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Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com · 19/09/2026

TOMORROW! 9/19 Join @terrymooreart.bsky.social, @sxbond.bsky.social, and me at 11am PST, 2pm EST for a live talk about our new short comic E.A.T. RECORDS. Deluxe subscribers of filthandgrammar.com can join the chat and even get their hands dirty helping to edit this short! Sign up now!

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

SPX 2026 is happening this weekend, 9/12 + 13 in Bethesda, MD. Come for the killer convo with these two nerd/weirdoes. Leave with the all the killer comics at TABLE W71! www.smallpressexpo.com @mertzmakesstuff.com @offregisterhq.bsky.social

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

SPX 2026 is happening this weekend, 9/12 + 13 in Bethesda, MD. Come for the killer convo with these two nerd/weirdoes. Leave with the all the killer comics at TABLE W71! www.smallpressexpo.com

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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thought Bubble Festival 2026 takes place from 9 to 15 November, with events across Yorkshire. And the programme is now LIVE! Social events, talks, screenings and loads more comic stuff to feast on! Take a look: www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/festivalprog...

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Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com · 08/09/2026

SPX is this weekend! We’ll be there along with @isenmike.bsky.social at table W71. The first 25 people to buy something from our table with get a special gift! Come by and get some comics! @sxbond.bsky.social @smallpressexpo.bsky.social

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

❤️🚀🔥T-minus 5 Days until @spxcomics ! Super stoked to be slinging comics & merch & comics-making books! Find me at table W71 all weekend! 9/12 + 9/13 in Bethesda. Viva Comics!

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

❤️🚀Are you Comics Curious or a Fan/Fanatic?! Check out the finest indie scene offerings at @spxcomics next weekend, Sept 12+13 in Bethesda, MD. I’ll be at table W71 w/a slew of comics, comics-making books & stickers and badges from @offregisterhq ! www.offregister.press

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Next Weekend, 9/12-13, I’m headed east to table at THE indie show of all time, @spxcomics ! Find me at table W71 with a cache of comics-making books, comics and merch! Or check out our evolving slate at offregister.press VIVA COMICS!

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Maryland is for Comic Book Lovers on Sept 12 & 13 when @offregisterhq.bsky.social is tabling at the legendary www.eventbrite.com/e/small-pres... ! Come hang & pick up a slew of comics & comics-adjacent merch.

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Brief appearance outside the hothouse while Piper takes charge of the publishing slate. Check out her debut in 100 FAQ On Making Comics w/illos by the grand master/rotary fan blaster @pjbond.offregister.press www.offregister.press

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We’re doing a reFresh this month on both the offregister.press website and our warehouse inventory. Check back here soon for some Weird Warehouse finds, and spread the word! Viva comics! www.offregister.press/store

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It’s LIVE just for you—thanks to 961 amazing backers who made it possible through crowdfunding! 100 FAQs! 128 pages! $15 clams! Know the Basics. Avoid the Blunders! w/art by the incomparable @pjbond.offregister.press www.offregister.press/product-page...

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100 FAQ On Making Comics | OFFREGISTER

Know the Basics. Avoid the Blunders. Drawing on decades of experience from her days at Vertigo/DC Comics to Black Crown to the present via OffRegister.Press, veteran comic book editor and instructor S...

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Absolutely amazing, imperative watch if you think you know indie comix. Massive props to everyone involved. youtu.be/9yTkJ98aUGo?...

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The comic book legend everyone forgot

YouTube video by matttt - comic & manga history

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I am loving The Shards. Anyone with me or against me?

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Wish @gustaffovargas.bsky.social a "¡Feliz cumpleaños!", and pick up a sketch from him or some of his gorgeous artwork over on the SKRAWL campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellmarkolson/skrawl-comix-magazine-3/

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Chris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Got the ones I forgot. I reckon this should do me for a while!

Drawings of two on-the-slope red spruce trees (one old growth), a hefty Carolina hemlock, a scraggy rocktop hemlock with a scraggy pine, and a young and old fir

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

C’mon, People! This is the good stuff in comix! Let’s get it funded! SKRAWL COMIX MAGAZINE #3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/rus...

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SKRAWL COMIX MAGAZINE #3

Comics, interviews, prose, illustration from the UK-based SKRAWLLORDZ and some of their very fine chums.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Page has had a refresh courtesy of @gustaffovargas.bsky.social. Look at all this great swag! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rus...

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Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com · 07/08/2026

Final order cutoff is Monday! Preorder A GHOST ARM MADE OF ANGRY GHOSTS today. From @oni-press.bsky.social Thanks to @farel.bsky.social for the kind words!

Graphic with text. Image is two upside tvs. Text says "Solid storytelling, beautiful drawings, wonderfully tasteful colors, and captivating mysteries made this book a delight to read. The creative team doesn't over explain or insult my intelligence, just drops me into a fascinating magical yet familiar and relatable world filled with record shops, vintage stores, VHS tapes, bored superheroes, and suburban hardcore teenagers.
A GHOST ARM MADE OF ANGRY GHOSTS
is an excellent comic book."
- Farel Dalrymple
(Pop Gun War, The Wrenchies)

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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

On my way to @captioncomicfest.bsky.social! captionfestival.co.uk Have you got your ticket yet? Great line-up of events and panels over the weekend.

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Thanks to every digital & physical copy backer of 100FAQ on Making Comics! When you receive your book & special extras, show them off & let us know what you think. Once again @pjbond.offregister.press pulls it all together with incredible art and style in spades. Viva Comics! ♠️❤️♠️

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

SKRAWL #3 is 75% funded with just over 8 days left to go. Let's get it over the line! Great comics, long-form interview, prose, poetry, shhhhhbannng! Dive on into a classic British comix mag. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rus...

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Hey, folks. There's a @gofundme.com set up for artist Andy Fish, who is going through a very tough fight with two forms of cancer. He and his wife, cartoonist Veronica Fish (my Blackwood series cohorts) could use some help during this very tough time. I'm donating, hope you can. tinyurl.com/4wa86a6c

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Donate to Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers, organized by Gina Gabianelli

Help Andy’s Fight Against Two Cancers Meet my cousin Andy Fish, father … Gina Gabianelli needs your support for Help Andy Fish’s Fight Against Two Cancers

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Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com · 04/08/2026

In which I speak with @chriscoplan.bsky.social about that book I keep saying you should read.

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

The SKRAWLLORDZ on not being bastards, and finding your community. w/ @simoart.bsky.social, @gustaffovargas.bsky.social, @catfoodcomics.com. SKRAWL #3 on Kicksterter now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/rus...

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I’ve been told something similar…📣📣

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Bang. Done. Complete. @catfoodcomics.com talks about his process for his strip for SKRAWL #3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/rus...

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Dean Haspiel @deanhaspiel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

In case you missed my latest newsletter... deanhaspiel.substack.com/p/crucial-co...

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Crucial Comix Career Advice

+ where cult classics come from & Tommy Lombardozzi

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Dean Haspiel @deanhaspiel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Calling all comix pros! Please vote CHEST FACE for "Best Short Story." Thankyouverymuch! xox ringoawards.com

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Wanna buy a SKRAWL? w/ @gustaffovargas.bsky.social ; @simoart.bsky.social ; @catfoodcomics.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/rus...

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Backed this early on, you’ve still got time to support it. I hadn’t realised this excellent anthology needs more backers

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

So stoked to back the third issue of the coolest Brit mag since the original Deadline! Let’s get this funded! SKRAWL COMIX MAGAZINE #3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/rus...

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SKRAWL COMIX MAGAZINE #3

Comics, interviews, prose, illustration from the UK-based SKRAWLLORDZ and some of their very fine chums.

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Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com · 03/08/2026

There's a new Filth & Grammar Digital Digest up at filthandgrammar.com! It's got info on @terrymooreart.bsky.social and my new comic short E.A.T. RECORDS, and how YOU can join us live this Saturday to talk about it. Sign up and learn how to make comics with genius editor @sxbond.bsky.social!

Graphic with text. It shows comic pages in the rough stage (not final). Art by Terry Moore. There is also a tv with an image of Oliver Mertz. Text says E.A.T. Records. Writer Oliver mertz & artist Terry Moore have been collaborating on the 4-page E.A.T. Records with editorial input from our Deluxe Subscribers. The roughs are in and next Saturday, August 8, we'll chat with Oliver and Terry LIVE at our regularly scheduled Second Saturarday Live Hour from 11AM PDT until noon.

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Kieron Gillen @kierongillen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It’s important to research the fundamental historical facts for the period in which you set a story. The research: Siri, when did kenickie release Catsuit City?

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Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com · 31/07/2026

“I would advise not sleeping on this one. I think it could be a bit of a modern classic. I certainly absolutely loved it.” Fantastic review by @kapow-comics.bsky.social Preorder A GHOST ARM MADE OF ANGRY GHOSTS before FOC 8/10 From @oni-press.bsky.social

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Russell Mark Olson @russellmarkolson.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

You, yes YOU! could be the owner of the original cover art for SKRAWL 3! Immediate self-esteem boost, loved by peers, you'll finally finish that novel! Back it today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/rus...

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Marie Enger @ LBX26 Table 409 @soengery.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Dream team unite! Couldn’t be more hype about slinging books with these fine folks. Come say hi, grab the new 13th age box set, tell Emily she’s the best Booth Boss a Booth Babe could ask for

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Oeming @oeming.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sign up for my Newsletter to never miss a comics project, creator owned book or announcement! #comics Sub to my‬ youtube for process vids: links in bio

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Chris Schweizer @ NCAF & NYCC @schweizercomics.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Juliette sent over a photo of her piece for the sketchbook, and it's beautiful!

Watercolored drawing of Otis and Ersa. Text reads" guest artist: Juliette Brocal!

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Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

👽Into aliens conspiracies? This looks v. cool and it’s so close to funding. THE GODS AND MONSTERS OF HEDGRAVE an original graphic novel www.kickstarter.com/projects/bur...

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THE GODS AND MONSTERS OF HEDGRAVE an original graphic novel

A 120-page original graphic novel telling a complete story of aliens, madness, conspiracy, Nazis and family in pre-WW2 England

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Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com · 28/07/2026

RETAILERS! If you want to read my new @oni-press.bsky.social graphic novel A GHOST ARM MADE OF ANGRY GHOSTS, send me a message and I’ll send the PDF! FOC 8/10 On Sale 9/2 Thanks to @sxbond.bsky.social for the kind words!

Graphic featuring comic art of an inviisble team (you can see his clothes and headphones but not him). Text says "Attentional everyone who misses '90s Vertigo! Here's your new favorite comic book. Taut pacing, seamless dialogue, and style in spades. A GHOST ARM MADE OF ANGRY GHOSTS is more potent and peculiar than anything you've ever read." - Shelly Bond. editor of Fables, Bitter Root, and Geezer. Creator of Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor's (Secret) Handbook

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Absurd Ventures @absurdventures.com · 24/07/2026

On Saturday, July 25 from 2-2:50pm, Lazlow will be joined by American Caper collaborators @tylerboss.bsky.social, @chrisacomics.bsky.social, Lee Loughridge & @sxbond.bsky.social for a signing at the Dark Horse booth.

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