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Ell Balson

@ellbalson.bsky.social
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Scottish Comics Artist - get in touch if you want to collaborate!

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Russell Hillman is already a spooky name, if you think about it. @allhellismrsun.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
We were in talks with someone for a while, but got strung along for ages and then ghosted. I found seven publishers with open submissions, one of whom doesn't do "spicy", so that's them out. Another one's website looks to be offline. So, five publishers have our pitch packet. I'm hopeful. A bit.
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Russell Hillman is already a spooky name, if you think about it. @allhellismrsun.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Last week I sent out pitch packets to a bunch of publishers for Great White Blacktop, the comic I co-scripted with Drew Edwards that will be drawn by @ellbalson.bsky.social. It's about a car that eats people, because it's also a shark. He's a cold-blooded hot rod, hungry for human flesh!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Hey all! It's #newcomicbookday, and I wanna make comic with YOU! Funds are tight, as they are for everyone, so any shares on this would be appreciated. #ArtCommission
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes. Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
If you see this, give it a like. I'm interested to see how many of my followers my posts actually reach - because I tried this on Twitter and only got double digit views and goose-egg interactions. Bodes poorly for sharing work.
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two men standing next to each other with the words c mon man help a brother out
ALT: two men standing next to each other with the words c mon man help a brother out
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Fraser Campbell @fraserc69.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The answer to this is obviously yes. Sadly, few who aren't artists consider art to be work, so the idea is generally looked on as some kind of skive, because we rarely look beyond the end of our own noses and are utterly in love with misery. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Should artists get a basic income like they do in Ireland?
Could the government pay salaries to musicians and artists - no strings attached like they do in Ireland?
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Reminder that this is the Telegraph decreeing that cities as human-friendly as like Edinburgh and Paris are "Stalinist". (Signed: a native of Edinburgh who doesn't own a car because *he doesn't need one*.)
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It's #newcomicbookday and I want to make new comics with YOU! I'm open for fully sequential projects, or just one-off artworks and #artcommission. Hit me up if you're interested, and please share this around so potential collaborators can see it! Cheers!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
It's #newcomicbookday and I want to make new comics with YOU! I'm open for fully sequential projects, or just one-off artworks and #artcommission. Hit me up if you're interested, and please share this around so potential collaborators can see it! Cheers!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I think my goal for 2026 is to be a bit more active in the online Art/Comics community - which would include posting here! Here are some samples of recent work, in the meantime:
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sirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
So a while back I was commissioned to do short bios of various rock stars, and they were just about universally total psychopaths, with the huge exception of Freddie Mercury. A lovely man who did good by his wife, his lovers, and his cats.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I'm Ell, and I want to make comics with YOU! I'm open for one-off Commissions (Christmas is closer than you think) or Sequential work, so hit me up if you're interested!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I think my goal for 2026 is to be a bit more active in the online Art/Comics community - which would include posting here! Here are some samples of recent work, in the meantime:
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Today was #international_mens_day, so it seems as good a time as any to remind people about one of my recent projects - a comic looking at the results of a joint study into Young Men's Mental Health, by Men Minds. You can find the comic itself and resources at menminds.org!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
It's New Comic Book Day, so here's a reminder that I'd like to make new comics with YOU! Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
It's new Comic Book Day! Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s? Well you're in luck! kck.st/4mpweml
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Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
It's not new comic book day - but is IS a week away from the possibility of a new one! Will you help push us over the finish line?
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Adam Balson @adambalsonart.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
A focus on my first page for the story "Not Tonight; I'm Drained": www.kickstarter.com/projects/169...
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Adam Balson @adambalsonart.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Check out the KICKSTARTER for the new Freaktown Comics Anthology: Dead Men Tell Tales! 1 writer (@allhellismrsun.bsky.social), 10 horror stories, and 12 artists; two of which are me and @ellbalson.bsky.social!
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Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
It's new Comic Book Day! Do you like new comics? Do you like new comics that are like old comics? Specifically old comics from the 70s? UK Horror comics from the 70s? Well you're in luck! kck.st/4mpweml
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Dead Men Tell Tales: A Retro Anthology Graphic Novel
An anthology inspired by early seventies British horror cinema, especially the Amicus portmanteau films.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
It's now in the wild! A great cause, and a great project. A big thank you and congratulations to all involved on the main research study, and for bringing us on for the comic.
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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
So proud of the young men who took part in Men Minds Watch the promotional animation - narrated by our Young People's Forum and created by Richard Stevenson with artwork by @ellbalson.bsky.social Read more about Men Minds and access the comic aimed at boys and young men here www.menminds.org/comic
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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
📢New comic aimed at boys and young men to help normalise conversations about mental health📢 Young men told us that they often felt alone and isolated in their mental health. Men Minds wants to change this Read or download the comic www.menminds.org/comic Artwork created by @ellbalson.bsky.social
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Nina Vaswani @weeneens.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
It's the start of Mental Health Awareness Week with the theme of Community, and the start of our Men Minds dissemination Young men get a lot of bad press, but what a wonderful, supportive community our young men built during this project Keep your eyes peeled on Wed for an exciting announcement 👀👀
Headshots of two young men, comic book style
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
I forgot to post this here yesterday, still getting used to using this. I'm sure this has been done before, but here's my spin on it. May the 4th be with You!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Hey folks! Are you into tabletop RPG adventures? Espionage thrillers? Italian Horror? All of the above? Then you might be interested in a recent project I'm working on with writer Tone Milazzo! Check it out! kck.st/43dxwdv
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The King in Giallo, a Quickstart Adventure for ESPionage
A one-shot, RPG, adventure- Ian Fleming's classic James Bond, as if written by Robert W. Chambers, with a touch of Italian horror.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Family First
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Happy New Year! Hoping to get really stuck back into work this year, so to start off here's another pass at what's becoming a retrospective piece. 2024/5, 2013, and 2009.
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Adam Balson @adambalsonart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Happy #DragonBall40th! Piccolo and composition, by myself Goku, background and colours, by @ellbalson.bsky.social Credits: Toriyama Brush for CSP, by @gusceps.bsky.social Daima Filter, by ReksArts on X
A worm eye view with a fish-eye lense. 
Goku and Piccolo Jr. fighting eachother at the World Martial Arts Tournament. Based on the cover of Dragonball No.183, in tribute to Akira Toriyama.
Piccolo drawn by Adam Balson, Goku and background drawn by Elliot Balson.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Happy #DragonBall40th! Here's a collab I worked on with my brother @adambalsonart.bsky.social - layout and Piccolo by him, Goku and colours by me. Shout out to @reks.bsky.social for the Daima filter, and @gusceps.bsky.social for the ToriGus brush! Always happy to celebrate the late great Toriyama.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Guess I should post here more often! I'm Ell, I draw comics, and I want to draw them with YOU! Hit me up!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
It's New Comic Book Day, so here's a reminder that I'd like to make new comics with YOU! Open for Comic Collabs and Commissions. Hit me up!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
It's Masako Nozawa's 88th Birthday! Here's a piece from Goku Day last year to celebrate.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
It's Masako Nozawa's 88th Birthday! Here's a piece from Goku Day last year to celebrate.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Happy #WonderWomanDay!
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 21/10/2024
Happy #WonderWomanDay!
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Russell Hillman is already a spooky name, if you think about it. @allhellismrsun.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Ell draw good. Him need work. You give work now, me not hit you with big heavy club.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
Guess I should post here more often! I'm Ell, I draw comics, and I want to draw them with YOU! Hit me up!
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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 28/02/2024
And presenting my new banner, illustrated by @ellbalson.bsky.social, showcasing all the genres I write: horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He also used my own ship design for the spaceship Fithich from The Questrison Saga. #Writer #Author #Science #Art
Jendia Gammon banner against a purple background with DNA and planet designs, and in the foreground, her portrait, and illustration of a dragon, a Wolfman, type monster, and her spaceship the Fithich from her space opera novels.
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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 19/06/2024
After uni my buddy @ellbalson.bsky.social was working on a the art for a superhero anthology and asked me to do the colours and some character designs. I sent over these as options for one character, and I guess the people in charge couldn't pick one and made her a shapeshifter to use them all #art
I really just sorta did every disparate option I could think ofThe notes I was given weren't very descriptive of anything besides her powers, and I don't think she really had any lines in the script, so I was just kinda spitballin' on who this was
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Mike Maynard @skullpiratemike.bsky.social · 18/09/2024
I made comics all the way through school, but I went to uni for animation and didn't do any comic work professionally until my pal @ellbalson.bsky.social asked me to do some colours for him right around when I turned 30. Now I'm in my mid-late 30s self-publishing solo books
Cover for SERA v.1.1. Axle, a large serious-faced man with a beard and a lot of red hair tied back into a starfish-like ponytail, sits on top of a broken jet engine partly buried in desert sand. Bee, his honeycomb-shaped drone, floats nearby.Cover for SERA v.1.2. A desert banded gecko sits atop a stack of three big rocks in the desert.Cover for SERA v.1.3. Axle and Bee are reacting to having opened the trunk of Axle's vehicle (a ramshackle bike-ish thing he built himself) and discovered Summer, a 14-year-old girl with long blonde hair, inside.Cover for SERA v1.4. Same broken jet engine as the cover for v1.1, but now Axle is sitting on the floor in front of it, and Summer is sitting where he was on the first cover, with her arm around Bee.
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
And, while I'm at it, some new art celebrating an old game coming back (but still DBZ):
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Ell Balson @ellbalson.bsky.social · 14/12/2023
Waking up this page with a repost of some old art to celebrate 5 years of Actually Good Broly!
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Jendia Gammon @jendiagammon.bsky.social · 23/09/2023
Yay! Ell is here. I’ve worked with him a lot. Commission him!
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