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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Today is my birthday and I spent it how I always spend my birthday, naked in a body of water. Happy birthday to me!

A photo of me floating in a river, taken from the perspective of my head as I lie straight out, my toes breaking the surface of the water. Lining the banks of the river are autumnal trees. There's an overcast sky.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I've signed up to be a mentor through Arts Emergency, which pairs people in creative industries with young people from underrepresented backgrounds hoping to work in the arts. If that's something you are interested in, you can also sign up! They're always looking for mentors: www.arts-emergency.org

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Arts Emergency

We help young people get a fair start in the arts and humanities

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

going on vacation as a freelancer feels like being a dog having the best day of its life not knowing it’s getting put down in three hours

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My friend Abs is one of the coolest people I know and right now he's making megagames, the latest inspired by Andor. If you're around Edinburgh on Nov 7, you should play!

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Megan Kearney @spookymeggie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I've got a gig in need of an indigenous Toronto-based illustrator, drop your portfolio!

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A note re Warren Ellis: I've seen the narrative floating around that the process of transformative justice between Warren and SoManyOfUs fell apart for reasons outside of Warren's control, sometimes with an implication that these reasons were on the side of SMOU. This is not true.

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Ariana Maher @airy.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As today is Letterers Appreciation Day, please check out this Starter Pack of comic book letterers here on Bluesky. If you are a professional letterer and wish to be in the Starter Pack as well, please let me know! go.bsky.app/D5PbjPZ

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I had an awful headache I couldn't shift for three days and nothing was helping it. Then a friend said get a regular Coke and large fries from McDonald's. And that worked?!

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I've been watching Peaky Blinders and started to enjoy it a lot more when I realised it was essentially just The Fast and The Furious with Birmingham gangsters instead of LA criminals.

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Still no takers. I don't *understand*, and it's killing me. LOOK AT THESE FACES.

Gray cat with small white flash on throat, sitting on bed, looking up.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you're in Canada and want to tell Tim Hortons that their Harry Potter marketing campaign is shit, you can contact them here: www.timhortons.ca/support

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Tim Hortons Help Centre

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Erika Price @erikapriceart.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

If you like visceral black and white horror comics give my work a look I sell my work in print here erikapriceart.bigcartel.com And I have a patreon where I post pages from my new series Worms www.patreon.com/erikapriceart

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Chloe Brailsford @comixbychloe.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

My cover for CATWOMAN #93, out in November from @dcoffical.bsky.social. If you can’t already tell, this is maybe my favorite cover I have ever done; to get to portray Selina in the most Chloe way imaginable was a total DREAM, and I am so lucky it was allowed 🥹🥹🥹 @garbagedracula.bsky.social ROCKS!

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

What a journey we've had. Thank you, everyone who helped us take it.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In 1993 I wrote a letter to Columbia House asking if they had Punjabi by Nature's album Jmpn for Joy and they wrote me back promptly and professionally, even though I was 10 at the time, to tell me they did not.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Black Cat Appreciation Day. I appreciate my black cat every single day. She's perfect.

A photo of my little black cat, Agnes, lying in a sunbeam on a rug on a hardwood floor. The sun makes her black fur look brown in places.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

That ELVTR editing class I was gushing about a few weeks ago is doing a cool thing. In order to make it accessible to as many people as possible, they are gifting two seats for Tom Hoeler's next cohort. You can nominate yourself or someone else here: elvtr.fillout.com/t/ur6agU598yus

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Shecky @shecky.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The amount of research that went into this is astonishing. Spreadsheets! Page by page analysis! Deep deep dives into the sources! Incredible work by @thene.bsky.social

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Fieldmouse Press @ SPX M2-3A @fieldmouse.press · 13/08/2026

Every copy sold goes straight toward supporting SOLRAD, our three-time Eisner-nominated, ad-free, paywall-free comics magazine. Grab your copy + support SOLRAD: crowdfundr.com/support_solrad To see more of Andrew's work, check out @whitecomics.bsky.social

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The Support SOLRAD Warehouse Sale!

We need your help to keep the three-time Eisner-nominated SOLRAD running, and we're offering Fieldmouse Press books published between 2021 and 2024 for 50% off to cover the magazine's publishing expen...

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Hagai Palevsky (he/him) @dialhforhagai.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It's my birthday today, but you get a gift. “Walt” is a new 16-page comic drawn by @illusclaire.bsky.social and written by myself. You can read it in its entirety below or download a high-res .pdf on a pay-what-you-want basis at the link: hagaipalevsky.itch.io/walt (1/2)

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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bro. People are cool as fuck.

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

You will die. You will not live forever. Nor will any man nor any thing. Nothing is immortal. But only to us is it given to know that we must die. And that is a great gift: the gift of selfhood. For we have only what we know we must lose, what we are willing to lose.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

When my cat chooses to have a bath on top of me I feel nearly delirious with happiness. She chose me! I'm her safe space! How does she smell so good? I am completely in love! No moment in my life can compare to this!

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Quite liked this video on how Gen Z is like the Song Dynasty of medieval China. My favourite thing about the internet is being able to learn from people's extremely niche interests. youtu.be/pIWZM-FrC3I?...

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Why Gen Z Culture Is Basically Medieval China

YouTube video by Medieval Mindset

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ComicsXF @comicsxf.com · 11/08/2026

Ro Stein and Ted Brandt join the show to talk about their new Titan Comics graphic novel Worst Man, Justice League: Dream Girls and more.

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TCXFIP 411: Ro Stein & Ted Brandt talk Worst Man

Ro Stein and Ted Brandt join the show to talk about their new Titan Comics graphic novel Worst Man, Justice League: Dream Girls and more.

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

Alright. I have an appointment with my therapist tomorrow, let's do this.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I got a tablet so I could do drawovers for artists learning comic art. But now I think I'M an artist and have been sending @mckelvie.bsky.social my BL masterpieces for critique.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I went to see CORTIS last week in Toronto. I was the oldest person by about twenty years, and the next day I felt like death because apparently I can't jump for two hours straight and expect no consequences. But I had the BEST time.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I sort of feel like running a Kickstarter again. Even though the last time I did it, I said never again. Ha ha, I say that every time.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Marguerite Bennett writing "Two lesbian spies hunt down a cannibal during the French Revolution." You had me at Marguerite Bennett.

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

Stray Kids released their new album today, and the MV for This & That has been out for 19 hours and has 17.7 million views. I think probably at least 800 of those are mine. youtu.be/BZ4UzthYTss?...

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Stray Kids "This & That" M/V

YouTube video by JYP Entertainment

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If you know someone with a womb and they're over 40, you better be so fucking nice to them. Their body is currently choosing violence on a daily basis. They are exhausted in a way you've never experienced. Their bathroom looks like a crime scene. They just shit their pants. BE FUCKING NICE TO ME.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I just finished watching The Vampire Lestat, and, though it is probably no secret that I deeply love Lestat, this show is still the greatest I have ever seen. Watching it felt like having air pushed into my lungs and someone whispering, "dream, dream, dream!" into my ear at increasing volume.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I got @sxbond.bsky.social's 100 FAQ on Making Comics in the mail today and I love this sticker with the U.S. comics page size. I have this on a post-it note stuck on my monitor, but now it can be more aesthetic.

A picture of a book called 100 FAQ on Making Comics with a sticker sheet on top.

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Konner Knudsen @penzerker.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hey comics people, The Dark Horse union needs your support right now. Senior editors do more work than most of you can possibly imagine and they deserve to be apart of the union. Some of them have been waiting a long time for this. Stand with them! Please sign and share this petition!

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It only took a year, but I finally went through all my clothes. Three bags to donate. I find it odd that I didn't wear a single one of my wool jumpers last winter in Canada. Probably because I never went anywhere and the heating here is better than in Scotland.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I love watching Kaz's long takes on YouTube. So well researched. And I agree with them, Eggers is right. Never was a director more obsessed with historical accuracy.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Delilah is such a real one for this. Any ARMY in Boston need a ticket? (Also Delilah was a guest speaker for that ELVTR editing course and everyone was like, pls be my bff? So I am not surprised at all to know she likes kpop. All the best ppl do!)

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm gonna be at Thought Bubble for the 20th anniversary!

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It's true that @mckelvie.bsky.social and I broke up, but he still has to deal with my kpop fangirling, which today included sending him a picture of a strawberry I said looked like Bang Chan's abs. And then a photo of me licking the Bang Chan's Abs strawberry. He didn't block me. A patient man.

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Joanne Starer @joannestarer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I've got a book coming out from Scholastic next year! GABO provides the art for STREETS OF SHATTERED GLASS: A STORY OF THE HOLOCAUST, a story of 4 kids from different backgrounds finding friendship in turbulent times. For ages 9 and up, it's suitable for schools/educators. In stores August 2027!

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I have been listening to my friend Shannon plan an event for evacuees from the Ontario wildfires. She's running it later this week for 3 days and over 900 people are coming. She's arranged events, drumming, beading, sports, childcare, food, donations. I am in awe.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 03/07/2026

I know it's an ass pain and a slog but Ghost and buttondown exist and are right there and even have tools to help you transfer your old posts and subscribers. Please leave substack.

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