Aleksi Gray @ The Bard and the Messenger

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Pretty clear Stephen Miller, Noem, Hegseth and Trump are trying to provoke a Civil War at this point. What's interesting is they want to do it now, because even though they're unpopular, they seem to believe this is the most popular they'll be ever again. We can't let them win.

RM starting off Banned Books Week with us 💜 #readbannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #kimnamjoon

Show me how you draw armor 💖

this post has 7k likes now and nobody except me just now opting to push back against this wording, so just to reiterate: psychotic is a medical term that suggests scared, confused, cognitively struggling, experiencing delusions and hallucinations. not evil, dangerous, cruel, sadistic, or organized

I found a broom class 😂

I start doing a lot of random crafts in September-October. Usually it's paper mache, but this year it's this intense urge to make little decorative brooms

SILENT HILL f has reached 1 million units as of 9/26! 😭 Thank you so much to everyone for your support! #silenthillf

Image of a coloring book cover. It depicts a smiling satyr wearing colorful, patterned clothes in greens and pinks. he wears bells and tassels and ribbons and wields some type of spear. His long blonde hair is in a braid and he wears flowers in his hair. The cover title is "Fabulous" and it reads "A coloring book by Aleksi Gray" in the lower right corner.

My new coloring book "Fabulous" (A Fancy Fantasy Guys Coloring Book) is available! My local bookshop confirmed they're able to order it, so folks should be able to order at their bookshops too ^^

Cover image may not be showing up yet, so I'm attaching a pic:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fabulous-a...

Thank you!! Been drawing these fancy guys for like two years and finally put a coloring book together!

It's a lovely morning on the internet and you are a horrible queer!

Drop your links to queer books! Yours, someone else's, tradpub, indie, share ALL THE QUEER BOOKS to make a fash shit themselves.

Go!!!

Image of a coloring book cover. It depicts a smiling satyr wearing colorful, patterned clothes in greens and pinks. he wears bells and tassels and ribbons and wields some type of spear. His long blonde hair is in a braid and he wears flowers in his hair. The cover title is "Fabulous" and it reads "A coloring book by Aleksi Gray" in the lower right corner.

My new coloring book "Fabulous" (A Fancy Fantasy Guys Coloring Book) is available! My local bookshop confirmed they're able to order it, so folks should be able to order at their bookshops too ^^

Cover image may not be showing up yet, so I'm attaching a pic:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fabulous-a...

thank you 💖 I am really looking forward to doing comics again! We're just doing the best we can. I do not possess the energy or motivation to pursue cons more than the few fairs I already do. I feel like we'll always be learning! Good to check in with ourselves ^^

Anyway if one thing is true across the board, it's probably that we creators are always reevaluating what's working and what isn't.

And it's time for me to put more effort into stories again. I'm sorry for the long hiatus, but I'm coming back home 💖

But the thing I've really built my art, my brand on, has been stories. And letting one of those go into a long hiatus so I could pursue market and con stuff wasn't a great idea for the story side of things, but I also needed the money, so I put more effort into vending.

Sometimes events surprise you, no matter how long you've been at it. I will take a chance on a local event being a flop because I didn't need to get a hotel and drive for hours. I definitely did the "throw stuff at a wall" thing way more when I was just starting out and I do not regret it!

I'm pretty aware of my "seasons" as an artist now, like when I am busy, when I withdraw into create mode and when I'm more willing to try things that I haven't established into my routine.

Covid also gave me new energy limitations, so that's been... fun.

The longer you create, the more awareness you have for how you (specifically) work. Something that isn't worth it to one artist doesn't mean it's worthless in general.

For me, it just means I will need to spend energy/time I do not have for it, and it will likely drain me for my other stuff.

When I was in my 20's the big things I was told to get into were commissions and cons. And it's great if you love those things! But I didn't, so I just felt like I'd get nowhere with my art. Anyway I'm still here doing stuff.

The big takeaway is we are all unique with different situations.

Fancy Lads Coloring Book is now available! | Alakotila Get more from Alakotila on Patreon

The coloring book is now available! Open post for everyone.

Knight In The Woods - 18+ Fantasy WLW Comic!

WE'RE LIVE!!! My first-ever Kickstarter needs your support! Please consider checking out this fun Dark Romance fantasy smut comic!

We Said “We Will Block Everything” and We Did: Inside Italy’s Strike for Gaza Following a 24-hour general strike on September 22, the country is now gearing up for a national protest on October 4.

As boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to set sail toward Gaza, a representative of Genoa’s Dockworkers’ Union declared that if anything happened to the flotilla, workers would “block everything.” When the flotilla was attacked, the reaction was swift: a 24-hour general strike was called.

Saudi Arabia & Other Investors Nearing $50 Billion Deal To Buy EA The massive deal might be announced officially as soon as next week according to sources with knowledge of the situation

Buyers: So your games... guns and football, yes?

EA: Mmhmm, mmhmm, mostly guns and football, yep.

Buyers: No gay stuff? No politics we're not going to like?

EA: Haha, definitely not! Hey, could you give me one sec? I just need to shut down a studio real quick.

kotaku.com/report-saudi...

Did the exact same thing just now 😂

update about the cartoonists of color, queer cartoonists, and disabled cartoonists databases | MariNaomi Get more from MariNaomi on Patreon

update about the cartoonists of color, queer cartoonists, and disabled cartoonists databases

tldr: i am shuttering the databases and i am sad.

www.patreon.com/posts/139743...

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting. The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The "known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson. So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself." 1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium. Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten a new job at a higher salary. Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further. It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that, but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the U.S.

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

And don’t get me wrong, we should definitely bury his Inktober tag. There are tons of cool october art challenges now you can take part in instead!

Folks, the Inktober guy doesn’t own everything you post with inktober tag, that’s not how copyright works.
He trademarked the logo, so if you sell an inktober art zine *with his Inktober logo* he can order you to take it down.
There’s a difference, don’t repost wrong info.

I love drawing flowers (I know, might be hard to tell) so I'm happy those do well! Definitely not complaining.