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Jenny Hackett

@loosechangeling.bsky.social

Trans comic creator, writer and musician. I used to be a CompSci academic, but now I write stories about being a bit mental. You might know me elsewhere as lambdagrrl. https://linktr.ee/loosechangeling

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Crowsa Luxemburg @quendergeer.bsky.social · 5d ago

sry i fridgemogged u or w/e i fw them tho frfr plummaxxing

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · last wk.

Dreams & Nightmares into its final few hours on Kickstarter, and just over the £3000 stretch goal to make it a hardback! Back our book for 100 pages of comics by new and upcoming creators, now in an even more attractive package! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Graphic featuring the Dreams & Nightmares cover by Peter Dobbin, showing a skull of dead flowers and its reflection as a vase of blooming flowers.

Text: "FINAL DAY ON KICKSTARTER
LIVE THE DREAM NOW"

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · last wk.

Kickstarter just named the Dreams & Nightmares anthology as a 'Project We Love'! Clearly they deeply want to see us smash that £3k stretch goal before we end tomorrow! Let's do it! Not long to go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 2w ago

Downgrade a movie: The Sandwich Maker, the Embezzler, his Fiancée and her Pal

AmandaJealous@amandajealous.bsky.social · 2w ago

Downgrade a movie: Scott Pilgrim vs Some Guys

Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open)@hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thinking of my favorite pic of Jack Kirby on his birthday. Alan Moore is definitely emitting an aura of untamed creativity here but Kirby really is the intimidating one here.

Black and white picture of an older Jack Kirby looking at a lurching Alan Moore leaning into a microphone on a table

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · 2w ago

Treading the thin line between dream and myth with @harveyhamer.bsky.social and Asia Kazub. One story from this year's DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES anthology, funding on Kickstarter now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

A comic in the style of an aged mosaic, by Harvey Hamer and Azia Kazub.

Text: "DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A SURREAL ANTHOLOGY WITH A TWIST FROM WIP COMICS
FUNDING ON KICKSTARTER NOW"

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 2w ago

I know a movie is good when, by the end of the evening, I have an idea for a comic in my head

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · 2w ago

We're funded! Now on to our £3000 stretch goal to make the book a hardback! To help hit that, you can now add a commission from WIP artists @mike-armstrong.com, @rasputinzero.bsky.social, @willhudsoncomics.bsky.social or Asia Kazub to your pledge! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 2w ago

The best tribute to Dolly Parton is that she regularly and repeatedly refused to have anything to do with Piers Morgan

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RIP Dolly Parton.

Never met her, never interviewed her (despite decades of unrequited requests) but thought she was utterly fabulous in every way.

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 2w ago

Camp Miasma did not disappoint

Mike Armstrong @mike-armstrong.com · 2w ago

We are -so close- to being funded, and our stretch goal of making the book a hardcover is less than £700 away! Can YOU help us over the line? www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik... #comics #crowdfunding #kickstarter

Dreams and Nightmares: the 2026 WIP Comics Anthology

A collection of comics on the duality of dreams and nightmares - with a twist! Collects comics from over 50 indie creators.

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WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · 2w ago

Almost 90% funded! Back now and help us live our dreams!

WIP Comics@wipcomics.bsky.social · last mo.

Our DREAMS & NIGHTMARES anthology is live on Kickstarter now! Featuring stories by over 50 creators, each with a literal twist - you have to turn the book itself around to fully experience them! Cover art by @peterdobbin.bsky.social! Back here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Image of a vase of blooming flowers reflected as a skull full of wilting ones!

TEXT: "DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES LIVE ON KICKSTARTER NOW"

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 3w ago

The problem with "superheroes are modern mythology" is that superheroes are paranoid while mythology is schizoid. For more information, smash your nearest copies of "Society of the Spectacle" and "Anti-Oedipus" together until they make babies.

Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open)@hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · last mo.

This needs quite a bit of signatures and you can just be a comic reader to sign it. You ever read Hellboy and want to help the next generation of creators make their Hellboy, this is the kinda stuff we got to do to ensure that. Sick of seeing corp mindsets destroy creative life’s into nothingness

Jimmy Presler 🐴@jimmypresler.bsky.social · last mo.

Sign this petition to show your support for keeping Senior Editors in the Dark Horse Workers Union. actionnetwork.org/petitions/dh...

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 3w ago

My blocker injection bled. Cis women will never know the anxiety of having to blot blood out of their clothes in a public convenience (I hope it's obvious this is a joke.)

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 3w ago

I think I've just written one of the weirdest comedy routines ever Which given my aesthetic goal is "ceremonial magic but make it clown", is probably a good thing??

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've been reading the Iliad

A woman in Greek armour leaping while holding a javelin

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · 3w ago

Take a surreal look at life down the farm with Peter Hobson and @lomcia.bsky.social. One story from this year's DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES anthology, funding on Kickstarter now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

A portrait of a family of farm animals wearing human clothes, from a comic by Pete Hobson and lomcia.

Text: "DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A SURREAL ANTHOLOGY WITH A TWIST FROM WIP COMICS
FUNDING ON KICKSTARTER NOW"

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · 3w ago

A nightmarish reunion for @nickbryan.com, Elena Artese and @robjoneswrites.bsky.social after their story in last year's book, as one man endures every possible bad dream. One story from this year's DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES anthology, funding on Kickstarter now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Panel by Elena Artese of an adult man finding himself naked in a school classroom with other kids laughing at him.

Text - "DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A SURREAL ANTHOLOGY WITH A TWIST FROM WIP COMICS
FUNDING ON KICKSTARTER NOW"

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 4w ago

Tyger tyger burning bright He got out of his cage I am scared of the tyger They're Great! (predators) But they can't change their stripes So they get confused on zebra crossings

Katie West @katiewest.bsky.social · 4w ago

My thoughts on Image publishing a new Warren Ellis book.

I have spent the day re-reading the entirety of SoManyOfUs.com, including every testimonial. I’ve also re-read dozens of documents and communications from the transformative justice action SMOU-TJ and Warren Ellis started. I wanted to remember the hope I held at that time. I also wanted to see if I could approach this moment with gratitude instead of anger.
To believe in transformative justice is to believe people capable of change. But, as our mediator said during the process, “transformation is heartbreak.” It is crushing and painful, but it is also our right as human beings. I haven’t spoken to Warren Ellis in over 6 years. I don’t know who he is now. I don’t know how he’s changed, but I’m sure he has. I know Warren read all of SoManyOfUs.com and I can’t imagine an outcome where doing so doesn’t change you. But, as Kai Cheng Thom says, “Change is inevitable, growth is optional.” I was often sad that Warren, when confronted with the consequences of his actions, didn’t react in the way I expected him to. But I am grateful it led to me untangling 15 years of complicated feelings and hurtful actions.
I’m grateful that I believe we can change and hold ourselves accountable in this world. But, quoting our mediator again, “being called to accountability feels like being reminded that your shit stinks. and coming clean is hard to do.” It can feel impossible to look in the mirror and confront the worst version of ourselves. Without having the necessary support systems in place to make it possible, I don’t blame or fault anyone for not being able to do it.
We all tried our best. When our attempt at a community accountability action failed, I was disappointed, but grateful that we tried. And grateful to know that Warren had tried, too.

I currently work as an editor in comics, with books I work on being published by Image. I love comics. I love the comics community and how we all keep making them despite it being so hard, with no financial security, and no safety nets. I see groups within the community doing so much good and fighting hard to make the industry more sustainable and safer for everyone involved.
But there is no set process for anyone in the comics community to account for our actions and change our behaviour after harm or abuse has happened. This has led many people to be forced out of the industry – victims, perpetrators, and witnesses. My heart hurts for all the people who were bullied, ostracized, shunned, or threatened out of this community, particularly those I spoke to back in June and July of 2020, impacted by Warren’s actions. I hope one day this changes.
I’m grateful to everyone who was wondered if Warren has “made amends to the satisfaction of all involved.” It shows me solidarity and care are widespread within comics. I wouldn’t say I’m satisfied, but I also would say I am no longer personally invested in Warren’s transformation.
I am personally invested in the books I work on that come out with Image, and I really hope you don’t take any disappointment you feel in Image’s actions out on the creators whose work they publish. Seeing people boycotting Image comics feels a cruel joke when that directly affects my livelihood and that of the people who respect and support me. But I get it – this seems like a financial decision from Image, so respond in a financial fashion. I hope we can all keep ourselves open to change in the future.
My resolve to expand my capacity to hope for change – after a night of anger and crying and shouting – is renewed. Thanks for hearing me out and for reading all of this.

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 4w ago

Off to an open mic where I'm going to talk to the ghost of William Blake

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · 4w ago

I wonder if the fake Dobby grave story was made up to convince us that HP is still a powerful cultural force Otoh I saw my family yesterday and people ended up talking about hecking butterbeer so maybe it still is

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · last mo.

In Paul Dale's comic for the anthology, we plunge into the cultural depths of his recurring dreams. One story from this year's DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES anthology, funding on Kickstarter now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Panel by Paul Dale featuring a man in a red t-short dropping into a hole with a "POOOOOF" sound effect.

Caption: "DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A SURREAL ANTHOLOGY WITH A TWIST BY WIP COMICS
FUNDING ON KICKSTARTER NOW"

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · last mo.

We join a surreal robbery in progress in this comic by Bavo. But whose dream (or nightmare) is it? Find out in this story from the DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES anthology, funding on Kickstarter now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

Seieres of comic panels showing a thief entering a museum and a guard shouting "WHO GOES THERE?", caption says "BAVO".

Text at the bottom: "DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A SURREAL ANTHOLOGY WITH A TWIST FROM WIP COMICS
FUNDING ON KICKSTARTER NOW"

WIP Comics @wipcomics.bsky.social · last mo.

A beautiful journey into dreams and nightmares at the same time from @dzook-art.bsky.social. One story from this year's DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES anthology, on Kickstarter now. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...

A series of panels from a painted comic about a figure journeying into a dreamscape, captioned "DZOOK".

Text at the bottom: "DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
A SURREAL ANTHOLOGY WITH A TWIST FROM WIP COMICS
FUNDING ON KICKSTARTER NOW"

Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · last mo.

two things: first, I *love* this essay from @eqreader.bsky.social. second, it is the considered and official opinion of @darkertimes.bsky.social that Andy Serkis can get fucked

Darker Times@darkertimes.bsky.social · last mo.

"Is the danger of outsiders the true horror, or is the difference?" @eqreader.bsky.social pens a thought-provoking piece on the role of race in modern horror storytelling, analyzing films like Sinners. Read "On Black Hobbits and White Vampires" here: www.darkertimes.com/white-vampir...

Jenny Hackett @loosechangeling.bsky.social · last mo.

Attention comics lovers: I have a comic in WIP Comics' upcoming Dreams and Nightmares anthology. Funding on Kickstarter now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/mik...