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Selkie Comic Awards @selkieawards.org · 12h

🦭 Announcing the shortlist for our 2026 Selkie Awards!🦭 Check out the link below for the details, and for information on how to sign up to our online award ceremony: 🦭 selkieawards.org/2026 🦭

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm not doomed, I'm just late

A comic about feeling doomed. Bex is lay on the floor with her head down. She says, "It's too late for me... I fucked everything up... I took too long..." She suddenly lifts her head and says, "then again, I'm always late..." Sitting up, she says, "And it's usually fine..." Finally standing on her feet, she says, "So why am I worrying about it?"

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#DVPit #DVArt #GN #YA Nyaegling is an action packed but bittersweet fantasy adventure where ambition clashes with wellbeing. Will the pressure to live up to legacy overtake the bonds of a friendship forged in fire? Created by myself and Richard Bass Contact: schnumn@outlook.com

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#DVpit #DVArt #GN #A When pursuing her goals drives a violent wedge between Melody and her partner, she's torn between being a "good partner" and a "good artist." VIOLAPSE is about choosing yourself over a broken fantasy and breaking out of roles that other people give you.

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Jaws🎃 @jaws-stone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

PLEASE pick up Bex's story! Because I wanna read it AND cover it on our podcast @theartofpod.bsky.social

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#DVpit #DVArt #GN #A TW: physical abuse VIOLAPSE showcases the slow terror of trauma bonding in an abusive relationship. When violence becomes so normalised that it's almost unremarkable, do you trust in the promises that things will be ok in the end, or do you find a way to save yourself?

An illustration of a woman sat on a fancy couch in a dark room. She's looking creepily into the camera as if she's expected you

A black and white comic page. Zachary shrugs melody’s comforting hand off his shoulder. Looking back, he says, “don’t make fun of me, I really do feel bad.” She replies, “oh, sorry, I didn’t mean to-“ but he cuts her off with “I’m already having a terrrible day and the last thing I need is for you to make it worse. No offence.”

Melody apologises again and then tries to steer the conversation to something more positive, saying, “what’s wrong, is there anything I can help with?” But Zachary says no. He looks at his piano, dismaying that his deadlines are creeping closer while he still feels unable to create anything productive. He doesn’t know why he’s struggling.

Melody approaches Zachary but he slaps her in the face. She pauses to recover before saying "I have to clean the kitchen."

Melody’s doppelgänger tilts her head to the side and chastises her with a sarcastic and mocking smile, “wow, Melody, what a great idea! I wonder how that’ll go…” Melody glares at her unflinchingly, her left eye adorned with a bruise as her doppelgänger continues, “let’s just walk right in over and ask him very nicely to please not hit us anymore! He might even apologise!”

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Connor Tierney @connortierney57.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I’m in constant awe of Bex’s work- if you’re looking for an amazing cover for your book, look no further!

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#DVpit #DVArt #A #GN VIOLAPSE explores the nuances of escaping a dangerous home when violence has become the new normal. Ultimately hopeful, VIOLAPSE is both an indictment and celebration of anger. Genre: adult thriller/horror schnumn@outlook.com schnumn.com/violapse

A black and white comic page: Melody, a young woman, sits alone on a train looking out of the window with a forlorn expression on her face. she holds her phone in her hand but taps her thumb against it restlessly. with a slight tremble in her hands, she picks up her phone and types into Google, "what to do when your partner is mad at you." She reads the contradictory advice with a doubtful expression before giving up and putting her phone face down on the train seat table.

A black and white comic page. Melody and Zachary are in an art gallery. Zachary is looking up at a piece of artwork while Melody bows her head with her hair obscuring her face. Zachary pretentious pontificates about the work, "A
a piece like this seems quite base on its surface. Its simplicity and wide appeal might lead one to consider this to be "low art." But looking deeper, one sees that despite the work's... what I'll call, "pseudo-corpo-digital" aesthetic, the idea it's presenting is one that cuts to the very core of our humanity. That no matter who we are or what we've done, love is an inherent right that no sin can strip away."

Melody glares at him in stunned disbelief. The painting is five simple words on a black canvas: you deserve to be loved.

Zachary concludes, "I won't deny I find some comfort in even as simple a message as this."

An illustration of a red-haired woman holding up a sheet of paper that's burning.

A black and white comic page depicting a woman washing dishes in an eerie way with a bruised eye. The final panel reveals a man tied up at her feet.

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#DVpit #DVArt #GN #A TW: physical abuse VIOLAPSE is a kitchen sink GN thriller with abstract horror elements, depicting life in an abusive home. A nuanced #OwnVoices take on the everyday horrors of domestic violence. Contact: schnumn@outlook.com Loose pages:

Melody is in her studio, working on a statue of herself for a project. she brings her chisel up to the statue's eye and trembles in anticipation

A comic page: Melody sits alone in her studio, creating a bust of herself out of clay. She begins to dissociate and suddenly sees a glimpse of herself in the glass window. only it isn't herself, it's something else. she reaches out to the clay bust in front of her and strangles it

A comic page showing a woman vomiting black tar into another woman's mouth

Zachary attacks Melody, grabbing her face and squeezing. She cries out in fear as cracks begin to spread across her face. Zachary recoils in disgusted surprise as Melody stares at her cracking hands

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

#DVPit #DVArt #WFH #comms #illustrator Hey, I'm Bex! I'm looking for more book cover work in 2027. Previous clients include Macmillan, Andrews McMeel, Clarion Books Contact: schnumn@outlook.com

the front cover for Merry Christmess by Tegan Quin

the cover for Izzy at the End of the World by K.A. Reynolds

the cover for SENSORY: Life on the Spectrum

the cover for A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(Apologies in advance, I'm taking part in DVPit tomorrow and I'll probably be a little annoying ah)

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Why the fuck do conventions keep doing this

A diagram of a wrestling ring at convention right nextto artist alley. The wrestling ring is extremely loud and the wall in betweenit and the artist alley does nothing to reduce the noise. All the Autistic people are having a terrible time

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

This is the true convention magic

A sketchy comic with two panels. In the first panel, Bex is on her way to a convention, looking tired. She's holding her iPad and thinking about drawing but struggling to get anywhere. She thinks, "fucks me up how I don't wantto draw anymore."

In the second panel Bex is wearing her convention wig with her cat ears, on her way back from the convention. She looks alive and full of determination, and she's surrounded by a pink glow as she says, "what?? Of course I want to draw!!"

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🌿 Chris/クリス @ YQ ANNIVERSARY MONTH 🔍 @clefdesoll.cisumchronicles.com · 08/08/2026

HEHEHHEHEHE impulse catgirl art trade with @schnumn.bsky.social this was so much fun tysm nwn ❤️❤️❤️

Bex's cat girl and Yokoka on tiny little squares of paper inside sleeves

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Sarah L Miles / IAmGiantWoman 🔜 MCM @iamgiantwoman.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Saturday plans at MCM London on the Artist Alley stage: 🧡 HeART on the Page: Conveying Grief, Love, and Other Big Feelings Through Comics, 12pm with @ethansacks.bsky.social @rachaelsmith.bsky.social @lookhappy.bsky.social @schnumn.bsky.social and Joe Kelly

Photos of panellists and details of panels as outlined in the post

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Sarah L Miles / IAmGiantWoman 🔜 MCM @iamgiantwoman.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

HeART on the Page: Conveying Grief, Love, and Other Big Feelings Through Comics MCM London, Sat 23 May, 12:00, Artist Alley stage I’ll be joined by Ethan Sacks, Rachael Smith, Joe Latham, & Bex Ollerton to discuss how they use their comics to talk about love, loss, hope, grief, struggle, and more.

Details of the panel as in the body text, along with a photo of Ethan Sacks and the cover of his book A Haunted Girl.

Details of the panel as in the body text, along with a photo of Rachael Smith and the cover of her book Nap Comix

Details of the panel as in the body text, along with a photo of Joe Latham and the cover of his book Haru: Spring

Details of the panel as in the body text, along with a stylised drawing of Bex Ollerton as a cat girl, and the cover to their book Lavender Clouds.

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

For Autism Acceptance Month, I and a few friends organised our 4th annual all-autistic Game Jam and I'm so excited to say the games are releasing NOW as a charity bundle to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. itch.io/b/3659/ach-g... Everyone's worked so hard, please check it out & share!

A screenshot from FaeChemical. It features a potion making shop with a customer in the window saying, "but yeah... if you coul make a healing potion I'd really appreciate it..."

A screenshot from Vernal Awakening. Two characters stand next to each other on a snowy field

A screenshot of Half Measures. An emo-looking character looks surprised on one side of the screen. On the other side of the screen we see an error graph for the rhythm game

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

[2026 APPLICATIONS OPEN NOW] Our server is 5 years old and very active with over 1000 autistic members. We chat about interests, play games, make art etc, so if you're autistic and looking for community, come join the Autistic Creative Hub! forms.gle/7Y1X4MKaPwKQ...

an image with some drawings of different stim toys and sensory items. There are ear defenders, chew toys, fidget cubes, socks, a pomodero timer, and more, all against a yellow background. There is text in the centre of the image that reads, "Autistic Creative Hub Discord Server OPEN TO NEW MEMBERS"

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🏴‍☠️ Carnivalaire of the Damned 🎃 @shiningcapella.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Hey. I really love ComicFury. It's the best comic-hosting site there is. So please consider hosting your comics there, if you don't have a comic home yet! And please consider donating to keep it running! There's many reasons it's been going for 17 years now. I hope that doesn't stop. #comicfury

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

this is the only thing I will accept for the pombon evolutions

three fluffy orange pomeranians that progressively get bigger and more fluffy

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this is the only thing I will accept for the pombon evolutions

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HELI-OS ☀️ @heli-os.art · 26/02/2026

The final ACH Doodle!✨ @schnumn.bsky.social's comic-sona! #art #illustration #fanart

ACH Doodle #500: Bex's comic-sona, in an outfit featured in her Lavender Clouds comic series. The background also references Lavender Clouds. Her left fist is raised in a determined manner.

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Life is about compromise 🥱

A silly 4 panel comic.
Panel 1: Bex is stood next to a container of moisturiser which has fallen upside down on the floor.
Panel 2: she thinks to herself: I don't want to pick it up. But if I don't, all the moisturiser will gather at the lid and it'll be really inconvenient later.
Panel 3: she kicks the container and it flips over.
Panel 4: the moisturiser is the right way up but still on the floor. Life is about compromise.

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Turns out I'm still autistic after all /j

A two panel comic. In the first panel, Bex is talking to her neurodivergent friends. As she yaps away, the text reads: wow I'm literally so good at talking to people. Autism who? Social anxiety whomst? I'm so fun and everyone likes me! In the second panel, Bex is stressed out while attempting to talk to a stranger. She says, "wow that's so cool! Omg that's really cool! Cool! That's cool!" While thinking, "oh my fucking God help help help stop saying cool! I'm so boring! I can't believe how terrible I am at this!"

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Turns out I'm still autistic after all /j

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentines 🔪

An illustration of my OCs, Melody and Zachary cuddling in a messy bed. He is shirtless and asleep, she clings to him with open eyes, deep in thought. Petals are scattered around them, concentrated art his chest. There is a knife in the open drawer of the bedside table.

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Part 5 [FINAL] I've decided that it's not that deep and that creating anything at all is good. #hourlycomicday #hourlies

I don't want to feel ashamed of being a digital- only artist, but I am. I don't want to think it's lesser but isn't having an original drawing more special than a digital print?

Even if that's true, owning physical media isn't the only way to be touched by art. I've seen all of my favourite art through a screen. The message matters as much as the medium. So I think it's probably fine.

Art is so much more than process and outcome. Every artist's journey is paved with hope and heartbreak; pride age self-loathing; discipline and whimsy; skill, taste and humanity. And that's why art made with generative AI is disgusting.

So I've decided that it doesn't fucking matter whether my art is traditional or digital; messy or neat. I'm here. I'm alive and I'm makimg the art I want to. That's enough.

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Part 4! I've always said that I'm a better editor than artist. I don't actually way that to be true but I'm not very good at putting lines down the way I want them, which I Think is why I struggle so much with traditional techniques. I'm good at editing until it looks right though ha!

A comic page about digital art. The text reads: being able to draw digitally has made art so much more accessible for me. A stabiliser to fight my tremors. Edit, edit, edit and polish. Is there anything wrong with that? I like the process and I like the outcome. So why do I feel so inferior? As if I can't actually draw at all?

Text: I keep signing up for life drawing classes and not going. I've booked another for the end of the month, I hope I'll have the courage to follow through. I'm scared of doing it wrong. I airways have been. Part of the reason why I bought this sketchbook is to see if I can adjust to traditional art, since I feel like it's what's expected in a live drawing environment. It's going to be so embarrassing to pull out my ten inch ipad.

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Part 2 of Hourly Comic Day: Insufferable Artist Edition! Thinking about tactile art in a digital era..... #HourlyComicDay #Hourlies

A comic panel featuring a bunch of tools to make air dry clay sculptures. The text reads: I wanted to make a birthday gift for a good friend. I was going to draw something, but I decided to make something out of air dry clay, which I had never done before.

A comic panel with a pair of hends gently rolling a ball of clay. The text reads: I asked myself why didn't I just draw something. The thing I'm good at and know how to do. Why is that worth less than an amateur sculpture? What is the appeal of holding art in your hands?

Bex is drawing on her bed. The text reads: I'm starting to enjoy this. The feel of paper. The smell of marker. Feeling connected to the art. This is what I was hoping for.

Bex holds her sketchbook. The text reads: But am I actually more connected to the art? Or am I just enjoying the novelty of a new process. I enjoy the idea of this. Is that authentic?

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I bought a physical sketchbook for the first time this decade and I have some feelings about it #HourlyComicDay #HCD #Hourlies

A two panel comic. In the first panel, Bex is holding up a sketchbook. She says, "I bought a physical sketchbook even though I hate drawing traditionally." The second panel is a close-up of Bex's grumpy face. She says, "Like, REALLY hate it."

A continuation from the previous comic. A tiny Bex is stood on a giant Sketchbook with a giant iPad behind her. she says, "I fucking hate that gen AI makes me doubt the value of my digital work now. Seriously, who gives a shit?"

A continuation from the previous page. A hand double taps a surface with two fingers, this is how you undo a line in Procreate. The text reads: My digital art is clean to a fault, something I've spent the last few years trying to unlearn. Is a wobbly line more authentic than a smooth line? Can you feel the artist through the tremors of their work?

A continuation from the previous page. A large panel that's mostly black, with some semi abstract white forms scattered about. They look like leaves or flowers, but it's not specific. The text reads: But it takes a lot of effort and study to daw a smooth line, even if it's digital. Is that effort not also authentic?

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I think I know the answer to this question, but I'll never know for sure

A two panel comic. The first panel is completely black with a white moon glowing up above. The text reads: I've spent so many years feeling like it was all my fault. But that was never really true, was it?

The second panel features a close up shot of Bex, looking down at the viewer with hurt, uncertain eyes. The text reads: why would you treat me like that when I was so vulnerable?

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I think I know the answer to this question, but I'll never know for sure

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ash s. @housegoblin.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

love your friends, let your friends love you

A little cat sits in the left corner of the screen with their face scrunched up. A jagged word bubble coming out of their mouth reads, “A SINGLE BODY ISN’T MEANT TO PROCESS SO MUCH MISERY AND FEAR”

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

It's my birthday! Bexmas blessings upon ye all!

A quick sketch of Bex holding up a muffin with a lit candle in it and smiling

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Young Hsi Kong @yhk13.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Happy Birthday @schnumn.bsky.social ! ( ^w^) 🎂

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Bex Ollerton @schnumn.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

A girl can dream 💔

A loose sketchy comic of Bex playing solitaire on her phone. The text reads:

I've been playing a lot of solitaire on my phone in my down time. And when I'm procrastinating. Oops. Can't I just, like, become a phone solitaire influencer? That's a viable job, right?

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 16/01/2026

Abolish ICE. A little journal comic from South Minneapolis. #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics #iceoutofmpls

Just before Christmas, I got a puppy.
Her name is Minerva, and we call her *Minnie.

I'm still learning how to understand her.

Me: Do you need to go outside? Do you need to go outside, little baby? Do you need to do a poo?
Do you need to do a widdle piddle?

Minnie: Arf!

*I just call her "little baby" most of the time.

I'm also realizing I can't turn off the baby talk now.
Nobody tells you about that.

I got so lucky with my first puppy.
Her wonderful foster parents had her completely house-trained by the time we adopted her, so taking her outside for potty time has been pretty easy. I've got the puppy poopy routine pretty much down, now.

Me, putting on my coat: Let's see... I got the little poopy bags, puppy treats for bribes, jacket, scarf, phone… I think that's everything… Oh yes! And my passport.

I had been carrying around my passport for a while, but I knew it didn't matter. This is wrong. Nobody is required to carry around their papers.

I became a US citizen when I was seven. Since I was born in a refugee camp, I was stateless.
The US is the only nation where I've ever held citizenship. It's the only passport I've ever had, and it still felt important. Protective.

I would hold it in my pocket like a talisman, like it might ward off ghosts or something. But I realized I was holding onto it basically out of superstition.
ICE will pick up anybody.

I know that.

So I tucked my passport away.

And I largely avoid leaving my house.

I live a few blocks just South of George Floyd Square. I was in the neighborhood for that, too.
And all the neighbors came together to protect each other. We're already organized.
We'll do our best to get through this.

Me, to my dog: I hope I can take you for a walk someday soon. Won't that be nice, little baby?

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 16/01/2026

Cartoonists, I’d love to hear your stories! For local resources, please check out @defend612.bsky.social defend612.com

ICE OUT
Cartoonists against ICE
Calling on cartoonists and artists to tell your stories about the ICE occupation of your towns and cities!

*4-panel comics*
*3:4 Instagram format*
Use this Blue: *There is a color drop block of blue to copy *

Use these hashtags:
#iceout[your city]
#iceoutmpls
#iceoutcomics

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · 15/01/2026

According to my extensive research, 100% of people who follow this starter pack see more beautiful art and experience more daily joy. bsky.app/starter-pack...

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