iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · 5h

🫵 agents: pick up rowan (but also remember the rules of dvpit and don't like the op if you aren't an agent or an editor!)

1196

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

taylor robin @taylor-robin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A mysterious Lady, a run-away train, and friendships as strained as ever... all aboard for FATE'S RUN, the unstoppable sequel to HUNGER'S BITE! Releasing April 27th, 2027! Pre-order at your favorite book retailer! www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/taylo...

the hunger's bite cast pose in front of the cover of Fate's Run like it's a movie poster and they're all actors. text reads "releasing april 27th, 2027"

23537196

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"My Husband" now for free on Youtube. A short film by Remus & Kiki, co-created with Mitko Karakolev (Blink studio). Based on a short story by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904). >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzeR...

5644243

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

MOC (they/them) @miraongchua.com · 22/09/2026

If you’ve ever wanted to read my comics for FREE, I’ve got SIX titles available for you to borrow right now on the Hoopla Digital library app @hoopladigital.bsky.social, courtesy of Aggregate Ink. Go support your local library (and me) and check them out! 📚✨

Listings for my graphic novels I Want To Be Your Doll, Goodbye Battle Princess Peony, The Prince in the Basement, ROADQUEEN: Eternal Roadtrip to Love, Goodbye Battle Princess Peony ~eternal spring~, and 24/7 Magical Maiden Mimi on the Hoopla digital library platform

29458

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

lola 🦋 comms open @lolavagabonde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

a horse with no name

An illustration of my vampire oc, Tristan, from my original story Les contes du nécromant.

In a scene framed by brambles, Tristan rides the pale horse of death, wandering in the desert. He is dejected, his shoulders slumped and his hair obscuring his face. Three red arrows are planted in his back. A black ray coming from a moon circled by pointy bits, featuring a pattern of red droplets cuts across the landscape.

The background is split in two. In the upper section, brambles and roses overrun a tangle of animal and human bones.
In the lower section, a row of grave : each one bears a bat motif.

tags line:
#illustration #artsky #illustration #originalart #fantasy #oc #ocart #fantasyillustration

2729317

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the total proliferation of youtube slopumentaries on every possible subject is horribly depressing but the history ones break my heart the most bc sometimes the "humanmade" channels still break out the (undisclosed) slop for their visuals or voiceovers or whatever. It sucks. It really sucks

2192

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

desperately seeking suzn @suzn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

nosi panel i like a lot :)

colored panel of nosilla pointing and gesticulating and yelling, as she is wont to do

59226

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 15/09/2026

clear skies, good swing out west.

scribbly fountain pen ink drawings in my sketchbook of Jay Corvidae (leading) and Fix Vulpes (following) from EIGHTY DAYS swing dancing under strands of fairy lights lights.

1416

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I drew my horseboys Osmund and Cemil in the art style of the Detective Grimoire games, which have recently bewitched me completely. Speaking of which, please play the Detective Grimoire games, like The Mermaid Mask. Or read For a Horse and Horseman. And then talk to me about it 🐎 #fahah

it's Osmund and Cemil from FAHAH drawn in the approximate art style of the Detective Grimoire series

3366

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

theo @theoplum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

After being down for a year, my 2023 gay fantasy romance comic about pseudo-Victorian medievalists has a new "edition"... new cover, minor edits, & I've relettered the whole thing. It'll be available on itch later this month, but it's also available to read on Patreon right now. patreon.com/theoplum

3658142

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Asher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I'm genuinely so excited that I can finally start sharing HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY with you -- starting with the cover, which features a very obscure dinosaur you probably haven't heard of bookshop.org/p/books/how-...

The cover of HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY fetaures a stylized image of a Tyrannosaurus walking along the rocky banks of a stream, roaring. Two very adorable chicks are by its feet.

1622052

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Bonedust Press @bonedustpress.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🌟 HEAVY ARE THE YEARS is now live on Kickstarter!! 🌟 This book is a Stardust Collaboration with @wildstarpress.bsky.social with a special collaboration from @gegallas.bsky.social of Open Book Chocolates! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bon...

kickstarter.com

Heavy Are The Years Story Collection

Three illustrated SFF novellas in one collection exploring the theme of time and how it effects us.

46464

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

likely pair

a digital illustration of an alt/goth woman with dark make up and with complete sleeves and upper body tattoos. she's sitting in a well-tagged train cabin that has bright orange seats and metallic green walls. she's browsing her phone with headphones on. out of her canvas bag pokes out a small, powerfully fluffy white dog with a pink ribbon on its head

52793623

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

A.C. Esguerra @blueludebar.com · 08/09/2026

five years ago on 9/7, my debut graphic novel EIGHTY DAYS came out in bookstores. the work of my life (so far) 🖤

a hardcover copy of my graphic novel EIGHTY DAYS on a sunlit, white table.

a selection of original comic art pages from EIGHTY DAYS drawn in ink, brush and pen nib taped to a wall; in front of the wall is a white chair and a pair of short, silver-studded black boots

73111

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

really respect the inimitable Ryoko Kui for being a picky eater who so fluently passes as a cookingmaxxer. I'm not picky anymore but I do have Food Habits (autism) and am currently trying to invent a fantasy cuisine. Very aware of the possibly sacrilegious way I am slapping things together

1171

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

As much as I love to see books selling, I want to see the Sameer Project able to function 10x more. They're having to pause their vital services due to funding slowing, so please donate directly if you're not interested in getting a book. linktr.ee/thesameerpro...

linktr.ee

The Sameer Project Official: Instagram | Linktree

We are a donations based aid initiative for Gaza led by Palestinians,

11421

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Free Speech Coalition @fsc.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

SCREEN Act, which would have required mandatory age-verification for sites (like this) that allow "material harmful to minors" failed to pass out of committee after thousands and thousands of people called their Senators. More work ahead!

832461677

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Peter Wartman @peterwartman.com · 04/08/2026

Sketchbook page

530541

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

ananth @ananthhirsh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Mistria's full 1.0 release arrives tomorrow, 8/5! @aidosaur.bsky.social & I have been working on it since 2019-- seven years!! -- as Senior Writer & Character/Concept Artist! I wrote thousands and thousands of lines of dialogue... I hope they make you laugh and feel things! See you in the Fields! 💖

Ananth Hirsh: Senior Writer, Yuko Ota: Character & Environment Concept Artist

28501124

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

for the low low price of FREE you can read my friend's novella about some deeply tormented boys 🔥🔥🔥

032

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Petra Erika Nordlund @pepurika.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

www.tigertigercomic.com/tiger-tiger/... five new pages... link goes to the first one!

34650133

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

i want to share my nightreign art on the nightreign sub but i am a perpetual reddit lurker. need to figure out how to farm 33 karma in the next 3 hours (which is when I predict I will lose interest). May have to recruit my cute dog

030

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

bagcraftin' ain't easy but someone's gotta do it #nightreign (I switched from a Wylder main to a Scholar main and this is my life now)

art of the scholar (darkness version) from nightreign holding open his coat like a disreputable watch seller and he's got sooo many items and smells bad. guardian and ironeye look on sweating.

4208

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Nate Bethea @inthesedeserts.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Apple charges people ~20% more than the Patreon list price and they keep the difference for themselves. They also hold the proceeds of iOS app sales for 75 days, making it impossible for creators to accurately predict earnings. They basically inserted themselves in order to rip *more* people off

2326931496

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

we are so conditioned to lying, all the time. we are conditioned to think a little lady translator ought to hold her tongue for a great man director. that a full professor at a top university ought not use her critical faculties on her life’s work because that might… bsky.app/profile/gwil...

124432

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Jurassic Park is a perfect franchise because the question "why would they keep doing this" is answered by simply asking yourself if you would want to go see a dinosaur. Of course you would want to see a dinosaur.

301764311

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

🌵🌺 mado 🌺 🌵@ C•ko•fn•ta•C 💧🪱 @madocactus.itch.io · 13/07/2026

c•ko•fn•ta•c (sychophantasy) madocactus.itch.io/sychophantasy a visual novel about responsibility, arrested adolescence, and the mortifying ordeal of being (un)known. 🪱 1-2 hrs playtime 💧 original art, ui and writing 🪱 one ending 💧 adults only (21+) made for #toxicyurivnjam

a fat woman with cats-eye glasses lying down on the ground, unconscious. the text in the frame says "small world, huh"

Sunny: "It's a li'l rough around the edges... but it's home. Has been since I was a baby."

The scene takes place in the guest bedroom, surrounded by an elaborate, PC-98 inspired framed UI.

Two women sit next to each other. One is in her desk chair. The other sits next to her on the floor, with her legs held to her chest.

"...I think the world would be be better off if I was gone."
"Yeah, well so do I."

A computer screen with a picture of Sunny looking relieved.

Sunny says: "Oh, thank god! Appreciate ya hearing me out."

38721298

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

my slub @dirtpuncher3.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

still not happy with the values but whatever i need to keep lining the rest first

13916

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

can't wait to share these kids and their story with you very very excited

an illustration for they glow in the dark featuring the kids hiking in the woods; beneath them in the ground are lots of skeletons, including a human skull

372264383

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Mainstream Respectable opinion is that people joking about a bad person's death represents a culture of cruelty, but really it represents a culture of impunity. It's a coping mechanism for watching someone do evil their whole life and never seeing consequences

114208745340

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

✂┈𝚟𝚐𝚎 @vgeportfolio.com · 08/07/2026

‼️RAHHHHH COVER REVEAL ‼️ My new romance graphic novel Sweet Revenge comes out on 2-2-27!! ♥️ (lucky!!) Preorder now!! - - -✄- - - bookshop.org/p/books/swee...

26628

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

my "dark" secret is the amount of time spent staring at/rereading my own work like teehee... i made that... for me... to my exact specifications... hurray... and if it doesn't give me that feeling then I'm usually too lazy to share it anyways. I love art

7303116

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

✂┈𝚟𝚐𝚎 @vgeportfolio.com · 01/07/2026

This is Alex! - - -✄- - - My little copycat ♡ Here are some early concepts where I finally nailed down Alex's design & vibe. The original codename for SWEET REVENGE was COPYCAT after Apink CHOBOM's song about mimicking your lover. In these, I'm also exploring the "90s does 60s" aesthetic of the book

0266

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Grovey 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭 THE THREE BEASTS out 12/22 @7clubs.art · 24/06/2026

Hi Everyone. Let's freaking go. My original Philippine fantasy graphic novel THE THREE BEASTS is coming out this October 27, 2026, published by @maverickogn.bsky.social

Cover art for The Three Beasts by Grovey Pascasio, published by Maverick, with letterers Buddy Beaudoin & Chas! Pangburn. A massive, dark silhouette of a three-headed hydra on a bright gold background, with three figures standing in front of it. Each of them wields a sword, a wavy-bladed kalis. Within the form of the hydra are more dragons and three solemn/stern looking men.

620878

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Grovey 🏳️‍🌈🇵🇭 THE THREE BEASTS out 12/22 @7clubs.art · 21/06/2026

This was a very fun read :]

161

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the

5793083869

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Rien Gray @riengray.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

cis folks actually love putting minors on HRT or giving them surgery when they're intersex, so they're just liars to begin with, anyway trans kids aren't allowed to consent to HRT/surgery but cis adults can force any kid onto a new hormone profile if they have any number of 'justifications'

71204402

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

K. Rhodes and Jen Xu @kaijubean.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

We have a very special announcement today: NOVAE IS GETTING PRINTED!🎉🌟 The first 3 books (possibly more) will be printed by inklorebooks.com ! The books will be published one after the other starting in summer 2028. A huge thank you to our agent Joan, and all our wonderful readers!💖

4330095

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

seosamh dáire @saint-vagrant.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

i should add: May 31 was both my own birthday and the 10th anniversary of the comic's launch. kind of crazy on both counts there! and also that means you have to look at it 🎂

124517

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

RIP Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi artwork from Persepolis showing you girl in hijab w “pink is not ded” on back. She is being grabbed by women in hijabs

273252935

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

an inspiration to me and many others. words feel inadequate; i'm at a loss to process this one. the world will miss her, but it must have been nothing compared to the force of her grief. RIP Marjane Satrapi 💔 I hope she is at peace. I hope we can make the world into something she would've wanted.

0160

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 04/06/2026

To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away. As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other. We honor her memory and oppose the war.

NO WAR WITH IRAN!
The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West.
You are American, I am Iranian, we don’t know each other, but we talk together
& we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you
& your government is much bigger than the difference
between you & me.
And the difference between me
& my government is much bigger
than the difference
between me & you.
And our governments are very much the same...
—Marjane Satrapi

2592194711

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We've lost one of the most important graphic novelists of my generation. The world is a darker place without her, but a better place because of her too brief time with us.

127789

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Dark Horse voluntarily recognizes union: In something of a pleasant surprise, Dark Horse interim CEO Jay Komas announced that the company is voluntarily recognized the Dark Horse Workers United union

comicsbeat.com

Breaking: Dark Horse voluntarily recognizes union

In something of a pleasant surprise, Dark Horse interim CEO Jay Komas announced that the company is voluntarily recognized the Dark Horse Workers United union

6494175

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

the last time i played nightreign with my friend, neither of us understood how weapon passives worked (they're always active, even when unequipped, unless otherwise marked) and WOW it's a gamechanger. beat everdark balancers first try 😌 WHAT A COOL FIGHT!!! too bad nothing new for the anni tho

120

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

thank you for the responses!! 🐎 (I haven't started making a decision yet, there's still time to leave your availability below. In the meantime I'm enjoying everyone's lovely art)

140

Reposted by Lorian Merriman

Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 24/05/2026

one of the reasons i am always on about elite persuasion is that i have seen elite persuasion operate in real time. as toby documents here, the radical anti-trans push in the uk didn't come from some "bottom-up backlash," but was orchestrated and organized primarily at the most elite levels

liberalcurrents.com

The End of Trans Rights in the UK Is the Start of Democratic Collapse

It's never just one minority.

181639483

Lorian Merriman @lorian.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

haha I REALLY want to get the FAHAH vol 2 kickstarter done this year... the vol 1 crowdfund took a lot out of me but it was also one of the most fun things I've ever done and I LOVE the final book. It's silly but I want to do the vol 2 kickstarter before the story finishes posting on tapas!

080