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Busy Squirrel

@busysquirrel.bsky.social
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I post random things and make the webcomic The Black Orb (She/her, Elder Millennial) Website: theblackorbcomic.com

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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Every day I tell myself I’m not gonna nap on the couch before dinner and every day I fail 🤷‍♀️
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What's the Queen so emotional about? Probably feminism. Find out in today's new page of The Black Orb busysquirrelpress.com/blackorb Support the Comic! Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/busysquirrel Patreon - patreon.com/BusySquirrel
greyscale illustration of two fancy ladies - one is crying while the other tries to comfort her.  A third figure is looking on from behind.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
making webcomics is crickets 90% of the time and then getting a ton of messages when you mess something up, i guess
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thanks to everyone who let me know this page didn't get posted. It's available now: busysquirrelpress.com/blackorb/the...
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Who is Sasha spying on in today's new page of The Black Orb?? busysquirrelpress.com/blackorb Support the Comic! Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/busysquirrel Patreon - patreon.com/BusySquirrel
greyscale illustration of a girl (Sasha) peering around an open door
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Roller dragon and basically everything else from "Unico in the Island of Magic", a movie I was first terrorized by at 3, but nobody else in my family remembered it so for years they said I made it up.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Roller dragon and basically everything else from "Unico in the Island of Magic", a movie I was first terrorized by at 3, but nobody else in my family remembered it so for years they said I made it up.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Read my comic!
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey god made those nude bodies, we’re just appreciating the handiwork, really
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A second page to tide you over into the weekend. Who could be behind those curtains? Support the Comic! Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/busysquirrel Patreon - patreon.com/BusySquirrel
illustration of a table with books and papers stacked on it.  in the background are some partially open curtains.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The moment you've all been waiting for (????): the concluding chapter of our story, Chapter 40: busysquirrelpress.com/blackorb Support the Comic! Ko-Fi - ko-fi.com/busysquirrel Patreon - patreon.com/BusySquirrel
illustration of two tiny figures walking in a forest
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
its been so long since i actually finished a comic page i'm here reinventing the wheel, basically bc i forget how to do anything...
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bucket tool works as expected for 3 layers but suddenly not working and just filling everything. Whyyyyyy
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
drawing some horses today, im sure you can guess how thats going
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Proof that I am, in fact, working on the final chapter of my webcomic:
Screenshot of clip studio gallery of 11 comic pages in various stages of completion
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I also once attempted to make a retrofuture-inspired space opera where the main character had an alien buddy and there was a one eyed alien and a femme fatale.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We could be having furry flights and I for one would find that would improve my airline experience
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pros about my new workspace: it has a daybed Cons about my new workspace: it has a daybed 😐
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
No YOU’RE jotting down plot points for your next webcomic freestyle 🤨
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We’ve had Christmas lights hanging up in our living room since last December, I fully recommend this
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Telling myself no I don’t need another productivity tool, I need to actually do the things I’m not productivity-ing
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I miss my dog.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
oh me too! we should join some kind of league
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wonder what the overlap of people who plastered american flags all over their stuff after 9/11 and people who are maga twits now is. most likely a circle.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Live Footage of me hanging with my bird enthusiast internet bud (could be any of them rlly)
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yes I donated blood today just to get the hello kitty plushie, why not.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
im so tired i dont even know anything anymore
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
static.klipy.com
EMT Says No
Alt: EMT Says No
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Soooo tinyyyy 💕
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Kiana Mai @kianamai.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
FULLY ANIMATED EPISODE 1 IS OUT NOWWWW 🌟 youtu.be/6_7L80WaIuU?...
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Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl (EP.01 ANIMATED)
YouTube video by Kiana Khansmith
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Me: “This drawing would be much better if i looked up a reference real quick” Also me:
static.klipy.com
Bugs Bunny Says NO
Alt: Bugs Bunny Says NO
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
working on comics again today!
static.klipy.com
Man Covered in Confetti
ALT: Man Covered in Confetti
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Hug your fur babies for me today 🩷
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Saying goodbye to my beloved son Otto tomorrow, he spent 13 of his 14.5 years with us and that’s more than I could have hoped for 💔
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
his floofs are now properly aligned for fall
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
You know, I keep saying I’m going to get my shit together, but at this point it’s been over 20 years I don’t know if its gonna happen. Oh well.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
my kid was like "mom you should watch 'the mitchells vs the machines' you'll really like it", so we did and I did. I'm like 5 years late to the party but ya know better late than never
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
It is August. I am done with summer. Bring me to the pumpkins.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🤭
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Greeting my husband like Penelope greets Odysseus when he returns home but instead of unrelenting suitors I’ve just been stuck with our children all day.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Well I moved (am moving) all my art stuff into a new space so I guess I should… make art finally 😬😬
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Happy birthday Mac! I hope you had a Good Day bc you are a Good Boy!
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
The first group of baby bunnies left their nest this morning and I found this one in the evening trying very hard to hide under the wheelbarrow
A very tiny baby bunny. He looks grouchy because I discovered his super secret hiding spot. He is less than one apple tall.
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
it's German Shedder plucking season so I've got several large rabbit sized piles of dog out in the yard
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
IYKYK
some kind of doggo jumping to catch a frisbee in flight in the foreground.  in the background a banner that reads "July 4, 1978 South Florida Frisbee Dog Championship"
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I miss comics
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I got a new iPad in May and I can’t get my clip studio workspace set up how I like it and everything feels microscopically off and it’s driving me nuts so I haven’t drawn on it at all
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
we're moving rooms around at my house so I'm having to dig out my squirrel nest for the first time in uh...ever
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
8 years of planners 🙃
A stack of differently sized books
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Busy Squirrel @busysquirrel.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
the gentle woodland creatures of my backyard have decided that Otto is no longer a threat. The rabbits remain unperturbed by his presence.
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