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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thread time! My birthday was last week! I'm still young, dammit! Want to give me a belated gift? Then consider giving to my dear friend Carole's GoFundMe! www.gofundme.com/f/carole-nee...

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Donate to Carole Needs Help After the Hit-and-Run, organized by Laura Wilder

We are Laura and Bob of Laura Wilder Artwork, hoping to raise funds for our emp… Laura Wilder needs your support for Carole Needs Help After the Hit-and-Run

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You could also make a purchase from her Etsy shop! Carole was in my high school class, and anyone would tell you she was the best artist out of all of us. She'd mastered realism by graduation day, and now she's conquering abstract AND cartooning. Give it a look! www.etsy.com/shop/NativeF...

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NativeFlame - Etsy

Shop A million secrets in a million colors | Painting/Print by NativeFlame located in Rochester, New York.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 15/09/2026

FIRST LOOK 🚨: FML Volume 1: Fire releases on November 3rd! Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/4gJxQpj This release collects all 8 issues of the series, also including back matter and more. By @kellysue.bsky.social, @davidlopez.me, Cris Peter, and @claytoncowles.bsky.social

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Caitlin Yarsky- PROMETHEUS GRAFT #1 FOC 11/02!! @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

HEY!! I’ll be a guest at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 25-27, BOOTH 117! I’ll have original art from Black Hammer, Magic the Gathering, Superman etc for sale 🎨 AND: I’m opening 5 SLOTS FOR COMMISSIONS! Comment below! **proceeds for one slot will go to aid Palestinians experiencing genocide**

Announcement as guest at Baltimore comic con, booth 117

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One? How about nine? Happy belated Star Trek Day. -Lt. Clayton Cowles, typography officer of the USS Cerritos, formerly of the USS Theseus.

A very cleverly edited image of the Star Trek TNG cast, with Jadzia Dax replacing Worf. Because Worf would take the One Ring. And Jadzia would not. You get it?

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Chris Eliopoulos @chriseliopoulos.com · 11/09/2026

The story I post every year today. chriseliopoulos.substack.com/p/rememberin...

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Remembering 9/11

Every year I post this online.

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Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com · 06/09/2026

Reminder: FML Volume 1: Fire releases on November 3rd! Pre-order: bit.ly/4gJxQpj This release collects all 8 issues of the Eisner Award-nomiated series! By @kellysue.bsky.social, @davidlopez.me, Cris Peter, and @claytoncowles.bsky.social

Cover of FML Volume 1: Fire, illustrated by David López

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Becca Carey @beccasee.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

For the love of all that is good in your this world please name your colourists and letterers in your press releases. Please.

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Read the full thread. Stuff #2 is especially important to me.

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

To all of the teachers and counselors who told me I couldn't grow up to be a spaceship--NOW who's laughing??? (From Star Trek: The Last Starship #10)

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David Cowles @david-cowles-3000.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

So long to Dolly Parton

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David López @davidlopez.me · 24/08/2026

Hey, remember to vote in the ringoawards.com ! Voting closes on August 26th. Please, do take FML in consideration the SERIES @kellysue.bsky.social an myself are publishing at @darkhorse.com

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Caitlin Yarsky- PROMETHEUS GRAFT #1 FOC 11/02!! @caitlinyarsky.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sneak peek at issue 4 of Magic the Gathering, Untold Stories: Jace from @darkhorse.com Writing: @michaelwconrad.bsky.social Arting: meee Coloring: Jim Charalampidis

Comic page- Rorix (dragon) in a cave roaring at main cast of Magic the gathering, untold stories: Jace

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I won't go into detail, but I just got my Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons - Absolute Edition comps in the mail, and it is the wildest, most elaborate Absolute edition I've ever seen. Make room on your shelves NOW. Even if you've already read/bought it, you do NOT want to miss this.

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Reilly Brown ✩ @reillybrown.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Seeing people discuss Avengers: Doomsday, and if the trailer used AI or not, is EXACTLY why it's so important that artists never touch it. You do it ONCE, and this is the conversation that will be around any piece you ever do in the future.

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Being polite, communicative, and organized will help you succeed far more than talent.

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Ryan Kelly @ryankelly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I’m looking for a gig. Here’s a detail of a short story i’m working on now. I LOVE short stories, love them!!!! but i need one of those big things like a miniseries or something to survive. Thanks for the consideration.

Detail from a black and white comic page showing a beaten and bloody guy in a dark space with torches

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My thoughts on Image publishing a new Warren Ellis book.

I have spent the day re-reading the entirety of SoManyOfUs.com, including every testimonial. I’ve also re-read dozens of documents and communications from the transformative justice action SMOU-TJ and Warren Ellis started. I wanted to remember the hope I held at that time. I also wanted to see if I could approach this moment with gratitude instead of anger.
To believe in transformative justice is to believe people capable of change. But, as our mediator said during the process, “transformation is heartbreak.” It is crushing and painful, but it is also our right as human beings. I haven’t spoken to Warren Ellis in over 6 years. I don’t know who he is now. I don’t know how he’s changed, but I’m sure he has. I know Warren read all of SoManyOfUs.com and I can’t imagine an outcome where doing so doesn’t change you. But, as Kai Cheng Thom says, “Change is inevitable, growth is optional.” I was often sad that Warren, when confronted with the consequences of his actions, didn’t react in the way I expected him to. But I am grateful it led to me untangling 15 years of complicated feelings and hurtful actions.
I’m grateful that I believe we can change and hold ourselves accountable in this world. But, quoting our mediator again, “being called to accountability feels like being reminded that your shit stinks. and coming clean is hard to do.” It can feel impossible to look in the mirror and confront the worst version of ourselves. Without having the necessary support systems in place to make it possible, I don’t blame or fault anyone for not being able to do it.
We all tried our best. When our attempt at a community accountability action failed, I was disappointed, but grateful that we tried. And grateful to know that Warren had tried, too.

I currently work as an editor in comics, with books I work on being published by Image. I love comics. I love the comics community and how we all keep making them despite it being so hard, with no financial security, and no safety nets. I see groups within the community doing so much good and fighting hard to make the industry more sustainable and safer for everyone involved.
But there is no set process for anyone in the comics community to account for our actions and change our behaviour after harm or abuse has happened. This has led many people to be forced out of the industry – victims, perpetrators, and witnesses. My heart hurts for all the people who were bullied, ostracized, shunned, or threatened out of this community, particularly those I spoke to back in June and July of 2020, impacted by Warren’s actions. I hope one day this changes.
I’m grateful to everyone who was wondered if Warren has “made amends to the satisfaction of all involved.” It shows me solidarity and care are widespread within comics. I wouldn’t say I’m satisfied, but I also would say I am no longer personally invested in Warren’s transformation.
I am personally invested in the books I work on that come out with Image, and I really hope you don’t take any disappointment you feel in Image’s actions out on the creators whose work they publish. Seeing people boycotting Image comics feels a cruel joke when that directly affects my livelihood and that of the people who respect and support me. But I get it – this seems like a financial decision from Image, so respond in a financial fashion. I hope we can all keep ourselves open to change in the future.
My resolve to expand my capacity to hope for change – after a night of anger and crying and shouting – is renewed. Thanks for hearing me out and for reading all of this.

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Ethan Young @popmyth.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Demon Run #1 and #2 are now both in stock (Link in Bio) If you like monsters, action, and gnarly black and white comics, this is for you =)

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Chris Samnee @chrissamnee.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

🗣️ Here’s a 4 page preview of BATMAN & ROBIN: YEAR ONE- DYNAMIC DUOS #1!! On stands August 12th!!! 🦇 🦇 🦇 By @markwaid.bsky.social me, @matlopes.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social @amarino2814.bsky.social @roblevin.bsky.social from @dc.com!!

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thanks to Obsession, Widow's Bay, and The Griffin Incident, I've spent a LOT of the last month (especially the last week) explaining to people why and how I'm REALLY not a horror person. Anyway, this horror book I'm lettering is really good.

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Got an early look at YOU'LL NEVER LEAVE THIS PLACE ALIVE from @hivemindactual.bsky.social @hvon.bsky.social @claytoncowles.bsky.social and it is a HELL of a debut read. A group of Chosen Kids raised in mystery and ritual by their parents with something deeply wrong at the heart of it. Pre-order it!

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Suggestion for my artist friends--when laying out a scene, leave some space for the locator caption in the upper left-hand corner of the first panel. Even if it's not in the script, it'll probably be added later by editorial.

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Goats Flying Press IS NOT @NYCC 😭 Check out our new Kickstarter⬇️ @goatsflyingpress.com · 30/07/2026

A week & change to go on this campaign and we are well into “Free stuff for everyone!” territory. Come have a look see!

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

When I'm looking for artists to hire for comics work, I need to see sequentials, but so few artists post their pages. I know it doesn't get the engagement on socials, but having a link to a portfolio site with pages is so useful (to me).

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Finished this yesterday! Great ep!

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Steve Lieber --> Bedrock City Comic Con @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Here's how I suggest dealing with that: Do your thumbnail layouts. Block in the lettering. Adjust the layouts to better fit with the type, and only THEN do your tight pencils and finished art.

One of my lettered roughs from an issue of Metamorpho I drew. Al Ewing wrote it, and Ferran Delgado did the handsome final lettering that appeared in the book.

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Jim Zub @jimzub.com · 17/08/2023

Okay, Steve- Here's my comic writer version: YOUR COMIC SCRIPT CRITIQUE @stevelieberart.bsky.social

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Steve Lieber --> Bedrock City Comic Con @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 16/08/2023

A friend just posted this list of mine on the other site for her comics students, so I thought I should post it here as well.

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Ryan Kelly @ryankelly.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

THREE is really good and really overlooked, LIKE ALL MY BOOKS. By me, Kieron Gillen, Jordie Bellaire and Clayton Cowles. 2013 Softcover TPB still out there and available for purchase. Image Comics. Recommended.

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Steve Lieber --> Bedrock City Comic Con @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I remember worrying about how to make this page work. In the end, it just took lots and lots of thumbnails until I found the right compositions.

Page from the first issue of Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen. Turtle Jimmy and Superman skipping like a stone over the Metropolis river,eventually smashing into a brick building. Matt Fraction, Steve Lieber, Nathan fairbairn, and Clayton Cowles. BG assists by Tom Rogers.

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David Cowles @david-cowles-3000.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Born on this date: Bela Fleck

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Chris Eliopoulos @chriseliopoulos.com · 06/07/2026

And do not put in placeholder text or “TBD”. Your script should be done. If the editor requires changes, that’s different. But, honestly, editors should edit a script before it goes to a letterer.

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andrea shea @whattheshea.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Literally every single thing about working with Ro and Ted is The Best but the way they account for lettering in the layouts stage is The Extra Best Best.

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Becca Carey @beccasee.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Please, stop filling your scripts with hard returns. Please. Thinking about a hard return in the middle of a sentence? Take a moment. Really think it through.

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Steve Lieber --> Bedrock City Comic Con @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I just finished reading the first arc of FML by @kellysue.bsky.social, @davidlopez.me, Cris Peter & @claytoncowles.bsky.social. God I love this comic. Had to draw some fan art!

Line art doodle with digital zipatone. The whole family in one big stack.

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Clayton Cowles @claytoncowles.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

My first book with a full sentence title! Yippee!

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Dave Wielgosz @davewielgosz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I had the immense fortune of seeing Waiting For Gal Gadot this week and I had a great time. Jake Thomas wrote a play that reflects the time we're living with in a smart, sharp, and very funny way. His performance alongside the rest of the cast rules Support local theater, and see this show!

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