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SEA LEGS! By @julesbakes.bsky.social and me!! Scholastic Graphix! Super awesome agent @comicsispeople.bsky.social! Dreamy amazing editor @yourfriendmaya.bsky.social! Incredible visionary designer @shecallsmecdawg.bsky.social! I love this team & I'm so excited to have a new book out in the world. 💙⛵

Sample page from Sea Legs. Janey is snorkling.

Sample page from Sea Legs. Janey describes a "blue hole".

Sample page from Sea Legs. Janey, still snorkeling, is scared to swim over the blue hole.

Sample page from Sea Legs. Janey is frozen, staring out at the blue darkness.

We got another starred review!! Thank you Booklist~ ⭐ Sea Legs comes out on Feb 4 from Scholastic/Graphix!

"Inspired by the author's childhood at sea, this graphic novel, by two lifelong friends, is a visually and emotionally vibrant must-read." - Booklist starred review for the graphic novel SEA LEGS

STAR OF THE SHOW JANEY

The text is even bigger. "Age-appropriately narcissistic"
Janey sweats a lot. "Um. A-Actually."

The text is bigger. "Age-appropriately narcissistic"
Janey backs up, super awkward, blushing now. "My mom wants me. I'm dehydrated. I have to go."

The text is bigger. "Age-appropriately narcissistic"
From off panel, a word balloon says "Pretend you're important." Janey strikes an awkward pose. "Important."

Astrid is on the verge of laughter, she can't hold it in. "Janey. You are... SO age-appropriately narcissistic"
Janey poses, triumphant. "I KNOW." with a big WAHAHA laugh in the background.

Janey janey janey janeyyyy

School Library Journal review quote: "Janey is just like any other kid:"

The text is bigger. "Age-appropriately narcissistic"
Janey has three dots over her head as she looks at a phone, sweating.

Zenith @zenithknig.ht · 2y ago

Good morning, why do people start emails with "howdy"? Have some decorum, please, it's "how do ye"

a man wearing a top hat is standing on a boat .

ALT: a man wearing a top hat is standing on a boat .

media.tenor.com

gotchu

Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 2y ago

"OptumRx, the group’s pharmacy benefit manager, along with its two main peers, Express Scripts and CVS Caremark Rx, have pocketed an extra $7.3 billion over cost thanks to price gouging, according to the findings of a report by the Federal Trade Commission." Lina Khan really is That Girl.

UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%

The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.

fortune.com

Carey Pietsch @careydraws.bsky.social · 2y ago

Is Apple Intelligence™ supposed to be an ironic product name or

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bird zine 2 almost done... it's fun to make a little pokedex excerpt of which local guys I've been thinking about lately

Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 2y ago

🎹👻ICYMI - Yesterday I got to announce my next graphic novel, Free Piano (Not Haunted). This book is the book of my heart. A spooky, musical adventure about chasing dreams, finding your voice, and navigating family and fame. Your support of this one would mean the world to me. bit.ly/FPpreorder

Chris “Mutton” Button @bibbybhoy.bsky.social · 2y ago

Big news from an Australian senate committee, finding that generative AI has committed “unprecedented theft” from creatives. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

Senators say generative AI represents 'unprecedented theft' and must be forced to pay creators for their work

Generative artificial intelligence tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT should be deemed "high-risk" under dedicated legislation that could enable the most dangerous technologies to be banned, a bipartisan com...

abc.net.au

William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 2y ago

Do you look for ale and cakes here, you rude rascals?

Dane will return at Urban Bird Fest!@monkeyminion.com · 2y ago

Me, when I block someone knowing that blocks on Bluesky are public:

a woman wearing a black hat and veil is talking to cersei .

ALT: a woman wearing a black hat and veil is talking to cersei .

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Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2y ago

And when you block someone, YOU no longer appear in THEIR timeline, meaning it's much harder for them to mobilize their followers to harass you. The nuclear block is great. But it's worth noting that who you block isn't private and can be accessed via third party apps, if that's a concern to you.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 2y ago

Here I am Block you like a hurricane

a black and white photo of a man singing into a microphone while smoking a cigarette .

ALT: a black and white photo of a man singing into a microphone while smoking a cigarette .

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we will we will BLOCK YOU

★ Artic ★@articbleu.bsky.social · 2y ago

A felted mouse with a conical hat holding a small audio jack as a makeshift knife and a berry with the caption "I am plagued by concepts" as it stares distantly into space.

Mia@missmia.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey bsky, I have a very open question for you all. Why do you create art?

George @hannahtempler.com · 2y ago

So excited for y’all to read this graphic novel adaptation of THE RAVEN BOYS! @maggiestiefvater.bsky.social, @sasmilledge.bsky.social and Stephanie Williams have put in the work to make a stunning book. #theravencycle #comics #graphicnovels

TEAR IT DOWN! from new comic for overwatch :^)

a page from the comic "Tear It Down" for Overwatch's release of a new hero, Hazard. Hazard, a large white man with white spiky hair and punk-stylized body mods, is drawn hanging out of the back of a hover truck with his compatriots, the Phreaks. Boomslang, a black woman with braids and neon stylings + body modifications, and Susannah, a fat, short omnic with rose tattoos and a trenchcoat, fire futuristic looking guns while two other Phreaks hang back mysteriously in the shadows of the box truck. The truck tears through a futuristic looking city backlit by a giant moon in the night sky. The colors are bright neon purples, greens, pinks and blues

sparth @sparth.bsky.social · 2y ago

I really need to post this one as a reminder to move my butt and do more in this style.

Sara Alfageeh @saraalfageeh.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hello! Happy to finally be here! I'm Sara, a Jordanian illustrator working in publishing + video games! ⚔️I'm co-creator of the award-winning graphic novel SQUIRE, among other books. ✨I draw covers, posters, and books that re-define what a protagonist looks like

Miranda Harmon @mirandaharmon.bsky.social · 2y ago

Talking on the phone

A cat in her pink bedroom talks on the phone to a bird in her magic castle

Dr. Jess Hebert @jesshebert.bsky.social · 2y ago

Amet consectetur egg sandwich

The Great Lucario@thegreatlucario.bsky.social · 3y ago

Just realized Bluesky has moderation setting? I set mine to "sensibly horny posts only"

Looks like Blue Sky has done another moderation update, remember if you wanna see NSFW art to go into your settings and make sure these are off

So thrilled to announce a new deal, a new graphic novel featuring Giancarlo Esposito (aka "Moff Gideon" for those who partake of the Star War), written with Matt Wheeler and drawn by Jay Martin!

Giancarlo Esposito Moves Into Graphic Novels With ‘The Venetian’

EXCLUSIVE: Giancarlo Esposito, star of series including Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad, is staying in the criminal underworld with his latest project. Esposito, coming off another turn as the sophi...

deadline.com

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3y ago

Every time a rando book karen emails a literary agent about something a client said on social media, an angel gets its wings.

First of all it's not a "distraction" that state governments are banning books. Second, the people banning books are *also* gutting public education! It's the same fucking problem! www.nytimes.com/2024/03/06/o...

Steve Lieber@stevelieberart.bsky.social · 3y ago

Word to the wise. 👍👇

Been a while since I shared this early freelance story. One of my first publishers had a terrible rep for not paying their freelancers. But I needed published samples so I painted a comic for them: 28 pages start-to-finish in watercolor & gouache. Sure enough, I got lots of excuses but no check. 1/6

Guy Pradel @pradaldi.bsky.social · 3y ago

I want to reprint my train good sticker (and WTYP fanart !) but maybe with more designs on similar subjects.

Sticker illustration, a train with monster truck tires crush cars.
Text : Train good Car bad