Blacky Shepherd

Hey thanks! It’s easier when the text is as good as this was!

Thanks for the great story with the awesome monster!!!

Thank you! I had great source material to be inspired by!

A picture of all 7 first edition volumes of the ‘Incarnations of Immortality’ series by Piers Anthony

The ‘Incarnations of Immortality’ series by Piers Anthony… one of my all time favorite book series. Just completed the full set of First Editions!

Can’t wait for people to get ahold of this one!!

Emma in a blood spattered white shirt matching the book she holds, SOFT TARGETS by Carson Winter

SOFT TARGETS has never looked better!
@editrixemma.bsky.social models @carsonwinter.bsky.social’s Wonderland-nominated New Weird Horror novel in style 🖤☠️

Cover art by @blackyshep.bsky.social

Can vouch! I'm currently working with David on a project I'm writing and he's editing the absolute hell out of that thang!
(And making me a better writer in the process!)

TOMB OF THE PALE HORSE - Final Issue & Collected Series The final book in the legendary cosmic horror series. Includes a hardcover collected edition of all four issues + backmatter and more!

Heck yes I just backed TOMB OF THE PALE HORSE - Final Issue & Collected Series on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ian...

In my efforts to avoid the real world as much as possible I don't get on socials very often.
I should try to do more, though, because @tenebrouspress.bsky.social is on fire with their releases! Can't wait to hear the upcoming audio book!

Illustration, B&W, of a man being impaled by a rough rustic harpoon through the shoulder as he attempts to leap off the edge of a glacier

Cover was designed by our own @alexwoodroe.com

The interior illustrations come courtesy of our pal @blackyshep.bsky.social & they are suitably visceral:

The audiobook cover for Carson Winter's SOFT TARGET, read by Alex Wolfgang, art by Blacky Shepherd

Weird Things Coming Soon...
@carsonwinter.bsky.social
@blackyshep.bsky.social

Wanderers Issue #1 by Ian Johnston, JimmyZ, & Romualdo Silva The debut comic series from Cthulhuville Comics. Written by Ian Johnston and JimmyZ with art by Romualdo Silva.

I just backed Wanderers Issue #1 by Ian Johnston, JimmyZ, & Romualdo Silva on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/cth...

I can’t imagine a version of that movie that would be watchable. I barely made it through its normal run time…

Blacky Shepherd Freelance comic book and concept artist and digital sculptor

So in what looks to be a super duper rookie move, I shouted about how I was looking for projects and didn't bother to link to a portfolio... so, here it's:
blackyxiii.artstation.com

Remove a letter, ruin a movie.

Tar Wars

Thanks homie!

…Aaaaaand its official: I need to start drawing comics again.
If any established writers out there want a damned fine horror/sci-fi/fantasy artist to do a comic with, you know where to find me.

A page of comics showing a man and a woman sitting across from each other, then in the final panels we see they are each alone in a room seeing each other via computer, trying to go on a date during the covid lockdown

A piece i recently ran across that was done for an unreleased anthology during the covid lockdown. Beautifully conceived by Bryan Edward Hill, one of my favorite writers.

Cant wait to see this in print, such a great story and i was honored to be asked to do the illustrations!!

Jim Silke was an extraordinarily accomplished man, having accomplished a great many things before taking up comics in his 60s, for kicks… and redefined what it meant to be a pinup/comic book artist.
Most importantly he was incredibly kind and amazingly talented.
Rest in peace, Jim, and thanks.

It’s a brand new special episode of the Cryptid Creator Corner as @jimmygaspero.bsky.social chats with @ianface.bsky.social about Mongoose, a book of his late father’s artwork. Listen now below or wherever you get your podcasts and check out the link to the Kickstarter campaign.

Hire this man!

Wow I haven’t even gotten my comps yet!

Cover title font for WE LIKE IT CHERRY: thin capital letters WE LIKE IT, and a blood red CHERRY splashed below, against a cold blue background.

A jaded travelogue host gets an invitation to document the rites of a mysterious, hitherto-unknown tribe.
It does not go well.
An Indigenous Eco-Horror tale of blood & survival, @jacymorris.bsky.social's WE LIKE IT CHERRY is part of our 2025 Book Club; subscribe now!
store.tenebrouspress.com

I appreciate the offer, but I’m supporting this campaign, it’s not mine.

Donate to Dee's Gender Confirmation Surgery Fund, organized by Dee Arbacauskas Hi, I'm Dee. I'm an artist, a leatherworker, a writer, a mom, and a few other t… Dee Arbacauskas needs your support for Dee's Gender Confirmation Surgery Fund

gofund.me/33542c4f

We all need to rally around our friends and family, now more than ever. Please donate if you have the means!

Headline Graphic that says: "BSKY'S HELPFUL TOOLS & POSTS FOR ARTISTS! A Thread."

A thread of useful tools & posts for ARTISTS, which can help you get the most out of Bsky and protect your space here.

I'll be updating this as I find more, so if you know of anything I haven't included, please let me know!

Reposts are very welcome so more people know!
[ #helpfulbskypost ]

A Practical Program for Resisting a Trump Second Term How to fight back against the implementation of fascism in America.

www.liberalcurrents.com/a-practical-...
In the coming 4 years (and beyond) we progressively minded folk have to shift focus and remember that truest of all sayings:
ALL politics are LOCAL.
We have to start clawing back state legislatures, mayorships, governorships, city councils, education boards.

The 90s/early 2000s are long dead my friend.
Remember being able to get on the internet and actually discover something interesting and new? It was like the Wild West for a minute.
Those were the days…

I bought like $250 worth of 4k Blu-rays.