Sasha DeWitt

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.

Ever & Always - Gender Fluidity and Fantasy in Paddy Wolfe's Webcomic Series – Broken Frontier Looking at the webcomics work of Paddy Wolfe, especially over the three volumes of their series 'Ever and Always'.

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.

Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...

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...

£600,000 National Lottery Project Grant awarded to Hospital Rooms for nationwide mental health initiative Hospital Rooms has been awarded a £600,000 National Lottery Project Grant for an ambitious nationwide project.

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👇
buff.ly/MQddD0F #NationalLottery30

Genes, money, status... and comics This week we published a big 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.

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.

arutherford.substack.com/p/genes-mone...

Life-changing mentoring for 300 young people – Big Give Arts Emergency breaks down barriers and forges pathways to the arts for under-resourced & under-privileged young people. We redistribute capital, empowering over 1,800 young people to be their best, m...

@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!
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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

Illustrators UK Join the conversation

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

Morning!!

Small rough coated brown Patterdale terrier snoozes with artist mum.

Small brown rough coated Patterdale terrier looks up at the camera. She’s standing on a grey floor in her mum’s art studio. She’s wearing a green harness with planet pattern on it.

Small brown rough coated Patterdale terrier does a silly sit on the stairs. Her hind end is sitting on one level with her paws extended to a lower level.

My feed is full of cats. I don’t mind but Smartie takes exception as they are mortal enemy number one! She’s here for balance!