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= BLACKBIRD =

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A fledgeling webcomic about the misadventures of the fiercest vigilante warrior in the Nine Kingdoms, and the cursed child she spares from a cruel fate. New pages are posted here, and on ComicFury: readblackbird.cfw.me

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= BLACKBIRD = @readblackbird.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Blackbird -- Chapter 1 Page 1

Page 1 of a webcomic called Blackbird, divided into seven panels.
Panel 1: A group of townsfolk delivering burlap sacks from a wagon gossip & bicker in front of a shaded alley.
Panel 1 dialogue: (Man 1) "Did you hear? That Brookhaven turned on their young lord!" (Man 2) "That's just what we need... more reason for OURS to tighten the vice." (Man 3) "Would you two quit jawing and get this done?"
Panel 2: A pair of small, dirtied hands reach out from darkness, in a begging gesture.
Panel 3: The townsfolk notice the gesture, recognising the person performing it.
Panel 3 dialogue: (Man 2) "Oh... Right..." (Man 1) "D'you think anyone fed her yesterday...?"
Panel 4: The townsfolk continue to bicker.
Panel 4 dialogue: (Man 3) "No-one I'll be greeting this week, that's for sure. Bad bloody luck is what it is." (Man 2) "Moreover, if the young lords DID lose Brookhaven, anything we spared her from a quota would mean serious trouble..."
Panel 5: A continuation of panel 4.
Panel 5 dialogue: (Man 1) "I wouldn't doubt it. We all heard tell that THE BLACKBIRD was seen downriver, after all." (Man 2) "Aye... and she surely won't stop there." (Man 3) "Leaving folk like us to clean up the mess, like always."
Panel 6: The beggar, a small girl with messy hair and conspicuous spikes protruding from her ear, clutches her hand to her chest as a tear rolls down her cheek, while out of view, the townsfolk dismiss her and leave.
Panel 6 dialogue: "Let's just go. Someone else will risk taking pity on her." "It's easy enough to say it, but..."
Panel 7: Elsewhere, a woman carrying a large sword & wearing a weathered cloak strides through a forest of pines, along a path leading to a humble town.

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= BLACKBIRD = @readblackbird.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Blackbird -- Chapter 1 Page 1

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