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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 5h

The new operative crew arriving at the Warner Bros Watertower right after the merger.

The Sky Dancers, a shōjo-like team of 90's toy ad spokepersons

Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 5h

I got bit by the black dog sometime around Sunday, and it wouldn't let me go, even getting to my bowels. Last night I fired up CSP to doodle for a bit, decided to work on a page instead, and the dog went back to its corner. For now.

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 6h

SPACE HELL a new 24pg b&w comic one-shot by me, @djkirkbride.bsky.social @sobreiro.bsky.social & @gofrankgo.bsky.social! Gotta say I missed writing horror & horror in space is so much fun. Join us on this trip and sign up to be notified when we launch!

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Coming soon: Space Hell

An all-new 24 page one-shot comic book of creeping dread and science fiction horror in the darkness of space.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 21h

No AI for kids. Full stop.

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 18h

BASSETT: I am the most beautiful woman alive and I'm dying to fuck you FIENNES: Sorry but I am too hung up on my ex, Juliette Lewis LEWIS: I hope you die by the way

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 07/10/2026

Introducing SPACE HELL a new 24pg b&w horror comic from me, @djkirkbride.bsky.social @sobreiro.bsky.social & @gofrankgo.bsky.social! Two ppl trying to survive on a space station against a bunch of Space Hellions. Click through for more info & to sign up to be notified when the campaign goes live.

kickstarter.com

Coming soon: Space Hell

An all-new 24 page one-shot comic book of creeping dread and science fiction horror in the darkness of space.

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Too much Kafka and not enough Zhuangzi in the replies to this one. I see you, OP. I see you.

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Pirating a company's product helps perpetuate said product as an industry pipeline standard, so I am very wary of memes saying it's "always morally correct."

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Last night I did that little ritual of going out alone to dance with strangers at a club, and today I am both relaxed and demolished (I am a *terrible* dancer, mind you). It had been a while, I needed that.

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

English translation in the alt

Yet Another Ridin' Hood Tale

Ridin' Hood holding a basket, saying: "Hey... isn't there, maybe, another way?"

An EC style dramatis personae featuring the Wolf and the Gran says: "Sorry: the Wolf and the Gran aren't in this tale*"

There's a smidge of mountains and pines in a corner, while a happy sun sits on the opposite corner.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow

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Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm old enough to remember smoking on airplanes as a child. I hated it but they made you do it.

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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 01/10/2026

Torn between constantly wanting to make things and show then to people and talking to them to become part of the community and constantly wanting to live in a small hole in the ground with a trapdoor i can close if anyone comes near me.

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Night of the Abigail @popeguilty.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Game of Thrones started in 2011 which means the first wave of Khaleesis will be getting their driver's licenses next year

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026

You Can Be Anything You Want, Says Fictional Character theonion.com/you-can-be-anything-yo…

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

feminize a band name Woman or Astro-woman?

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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 26/09/2026

Have I played “Control Resonant”? Sorry…I’m too busy reading the story of a man who “Controls Rocinante”…that’s right, Miguel Cervantes’ immortal tale “Don Quixote de La Mancha”. So you enjoy your strange “Federal Bureau”…I’ll be delighting in the adventures of Sancho Panza and his “Friendly Burro”

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Wanchopemr @wanchopemr2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

— Tengo un cuadro de ansiedad. — Es mi pintor favorito.

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Obligatory repost of the amazing Chango

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Who can be summoned After taking a poo With the vanity mirror Of a zero-g loo? The Candyman The Candyman can

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I cannot pinpoint why, but this guy looks to me like John Romita Jr drew him. Something about the face...

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Copper Hamster @copperhamster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My friend got a picture of them all together.

Sailor Moon cosplayers in a Mexican themed variation

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

"Mind Game" is back for free on YouTube in 212 countries (see links in comment). Directed in 2004 by Masaaki Yuasa at Studio 4°C.

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✧ SkyMagpie ✧ (left my ❤︎ in Undermine) @skymagpie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I was worried if my comic is perhaps too self indulgent, but then I remembered the words of Björk and now I need to make it even more self indulgent 🥰

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I said it last time this came across my feed, and I will say it again: this reminds me of an old Flash game whose premise was "minimalist Diablo." It was all about clicking little boxes so you could click on larger boxes. The whole game looked like this artwork. I loved it. I can't recall its name.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/09/2026

Elsewhere on Bluesky folks are noting that The Kids These Days aren't much into Douglas Adams. As someone who is much into Douglas Adams (and in fact wrote an intro to new edition of his works) allow me to remind folks that it's not actually surprising when The Kids aren't into decades-old stuff.

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

"Liminal" before you even thought of having kids that were going to use that word for every third thing they see.

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

make a band edible: Soylent Green Day

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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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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🎶HELLO AGAIN FRIEND OF A FRIEND🎶

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Woohoo!! My minicomic as syllabus for my new Comics in Education class is live!! Took forever. I put everything I could into it & thrilled how it all came together. Class is off to a great start & excited for where we're headed! Download/print your own on my site spinweaveandcut.com/comics-in-ed...

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Garrett Martin @garrettmartin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

pro tip: writing is more fun when you're getting the same amount of money deposited directly into your account every two weeks

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

To honor Letterer's Appreciation Day, I'm going to comb through my installed font list and completely wipe any font that lacks the common spanish language diacritics, marks and letters. To honor my attention deficit, too.

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Playing with scissors

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Luis Sopelana @luissopelana.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

SHY GYPSY SLYLY SPRYLY TRYST BY MY CRYPT

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