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I did *not* expect to enjoy Black Adam, but it's actually a really fun film – the Justice Society are great – feels like they'd fit right in to the James Gunn DC-verse. Alongside Blue Beetle, I think it's probably my favourite film of the Snyderverse.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This new PM chap saying all the right things isn't he!

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets.

A crowded broadsheet with way too many fonts. It says:
Forget ChatGPT Flyers
Say it with
Broadsheets
Unlimited fonts
Stretch them
Or cram a really long sentence into one line for no good reason
No whitespace
Mix capital and lowercase
Pointing hands
(They're called manicules!)
Don't be left behind
Broadsheets are the future

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Put the girl child's sparkly party dress through the big wash at the weekend and now we all look like fucking Twilight Vampires.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One of my absolute favourite jobs from the last few years – I absolutely loved putting together the artwork for these custom arcade fight sticks based on Blaster and Soundwave.

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Mike Batt @mikebatt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A little conversation I had on Twitter 🙂

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I unashamedly love all the UK centric Marvel stuff. It's magickal and weird and British in the only good way I fear is possible any more, and the fact that it stands side by side depth traditional US superheroes always tickles me.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oh Connections, you wag. I'll play your game, but just because I like you.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Why am I only now learning about Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future? My staff have clearly been asleep on the job.

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Jackson Lamb doodle in honor of the new season of Slow Horses.

pencil doodle of Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, drawn by Portland comic book artist Steve Lieber. who will spend the next six weeks begging everyone at Helioscope to watch the show.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Third run in three days. I am very much back on my bullshit.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Another commission in the hands of its new owner! Thanks to everyone who lobbed me a brief when I had that quiet weekend a couple of weeks back (which obviously became a very busy week because that is very much how it be).

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Gav @gavtrdq.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Absolute rage bait of the highest order.

Thumbnail for a YouTube channel Illustrator Reacts where the dude is looking quizzically at Marvel US Transformers Issue 1 like it's not a masterpiece

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I have been for a run and done some tax shit. And now it's almost school pickup time. How to freelance and kids? Is it? Are the? What?

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

DO YOU DARE CROSS THE DOVER DEMON? New poster for my short story in the new @limitbreakcomics.bsky.social eco-horror cryptid anthology. Only two weeks left to join the campaign! zoop.gg/c/bumpinthen...

Black and white drawing featuring a man recoiling in terror amongst a collage of a treeline, road, bulldozer, and silhouette of the Dover Demon.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Still love this little guy, though I never did cram him into that strip!

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Mr Men books haven't been the same since Roger Hargreaves died.

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Comic artists (particularly newer and mid-experience folks)! I've put together 12* stories that you can use as portfolio/skill builders! 6 2-pagers, 6 4-pagers! 2 sci-fi, 2 horror, 2 superhero, a romance/slice of life, a comedy, a mystery, a Western, a smutty one, and 1 TBD. More info in 🧵

12 STORIES FOR COMIC ARTISTS TO PRACTICE WITH
By David Mariotte

A few notes from the writer:
Please remember that these are all meant to be fairly simple stories. They are for practicing the art of sequential storytelling and are not a magnum opus for anyone.
Focus on what is important to you--there are notes for specific color choices and the scripts include dialogue, captions, and SFX that could be lettered, but if that's not your skillset or what you want to work on, they should all work without!
If you want, definitely ask someone to collaborate with you! Bring in a colorist or letterer friend to get them some practice too!
These stories are meant to have enough details to help you tell the story, but also be open enough that you have a lot of flexibility to make them your own!
These stories are provided for free for the purposes of building your portfolio. My only request is that you credit me and anyone else you work with correctly and that you don't sell the completed stories (it's fine to post them online for free/to include in your portfolio or website, I'm even okay if you end up putting them in a for-sale zine with a bunch of your other work as long as they're not the only or main thing in the zine)
If you use AI in any capacity to create your version of these pages or you try to train an AI in any way with them (pages, script, etc), you owe me $100 million USD.
Once you finish any scripts you dig, you can reach out to me at dmariottewebhost@gmail.com and we can schedule a 10-15 minute digital portfolio review. We’ll talk about the comic you made off these scripts. We can talk about some of your other work if you provide a full portfolio, your goals in comics, and how to get there. It’ll be fun and easy!

1. SCI-FI (2 PAGES)
A cyberpunk hero in a bike chase across the moon. They actually works for the UPPS (United Planets Postal Service) and are delivering a package.

2. SCI-FI (4 PAGES)
A girl in a car is being chased by an alien spaceship through the countryside. She does a magical girl Transformers-mation to become a mecha magi girl. The spaceship has become a mecha kaiju and they fight. The mecha magi girl wins the day, but has secretly had help from a mysterious stranger.

3. HORROR (2 PAGES)
A big scary looking Michael Myers type guy hides in a closet and watches through the slats as a pair of yuppie young people come and make out in front of him. But actually, they're the killers and he was hiding and they found him and get him!

4. HORROR (4 PAGES)
A person is at a big box store and is trying to get headache medicine out of one of those stupid sealed cases--pressing the button, but no one comes. A worker finally shows up, but they've got like a weird eye monster on them. The protagonist runs, looking for help, but everyone's got the eye monster. The protagonist collapses from the headache and their eye bursts out and latches itself with its new tentacles to their face.

5. SUPERHERO (2 PAGES)
A car is driving way too fast in a city and a speedy hero is trying to chase it down until finally catching it and opening the door to... A pregnant woman who is about to have a baby that the hero has to rush to the hospital!

6. SUPERHERO (4 PAGES)
The hero is fighting Doppelgang, a villain who can create near-identical duplicates of himself. The hero must navigate around an army of duplicates, knowing trying to fight them all would be exhausting, to get to the real one (potential double page spread). The hero gets the real Doppelgang and saves the day.

7. ROMANCE/SLICE OF LIFE (2 PAGES)
A boy and a girl in parallel seem to be waking up late and rushing to get ready for school--making their lunch, barely getting their toast in their mouths--and seem to be on a collision course at the corner. When they arrive, they swap lunches, give a quick kiss, wish each other a good day and look forward to this weekend because they're actually already a couple.

8. COMEDY (2 PAGES)
A parent notices the cookies are missing from the cookie jar and starts interrogating the family, with the obvious suspect being the crumb-faced little one, but then.... "J'accuse!" their spouse tries to deny it with their mouth obviously stuffed with cookies and everyone laughs.

9. MYSTERY (2 PAGES)
A hardboiled detective smashes a window and begins exploring a messy apartment. After searching each room, they find keys in a trenchcoat by the door, only to call the window repairman to fix his apartment window and it ends on a "how'd this happen? it's a mystery" punchline. (Sorry this is also funny)

10. WESTERN (4 PAGES)
A cowpoke is HOT in the desert and their horse is hot too, panting and trying to fan themselves. They finish their canteen and crack open a cactus for water, they walk in circles under the circling vulture trying to catch whatever shade they can. The cowpoke notices the moon just starting to come up over the horizon and lassos it. The cowpoke pulls the moon up, making it nighttime, and they both sigh in relief as its finally cool.

11. EROTICA (4 PAGES)
A couple is at a park with one of them sucking on a creamsicle that melts all over their chest. They get their partner to lick it off, moving their top aside to let them suck on their nipples. Still wanting to suck on something for the creamy goodness within, the ice cream one starts giving the other head. The receiver pops all over the givers face and they both lick it up to clean up, with the giver requesting to cum a *lot* when they get home.

12. TBD (4 PAGES)

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On my second go through Masters of the Universe, and I gotta say, this is a near perfect movie. If any of the Transformers movies has been a tenth as good as this, I'd have been very happy.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Strange algorithm recommendation. I can only assume it means 'because you like shit movies, here's another shit movie...'

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A rare two hours to myself. I'm drawing obviously, but need a film on while I do it. Return to Silent Hill seems like a safe option

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Summer is very much on its last legs, at least in the North of England. If you want to nab anything from my store at an unprecedented 50% discount, this is the week to put your order in.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

First commission since I put a call out for them last weekend and it's an emotional one! This was cathartic to work on and I hope I did him justice. Big thanks to @aerialbot.co.uk for hitting me up to do it.

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Yoshi @yousephtanha.com · 02/09/2026

The Rescue Patrol's search leads them to the world of Retentia, where something sinister is at play. Can they stop Mindwipe and Weirdwolf's terrifying new weapon? Transformers: REANIMATED, Issue 86 - OUT NOW! Written by Greig and myself. Cover art by @jimstafford.bsky.social - #NCBD #Transformers

The Transformers Reanimated issue 86 cover features Ultra Magnus occupying most of the cover holding up his riffle

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Nate Piekos of Blambot @blambot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Happy Letterer Appreciation Day!

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sex pests aside, I really enjoy Masters of the Universe.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's rare, but it does happen. I've run out of work until next week. Which means for my own sanity I need to fit a commission in this weekend. DM if you want something, prices are attached. I'm also offering VERY limited #lunchboxleftovers sketchcard commissions.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A most excellent day with the wife and kids celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary, marred only slightly by the relentless celebrity deaths. It does however serve to give some context to this whole life thing, and I'm very much one of the lucky ones.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yeah, this one really sucks.

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Yesterday's charity shop score--the first 15 issues of Crisis in mint condition!

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Putting the call out for colorists for next year's Thunderclash Goes Bananas Charity comic. We've got a page ready to go. Fling some samples over to thunderclashgoesbananas@gmail.com and we'll talk!

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

We're live!!! @jamesotron.bsky.social and I are incredibly excited for you all to check out Monster Under the Bed, our NSFW erotic horror-comedy! When hot monsters meet horny weirdos, you're in for a scary good time! Grab yourself some fun XXX comics and help us spread the word!!!

kickstarter.com

Monster Under the Bed

A humorous erotic-horror one-shot comic by Duke NuCum and James Marsh!

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Jim @jimstafford.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I'm on there somewhere! Well done everyone.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 16/08/2026

stay woke

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Leigh Licorish @leighlicorish.com · 12/08/2026

Since the other mecha starter pack is going around, if you like Transformers these are your people! go.bsky.app/Baofx6p

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Rudo Judo @rudojudo.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Got mail from @jimstafford.bsky.social and it even included some extras! Don't know if he was extrapolating from what we ordered, but he gave us some bonus favorite guys!

Prints and stickers of Transformers, including a menacing Galvatron, a downright sultry Cyclonus, a sticker sheet of chibi G1s, a cover-style image for the Target: 2006 comic story, and the Constructicons being goofy.

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Ryan Button @rbillustrations.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Happy Friday folks! Just a quick post to share the pages that I made for the latest @thunderclashcomics.bsky.social charity book. It was an absolute blast being with this book and its team. If you haven’t picked up a copy, then head over to their Ko-fi page! All for an awesome cause!

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hello id like to spend all at once please

4 panel comic.

Panel 1: A pink blob character in suit tells Forg “you did a good business”

Panel 2: the pink blob in suit hands forg a dollar bill. He says “here is your pay”

Panel 3: forg holds the dollar bill. The man in suit walks off the frame. He reminds forg “don’t spend it all at once”

Panel 4: we see now that forg didn’t really listen to his advice. He stands in front of a building labeled “things you don’t need store”, dollar bill still in hand ready to be spent

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Graham 🔜 TFN Swindon @thomsongraham.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Am I emotionally ready to see the 40th anniversary showing of an influential movie from my childhood? No. But am I ready to face the questions of mortality it will ask and how precious and fleeting my time left is? Also no.

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Leigh Licorish @leighlicorish.com · 07/08/2026

Since we've been posting our Thunderclash: Hunt for Hyperdrive pages, here's mine! I hope everyone who picked up a copy enjoyed the book!

Comic book page of Vector Prime and other Transformers characters from 2026's Thunderclash comic.

Splash page of Vector Prime projecting Thunderclash's head in front of the turbomasters from our 2026 Thunderclash comic.

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