Céilí @DCAF 13th July!

@mildfox.bsky.social

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Irish queer comic artist and illustrator. Worked in animation for 8 years doing storyboards but now I work freelance. Please check out my comics on patreon including Fox Tales which comes out weekly for free! : https://mildfox.carrd.co/

A digital drawing of a dragon on a branch with a neon line filter
Fox relaxes on a couch, paws on a very pregnant belly and complains "isn't it about time you got out already?"
A four panel comic. Panel 1, fox and bear stand by an open car boot full of shopping. Fox who is very pregnant asks "can I help?" In panel 2 Bear looks at Fox silently. I. Panel 3 bear smiles and hands fox a receipt saying " here, you can carry this. It's extra heavy so be careful." In panel 4 they head towards their house, fox carries the receipt while bear lugs about six heavy bags of shopping in one load.
Black and white illustration. A very pregnant Fox works at a desk while sitting on a yoga ball.
An open comic book showing a scene of green fields and a cottage with the title The Cave of Cats written on the left page.
Fox and Bear smiling and holding hands with Cat Pixel between them. Fox is visibly pregnant
A table full of comics for sale
A stack of A3 pages with ink and watercolor comic art on them
A map of The Complex where DCAF is being hosted. An arrow points towards table 15. above it is a doodle of Fox saying 'come find me all the way in the back of the hall before i turn into a puddle and melt away!'
A very fluffy cat lying on its back with its paws curled in
A comic panel shows a grinning corpse clutching someone's shoulder as they peer out at the viewer
A sketchy digital drawing in colour of a girl eating a very large burrito, her mouth stretched wide open, muppet style.
A full comic page spread, half coloured with watercolours. It shows two panels, in the top, a man looks down at a corpse-like creature who lies on the floor of a hovel. In the second panel he carries the creature across a purple landscape filled with ghouls and strange happenings.
a scattering of rocks digitally drawn and painted in a watercolour style in tones of blueish green and yellow
A comic panel in black and white ink showing a cow walking through some grass in the foreground with more cows behind
A digital black and white sketch of a bear sitting, looking at it's toes.
A comic panel showing a corpse-like creature resting it's head on the shoulder of a man whose face we can't see. The corpse looks a little sad.
Panel showing a corpse-like creature who stares at the viewer with a grim face while holding a pot of some kind.
A comic panel showing in ink, a fern getting reaching across the page amongst other leaves and plants
A photo of some comic pages in progress, one fully inked, the other just sketched out. the panel visible in the inked page shows a grinning corpse learing up out of the darkness. In the top left a cute coloured drawing of Fox is holding a big inkbrush over the page, ready to make art.
A wrinkled flier on a pole for Belfast Zine fair, Sunday 8th June, 11am to 2pm at the crescent arts center
One panel comic. Two pigeons sit on the windowsill looking down at Fox who is fast asleep on some cushions. One of them says "well she won't be catching any worms today that's for sure"
A four panel comic. Bear and fox are doing some washing up. Bear says "lots of people have been asking me when I'm gonna cut my beard off lately. One of the guys even said he can't believe you let me grow it so long in the first place!" Fox responds saying "I mean, it's your beard but did you tell them I prefer it like this?" Bear says "yeah. They didn't believe me." They both sigh as Fox pats Bears shoulder .
The top panel from a half inked comic passage shows a wrinkled corpse with a skull-like face clinging to someone's shoulder as it looks out at something beyond the panel.
Four panel comic, the narrator box says "we like to try new things, especially when it comes to food..." Bear says "ooh, chocolate brownie caramel swirl?" As he picks up a chocolate bar from a shelf of chocolate. In panel two the narrator box says "Bear has a weakness for 'new edition' chocolates". Bear, looking at the chocolate bar says "sounds interesting". Fox sceptically says "hmm... I dunno about that." Panel three Bear heads off with the chocolate saying "I'm gonna get it!" Fox follows saying "yeah, I figured" in panel four fox asks bear "how is it?" They sit on a couch at home with Pixel the cat. Bear responds sadly saying "yeah. It's definitely bad." The narrator says "it doesn't always end well..."
Fox sits at a desk in panel one looking at a calendar. She thinks 'Ok, if I get all the inks done in the next month I should be on task to finish the colours and collate it all before the print deadline...' in panel two Fox sneezes with a big snotty Achoo. In panel three she says 'uh oh' as snot drips down the panel and from her nose. And so in panel four time spirals out of control taking Fox and her sickness with it as she cries 'blughhh, my deadlines!!'
An ink drawing of Fox looking out of it lying on the ground waving a white flag. Text says "Fox Tales will return next week"
A half finished comic page with pencils and some watercolours filled in. It shows panels of a girl and her father chatting and telling stories together.
Four panel comic, in panel one there are two pidgeons, one rolls into panel from offscreen. In panel two he says 'Did you see that?! I almost died!!!' In panel three the second pidgeon says 'well yeah, you flew right out in front of a bus' in the final panel pidgeon 2 continues 'what exactly did you expe-' before being cut off by the first pidgeon who yells 'OH HECK MORE CRUMBS' and dives offscreen back onto a busy road.
A four panel comic. In the first panel Fox grabs the cat, saying "ok Pixel it's time for your daily brush", Pixel yowls Noooo! in the second panel Fox has Pixel on her lap while she brushes her fur. Pixel sighs Hmph as fox says There now that's not so bad is it. In the third panel Fox gives a delighted Pixel some treats for being so good. In the fourth, pixel zooms off leaving fox standing in a cloud of loose fur thinking "now I just have to clean up all this hair"
A blue cup with a green dragon like creature squeezed into it. The dragon has leaflike wings and a leafy ruff around its neck as well. It's described as a Cabbage Dragon.
A hand covered in ink stained lines and an ink pot and pen in the background
Fox and Bear are sitting down for tea at the kitchen table while a radio plays in the background. The radio announcer says "Welcome to RadioFM, nonstop FEEL GOOD music!! Next up we have Sadly McSadderson and the Seven Seasons of Sadness!!" Bear says "I think we might need to pick a new radio station..."
A very fluffy cat lying on an armchair on her back with paws folded like a teddybear
A market table stall with wire walls built up the side and a shelf at the back. The table is covered in art, zines, and trinkets
Two pages of prints, one is of Finn and Jake from Adventure Time, the other is a zodiac of dragons
A pink mini crate holds a number of mini zine bundles tied with green string. Besides the crate are various labels prepped for other bundles. The different bundle types are Monster Zines, Poetry Zines, Info Zines, and More Zines there's also little description tags for each bundle.
Fox is angrily scrubbing a toilet while thinking 'how is this dirty already?! I only cleaned it like... a month ago...'
A sketch of a bat carrying a well stuffed suitcase as it flies away from a castle and thinks 'I wonder if they have babies in London?'
A map of the layout for the Dublin Comics Arts Festival on April 6th in The Complex in Smithfield. Table number 14 is highlighted and a line drawing of Fox says 'Come and say hi!'
A four panel comic, in the first, a train arrives, 'Bing Bong', the doors open and reveal Fox. She steps out as an announcement says 'welcome to procrastination station. The next train will arrive in -Unintelligable- hours.' Fox watches the train pull away and says 'Oh. Piss.'
Bear and fox running down a city street carrying shopping bags
Fox relaxes on a sunbed under a red and yellow umbrella. Bear is sitting beside and applying sun screen.
Fox and bear stand with suitcases next to a sign that says 'arrivals' and 'welcome to Australia'
a four panel comic, panel one shows a boat in a rainy sea, Fox holds a red umbrella and looks out at the wet darkness, in panel two Fox works inside the cosy boat at a drawing desk. In panel three Fox is painting an object, still inside the boat. In panel four Fox is back out in the storm and places a glowing heart into the stormy ocean. The words across the comic read 'There will always be times that are hard. There will be moments of loneliness, fear, and sorrow. But I hope that even in that darkness, you can still find a little space to put a little love and hope back into the world.'
One panel comic, Fox stands in a small room holding a mop. She is looking to a small part of the room that is clean and sparkling. Everything behind her is a mess with cobwebs and dirt and rubbish everywhere. The quote says 'There, that's enough for one day.'
The artist is in bed and husband arrives home saying 'im back!' artist says 'heyyy' sleepily 1am
The artist, friend, and husband sit on the couch, the arts is catching up on hourlies while husband and friend talk board games and RPG games 9pm
The artist, a friend, and husband sit on the couch. Friend and husband are talking about comics non stop while the artist is catching up on hourly comics day, 5pm
Three characters, the artist, her cousin, and her husband, walk along a boardwalk through a forest
Two characters, one still in bed while the other labelled Husband walks in saying 'Ok, exercise done.' it's 9am
bear watches fox who is sitting on a couch with pen and paper. Bear asks 'you writing this weeks comic?' Fox says, 'Mmm, trying to...' in panel to Fox gestures saying 'I'm waiting for inspiration to strike...' they both wait iin panel three before Fox in panel four says 'it might take a while'
A simple cartoony drawing of the artist wearing red socks, a green cardigan, leggings and a black skull t-shirt that says we're all just bones in trans colours.
A young girl carrying a hurley stick and walking. Drawn in black and white with screentones.
Four panel comic, in the first panel fox and bear decide to buy Lidl's finest electric blanket. In panel two they make the bed with it. Bear says 'it'll go off automatically in 3 hours so we don't have to worry about turning it off.' the off switch is towards the foot of the bed. in the third panel Pixel the cat joins them as they snuggle in to a very cosy bed. In panel four fox is trapped under the blanket between a sleeping bear and Pixel yelling 'its too toasty!!' the switch is put of reach.
Four panel comic, panel 1 fox looks at a pile of books at her feet, a half full bookcase in the background and thinks, 'I probably won't ever read most of these old books but they do look nice...' panel 2, Fox holds a book in each hand and a third on a table. The are all Hucklberry Finn. 'Why do we have three copies of this' she wonders. Panel 3, Pixel the cat zooms away from underfoot as Fox accidentally drops half of the big pile of books she was carrying. Oops. Panel 4, Fox leans against a full shelf tiredly and thinks, 'we got a whole extra shelf and they still don't all fit!'
A web page showing a book called 'Nectar', poems by Céilí Braidwood, and below in related products and three other books by the same person and some more by other indie comic artists
Fox puts out a Store now Open sign in front of a cute shop face while Bear watches from the window surrounded by cute merchandise