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Stíofán Mhac an Bhaird (Stephen Ward)

@stephencward.com

Comic-loving bookworm. Scribbler of words and images. (cis,he/him) Website: https://stephencward.com Avatar by Debbie Jenkinson

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Hiding behind my son as the doors open on #DublinComicCon

07.03.2026 09:43 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
A colour illustration of my character Grim. He is on fire. This is fine don’t worry, it’s kind of his thing

A colour illustration of my character Grim. He is on fire. This is fine don’t worry, it’s kind of his thing

Being burnt up by the dogged pursuit of a goal

04.03.2026 22:48 👍 21 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0
Drawing of me at a Dutch angle, looking thoroughly unimpressed.

Drawing of me at a Dutch angle, looking thoroughly unimpressed.

Quickly whipped this up and I think it'll get much use by me.

06.03.2026 22:13 👍 85 🔁 5 💬 6 📌 0
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Some shows I worked on to keep an eye out for soon and one already on Netflix you should check out.

07.03.2026 06:28 👍 21 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Hurrah 😁
Have a good one!!

07.03.2026 09:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Get your Eurosky account — eurosky Sign up for a Eurosky account, your home on the open social web

Wanna join the party?
Register here eurosky.tech/signup

07.03.2026 08:39 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
5000 users on Eurosky

5000 users on Eurosky

💥 The number of @eurosky.social users increased by 1,000 in just under 27 hours 🎉

For the record: it took a couple of weeks to reach the first 1,000 accounts. The 2,000 mark was reached 72 hours later, the 3,000 mark 31 hours later, and the 4,000 mark 37 hours later.

06.03.2026 21:01 👍 193 🔁 46 💬 9 📌 4
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"Christian Ward has done it again. EVENT HORIZON: INFERNO #1 is sci-fi horror storytelling at its best, with chilling artwork from Rob Carey guiding us through the depths of outer space hell. A treat for any Event Horizon fan." @dailydead.bsky.social

April 22nd @idwpublishing.com
FOC March 16th!

06.03.2026 20:14 👍 23 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 1
Painting title:  A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society. Painting of a dog. Birds and sea in the far background.

Painting title: A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society. Painting of a dog. Birds and sea in the far background.

'A snarl! A scruffle round the room!
A sense that Death is drawing near!'
-To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of Importance, Sir Walter Raleigh.

@signemaene.com and unruly dogs everywhere welcome you to #BookWormSat.

🎨Edwin Landseer

07.03.2026 08:44 👍 34 🔁 14 💬 0 📌 1

Saying 'bombing schools is wrong' should be the easiest thing to say in the world.

07.03.2026 09:07 👍 52 🔁 20 💬 4 📌 0

I remember learning about the Hays Code in film school and how it made it so that any amoral protagonist had to meet karmic justice by the end of the film and going “wow, that’s really silly” and then once a week I log online and see people argue that we need stuff like that now or it’s problematic

07.03.2026 08:23 👍 546 🔁 115 💬 16 📌 3

Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs

06.03.2026 19:47 👍 25209 🔁 6311 💬 223 📌 206
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“It is a tragic fact that hatred and war have become influential factors in our national economy, and if the present trend continues, we may soon discover that our enemies are more valuable than our friends.”

Burgess Meredith as Theodore Booth in The Invaders, S1, episode 16 (ABC, 1967).

05.03.2026 08:16 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
Cover of Courier Z v1 by Lender Shell featuring the lead character smugly descending towards camera.

Cover of Courier Z v1 by Lender Shell featuring the lead character smugly descending towards camera.

Promo graphic of the five artists in Courier Z v1, featuring a headshot of the main character by each one.

Text: "Volume One artists. Colours on #1-4 by A.H.G.

#1 - Jim Lavery
#2 - Alex Moore
#3 - Giulia Lalli
#4 - Steve Gregson
#5 - Gustaffo Vargas"

Promo graphic of the five artists in Courier Z v1, featuring a headshot of the main character by each one. Text: "Volume One artists. Colours on #1-4 by A.H.G. #1 - Jim Lavery #2 - Alex Moore #3 - Giulia Lalli #4 - Steve Gregson #5 - Gustaffo Vargas"

The current Courier Z volume 2 Kickstarter also has copies of volume 1 for sale, one of my favourite comics I've done, and with a whole other crew of fantastic artists.

Buy them both! 100+ pages of postal parables!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/nic...

06.03.2026 20:17 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

MANDATORY TIMELINE CLEANSE

07.03.2026 04:06 👍 1244 🔁 331 💬 13 📌 6

Absolute Martian Manhunter (2025)

07.03.2026 04:21 👍 44 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 0

pervert glasses. so apt

06.03.2026 23:25 👍 84 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 1

This ends on the 8th! ✨

06.03.2026 23:25 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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F1 2026 Chibi Holographic Stickers Cute chibi F1 motorsport holographic stickers by HayleyMulch

I once again present you with my #F1 2026 Chibi Holographic Stickers. You can get 4 of these little guys for the price of 3!

hayleymulch.com/products/f1-...

#BSNM #Motorsport #AusGP #SpéirGorm #ArtSky #Art

07.03.2026 01:03 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

whats keeping me writing is the idea that ok, I’m not ever gonna be Alan Moore or Garth Ennis or (pick your favourite) but also they will never ever write exactly the thing I’m currently interested in and maybe it’s only me interested in it, but I’m also the only one writing it.

07.03.2026 06:12 👍 69 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 2
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My cartoon in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social

07.03.2026 07:34 👍 141 🔁 69 💬 2 📌 1
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Preview pages from Night Movers.

Art by Lee Ferguson.

Stark black and white.
Slow burn tension.

This book was designed to feel like a creeping nightmare unfolding page by page.

Campaign live 👇 www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...

07.03.2026 08:00 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Deluxe Diary Comics Vol.1-6 (signed with original sketch) A collection of daily life comics. Behold! 300+ pages of diary comics from 2020 to 2026. Six volumes of brain emissions. Watch as I teach myself to...

tessfowlerart.bigcartel.com/product/copy...

06.03.2026 20:59 👍 12 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Comic. [Person 1 talking to a person with shoulder-length hair and a person with a white hat.] PERSON 1: I would never get an electric vehicle. Sure, they sound great, but what do you do if the battery runs out of charge? [caption] I felt pretty silly when someone finally explained tome that EVs are rechargeable.

Comic. [Person 1 talking to a person with shoulder-length hair and a person with a white hat.] PERSON 1: I would never get an electric vehicle. Sure, they sound great, but what do you do if the battery runs out of charge? [caption] I felt pretty silly when someone finally explained tome that EVs are rechargeable.

Electric Vehicles

xkcd.com/3214/

06.03.2026 20:12 👍 2592 🔁 296 💬 47 📌 20

I personally believe that programming and coding in general counts as art- you need talent, vision technique and creativity to do it well. I think that counts as creative art, imho.

so it always feels so odd to me to see programmers love vibe-coding. Why are they ok with it but we artists aren't

06.03.2026 20:56 👍 176 🔁 21 💬 23 📌 2
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NIGHT MOVERS: A Psychological Thriller Set in Modern Japan A complete 72-page psychological thriller graphic novel with a gut-punch ending you won't see coming.

Imagine waking up in a foreign country and the person you love has vanished.

No note.
No messages.

Just an empty apartment like they never existed.

That’s where Night Movers begins.

A 72-page psychological thriller graphic novel now live on Kickstarter.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mat...

06.03.2026 21:00 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Won't be able to worry about data centers causing huge electricity bills when we're all barely able to think due to dehydration

06.03.2026 20:09 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

"Water consumption fears are false and overblown."

Turns out...

06.03.2026 17:51 👍 360 🔁 200 💬 1 📌 2
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Coffee, straight out of my nose.

06.03.2026 19:28 👍 9587 🔁 1782 💬 269 📌 164

let’s-a fucking go

06.03.2026 19:08 👍 293 🔁 45 💬 5 📌 0