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Sophie Yanow

@sophieyanow.bsky.social
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Eisner Award-winning Cartoonist | Comics Prof. | MLIS in Progress | The Contradictions (D&Q) | What is a Glacier? (Retrofit) | War of Streets and Houses (Uncivilized) | sophieyanow.com

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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It's #Inktober! If you're looking for something a little slower paced... I like to repost the #GentleComicsHabit:
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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...
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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA
Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...
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Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Today at #sdcc 3pm looking forward to moderating an amazing conversation with some of the top comics memoirists in the biz including @mimipond.bsky.social , @shamirk.bsky.social , @lisahanawalt.bsky.social and @sophieyanow.bsky.social , thx to @dandq.bsky.social
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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 11/06/2026
Want a more personal touch to your lettering without spending the time to hand letter? Join us on July 18th to learn how to design your own font!
A yellow graphic announcing an event hosted by Cartoonists United, featuring mascots Inkling (an inkwell) and Nibford (a nib pen). Inkling is proudly showing off the letter "C," written in a font that looks like a little Nibford. Nibfod looks at it pensively, lips pursed. The event is titled "Designing Your Own Font" and is being held on Jul 18th @ 2 PM Pacific Time / 5 PM Eastern Time / 9 PM Greenwich Mean Time / 7AM (Jul 19th) Australian Eastern Standard Time.
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Keith Knight: Gentleman Cartoonist @keefknight.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Fliers are so punk rock
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Dark Horse Workers United @darkhorseunion.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
#DHWU Update 🚨 Today, we and @DarkHorse.com have signed a Voluntary Recognition Agreement. We will now begin the collective bargaining process. Please stay tuned to our social media channels for updates in the future! 🐴✊
Dark Horse Workers United Logo
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Heidi MacDonald @ NYCC @comixace.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
To anyone reading this - we are ACTIVELY SEEKING someone to cover indie comics as a regular beat...but everyone is making 15 minute videos now and it's hard to get them to put down the camera. I get that we need both platforms. Anyway who wants to write about comics, DM me.
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I'm trying to locate a research paper I read that found that filing nonfiction graphic novels under Dewey by subject had lower circulation -- I believe even when faced out in that section -- relative to circulation when in a separate graphic novel section. #libcomix #educomix #comicslibrarianship
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April Malig @aprilangelica.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I'm kind of tired of not drawing anymore I am gonna try doing this possibly maybe (please make me)
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Oh, a Harry Potter boycott is afoot? If you like wizard school can I interest you in Ursula K. Le Guin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea.” Media for children that is also beautifully written!!!
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I'm mickey @spiderbabby.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
GAR chapter 3 is available to read free today ! The whole comic is 81 pages so far. Tell ur friends! tysm Linktr.ee/spiderbabby
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
The pebbles… the pebbles…
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Jessie M @flatblackwindow.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
I'm going to do the #gentlecomicshabit started by @sophieyanow.bsky.social because I want to try actually making comics, but I need to begin small. Here's a one minute comic. A comic can just be words and pictures, right?
A blue painted background with an angelic figure drawn quickly. It says "I wish I had wings"
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
my fellow Californians of good moral character… trans people need you, *i* need you, to tell Newsom exactly what you think of him saying trans Californians (in a trans! sanctuary! state!) aren’t worth protecting PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS SLIDE
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Contact the Governor | Governor of California
You can contact the Governor a few different ways. The best way is through his online form.
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
The other day. #gentlecomicshabit www.sophieyanow.com/let-it-ride
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Josh Kramer @joshpkramer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
just finding this now. really lovely. I aspire to do this.
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
❤️
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ellenogrady.bsky.social @ellenogrady.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
[ID: six panels in color. Panel one: Dean Spade is saying “I’m hearing a lot of people struggling with hopelessness right now”. Beneath him a fiery landscape with birds flying in all directions. Panel two: “and I’m thinking it may be the moment to shift what we have hope and faith in“. A blue room with a figure packing a bag. The open window shows a fiery landscape with two birds flying. Panel three: “it’s actually appropriate to be letting go of the false promises of liberalism“. The image of a hand with sand running through the fingers. Panel four: “the idea that billionaires or tech solutions or legislation or court cases or elected officials will save us “. An image of trees burnt by fire, surrounded by a red sky. Panel five: “instead of recognizing that no one‘s coming to save us. That it’s on us.” An image a red bird describing birds flying from a fire to four blue birds that are surrounding and listening to them. Panel 6: “that we really only have each other in our ability to care for one another”. Five red birds soaring into a blue sky.]
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Hope everyone has fun on #hourlycomicsday! If you (like me) struggle with hourlies but still want to put some wind in your comics-making sails, the #gentlecomicshabit is an alternative to try!
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Hope everyone has fun on #hourlycomicsday! If you (like me) struggle with hourlies but still want to put some wind in your comics-making sails, the #gentlecomicshabit is an alternative to try!
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Matt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The Comics Journal wrote about my move to writing my little mutant comic books—and further aspirations. www.tcj.com/matt-bors-on...
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Matt Bors on leaving political cartooning for Justice Warriors and Toxic Avenger - The Comics Journal
Matt Petras talks to cartoonist Matt Bors and his collaborators, Fred Harper and Ben Clarkson. about his new projects.
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The concept of “rope burn” came from a Jack Kornfield dharma talk that I listened to a few months ago. Suffering as rope burn. www.sophieyanow.com/holding-the-... #gentlecomicshabit
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Soumya Dhulekar @soumyadhulekar.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Day 10 | 10 min #gentlecomicshabit @sophieyanow.bsky.social
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Sydney Lulu @sydneylulu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
*puts a quarter on your treadmill*
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Book K | Koobta @koobta.art · 21/01/2025
I've been doing @sophieyanow.bsky.social #gentlecomicshabit for a week now. Very raw lines and writings but here we go! #comics
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⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Trump signed an executive order that tries to write trans people out of existence today. It's mostly symbolic. It's still gonna make for a LOT of pain for the trans community--just probably not where you think it will. It's gonna be real bad for grant funding, which means medical research. A 🧵
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Sara L. Jewell @saraluna.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today seems like a good day to start @sophieyanow.bsky.social's #gentlecomicshabit
Tiny 30 second drawing of a bird
Text reads "flying against the wind"
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Matt Rowe Art @mattroweart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I love this concept. Will be working on this for myself.
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Love seeing the continued flow of #gentlecomicshabit work from folks. Still posting my own over at my blog. Keep ‘em coming, folks! :) www.sophieyanow.com/fewer-expect...
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sophia / صوفيا @brownisthecolor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
“When a ceasefire is announced, I will just run. No one ask me where. I myself don’t even know. I will just run, and run. …the important thing is to arrive at a quiet place: a place that allows me to weep for a long time.”
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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Actual pro tip: the best way to break into any creative profession is by helping to support and advance other creators. Your peers are not your adversaries. They are your support group.
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Jam Dyer @jamdye.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
It's been a long time since I shared a diary comic. Let's try this method by @sophieyanow.bsky.social #gentlecomicshabit
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Sophie Yanow @sophieyanow.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
I know I’m RTing so many #gentlecomicshabit comics but like, seeing these come through warms my heart so thoroughly! And they are fun to read so I hope you’re enjoying them!!!
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Yuiyui1445 @yui1445.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
#gentlecomicshabit day 4 I had to google how to spell 'cabbage' doing this one lol
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Renata Davis @renatadavis.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
(1/2) January 12, 2025 journal comic 📝 my thoughts on the recent changes at Instagram. Where I’m at for now. #gentlecomicshabit (spent longer than usual on this one)
It feels threatening to see online community deteriorateIn the 2025 hellscape it feels more important than ever to stay connected The bigotry was already here before the new policy changes
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Breena Nuñez @breenache.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
Today was our first intentional family hike next to a beach and then through a little marsh. I loved seeing my child wear her first puffy jacket in the Bay winter. #gentlecomicshabit
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Diana Huh @dihuh.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Another #gentlecomicshabit, thank you all for indulging me on these
Comic page, first panel shows a hand with a ring. "I started wearing my engagement ring every day now."

2nd panel shows the comic artist pensive with her hand near her chest. "I normally keep it in a safe space, but I want to keep it on me nowadays, in case we have to leave suddenly."

3rd panel shows a cellphone with a to do list. "My fiance and I are safe right now, but I've made an evacuation plan just in case."

Final panel shows the artist and her partner calling out to their cat. "You just never know how quickly things change." The artist calls out "cmere Sofi!"
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Joseph (Joe) Hohman @thejoehohman.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
#gentlecomicshabit
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Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
ugh i also gotta wear ear plugs next time #gentlecomicshabit
a 3 panel comic - 1st panel a bunch of dancing shoes with the text "this weekend i learned the only real difference" - 2nd panel is hands in the air with a disco ball hanging from a low ceiling "between going dancing in my 20s vs in my mid 30s" 3rd panel a woman sitting on a couch with a raccoon baby and a goose kid "is my god damn knees" goose dialogue box "mom will you play with me?"
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Ben 💀 @bendrawslife.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Day 12 of #GentleComicsHabit Genuinely was encouraging seeing the steady flow of people coming through dropping stuff off. Mutual aid is and will continue to be so important. We're all in this together.
A drawing of a package of water bottles and three bags with boxes in them. The caption reads "We dropped off some donations for the people affected by the LA wildfires. It feels like so little, but it adds up. Consider donating if you can."
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LEATHER JACKET EMOJI @toy.computer · 13/01/2025
1/12 #gentlecomicshabit
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Chloë Green @okaychloegreen.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Trying out some new pens for todays #gentlecomicshabit. Wobbly, but thats okay.
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LEATHER JACKET EMOJI @toy.computer · 12/01/2025
doing @sophieyanow.bsky.social's gentle comics habit prompt
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slautow @saralautman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
gentle comics habit, first few days @sophieyanow.bsky.social
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Chloë Green @okaychloegreen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I haven't made any comics in a while, I'm sort of obsessed with painting (bad) landscapes at the minute, but I just read this blog on Gentle Comic Habits by @sophieyanow.bsky.social and its sparked something in me ✨ www.sophieyanow.com/a-gentle-com...
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A Gentle Comics Habit
In February 2020, I handed my publisher the final pages of my second graphic novel, which I had been working on for years. I’d spent many very long days drawing by myself and I was excited to get out ...
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 08/01/2025
The secret to a better city that gets cars off the road and reduces pollution? Even bolster economic mobility? E-bikes. As @clivethompson.bsky.social reports, they're proving so transformative that places like Denver are literally giving them away.
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The secret to a better city is a two-wheeler
E-bikes get cars off the road and reduce pollution—and that's only part of why places like Denver are giving them away.
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