Ariel Slamet Ries

Hi! I’m Ariel Slamet Ries, an Australian-Indonesian cartoonist, illustrator, and eggplant. Prone to doing Bits. Interested in de-westernising SFF. My new graphic novel Strange Bedfellows is coming out in March 2025! See my socials and preorder it here: www.arielries.com/links/ Projects in thread ⬇️

Politicians telling us to ‘turn down the temperature’ is peak hypocrisy, @amyremeikis.bsky.social writes. "Why is it the people pointing to the fire are those being told to stop being so vocal about it?" www.deepcutnews.com/p/politician...

Coquette Dragoon is 20% off for the Itch Halloween sale~ It is not a horror game at all. But also the specter of neoliberal cultural bloodlust is kind of scary and it's about that a lot of the time. burgeroise.itch.io/coquette-dra...

they should have made the new clayface movie about a clavicular type guy. it should have been about the dangers of peptides and looksmaxxing

I'm getting surgery next Tuesday because my ovaries keep growing teeth! The surgery is paid for, but if you'd like to help me out, please consider subscribing to my patreon (where you can read comcis early) or purchasing my comics on itch. www.patreon.com/c/theyoungdo... jrdoyle.itch.io/voidcall

i feel like there are a lot of creative games where i don't care about what people are making with it but every time someone posts their stuff from dressmaker I'm like yassss slayyyyy

If you want to wrap yourself in a warm blanket and play an old school turn-based RPG made with love, you should check out Sealed Fortress!

he looks like he's succumbing to her psychic onslaught

Ugh, here we go again: the UK proposed (but thankfully did not implement) a similar "exception" to copyright law last year. You can add your name to this public statement from @authorsguild.org and other organizationsin the creative industries. I did. authorsguild.org/news/austral...

OOHHHH oh my goodness i forgot it is AUS ART DAY! donate to trans book fest PLEASE please please we need it so much artists.australianculturalfund.org.au/s/project/a2...

find myself thinking often about the laudable fact of Watterson never exploiting Calving & Hobbes, while imagining how wholly different his decisions probably would be had he been working in a different context (ie. today).

i’m getting top surgery in less than a month, the cats have fleas, and one needs dental work. i could use some help, so if you could share i’d be grateful ko-fi.com/gosshawks

that’s a genuinely beautiful way to put it

every textile designer needs a framed sign above their desk that says "does this look like pee and poopoo stains?" and i think it would save a lot of strife

this evening, Mila's dad, my friend Abod, has been messaging me audio recordings of tanks and gunfire. it's a dangerous night in Gaza. my wife & i are headed to the bank this week, to set up the transfer before Mila's birthday. if you want to donate, now is a great time ❤️ chuffed.org/project/119736

my sweet little cat Patty i had to leave with my mum when i moved is having skin cancer removed from her nose today… the surgery is paid for but i want to be chip in with my itch earnings this month if i can burgeroise.itch.io/coquette-dra...

240-some-odd pages in the true villain of brainchild makes its debut appearance

i don't know that my career highs will ever surpass "drew a picture so gender it made someone transition" tbh. glad to contribute to the war against trans on the side of trans

WHOA. Heads up!!! ✨🥎✨ Our graphic novel BUNT is hitting the net! @madrupert.bsky.social and I are SO excited to share our hit graphic novel BUNT, for the *very* first time, page by page—as a webcomic!!!!! Posting starts next week 10/20! 🥎 buntcomic.com

If you're in Australia, consider signing this to support Children's Ground. It's a successful program by and for First Nations people to provide cultural and welfare services for kids. They could do a lot more with real gov funding. action.childrensground.org.au

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