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Mariel Ashlinn

@marielashlinn.bsky.social
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Comic & zine maker • illustrator & designer • occasional academic • she/her "Monster" available now from Black Eye Books No DMs marielashlinn.com marielashlinn@gmail.com

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Black Eye Books @blackeyebooks.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Happy Canada Day! Save 20% at blackeye.ca with coupon code CANADA20. Good on anything in our online store until July 8!
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JRK @fstopqueen.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
A couple more interview slots available for UK based #zine makers. Give me a shout if you're interested in more information and please share if you know someone suitable. #zines #zineresearch #perzines
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Alex Graudins @toonyballoony.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️ toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
The cover spread from a one page zine printout. The left (back cover) features images of a scale and gavel, with notes on First Amendment and filming rights, and the advice to “shut the fuck up.”

On the right is the cover, a megaphone with the title text “PROTEST SAFELY.” Behind it are faceless protestors. The subtitle notes, “A brief collection of tips from around the internet.”A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is an illustration of a protestor with the title “What to Wear,” including a helmet, goggles, ear plugs, gloves, a mask, a backpack, and layers/long sleeves/pants. Each have additional notes explaining their use.

On the right is “What to Bring,” featuring illustrations of a backpack, money, water bottles, a mask, a granola bar and bag of trail mix, a first aid kit, folded shirt and pants, and an ID, with “DIY Defense” listed underneath it showing one protestor using a luggage case, one holding a trash can lid, and one using an open umbrella as a shield.A spread from one page zine printout.
On the left is “Protect Your Identity,” advising to cover up identifying features, avoiding photography of protesters, deactivating biometric phone-unlocking tools, and writing emergency contact and counsel numbers on your arm.

On the right is “Be Like Water,” the motto of the 2019 Hong Kong protests, and the text “BEWARE THE BAIT” with images of a palette of bricks and a masked man holding a crowbar toward a protestor with a sign, “Psst, free crowbar?” encouraging the reader not to engage with traps and undercover agents.A spread from one page zine printout featuring the hazards of protest opposition, including tear gas, rubber bullets, and LRAD sound cannons and flash bangs. Caution tape images accompany the text explaining the dangers of each, how to flush out eyes that have been maced/etc, and how to extinguish a gas canister with a traffic cone.
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I came up with an extremely clever PhD thesis title so now I guess I have to finish writing the rest of the proposal...
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
LinkedIn needs an eye-roll reaction for posts/comments.
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I actually did just get picked for an anthology (!!!) but I don’t always, and there are loads of festivals I’ve never been able to get a table at - keep making stuff!
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
One of the things about AI art and copy is that it makes your business/organization look stingy at best. If you can't even afford the creative how can you be trusted to deliver a quality version of whatever you're advertising? You probably can't and we can tell.
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Sometimes you won't get picked for an anthology or to table at an event but you should still keep making comics and zines. Even if they don't pick you they can't stop you. Do it out of spite!
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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 01/06/2025
The Coop's Digital Comics Residency is now OPEN for applications for the first time! Check the link below for additional info and registration! cartoonist.coop/digital-resi...
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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
if you feel like other artists in your field are your rivals and not your peers you belong to the other side of the picket line
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
I have some work in this alongside some amazing artists!
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This is worth 15 minutes of your day 👓
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Black Eye Books @blackeyebooks.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Black Eye Books is 100% Canadian owned, and the majority of our comics and graphic novels are by Canadian creators. www.blackeye.ca (use coupon code MARCH15 for 15% until the end of the month)!
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We Really Like Her! 👩🏼🍿👩🏻‍🦱 @wereallylikeher.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Wish there was a feminist counterpart to CLERKS? There *is* and we're screening it at the Revue Cinema in April!! 👀 On April 10, join us for MARY JANE'S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE. revuecinema.ca/films/we-really-like-her-mary-janes-not-a-virgin-anymore-i-was-a-teenage-serial-killer-double-feature/
Hand drawn poster for We Really Like Her!'s upcoming screening of MARY JANE'S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE and I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER, two films by Sarah Jacobson. Event takes place April 10 at 6:30 at the Revue Cinema, is sponsored by Hollywood Suite, co-presented by Inside Out, and with prizes from Letterboxd.
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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
ART AND COURAGE may be just the comic you need to read right now (and the Center for Cartoon Studies can always use your support).
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Art & Courage, A guide to sustaining a creative path
Since its release in 1993, Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland has become an underground classic helping artists across various disciplines persevere through uncertainty and self-doubt and h...
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Wednesday Morning: Noisy Song Thrush (which I reported to the @wtscotsocial.bsky.social)
A photograph of a notepad showing a black and white drawing of a song thrush
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Arcas De Disco @puckarks.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
The Brooklyn Public Library has announced that any teenager in America is now eligible for a Brooklyn Public Library card.
Teens can sign out ebooks + audiobooks 
The move is designed to combat censorship, with some titles listed as "always available." www.bklynlibrary.org/media/press/...
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Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free eCards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans in Local Communities | Brooklyn Public Library
Librarians and Teen Volunteers Spearhead Books Unbanned Initiative to Combat Censorship
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Today: last day to respond to the UK Government's open consultation on #copyright and #AI. Please make your views know if you care about the quality of content of any sort, about paying creators fairly, or about the #education of a citizenry. #Books #art #authors 🗃️ 1/4 www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
"11:30 AM, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks, five miles south of the Canadian border, twelve miles west of the state line. I’ve never seen so many trees in my life."
An ink drawing of Agent Cooper from twin peaks surrounded by trees
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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 20/02/2025
Still on the fence about joining us? What if I told you about our members-exclusive library with archived talks about how to do your taxes, how to make a website, advanced zine techniques, a reference photo collection, educational books, and more? cartoonist.coop/join/
Two mascots holding their arms out with the text “join us in the co-op!”.
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We Really Like Her! 👩🏼🍿👩🏻‍🦱 @wereallylikeher.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Tired of the snowy weather? Here's something warm to look forward to: our annual screening of MAMMA MIA! at Toronto's Revue Cinema (March 13, 6:45pm) 🌅💃 Poster art by Mariel Ashlinn Kelly. Sponsored by @hollywoodsuite.bsky.social and @letterboxd.social!
Poster for We Really Like Her!'s screening of Mamma Mia! on March 13 at Toronto's Revue Cinema featuring a hand drawn image of Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried's characters standing together in front of an archway holding flowers between them
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Spent this weekend finishing a Sophie Scarf, instead of doing extra freelance on top of my 9-5, as a treat…
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Is it spring yet?
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West End Phoenix @westendphoenix.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Looking to support independent media in Canada? ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
It’s #hourlycomicsday again. I’m going to post in batches… probably…
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
End of January Mood
A drawing of a girl wearing a big coat and scarf
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
"Yeah! This song is about me!" (Listening to "Rebel Rebel" while I bring in the bins and line them up neatly)
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
One of my favourite little internet joys is finding the long-abandoned Flickr archives of people I admire.
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
@wereallylikeher.bsky.social is doing a Galentines screening Desperately Seeking Susan at The Revue in Toronto and I did a poster!
A poster for the film Desperately Seeking Susan featuring an ink drawing of Madonna wearing sunglasses
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Kaiju - Monstrous Non-Binary ⚧️🦖 @enbykaiju.itch.io · 17/01/2025
Support the art you want to see in the world It's literally the only way you're going to see more of it Mainstream publishing doesn't want weird, it rarely takes risks, and it sure as hell doesn't spotlight marginalized artists unless they think it'll win big Artists need your help You can do that
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I learned from David Lynch that you can end a story however you want to and it doesn’t need to make sense even to you. I can’t think of another singular artist that has been such an influence on my work and that of almost everyone I admire. I’m pretty sure he was indeed connected to the moon.
A black and white cartoon drawing of director David Lynch
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
A girl I knew in college saw David Lynch speak at an event. When it ended, she found a way to get to the front to tell him how much his films and shows meant to her. His response was “Thank you. And remember, the universe is in your basement.”
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I missed #portfolioday but that’s okay. Hi anyways. I’m Mariel, I’m Canadian but I live in Wales. I’m an illustrator and comics artist with one graphic novel under my belt and another on the way. I also do film posters for @wereallylikeher.bsky.social and editorial spots whenever I can 💖
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Winter feels
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Mat Trø @mattroy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
While you're here, check out this excellent woodcut style poster by @marielashlinn.bsky.social for my event at Porter's, Cardiff on the 19th of December! A roster of South Wales' spookiest writers!
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Art drawn by people who very rarely make art and think they are “bad at art” is 1000x cooler than AI art. It’s life-affirming. It’s often unexpected. I cannot overemphasize how much I love when people just go for it. You do not need the machine for this human endeavor.
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I’m working on a new graphic novel along with @mattroy.bsky.social and posting about it on Substack sometimes! You can read about it here (free): marielashlinn.substack.com
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I Feel Fine | Mariel Kelly | Substack
Making a Graphic Novel One Page at a Time. Click to read I Feel Fine, by Mariel Kelly, a Substack publication. Launched 10 months ago.
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 05/06/2024
Applying for jobs, waiting for grant results, teaching part time, biking back and fourth...
A nine panel comic showing different images in each panel, a plant, a girl on a bicycle, a cup of tea, a girl drawing, a moth, the same girl on a laptop, a park, a blank notebook, a vase of flowers. There is one word in each panel and the comic reads: just one more thing and then everything will be perfect.
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ComicScene @comicscene.bsky.social · 21/01/2024
Give the Cartoon Museum a lift Give the @Cartoonmuseumuk a lift comicscene.org/2024/01/21/g...
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Give the Cartoon Museum a lift
The Cartoon Museum is currently running a crowdfunder to repair its lift and become more accessible to the entirety of the public, after issues with the current lift have meant that for the past year ...
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
I have learned to crochet, I am very bad at it, I really enjoy it... is this... a hobby? I want to get other work that I normally enjoy over with so I can do more of it. Is this what having a hobby is?
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
I want a Scott Pilgrim sequel where he fights Doug Ford and the condo developers.
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
I'm working on a new little project, probably a zine, about overcoming creative stuck-ness. I'd love to hear about things that have helped you that you'd be happy for me to share!
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 11/11/2023
Comic and Zine people: I sussed out a really easy and pretty much free way to make stands for books and prints: www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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How to Make an Easel from Recycled Cardboard | Sophie's World
Recently, crafting expert Sophie Maletsky was tasked with creating simple, recycled easels for an art show in Mexico. She came up with this simple, elegant,...
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
I'm only taking about 10 copies of each thing to #CardiffZineFest and wow printing 10 of something is so much less stressful than the first time I did this a decade ago and though I needed 100 of everything...
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Another Inktober fave! Day 27th - "Beast"
A drawing of a cat skeleton and a mouse skeleton in black and white, surrounded by autumn foliage
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
I’m tabling (or stalling as it is called here) at my first UK Zine fest in November! It’s also been four years since I did a fest in person. If you need me I’ll be folding stuff!
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Me printing things: Whoo go printer! Make 100!!! Make 10000!!! Me cutting/folding/packaging things: WTF who printed all these!?
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
I haven't been posting my Inktobers here because I hate being repetetive all over the place but I especially like this one:
A pen and ink drawing of a coal tit (bird) sitting on a television aerial above rooftops and trees
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Mariel Ashlinn @marielashlinn.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
I’m attempting a comic-a-day again for this year’s Inktober - spending some time today trying to get a head start which I will almost certainly lose within a week…
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