JUST the sites you add." Pomona grins and says "Ohh, it looks just like a social media feed~" Ember excitedly clasps her hands together and asks "But-- without algorithms?!" Jey replies with a cheeky little grin "You got it! Your feed reader wont' ever give you posts from sites you don't follow, it'll always be in chronological order and WITHOUT ADS!" Ember throws her arms up in complete shock saying "NO ADS?! Are you serious? SIGN ME UP!" The three are sitting together on the space ship again with their hologram tablets. Ember excitedly says "Hey, I got the update ❤️" Pomona sits back satisfied saying "Ahh RSS is bliss~" A comic by Jey Pawlik jpawlik.com for filthyfigments.com using the site's mascots Ember and Pomona.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 22/09/2026

requiem of the rose king commission done. thank you for the extremely emo request 🖤🥀

a black and white ink illustration on bristol paper of Richard from Requiem of the Rose King; an androgynous one-winged figure in a tight-fitting black gothic outfit sprawled elegantly on marble overgrown with thorns and roses, a dagger in one hand

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 22/09/2026

i know the hot topic is Emily Wilson's ODYSSEY translation but has anyone else read her BACCHAE (Euripides)? because hooooolyyyyy shit it's good 🍇

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 18/09/2026

can you believe i've just held on to the "blueludebar" handle ever since.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 18/09/2026

some variegated monstera leaves around the apartment.

some fountain pen ink drawings of individual variegated monstera leaves scattered across a page of my sketchbook

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 17/09/2026

back in the aughts, i almost went to MCAD because they were one of very few schools with a strong, comics-focused program. teachers are asking for fair pay, a voice in decisions and protections against being replaced by AI. only takes a sec! sign if you can.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 15/09/2026

clear skies, good swing out west.

scribbly fountain pen ink drawings in my sketchbook of Jay Corvidae (leading) and Fix Vulpes (following) from EIGHTY DAYS swing dancing under strands of fairy lights lights.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 10/09/2026

finished inking another danmei commission ✒️ #tgcf #heavensofficialblessing

a black and white ink illustration on paper of Hua Cheng and Xie Lian from Heaven's Official Blessing framed by blossoming branches and a round gate in a garden

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🥖Kekeflipnote🥖 @kekeflipnote.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In this period of time filled with AI stupidity, let's celebrate those we are not celebrating enough: Art supporters, Art commissioners THANK YOU! Thanks to YOU, many artists can do what they do the best and keep being productive but most importantly Artists can LIVE!

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 09/09/2026

another commission painted. "what would CLAMP do?" 🌙

an ink and watercolor commission of a woman with swirling platinum blonde hair and wearing long flowing robes of teal and purple holding a dagger above her head. against a dark sky, streaks of white edged with pink stream upwards from a full moon in the background

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MrBatBird @mrbatbird.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I remember when you were posting about this story back on tumblr……I still even have some very old zines from back then! Congrats on the five year anniversary of the book, truly

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 08/09/2026

five years ago on 9/7, my debut graphic novel EIGHTY DAYS came out in bookstores. the work of my life (so far) 🖤

a hardcover copy of my graphic novel EIGHTY DAYS on a sunlit, white table.

a selection of original comic art pages from EIGHTY DAYS drawn in ink, brush and pen nib taped to a wall; in front of the wall is a white chair and a pair of short, silver-studded black boots

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

FROM: agamemnon@hades.gov TO: orestes@atreus.house RE: bad news (mom)

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 04/09/2026

reading THE GREEK PLAYS (2017) while waiting for my car repair like "this sucks, but at least i'm not Oedipus. or Antigone. or Orestes. or--"

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 04/09/2026

finished painting another fun commission. based on The Lovers tarot card, but for three 🃏

my hand holding a 5x7" watercolor and ink illustration on bristol board. the art has the same composition and bold linework style of The Lovers card from the Smith Rider Waite deck, but replaces the Adam and Eve figures with three teens in fashionable clothes linking hands.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 03/09/2026

all right, time to reveal what the heck i drew this poster design for. i'm hosting EAR & EYE JAM SESSIONS for Cartoonists United! listen to one album all the way through, draw what you hear. tune in Sunday, October 11 @cartoonist.coop 🎼👂🏽👁️

A graphic announcing the “EAR & EYE JAM SESSIONS” event, to be held on Sunday, October 11th, at 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET / 7 PM GMT / 5 AM (Monday) AEST. The illustration is mostly black and ivory in a sketchy fountain pen style. On a page of sheet music, an inkwell with a coy, mysterious smile draws musical bars using a singing five-pronged pen nib. Text below reads: “Listen to a music album start to finish, draw what you hear”. Music notes stylized to look like eyes, time signatures and squiggles of ink decorate the page.

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Rye Hickman @ryehickman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This weekend is BCAF! I’ll be on panels about book bans and horror comics, and giving a workshop on tools and techniques. If you’re around Boise come say hi!

The Boise Comic Arts Fest 2026 poster, created by Julius Bridgeforth

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 02/09/2026

finished painting this big stingray commission 🌊

a watercolor and ink illustration on bristol paper of Stingray spreading the wings of his cape and riding a sunlit ocean wave as foam crashes around. to the left is a color sketch, to the right is my watercolor palette and brushes, and in the lower left is my hand making a peace sign.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 31/08/2026

work in comics in the U.S., or know someone who does? (self-pub and webcomics count) tell 'em to fill this @cartoonist.coop survey! sharing knowledge is power 💪🏽🔏 airtable.com/appLRxNDI7Yj...

the top of the website form for the 2026 Comics Worker Survey by Cartoonists United, showing an image of Inkling (a cartoon inkwell) holding Nibford (a cartoon nib pen) encircled by text reading "Cartoonists United". underneath the picture, body text reads "The 2026 Comics Worker Survey / -This is for comics workers who live and work in the US / -Please answer relevant fields with your earnings from 2025 ONLY"

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 01/09/2026

THE PRINCE comic simply would not exist without AMERICAN* FUJO* anthology, now back for a second print run 👯 preorder: americanfujo.bigcartel.com/product/amer...

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Alexis Rippen *️⃣ Flamecon C14 @theswordwizard.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

While the pre-order period for our second run is open we're re-introducing ourselves and all the fantastic pieces of American* Fujo*! The FULL introduction written by @tshirt.bsky.social is now available on our neocities page, but here's a short snippet for bluesky:

AMERICAN* FUJO* is Alexis Rippen & tshirt3000's premier anthology on fandom culture, trans identity, and general overanalysis. Our project tries to asterisk and complicate its categories of both "American" and "Fujo" as much as possible, interrogating gender and sexuality, power of all kinds, and the virtual communities we call fandom.
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Our contributors range from actual self-identified American fujos to writers who are emphatically neither. They answer these questions through illustration, comics, essays, and autotheory, developing creative ways to capture fandom and its discontents. The anthology surveys a wide range of topics, from transgender fujoshism (in any direction) to race and belonging within theoretically progressive fandom. We want to make the full vibrancy of fandom as accessible as possible, and theorize both its possibilities and its limits through this anthology.

The following clusters and questions structure our anthology:

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 28/08/2026

packing for con and thinking about the person at Oasis Night Market who said our table reminded them of "the way Artist Alley used to be".

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slim gilt soul @slimgiltsoul.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Favorite painting in the world

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 27/08/2026

what is an artist's alley by the beach like. i don't know. let's find out. i'll be tabling at the Redondo Beach Historic Library this friday 🌅

schedule page with my upcoming event info. relevant text reads: "Artist Alley by the Beach / Friday August 28th / Redondo Beach Historic Library / 309 Esplanade, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 / 5PM - 9PM / Free Admission"

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 23/08/2026

penciling day. cape comics people, where you at

on my desk are two large drawings on bristol paper, two Blackwing pencils, my left hand making a peace sign and my laptop open to a recording of a Strokes concert. the upper drawing is of Stingray riding an ocean wave; the lower drawing is of Silk and Cassandra Cain kickin it in a record store.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 21/08/2026

more commission thumbnails. it's like you guys know what i'll enjoy drawing or something.

a row of three commission thumbnails in pencil: a tall femme trapping a shorter, curly-haired person in an old-fashioned elevator, an androgynous figure in a tight-fitting black gothic outfit sprawled elegantly on marble overgrown with thorns and roses, and a man with long dark hair and flowing robes touching the cheek of another man with an eyepatch kneeling next to him in front of a circular garden gate.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 19/08/2026

drag royalty drawn live + onstage during V IS FOR VELLUM, a show honoring illustrators at The Stud historic queer bar in SF. one of the coolest, craziest gigs i've ever done ✍🏽🖤🪩

a layered collage of various figure drawings of drag performers from the Fancypants San Francisco V IS FOR VELLUM show. the linework is loose, done in fountain pen, brush and ink on a mixture of translucent polyester paper and white bristol paper. the central image is of a queer couple facing each other; the short-haired person on the left wears a mesh shirt and a collar attached to a leash which the long-haired figure on the right is pulling close. they are framed on four sides by handwritten text: "a marvellously translucent quality / in drawing as well as drag / the difference between fashion and fetish / is about a 24-inch waist"

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 14/08/2026

outfit planning for sunday's show 🌉

three grey fountain pen ink doodles in a hobonichi weeks planner of outfits im planning to wear on a trip/gig in san francisco. the first two are casual outfits with two toned jeans, dark shirts and backwards baseball caps; the one on the bottom is of a sheer-sleeved Tadashi Shoji top and a light, many-layered, mixed pattern long tulle skirt

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 13/08/2026

working on something fun for Cartoonists United 👂🏽👁️ 🎶

various thumbnail sketches depicting an anthropomorphic inkwell holding an anthropomorphic pen nib with a five-pronged "music" nib head, drawing lines and musical notations on a sheet entitled "EAR & EYE JAM SESSIONS"

a fountain pen sketch of an anthropomorphic inkwell holding an anthropomorphic pen nib with a five-pronged "music" nib head. the inkwell has a coy and mysterious smile and glances up at the viewer; the nib's eyes are closed and its mouth is open / singing. in the background is a real music pen nib

various fountain pen ink doodles of musical time signature symbols and notations. some of the notes are stylized as eyeballs

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 12/08/2026

the odyssey (2026) -truly visceral, disconcerting imagery calling back to Bosch, Goya, Magritte, Gericault -Robert Pattinson gives one of the great villain performances -impressive in scale & intimacy, examines shameful heroics/heroic shame with brutal precision -designs for hades & agamemnon ruled

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Joshua W. Cotter @joshuawcotter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

原爆ドーム, the ‘Atomic Bomb Dome’ in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park. May the hate-mongers who have seized control of our world be put in check before we repeat the catastrophic mistakes of our past.

A watercolor painting of 原爆ドーム, the ‘Atomic Bomb Dome’ in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial park.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 07/08/2026

comic artists earlyish in their career, apply for my art rep's $1500 grant. you've got a little over a week. don't self-reject! info + application: www.athenaeumcomicart.com/athenaeumgives

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Athenaeum Gives | Athenaeum Comic Art

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 06/08/2026

san francisco! i'll be a guest artist at Fancypants: V IS FOR VELLUM, an illustration-themed drag show (!!!). join us in Folsom on August 16th for a night of queer life drawing, theater and joy ✍🏽🪩🌁

the show poster for Fancypants Presents: V IS FOR VELLUM, illustrated by Reese Bice. on layered sheets of vellum taped to a drawing board with blue painter's tape, handwritten text reads "Fancypants Presents: V is for VELLUM". underneath, a realistically rendered graphite-drawn hand holds a pen nib and draws a flower that is blooming and flowing into portraits of the drag performers. in the lower right, show info reads as follows: "Date: Sunday, August 16 / Time: 7-10pm / Doors: 6pm / Location: The Stud, 1123 Folsom & 7th / VIP seats available" below this is the artist's signature in looping cursive

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 04/08/2026

a happy mail day! though my cat is dangerously interested in the Marrow miniature 💀 thanks @bonedustpress.bsky.social @benoitrc.bsky.social

a copy of THIS MORTAL COIL by Jasmine Walls and Marie Enger on an oblong wooden table next to a paper miniature designed by BenoitRC of the book's main characters Marrow, a skeleton, and Kingslayer, a sword.

a tortoiseshell cat looming ominously over the paper miniature of Marrow and Kingslayer.

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Athenaeum Comic Art @athenaeumcomicart.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Today it the day, folks! The Athenaeum Five Year Zine is now available for preorder! This has been many years in the making and is a true labor of love. The Athenaeum Five Years Zine 70 plus full color pages celebrating indie/alt comics, creators, and collectors.

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Jonas Goonface @jonasgoonface.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

no future ✌️

"even if the squat was to be raided tomorrow, I'd still do the dishes today. Even if construction is completed tomorrow, I'd still do my monkey business tonight. I act on the values, whims, hates and loves that make me ME. The future isn't my master. Now is for fighting and fixing and fucking. Now needs us. Even if the world was to end tomorrow I would still plant a tree today."

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Brawlcats @brawlcats.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

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