Look at that art, y'all! This book is gorgeous and full of so much emotion and so many ideas and I still don't know how we tricked all these extraordinary people to give us stories, but please look at it and back the campaign before they realize what a foolish mistake they've made.

Arthur N. Ebuen@artebuen.bsky.social · 42m ago

Guests a the Edge of Heaven: written by Ringo Award winner @danverzone.bsky.social (Transphoria, Sharp Wit & The Company of Women, The Color of Always), art by Ringo Award winner @eileenwdj.bsky.social (Monster High, Transphoria, Rise and Fall of Icarus), and lettered by @bencranewrites.com.

The Systemic Kickstarter is so close to $4K you can taste it!* Check out the campaign and get some incredible speculative fiction comics from some of your favorite indie creators--and maybe find a few new favorites while you're at it! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

SYSTEMIC VOL. 2: A 92-page SF/F anthology

The hit anthology returns with nine all-new stories where infinitely critical human lives and systemic forces grind together.

kickstarter.com

REMASTERED EPISODE! We're celebrating HANS VOGEL V2'S release this week w/ TWO @sierrabravoart.bsky.social interviews! This first is a remastered 2023 chat, and this coming Friday's will be brand new! This Vogel character sure gets around for a dead guy.... robotsfromtomorrow.net/barnes-hansv...

Shout out to the Lifeline peeps for giving this anthology a push - I cannot WAIT to see all the wonderful tales in it that explore the intersecting elements that define the human condition in society and in ourselves.

Phil Falco@philfalcowrites.bsky.social · 16h ago

"In a world that is dominated by large, faceless, and uncaring systems, an anthology spotlighting the importance of humanity and individualism is more important than ever." Full thoughts: lifelinecomics.substack.com/i/200517103/... #SYSTEMIC Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

Systemic's Kickstarter campaign is an "instant back." Read why below. Thank you so much, Phil!!

Phil Falco@philfalcowrites.bsky.social · 16h ago

"In a world that is dominated by large, faceless, and uncaring systems, an anthology spotlighting the importance of humanity and individualism is more important than ever." Full thoughts: lifelinecomics.substack.com/i/200517103/... #SYSTEMIC Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

You can now also check out our Ringo-nominated anthology for free until Aug 26, when voting closes, on Comix.one! If you like it, we'd love your vote for Best Anthology at ringoawards.com!

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C.K. Carpenter 🏳️‍🌈🌻🍉@ckcarpenter.bsky.social · 6d ago

COMICS CREATORS, Our Ringo-nominated anthology unSEEN/unHEARD: Disability & Neurodivergence is now free to read on GlobalComix and Ko-fi (promo code RINGO26) until Aug 26, when voting closes. If you enjoy it, please VOTE for us for Best Anthology! unseenunheard.carrd.co

Co-host, Jessi Maison, has a comic in Systemic! It's inspired by Changelings from Celtic folklore. It's anti-AI. Will the AI Changelings or humans win this battle? Get your copy of Systemic to find out! @jessicamaison.bsky.social @artebuen.bsky.social @michael-judd.bsky.social @bencranewrites.com

Arthur N. Ebuen@artebuen.bsky.social · yesterday

CHANGELING.AI: written by Nebula Award winner @jessicamaison.bsky.social (Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters, Plastic Girl) & @michael-judd.bsky.social (New Girl, Young Sheldon), art by Olga Wieszczyk (Fantastic Frights, A Perfect Match). Link below to back Systemic Vol. 2 on @kickstarter.com today!

Sometimes I do dark speculative fiction. When I do, I'm at my happiest. I am thrilled to have this piece in the capable hands of @artebuen.bsky.social and @bencranewrites.com It's great to write with @michael-judd.bsky.social again! There's more to come! Definitely, check out Systemic!

Arthur N. Ebuen@artebuen.bsky.social · yesterday

CHANGELING.AI: written by Nebula Award winner @jessicamaison.bsky.social (Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters, Plastic Girl) & @michael-judd.bsky.social (New Girl, Young Sheldon), art by Olga Wieszczyk (Fantastic Frights, A Perfect Match). Link below to back Systemic Vol. 2 on @kickstarter.com today!

We've been working with some truly extraordinary folks to put these stories together. I'm SO excited to finally be sharing more about them. If they look cool to you (which of course they do, they are extremely cool, just like you), you should go back the book! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

Arthur N. Ebuen@artebuen.bsky.social · yesterday

CHANGELING.AI: written by Nebula Award winner @jessicamaison.bsky.social (Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters, Plastic Girl) & @michael-judd.bsky.social (New Girl, Young Sheldon), art by Olga Wieszczyk (Fantastic Frights, A Perfect Match). Link below to back Systemic Vol. 2 on @kickstarter.com today!

CHANGELING.AI: written by Nebula Award winner @jessicamaison.bsky.social (Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters, Plastic Girl) & @michael-judd.bsky.social (New Girl, Young Sheldon), art by Olga Wieszczyk (Fantastic Frights, A Perfect Match). Link below to back Systemic Vol. 2 on @kickstarter.com today!

your first peek at the gay witches short @susanlbridges.bsky.social and I wrote, with art by the phenomenal @andrearosales.bsky.social and letters by the remarkable @airy.bsky.social, for the Systemic anthology! Now funding on Kickstarter!

SYSTEMIC VOL. 2: A 92-page SF/F anthology

The hit anthology returns with nine all-new stories where infinitely critical human lives and systemic forces grind together.

kickstarter.com

Arthur N. Ebuen@artebuen.bsky.social · 2d ago

Battles Lost and Won: written by @susanlbridges.bsky.social & @tillybridges.bsky.social (Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming, DC's Princesses of Power, Monster High, Just Another Summer), art by @andrearosales.bsky.social (Gamer Girl & Vixen: Tyrant Lizard Queen, Teotihuacan). Link in comments!

It's Monday, and I'm struggling to get motivated. Luckily, great sci-fi comics motivate me! Let's all check out Systemic over on Kickstarter!

Arthur N. Ebuen@artebuen.bsky.social · 6d ago

Systemic Vol. 2 is now LIVE on @kickstarter.com! Nine all-new stories over 92 total pages. Click here to back the campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

Battles Lost and Won: written by @susanlbridges.bsky.social & @tillybridges.bsky.social (Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming, DC's Princesses of Power, Monster High, Just Another Summer), art by @andrearosales.bsky.social (Gamer Girl & Vixen: Tyrant Lizard Queen, Teotihuacan). Link in comments!

Fanbase Press' Middle Grade series, SHRUB, features...well, a shrub...on a cross-country adventure exploring the various ways that we allow grief to take “root.” Issue #3 will soon be available digitally via @hoopladigital.bsky.social & @comicsplus.bsky.social on August 12!

Should You Network or Table at San Diego Comic-Con? Find out in our newsletter: lifelinecomics.substack.com/p/should-you...

@bencranewrites.com is a talented writer & editor. He's helped me before, & it always made the work stronger. He has a Kickstarter anthology live right now. Check it out along with this interview. SYSTEMIC VOL. 2: A 92-page SF/F anthology, via @Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

SYSTEMIC VOL. 2: A 92-page SF/F anthology

The hit anthology returns with nine all-new stories where infinitely critical human lives and systemic forces grind together.

kickstarter.com

Keeping it Geekly@keepingitgeekly.bsky.social · 5d ago

It's time to Keep it Geekly w/ @bencranewrites.com!! We are chatting about the importance of an editor, creating comics + much more ☄️🌌 You can find episode #520 by hitting the 🔗 in the 🧵

Early bird deals end this evening! (actually true this time) Go check it out and get some great comics from some incredible creators! We're SO CLOSE to 100 backers, and I need that number go up dopamine hit!

Arthur N. Ebuen@artebuen.bsky.social · 6d ago

Systemic Vol. 2 is now LIVE on @kickstarter.com! Nine all-new stories over 92 total pages. Click here to back the campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

Systemic Vol. 2 is now LIVE on @kickstarter.com! Nine all-new stories over 92 total pages. Click here to back the campaign: www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

THIS SATURDAY!! GET HYPE!! @fantomcomics.bsky.social

A little under an hour left to get early bird discounts on Systemic! Treat yourself to some comics. You deserve it.

Ben Crane@bencranewrites.com · last wk.

SYSTEMIC: Vol 2 is LIVE from me and @artebuen.bsky.social! 9 short comics about the massive forces that control our world and the lives spent beneath them. I am so proud of this book and all of our wildly talented teams! Check it out and get Early Bird discounts! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

the Systemic anthology Kickstarter is live! @susanlbridges.bsky.social and i have a story about gay witches in it that you don’t want to miss! It’s got stunning art from @andrearosales.bsky.social and gorgeous letters from @airy.bsky.social! and there’s tons of other amazing creators involved! GO!

Ben Crane@bencranewrites.com · last wk.

SYSTEMIC: Vol 2 is LIVE from me and @artebuen.bsky.social! 9 short comics about the massive forces that control our world and the lives spent beneath them. I am so proud of this book and all of our wildly talented teams! Check it out and get Early Bird discounts! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

This anthology contains the piece I did with Michael Judd and Olga Wieszczyk inspired by Changeling folklore and insidious AI. Don't miss SYSTEMIC VOL. 2! @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/art... @michael-judd.bsky.social @artebuen.bsky.social @bencranewrites.com @mcholly1.bsky.social

SYSTEMIC VOL. 2: A 92-page SF/F anthology

The hit anthology returns with nine all-new stories where infinitely critical human lives and systemic forces grind together.

kickstarter.com

Brent and Eileen made a truly sublime piece that cuts to the very heart of what it is to live. It's gonna knock you on your ass, and you'll know yourself better when you find the wherewithal to stand back up again. Go check it out!

Brent@danverzone.bsky.social · last wk.

SYSTEMIC: Volume 2 is *live* And I have a great story with the amazing @eileenwdj.bsky.social! It's probably one of my more favorite things I've composed, because I truly embraced the brief of confronting prevalent and prescient forces facing who we are and what we believe in now.

Please lend your support to Systemic Volume 2! This comic anthology has a stacked list of creators behind it and I’m super thrilled to have worked with @tillybridges.bsky.social , @susanlbridges.bsky.social and @airy.bsky.social on a magical story! ✨The Kickstarter just launched, so back it today!

Ben Crane@bencranewrites.com · last wk.

SYSTEMIC: Vol 2 is LIVE from me and @artebuen.bsky.social! 9 short comics about the massive forces that control our world and the lives spent beneath them. I am so proud of this book and all of our wildly talented teams! Check it out and get Early Bird discounts! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

Heeey, I got a very unusual cyberpunk story in here wirh a world and characters I have been working on for 10 years in this fantastic anthology wirh some of the indie scenes best. (No idea how my deck hacked me into this but I will take it.) Please click the link and support!

Ben Crane@bencranewrites.com · last wk.

SYSTEMIC: Vol 2 is LIVE from me and @artebuen.bsky.social! 9 short comics about the massive forces that control our world and the lives spent beneath them. I am so proud of this book and all of our wildly talented teams! Check it out and get Early Bird discounts! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

read my comic about two people who come into the relationship with massive power imbalances, are probably fucked up together, and navigate it like adults

Lan ⛈️@aquapunked.bsky.social · last wk.

UPDATE DAY 🏜️ #TheTitan is a post-apoc dramedy romance between a guy and a girl who are NOT having fun right now. #romance #SpecFic #CliFi #TransMen #TransHet #TM4F #comicoop #OCsky 🦾 Latest: titancomic.net 🦾 Start: titancomic.net/comic/v1c1 🦾 Patreon: patreon.com/lo

SYSTEMIC: Vol 2 is LIVE from me and @artebuen.bsky.social! 9 short comics about the massive forces that control our world and the lives spent beneath them. I am so proud of this book and all of our wildly talented teams! Check it out and get Early Bird discounts! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

SYSTEMIC VOL. 2: A 92-page SF/F anthology

The hit anthology returns with nine all-new stories where infinitely critical human lives and systemic forces grind together.

kickstarter.com

Volume 2 of my sci-fi/fantasy anthology about the personal weight of systemic pressures launches VERY SOON with 9 all-new comics from some truly awesome creators! We've got everything from the dehumanizing horror of AI to a lyrical meditation on death, anti-capitalist heists to ageless romance.

Ben Crane@bencranewrites.com · 3w ago

Do you like SF/F #comics that ask big questions about the structures that define our societies and the people trapped beneath them, made by a diverse roster of some of the coolest folks working in comics? Get notified for launch day deals! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

excited my copies of SCATTERED FUTURES arrived!! aaa it looks so good in person!! HUGE thanks and congratulations to fearless writer @bencranewrites.com and fellow story artists @jnyfmg.bsky.social and @m3rtyn.bsky.social !!

Dear friends -- if you subscribe me to your substack, I am going to immediately unsubscribe. Please know that I would love to hear what you're up to. Just not there. It truly isn't you. It's them.