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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery

@zaraslattery.bsky.social
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SCRIBBLER-HOPPING MONOPED Comic Artist, Illustrator, Tutor. Author of COMA: myriadeditions.com/books/coma LINKTREE: linktr.ee/zaraslattery WEBSITE: zaraslattery.com

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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New Patreon post! Character connection. #SweeneysProgress @gregorynorminton.bsky.social www.patreon.com/SweeneysProg...
Sweeney, half human, half raven flies through clouds over a coastal 7th century Cumbrian hillfort. Alan, 'fool, Tom of the Wood' is a 7th century character from Sweeney's Progress. He is heavily bearded with dreadlocks...he is turning sideways, alarmed by the presence of an intruder.
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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Unbelievably soon now! If you’ll be at @comicartfestival.bsky.social this weekend, do come by the #CCIC table where @karriefransman.bsky.social @zaraslattery.bsky.social and I will be DELIGHTED to chat all about our work, and…
CCIC the Comics Cultural Impact Collective 
This weekend we’ll be at the Lakes International Comics Arts FestivalMap of the table layout, showing CCIC at table 1 - because we are the best
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Andy Oliver @andywpoliver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And my third event at LICAF this weekend... I'll be moderating the 'Inspirational Comics on Neurodiversity & Disability' panel on Saturday afternoon speaking to Gemma Plum, Francisco de la Mora and @zaraslattery.bsky.social. That's a great line-up and some awesome books. licaf.co.uk/festival/eve...
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Inspirational Comics on Neurodiversity & Disability
LICAF will return to Kendal 2nd to 4th October 2026. Featuring the Maestro Bill Sienkiewicz.
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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Review! The Flesh of the World – Kristina Stipetic’s Experimental Sci-Fi Has Deeper Philosophical Layers. www.brokenfrontier.com/the-flesh-of...
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The Flesh of the World - Kristina Stipetic’s Experimental Sci-Fi Has Deeper Philosophical Layers – Broken Frontier
Coming soon to Kickstarter! We take an advance look at Kristina Stipetic's 'Flesh of the World' today at BF.
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Dan Berry inexplicably @thingsbydan.co.uk · 09/09/2026
There’s a new episode of the Make It Then Tell Everybody podcast! This time I chat to @julesscheele.bsky.social all about making comics and their recent adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, published by @averyhill.bsky.social Available where you get podcasts, apart from Spotify, screw Spotify.
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's always a thrill, for a comics scriptwriter, to see your directions take form on the page. These are uncoloured frames from chapter 9 of SWEENEY'S PROGRESS, our adaptation of the great medieval Irish poem, THE MADNESS OF SUIBHNE. Artwork by @zaraslattery.bsky.social.
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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
UPCOMING EVENT! Panels & Perspectives: Disability and Neurodiversity in Comics On October 1st, join Francisco de la Mora, Gemma Plum, and @zaraslattery.bsky.social with host @ernestopriego.com for this special talk on #neurodiversty and #disability representation in comics! 🔗 buff.ly/2Ldpo1G
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
New Patreon post Ailsa Craig @gregorynorminton.bsky.social www.patreon.com/SweeneysProg...
Line art - digital pencil wip comic page. Six panels depicting Sweeney flying over a seventh century settlement, over a river, through woodland - coming to rest on a large branch. He is woken a sound in the woods.
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Are you comics? Are you Scottish/in Scotland? WELL GUESS WHAT. We have a last roundtable, all for you! 📅 Weds 9th Sept, 7pm 📍 Online 🔗 www.eventbrite.com/e/scottish-c... 🤝 A collaboration between the Comics Cultural Impact Collective, @smallpress.scot and @chipcollective.bsky.social Join us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
shout out to some REAL good #comics people to brighten up your timeline ✨💪✨ go.bsky.app/FUN5iTP
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Such a nice review of COMA, Thank you!!X
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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 20/08/2026
Who knows why the link did not display the image but hey here it goes ernestopriego.com/2026/08/20/p...
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Panels & Perspectives: Disability and Neurodiversity in Comics- A Panel Discussion with Francisco de la Mora, Gemma Plum, and Zara Slattery
Looking forward to chairing this panel on Thursday 1st October 2026, 6pm, room AG01, College Building, City St George’s, University of London.
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
New Patreon post: The Irish Sea - The Sandgrounder. @gregorynorminton.bsky.social www.patreon.com/SweeneysProg...
Sweeney flying across the Irish Sea in 10 panels. Starting with tidal sand, he first startles herring gulls, flies alongside curlews before crossing the sea. Tired he lands on Ailisa Craig.Sweeney wakes on the Island of Ailisa Craig. 10 panels document the sun rising and Sweeney waking among a colony of gannets. He surveys the sea before continuing his journey. A whales fluke surfaces as he flies on.
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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mon 27 July 6.30pm Beth Duggleby discussing her comics (including ‘After Life' runner-up in the Graphic Short Story Prize) working as a silversmith and lecturering at Leeds bethmadethis.weebly.com/comics.html FREE! The Walrus Ship St Brighton BN1 1AD Live YouTube: www.youtube.com/@panelbordersvideo
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COMICS
find me online : @bethmadethis
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
zaraslattery.com/blog/ New in-person classes starting in September, now available to book. Drawing and Pen & Wash techniques. #Brighton #Learntodraw
Poster advertising a 5 week Pen & Was class in Brighton. Starting in September.Poster advertising an 8 week Drawing class in Brighton. Starting in September.Poster advertising a 6 week Pen & Wash class in Brighton. Starting in November.
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
New Patreon Post! Chasing Green #SweeneysProgress www.patreon.com/SweeneysProg... @gregorynorminton.bsky.social
A comic page with 10 panels from Sweeney's Progress. Close up of Sweeney, he is sat in the bough of a great oak. He is startled by the 'Hag' who mocks him. Leaping of the branch he unbalances her and she falls to the ground. Sweeney follows her down and is shocked to see she is dead.
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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Just seen our regular @zaraslattery.bsky.social is running another of her excellent painting workshops this summer. Get in there buytickets.at/inksplattery...
GOUACHE WORKSHOP at Starling Studio in August. Now bookable: https://buytickets.at/inksplatterydrawingclass/2287534
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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Monday Please do join us
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Lola Dickinson @loladickinson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Really pleased to share the comic by the fantastic @karriefransman.bsky.social on Sex Work and AIDS Activism in Edinburgh. Research by me and based on an oral history interview with Ruth Morgan Thomas of Scot-PEP.
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
⏰ TONIGHT! ⏰
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Mereida ✸ @mereida.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It's been incredibly rewarding working with Aysha Haddington-Ahmed and Elizabeth Evens on this comic about clinical staff working in healthcare with patients that have experienced sexual violence. The comic explores the barriers that both patients and staff may face in addressing these issues. 1/3
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
📆 Next Monday 15th June we’re going to be talking about goddamn COMICS LIVELIHOODS. What sources do we earn an income from? What does fair pay mean? What’s the value of IP? Should only commodified art exist? What is the difference between a career and a hobby, or -god help us- a “side hustle”?
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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
HUGE props to all involved in DC PRIDE ‘25 which is up for best anthology in this year’s #eisner awards! _extremely_ fortunate to be a small part of this collection drawing Jude Doyle’s DELIGHTFULLY messy Blue Snowman short… still lol-wutting about everything about this 🫠 #art #comics #queercomics
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A toad @toadlett.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
also if you're not yet aware of the work CCIC are doing for comics in the UK you should absolutely check that out: www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org
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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective
We believe comics have an important place in our culture, one worthy of celebration and support, and we're here to prove it.
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A toad @toadlett.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
So i wrote most of it and then got swamped with other stuff for several months. BUT after the recent CCIC roundtable the other week I remembered about it, and Yves very kindly put it into a website for me! comicmeetups.neocities.org
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Start a Comics Meetup: A Guide for Comic Creators
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
This was a groundbreaking piece of work. A work so good it means a life well spent. Millions of people understand Iran, the diaspora and the weird bittersweet details of the immigrant experience through the work she did.
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I was delighted to join @scottmccloud.bsky.social @neilcohn.bsky.social & @reimenayee.com yesterday for an absolutely invigorating conversation on comics & education! Appreciate the good folks @cartoonist.coop for hosting & making the recording available! Listen here! www.youtube.com/live/gymwh40...
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The Study of Comics in Academia (Understanding Comics)
YouTube video by Cartoonists United
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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Come to Brighton tomorrow (Sunday): cool your feet in the sea, refresh your imagination with a market full of comics, and whet your whistle if it's dry… perfect #comics #art #cartoons day out PLEASE SHARE - look at those eager cartoonists’ names… you want to make them happy, don’t you?
Cartoon County is taking over Brighton Open Market for one day only on Sunday May 31st
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
New #SweeneysProgress Patreon post - Watercress. @gregorynorminton.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/waterc...
Sweeney, long haired and bearded has watercress spilling from his mouth as he looks up.Sweeney stands in a small wooded clearing, holding his ragged dress, calling out to the inhabitants of a small reed covered hut.
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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A week tomorrow… On Sunday May 31st Cartoon County is going to takeover all the stalls in Brighton Open Market - come an meet more than two dozen cartoonists, comic makers and artists
The logo for Cartoon County with the mosaic sign for Brighton Open Market promoting the May 31st takeover of market stalls by more than two dozen cartoonists, comick makers and artists
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
The first event “This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS” is now live! 📆 Tuesday 26th May, 7pm We’ll be focussing on wellbeing, on training, on confidence and community-building, and on inclusion. You can reserve your place right here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/this-mess-...
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This Mess Won't Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS
Online roundtable for the comics community on how we take the recommendations of the UK Comics Creators Research Report and make them stick
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Let's talk about YOU, shall we? As in the collective "YOU": the people who make comics, who filled in the UK Comics Creators Survey - ukcomicscreators.org.uk I hope you’re hungry for charts, because lunch is served! WHO ARE YOU? 🧵
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Home - UK Comics Creators Survey
UK Comics Creators Research Report 2026 The most comprehensive overview of comics creators in the UK Drawing on the responses from nearly 700 creators to the UK Comics Creator Survey in autumn 2025, t...
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Vicky Yuh @inkseer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thanks @dannija-yes.bsky.social @claireplmartin.bsky.social @drannehanley.bsky.social for the collaboration and support. Hey, fellow artists: @jordancollver.bsky.social @streakofpith.bsky.social @zaraslattery.bsky.social @mereida.bsky.social @daniellocke.bsky.social @karriefransman.bsky.social
Cover art for a short comic: “Think Syphilis” as the title in squiggly text, with text in bottom right corner saying “written by Danielle Jayes” and “art by Vicky Yuh”. “Treppi” the Bacterium Treponema Pallidum character is wriggling all around the figures of an old painting called "A Rake's Progress: 3 – The Orgy” by William Hogarth.Comic Page 1: "Treppi" the syphilis bacterium introduces itself, sat on old newspapers, in front of a backdrop of older paintings that represent or are tied to syphilis/disease. Medical students discuss rising syphilis cases. There is text throughout the page explaining that syphilis can show up in different ways and in various health settings, not just in sexual health settings.Comic Page 2: Female character visits a dermatology clinic and is seen for a rash on her palms. The doctor says it looks like eczema. She also visits the dentist for the lesions on her tongue and inner lips. She is told it could be oral candidiasis. Text throughout the page goes into how syphilis can present on the skin and in the mouth. Comic Page 3: The female character visits the ophthalmologist, who says it looks like non-infectious uveitis. The character visits the neurologist, who finally asks if she’s ever done a syphilis test. The character is bewildered at the thought of having syphilis. Text throughout the page informs of different things, including how syphilis infections can’t resolve without treatment but can be curable, especially with early testing.
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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
News! CCIC Follows Up the UK Comics Creators Research Report with Online Roundtable Event ‘This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS’ on May 26th. www.brokenfrontier.com/this-mess-wo...
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CCIC Follows Up the UK Comics Creators Research Report with Online Roundtable Event 'This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS' on May 26th – Broken Frontier
The Comics Cultural Impact Collective to hold online conversation ''This Mess Won’t Fix Itself: COMICS CREATORS' event.
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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Did you know that Weds 27 May is jam packed with comics at @hayfestival.bsky.social ? Come and see me @myfanwytristram.bsky.social, @rickardsisters.com, @beckybarnicoat.bsky.social @gemmacorrell.bsky.social @neillcameron.bsky.social and more! Plus relax with a comic at @gnrr.bsky.social 🥰
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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Your right to protest is a truly pressing issue. How do the past stories of one unruly place tie into our contentious present? #NoisyValley: The Art of Protest by @myfanwytristram.bsky.social - out in the UK TOMORROW! 🔗 buff.ly/PlUbjT0 #selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #publishing
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Jamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Here’s my Nibbies 2026 acceptance speech. Thank you to @thebookseller.com for creating the first graphic novel award, I wanted to mark that by talking about comics more widely 💖
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
You may remember the big online roundtables that took place back in 2020? We’re doing them again! Dates & times tbd, but if you add yourself to the CCIC mailing list we’ll let you know the moment any ducks are in a row. 🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆🦆 www.thecomicsculturalimpactcollective.org/Join-Us
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The Comics Cultural Impact Collective
We believe comics have an important place in our culture, one worthy of celebration and support, and we're here to prove it.
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
🔥The results of the UK Comics Creators Survey 2025 are in 🔥 STATS! Come get yer STATS! Fresh juicy STATS! ukcomicscreators.org.uk/wp-content/u...
The front cover of the UK Comics creators research report, by Joanna Rivera-Carlisle, Amanda Nicole Curtis and Hannah Berry May 2026
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Hannah Berry @streakofpith.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
We did this and I think it went ok! Shout outs to @rickardsisters.com @donyatodd.bsky.social @jordancollver.bsky.social @rikworth.bsky.social @mrphoenix.bsky.social and Gareth Brookes but he’s not on here is he. Tsk. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Radio 5 Live - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 5 Live on BBC Sounds
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Chloë Green @okaychloegreen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
I’m going to be on Naga Munchettys Book Club today chatting about comics. Come and listen? 12-1 on BBC Radio 5 📘📕
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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Special EARLY Cartoon County Mon 18 May 630pm Waterstones North St Brighton BN1 1ZA @myfanwytristram.bsky.social & @zebko.bsky.social with @panelborders.bsky.social about their new graphic novels Noisy Valley (SelfMadeHero) Oracles (Avery Hill) 1/2
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Cartoon County: Drawing On Protest & Loss | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about Cartoon County: Drawing On Protest & Loss today.
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Lloyd Meadhbh Houston @lejhouston.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Genuinely thrilled to have collaborated with the amazing Zara Slattery on this comic based my research on sexual health and cultural value. Huge thanks to @drannehanley.bsky.social and @claireplmartin.bsky.social for facilitating it, and to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding the underlying research.
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Crikey I'm on social media a lot today! (Eyes widen in mild shock) Anyways thought I'd share my earworm (👀) whilst time travelling www.instagram.com/p/DXyqiYbjVv...
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
'Battle of the Brows, an adaptation of @lejhouston.bsky.social incredible research. This project is part of UofB's Sexual Health: Past, Present and Future created by @claireplmartin.bsky.social & @drannehanley.bsky.social Part 1 of the project includes...
Introductory cover of Battle of the Brows
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alex moore @notanotheralex.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
full art for Dungeons and Daddies S4 Ep06. hellooooooo hive-mind! www.dungeonsanddaddies.com/episodes/s4ep6 keep up with the Dads on bsky; @dungeonsanddads.bsky.social #art #DnD #TTRPG
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Zara Slattery aka Inksplattery @zaraslattery.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
New Patreon post - Composition and Orientation @gregorynorminton.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/compos...
An 8 paneled pencil page from Sweeney's Progress. Sweeney shocks and young women by his sudden presence. He demands she gives him the watercress she's been collecting - he's hungry, but so is she.
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
A little bit about the graphic novel I'm working on with @zaraslattery.bsky.social. Please take a look.
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Gregory Norminton (@gregorynorminton)
One of the projects I’ve been most dedicated to for years now is a graphic novel adaptation of the great medieval Irish poem, THE MADNESS OF SWEENEY (Buile Shuibhne). This is best known to Anglophone ...
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Gregory Norminton @gregorynorminton.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
On SWEENEY'S PROGRESS: the graphic novel I've been working on with the brilliant @zaraslattery.bsky.social.
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Gregory Norminton (@gregorynorminton)
One of the projects I’ve been most dedicated to for years now is a graphic novel adaptation of the great medieval Irish poem, THE MADNESS OF SWEENEY (Buile Shuibhne). This is best known to Anglophone ...
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Myfanwy Tristram @myfanwytristram.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Just a month to go! 🤯
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