Gift recommendations from Avery Hill creators!
"The Great North Wood by @tim-bird.bsky.social is a beautiful mix of history, myth, and thought.... a tapestry of folklore, fact and memory." - @odpomery.bsky.social (The Hard Switch, Victory Point)
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With yet more capitulation to transphobic bigotry in the UK a reminder that your trans-themed comics are eligible for free advertising at Broken Frontier. We just need an advertising image/link to run one. My personal BF e-mail is here if you want details: www.brokenfrontier.com/contact-us/ Andy
Putting money in Rowling's pocket is also why we ignore press releases from comics events that include Potter programming. It's funding her hate. I'd implore every creator/publisher/potential guest to consider this when approached by those cons. - Andy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A flyer for SCARF (Sheffield Comic ARts Fair), happening on 10th October 2026
I may come to regret this decision, but...
SCARF! Sheffield Comic ARts Fair! Next October! Liam "Pais" Hill drew our mascot! Exhibitor application form will be out soon, tables will cost as little as I can get away with!
Please remember to apply so this isn't a terrible decision on my part 🙏
Calling all comic artists!! At this year's comic convention we are hosting drop-in portfolio reviews run by our amazing guests! Take advantage of this opportunity to speak one-on-one with an experienced comic book professional who'll review your work, give tips and personalised advice.
Some tips for this (1/2):
- Just turn up!
- If you haven't got a portfolio, you can make 8 pages by mid Nov if you start now.
- Just bring your finished work.
- Print it out unless its a webcomic (crappy printing is better than no printing).
- Think about your storytelling
- A4 p/copies are fine.
COMIC IS OUT!! read it at zerocomic.neocities.org or go to my tumblr (zerocomicofficial) to check it out!!! (the neocities site is nicer to read on oooo you wanna go there so bad)
#comicart
The Greens now have nearly 200 more councillors than Reform.
This is not something you'd be likely to guess from all the copiously salivating media coverage of Farage & his crew of billionaire-backed far-right chancers.
Review! Ever & Always – Gender Fluidity and Fantasy in Paddy Wolfe’s @paddywolfe.bsky.social's Webcomic Series.
www.brokenfrontier.com/ever-and-alw...
Review by Edward Picot.
The British Medical Association.
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Call for submissions: The Role of Creative Health in Public Health for @rsph.bsky.social journal 📣📖
Alongside @ncch.bsky.social, we're looking for practice and research which demonstrates the value of collaboration between creative health and public health.
Find out more 👇
✨ Giving Back ✨
Very happy to host a Flourish Bank @bobcatgallery.bsky.social - a scheme to provide art and craft materials to the local community, supporting health and well being whilst inspiring creative minds.
Local artists & customers can donate their unwanted art materials here...
We’re supporting Hospital Rooms with a £600k National Lottery Project Grant to transform NHS Mental Health settings over 3 years 🏥🎉
Read more about how they’re making sure people most affected by the Mental Health Act can access high quality creativity & culture👇
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Genes, money, status... and comics
New substack: I helped write @dr-appie.bsky.social's new paper about nature and nurture, genes and socio-economic status. We think it’s important and deserves a broad audience, so here it is in graphic novel format.
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@artsemergency.bsky.social, which spreads privilege to give kids mentoring and access to the arts, is having a fundraiser with matched funding from Joe Lycett, Lolly Adefope and Nish Kumar. I'm a long-term supporter -- now's your chance! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Pink graphic reading "Low income does NOT = low imagination, low ambition, or low intelligence!"
DOUBLE YOUR DONATION for ONE WEEK ONLY! We’re taking part in @biggive.bsky.social #ArtsForImpact appeal and we’ve got £11,000 of match funding from @lollyadefope.bsky.social , @mrnishkumar.bsky.social , @joelycett.bsky.social and Big Give to unlock WITH YOUR HELP! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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…the threads that hold it together are there. Like for you I feel you have a certain colour palette and way of painting that I recognise whether it’s a fish or a person.
I feel like you once a long time ago did a hundred of ??? I can’t remember if it was checkered backgrounds or maybe just heads? I wonder if towards the beginning it’s good to find a project like that for guidance but after a while it’s a little more random but…
An amazing organisation I’ve been mentoring with them for the past year.
Leave for a while just to prove people buy stuff. For my ego 😂
Hello!
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all."
Arthur C. Clarke
Hello, Bluesky 👋 Axis is here!
We champion contemporary visual arts in the UK by providing artists with resources, opportunities, and platforms to showcase their work. We’re here to make art more accessible, engaging, and inclusive for all. Let's connect 🤝
#ContemporaryArt #ArtForAll
I’m actually really into all the storylines in the comments. 😂😂😂
Brown rough coated Patterdale terrier lounges on red velvet like the queen she is.
She wants to know why there are so many cats in my feed here.
The 🚫 Anti-Prime 🚫 sale starts now. Free delivery is Go!
Buy books and support independent bookshops with us at Bookshop.org
Drop City Books needs YOU!
This brilliant independent bookshop in Stoke on Trent has been completely flooded at the most critical time of year.
Find them on our map or check out their Burst Pipe Recovery List on our homepage and show them some love.
Keep indie bookshops thriving 🧡 Bookshop.org
I've put together a #starterpack of illustrators based in, or focused on, UK publishing bsky.app/starter-pack... Do let me know if your name should be there :) #kidlit #kidlitUK #UKkidlit #kidliART #illustrator #illustrators
