There's a special place in hell for those who take "What's your favorite _____" posts as an opportunity to hawk their own work
Will Aickman
@aickmanwill.bsky.social
Destiny will draw the lightning Down from heaven, roll its thunder
🔥Yo! I had the honor of making the cover for the coolest comic, made by the coolest people🔥 "A deserting corsair and his hostage, an old pregnant priestess from Ile, must join forces to escape the leader of a vengeful insurgent group... by going Down North Where No One Goes!"
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · 3w agoMy friend @aickmanwill.bsky.social and I are making a bronze age-inspired sci-fantasy comic: Down North, Where No One Goes. We've received few but great lil reviews of issue 1 (available digital and physical). So, we hope you like issue 2! Coming *very* soon! Less than a month! Help us, share! 💀🖤
My friend @aickmanwill.bsky.social and I are making a bronze age-inspired sci-fantasy comic: Down North, Where No One Goes. We've received few but great lil reviews of issue 1 (available digital and physical). So, we hope you like issue 2! Coming *very* soon! Less than a month! Help us, share! 💀🖤
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · last yr.Hey all! I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help. Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!! Thanks bye!🔥
The Humble Bundle site has had a lot of SFF novel bundles lately, and the latest is a Gene Wolfe bundle put together by Tor:
Humble Book Bundle: The Ultimate Gene Wolfe Library by Tor Books
Get a massive library of the best of sci-fi and fantasy master Gene Wolfe! Choose what you pay, and support Alzheimer’s Research UK with your purchase!
humblebundle.com
🍂 𝔊𝔯𝔢𝔞𝔱 𝔎𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔎𝔯𝔞𝔱𝔱 🎃 The dim-winged spirits of the night Do fear and serve me well. They creep from out the hedges of The fields where I dwell... ...Then dig a treasure called the moon, A very precious thing, And keep it in the air for me Because I am a King!
AAAAAAND WE GOT A COVER FOR ISSUE 2!! Courtesy of EXCELLENT artist and friend @pbbeta.bsky.social! Couldn't ask for better art!🖤🔥
pbbeta (comms open)@pbbeta.bsky.social · last wk.🔥Yo! I had the honor of making the cover for the coolest comic, made by the coolest people🔥 "A deserting corsair and his hostage, an old pregnant priestess from Ile, must join forces to escape the leader of a vengeful insurgent group... by going Down North Where No One Goes!"
Nothing I love more than a British writer setting a story in the US and then having characters go on at length about candyfloss
"A seemingly simple narrative that hinted at a deep well of humanity and charm" - AIPT COMICS "A wonderfully grounded yet creative piece of fiction fiction with a surprising framing device" - ILLUMINATED Digital: ramonkey.itch.io/down-north-w... Physical: strangerspublishing.com/products/dow...
I own three copies of issue 1 and have read all three. It's that good! So do yourself a favor and go read this before the next issue comes out next month!
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · 3w ago"A seemingly simple narrative that hinted at a deep well of humanity and charm" - AIPT COMICS "A wonderfully grounded yet creative piece of fiction fiction with a surprising framing device" - ILLUMINATED Digital: ramonkey.itch.io/down-north-w... Physical: strangerspublishing.com/products/dow...
be ready cause I'm gonna be sooooo insisting with this, we've worked so hard
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · 3w ago"A seemingly simple narrative that hinted at a deep well of humanity and charm" - AIPT COMICS "A wonderfully grounded yet creative piece of fiction fiction with a surprising framing device" - ILLUMINATED Digital: ramonkey.itch.io/down-north-w... Physical: strangerspublishing.com/products/dow...
Believe me when I say Ramon has masterminded something awesome here, and the next issue will take you to even more fantastic and unexpected places. And I wrote a song for this one!
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · 3w agoMy friend @aickmanwill.bsky.social and I are making a bronze age-inspired sci-fantasy comic: Down North, Where No One Goes. We've received few but great lil reviews of issue 1 (available digital and physical). So, we hope you like issue 2! Coming *very* soon! Less than a month! Help us, share! 💀🖤
Even outside of The Problem, I can't tell you how little I would like to read a 1,260 page novel by China Mieville (or anybody, really)
I legitimately think less of anyone who seeks to illustrate a point using the work of Randall Munroe
How lucky I am to be able to collaborate with artists I had long admired, and to find out they are delightful people.
I really like Prometheus, but I think one of its problems is that it makes all of human life revolve around the Alien mythology. I prefer the idea that the xenomorph wasnt particularly special…it was one monster in a vast, infinite dark full of monsters. Thats more interesting than the xeno itself.
After I absolutely loathed his first collection, people kept telling me that John Langan's later stuff was much better and to check some of that out. My question, after a long series of second chances, is "how much later is later"
After I absolutely loathed his first collection, people kept telling me that John Langan's later stuff was much better and to check some of that out. My question, after a long series of second chances, is "how much later is later"
The reality of it is that none of you losers want to make art. If you wanted to make art you'd shut up and go do it. What you want is attention and recognition and praise and frankly you'll have a better shot at it quitting your job to become a human pet.
All you worthless wastes of skin have had TWO+ YEARS with these tools now. Go make something undeniable. Go make something people can't help but take notice of. You fucking can't, and honestly I don't think it's the "tools" I think you are all personally devoid of a soul.
These people will never shut the fuck up and make something worthwhile with their stupid slop machines but they will endlessly whine and whine and whine and whine about not getting credit for being able to pull the arm on a slot machine. Simply not enough scorn heaped upon them yet.
The Observer@theobserveruk.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn defence of AI slop: we should embrace open access to creativity, not condemn it Look past the Donald Trump superhero memes and the new software gives us the chance to democratise creative production. No wonder art’s cultural gatekeepers are worried ✍️ Jack Riley https://bit.ly/3SpzFQ4
This is one of the best comic book anthologies I ever had the pleasure of reading. Great writing and art, and a true love letter to the spirit of Wolfe's New Sun. I don't know how accessible it is to get it now, but even just the PDF/ e-book is worth having. I read it first on my kobo, then print
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · 2mo agoBook of Fuligin is a weird sci-fantasy comics anthology in honor of Gene Wolfe that me and a bunch of excellent artists created in 2022-24. I realized that many people who follow me here don't know about it, so it's time to change that.
Weird fiction and cyberpunk authors need to watch more 1970s neonoir, fantasy authors need to read more pre-1950s grotesque fantasy books, I will not be explaining myself at this or any other time.
Look at that pristine Artyom cover!
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · 2mo agoBook of Fuligin is a weird sci-fantasy comics anthology in honor of Gene Wolfe that me and a bunch of excellent artists created in 2022-24. I realized that many people who follow me here don't know about it, so it's time to change that.
I did not realize this was still available! THE BOOK OF FULIGIN, the Gene Wolfe / Urth anthology fan comic by many of the best artists on here including some of my friends. I ordered a copy!
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt holds some neat 4.5 stars on Goodreads and has received praise from both Wolfe and comics fans for over two years. To my knowledge, you still can purchase the last units at Strangers'site (link below) And maybe then we can reprint it some day... Cheers strangerspublishing.com/products/boo...
It was one of the honors of my life when Ramon asked me to be part of this project. Still unreal to share a table of contents with such a murderer's row of brilliant artists and writers, and to know some of them as friends.
Ramonkey Perales@ramonkey.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt holds some neat 4.5 stars on Goodreads and has received praise from both Wolfe and comics fans for over two years. To my knowledge, you still can purchase the last units at Strangers'site (link below) And maybe then we can reprint it some day... Cheers strangerspublishing.com/products/boo...
Book of Fuligin is a weird sci-fantasy comics anthology in honor of Gene Wolfe that me and a bunch of excellent artists created in 2022-24. I realized that many people who follow me here don't know about it, so it's time to change that.
Another totally hypothetical niche curse would be having a 'preeminent expert' for an important SFF author publishing all their analytical work through the imprint of a famous white supremacist. Again, totally hypothetical!
𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ@gorangligovic.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf a warlock wanted to curse a genre he could perhaps 1) make every single written work within its confines feature a foreword by the same sex criminal or maybe 2) have the most lucrative entry be authored by a crazed bigot and hang on a minute
Never Gonna Stop this Ape on Mars! My snake-tossing cryptic retro adventure, Encroacher: Snakes, is OUT NOW!
The Crimson Diamond is 2 years old today!! 🎉🎉 I've planned fun stuff! 1️⃣ the game is 30% off, its deepest discount EVER: store.steampowered.com/app/1098770/The_Crimson_Diamond/ 2️⃣ Party tonight, 8pm Eastern! Giveaways, cake, 2 awesome announcements! Celebrate with me! twitch.tv/a_maplemystery
