Diane Barker

Diane Barker

@mrsbarker.bsky.social

She/Her. Writer | Marketing Manager for Iron Circus Comics DM me for contact info

1K followers1.3K following3.7K posts

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Have to be honest here: Comic con tables are getting so expensive that I can see a point where indie creators are priced out of exhibiting. It simply won't be worth the cost / time. It's a worrying trajectory I don't see many discussing. If exhibitors can't afford to exhibit, there's no show 🤷‍♂️

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Publishers alone cannot adequately promote books in 2026. The best thing you can do to help support the folks putting in the hours to cover them is to follow their shows. Here's a list of people I love. It's surprising that there's so little coverage overlap. Us 👇 www.youtube.com/@CryptidCrea...

youtube.comCryptid Creator CornerThe Cryptid Creator Corner from Comic Book Yeti is an award winning comic book creator interview podcast hosted by Jimmy Gaspero and Byron O'Neal. With episodes dropping twice a week on Tuesdays and F...

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Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing. gailmyerscough.co.uk

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Get it y'all!!

Iron Circus Comics@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social

Looking to read on the go? 📱👀 We've got just the sweet treat! 🍬 @sweetshop.app has a 🔟 book bundle on sale for the scariest week of the year!! Save 30% til November 1st on ebooks you can take anywhere with you and have fun and scares ready for Halloween! 🎃👻 sweetshop.app/bundles/circ...

Get it y'all!!

Iron Circus Comics@ironcircuscomics.bsky.social

Looking to read on the go? 📱👀 We've got just the sweet treat! 🍬 @sweetshop.app has a 🔟 book bundle on sale for the scariest week of the year!! Save 30% til November 1st on ebooks you can take anywhere with you and have fun and scares ready for Halloween! 🎃👻 sweetshop.app/bundles/circ...

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you say the whole world's ending honey, it already did 🥤💫

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Replying to @gregpak.net

I've got enormous respect for her work and legacy, the same way I have enormous respect for the work and legacy of Scorsese, Alison Bechdel, and Art Spiegelman. But I also believe all of them have failed the rest of us in the creative community by using generative "A.i." in their work.

Hahahahahhahaha!!!

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social

China’s first AI-generated theatrical film, ‘Sanxingdui: Future Past’, has bombed at their domestic box office, only making $121,000 USD against a budget of $1.5M USD. In contrast, the crudely animated ‘Niu Lai’ made nearly $10M USD against a budget of $200-500 USD.

Recently reignited my cooking bug. So today I decided to make baked salmon in order to create a cream cheese salmon dip AND a beef and pinto bean stew. My house smells delicious! But also a bit weird.

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Looking to read on the go? 📱👀 We've got just the sweet treat! 🍬 @sweetshop.app has a 🔟 book bundle on sale for the scariest week of the year!! Save 30% til November 1st on ebooks you can take anywhere with you and have fun and scares ready for Halloween! 🎃👻 sweetshop.app/bundles/circ...

sweetshop.appCIRCUS MONSTERS!!!A monster deal from Iron Circus: Abby Howard's The Last Halloween and The Crossroads at Midnight, Sophie Campbell's Shadoweyes, the all-star nightmare anthology...

Nooo!! Stop taking the wrong people!!!

Jesse Thorn@jessethorn.bsky.social

My pal Danielle Koenig shared that her father Walter Koenig passed away last night at age 90. A performer whose kindness and warmth shone through the screen. He will be well remembered.

I am sad that we won't be at Thought Bubble this year. With trying to get our new art gallery/studio set up, the timing just doesn't work out. Hopefully, we'll be back next year. I really did enjoy the town and getting to hang out with our awesome comic friends.

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He rested on the seventh day, but you’re backing SPACE HELL by @adampknave.com & me, @sobreiro.bsky.social, and @gofrankgo.bsky.social, right? #SpaceHellComic #Horror #SciFi #ScienceFiction #SpaceHell #Halloween #IndieComics #CreatorOwnedComics #Comicsky #HorrorComics #SciFiComics #ComicBooks

kickstarter.comSpace HellAn all-new 24-page black & white one-shot comic book of creeping dread and science fiction horror in the darkness of space.

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once again frustrated by how many people throw around words like psychotic/delusional/maniac without having a clue what the internal experiences of those phenomena are. ^^ most people are unaware of even clinical definitions as described by observation, but that’s not the same as what i said is it?

Watched Ready or Not 2 last night and really enjoyed it. As with all sequels, I was worried it wouldn't be as good. But it still retained it's dark comedic magic. So, both the first and second movies are gonna go in the rotation now. Double feature nights, baby!!!

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Hey, NYC friends! If you know DSA folks in South Brooklyn, please feel free to share this with them! Voting ends on 10/25!

Greg Pak@gregpak.net

Hey, DSA friends in NYC! I'm running to be a convention delegate! I'm one of the few folks running in SBK who's emphasizing tech issues (I'm a member of @nycdsatech.bsky.social), & I'd be honored to get your vote if you're a DSA member there! (I'm easy to find - the only Greg on that ballot lol.) ❤️

Been having concerning conversations where folks are against AI and then will tell me they used ChatGPT for something. Do they not realize that's AI, too? Am I going mad??

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Good morning, #Comicsky! Have you backed SPACE HELL yet? It’s a new 24-pg b&w sci-fi horror comic written by @adampknave.com & me, drawn by @sobreiro.bsky.social, and lettered by @gofrankgo.bsky.social-- live on @kickstarter.com now! #SpaceHellComic #IndieComics #CreatorOwnedComics #SciFi #Horror

kickstarter.comSpace HellAn all-new 24-page black & white one-shot comic book of creeping dread and science fiction horror in the darkness of space.

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If you're a DSA member in South Brooklyn, please consider Greg Pak!

Greg Pak@gregpak.net

Hey, DSA friends in NYC! I'm running to be a convention delegate! I'm one of the few folks running in SBK who's emphasizing tech issues (I'm a member of @nycdsatech.bsky.social), & I'd be honored to get your vote if you're a DSA member there! (I'm easy to find - the only Greg on that ballot lol.) ❤️

FUCK! RIGHT?!!!!

Jem Turner@jemjabella.com

I am actually genuinely fuming about the cyber guy not knowing what PHP is. I've been fighting for fucking years to be taken seriously as a woman in tech & still regularly get talked down to & some bloke can just turn up on TV as an *expert*, without the first fucking clue.

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An unprovoked attack in the dead blackness of space! Can we hold onto hope? Can we hold onto ourselves? SPACE HELL by @adampknave.com & me, @sobreiro.bsky.social, and @gofrankgo.bsky.social is live on @kickstarter.com now! #SpaceHellComic #CreatorOwnedComics #IndieComics #SciFiComics #HorrorComics

kickstarter.comSpace HellAn all-new 24-page black & white one-shot comic book of creeping dread and science fiction horror in the darkness of space.

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Fun fact, Laika movies very rarely make their budgets back at the box office, but they keep putting out bangers entirely because they have the one good rich boy in the entire ecosystem.

ToonHive@toonhive.bsky.social

‘Wildwood’ director Travis Knight on AI: “A pencil is a tool. A paintbrush is a tool. A 3D printer is a tool. A digital capture is a tool. AI is not a tool. AI can go fuck itself.”

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We are looking for a voice actress for our indie horror game, Clown House: Lunacy. Valerie Collins is the protagonist of the first 3 chapters in the story. A curious reporter who investigates the Clown House with a sense of justice. #voiceacting #voiceover (RTs appreciated!) Details: ++