iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

I was on the Dead Pets podcast earlier this year talking about Bruce and now it's been nominated for Best Indie Podcast at the Signal Awards! You can vote here: rb.gy/ltov9p Here are photos of Bruce to celebrate.

My cat Bruce, a very fluffy grey cat, lies on her back on a cream carpet. A hand, belonging to Jamie McKelvie, is rubbing her belly. Not a trap. She LOVED belly rubs.

Bruce, a fluffy grey cat, sprawled on her back on an orange blanket in front of a fireplace. The orange blanket is on a green rug. Bruce looks to be really enjoying the fire.

A photo of Bruce's legs. Just fluffy grey fur sticking out every which way. SO CUTE.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 13h

Si is doing audio readings of each chapter and they are LUSH. You can listen to the first one for free. (You can also read it, but do listen, it's very good.)

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

US only? I'm assuming yes. It's always yes. *Cries in Canadian.*

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 25/09/2026

Comics workers! We need YOU to contribute to this survey! Beyond page rates & advances, we also ask about con revenue, Kickstarters, subscription platforms, & more! To make positive changes in our industry, we need to better understand challenges faced by traditional & self-published cartoonists!

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Simon "Si Spurrier" Spurrier @sispurrier.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Delighted to reveal this. At the core of the Cretan Project is a novel tentatively titled ASTERION. If you've ever enjoyed my work, or like the idea of the tale behind a monstrous myth, I'm inviting you along for the ride. www.patreon.com/SiSpurrier youtube.com/shorts/U7am1...

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The Cretan Project: Patreon announcement

YouTube video by Si Spurrier

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dearbhla @dearbhlala.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm looking for comic colouring work (also open to illustration and design work!). Some samples below and way more here: dearbhlala.com people say i'm very nice to work with :3

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Dearbhla Kelly | Design and illustration

Portolio website of comic colourist Dearbhla Kelly.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Libras are always the coolest people.

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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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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You're amazing for this. It's frustrating and infuriating feeling like you have to say something because it's obvious that no one else will. Especially when you already did so much work already! It's exhausting living with this weight. I hope this outcome lets you walk lighter through the world.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hope everyone really likes atarashii gakko.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Depends what they want, but Insider Tattoo in Leith is good people and talented artists.

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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 · 09/09/2026

Aaahhhhhhh!!!!! This is the coolest news! Congratulations! When did you have time to do this?! I'm subscribed! LFG!!!

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

Ha! I didn't notice it was from 2024 and it took me a really long time to understand this post.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I laughed out loud. Good job.

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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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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I loved Outlier so much! So much! I'm sad. There is no good in the world. Even words are not safe.

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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 · 01/09/2026

Noooo. I've been obsessed with Outlier since I saw you post about it the other day. Disappointing.

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

The power of hormones is not to be underestimated. They fuck you up! They also sort you out. The bleeding is gross, but TERFs are worse. And dumb. There are many cis women who don't get periods. Idiots.

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

For science! I am very well caffeinated as a religious diet coke drinker, but I think regular Coke with the sugar + the salt of the fries does something? More data needed I think.

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

I always get terrible headaches at the beginning of my period, so blood things track maybe? Caffeine ice salt sugar. Just a big jolt to reset I guess?

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

Yeah, I hate Coke (diet coke 4 life) but something about the sugar and caffeine seemed to do it I guess?

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

Yes! I just watched that episode last night. Very good. And absolutely matches how I see traumatised people today only able to function in high stress/risk situations.

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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

Yeah all the stuff about WWI is really well done. Not just the trauma but how it changed their entire lives, how they interacted with each other, etc.

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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

help.timhortons.ca

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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