John Walsh AKA WalshWork

John Walsh AKA WalshWork

@walshwork.bsky.social

Writer/Illustrator & Graphic Novelist

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Anyone use PureRef while creating comic or illustration work. Finding that my references are all over the place is driving me nuts. Any reviews are appreciated. #comicbooks #illistration #referencephotos #reference #drawingreference #pureref

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Jerry Robinson (Jan 1, 1922-Dec 11, 2007) co-created the Joker and Robin, taught Steve Ditko how to draw, forced DC to make a deal with Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and looked like Roy Scheider. What a dude.

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Going in… I am very thankful to Humble Bundle for making the EC Artist’s Library available digitally. This is the only volume I do not own in hardback, but jumped at the chance to get it, along with copies of everything else as e-books.

Damn this looks good

Simon "Si Spurrier" Spurrier@sispurrier.bsky.social

RAMPANT SWINE by Chris Mitten and [this guy]: an hallucinogenic & brutal retelling of the oldest Arthurian tale of all, from Ignition Press in November. THE BEAT has the exclusive, a Mike Mignola cover, and a fully lettered preview of the first few pages. Go! www.comicsbeat.com/spurrier-and...

It’s really wonderful to get a “please and thank you” these days.

Nate Piekos of Blambot@blambot.bsky.social

“Please” & “thank you” go a long way, and I feel like fewer and fewer people understand this. Especially in our increasingly “online” society. 1st impressions make a difference, and you’re not going to get the same service if you’re asking for assistance and come off like a jerk.

Yep!

Rick Quinn@riqkquinn.bsky.social

Thumbnail each page for yourself. Even rudimentary squares and stick figures will help you figure out spacing, flow, etc. And your collaborators down the line will appreciate that you thought through things like panel density or whether there will be enough room for captions/dialogue.

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A publisher who fought for the rights of her writers instead of trying to exploit them! This interview is GREAT Subscribe and support a cooperative of (human) writers and artists, from just $3/month, at @flaminghydra.com

Maria BOO!stillos@mariabustillos.com

The deep scholarship of comics or sports devotees who've stayed true to their early loves is beautiful to read today @zachrabiroff.com concludes his interview with Jenette Kahn of DC Comics flaminghydra.com/issue-606/

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Heyo

Marcelo Córdova @marcelocordova.bsky.social

Fantastic Five: Best comics of the week of June 3, 2026 aiptcomics.com/2026/06/05/f... @ashcanpress.com @martinmorazzo.bsky.social @gailsimone.bsky.social @lucianovecchio.bsky.social @gwillow.me @kyledhiggins.bsky.social @joeclarkchicago.bsky.social

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Today marks 105 yrs since one of the darkest chapters of American history: the Tulsa Race Massacre, when 100s of African Americans were killed by YT Supremacist in the thriving Greenwood community in Tulsa known as Black Wall Street. More than a century later it PAINS me to see not much has changed.

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Just a reminder that the Evan Fade short story, "Maps & Legends", is free to download for the next few days! More adult than THE OCTOBER GIRL, but the same universe, and the same Evan Fade from slightly before he meets Autumn.

Matthew Dow Smith@matthewdowsmith.bsky.social

To celebrate the release of THE OCTOBER GIRL Book Two this week, I'm making my one off Evan Fade short prose story, "Maps & Legends" free to download! (Fair warning -- the language is more blue than what I use in my teen and kids comics, but nothing particularly gruesome happens.)

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Trump wears tons of makeup, loves interior decorating, his favorite band is the Village People, and he can’t stop talking about how hot guys are. Just an observation. bsky.app/profile/acyn...

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social

Trump: I wish I looked just like Jaxson Dart. Is he a male model? He is a handsome guy, a beautiful guy. Conservative guy. He said, I love you, sir. When Jaxson gets harassed a little bit, he's also is loved more because we have more people than they do.

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Freelancing is hard enough already, and inflation sucks. Defector is raising our base freelance rates by 20 percent. Great time to pitch us. Email me or pitches@defector.com