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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 28/09/2026

fam is it crazy to get a hobonichi weeks for the last 4 months of the year?? I have one for next year ready, but I want to plan with it now!

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 25/09/2026

These people seem to think that the problem in the graphic novel industry is “not enough content” when already a huge portion of published novels by humans never get a readership 🤷‍♀️

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Daniel Kwan @danielhkwan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Putting a call out for TTRPG artists! Doing an initial discovery for an artist to work on a new cyberpunk, body horror action game I'm designing. Please link your portfolio! NO AI.

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Jey Pawlik 🏳️‍⚧️ @jpawlik.com · 22/09/2026

Might I recommend Comicfury for those looking to move off Tapas? Here's how! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ0M...

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ComicFury 101 w/ Jey Pawlik and Beefsen

YouTube video by Cartoonists United

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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There has been a great effort over many years to distance AI Safety discussion and policy from its origins and intellectual center, because its center is a sex cult started by a fan fiction author. If you want to be taken seriously you have to hide that.

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 15/09/2026

I'm looking for this old political cartoon of a then vs. now two panel comic of a family around a piano singing and then the second panel is everyone listening passively to a record. Does anyone know who made it or where I can find it?

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 15/09/2026

I am into the colors of the gloves and top, but the shapes are….???

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 12/09/2026

The best compliment I get about my books is that they make people cry. I can’t imagine shying away from the truth of emotion as an author or a reader.

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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

A key point in Fahrenheit 451 is that books were banned because they made people depressed and uncomfortable. The novel's protagonist, Montag, is taken into custody after he reads a poem that makes a woman cry because she realizes the emptiness of her life.

[quoting a tweet from isabelunraveled in which she rails against depressing books that get branded as “great writing”]

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 11/09/2026

You know what nobody tells you about those trendy balloon pants? You trip over that shit all the time.

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Cartoonists United @cartoonist.coop · 02/09/2026

Super-sleuth Barbara Perez Marquez scopes out scams - Sep 9th! Barbara brings a bevy of scam samples for review so you can learn the tell-tale signs to avoid identity scammer tricks and traps. Art by @ghostlysleuth.bsky.social cartoonist.coop/calendar/

A promotional graphic for a talk on Scams; Inkling (an inkwell) has just been scammed and is panicking at this computer. Nibford (a dip pen) comforts them as various results of being scammed show above them in bubbles: one contains a mysterious person donning a mask of Inkling's face, signifying identity theft; one contains a dollar bill with wings flying off, signifying a loss of money; one contains malicious hands reaching toward a Social Security card, signifying the risk of important personal documents; and the last contains a group of eyes watching Inkling, signifying a general loss of privacy. Title text says: "Cartoonist Co-op presents...Scams & You: Recent Scams and (hopefully) How to Avoid Them". Subtitle text reads: "September 9; 10 AM PT, 1 PM ET, 5 PM GMT, 3 AM AEST (next day)".

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 08/09/2026

Picked up this old canvas and made something

Acrylic on canvas of an anime girl with red lines and a ghosted brain 🧠

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 07/09/2026

Sketches from my roadtrip to and from Montana! 38 hours in the car gives you a lot of time and also apparently might trigger shingles :(( Most of these were sketched in the car and finished with color later.

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 07/09/2026

I did a watercolor workshop for my non-artist friends this weekend and look how cute they all came out! Everyone had such a different style!

A blurry photograph of a bouquet of flowers on a media stand with five watercolor paintings of the same bouquet

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 07/09/2026

Happy Birthday to an absolute joy of a co-worker! You inspire me so much every day!

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Go-Man Vs. the Star Dragon OUT NOW! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It really pisses me off how many small businesses, food trucks, etc, get defensive around their AI posters and menus, saying they can't afford graphic designers or whatever. But where was this problem 2 years ago? It takes more time than just using a photo and writing a caption with marker pen?

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 29/08/2026

I learned that I can draw in the car and now I’m gonna be unstoppable

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 14/08/2026

Sketching at the honky tonks during my girls weekend in Nashville!

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 13/08/2026

as a certified Citations Lover™️ i have to say that Walden's bibliography website that accompanies her graphic novel is a work of art in itself: www.charityandsylvia.com so cool

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Charity and Sylvia

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 13/08/2026

C'mon it's BORBS, you love borbs!

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 13/08/2026

i know when i sneakily steal someone's book to create an unauthorized and uncredited adaptation i always make sure to write "It is not possible for me to overstate how important Rachel Hope Cleves’ book on the subject was" and point readers "towards our Holy Mother of knowledge Rachel Hope Cleves"

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv...

stick a pin in this metaphor

…because these covers are a microcosm of the entire conflict; Walden's book is mostly built on writing and other objects left by Sylvia Drake, Charity Bryant, and others. Her work includes many elements from these records that Cleves does not refer to in her book, and many of her interpretations of those records are different from Cleves's interpretations, often intentionally so. In addition to her historical basis, Walden's book includes fictional dialogue and story elements that are original to her work, some of which are inspired by Walden's own life.

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Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My thoughts on Image publishing a new Warren Ellis book.

I have spent the day re-reading the entirety of SoManyOfUs.com, including every testimonial. I’ve also re-read dozens of documents and communications from the transformative justice action SMOU-TJ and Warren Ellis started. I wanted to remember the hope I held at that time. I also wanted to see if I could approach this moment with gratitude instead of anger.
To believe in transformative justice is to believe people capable of change. But, as our mediator said during the process, “transformation is heartbreak.” It is crushing and painful, but it is also our right as human beings. I haven’t spoken to Warren Ellis in over 6 years. I don’t know who he is now. I don’t know how he’s changed, but I’m sure he has. I know Warren read all of SoManyOfUs.com and I can’t imagine an outcome where doing so doesn’t change you. But, as Kai Cheng Thom says, “Change is inevitable, growth is optional.” I was often sad that Warren, when confronted with the consequences of his actions, didn’t react in the way I expected him to. But I am grateful it led to me untangling 15 years of complicated feelings and hurtful actions.
I’m grateful that I believe we can change and hold ourselves accountable in this world. But, quoting our mediator again, “being called to accountability feels like being reminded that your shit stinks. and coming clean is hard to do.” It can feel impossible to look in the mirror and confront the worst version of ourselves. Without having the necessary support systems in place to make it possible, I don’t blame or fault anyone for not being able to do it.
We all tried our best. When our attempt at a community accountability action failed, I was disappointed, but grateful that we tried. And grateful to know that Warren had tried, too.

I currently work as an editor in comics, with books I work on being published by Image. I love comics. I love the comics community and how we all keep making them despite it being so hard, with no financial security, and no safety nets. I see groups within the community doing so much good and fighting hard to make the industry more sustainable and safer for everyone involved.
But there is no set process for anyone in the comics community to account for our actions and change our behaviour after harm or abuse has happened. This has led many people to be forced out of the industry – victims, perpetrators, and witnesses. My heart hurts for all the people who were bullied, ostracized, shunned, or threatened out of this community, particularly those I spoke to back in June and July of 2020, impacted by Warren’s actions. I hope one day this changes.
I’m grateful to everyone who was wondered if Warren has “made amends to the satisfaction of all involved.” It shows me solidarity and care are widespread within comics. I wouldn’t say I’m satisfied, but I also would say I am no longer personally invested in Warren’s transformation.
I am personally invested in the books I work on that come out with Image, and I really hope you don’t take any disappointment you feel in Image’s actions out on the creators whose work they publish. Seeing people boycotting Image comics feels a cruel joke when that directly affects my livelihood and that of the people who respect and support me. But I get it – this seems like a financial decision from Image, so respond in a financial fashion. I hope we can all keep ourselves open to change in the future.
My resolve to expand my capacity to hope for change – after a night of anger and crying and shouting – is renewed. Thanks for hearing me out and for reading all of this.

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 13/08/2026

I finished East of Eden for the first time and learned that they're doing a Netflix adaptation. I don't really see what a filmed version can add to the story though?

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 12/08/2026

bleedingcool.com/comics/victo... Anyways. I’ve got a book coming out (someday, sorry it’s going slow). I was worried that it wouldn’t be relative by the time it’s ready but sadly it’s EVERGREEN.

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Victoria Ying's Graphic Novel About Toxic Relationship With Cartoonist

Victoria Ying's upcoming graphic novel, Chasing Sunspots, about a manipulative relationship she was in with a much older cartoonist.

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports.

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 05/08/2026

I hope we as a culture are finally coming back around to “small talk is good actually” because you need to slowly get to know someone before being vulnerable and intimate and small talk helps you build that relationship

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Jake Cole @jakecole.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Dropout is legitimately one of the most inspiring media companies around rn

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jamie loftus @jamieloftus.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

watching people you love and respect cutting corners to keep creative pace with an idiot machine, starve themselves to keep pace with a new, more impossible ideal, it is overwhelmingly sad some days and no one is truly immune to it

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 01/08/2026

I think the AI bubble has proven that capital would have us all peeing in bottles if they could. The only reason creatives and tech professionals haven’t yet is simply because we were rarified enough.

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 01/08/2026

I just hope the ai bubble pops while Trump is in office. Please please please.

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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Parents are fed up with friends and relatives giving their kids “personalized” AI-generated storybooks with characters resembling their kids. Apart from data privacy concerns, literacy experts say these garbled and convoluted narratives could be an impediment to learning how to read.

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Boomers Can’t Stop Gifting Their Grandkids AI-Generated Slop Books

Parents are getting fed up with garbled bedtime stories that feature characters based on actual photos of their children.

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 29/07/2026

Every time I start to think I might want to try and dip my toe back into making some kind of video content, I watch something or read some comments that drive me back into my little hide-y hole. No thanks crazy internet ppl!

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Will Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply.

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 27/07/2026

I switched from using tiktok to using IG to watch short form video (not a huge improvement, but I dunno, something?) and two things I've noticed. 1) There are WAY fewer ads. Tiktok would give me one every two or three videos and IG only gives them to me after like- half an hour of scrolling

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 27/07/2026

Worth watching if you've never seen it, and worth a rewatch if you have!

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 26/07/2026

think instead of using Loren Ipsum (traditional placeholder text for graphic designers) someone stupidly decided to use chat gpt instead. Someone with so little knowledge of graphic design to not even know what Loren Ipsum is

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 24/07/2026

I haven't heard it mentioned anywhere else, but did anyone notice that the Trojan horse in the new Odyssey movie looks like Blucifer? The horse statue that killed it's maker at the Denver Airport?

A photograph of the blue horse statue outside of the Denver Airport also known as Blucifer

A photograph of the Trojan Horse from the Christopher Nolan movie "the Odyssey"

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VƎX Werewolf @vexwerewolf.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"Trans people require lifelong medical care" Everyone requires lifelong medical care you fucking dipshit

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 24/07/2026

I really do not understand celebrities who pursue money at all costs. Like, really? Do you need to shill for a sports betting app? The second I have enough to retire I would fuck right off.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 21/07/2026

here’s my offer, The Atlantic magazine, I will read the next “reactionary pretends to give honest advice to Democrats” take if you let me write a piece where I, a DSA member, pretend to give honest advice to Republicans

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Pat Race @pat.alaskarobotics.com · 20/07/2026

Why use ai when you could have a jaunty little dude in your life.

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Mags Visaggio 🏳️‍⚧️ @magsvisaggio.com · 20/07/2026

i keep coming back to this. it's not about hating us. it's about degrading femininity as such, and reducing the definition of women to baby makers and ornaments. trans folk get in the way of that. so does women's sports. so does the fucking vote.

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Victoria Ying @victoriaying.com · 20/07/2026

I've been seeing more and more Ai art on IG that looks really good and convincing. Whenever the carousel is a few too many images deep, I start to wonder and I've mostly always been right. It makes me sad when I liked something but I have no idea whose art style it actually is.

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