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Jay Axer @jayaxer.bsky.social · 7h

Hit 'em with the one-two Pooltoy Combo

a large inflated version of Axer as a pooltoy floats in the water. the background denotes he is in the pool rooms and the hose of an air tank circles him firing air. bubbles surround his feet along the tiled floor. the text "pool rooms vol. 7" is at the top right of the frame. Image is greyscale with some warm tones.

a rubber pool toy version of axer floats amongst bubbles under the waters of the pool rooms, surrounded by sprawling tiled structures. a circle of bubbled air is on the tiled floor below his rubbery feet. the image is in grayscale except for the shines on his rubber skin which are in a hot pink. the words" pool rooms vol. 5" are in the upper left of the image.

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Rachel (Rae) Dukes @mixtapecomics.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Greetings #PortfolioDay I'm Rachel Dukes: I write, draw, & color my own work, and also color work by other cartoonists. One upon a time, I created a comic collection about my beloved cat (Frankie Comics, Oni Press 2020) Coloring sample below: 💌 dukes.rachel@gmail.com 🌱 www.mixtapecomics.com

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Good Old Claire @illusclaire.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This #portfolioday I’ll be a cartoonist. Do you like to see cathartic existential humiliation? Do u like eroticism? Usually I have both. Clairenapier.com/cartooning Email to Clairenapier@pm.me—cannot see DMs here! Pages from different points in Wolf Story, Cosy Witch Book (Brutal), & Walt👇

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Justin LaGuff @jlaguff.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Hi #Portfolioday, I’m Justin and I make comics and illustration, and sometimes collage work.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Highly recommend @planetsmudge.bsky.social not just for his artistic and design prowess but for his keen wit and thoughtfulness as well.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Mayhaps you’ll allow me a moment of cringe?

Kass on the beaches of Antigua in Cebu, striking the Riku Kingdom Hearts pose with one hand stretched out

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Quelaag @quelaag.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Delia’s lived with me for 10 years, and by extension her and her family-in-law have always been there for us.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When our Mt.Fuji bike tour guide asked us if we knew who Logan Paul was, I knew exactly where he was taking us next. Gorgeous forest, unfortunately represented.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

[EXTENDED PLAY] Music by: @gabetee.bsky.social Artists/Publishers Featured: Yina Kim @yinakim.bsky.social The Wiggle Bird Mailing Club @wbmc666.bsky.social Bells White Jess Cutberth Yukio Sawada Paru Itagaki

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Note to self: Our time is too precious to spend it sitting and comparing ourselves to how others got their shit done. Spend the time doing the thing and trust you’ll find your own way of making it work.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

When you like my comics this is whose comics you are liking.

An axolotl wearing a white wig and a red hat sitting on a wooden stool.

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Nate @nomdoodles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Witch and Hat (oc)

A witch wielding a staff, wearing a tattered cloak and grimacing hat

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Sajan @planetsmudge.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

my 40x180cm painting about destroying a data centre, accompanied by it's title. Thanks everyone that came by to see it this weekend, I loved seeing the different reactions it elicited!

long painting of a monolithic data center being lifted and gutted by various spirits. The title is a furious four paragraphs long, i'll type it out when I post details.

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Ollie @ordheist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

hey! I have one more commission slot I need to fill, drop me a DM or email me via my bio if you're looking for a character design. reposts are always deeply appreciated!

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Ollie @ordheist.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

NEW BOOK ALERT 28 page sci-fi bestiary styled as a vintage naturalist book. if you're a fan of Pikmin, speculative biology, or just looking at little beasties, you may enjoy Observations of a Small Boulder in Hantu Forest digital release only for now ordheist.itch.io/observations

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

100,000 Calorie Mukbang ASMR life therapy video (this was made for Instagram) - Music: no sour guys by The Invisible Sundial

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Stumbled across some early Clowes in these old issues of Cracked I got (this one from ‘89 when he signed his work as “Stosh Gillespie“)

Photo of magazine spread featuring an untitled comic by Daniel Clowes

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Xapo Comix: Side-swiped 7 & 8 (Conclusion) - You can't saddle this wild pony! #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

Xapo Comix Side-Swiped (Part 7 & 8 Conclusion), written and drawn by Kassandra Cruz, a two page web comic.

Page 1

Panel 1 The purple character with a spiky head named PrickleAnne and the titular pink axolotl like frog character named Xapo sit outside Froyo Land, laughing over a few bowls of dairy-free froyo. Anne in mid conversation "...I totally agree! That thing you said is EXACTLY like the other thing!"

Panel 2 Anne mid-bite into a spoonful of froyo continuing, "I didn't think we had so much in common. Maybe we can go to a-"

Panel 3 Interrupted, Anne, "Oh uh...what are you doing?"

Panel 4 over the shoulder of Anne, see Xapo, flicking a zippo lighting a cigarette that sits on her wide mouth, she stares back suddenly dressed in a dick tracy ensemble of a yellow trench coat and fedora. Xapo responds, "I'm sorry doll".

Panel 5 Side view of Xapo, eyes closed looking solemnly, "I had a really swell time kid, but I don't think I'm ready for this kinda' commitment."

Panel 6 Xapo, back to Anne walks away holding her cigarette, "We'll always have Froyoland and its wide array of non-dairy options"

Panel 7 Anne in the background framed by the froyoland and Xapo walking to the foreground, puffing the cigarette, one arm behind her back "Now, I must return from whence I came..." staring at a starry night above a shooting star goes by with a glimmer...

Xapo Comix Side-Swiped (Part 7 & 8 Conclusion), written and drawn by Kassandra Cruz, a two page web comic.

Page 2

Panel 1 Anne sits in disbelief in the background framed by the froyoland and the nightlit cityscape, Xapo stands in the foreground eyes closed, head tilted up and arms stretched wide, her cigarette in her mouth.

Panel 2 reverse shot over Anne's shoulder, it is revealed Xapo is just taking a bucm she has her hands outstretched as the doors open with a fssss

Panel 3
Close up of the Bus tire "pshhh"

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The bus only leaves a cloud of exhaust Vroom, Anne in the background speechless watching the bus go by.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Xapo Comix: Side-swiped 7 & 8 (Conclusion) - You can't saddle this wild pony! #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

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Jay Axer @jayaxer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The grind

Axer sits at a desk in a torn open office that overlooks colourful clouds as papers blow away on the wind. Axer looks distraught

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Celadon @antek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I Please don’t trample my emotions, they’re all that I have

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

CORPOREAL FORM CORPOREAL FORM (read my comics) CORPOREAL FOR-

Kass in her cute secretary’s outfit leaning on her drawing tablet

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Xapo Comix: Side-swiped 6 (Mon/Wed/Fri) - A girl wants what she wants #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

Xapo Comix Side-Swiped (Part 6), written and drawn by Kassandra Cruz, a six panel web comic.

Panel 1 after the explosion from the last chapter, the purple character with a spiky head named PrickleAnne lays face down as debris and smoke emanated from the fire off screen. She groans and coughs.

Panel 2 Anne wearily lifts herself up as she heres from behind her "Next time dont pick the tanker truck. They always explode by the end."

Panel 3 Xapo, the titular pink axolotl like frog is silhouetted menacingly by the wreckage of the truck behind her, the flames and clouds high, Anne is in the foreground, surprised.

Panel 4 Anne yells dramatically "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!"

Panel 5 a dramatic close up of Xapo's face back lit, her eyes white pupils.

Panel 6 an open panel no destruction, just our two characters simply drawn, Anne on the floor as we see Xapo in her date dress and clutch purse and bow stating "You said we'd get some frozen yogurt after dinner."

Panel 2 The purple character with a spiky head named PrickleAnne, her hands on the wheels as she grimaces and sweats stating, "I gotta get off the apps!"

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Xapo Comix: Side-swiped 5 (Mon/Wed/Fri) - That has GOT to be a traffic violation #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

Xapo Comix Side-Swiped (Part 5), written and drawn by Kassandra Cruz, a six panel web comic.

Panel 1 a tanker truck barrels down the night-time road, smoke clouds billowing upwards from the exhaust pipe HONK HONK

Panel 2 The purple character with a spiky head named PrickleAnne, her hands on the wheels as she grimaces and sweats stating, "I gotta get off the apps!"

Panel 3 Anne turns over her shoulder to look out the driver window as she notices a rocket fwoooosh by

Panel 4 Tight exterior shot of the driver side as Anne looks out the window to the source of the missed rocket, in the side mirror we see the titular Xapo, a pink frog like creature, running behind the truck with a rocket launcher on her shoulder.

Panel 5 Xapo leaps up to the air and fires a rocket with a Fwoosh! The free way over pass and night time cityscape can be seen in the background.

Panel 6 the rocket makes contact with the side of the tanker truck with a PAKSHHH, billowing in debris and smoke as the tanker truck rolls to its side, broken glass from the door sprinkling the air.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Xapo Comix: Side-swiped 5 (Mon/Wed/Fri) - That has GOT to be a traffic violation #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

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Pidgin! (COMMS OPEN) @pidginplace.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

AuTUMNTROSS, my animated short... Is coming soon :) Watch this space! September 22! The beginning of autumn!!! 🍂🍂

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

For now I’ve got a ren faire to catch!

A photograph of Kass wearing her ren faire outfit

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Side-swiped storyline will continue next Monday! I think three web comic pages a week (Mon/Wed/Fri) will be more manageable for me moving forward!

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Side-swiped (4) - Her name is PrickleAnne in case you don't read the alt text. #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

Hi there. Welcome to the alt text. Side-Swiped (Part 4), written and drawn by Kassandra Cruz, a five panel web comic.

Panel 1 The purple character with a spiky head named PrickleAnne is seen running toward the viewer, huffing and puffing.

Panel 2 Anna skids to a stop noticing an alley way she can turn into. The nighttime cityscape of tall buildings in the background, a crescent moon sits in the cloudy sky.

Panel 3 Xapo, the pink axolotl like frog heroine of Xapo Comix misses the nervous and sweating Anne hiding behind a large wooden crate, as Xapo continues triggering the empty barrel of her 1955 Colt python revolver with a clik! clik! clik!

Panel 4 Anne turns to look behind her as she hears someone say, "Alright Earl, Ill seeya on monday!"

Panel 5 Anne stands in the shadowed foreground as we see highlighted a tanker truck sitting in a factory yard, the driver stepping away from the vehicle.

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Side-swiped (4) - Her name is PrickleAnne in case you don't read the alt text. #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hello old folks and new! 👋 I also have a nsfw furry account for those interested. Still trying to find my footing on it but I’ll hopefully have some fun comics on there as well!

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Side-swiped (3) - I am fighting against the clock, laying the tracks before a moving train, I am…a daily web cartoonist. #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

Side-Swiped (Part 3), written and drawn by Kassandra Cruz, a five panel web comic.

Panel 1 the mean looking, purple character with a spiky head named PrickleAnne walks next to Xapo (the pink, axolotl-like frog main character of xapo comix dressed in a black slip dress and bow, face haphazardly made up), it is night, stars in the sky and the city in the backdrop, Anne starts, "I don't think this is gunna work out." Xapo turns to Anne and replies, "Oh no, do I smell or something?"

Panel 2, Close up of Anne, scratching the back of her head, "Uh well youre kinda intimidating. And I don't need that kind of stress."

Panel 3 over Anne's shoulder to see Xapo rummaging through her bag, Xapo responds, "I get it, some folks are not ready for the modern free woman."

Panel 4, Xapo pulls out a revolver, looking at it states, "I'm like this 1955 Colt python, cold but, on occasion, a warm muzzle."

Panel 5, Anne runs away in fear as Xapo points and triggers the gun repeatedly, clik clik clik clik, stating "Wait! No bullets see?!"

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Side-swiped (3) - I am fighting against the clock, laying the tracks before a moving train, I am…a daily web cartoonist. #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Side-swiped (2) - TWO strips in a week?? How is this possible. Is this even sustainable? Find out…TOMORROW! #xapocomix #comics #webcomics

Side-Swiped (Part 2), written and drawn by Kassandra Cruz, a three panel web comic. Panel 1, setting, a find dining restaurant with a waiter and patrons sitting in the background. In the foreground the mean looking, purple character with a spiky head named PrickleAnne sits uncomfortably across from Xapo, the pink, axolotl like frog dressed in a black slip. They are both looking at menu's as Anne stumbles to find something nice to say, "So uhm, you look uh very interesting...I like that bow you got on..."

Panel 2, camera reverses and we see over Anne's shoulder, revealing Xapo's makeup to be haphazardly applied, with a start sticker and a paper clip glued on her face, Xapo responds, "Thanks, I don't go on a lot of dates, most of the stuff I have on was from the supply closet at work.

Panel 3, Xapo continues, gesturing behind her where another axolotl like waiter carries a bowl of soup, Xapo responds, "Oh and I snagged the bow off my cousin Pete's work uniform.

Final addendum, Xapo lunges forward on the table to whisper to Anne, "He's gunna hook us up with some fresh pita bread, no stale crap!"

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Good Old Claire @illusclaire.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Depending on who you ask, today’s the devil’s nutting day. Which means the devil is out gathering nuts, so don’t dally with any fine fellows you meet in the wood. The perfect day to read Cosy Witch Book (Brutal)… my uncomfortable romance comic for adults cosy-witch-book-brutal.neocities.org

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Fandom severance spell

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Bolt thunder @boltthunder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Y'all in nyc please be careful. Fishtank is trying to bait y'all.

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bagbosse.bsky.social @bagbosse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Exhaultation

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Feeling a certain way about my art. Part of me feels like I’m being such a try-hard when comparing myself to colleagues who have the practice and sense to say just as much but putting down far less on the page.

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🐺💭 @eddyatoms.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

the shirts are in! sheesh they look good. rawpaw [dot] ink in the "design challenge" section. limited edition thru 8/21 only!

T-shirt close-up, "With you it's like Heaven!" reads the caption, but the art is Pinky & Pepper in Hell of course

Slam models my shirt and chugs a brass monkey. this is the "boxy crop" tee in XL

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Kassandra Cruz @xkassandracruz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The algo put in front of me a full upload of a 2001 documentary about the making of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I don't know whether I could bare to watch it, in fear that it would alter what the film meant to me. Maybe some curtains are best left unopened...

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