dearbhla!

my bf is american in case anyone's wondering why i was doing a thanksgiving dinner in the first place.

happy almost thanksgiving to my american friends, and just so you know, last year i cooked a turkey crown from frozen because i didn't have time to thaw and it turned out perfect, like actually really well cooked. so you know, there's always a way (which in this case is cooking it low and slow).

Comic of a woman picking flowers and then having a nice kiss. Text reads: slow down. Take your time. When you're ready, you'll bloom, too.

Reminding myself once again that it is not a race.

Gwyn Shalloway, dressed in a nurse Halloween costume with a white dress, red boots and fishnets, stands frozen in terror at the doorway of a bedroom filled with gore and body parts, compulsively scratching at his thigh to the point that he's breaking the skin. Inside the room, The Ick transforms from monster back into her human form of Orla Bard. Orla panics, trying to explain that the man she killed was a danger to her. Gwyn snaps out of his trance to say they're going to need to lock the room door, and he'll need dead Doug's jacket.

Quisch's agent enters the party, looking for Orla, unaware that she is passing Gwyn, in disguise wearing Doug's coat and cowboy hat and boots. Gwyn goes outside, moves a bin across to under the bedroom window, then climbs up the trellis back to the bedroom window, where he's dragged inside, saying "Fuck Fuck Fuck" the whole way.

Gwyn takes off his Doug disguise, then rolls Doug's remains up in the bloodied carpet, remarking it's like a "gory burrito." Orla then helps him carry the carpet over to the window. Gwyn dramatically shouts "GET IN THE TRASH!" as he tosses the carpet out of the window. But it misses the bin, hitting the edge with a "BONK!" then falling onto the ground nearby.

Orla and Gwyn frantically clean the bedroom of bloodstains. Quisch's agent reaches the bedroom, but only finds Gwyn there lounging in a seemingly clean room. Orla is in the shower, the blood from her body rinsing off into the drain.

ORLA! #4, from me, @sallycantirino.bsky.social, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, @letteringbear.bsky.social & @madcavestudios.com, is out this week! If you don’t mind SPOILERS for last issue’s shock cliffhanger ending, here’s a preview of the opening pages…

that's not nearly long enough, you should let it marinate a little longer

I'm colouring Muppets!

i made a lil zine of kpop idols wearing inappropriate tshirts

An illustration of a young women yanking a weed out of a bed of marigolds. The primary colours of the piece are deep green and a saffron yellow, with some brown and moss green tones as well. The camera is looking up at the young girl with a forced perspective, as she pulls out the weed while leaning back. The text reads: PULL FASCISM UP BY THE ROOT.

👩‍🌾 Grab your tools

A digital illustration of a medieval banner. It says in medieval inspired script "ye olde trans rights". It is decorated with plants and blue, pink, and white flowers.

ye olde trans rights. now and forever. 🏳️‍⚧️✨

#TDOR #TransDayofRemembrance

Cover of The Guy in the Chair issue #2, illustrated by Guillermo Sanna with Dearbhla Kelly

Hannah Rose May and Utkarsh Ambudark's The Guy in the Chair continues this week with issue #2, available now! Details: https://bit.ly/3Xd28Yt

By @hannahrosemay.bsky.social, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Guillermo Sanna, @dearbhlala.bsky.social, Steve Dutro

Orla Bard, looking radiant, is walking outside down a street, wearing a bathrobe and slippers, next to Gwyn, still wearing his sexy nurse Halloween costume, both of them looking anxious and uncomfortable.

Can Orla and Gwyn’s relationship survive the revelation of Orla’s terrible secret?

Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.

i can't believe it's been literal years ;_;

looks like i might also do a lil portland trip in march 👀

Orla Bard, looking radiant, but also covered in blood and startled.

After the shocking conclusion of the third chapter, what’s next for Orla Bard? Find out in ORLA! #4, out 26th November!

Art by @sallycantirino.bsky.social, colours by @dearbhlala.bsky.social.

very true!

😭

i will try to make another UK con next year because i miss people (open to suggestions for this one)

i knowww :( next year for sure

yeah I've travelled too much this year to make it work – I'll be at ECCC tho! and I'm going to a small kpop con in Athlone tomorrow so at least I've got something on :)

ahh i'm sad i miss thoughtbubble (again 😭), please dance your little hearts out for me

wumuti wip

xlov illustration based on their recent comeback concept photos

where are my xlov fans

mingi, yunho

seonghwa, hongjoong

💜💜💜

@weredawgz.blacksky.app it's ya boys

seonghwa, hongjoong

Meghan is exhausted but pointing to the super cool covers of Mary Sue #2

Still on vacation and didn’t bring my computer so I screenshot my Insta post but Mary Sue Issue 2 comes out ONE WEEK FROM TODAY

Art - @lisasterle.bsky.social
Colors - @dearbhlala.bsky.social
Letters - @longtalljodie.com
Varient Cover - @sweeneyboo.bsky.social
Editor - @peachchild.bsky.social

I went to a Bahama Breeze about a week before I coloured this, can u tell

mingi, yunho