Sam ➡️ Peoriacon 💥

PANEL 1: A man holds an arm-full of lemons. Text: When life gives you lemons, MAKE LEMONADE! PANEL 2: Th same man, with an arm-full of lemons, now has a huge bag of sugar in his arms, and a glass pitcher on his head. Text: But to do that, you gotta go buy a pound of sugar. Oh, and a pitcher. Get a pitcher while you’re there. PANEL 3: The man struggles to hold his lemons, sugar and pitcher, now joined by a lemon juicer and a 5-gallon bottle of water. Text: And also one of those lemon-squeezy things. And water, of course. PANEL 4: The man has collapsed under the weight. The water bottle pours out, a lemon bounces off his belly, the sugar pours out, covering his face. Text: When life gives you lemons, YOURS TROUBLES HAVE ONLY BEGUN! —— Want 5,000 more comics like this? Join us at Patreon.com/sheldoncomics for the *FULL* Sheldon archives, art giveaways, fun community, and more! Sheldon Comics copyright Dave Kellett. Colors by Beth Reidmiller

COMIC: When Life Gives You Lemons...

#Relationships #Cartoon #Comics #Cows

The Windy Realm Gazette Issue 1 A Quarterly TTRPG Zine focused on the Chicagoland TTRPG scene and it's amazing creators

My first TTRPG Kickstarter is live now! We've worked with over a dozen local Chicago TTRPG artists, writers and designers to put this project together and I couldn't be more excited. Your support would mean the world!

Y’all go check out my friend’s TTRPG kickstarter! Dropping in April

#ttrpg #tabletop #gaming #boardgame #art #roleplayinggame #rpg #booksky

The wrong kind of people get offended when you call them out 🤭

Her vote aside, among white people across the political spectrum, it IS taboo to talk openly about their politics.

This is a grift designed to maintain white supremacy across political divide. To keep them communing along whiteness with their enemies & ideological opponents.

Selfie of Sam Concklin with handpainted Malazu cardboard cutout. Malazu is Sam’s comic oc!

A couple hours left with my bestie Malazu! It’s her birthday weekend and we’re having a blast!

#peoriacon #oc #art #drawing #painting #midwest

Only 8 copies of The Shepherd's Sword Volume 1 left this weekend! Seattle loves werewolves and lesbians for REAL. Come to N-2 before they're gone #ECCC

a t shirt that says protect trans kids with wolverine in pink and blue by A.L. kaplan

LOOK WHAT I GOT

Selfie of Sam Concklin sitting at her convention booth at Peoriacon 2026

Poster for Peoriacon, March 7-8th at the Peoria Civic Center in Peoria, IL

It begins!! Here all weekend at Peoriacon :)

If ya miss me, check out my website!
www.concklincomics.com

#peoria #peoriail #peoriacon

Screenshot of Malazu phone screensaver. There’s a notification that says “Sat 7: Malazu’s Birthday Today”

POV holding a copy of Blue Witch Malazu, Sam Concklin’s 3rd graphic novel/print comic project in front of a covered-up convention booth

Today is Malazu’s 10th birthday!!

Excited to be back in P-town this weekend :)

#peoriacon #peoria #comicsky #art

Maybe people will wake up to the fact that the AI push has been about paying workers even less and taking away job security.

Less "prompt engineering" and more labor organizing.

I think it's pretty important to understand that algorithmically-run platforms have long understood anger and argument drives much more engagement than just showing you stuff you like, and if you find yourself being made to despair at what a platform shows you, that is the system working as intended

Screenshot of flyer for Peoriacon. Under the "PeoriaCon" logo is comic art of an excited, cute, chubby kid holding a comic and with merch flying out of their backpack. There's also a Concklin Comics logo with a speech bubble coming out from b0rd reading "I'm at booth 46" Info: "Peoria's Premiere Pop Culture Fest" March 7-8th Peoria Civic Center 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL 61602

Hitting the road right now for Peoriacon. As a BU alum, I carry this city in my heart and I can't wait to return and share how much I've grown!

Event info:
www.peoriacon.com

Countdown:
#malazuturns10🎉 TOMORROW!!

#comicsky #comics #comiccon #author #peoria #bradleyuniversity

Not now sweetie, daddy is on a really good run

A kid asked me to autograph a book to some skibidi 6-7 pseudonym and I said "No!" in the exact same tone I would usually say, "Sure!"

I am THRILLED to announce that I'm starting a new comic series: Bobarista!

My first-ever comedy comic strip follows Jam, an artist queerdo who works at a tea shop.

The website is a WIP but check it out!

bobarista.thecomicseries.com

#comicstrip #comicsky #boba #tea #matcha

Panel from webcomic Blue Witch Malazu by Sam Concklin. Malazu holds her head in her hands. At peace, she smiles with her eyes closed. A cartoon heart floats up from her face.

Screenshot of flyer for Peoriacon. Under the "PeoriaCon" logo is comic art of an excited, cute, chubby kid holding a comic and with merch flying out of their backpack. There's also a Concklin Comics logo with a speech bubble coming out from b0rd reading "I'm at booth 46" Info: "Peoria's Premiere Pop Culture Fest" March 7-8th Peoria Civic Center 201 SW Jefferson Ave, Peoria, IL 61602

Packing for Peoriacon right now. Can't wait for an awesome weekend at this fun show!

BUY MY NEW BOOK at Peoriacon on March 7-8th!
www.peoriacon.com

Countdown: 2 days until #malazuturns10🎉 !!

#comicsky #webcomic #comics #comic #author #oc #peoria #eccc

Showtime.

Durag Bat-Man stands proud, with his cape blowing in the wind.

Bruce Waves stands in his mansion, pondering. He's wearing a durag. Suddenly, a bat crashes through the window, startling Bruce Waves!

The bat hits Bruce Waves in the head, knocking off his durag. Moments later, Bruce picks up the durag to see the bat laying in it like a mask.

WHO IS DURAG BAT-MAN?
Bruce Waves is Durag Bat-Man, a comic that features comedy, drama, action, & 90s R&B.

Art by @lanedraws.bsky.social & Sam Owen, words by me.

Support the Kickstarter by going to the link below:
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Facebook too! It recommends groups that slowly radicalize users.

There’s great coverage of this on the podcast Maintenance Phase:

open.spotify.com/episode/3KGT...

Being on Bluesky right now is the first time I’ve seen people online consistently treat each other with respect.

I’ve gotten stuff wrong here and been corrected multiple times and everyone was chill about it. It’s nice :)

This, but for different genders. Lot of enbys out here finding our style and living our best lives :)

Love your style! 🦇

ChatGPT reminds me of parents who don’t know how to tell their kids “no” and then go on to raise the worst kind of people

Screenshot from wikipedia describing the premise of Suits: “Suits focuses on Harvey and Mike winning lawsuits and closing cases, while at the same time hiding Mike's secret of never having attended law school”

Last time there was a being with eidetic memory who passed the bar and went on to practice law without having gone to law school, it was a fictional character named Mike from Suits, not a piece of technology created by people with no morals

Oh my god it’s the premise of Suits but it’s an ai instead of a person

this kicked ass! I'm turning the big knob that says "I want more of this"

and then some shit never changes lol

finished Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s semi-autobiography “A Drifting Life”. What a book. Sometimes hit way too close to home, other times I wondered what it woulda been like to be at the height of that kinda comics industry myself. I’m a new fan of the dude, for sure.