KUMI Kaoru @kaorukumi.bsky.social Japanese writer and polyglot translator. Once a child prodigy, now a genius. Curious about a wide range of subjects, from mathematics to music to manga.
Etelka @etelkal.bsky.social Writer in Chicago. I covered comics for NPR for a long time; doing other stuff these days. Bylines: Inc., The New York Times, the Atlantic, the Washington Post, the LA Review of Books. https://etelkawrites.com/
L KLR @leekeeler.bsky.social made all the tea but it wasn’t enough
www.leekeeler.com
The Ⓐtomic Ⓔlbow @garbageskeleton.skin Time monitor. Space measurer. ‘Zine maker. Athens, GA
www.garbageskeleton.skin
Greg Baldino @gregbaldino.bsky.social Writes about prose-y books and picture-y books. Might actually be one of those Arcimboldo things where it's just a pile of fresh produce arranged like a face.
Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social Cartoonist/writer.
Nerd Inferno, Eltingville Club, Milk & Cheese, Beasts of Burden
PATREON https://www.patreon.com/evandorkin
MERCH https://www.teepublic.com/user/house-of-fun
IG instagram.com/evandorkin
PODCAST: https://tearthemapartpodcast.home.blog
Matthew Levay @matthewlevay.bsky.social Professor of English at Idaho State University. Modernism, comics, popular forms. Author: The New Old Style (U Nebraska P), Violent Minds (Cambridge UP). Co-Editor: Journal of Modern Periodical Studies. You can call me Matt.
matthewlevay.com
Kristian Williams [Unofficial] @kristianwilliams.com.web.brid.gy 🌉 bridged from 🌐 https://kristianwilliams.com/: https://fed.brid.gy/web/kristianwilliams.com
Alex Segura @alexsegura.com New York Times and USA Today-bestselling/award-winning author of many comics and novels.
https://linktr.ee/alex_segura
J. D. Harlock @jdharlock.bsky.social Eisner Award-nominated writer.
Find him in The Cincinnati Review, Strange Horizons, Nightmare Magazine, and The Comics Journal.
Chris Arrant ► NYCC @chrisarrant.bsky.social Husband to Melissa | 👁️🗨️ ReedPop's Popverse Editor-in-Chief | ✊WGA member | 🏳️🌈 He/him
Brooklyn Expo of Comics @bkexpocomics.bsky.social Free annual festival of comics in Brooklyn
November 14-15
www.brooklynexpoofcomics.com/
https://www.brooklynexpoofcomics.com/donate
Linnea Sterte @decassette.bsky.social art; yet again. SORRY ABOUT THE EMAILS it's a lot & I'm v tired
buy things/other socials: https://linktr.ee/turndecassette
Doris V. Sutherland @dorisvsutherland.com Author of Midnight Widows comic, horror fiction, and enough Doctor Who stuff to get me a TARDIS wiki article.
Books editor at womenwriteaboutcomics.com.
All opinions are my own.
https://www.dorisvsutherland.com
https://www.patreon.com/dorvsutherland
Ben (Bee) Kahn @benkahncomics.bsky.social Comics & Novel Writer. Out now: Star Trek Celebrations, Overwatch. Dark Horse, Scholastic, Tokyopop, IDW, Oni Press, Simon & Schuster. Repped by @inthesestones.bsky.social. Benkahncomics.com. (They/Them)
ngoziu @ngoziu.com NYT bestselling graphic novelist. DC Comics, The New Yorker. │rep'd by @chelseberly, business q's @grohac
ngoziu.com
Kori Michele @korimichele.bsky.social Cartoonist, zinester, shawol.
website/portfolio: korimichele.com
Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social reading books, writing books, defending books
https://linktr.ee/maiakobabe
pronouns: e/em/eir
Meg Lemke @meglemke.bsky.social Comics reviews editor at Publishers Weekly / Editor in Chief @muthamagazine.bsky.social / #books #babies #brooklyn 
Andy Miller @andreacecelia.bsky.social Design, Art Direction, Clownery
my art @raggedyandroid.bsky.social
Michael DeForge @michaeldeforge.bsky.social it's me
Jillian Tamaki @dirtbagg.bsky.social Bump on a log
Gabriel Kennedy aka Prop Anon @propanon.bsky.social Multi-Media Artist
Author of "CHAPEL PERILOUS: THE LIFE & THOUGHT CRIMES OF ROBERT ANTON WILSON"
https://www.amazon.com/Chapel-Perilous-Thought-Crimes-Robert/dp/B0DK41G53G/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0
https://chapelperilous.us/
Tate McFadden @janethesturgeon.bsky.social Comics critic for The Comics Journal, Comics Beat, and Fanbase Press
Editor of Thick Lines Podcast, co-host of Absolute Ultimate Escapist Comics Podcast
Fiction writer and cartoonist
The trans madwoman in your attic
BA in Literary Arts from UC San Diego
Hoju Koolander @hojukoolander.bsky.social Host of WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics. Superfan of The Shadow, TMNT Coming Out of Their Shells and Troop Beverly Hills.
Chris Cajero Cilla @cccilla.bsky.social Feast of Grease, The Sleep Gas, Blue Onion, The Heavy Hand
https://sardinecanpress.storenvy.com/
www.Patreon.com/cccilla
cccilla at gmail dot com
cartoon hermeneutics @tom-kaczynski.bsky.social theoretical cartoonist
comics as technology of consciousness
transatlantis.net
john JASON saeteroy @johnjasonsaeteroy.bsky.social John Saeteroy
Gentleman cartoonist known as Jason
Ritesh! @riteshwriter.bsky.social రితేష్
Writer and Retired Critic. (He/She/They)
Local Biryani connoisseur, Comics oddball, and Football freak.
Paradise Systems 格物天下 @paradisesystems.bsky.social 🌅 We publish exemplary comics, often in translation. Find more at www.paradise-systems.com 🌅
Helen McCarthy @helenmccarthy51.bsky.social Writer, speaker, poet, scholar, booklover. Two new books in 2026; hundreds of presentations/articles on anime, manga, cosplay, history, art and craft across the UK, USA, Europe and Asia.
Website helenmccarthy.net
https://ko-fi.com/helenmccarthy51
Jon Holt @jonhulkholt.bsky.social Professor of Japanese, comics, and funk
tonči zonjić @tozo.today tawn chi zawn yitch | comics and pictures
www.to-zo.com | tozo.today
Christina Lee @hotspicytakes.bsky.social 
Marc Tessier @mactintac.bsky.social Auteur d'images et raconteur collagiste
Small Press Expo @smallpressexpo.bsky.social Small Press Expo/SPX is the pre-eminent indie comics festival and home of the Ignatz Awards. Every September we host over 500 creators for the ultimate in mini-comics, riso comix and graphic novels.
www.smallpressexpo.com
Peter Kuper @pkuper.bsky.social Cartoonist: Mad, (Spy vs Spy) New Yorker,Charlie Hebdo,The Nation. Co-founder of World War 3 illustrated. Harvard prof.
Greg Hunter @gregjhunter.bsky.social Previously a book editor. Still the author of NEW REALITIES: THE COMICS OF DASH SHAW: http://tinyurl.com/43sh4nu4
GoComics @officialgocomics.bsky.social Home to the funniest comics, the most iconic characters, and the greatest creators of all time.
Chloe "KLO-E" Maveal @cuntersthompson.bsky.social Co-host of the official 2000 AD podcast ◦ publisher of the Trash Humper zine ◦ professional deviant ◦ culture critic ◦ a real humdinger
https://www.patreon.com/cw/TrashHumper
dogwhistleprinting.bigcartel.com
molly kiely @mollykiely.bsky.social artist :: tattooer :: hermitess :: out of step since 1969 :: hiding in plain sight
mollykiely.com ::
mollykiely.tumblr.com
Breakdown Press @breakdownpress.bsky.social Contemporary comics publishing, London UK.
Find Us:
Instagram / Threads - @breakdownpress
Twitter - @breakdownpress
www.breakdownpress.com
@frankmyoung.bsky.social @frankmyoung.bsky.social 
Steven Brower @stevenianbrower.bsky.social Author, Designer, Teacher, Vegan, Hippy
PBS @pbs.org PBS’s editorial independence is central to our work and will never change. We produce trustworthy content that features unbiased reporting.
http://www.pbs.org
caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social eisner award winning cartoonist 💬 Nancy, PeePeePooPoo, Adventure Time, Etc
Thomas Campbell @comicsblogger.bsky.social I make a zine called Comics Blogger
www.comicsblogger.net
Joshua W. Cotter @joshuawcotter.bsky.social ND Secular Humanist ♾️ Traditional Media Cartoonist & Illustrator ✍️ Fix Your Hearts or Die 🫀
https://www.joshuawcotter.com/ -or- https://bio.site/joshuawcotter
Guillermo del Toro @realgdt.bsky.social I make movies. I watch movies. I love movies.
Sean McCarthy @seanmccarthyart.bsky.social Artist, NY. Professor, Lehman College/CUNY.
Jean-Dominic Leduc @jeandominicleduc.bsky.social J’écris sur la bande dessinée. Et j’en parle. Beaucoup // I write about comics. And I talk about them. A lot.
jeandominicleduc.ca
📍Matane, Québec, Canada
J Webster Sharp @jwebstersharp.bsky.social 
Dynamite Entertainment @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social The official Bluesky of Dynamite Entertainment, publisher of top comics like Vampirella, Red Sonja, The Boys, ThunderCats, Gargoyles, and much more! #DareToBeDynamite!
linktr.ee/dynamitecomics
Zander Cannon | SLEEP HC/TPB out now!! @zandercannon.bsky.social Eisner-winning cartoonist who's been making comic books since 1993. Notable works: Replacement God, Kaijumax, Heck, Sleep, and - with Alan Moore and Gene Ha - Top 10. Operates World Monster HQ out of Minneapolis. he/him
Sadia @sadiabies.bsky.social (They/ them)
Horror freak, tiny bug, unfortunately an artist surviving under capitalism
sadiabiesart.com
https://linktr.ee/sadiabies
Corinne Halbert SPX W70B 📚🔮🌞 @corinnehalbert.bsky.social comic artist ✍️ horror artist 🩸 filmmaker 🎥
🙏🖤💀ACID NUN💀🖤🙏 @silversprocket.net
🦂🔮👁️SCORPIO VENUS RISING👁️🔮🦂 (2027)
Ignatz-award nominated creator 📚 NYC
Josh bayer @joshbayercomics.bsky.social Graphic Novelist and educator. New Book: Unended
Peter + Maria Hoey @coinophoey.bsky.social Brother and sister artists.
2026 Eisner & Ignatz Nominee: COIN-OP no. 10 WET CEMENT. Our new graphic novel, THE SHADOWER from TOP SHELF/IDW is out now.
Illustration Rep: Rapp Art
web shop / portfolio link below
http://linktr.ee/coinophoey/
Rob Kirby @robkirbycomics.bsky.social Cartoonist in St Paul, MN. Reviewer @ Publishers Weekly. Dog person. Books incl QU33R (Ignatz winner). Latest from Graphic Mundi: my memoir Marry Me a Little. A 2023 year-best pick in Oprah magazine.
Philip Nel @philnel.bsky.social 👨🏼🏫 Prof. he/him.
📚 Books on children's books & comics: https://philnel.com/writing/books/
📷 IG: thephilnel
🐘 Mastodon: @philnel@mastodon.green
🎵 Spotify: thephilnel
🐦 ex-Twitter (deleted in 2022): @philnel
Dean Simons @deansimons.bsky.social He/Him. UK-based freelance culture writer/journalist [news & features]. Interests: world comics, comics history, digital comics + tech/gaming
Portfolio | https://linktr.ee/dean.simons
Support my work | https://ko-fi.com/deansimons
Follow ≠ endorsement
Maggie Umber @maggieumber.bsky.social I paint, print, & program graphic novels & zines. My newest book, Chrysanthemum Under the Waves, is nominated for a Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.
Buy my books, prints, toys: https://maggieumber.com/
Manuele Fior @manuele-fior.bsky.social https://manuelefior.com/
Michael Dooley @mchldooley.bsky.social history professor (design, comics, animation), graphic designer, author, editor, photographer
Luke Pearson @thatlukeperson.bsky.social Comics and drawings and such. Creator of Hilda.
Mark Newgarden @marknewgarden.bsky.social Cartoonist, writer, educator, whatever.
Stripburger @stripburger.bsky.social ~ In Comics We Trust (since 1992) ~
an international comics magazine & publisher, based in Ljubljana, Slovenia
www.stripburger.org
Éditions Tanibis @tanibis.bsky.social Publishing weird comics since 2000
The Doug Wright Awards @dougwrightawards.bsky.social The Doug Wright Awards honour the finest in Canadian comics and graphic novels, both past and present.
@carolcomix.bsky.social @carolcomix.bsky.social 
J.T. Yost @jtyost.bsky.social Non-prolific cartoonist. 
Michel Fiffe @michelfiffe.bsky.social COPRA (Image) • ZEGAS (Fantagraphics) • PANORAMA (DH) • Marvel, DC, Patreon • He/Him 🇨🇺
Dark & Golden Books @darkandgolden.bsky.social Dark & Golden Books are dedicated to charting a less travelled course through the history of British comics, finding and celebrating mislaid and forgotten classics.
https://darkandgolden.bigcartel.com/
robin @squarehead333.bsky.social Translates, reads and obsesses over comics
🇮🇪🇵🇱
he/him
https://genuinehumanriches.wordpress.com/
Ken Parille @kenparille.bsky.social College teacher of literature, children’s lit, comics, writing. Author/editor of books on Daniel Clowes, 19th-century boyhood, guitar playing. Author of essays on comics and boyhood in academic journals and elsewhere. Friend to All Cats Everywhere Always.
🏳️⚧️ valissa von dippin’ sauce @valisdheart.bsky.social producer and publisher
music: www.pastitch.com/music
latest music — VALICE
books: www.pastitch.com
latest book — AFTERTASTE
🏳️⚧️ she/her 18+
Kevin Brown @kevinbrownwrites.bsky.social I love running, reading, and writing, but progressive politics will also make an appearance here, from time to time.
Tahneer Oksman @tahneeroksman.bsky.social Teach journalism; cultural critic, esp of memoir and graphic novels/comics, for NPR and others; some books on some things; Brooklyn, NY. Opinions mine.
Valerio Stivè @valeriostive.bsky.social I WRITE ABOUT COMICS
I TRANSLATE COMICS
I CURATE COMICS
I LIKE COMICS
(The profile portrait is drawn by Richard Short)
Paul Grist @mistergrist.bsky.social The one that does the comics. New Kane comics in 2025!
Boum @boum.bsky.social Eisner Award-winning cartoonist • Author of THE JELLYFISH, BOUMERIES, A SMALL REVOLUTION & others • (she/her) • FR/EN 🇫🇷🇨🇦
https://www.boumfolio.com • https://www.patreon.com/boum
Eric Drooker @drooker.bsky.social The New Yorker, cover artist
Naked City: A Graphic Novel
Flood: A Novel in Pictures
Blood Song: A Silent Ballad
Howl: A Graphic Novel
website: Drooker.com
signed prints: Drooker.com/prints
Shaenon K. Garrity @shaenon.bsky.social Cartoonist and skiffy writer. 2022 Inkpot winner. Narbonic, Skin Horse, Willowweep Manor, Steam. Repped by Brent Taylor.
https://www.patreon.com/c/Shaenon
Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net Radical indie comics publisher
https://store.silversprocket.net
World War 3 illustrated @ww3illustrated.bsky.social Founded in 1979, the longest-running political comic book anthology of its kind. #comix #left #leftpolitics
@frankcammuso.bsky.social @frankcammuso.bsky.social 
John Kelly @dummyzine.bsky.social Dummy Zine
Sputnikat @sputnikat.bsky.social We make comics
Strangers Publishing @strangers.bsky.social a celebration of the forgotten and overlooked.
https://linktr.ee/strangerspublishing
🇨🇦Jay Stephens🇨🇦 @jstephenscomics.bsky.social Lake Ontario Cartoonist. Drawn by human hand.
linktr.ee/jstephenscomics
Leo Fox @leoofox.bsky.social artist cartoonist and autistic sex symbol
Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social Socially conscious European comics culture site exploring the comics universe, celebrating the small press and championing new creative voices since 2002. https://www.brokenfrontier.com/ Managed by @andywpoliver.bsky.social
Alex Dueben @alexdueben.bsky.social Writer. Historian. Etc.
He/Him
G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me Award-winning soccer mom. Wrote the books that one of those shows you like was based on. Currently: POISON IVY for DC Comics, BLACK CAT for Marvel. Buy my books: bookshop.org/shop/gww
Karen Czap @charmgardens.com Cartoonist, X-Men Fan, Sunfly Believer, Tall Cool Vulnerable & Luscious, FFG, Greatest of All Taurus (*they*)
🌸🌷🌼
https://linktr.ee/charmgardens
Paul Jenkins @pauljenkins.bsky.social Comic Book Writer, Director, Game Designer, Creator of Marvel’s Sentry, Crystal Palace fan.
Chris Weston @westonfront.bsky.social Illustrator and occasional writer of comic books. I also do concept art, costume design and storyboards for films too. Bat-suit designer on The Flash.
Cully Hamner @cullyhamner.bsky.social Comic book artist- DC, Marvel, Image, et al; co-creator of Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle, RED, &... coming soon, RUBY ACTUAL! Usually #11 on any Top 10 list. He/him. In Austin, TX.
www.cullyhamner.com
Appearances/original art sales: www.essentialsequential.com
Dave Mandl @dmandl.bsky.social WFMU DJ, writer (The Wire, Los Angeles Review of Books, etc.), bassist, photographer, amateur linguist. Founder, Brooklyn Psychogeographical Association.
Web: davidmandl.com
Instagram: @dmandl
Playlists from my radio show: https://wfmu.org/playlists/GX