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Indie comic creator imbued with uncontrollable insanity. fhproductions.substack.com https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brianmannell/the-wretched-1-a-70-page-fantasy-horror-drama
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I'll take the raccoon! No, wait, opposom! Oh, the skunk is a neat little stinker... (risky, but valid choice) Gah! Leaning towards opposom. πŸ˜›

After a bit of a hiatus, feels good for comic production to be back on track. πŸ’ͺ Featuring a new character: Maria. o.o

Wanted to share around a neat #comic on Kickstarter for my fellow peeps! Speaking of peeps, hope you all had a nice Easter weekend as well! 🐣😁 www.kickstarter.com/projects/191...

37 dollars to go!!!!! Let's get this funded tonight!

Support indie comics!!! Your pledge directly supports several creative teams and for the bang for your buck, there's not a better deal!

That feeling you get when you are trying to cut down an already tight 4 pages of a comic into 3 pages, and somehow succeeding (while not sure if it's too condensed or not).

My first comic is $369 away from being funded!!! Have you checked out the preview pages yet? @df3ink.bsky.social is killing it and you haven't seen anything yet! #indiecomics #comic #kickstarter πŸ©ΈπŸ“šπŸͺ πŸ’™πŸ“š www.kickstarter.com/projects/nya...

just backed the new @hypercomics.bsky.social kickstarter (link below!)…highly recommend checking this one out…it features work by Khalid Johnson, a fantastic creator and also one of the wonderful comics critics i have the honor of collaborating with at @comicsbeat.bsky.social please back and share!

What #Deafheaven was doing for their latest #music album, "Lonely People With Power."

That feeling when your creative process was so focused and vibrant, that you ended up spending 8 hours at a cafe doing nothing but writing and editing a script and ACCOMPLISHING a full draft to look over the next day. My brain is tired, but I feel incredible right now. 😀 #comic #writing #process

Deafheaven's new album, "Lonely People With Power," is a very early album of the year for me. Three listens, and I'm still thinking about how beautiful and cathartic it is. It's such an incredible experience. My mind is blown. 🀯 πŸŽ΅πŸ’–πŸŽ΅ #music

Me, listening to the new #Deafheaven album "Lonely People With Power." Some good #music, man... Wow.

New page from my #comic, The Black Knife, that's in production now. Wanted to share it, because I thought it was beautiful. :3 Art is by Marlon Felipe Ruiz (also known as Felipe Thowsend) Story is about a Being following visions of a black knife on a dying world. #art #surreal #fantasy #indiecomic

Feel like I've completely recovered from a cold from last weekend, and that burning desire to get back into writing/creating has recovered as well. Let's make some art. πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ

Blegh. Seeing people use AI to "Ghibli" things kind of just makes me feel a bit sick. Hayao Miyazaki is staunchly anti-AI in art, and I am pretty much with him, so it... Hurts to see his style manipulated like this without any soul or love that his work gave for us. I get it's fun but I feel bad. 😞

I look forward to getting back into production of this story soon. Production breaks stink, but I'm taking advantage by saving money and writing the script for the next issue. :3 (Link to Kickstarter pinned on my profile page)

ARTIST CALL. If you do comic book interiors, link your portfolio below. I'm looking for a couple of people available to do short stories over the next few months. If you're not available but might be looking for work later, please drop your portfolio anyway and let me know when you'd be free.

I love the little over-dramatic side of myself. Here I am, driving home while vibing with some Author & Punisher, and my brain be like: "There must be a purpose to pain." And uh... Sure. That's why I love making art. :3 Now, I'm home. Let's relax and watch some YouTube, my womdeful cerebrum. 😁

reminder as we are in our amzn boycott week -- @bookshop-org.bsky.social has ebooks now! and using bookshop.org to buy your books can support your local independent bookstore! the local indie that i promise you cares deeply about your community in a way that amzn never will

*Sees a Boondocks clip in my YouTube recommendeds* Now, I know if I click on this, of course I'll get sent more Boondocks clips by the algorithm and give more data on what I like, so should I... *clicks on Boondocks clip* I shall. πŸ‘€

I love how when you start writing a story with heavy inspiration from another source, the more you write the story it then starts taking on a life of its own and being distinct from that source of inspiration.

"Production for The Wretched aside (it's on a short break due to life tbings), I was offered to write a short horror comic based on a 4-pager I sent to an anthology releasing this year. o.o I started scripting it, and gotta say... I love my surreal, demented brain. 🀣 (This is gonna be gooood)

About to head to bed soon, can we get to 105 backers by the time I wake up? Time is running out! Tokyo Blade Detective's latest campaign ends on Friday evening! Please consider pledging to our project! #ComicArt #WIP #Indie #IndieArt www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

*Spends weeks cutting down a comic script, manages to add some story from the next book on top of that* Feedback: "I think this can be cut down a lot more"

New Substack post with a couple light updates for The Wretched and a new story called The Black Knife. o.o #indiecomics #comics #fantasy #darkfantasy #horror fhproductions.substack.com/p/comic-upda...

Me and my brain, as I'm currently re-watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes.

5 backers away from 200 with 3 days to go on this @kickstarter.com campaign. Did you know that for every 50 backers we get, we add a FREE digital comic as a bonus! kck.st/3Chwli9 Story @travisgibb.bsky.social Art @patrickbuer.bsky.social Variant Cover by @jordiperez.bsky.social

This is fantastic. 🀣

BREAKING NEWS: PENALTY ON THE EAGLESβ—οΈπŸ˜± - Penalty for running up the score! The refs deemed the Eagles to be in violation of embarrassing the Chiefs to the tune of 34-0. The rule results in the game score being swapped to 34-0 Chiefs, and the Eagles D-Line to be suspended the rest of the game. 😲

How the game is going for the Chiefs: 😬