Linda Liu @ SBCF 2025

a white icing-topped figgy pudding whose chocolate, fondant, and cherry face looks up at a sprig of holly placed on its head

day 4 of my 2025 holiday sweets advent calendar: figgy pudding!

4/25 🍮🎅

sugar-dusted chocolate-dipped churro twisted in the shape of a bow, with a little face piped on the knot of the bow in white and milk chocolate

day 3 of my 2025 holiday sweets advent calendar: churro!

3/25 🎀🎅

i will be updating this thread very sporadically sorry bc bsky doesn’t have an in-app post scheduler and i can’t be bothered to get an extension so i’ll just be posting manually as i remember to each day thank u for ur understanding 🙇🏻‍♀️

a pumpkin pie, dusted with sugar and decorated with a surprised face made out of whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and a single raspberry for a nose, looks surprised at a slice that’s been cut out of its cheek

day 2 of my 2025 holiday sweets advent calendar: pumpkin pie!

2/25 🥧🎅

thank u! more silly sweet guys coming soon 👀

a slice of fruitcake filled with dried and candied fruit chunks, with a thin layer of white icing on top, and a puppy-like face made out of marzipan and icing on its surface

day 1 of my 2025 holiday sweets advent calendar: fruitcake!

this year i'm attempting to draw a different holiday-themed treat for each day of december leading up to christmas! check back tomorrow for a new sweet surprise 🎁🎅

1/25

happy #kidlitpostcard day! i'm linda, an author-illustrator available for new PB illustration or MG cover projects in 2026!

you can check out my published work here: lindersliu.com/books

lot 1031: a tang dynasty offering vessel, in the form of a pumpkin supported by two children. family lore has it that if you don’t offer them a treat, you may receive a trick in retribution…

happy halloween! 🎃👯‍♀️🍬

i’m honored my comic made the cut! hope u enjoy!! 🙇🏻‍♀️🧡

lot 1031: a tang dynasty offering vessel, in the form of a pumpkin supported by two children. family lore has it that if you don’t offer them a treat, you may receive a trick in retribution…

happy halloween! 🎃👯‍♀️🍬

last chance! only a couple hours left before @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social ends this year!

shortbox comics order summary screenshot: A Little Beauty by Laura Knetzger INJEST by Mapurl SYRINGE by Nozmo Ladies of the Living Princess by Theo Stultz We Were Just Playing Pretend by Linda Liu Beyond the Hearth by Júlia Rubau Despite, Despite, Despite by C. Lemieux Help! I died in an outlet store and now I'm a ghost! by CA Strike

shortbox comics order summary screenshot: A Box Full Of Darkness by Gina Nguyen The Shepherd and The Sleeping Knight by Rose Bousamra Medium Rare by Raoon Asunder by Narrenstitch A Teacher's Anguish by Barbara Mazzi Dream Loop by Inkpangur Foreign Bodies by Drew Albert Molly and Paullie Nightmare Holiday by Triple Axl

my shortbox haul....

YAY thanks for checking out mine katherine 🙇🏻‍♀️❤️

yay

This ends TODAY, folks. don't miss out!

I... went a little nuts, but enh, my birthday's comin' up.

some kind reviews of “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” my comic for @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! thanks so much to everyone who’s bought, read, and followed along on this story so far 🙇🏻‍♀️

🔗 below if you’re still interested—only available until 10/31, 8PM (UK time), so don’t miss it!

We Were Just Playing Pretend by Linda Liu — ShortBox Comics Fair A sapphic love story told in extended sonnet format from the perspective of a closeted young girl, whose only escape from the confines of her jewel-box family home is in the presence of a ghostly lov...

🦋👯‍♀️🔥

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

some kind reviews of “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” my comic for @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social! thanks so much to everyone who’s bought, read, and followed along on this story so far 🙇🏻‍♀️

🔗 below if you’re still interested—only available until 10/31, 8PM (UK time), so don’t miss it!

this mangaka took the quote “good art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed” to heart i fear… highly recommend inside mari!!

just a few more days left to read my comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social!

no plans to re-release it after the fair, so this may be ur last chance to check it out!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

whoa… certified patron of the arts here…! thank u so much for getting my comic, hope u enjoy! 🙇🏻‍♀️

and a big heartfelt thank u to those who have already read WWJPP—i know u were spoiled for choice this year, so i’m rly grateful u took a chance on my moody little tale! 🙇🏻‍♀️

just a few more days left to read my comic, “We Were Just Playing Pretend,” at @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social!

no plans to re-release it after the fair, so this may be ur last chance to check it out!

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...

thank u so much for the recommendation! 🥺 happy mine is up there with so many other great comics, but most of all that u liked it! ❤️

ohh thanks so much for getting my comic too! hope u enjoy! 🙏💗

whoa my comic’s there too!! thanks so much for purchasing, enjoy! 🫶

a riso print split into 2 panels: in the top, twisting pine branches partially cover mountains in the distance. below, a round pot with a short narrow neck decorated with a triangular design like stylized peaks, on a background of brown and dark green.

17 / 25-10 / transcribe

some touch yet remains. 4 color bright olive green, copper, hunter green brown). october's monthly risograph print, more info @ patreon.com/formyths #riso

thank u!! 🫶 curious + melancholy vibes are what i was going for 🐚

The cover of the comic “War and the Maiden” by riotbones. It shows a woman on the top center of the cover, standing in front of a stone building with a cloister vault, her expression pensive. In the center of the cover is a woman wearing armour, riding a horse while holding a spear in her right hand, attacking a European dragon. Various imagery associated with knights surround the cover’s borders. The cover is entirely coloured in deep blood-red with golden outlines.

The cover of the comic “We Were Just Playing Pretend” by Linda Liu. It shows a young woman, wearing a yellow qipao shirt and dark yellow pants, with black hair in twin braids, standing in the middle of a picture frame, her expression sad. To her upper left is a red butterfly, and butterflies are on the corners of the border of her picture frame. The comic’s title is typed out on the picture, with a word redacted above the word “playing”, and the word “pretend” circled by a pencil.

"War and the Maiden" by riotbones (@riotbones.bsky.social)

"We Were Just Playing Pretend" by Linda Liu (@lindersliu.bsky.social)