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Comic Artist. Based in Belfast. Website: www.pauljholden.com Portfolio: www.pauljholden.com/portfolio 2000AD/DC/Marvel/Image/Dynamite/Ahoy/etc/ CURRENT STATUS: FOR HIRE (page rate only) Contact: pjholden at gmail dot com /
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The very excellent @sequential-scot.bsky.social is now in the BF ads rotation. Remember if you're putting on a comics community-based event you too can have free advertising at Broken Frontier.

Sunday funday.. I dont get a chance to just color something for fun much anymore, but I'm trying to change that, and a lot of things.. This is by @gerardozaffino and its a great piece. I think you could handle this piece a few different ways, and that makes it interesting.

Hey, did you know there are less than two weeks to get your pitches in? Paul made a list of cryptids. Some of these have been pitched. Most have not. Others have been pitched that aren't on the list. Thread time! (You will need to do your own research on these!)

It’s coming time again to start thinking about ways to do creator owned work that can either be paid or at least be done effectively enough that I can keep doing paid work too. I don’t have enough creator owned projects in the drawer.

@2000ad.bsky.social from 25 years ago today [art by Jason Brashill] and 29 years ago, art by @seanphillips.bsky.social:

Dated this very day in 1985, 2000AD # 406 with its cover by Ian Gibson featuring his & Alan Moore’s Halo Jones.

Every artist I know is really struggling right now. Financially, emotionally, their confidence, in general. If you like an artist's work, support them any way you can. Buying their stuff or subscribing to their Patreon is great, but words of encouragement are also incredibly helpful.

What’s this? All six issues of Wyrd Science available to download to a device of your choice for around the same price as, let’s say, 4 Gregg’s Sausage Rolls. Remarkable really. Tabletop game enjoyers, what’s stopping you? Oh it’s because you are a person of culture & prefer print media, well…

What??? This is pathetic. Come on, UK, you can do better than this! Go respond to this ridiculous UKGOV consultation on AI asap! Just ignore all the fiddly questions in the middle; they're there to discourage you from having your say. www.gov.uk/government/c...

As an Americanophile (for all its faults it never felt irredeemable) it’s hard watching that country you’ve always loved turn itself inside out to become a Russian style oligarchy. I honestly have no idea where to look now for aspiration.

Hegseth: 'War crimes win wars. War criminals are MAGA heroes. Criming in war: great again!' In Pursuit of a ‘Warrior Ethos,’ Hegseth Targets Military’s Top Lawyers www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/u...

Do yourself a favour and read this piece. It is truly lovely. www.thetimes.com/article/e293...

Unsure of how I feel about audio adaptions of comics on the other hand, maybe they’re great, but it’s a good deal www.humblebundle.com/books/comics...

My twitter is dead (well, it will be soon soon), I don't wanna remarry, all I want is patreon subs (even free ones) www.patreon.com/c/ohotnig

Guys it’s an ironic seig heil salute, just to infuriate the libs. Guys it’s an ironic swastika armband, just to infuriate the libs. Guys it’s an ironic concentration camp, just to infuriate the libs. Guys it’s an ironic pact with Russian before a full scale invasion, just to own the libs.

Starlink should be banned from European markets on national security grounds. Anything requiring Starlink should be shut out of the European market, and sanctions should be considered against all relevant actors. kyivindependent.com/us-threatens...

How to download all your Amazon ebooks in one go, using Safari on a Mac. Log into Amazon, and go to you content page, and select Ebooks. Open a second Safari window with this url to get the Javascript code you need gist.github.com/lfhbento/338...

Does anyone here do trailers for comics (w/ animation effects using existing art)? Please point me in their direction. I would love to hire someone so I don't have to learn to do it myself lol

I'm going to toot my own horn, because otherwise... well, it won't get tooted. My 1st short story collection is out today. "We Are Not All Right" features 10 sci-fi stories by yours truly. www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMTPGL5D It has climate crises, the eternal fight against dictatorship & an anti-war stance

✨ Creators, we need to talk. ✨ Your inbox is a war zone. Deadlines sneak up like ninjas. Your merch inventory? A mystery. And that invoice? Still unsent. I handle emails, scheduling, invoicing, and more—so you can focus on creating! Let’s chat! 💕 comicspal.info #HireAnAssistant

Guys it’s an ironic seig heil salute, just to infuriate the libs. Guys it’s an ironic swastika armband, just to infuriate the libs. Guys it’s an ironic concentration camp, just to infuriate the libs. Guys it’s an ironic pact with Russian before a full scale invasion, just to own the libs.

why not peruse my website a bit gorangligovic.com

My Hellboy Zine is now LIVE! ohotnig.gumroad.com/l/hbzine ohotnig.itch.io/hbzine As always, it's free to download, but if you leave $3 donation you get a hefty package of extra materials. Please enjoy, share, and tell about it to your friends in real life, too!

The government of the USA is openly racketeering. And that is not even the worst thing about them. ‘Owning the libs’ is doing a heck of a lot of heavy lifting right now…

Please can everyone listen to Geek Gods: Sir Ian Livingstone at 4pm and midnight please? Tell everyone about it too. Radio 4 Extra : BBC Sounds thereafter.

There’s something of a paradox in the idea that the welfare system under thatcher (which I’m sure she hated) allowed more artists to thrive than the welfare system under the current labour government.

I’m old enough to remember anytime Belfast was mentioned in a national newspaper it was for terrible terrible things so I’m always weirdly delighted when my hometown turns up for something nice.

Got a sneak peek at Dark Pyramid from @paultobin.bsky.social @pauljholden.com and @madcavestudios.com. It’s a horror Payday candy bar: a bit of folk horror with conspiracy theory sweetness, bound together by a collective parasocial consciousness statement. Yummy. Plus, yes, it’s Denali.

Ugh have to write a 75 word biography.

Probably I should have left this alone ages ago. But I’ve been wanting to take a few more risks with my painted work.

In London they don’t say “bitches, please” they say