Norm Grock @normgrock.bsky.social Artist who loves to make nerdy things. Creator of children’s books, graphic novels and video games. Writer and illustrator of GameLad published by Oni press, Coming in early 2027.
Represented @pterlip.bsky.social
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Roundabout Books @roundaboutbookshop.bsky.social Indie bookstore in Bend, Oregon.
Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com Nature comics (Bird and Moon). Books about nature. Talks. Bird facts. rosemarymosco.com She/her.
Emily Essley @antimle.bsky.social Bureaucramancer. Relative Value Unit Shifter. (f)Artsy. Bicycle Enthusiast. Auntie Phở. She/Her. Avatar: A b/w photo of a woman wearing headphones with a cassette tape sprockets for eyes. Zig zag "lightning bolts" indicate music playing on the headphones.
Junior Library Guild @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social A collection development service providing libraries with the best new-release books for children and young adults.
Kelly Fitzpatrick @wastedwings.bsky.social Color Artist. Painter. Books Hugo, GLAAD, Prism, Ringo & Harvey nominated. Rope witch. 200 RYS. Bad Yogi. Disabled- FMS, MCI, Ocular Migraines, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Depression/ Anxiety. Queer. ♠️. Agender. AuDHD.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social i work across nyc’s libraries and archives; i was a full professor of media studies, art history + anthropology
architecture, archives, 🎨, cities, 🐕, infrastructure, libraries, 🗺️, sound++
nyc + upstate
wordsinspace.net
AISLE Bluestem Award @bluestemaward.bsky.social @aisled-org.bsky.social Readers' Choice Award for Illinois 3rd-5th Graders
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#bluestemaward #bluereads
Ringo Awards @ringoawards.bsky.social The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards is an annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics.
Jashar Awan @jashar.bsky.social Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator; EVERY MONDAY MABEL out now from Simon & Schuster; repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio
Fuse Literary @fuseliterary.bsky.social We are a full-service literary agency based in the Silicon Valley, with agents in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Dallas, Seattle, and Halifax.
Sara Ryan @ryansara.bsky.social Queer author of books & comics for teens & others. They/them. Authors Against Book Bans member. VCFA WCYA faculty. Represented by Michael Bourret. Not here much. 
Fieldmouse Press @fieldmouse.press A 501(c)(3) nonprofit comics press, built to serve. We publish beautiful books and SOLRAD, the online literary journal for comics.
https://linktr.ee/fieldmousepress
Mitch Green @councilorgreen.bsky.social Official account for Portland City Councilor Mitch Green from District 4. portland.gov/disclaimer
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov U.S. Senator for Oregon. Rotisserie chicken enthusiast. Senate’s resident privacy hawk.
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wydenpress.bsky.social
Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social Poet & kidlit writer. Marbling & book artist.
Based in Portland, OR 🌲
https://stefankarlssonwrites.wixsite.com/author
https://linktr.ee/nautiluspaperco
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art @carlemuseum.bsky.social We ❤️ picture books. Follow along to fall in love with picture books, too. https://linktr.ee/carlemuseum
📍Amherst, MA
Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social I'm a background artist in Vancouver! Projects include Star Trek: Lower Decks, Rick and Morty, Carmen Sandiego, My Little Pony: The Movie amanda.wt.wong@gmail.com
Website: http://www.amandadraw.com
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Claire Hummel @shoomlah.bsky.social Art director and concept artist, currently designing vampires at Netflix. Previously at Cyan, Valve, Campo Santo, HBO. Draws a lot of rocks and historical fashion. | ClaireHummel.com | linktr.ee/shoomlah
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
The Downballot @the-downballot.com The premier source of information for the thousands of elections below the presidency, from Senate to city council.
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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social Writer. Reader. I live in a box of paints. She/her. Banner: a detail from Remedios Varo’s Vampiros Vegetarianos. Three vampires in fantastical golden outfits sip fruit through extra long straws.)
Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov U.S. Senator from the great state of Michigan. Working to boost the middle class, protect our country, our kids and our democracy. Former national security official.
Jeremy Fuscaldo @jeremyfuscaldo.bsky.social Comic Artist | Storyboard Artist | Character Design
Amelia Enmity creator | MFA Visual Arts
Making Comics/Graphic Novel idea | Seeking Representation
https://jeremyfuscaldo.weebly.com/
https://jeremyfuscaldo.carrd.co/
Books with Pictures PDX @bkswpicspdx.bsky.social Eisner-winning comic book store in Portland, Oregon. Aggressively inclusive.
BwPCon applications are OPEN! bookswithpictures.com/bwpcon
Jessixa Bagley @jessixabagley.bsky.social Currently residing on planet Earth making books for kids and drawing hotdogs! 📚✏️🌭 I Can also burp really loudly. 💫 substack.com/@jessixabagley
Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org 12,000+ workers fighting for fair union contracts and a better Starbucks ✊
Organize your store, get updates from our campaign, and sign our Boycott Starbucks pledge at bit.ly/m/SBWU
Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social I explore my adopted home of Japan, looking for fun and weird mascots (and other costumed characters).
Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social Animation tidbits from around the world, including rare and underappreciated material you won't find elsewhere.
Newsletter: http://animationobsessive.substack.com
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
propublica.org
Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social Bestselling author of 50+ books. PRINCESS ACADEMY, AUSTENLAND, PRINCESS IN BLACK, REAL FRIENDS, DREAM ON, ITTY BITTY KITTY-CORN. Mom of 4 awesome young adults. she/her. Curiosity and compassion. www.shannonhale.com
Will Fertman @willfertman.com Father and author of The Deaf Baby Instruction Manual, available now from Bloomsbury Academic: https://is.gd/0FoT5z
All opinions are my own. More opinions at:
https://willfertman.com - https://buttondown.com/will_fertman
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social Reporter and writer: https://fallows.substack.com/ and https://www.ourtownsfoundation.org/ One-time speechwriter, long-time pilot, longer-time husband of linguist/writer Deborah Fallows. Note same wristwatch in the two photos, more than 50 years apart.
Julia Mills @jamills.com Author/illustrator I AM STUCK Clarion, '23
ROBINSON'S NEW THING Clarion, '25
Public school art educator
Knitter
Victor Santiago 🔜 SPX @warpvector.net Writer | Designer | Teacher | he/they
💻 warpvector.net | comixclubhouse.com
Meggie's at ALA - table 2052 @meggietheramm.bsky.social Michigan cartoonist
IRL swamp muppet
Comic design, comic education, comic etc.
Creator of Batcat
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social Official account of Portland City Councilor Candace Avalos (she/ella), representing East Portland’s District 1.
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📘 Online Policy: portland.gov/Disclaimer
#LiveFromPDXCouncil26
#LiveFromHH26
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Ron Chan | RCCC A27 @rondanchan.bsky.social Comics + Storyboards + Illustration.
Drew some comics for PvZ, Overwatch, DOTA2.
Video games appreciator. Fanart poster. Greyhound dad. Muay Thai casual. Portland, OR | He/Him |🖕a/i
https://bio.site/RonDanChan
Elijah J Brubaker @elijahbrubaker.bsky.social Professional jerk
kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social #kidlitchat happens every Tuesday night at 9E/6P, co-hosted by @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social. The topic is posted here as each chat begins, as well as any important chat news.
Banner art by Brian Kirby: @boringstorybook.com
Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
Bonnie Adamson @bonnieadamson.com Illustrator; writer of various things;
former #SCBWI IC and ARA; #pbparty26 Illustration Showcase;
co-host of #kidlitchat, Tuesdays at 9E/6P;
art and books at bonnieadamson.com
Danielle Anne Baum @dabaum.bsky.social right! I have to put a description here don't I?
I'm a queer trans artist on the autistic spectrum that deals with depression and anxiety. I used to be a librarian, might again one day. I curse if you don't like it fuck off. she/her
Miranda Harmon @mirandaharmon.bsky.social I draw!
James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social DC Studios co-CEO, #Superman, #GuardiansoftheGalaxy, #Peacemaker, dog owner, husband, servant to my cat.
Alex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com little canadian rat goblin woman (she/they)
https://www.aplante.com/welcome
🔹illustrator/comics/murals
🔹IG/FB: @alexplantewpg
🔹patreon/ko-fi: @alexplante
Agent: @stephaniewinter.bsky.social
#art #comic
Steenz! @oheysteenz.bsky.social Award Winning Cartoonist - Side Quest
/ Heart of the City • SLICE President • Comics Editor • Educator • They/Them • Queer • Black • Rep- Anjali Singh
Gocomics.com/heartofthecity
Oheysteenz.com
Ian Boothby @ianboothby.bsky.social Writer, cartoonist, comedian. Washington Post and New Yorker cartoons, MAD Magazine, Futurama comics, Sparks! series of books, Frostbite, Exorsisters, Mannequin on the Moon and full time Canadian.
Sergio olmos @sergioolmos.bsky.social Investigative reporter @CalMatters | Winner of no awards | sergio@calmatters.org | dm for Signal | 🇲🇽
KPBS San Diego @kpbssandiego.bsky.social Delivering news, arts & culture, and events for San Diego County as your NPR and PBS station.
Rose City Comic Con @rosecitycc.bsky.social Portland, Oregon's Comic Con. We'll see you September 11-13, 2026 at the Oregon Convention Center! | Links: https://lnk.bio/rccc | #RCCC
Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social Co-Founder Momentum Training Institute, IfNotNow, More Perfect Union. Formerly Warren, Justice Democrats, etc. Tottenham until they kill me.
Katie @katiejmcnamara.bsky.social Helping others shine, Curriculum designer, Teacher Librarian 📚, Media Literacy Coach, FPU Professor & Program Director, Speaker, Advocate, Neurodivergent, Boymom. Inspire. Empower. Create. Repeat. #EDUsky ⚖️ #TLSky 🐈 Celebrate everything 🎉
Bulgilhan Press @bulgilhanpress.com Award-winning indie comics press publishing distinct, self-indulgent comics by cartoonists with voice and vision.
Next event: SPX (9/12-9/13)
https://bulgilhanpress.com
Zach Clemente @clementeworks.com Publisher & Boss, Bulgilhan Press // President, Boston Comic Arts Foundation // IT Professional // he/him
www.clementeworks.com
SKTCHD @sktchd.bsky.social An Eisner Award-winning subscription comic site that dives into the story behind comics: SKTCHD.com. Home of Off Panel, a weekly interview podcast: bit.ly/OffPanelPod. User of all the words. Kind of curious. By @davidharper.bsky.social.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social UFW - fighting for farm workers since 1962. Sí Se Puede!®
Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social Writers Guild of America East, AFL-CIO, is a labor union representing writers in film, television, news, podcasts, and online media.
Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) is a labor union representing writers of motion pictures, television, radio, and internet programming.
linktr.ee/wgawest
E. L. Chen *SLASHER SUMMER out now* @elainechen.com Horror writer, UI/UX designer, child-rearer, USA Today bestseller. Rep: Dorian Maffei at KC&A. She/her elainechen.com 🇨🇦
SWEETSIDE MOTEL (IFP) 🔪
SLASHER SUMMER (Michael Joseph/Crown) 🪓
ONE OF US IS ALREADY DEAD (Run For It Feb 2027) 🪰
Chad Loder @chadloder.dev The purpose of a system is what it does. 🌪️ they/them
Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social Menominee | Organizer | Co-author of Let This Radicalize You | Hosts Movement Memos podcast | Newsletter: organizingmythoughts.org | More: http://linktr.ee/KellyHayes
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
Jamie Coville @jamiecoville.com Comic Historian, Audio Recorder of Panels, Crazy compiler of the The Combined Best Comics & Graphic Novels of [YEAR] list.
Former Eisner, Doug Wright and Joe Shuster Awards Judge.
https://www.TheComicBooks.com
https://www.JamieCoville.com
Karen De la Vega @karendelavegart.bsky.social 🇲🇽 illustrator ~ cartoonist
Represented by Astound U.S
Sam Helmick @samhelmick.bsky.social 5k-er. American Library Association President. Author. Baker. Christian. #FreePeopleReadFreely. LEGO lover. #Library Worker. Policy Wonk. #ThoughtBunny Wrangler. 🐇
Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/roxanegay
Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
“Weird Nash” Yankovic @nashyankovic.bsky.social Nah, I’m good!
Jess Fink🍉🌈SPX A6 @jessfink.bsky.social Ignatz award winning cartoonist. Illustrator focused on romance. She or they.
Portfolio/webcomic links: http://jessfink.com
Shop: http://linktr.ee/jessfink
Patreon: http://patreon.com/JessFink
Published by @topshelfcomix
Matthew Noe (Vacation) @noethematt.bsky.social Overcaffeinated Kentuckian in Massachusetts. Librarian. Professor. Trustee. Ask me about #GraphicMedicine. Trying to be kind, do good, and read comics. (He/Him)
noethematt.com
Santos Sisters Comic Book @santossisterscomic.bsky.social www.santossisters.com
Richard Krauss @richard-krauss.bsky.social Maker, marker, mourner. larquepress.com
CaliDaniLM☮️💙 @calidanilm.bsky.social Writer Activist ⚖️ Human Rights, Dem/Soc • Chef • Healer 🍃 • Empath • Gardener • Stray Cat Protector • Caregiver & Proud Mama Bear to my AuDHD 🏳️🌈 Son 📍NorCal🌅❤️ #IndigenousRights #Resistance 💪 #SolidarityForever #StrongerTogether #FucktheFascistPatriarchy
Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social Your Jeopardy! pal. Author of THE COMPLETE KENNECTIONS (http://bit.ly/4qUcbhK) and a bunch of other stuff.
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social Writer! TV: Yellowjackets. Novel: Woodworking (out now). Podcasts: Arden. Journalism: Vox, A.V. Club, NYT, etc. Like a large language model but for my formative trauma. Newsletter here: https://episodes.ghost.io/
David Bates @davidbwriter.bsky.social Arts/culture journalism at paywall-free Oregon ArtsWatch and Substack. News junkie and Weird Studies podcast fan. Other interests: UFOs, theater. I read everything. No DMs unless I know you or we've talked some here. https://artlandia.substack.com
Marianne Doherty @mariannedoherty.bsky.social Digital Project Manager for Scottish Book Trust. Children’s books and comics enthusiast. Dyslexic. ME/CSF. Here for the kids book chat. All views my own. #KidsBooksFriday 📚🏴
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
TX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social We believe in the right to read. We support #FReadom. Website link: https://www.txfreadomfighters.us/
Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
Prettyokmaggie.com
@libraries4all.bsky.social @libraries4all.bsky.social Librarian
Book Nerd
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Justin Eisinger @justineisinger.bsky.social Co-Author THEY CALLED US ENEMY & IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI | Author INCREDIBLE STADIUMS (HOW’D THEY MAKE THAT?!) October 2026 | Editor USAGI YOJIMBO | Rep: @dzhyde.bsky.social @hillnadell.bsky.social | Opinions are my own 🗣👐
www.justineisinger.com
Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/
Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
Su Yin Khoo @ksuyin.com Designer of many things. Cycling around Auckland with some kids in tow. Wear your mask and don’t park in cycleways. She/her.
Sen. Cory Booker @booker.senate.gov Proudly serving the people of New Jersey in the U.S. Senate. 
Beniam "Benny" Hollman @bennygum.bsky.social Comic Artist/Cartoonist/Story Artist • They/Them • ✨ terminally offline, but still available for work! ✨
💌 beniamhollman7@gmail.com
🎨 https://beniamhollman.portfoliobox.net
🎨comic colorist work: https://beniamhollmancolor.myportfolio.com
Ray Baehr @cavetoonist.bsky.social I enjoy making comics, studying prehistory, and consuming sci-fi media! 🌟 Hire me to ink your comics! (they/them) cavetoonist.com
Comicsbeat @comicsbeat.bsky.social An award winning website that covers comics, comics culture and the people who make them. comicsbeat.com
HUU with news: info @ comicsbeat
Lillian Karabaic @anomalily.net Finance + Transit journalist | Weekend edition host on @opb | YouTuber | + @slate @ohmydollar | views my own | Book “A Cat's Guide to Money" 😻 | she/her 🏳️🌈
Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Richard Ruddick @richardruddick.bsky.social Convinced your classroom needs more graphic novels.