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Gene Gonzales @genegonzales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

According to the 1976 Super DC Calendar today is the day that T. O. Morrow created Red Tornado! Happy "Birthday" Reddy! #redtornado #dccomics #silverage #justiceleagueofamerica #justicesocietyofamerica #superdccalendar #patreon #clipstudiopaint

Red Tornado in his 1970s uniform flying by spinning the bottom half of his body, creating a tornado.

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Matthew Nickerson @mattnick1983.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Kick ass #venom by @rogercruz.bsky.social and colour/trading card treatment by me last year some time. #comicsky #marvel #marvelcomics #ComicArt #spiderman

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Ari'sArtAccount (Comms CLOSED) @ariartaccount.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'll keep it real with y'all, this is one of my favorite things I've drawn. Check out the timelapse #BIONICLE #ariartaccount

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Gutted that I couldn't make the Rogue Trooper screening yesterday. Hope they get theatrical distribution announced soon because I've been hearing nothing but great things.

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Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

or at least give them some fresh leads

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AAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 09/09/2023

this city is afraid of me. i have seen its true face.

a smiley face scrub daddy sponge in the sink in a puddle of bright red beet juice.

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I don't know why I bother listening to the radio anymore. It's just talk shows or ads for injury attorneys & gambling or "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls.

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TIME RUNS SHORT! Only 13 (spooky) hours remain to support "Bump in the Night", the new cryptid ecohorror anthology from @limitbreakcomics.bsky.social! See more details and preview art at zoop.gg/c/bumpinthen...

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JP Jordan @jpjordan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Mavis Beacon Teaches Fighting

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

POWER STRUGGLE! Had fun with the layout on this one.

Black and white illustration of an A-10 Warthog plane pursued through the sky by an Apache helicopter. Above the aircraft is a portrait of the Transformers Powerdive; below them is Powerglide with his fist clenched in determination.

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

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Josh @dcjosh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy 30th #beastwars! Have a Transmetal Nyx on me

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 17/09/2026

Spiral www.patreon.com/trungles/pos...

A six-armed lady in furry boots brandishes a bunch of swords!

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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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Limit Break Comics @limitbreakcomics.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

BUMP IN THE NIGHT is now LIVE! zoop.gg/c/bumpinthen... Please help spread the word, and back the book on @wearezoop.bsky.social!

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026

True story.

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

DO YOU DARE CROSS THE DOVER DEMON? New poster for my short story in the new @limitbreakcomics.bsky.social eco-horror cryptid anthology. Only two weeks left to join the campaign! zoop.gg/c/bumpinthen...

Black and white drawing featuring a man recoiling in terror amongst a collage of a treeline, road, bulldozer, and silhouette of the Dover Demon.

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Chuck Patton Art @chuckpattonart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Happy Martian Manhunter Monday.

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Kelly Brack @kellybrack.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Catwoman

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Robots are coming soon...

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Jar Of Loose Screws @jarofloosescrews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Heya, I regret to post a needy announcement, but got a car bill that's leaving me a little in the red zone, so I'm plugging my shop! Any purchases or shares would help me out greatly ✨ ko-fi.com/loosescrews/... Sry, I can't take on more commissions as I already have a list I'm slow to get down.

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Visit Loose Screws's Shop!

I've opened a shop. Come take a look!

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JP Jordan @jpjordan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

What's an example of perfect casting

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The Get Up Kevins @kevinnewburn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

All set for Rose City Comic Con. If you are in Portland you should come on down and say hi. High Fives are free, stickers at 4 for $10.

A picture of my table at Rose City Comic Con. I've got a red tablecloth, with a blue runner and a bunch of zines and stickers on my table.

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

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ohfivepro.bsky.social @ohfivepro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you want a folding phone that doesn't cost a bazillion dollars & won't let you waste your time or money on 'apps' then have I got good news for you

The Pacman phone from the1980s which opens & closes

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Noppy @thomasnoppers.com · 09/09/2026

Happy Birthday Crash Bandicoot. 30 years of jumping and eating apples. #crashbandicoot

A colourful drawing of Crash Bandicoot and Coco sitting calmly at a stone structure in one of the first levels. The view is isometric. The floor is sand. Lush trees and foliage cover the sides. Crash is eating an apple calmly. It looks nice.

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Chris Eliopoulos @chriseliopoulos.com · 09/09/2026

The Zone. chriseliopoulos.substack.com/p/the-zone

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Tom Mandrake @tmandrake.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Art for a couple of the cards I did for @upperdeckent.bsky.social Sinestro and Mr. Terrific! Thanks to @jackmandrakeart.bsky.social for helping me out with the colors!

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Amanda Griffiths 🎨 Comic Colourist @darjeeliarts.northsky.social · 08/09/2026

Friends... my heart is broken 💔 I knew Kait IRL; she and her sister helped me organize/pack my apt when I moved. She was only 31, and gave her life to save her son. I don't often repost #gofundme but I'm asking this one from my heart. Pls #signalboost widely. #mutualaid #gfm gofund.me/ca98d5d3d

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Donate to Memorial Fund for our Hero Kait, organized by Cat Cabajar

Our beloved Kait sacrificed her own life to save her son who was drowning at a local bea… Cat Cabajar needs your support for Memorial Fund for our Hero Kait

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Andrew Lee Griffith NYCC J10 @glovestudios.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Red Power Ranger sketch cover done at #DragonCon 2026 #Boom #MMPR

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If you want to make comics, David has been kind enough to write up some scripts for you to practice! Go do it!

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David Mariotte @davidmariotte.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Ready to get wet?! Dive in to Oceanman Adventures, a new anthology about everyone's favorite wer warriors, the hydro-dynamic duo, Oceanman & Mollusk! A titanic tome, including The Long Submarine by me, @fancygoblin.bsky.social, & @bertacious.bsky.social! Assembled by @louissouthard.bsky.social!

A graphic for the Oceanman Adventures #1 Kickstarter pre-launch, featuring Mollusk, a youthful sidekick with blue skin and a blue and yellow outfit, and Oceanman, a muscular man clad in red with yellow and purple accents.

The cover for Oceanman Adventures #1, featuring our heroes posing together triumphantly.

A tease for The Long Submarine, my story with Devlin Baker and Buddy Beaudoin. Oceanman is wrapped up in the slimy seaweed of Sargassia!

A graphic for the Oceanman Adventures #1 Kickstarter pre-launch, featuring two of our green-skinned, black and white swimsuit clad baddies: The Swimmer and Diving Bella!

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Limit Break Comics @limitbreakcomics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The Dover Demon is joining by way of cartoonist @palaciosworks.bsky.social! Show your support for Bump in the Night here: zoop.gg/c/bumpinthen...

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こ太郎 @koyuu-sub.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

博物館で明治時代の顕微鏡をお見かけしたため…茶色顕微鏡素敵すぎる🤎✨

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Michael Keaton is 75. Seen here with Tim Burton looking like a reformed 80s German electro pop duo.

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Genuinely thought this was Lisa Gilroy. Still not sure it isn't.

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It's starting to seem like you have to be an asshole to be successful in comics, so I'm going to start merging without using my turn signal and see how long it takes DC to email. 👍

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Flops! @flopscomics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

- COMlC lNTERlOR ARTlSTS - Show me SEQUENTlAL examples, or tag someone you KN0W is available: Browsing for clean B&W styles for short stories (nothing scratchy or rough this time). Thanks! My engagement sucks here and the last post got swarmed by bots/scams.

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Matthew Palacios! @palaciosworks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"(Un)Helpful Reminders", a quick comic about letting technology dictate your life.

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