iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Sarah Moon @sarahmoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Portland peeps: please go to Face Plant and order a Nuggie (trust me) and keep this place afloat.

Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 25/09/2026

The rare product that is an affront to board games, video games, AND family time all at once $500 (plus an $150 annual subscription fee) for slop that will be used all of one day for a laugh then tossed in a goodwill pile. www.polygon.com/everboard-ta...

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New $500 AI-Powered Console Can Create Digital Tabletop Games From Scratch

EverBoard told Polygon how its new machine works — and what continued access will cost

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 24/09/2026

A great publisher and one of the weirdest/best authors in Portland (and there’s a lot of competition here). I’ve read the advance copy and can guarantee fans or bizarro horror are gonna love this.

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Portlanders! Next Friday (10/2, 7 pm) come help me launch the new novella THE VEIL by @niyyahwrites.bsky.social at Rose City Book Pub! Twin Peaks vibes, costumes, cherry pie PLUS a fabulous spooky read. It's going to be so fun! www.rosecitybookpub.com/events-1/202...

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Reading: The Veil by Niyyah Ruscher-Haqq — Rose City Book Pub

Niyyah writes middle grade and adult speculative fiction, fantasy and horror, with an emphasis on Muslim American and multicultural characters. She has several stories published in anthologies, and he...

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Chris Roberson @chrisroberson.net · 22/09/2026

The good people over at Geek Vibes Nation chatted with me and @oeming.bsky.social about Ghost of a Ghost, a swinging sixties superspy adventure in the world of Hellboy, the first issue of which is out in finer comic shops everywhere this week!

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Chris Roberson And Michael Avon Oeming Talk ‘Ghost of a Ghost’

Chris Roberson and Michael Avon Oeming discuss Ghost of a Ghost, their creative process, and working with Dark Horse Comics.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Irish musician Aaron Rowe has said he is withdrawing as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour.

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Comic Book Yeti @comicbookyeti.com · 11/09/2026

There's a lot of chatter about comics journalism sites struggling right now. NGL, it's tough. Small things matter. We are working on developing the YouTube channel and would appreciate new subscribers. It's an easy and free way to support us. 🙏 Subscribe 🌱 www.youtube.com/@CryptidCrea...

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Adam P Knave @adampknave.com · 11/09/2026

"certainly weren't perfect" is a soft sell of the horrible levels of increased racism and violence set off. But also let's address the "same team" thing because I was there. Freedom Fries, the Dixie Chicks, same team if you were a white jingoistic warmonger ONLY. Stop gaslighting, we were THERE.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I will be doing a weird fiction reading here in Portland Oct 11 Sunday, at Brujos Brewing (2377 NW Wilson St), along with Wendy Wagner, Keith Rosson, Jemiah Jefferson, and Nathan Carson 5pm-8:30. 21+. Free

Sunday, October 11th
Brujos Brewing
(2377 NW Wilson St, Portland, OR 97210)

Weird Fiction Night
featuring readings by:

Jeff Vandermeer
Wendy Wagner
Keith Rosson
Jemiah Jefferson
Nathan Carson

5pm-8:30. 21+. Free

McKeanesque devil image, not AI but do not have the artist name

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Mattvent Calendar @mroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hey local Portland folks! Myself and quite a few other folks will be posting up in NE PDX to peddle some comics, toys, and lots of other stuff. Come on by!

Garage Con Two 9 AM to 3 PM September 27th. Comic book Garage and sidewalk sale. Over 15 vendors, thousands of comics. Northeast Going Street between 23rd and 24th Avenue two blocks south of Northeast Alberta. This is an outdoor event, weather permitting.

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Void Destroyer @epicseshbro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My band’s playing a super secret block party show tonight. If you live in the Portland area and want to melt your face off so that the flock cameras think you’re somebody else then message me for deets.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 05/09/2026

Multiple panels at DragonCon this year about using AI, including how to use it in “writing.” This whole event is built on the back of human creativity. And you’re giving space to tech that fucking steals from all those properties, proudly kills artist jobs, and mutes creativity? That’s fucked.

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Louis Southard - Comic Book Writer @louissouthard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

PAID ART GIG: I’m looking for FIFTEEN (15) artists to draw pinups for a project I’m currently working on. These positions are unavailable to those currently on the team in ANY capacity. All are welcome. Peers especially welcome! Email me at louissouthard(at)gmail(dot)com Thanks!

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Paul Tobin @paultobin.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Reminder that you can be reading this sweet little ol' supernatural romance story (by me, @colleencoover.bsky.social & @ghostgreen.bsky.social) online for free instead of doomscrolling. Embrace a time-out for your brain, and get some free chuckles. www.webtoons.com/en/romance/h...

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Heart Acres

Ben Crews has been kicked around by life one too many times. So when his grandmother offers him a place at her fancy estate, Heart Acres, he jumps on the opportunity to live a life of luxury. Imagine ...

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 01/09/2026

@ffrancavilla.bsky.social — if you’re going to be at DragonCon again this year, feel free to pick out a piece or two from @paultobin.bsky.social’s wall and I’ll see what I can do next time I’m over there.

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Steve Lieber @stevelieberart.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

PORTLAND: Want feedback on your comics pages before Rose City Comic Con? Time for another FIRST FRIDAY OFFICE HOURS. This Friday, Sept 4th I'll be at at Books With Pictures. @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social, 4PM-6PM. Details below! #pdxcomics #rccc

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 28/08/2026

The (only?) upside to being raised in small town North Carolina is I can use “y’all” with impunity.

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Cool Jim @lechased.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

[bene gesserit voice] no worries if not

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The Two-Headed Nerd Comic Book Podcast! @twoheadednerd.com · 27/08/2026

It's THN EPISODE #813! Featuring New Comics Reviews - Batman: Bad Seeds, Hammerfist, DC Next Level, Black Tower: The Raven Conspiracy & MORE! tinyurl.com/THN813 #comics #comicbooks #podcast @remender.bsky.social @imagecomics.com @mattfraction.bsky.social @gwillow.me @therightram.bsky.social

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 25/08/2026

This, in bold neon letters.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 25/08/2026

Thank you so much for the lovely words. We’re *very* proud of this book and should have updates on in-store release schedule soon!

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madeline! @mads.haus · 23/08/2026

I wrote about the cult Nunsploitation pinku, Nun In Rope Hell, as well as Japan’s annexation of Korea and the political purpose of grotesque art. read now @ blog.mads.haus/2026/08/colo...

two nuns embrace each other’s face in a dark hallway with a lot of empty space to the left of them

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Peter Clines @peterclines.com · 19/08/2026

SO ANYWAY if you or someone you know happens to like action figures or horror or sci-fi horror or, yknow, zombie sci-fi horror about astronauts (as one does), one of my favorite almost-made-it Kickstarters from two years ago is going to be giving it another try. If any of that appeals to you..

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Coming soon: Space Zombies From MARS! Red Dust II.

A 6" action figure line featuring astronauts and zombies. The Nameless Toy Company's first offering in the 'Nameless Universe.'

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 19/08/2026

This place is legit rad as hell. If you’re in the area, and happen to be a huge nerd, you’re gonna have a great time.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 17/08/2026

Working through edits of a novel, and at the end of this chapter, I had apparently left a helpful note for my future self: “And how will yiu hel?/“ “Good question.” ——— Don’t do drugs, kids.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 17/08/2026

I Saw the TV Glow was one of my favorite movies from 2024 and Camp Miasma’s on my list for 2026. Arguably, Schoenbrun’s first film to actually fit the “horror” label. LOVED it. Only complaint was a weirdly awful cover of REM’s Nightswimming. All emotion stripped away for bored auto-tune.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 15/08/2026

Everything here is great, including the lovely folks who run this publisher.

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Brian Level @brianlevel.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Hey y'all! Looking to take some small commissions. $100 for simple 6x9 inkwash commissions. Your character choice or mine!

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 10/08/2026

It’s been said, but still not often enough: Your friends who voted for this should never be allowed back into your life. I don’t care if they helped you move. I don’t care if they pinched their nose to vote. This shit is Full Throated Evil and everyone responsible should be ostracized for life.

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Erik Grove @erikgrove.com · 10/08/2026

Also, one special way a Portland-based person can do me a BIG FAVOR would be to ask someone in a particular very large independent bookstore to preorder the book so it gets them to update their catalog. The listing is live everywhere else I looked but not my local City of Books for some reason.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 10/08/2026

For the 3rd straight year, I have the privilege of writing a horror-themed “mystery” event for Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture. Obviously, I use a lot of clues based on exhibits. Happy to find these masks from @crobertcargill.bsky.social’s Black Phone. Now: can I squeeze them into the theme?

Three prop masks from the film Black Phone

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

what's up Portland. album release instore at Music Millennium at 5. c'moooon out

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 07/08/2026

Man, I have so many questions about this targeted ad: Are people not understanding me, and I just don’t know it? Only “may?” Is there a chance I’m unfixably unintelligible regardless of age? THIS WOMAN IS A SENIOR???

AI image of a very pretty woman in her 30s or 40s. Or maybe 20s? AI sucks, man.

Underneath it read “Senior women may understand you”

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Maj @lif3asmaj.blacksky.app · 02/08/2026

This is deadass every republican campaign ad here in the south. I'm not even REMOTELY JOKING.

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Comic Book Yeti @comicbookyeti.com · 06/08/2026

Getting some coverage email solicitations for comics created using generative AI. Let me save everybody time, if you use generative AI in any part of the comics creation process including your marketing materials, do not bother reaching out to us. Generative AI has no place in comics, full stop.

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Simon Bowland @simonbowland.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Here’s a deal: if you’re an industry pro, and you want to pitch a creator owned project, I’ll letter your pitch free of charge - only proviso is that you hire me on the project if/when it’s picked up by a publisher. #comics #lettering

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1996 NY Designs @1996ny.graphics.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

NEW to the Etsy shop… Portland Thorns "Electric Bloom" kit figures! Available with or without the sponsor logo, in a number of skin tones and hair styles. Get yours: www.etsy.com/listing/4551094059/55-… #NWSL #RCTID #PDX

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post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

and GOD IS EMPTY JUST LIKE ME

democrat is socialist and socialist is communist

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 30/07/2026

During summer breaks, my folks made me pick a random encyclopedia book off the shelf every day and write a short essay on something I found interesting to recite at dinner. Eventually, I convinced them I could do this in the form of short fiction stories. I was not cool, I guess is the point.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 30/07/2026

A bunch of great books by a lot of my favorite comic folks, picked out by one of the best comic shops anywhere.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 30/07/2026

If Jeremy says it’s good, then it’s good. Doesn’t need to be more complicated than that.

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Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

[author frustrated over sloppers]: "i generally don't wish people ill but--" it's okay. i do wish them ill. i wish them ill in ways that are out of proportion and unhinged. i wish them ill in ways that go beyond the timid "i hope you step on a lego every day". wicker man levels of wishing them ill

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 23/07/2026

Stop bugging me to go see The Odyssey. We have The Odyssey at home.

1977 board game for The Odyssey. Colorful board, filled with danger and adventure. Conan ripoff art in the box. Probably the best thing I own.

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Ben Fisher @wordblanket.com · 21/07/2026

Obviously I backed this, because the folks making it are great and the book slaps.

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Burial Books @burialbooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Our new sword and sorcery anthology Whispers from the Iron Cauldron drops September 1st! Twenty-Four tales of treasure, vengeful gods, and deadly trials…and a groovy cover by Maciej Kamuda. Pre-order your copy now! www.amazon.com/dp/B0D26YD2R4 #burialbooks #swordandsorcery

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Calvin Ross Carl @calvinrosscarl.com · 20/07/2026

This is your reminder that The Wild Vengeance of Witches is still free (or pay-what-you-want if you're feeling like a sweet baby angel). A print and play skirmish adventure of witches getting revenge on the townsfolk who've wronged them. goodgoblet.itch.io/witches

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The Wild Vengeance of Witches by Good Goblet Games

Lead your coven in a quest for vengeance in this miniatures-agnostic print-and-play skirmish game.

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