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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 29/09/2026

Silk + Cassandra Cain details. thanks for liking this one. 🔏✌🏽

a crop of an ink, watercolor and gouache illustration on bristol paper depicting Marvel comics character Silk. she sits in a relaxed pose between a pair of wood-paneled speakers mounted on a lime green wall in a record store.

a crop of an ink, watercolor and gouache illustration on bristol paper depicting DC Comics character Cassandra Cain / Batgirl. she sits on a round orange stool with chrome trim and is thrashing whilst turning up the volume on an amp to "MAX".

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 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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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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likewise 👑 looking forward to anything ya'll do!

exactlyyyyy you get it 🙂‍↕️😏 i'm so glad it reads.

that was a good read...you are all so smart 🙂‍↕️ thank you so much for releasing this for those who couldn't go the panel!!

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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aw, thanks so much! the character dynamic was described as an admiring-the-wrong-person kind of deal so i set up the elevator framing to feel both classy and a little claustrophobic. super fun 🖤

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

this last round of comms covered my basic living expenses for a few months (in LA). that's more than any comics industry job has paid me since 2022. it's rough out here...i am very grateful.

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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

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 24/09/2026

we can survive a pretty long time on these...just be careful with the spicy ones. i only put half the packet, these days.

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A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 24/09/2026

oh that is a beautiful composition, i especially love the vignettes in the frame. happy you're getting more Howls to round out the collection!

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

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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

the language is very direct, beautiful, violent. helpful notes give context specific to Athens ~500 BC, but the play's commentary on political/religious/sexual freedom reads fresh, modern, bizarre, like a queer A24 horror. Dionysus is chaotic and a whole Gender. anyway read it and get back to me

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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 · 20/09/2026

hehe thank you jelly 🖤 i just like to think about them doing well out there...

A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 20/09/2026

more 80D doodles. still feeling sentimental!

scribbly fountain pen ink drawings in my sketchbook of Jay Corvidae and Fix Vulpes from EIGHTY DAYS being generally romantic

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

over the years i've occasionally considered changing it to something more, i don't know, pithy, easy to spell, marketable, whatever. but i never do. i pass the test. i will diminish, and go into the West, and remain blueludebar.

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

anytime. rooting for you all!

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 · 14/09/2026

[arms with big biceps grasping hands dot jpeg] ALWAYS...

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

i strongly suspect commissioners are trying to get me to read these books...

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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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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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🖤🖤🖤 thank you so much, charlotte!

OHH these are rare zines indeed!!! thank you for always visiting with kind words. i'm truly touched to know you've been following the story since back then 😭

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

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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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same, looking ahead to all the books to come. 🖤

oh my god you're right, i think i still had the self-published version at APE...and the little bookmark and buttons and things. yelling, weeping! thank you for loving and supporting my work and i for all this time, jelly 💙🧡

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

thank you so much, lorian! 🖤🖤🖤

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

when i think about all the time we spent (virtually) sharing our wip books and backstories in 2019-2021+ i wanna cry hahaha. truly, this story treasures you as well.