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Niki Smith

@nikismithcomics.bsky.social

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Maker of fine queer comics (& some pretty trashy ones too). Author of THE GOLDEN HOUR, THE DEEP & DARK BLUE, and CROSSPLAY. She/her. niki-smith.com

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It's absolutely *possible*-- I don't pay VAT on any of my comp copies from big US publishers like Hachette or First Second, while I do have to with the smaller pubs.

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ReeeaaAAAAALLY excited for this. Adult comics!

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I don’t have any way to prove it but I have a feeling that comics are somehow healthy for your mental wellbeing Just to be safe, you should draw some comics. Just to be safe

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Oh, wow. Truly good and inspiring news.

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We've got a Starter Pack featuring Filthy Figments Creators!

Keep up to date with the amazing creators we're currently working with or creators we've worked with in the past!

go.bsky.app/3yQxhjY

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It's time for the 2024 Comics Worker Survey for US workers! Pay transparency is crucial to uncovering patterns in pay inequity & learning what publishers and clients can ACTUALLY pay us.

Submit your info and encourage your peers to do the same!
cartoonist.coop/2024USsurvey

(art by Phil McAndrew)

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We report: there was a mosquito in our room last night. We never managed to see it, but the sound kept us awake for much longer than we would have liked. When the sky started brightening, we almost started crying with relief, until we realised we had not gotten any sleep yet.

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I miiiIIIGHt be sending a few in Scholastic's office's direction as a surprise~ 😌😌

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At the very last minute I remembered that Mr. SpongeBob's name means he does indeed wear pants

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I am so so bad at these challenges but I will always tryyy

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I will guess Falscherfreundfrust and no one is allowed to correct me 😌

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I hadn't thought about it, but I never say eventuell.... for probably that exact reason?? 💀💀

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Today's German vocab discovery was "profan", which does NOT mean profane or unholy or vulgar. It means mundane. Just nothing out of the ordinary. Why do they do this to me.

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🔨 You may have noticed already, but we've been hard at work!

The new Iron Circus Comics storefront is now up and available! ⚙ We've got all sorts of new, recently released titles available for you to choose from direct from us at store.ironcircus.com! 📚

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Oof! I've probably got it a little easier since I already needed most of the same stuff for my Niederlassungserlaubnis?

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Just sent off my initial double citizenship application no biggie no biggie

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Get in on this! @mparker.bsky.social and I have a comic in this bundle called "I Built You a Sex Machine". When Betty finds out her wife Ursula has built her a sex machine she knows she has to put it to the test right away. But can the machine keep up with her insatiable sex drive?

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MariNaomi (they/them)'s avatar MariNaomi (they/them) @marinaomi.bsky.social
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today when i asked a bookseller to carry my book, the first thing he did was look up to see how many amazon reviews it had. there were two. 😟 if you want authors to keep making the work you enjoy, rate/review their books on amazon, goodreads, b&n, etc. it makes a difference!

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Johanna Taylor @ JULY 23 👻📖's avatar Johanna Taylor @ JULY 23 👻📖 @johannamation.bsky.social
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Ace Comics anthology!!!!

I really want this book to happen! Because ace peoples’ stories and voices deserve to be heard!
🖤🩶🤍💜

5 days left, let’s make a Pride Month miracle!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mck...

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Codify abortion everywhere it’s on the ballot! Pick off numerous small state races from coroner to (especially) election commissioner! Vote for Democratic state attorney generals because fewer GOP AGs means fewer people to launch trial balloons for SCOTUS to shoot at!

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I know the My Love Story writer is a famous solo mangaka herself, so I bet that's why she defaults to thumbs! I'm pretty sure Bakuman has a whole subplot about this exact thing, which I imagine is pretty much meta about their Death Note collab

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Almost put Nuud on new tattoo instead of lotion, that would've been interesting

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I just used Dropbox 😂 I think no one had bothered to update the paperwork in 15 years.

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This was in my contract for The Deep & Dark Blue in 2018, can you imagine if I'd done it. What would my designer have said when fifty 250mb zip disks showed up in the mail from Germany.

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"how are you spending your down time between books, Niki" I'm deleting all the accumulated crap off my desktop, thanks for asking

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WHEE YAY one more day until the DLC!!! 🌟

If you wanted to re-experience Elden Ring quickly before diving back in, please pay whatever u feel like and receive my absurd travelogue

johnnywander.itch.io/third-imp

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Sometimes your roots have a grip on you tighter than you realize

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The Deep & Dark Blue and 675 other books banned, yet again. Speak to your local school boards, the kids in your communities need voices fighting for them. It's up to us to be proactive.

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I made a neocities with a marquee THIS WEEK and it felt so right

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