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Maki Scare-O

@makinaro.com

The forever Halloween profile of feral cartoonist and graphic journalist Maki Naro. Work In Progress & Crucial Comix. Formerly @sciencecomic on the bad site. He/Him Art feed: #makifeed 🎨 makinaro.com 🗹 joinwip.com

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Nicola Black@nicolablack.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I had a really good day! For the first half, I went to a local event and met some fellow self-employed folks. Felt good! I'm not one who gets excited for networking, BUT I made a little Networking BINGO card for my friends at WIP a while back and figured I'd try it out. Ya'll it was FUN. 😄

A black and white printout of the Work in Progress Networking BINGO card. There are 25 spaces with various cues to help make networking a little bit more fun. 10 spaces are marked off.
Nicola Black@nicolablack.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Exciting mail delivery day! Excuse me while I'll take the next few hours to enjoy the visual delights that every single piece of this game is giving! The care and craft that went into BOLTED is beyond. @davidmalki.com, incredible work, my friend. Really. Just beautiful. 👏

BOLTED game packaging and assortment of cards, instructions, and magnet set on a black table. All of which are full of incredibly imaginative and well crafted graphics and illustrations.
Nicola Black@nicolablack.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Something that's bringing me a lot of joy lately is a project I've been working on called "The Eternal Order of The Prestigious Pencil." Analog arty exploration via Sketch Scavs and more! Let curiosity lead. Log off with us and see what you discover. #EOPP www.nicolablack.com/eopp

The Eternal Order of The Prestigious Pencil

The society where imagination reigns supreme! Tap into your creative magic via analog adventures and exploration in nature!

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Nicola Black@nicolablack.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Did something fun today! Field tested The Eternal Order of The Prestigious Pencil’s Sketch Scav Passport w/a few people. A project I’ve been working on for months. More on it soon! Felt good to get out in nature to do a bit of drawing and enjoy the scenery/signs of Spring. A perfect day. 🌷✏️ #EOPP

An outstretched arm and hand holding a sketch book and a 2026 Passport zine for The Eternal Order of The Prestigious Pencil’s Sketch Scav. In the background, 3 people look out over a lake.
Nicola Black@nicolablack.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In the basement looking for table legs and found a memory box. This photo was in it. It’s of a watercolor painting I did in college. It was a bit of a breakthrough piece for me and… I gave it away. At least I took this photo of it before I did. Part of me wishes I still had it. Oh welllll. 🤷‍♀️

A photographer of a watercolor painting I did in college. It is of a young boy drawing with chalk on the concrete.
Matthew R Francis (see pinned)@matthewrfrancis.bsky.social · 4mo ago

My latest academic citation is ... a comic! "Rethinking Academic Conferences: Carbon Footprints and Sustainable Alternatives in the Climate Crisis Era" by Joonmo Kang, @makinaro.com , and me: kuscholarworks.ku.edu/items/a3ca07...

Rethinking Academic Conferences: Carbon Footprints and Sustainable Alternatives in the Climate Crisis Era

3. This comic visualizes the core ideas of a commentary examining the carbon footprint of academic conferences in the era of the climate crisis, especially the environmental impact of flying to these ...

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Lilah Sturges@lilahsturges.com · 4mo ago

I think we need to celebrate the death of Sora a bit more. This is a technology that, just MONTHS AGO, we were being told was going to literally destroy Hollywood and Disney was going to give them a BILLION DOLLARS and NONE OF THAT EVEN REMOTELY HAPPENED

Cressa Maeve Áine@beeragon.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Hi! I don't think Toho has a bsky so I'll post it - my first commissioned work for all the official Godzilla channels and I handmade everything that isn't a toy. Enjoy xo

Maki Scare-O@makinaro.com · 5mo ago

There was a short period at my job where on a daily basis I got to unironically say “I have to check the perimeter” And that was my own personal quiet joy alone

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)@moudhy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling
Nicola Black@nicolablack.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Here's a common question I get: "I just need a logo. Can you design it for me?" Sounds harmless, right? BUT you probably wouldn't start building your dream house by buying a door first. Inspiration is one thing, but buying it before having blueprints is premature. 😉 nicolablack.com/a-door-witho...

A Door Without a Frame Falls Flat – How Messaging and Strategy are Critical to Successful Logo Design.

Would you start building your dream house by buying a door first? Then don't design a logo before messaging and strategy are set!

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Small Press Expo@smallpressexpo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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Small Press Expo@smallpressexpo.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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