michele abounader @cerealpancake.bsky.social comic editor, writer, tired lighthouse keeper
assistant editor — IDW Dark
When I Was Young, Sapphic Pulp, Sharp Wit, Color of Always, Witching Season, Hallowed Ground, Sink Your Teeth In, FUNeral Home, Etheres
(she/her)
https://linktr.ee/cerealpancake
Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social 2x Eisner, Harvey, Ringo, and Ignatz-nominated cartoonist! Gay, they/she, a ghost with a skeleton inside it. I write and draw mystery, horror, and love
THEY GLOW IN THE DARK | HELLO SUNSHINE | SUNFLOWERS | http://keezyyoung.com | rep'd by Andrea Colvin
Matthew Tarpy @matthewtarpy.com In recovery. Dipshit from Chicago. Transplanted Ohioan. Proud Tartan. Father to Dexter. Catdad. Gamer (Droid Tycoon, Destiny 2). Politics Junkie. THE Ohio State University fan. matthewtarpy.com (obligatory: my opinions are my own)
Miles Klee 🦉 @milesklee.bsky.social “senior” “writer” @wired.com
miles_klee@wired.com
signal: millionbear.44
book: https://asterismbooks.com/product/double-black-diamond-mads-gobbo-miles-klee
⚠️ user has been kicked out of Musso & Frank for wearing a tank top
W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social Assistant Professor. Movie enjoyer. Animal lover.
isu @isu-art.bsky.social (she/her) Comic artist in Chicago :)
Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social Filmmaker (WHAT LIES WEST) and formerly a little Twitter famous. Married to @sean-a-tiger.bsky.social, writes with @nicksinnott.com
Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social Sister Spreadsheet
beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social PREORDER MY DEBUT BOOK OF COMICS: https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/beetle-moses-a-comics-menagerie/
Signed comic prints: beetlemoses.bigcartel.com
zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social deogie comics @deogie.bsky.social
pervis comics @pervis.bsky.social
Def Sentence @bazookajoe204.bsky.social 14 albums deep - only living human to share the stage with both Propagandhi & Bun B - eat the rich, smash the fascists, legalize everything - Land Back - Treaty 1 territory - WPG, MB - https://bazookajoe204.bandcamp.com/album/333-mcphillips-halfway-to-hell
evan dahm @evandahm.bsky.social fantasist, aesthete, neurotic. nyc. he. 3RD VOICE WEBCOMIC!!!!!!! https://rice-boy.com // https://www.patreon.com/evandahm
The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com Black-owned publication from Chicago to the 🌍
Reshaping the narrative in pursuit of truth and liberation.
💻: thetriibe.com
📩: https://thetriibe.com/newsletters/
Support us: https://buy.stripe.com/00w14n5ZRbhkbXaaeA6Zy03
Earthling Beta Readers @earthlingbeta.bsky.social Hello, writing community! We are the beta wing for the Darling Axe. Follow us for graphic writing prompts—all art is by actual humans. Find us here: https://tinyurl.com/earthlingbeta 🪓🪓
@joeengleman.bsky.social @joeengleman.bsky.social Chicago writer & urban planner. Clips in the Chicago Reader, South Side Weekly, Barn Raiser, Dwell, Floodlight, Mother Jones, + more. 
Leor Galil @imleor.bsky.social Chicago Reader music writer
imleor.carrd.co
Marc Fischer @marc-fischer.bsky.social Artist publisher living in Chicago with Public Collectors, Half Letter Press, Temporary Services. Finds cultural voids; fills them. He/him www.publiccollectors.org, https://halfletterpress.com, www.temporaryservices.org, https://hardcorearchitecture.blog
Parchmentscrollinensinainciusol @parchmentscroll.bsky.social Jordan
The huggiest kaiju.
Tumblr: https://bat-in-the-machine.tumblr.com
Mastodon: @parchmentscroll@meow.social (https://meow.social/@parchmentscroll )
Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social Comedy doer, improv coach, basketball enjoyer, film watcher, dog owner, mayor of fujo city. Sometimes writer.
Gene Ha creator of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE The Definitive Edition @geneha.com Chicago comic geek, author of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE: The Definitive Edition
For art sales go to https://www.panelpunk.com/collections/gene-ha
rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social Levon Honkers is the author of TACKY (2021) and SLOPPY (2025), as well as co-host of the podcast Low Culture Boil. She lives in Brooklyn.
kenny mellman @kennymellman.bsky.social Kiki and Herb , The Julie Ruin, Our Hit Parade. queer (he/him)
harp @haaarpb.bsky.social 
Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com Sober trans broad. Award winning writer. Former smoker. I write a newsletter called Anxiety Shark, my debut book is called The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
She//Her
linktr.ee/nikostratis
Vince Warren @vincewarren.bsky.social 
The Sad Mall @thesadmall.bsky.social Heavy alt rock (lately).
Anti-authoritarian by instinct.
Parody, snark, chaos, and truth.
New music out now:
False Profit$
https://music.apple.com/us/album/false-profit%24/6787450246?i=6787450247
Also available on Spotify, YouTube, etc.
Wonkette @wonkettemedia.bsky.social www.wonkette.com
The Last Blog On the Internet. We ban trolls and Nazis.
Graphic Medicine International Collective (#GraphMed2026) @graphicmedicine.bsky.social Graphic Medicine is the intersection of the discourse of healthcare and the medium of comics. Home of the Graphic Medicine International Collective nonprofit.
https://linktr.ee/graphicmedicine
Account currently managed by Matthew Noe
Music Box Theatre @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social For over 30 years, the Music Box Theatre has been the premiere venue in Chicago for independent, foreign and classic films.
Diana “Darcy the Mail Girl” Prince @darcythemailgirl.bsky.social Official Mail Ghoul for The Last Drive-In & co-host of The AEW-some Pod
Joe Bob Briggs @therealjoebob123.bsky.social Drive-in movie guy, currently hosting "The Last Drive-In" on Shudder.com and AMC-Plus.
Letterboxd @letterboxd.social 🧡💚💙 A global community of film lovers. Share your taste in movies via our free apps for iOS, Android, Apple TV, and on the web. https://letterboxd.com
Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social https://static.macmillan.com/static/holt/robin/
kyle @akashicaccess.bsky.social UFO IS NURSE FOR SIN PLANET
Michael Change @changerous63.bsky.social Graffitist, artist, thinker. Est: ‘85. Origin ROC, NY; now MKE, WI. M(✌️)KE art! 💚4 GasCo; FUA; CAC; WallTherapy. 🤬(at)Chngrus63 on Instagram has been hacked. Follow @changelovescomics on insta. 
Stetson Banks @stetsonbanks.com I'm a comedian, a woodworker, inventor of the Shake Weight and I only tell the truth 75% of the time. #ThunderUp
Charlie Vergos @charlievergos.bsky.social Comedian/Comedy Producer in Memphis, TN, formerly New Orleans, Chicago, Brooklyn, and earlier Memphis
Follow me for posts that deserve more than they get smh.
Taylor @taylorfrom5to7.bsky.social Outlaw in the court of strong opinions
eve6 @eve6.bsky.social We live under an alternative rock http://mylinx.cc/eve6
Camille, allegedly @crichoux.bsky.social 
Shannon @shannonelizabeth9.bsky.social Silly goofy feminist killjoy.
Britt Woof Woof @frozenwaffle.bsky.social I probably won’t post on here. Just wanna read other people’s thoughts. 🌈💖
Raff / Riff Raff Designs @riffraffmn.bsky.social Book artist, writer, cat dad, and general cool things enthusiast. Trans for a while now. Sometimes I sell journals. Find me at raffertymarkham.com or wandering at large in Minnesota.
Rachel Lynett @chelalyn89.bsky.social She/they, playwright & screenwriter & everything in between…..kitchen witch, curator of chaos, happily married, and queer as f^ck 🐍
More about me here: https://canikeepthecat.com
Dreamboat Branny 🦢 @bransonreese.bsky.social swanboy.com
patreon.com/bransonreese
Andrea Pearson (she/her) @saturn2169.bsky.social Comics and Tea.
I run Aquatic Panda Distro. Proudly highlighting BIPOC zine makers!
APD submissions are currently open!
Chicago, IL
www.aquaticpandadistro.com
🐶choocher🐶 @skookumchoocher.bsky.social PP DOG
🎟️🎫🗺️
Chicago | he/him | ♏
linktr.ee/astrolander
Sloane Ortel 🏳️⚧️ @ethicic.com Chief Investment Officer of Ethical Capital | Powderhound, gardener, and gender transcender. She/her. Sending good vibes your way from Utah.
Disclosures: https://ethicic.com/legal/disclosures/
Chenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social Study & teach critical media studies of empire Creator and host of Empire City @nyu_journalism Stories/ Political ed @crookedmedia @sceneonradio @uncivilshow @mothstories @streetpoetsinc
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.
Sam Allen @samallenn.bsky.social human (mostly)
comedian (barely)
Oliver Mertz @mertzmakesstuff.com Writer and colorist of A Ghost Arm Made of Angry Ghosts (Oni Press), First Law of Mad Science, and the Monuments. Colorist of Satanic Panic (Mad Cave) and The Forgotten Five.
https://mertzmakesstuff.com
Michael Hennessy 🇨🇦 @mrhennessy.com 🇨🇦 Kinda tired, but still making fun stuff with heart, like joke books & games with my fam.
I'm a writer & also work with nonprofits that focus on arts & culture.
Personal website: www.mrhennessy.com
He/him.
Charles "Skeeter" Conway @charlesconway.creator.blue 💙 Follow me on spotify and I'll love you forever 👉🏻 https://bit.ly/charlesconway
Dan Alten @danalten.bsky.social Stand-up Comedian from Kentucky.
I love you.
https://www.instagram.com/dan_alten_?igsh=dGxwNnRxOWJrMGlr
Stef Bright @stefbright.bsky.social 🎤comic ⚖️law grad 🌊scuba diver
🎥producer: Natural State Comedy & Don't Tell Comedy
♥️Care about people & planet, guess I'm a radical leftist
stefbright.com
Felicia Maroni @cinemaroni.bsky.social I watch movies and I talk about them.
https://boxd.it/31j5p
the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social here we are, caught up in this big rhythm
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Chaotic Good.
https://merl.reading.ac.uk/
Casey Nowak @ignatzhaderach.bsky.social Big deal cartoonist, they/them
Carta Monir @cartamonir.com Porn Girl, Writer, Artist / 🔞 / 35
allmylinks.com/XXXcartaXXX ✨
https://throne.com/carta ✨
PFP by Cody Sells
Follow @morecarta.bsky.social for less porn
accept no imitations
Lilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com Writer lady of comics: Lumberjanes, The Magicians graphic novels, Girl Haven, Science of Ghosts, Student Government. She/her. Wifed by @mekkalekkah 🏳️⚧️ Not currently following social media.
Sage Coffey🌿☕ @sagecoffey.bsky.social Wine Ghost Creator, BUGSNAX Story Editor, NOT A WOLF illustrator & former CAKE organizer!
Repped by Linda Camacho (Gallt and Zacker) and Mary Pender (WME)
🐛They/Them🐛
Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social (They) Digital & narrative trainings.
Host of Graphic Policy Radio: a podcast on genre media & movements for social change. 🤘🏻 🏳️🌈 🖖🏻 Public Health, unions, NYC, comic books, music history & DS9. #CountryRockSunday https://graphicpolicy.com/radio/
pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social Cute drawings and bad thoughts, courtesy of your favorite trans dork (she/her) 🏳️⚧️
jourdain searles @judysquirrels.bsky.social film & culture & TV critic • associate programmer @mixnyc.bsky.social • repped by marya spence (janklow & nesbit)
• https://linktr.ee/jsearles
Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social Hank of Decline
Website - hausofdecline.ca
Patreon - http://patreon.com/hausofdecline
Store - https://hausofdecline.bigcartel.com/
Silver Sprocket @silversprocket.net Radical indie comics publisher
https://store.silversprocket.net
alex krokus @alexkrokus.bsky.social nyc cartoonist. Talking to My Father's Ghost (2025) Loud & Smart & In Color (2025)
linktr.ee/alexkrokus
Elle Stanger, CSE @ellestanger.bsky.social I like self help, sex-education, and adult entertainment.
TheyTalkSex.com
Riki MJ Adams @rikimjadams.bsky.social Sometimes I make music, sometimes I write things
I’m probably gonna talk about wrestling
Use any pronouns for me you see fit, I am fluid and messy and contradictory
Vocals for What We Owe The Dead
https://linktr.ee/whatweowethedead
kc green @kcg.bsky.social cartoonist of Greatures, made "This is Fine" • he/him • http://kcgportfolio.site • https://linktr.ee/kcgreenn • email me: kcgreenn@icloud.com
filthburger @filthburger.bsky.social she. 30s. when the time comes, i hope you know that you have a Friend and Burger
Rasah @scarla.bsky.social Earthling, practitioner of both arts and sciences, floof fanatic, femmeby (they/them), recovering booze hound, eater of tacos.
Jen Durbent @jendurbent.com Writer. Occasional comedian.
Jokes on stage, at the onion, etc. I also ran/run queercoded.com
Books: on the internet on jendurbent.com and on your bookshelves.
Ok. That's all for now.
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
Lee Rawles @leerawles.bsky.social Magazine editor, podcaster, hockey lover. 
Chris | Jack of all trades @NamiComi @chrisd88.bsky.social Jack of all trades at NamiComi, a global ecosystem for comics and manga. Lover of anime, manga, webcomics, and vtubers. Opinions are my own.
Official® Joel Cusumano™ @joelcusumano.bsky.social "APPENDIX" EP https://dandyboyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/appendix
ODD POP Mondays @ 12p PT // 3p ET on https://KPISS.FM
https://linktr.ee/joelcusumanomusic
9/11: Spats, Berkeley
9/24-10/17: EU Tour
EAST BAY, CA
Amy P. @amyephillips.bsky.social Appellate public defender. Broadway superfan. #FOIA nerd.
#DCStatehood 🏳️🌈 🇵🇸 😷
She/her. Personal account.
(@amyeph from Twitter)
The Davids Podcast @thedavidspod.bsky.social A newly housed podcast about creatives named David, and their non-David affiliates.
https://linktr.ee/thedavidspod?utm_source=qr_code
Daniella @daniellamazzio.bsky.social Culture Writer/Critic. Consultant. Posts about movies, Chicago, gardening, pollinators, disability, & leftism. Ran that Lydia Tár account. Now have a Michael Shannon podcast. Opinions are my own. Viva Palestina. https://linktr.ee/daniellamazzio
Stella Cheeks @stellacheeks.bsky.social Part time naked nerd. Part time perverted podcaster. Full time nightmare. 💗💜💙 Come for the thirst. Stay for the radical politics.🖖🏼 Doesn’t proofread good. she/her
han donovan (they/she) @handonovan.bsky.social helper guy
Dylan Meconis @dylanmeconis.bsky.social I make comic books and the occasional loud noise. She/they 🏳️🌈 Portland, Oregon
dylanmeconis.com
Howling Pages @howlingpages.bsky.social Chicago's destination for the coolest graphic novels, indie comics, and printed art. A home for the art of comics.
www.howlingpages.com
Vince Locke @vincelocke.bsky.social Award-winning illustrator: A History of Violence, The Sandman, Cannibal Corpse, Deadworld, Junction True, White-Wolf, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, 2000AD, The Unwritten, The Dollhouse Family
Steven The Pop Culture Maven @popculturemaven.bsky.social Founder and Editor in Chief of Pop Culture Maven, Former Eisner Judge. Comic Book and film enthusiast! Weekly Comic Book Reviews over at YouTube. https://youtube.com/@101lostboyus?si=2FFuWkbr2x68dDMm
Dr Luke Buckmaster @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social Guardian Australia's film critic, chief critic of Flicks.com.au and "The VR Critic" (thevrcritic.com). PHD in virtual reality. Creator of Nicolas Cage fan site The Cage Gauge: https://www.flicks.com.au/cagegauge/
Shelly Bond @sxbond.bsky.social HQ w/ Philip Bond at offregister.press
4-color paper pusher since 1988. Loves Strummer. Hates tangents. Eats comix.
Bearded Comic Bro @beardedcomicbro.bsky.social Interviewer of Comic Creators!!! find me on YouTube, Threads, Instagram, and Twitter at BeardedComicBro
Shaun Manning @fasterthanshaun.bsky.social Former bookstore owner, current university press book guy. Writer of things, mostly comics. Always open for freelancing. He/Him.
shaunmanning.com
Prof Wolvie @profwolvie.bsky.social Professor of Comics Studies/Queer Comics, Queer Theory, and LGBTQ+ literature. Lover of all things X-Men. Marvel Legends Collector.
Clarence Thomas the Tank Engine @therealjchubby.bsky.social Public Defender. Abolish Prisons and the Police. Co-host @millreview. Listen to the podcast: http://apple.co/3aSQuJp
Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Comics.
Founder/Owner, Iron Circus Animation.
https://ironcircus.com
Executive/Associate Producer, Lackadaisy.
Writer, Cartoonist.
webcomic: http://blikada.com #blikada
Charles Brubaker @bakertoons.com I'm a cartoonist, publisher, and animator who draws cats and rabbits a lot. I do "Lauren Ipsum" currently; previously "Ask a Cat", "The Fuzzy Princess".
He/Him
http://lauren.smallbugstudio.com/
https://www.patreon.com/smallbug
https://bio.link/bakertoons
Chris Schweizer @schweizercomics.bsky.social Cartoonist/Kentucky Colonel/3x Eisner Award nominee. Former college professor, former social studies teacher. History buff, but certainly no expert. Hopkins County, KY. He/him
schweizercomics.com
outlawsapprentice.com
The Indie Inkwell @jjscomicstuff.bsky.social 🤓 Comic Book Nerds
👨💻🎥 Content Creators
🎙 Podcasters - Co-Host #TheIndieInkwell
✍️ Comic Book Reviewer
🌐 Web Designer / Graphic Designer / Video Editor
https://linktr.ee/jjscomicstuff