Reposted by Francesca SobandeBex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026#DVPit #DVArt #WFH #comms #illustrator Hey, I'm Bex! I'm looking for more book cover work in 2027. Previous clients include Macmillan, Andrews McMeel, Clarion Books Contact: schnumn@outlook.com 15126
Reposted by Francesca Sobande🎃 Camp Chrystal Lauke Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This one was meat to be homework but I stayed after the Curation Session at Art LAB to finish it - taking two still frames from two different films and morphing between them. 174
Reposted by Francesca Sobande🎃 Camp Chrystal Lauke Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I've been animating today! This one was our workshop, draw a still life from multiple angles with decreasing amounts of time and string them together. 1103
Reposted by Francesca Sobandes. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 22/09/2026Read it here!theflytrapmedia.comStriking Out the Stigma of Self-PublishingFrom the Brontes to 'communist gay wish fulfillment,' writers taking control of their own work is having a(nother) moment. And we like it that way. 01710
Reposted by Francesca SobandeInternet Archive @archive.org · 25/08/2026We've been getting a lot of questions about how the Internet Archive digitizes books. The short answer: page by page, by hand. You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it. Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/m... 6642761344
Reposted by Francesca SobandeKnox O Mulder @knoxo.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Hey folks! 👋🏾 I walked 20km over the past 10 days* to help Hope & Haven in Sudan stay open. Could you sponsor me to reach £2k? chuffed.org/fundraiser/o... And share with 3 friends in other spaces? #KeepEyesOnSudan 231
Reposted by Francesca SobandeEdie Quinn @ediequinn.bsky.social · 30/07/2026#throwbackthursday to this album I made nearly 10 years ago. I wanted to do a Sparta / Jets to Brazil / Texas is the Reason type of album. Not sure how close I came. Been working on a new one of these as well, which is nothing like this one or the one that followed itmiddlemanrecords.bandcamp.comCan You Even Answer?, by The Hope Hereafter11 track album 152
Reposted by Francesca SobandeFANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Zinester @alexwrekk.bsky.social's annual poster for International Zine Month is live! 2026 features 31 ideas for making #zines and zine-related activities; one for each day of July, as well as a handful of zine-y dates to remember across the year. Download: drive.google.com/drive/folder... 04727
Reposted by Francesca SobandeDC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 06/07/2026🎸 DC Punk Archive is back on the rooftop this week! MLK Library kicks off the 12th season of live rooftop shows marking 50 years of punk in the U.S. Free, all-ages shows all summer bringing together fans and the DMV punk community. bit.ly/3YppyKm 0137
Reposted by Francesca SobandeIDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 03/07/2026IDIOTEQ Explore is live. Two decades of our exclusive coverage of independent artists, now browseable by country, city, genre, label, and year. Interactive map, genre graph, country stats, full catalog search. Full write-up on how it works - idioteq.substack.com/p/idioteq-ex...idioteq.substack.comIDIOTEQ Explore is live: map & genre atlas available!20 years of underground coverage on world map and genres atlas 041
Reposted by Francesca SobandeSmall Press Day @smallpressday.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Last year we had our first shop from outside the UK and Ireland take part (The Floating Bookshop in Oklahoma @thefloatingbookshop.com) and we'd be delighted for more international stores to take part this year! #SmallPressDay 1159
Reposted by Francesca SobandeArusa Qureshi @arusa.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Maybe my favourite interview I've ever done? Spoke to the wonderful Arooj Aftab about her cats for @thequietus.com ❤️ 161
Reposted by Francesca SobandeThe Quietus @thequietus.com · 10/06/2026"Tuna really liked music. He really liked when Maeve [Gilchrist] would come over and play the harp. He would climb the sofa to be right where her hands were, and just shove his face into the harp somehow." Arooj Aftab on Adopting Stray #Cats buff.ly/1HhD2RR 0372
Reposted by Francesca SobandeSmall Press Day @smallpressday.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Don't forget you can download a copy of this year's gorgeous #SmallPressDay poster by Kamila Krol @pigeonface.bsky.social here on the SPD site: smallpressday.co.uk 0159
Reposted by Francesca SobandeClaire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Cardiff Uni wants to scrap the 2nd floor of the Arts and Social Studies Library. We're talking 7km of books and vital study space gone to make way for classrooms. Please help us save this crucial campus resource before it's ripped out in June! Add your name here: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukStop Cardiff University from scrapping the ASSL's second floor!7km of books and crucial study spaces are at risk. Cardiff Uni wants to repurpose the busiest library on campus into classrooms. Help protect our library and sign the petition today. 11213
Reposted by Francesca SobandeEdie Quinn @ediequinn.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Members of Forever (ex Massa Nera), Coma Regalia, Saetia, Hundreds of AU and Short Fictions. This one was a long time coming and a lot of effort so please listen and share widely. Much love middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/symptomsmiddlemanrecords.bandcamp.comSymptoms, by ...and no one knew5 track album 0126
Reposted by Francesca SobandeBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 14/05/2026It's Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK and we have an entire Broken Frontier comics list dedicated to the subject on our Resource Lists page here: www.brokenfrontier.com/resource-lis... Do check it out! #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek 12621
Reposted by Francesca SobandeInternet Archive @archive.org · 23/04/2026🧵 We tend to think the internet is permanent, but VANISHING CULTURE—the new 📚 from Internet Archive—starts with a simple reality: our digital record is far more fragile than we think 🕳️ 📖 Read for free: archive.org/details/vani... 🛒 Purchase in print: www.betterworldbooks.com/product/deta... ⬇️ 261549818
Reposted by Francesca Sobande🎃 Camp Chrystal Lauke Manson 阿劉 @chrislaumanson.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Hey folks, if you're out and about in Glasgow this weekend, come by Civic House on Saturday between 1100 and 1600! I'll be there selling comics and whatever merch I can fit on the table! 01918
Reposted by Francesca SobandeJenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Been thinking a lot (even more than usual) about BTS of late, and tried to articulate some of my thoughts in relation to the wider landscape of fandom, masculinity and the mainstreamification of queer readings/shipping/fanfic cultures. Interested to hear thoughts! open.substack.com/pub/jenessaw...open.substack.comBody to BodyOr, some thoughts on BTS, hyper-sexualisation and not throwing the male friendship out with the horny bathwater 041
Reposted by Francesca SobandeBloc Party @blocparty.com · 22/04/2026And I can see our days are becoming night. I could feel your heartbeat across the grass. 0142
Reposted by Francesca SobandeSequential Scotland Comic Con @sequential-scot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT🎉 The amazingly talented @chrislaumanson.bsky.social is a mixed Scottish-Hakka Chinese artist based near Glasgow. His comic work draws from his twin Scottish and Chinese heritages to tell stories infused with magical realism. 12215
Reposted by Francesca SobandeDork @readdork.com · 28/04/2026Loathe have announced new album ‘A Stranger to You’ with heavy-hitting single ‘Revenant’ Their third record features guests including Jordan Rakei and STATIC DRESS.readdork.comLoathe have announced new album ‘A Stranger to You’ with heavy-hitting single ‘Revenant’Their third record features guests including Jordan Rakei and STATIC DRESS. 021
Reposted by Francesca SobandeSmall Press Day @smallpressday.bsky.social · 24/04/2026What do you think of our 2026 #SmallPressDay poster by the wonderful @pigeonface.bsky.social! We're so chuffed with this. :-) 34829
Reposted by Francesca SobandeCardiff Animation Festival @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Archwiliwch beth mae’n ei olygu i berthyn, yn gorfforol ac yn emosiynol, gyda 13 ffilm fer sy’n archwilio CARTREF yn ei holl gymhlethdod🏡 🗓Gwen 24 Ebrill - 11:15 🗓Sul 26 Ebrill - 11:10 🔈Isdeitlau 📍Chapter Arts Centre 🎟 bit.ly/shorts-5-home 011
Reposted by Francesca Sobandes. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 22/04/2026With so much media and history vanishing, these kinds of lay archives are essential; if our society is not going to invest in us, we need to invest in ourselves.conversationalist.orgOn Guerrilla Archives in the Disinformation AgeHow the archival work of librarians and other activists helps preserve more than just history. 04117
Reposted by Francesca SobandeArusa Qureshi @arusa.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Big fan of the new ELUCID & Sebb Bash! A review for @thequietus.com 021
Reposted by Francesca SobandeFriederike Lie⸸z @friederikelietz.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Chalk Hands - The Line That Shapes The Coast Of Us (III/27/2026) Screamo / Post-Hardcore from Brighton, UK chalkhands.bandcamp.com/album/the-li...chalkhands.bandcamp.comThe Line That Shapes the Coast of Us, by Chalk Hands11 track album 011
Reposted by Francesca SobandeJimi Eat Hendrix @vcmusictheory.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Didn't do much EmoCon posting here but goddamn what a weekend!!! 281
Reposted by Francesca SobandeBandcamp @bandcamp.com · 11/04/2026New & Notable: The Philly hardcore punk supergroup make teeth-rattling heavy music replete with chaos and venom.commitmentphl.bandcamp.comFear Of, by Commitment15 track album 0144
Reposted by Francesca SobandeEdie Quinn @ediequinn.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I covered Guitar and Video Games by SDRE bc I also made a comic about the topic. You can check out both at the link middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/guitar...middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com 184
Reposted by Francesca SobandeSmall Press Day @smallpressday.bsky.social · 08/04/2026#SmallPressDay is run by a tiny team of volunteers happy to give up their time for free for the community. But there are still costs we have to take on (hosting, artist for this year's poster, apps, etc.). Want to help? Donations to the Broken Frontier Ko-fi welcome! ko-fi.com/andyoliver70...ko-fi.comSupport Broken FrontierSupport Broken Frontier 12025
Reposted by Francesca SobandeIDIOTEQ.com @idioteqcom.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Pacific Ridge Records dropping an 18-track tribute to Finch's "What It Is To Burn" on April 28. 18 indie bands, seven genres. A proper nod to this amazing classic. pacificridgerecords.bandcamp.com/album/a-trib...pacificridgerecords.bandcamp.comA Tribute to Finch, by Various Artists18 track album 021
Reposted by Francesca SobandeMaxwell Modell @maxwellmodell.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Our team @cujournmedcul.bsky.social will be monitoring news coverage of the Senedd Election. We will examine how broadcasters meet impartiality commitments, the degree of political scrutiny, and differences between Welsh and UK media. Our latest blog previews the study: tinyurl.com/yc7fe4ewtinyurl.comWho will dominate news coverage of the Senedd Election campaign? — Researching the impartiality of political newsThe next five weeks of campaigning for the Senedd election represents one of the most fascinating periods in Welsh political history. With six parties competing in a new proportional voting system, t... 135
Reposted by Francesca SobandeJenessa Williams, PhD @jenessawilliams.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Another bit of MeToo music research meets this world! This time, I examine the semiotics of the indie rock apology, and the complicated ways that fans receive(d) journalism that is perceived to offer a rehabilitative platform. Free to the first 50 readers here - www.tandfonline.com/eprint/MGECX...tandfonline.comIndie-rock redemptions: decoding themes of penance, punishment and self-pity in #MeToo-era comeback journalismIn the context of cancel culture, #MeToo and celebrity scandal, public apology statements heavily influence audience perceptions of guilt and justice. This paper investigates the role of music jour... 032
Reposted by Francesca SobandeBroken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Last week at Broken Frontier… Zinezilla Arts Fair Returns to Bristol – The Comics, Illustration and Zine Fair Teams Up Again with Animinspo Animation Festival on Saturday, September 12th (Applications Open!). www.brokenfrontier.com/zinezilla-5-...brokenfrontier.comZinezilla Arts Fair Returns to Bristol - The Comics, Illustration and Zine Fair Teams Up Again with Animinspo Animation Festival on Saturday, September 12th (Applications Open!) – Broken FrontierNow becoming something of a staple on the UK's annual comics calendar, Zinezilla is back on September 12th this year. 0103
Reposted by Francesca SobandeMedia Burn Archive @mediaburn.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Greetings from Media Burn's new HQ at 348 N. Ashland!! 063
Reposted by Francesca SobandeBex Glendining 🍃 @lgions.bsky.social · 09/03/2026hi I'm available for work and would love to do more comics, comic covers, book covers or other illustration work✨💕 09142
Reposted by Francesca SobandeBrownbear @brownbearofficial.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Re:imagined Live at The Queen’s Hall in Edinburgh is officially going to be a live album 🙌🏽 Come along for a huge night of music, where our back catalogue will be performed alongside a string ensemble 🎻 This is going to be huge 💿 154
Reposted by Francesca Sobande12tone @12tone.nebula.tv · 20/03/2026It was really fun working with Varun, and seriously, if you have any interest in emo and/or music theory, you should check out EmoCon: emocon2026.comemocon2026.comEmo Con 2026 0236
Reposted by Francesca Sobandes. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 25/03/2026For Bitch Magazine, she curated the Access Issue, a fantastic collection of reads on disability culture that we were proud to reprint at @theflytrapmedia.comtheflytrapmedia.comHonoring Alice Wong: Reprinting Bitch Magazine's Access SeriesAlice Wong, who reshaped the world of disability media, joined our ancestors on November 14, 2025. The Flytrap is proud to reprint her curated Access Series for Bitch Magazine. 12512
Reposted by Francesca Sobandes. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 25/03/2026For @orionmagazine.bsky.social 'Like an orchard in full bloom, nurturing stories requires care and connection, too. The people we love who are no longer alive—Stacey, Janna, Jonathan, Shizuko—are still with us, and our stories about them are seeds planted with gentleness and hope for the future.'orionmagazine.orgIn Praise of Peaches - Orion MagazineSometimes a peach is just a peach. But sometimes it's a portal. 1255
Reposted by Francesca SobandeScotify @scotify.bsky.social · 01/02/2026#RandomMovieGIF La Chimera (2023) 07817
Reposted by Francesca Sobandejj skolnik @supremenothing.myatproto.social · 20/03/2026wrote about books as a key part of subcultural archival work (feat. @jrdarchivist.bsky.social’s work among others) 12811
Francesca Sobande @francescasobande.bsky.social · 21/03/2026🌿 ArtHole Spring Market 🌿 Today (Saturday 21st March, 11am-5pm) at ArtHole in Cardiff. More information about ArtHole and their brilliant work is available here: artholecardiff.com 010
Reposted by Francesca SobandeSmall Press Day @smallpressday.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Small Press Day is back on Saturday, July 25th, 2026. #smallpressday #smallpressday2026 Let's make this the biggest one yet after last year's triumph! smallpressday.co.uksmallpressday.co.ukSmall Press DayJoin us on Saturday 25th July for Small Press Day 2026. Take part to help us celebrate with small press wonderfulness! 15539
