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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's a great day to donate to @authorsabb.bsky.social! I marked the start of Banned Books Week 2026 with a donation :D

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DCS 🔞 @darkchibishadow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

CSP being pressed to take even just /kissing/ off their asset store and FA being told that plus sized characters are considered adult should be a giant waving red flag to folks. Sex workers have /always/ been right to say these policies never stop with 1 type of content. They always wanna ban more.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

all that to say, There is No Antimemetics Division was very nice if you like your horror to be a lil... bureaucratic?

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Enjoyed a SF audiobook that kept mentioning "sea level meetings", makes sense, there were giant ocean cryptids, etc etc. in the epilogue I realize it was very obviously "C-level" clearance the entire time.

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autumn @waveprism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

of course they waited until outcry died down to quietly go "oh by the way we're dropping this tomorrow, byyyyyeeee 🤭" with no way to opt out or even take proper action before it impacts everybody

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It did in fact pour hail and I look like a wet siili

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Yes we've been looking for birds

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I (really, really) don't want it to be fall yet, but if it has to be, at least I'm in Helsinki

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I'll give you a nudge if I manage to come back :)

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I was MISLED!! but Siili is so cute... Are you at the Fest??

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I love to leave a con thinking "I need to draw more smut again"

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Zine Fest was GREAT and I we need to come back sometime for sure. My Finnish word of the day is hedgehog (igelkott) 🦔

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otava heikkilä @claystorks.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

this weekend @basaltbrain.bsky.social and i will be tabling at Zine Fest @ Helsinki comics festival! table 15, saturday 19th only! 🏃

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Boat cafe providing my daily serving of Eromanga

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

He has one in Cleveland that's absolutely incredible, the scale of them leaves such an impact

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Who needs hobonichi, not me. The Moomin store had line-a-day journals and that's all my little heart needs

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Moomin Museum is a dream for me too :'')

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

leaving the new cats for the first time. will their tiny brains miss us? skeptical

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Heading to Helsinki for a Zine Fest tomorrow... what do we need to be sure to see while we're there??

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Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A poignant coming-of-age story, Wandering Son is a sophisticated work of literary manga by 志村貴子, Japan's most prominent creator of LGBTQ+ manga--Volumes One & Two are out in one paperback collection today! ow.ly/ecGi50ZO1mf

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Lol nevermind, this is what I get for scrolling backwards! I really hope they finally print them all, at least.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

They're putting out new cheaper softcovers, finally! I still like her work, but I guess I love melancholy

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Drew Baumgartner @dbaumgartner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

And I think this really is the kind of "unwritten rule" that longtime comics readers have absorbed through osmosis, but probably never gets said to anybody. A comics writer knows instinctively to give specific acting beats across a dialogue sequence, but a prose writer may not.

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Drew Baumgartner @dbaumgartner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I haven't worked much with new writers, but I have had occasion to work with seasoned writers from other media who were relatively new to comics. I've noticed a trend across those experiences that has gotten me thinking about the unwritten rules of comics that might bear spelling out to novices. 🧵

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Nero Villagallos O'Reilly @itsnero.com · 10/09/2026

My pal @samkeeper.bsky.social is one of the only people talking about webcomics in the way they truly deserve- an actual examination into layouts, expressions, and characters. Give her one gorillion dollars thanks

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e.k. weaver @bigbigtruck.com · 10/09/2026

Front cover reveal!! Huge shout out to Sunny Lee for her masterful design work on the titling and layout

Front cover of SHOT AND CHASER, showing Tre and Olly in front of a storm cell

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ohhh the cover turned out stunning!

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Rii Abrego @riibrego.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

love in bloom (2017) #art

A comic featuring a gardener and a love-struck fairy. The text reads "The most beautiful garden in town is the work of a fairy who loves the gardener's smile"

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A lot of those titles are how I learned to letter comics as a teen... 😂 that's all I'll admit to!

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I absolutely remember Lililicious and I can't wait for this

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This morning was a crappy morning 2/2 Someone ran my old author photo through their nasty ass slop machine and now I know what uncanny me looks like.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This morning was a crappy morning 1/2

The cat got into the freshly watered plant pot.

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ngoziu @ngoziu.com · 03/09/2026

Digging Up the Depths of Desire Make your characters want a little thing a lot. A sip of water. Surviving a bully. Finding out what that sound is. Their cousin's apology. Next make them want another thing—ideally whatever stops them from getting the first thing. bsky.app/profile/ngoz...

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FUSSELSCHWARM @fusselschwarm.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nach der Con ist vor der Con! Vor 10 Jahren erschien @nikismithcomics.bsky.social|s Erstlingswerk CROSSPLAY. Nun ist dieser wunderschöne Comic über Comic-Cons, Selbstfindung und Crossdressing auch endlich auf Deutsch erschienen.😍

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

yall are gonna hear me say this a lot so here goes again: make plans to vote in person, and do it as early as possible. literally make turnout this election too big to steal.

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek MIDSUMMER SISTERS by @nikismithcomics.bsky.social (Graphix/Scholastic): "A bittersweet ode to family bonds worth fighting for." www.hbook.com/story/review...