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@byelacey / byelacey.tumblr.com

lacey | comic artist | she/they making webcomics @ hiveworks linktree
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you asked for 'em, and now they're here! LET'S GO BITE THROATS shirts are up in my hivemill shop! blood & pride flavoured! get yours today!

🩸 SHOP HERE 🩸

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Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ As a webcomic publisher and service provider run by LGBTQ+ staff, Hiveworks takes pride in supporting LGBTQ+ creators and sharing unique stories that resonate with our community. We host dozens of comics with diverse casts of characters, all free to read right now.⁠ ⁠ Here's a spotlight on just a few of our queer titles!

After finding a car once owned by his mother, Lucky and his childhood-crush Vick are launched into the world of street racing in an effort to learn more about her. But what they don't know is something's lurking under the hood of the car, something fueled by revenge...and gasoline. It’s Christine meets Ghost Rider meets Fast and Furious but gayer!
Alice and the Nightmare is a comic heavily inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. It follows the story of Alice Heart as she attends the prestigious Phantasmagoria University, where Wonderlandians like her train to enter and collect the dreams of sleeping humans. The comic features magic, dark fantasy elements, and plenty of sweet tea time treats!
Nix of Nothing is the story of Nix, a demigod, who was given the opportunity to live however they wish. But with some unknown divine force targeting them, their life has suddenly become a lot less free. Now they need to travel across a strange land full of danger and mystery to try and find peace once again. The main character Nix (and the author) are both non-binary, and the comic will also feature many more LGBTQ characters!
Lysander lacks direction in his life… though he seems to be the only one who doesn’t mind. He’s content to live rent-free under his sister’s roof, get high, watch monster movies, and canoodle with Simon, the new neighbour who moved in a few months ago. When Lys is attacked one night by a strange intruder in his kitchen, it’s soft, quiet Simon who comes to his aid. In the process, he exposes Lys to a deadly secret: Monsters are real, and they’re tired of living humanity’s shadow.
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vampire stuff, pride stuff, uhhh vampire pride stuff??? it's all here, your old faves and new stuff too! webcomic stuff. we also have dog stuff. just come take a look. you'll love all this stuff.

if you've already bought this shirt, know it's been stolen, the design will be an image saved for web, and is more expensive than what i'll be selling it for 🩸💅

(shirts you can buy from me are coming soon!)

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happy pride & remember: there is no such thing as a heterosexual vampire

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got some requests for the MLM flag -- here you go, buddies! (you're free to re-use these however you'd like except for profit. ty!)

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Hiveworks x InkBlot Partnership & Interview with CEO Jay Brown

Hiveworks is proud to announce our partnership with InkBlot! InkBlot is a new queer-run and artist-made social platform for creators and their audiences, with similar vibes to DeviantArt or Pixiv.

We are so excited to help an emerging platform by providing advertising support, working together to help the webcomic community grow with one of the things we do best.

We asked InkBlot CEO Jay Brown to talk with us more about InkBlot, its origins and its future.

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How did the idea for InkBlot originate?

InkBlot started on a call with some friends of mine. I was upset and talking about how social media at that time (and unfortunately still even now) had been suppressing creators. Instagram was my biggest source for my other company selling my designs and merch. It still is, but the reach is minimal and nothing compared to how it was 4 years ago. Then, on top of that, DeviantArt hadn't been listening to its user base about an update they were rolling out. As a person that doesn't like to talk about it but be about it, I set to work making wireframes and getting ideas for InkBlot, building the prototype at my kitchen counter.

We're seeing a cultural shift in how people interact with social media. How would you describe InkBlot's place in the future digital landscape?

InkBlot is certainly a social space for creators and lovers of the arts, and I think I like to really emphasize that it is a community space. It is first and foremost a space that will cater to a specific community and the supporters of that community. It is NOT Twitter. We will never be like Twitter, nor do we want to. There are estimated to be about 16 million people around the world that take part in the creative arts. This doesn’t include music, writing, animation, or comics (source? Trust me– jk Global Art Market). So with that being said, InkBlot exists for a large group of people, mainly artists, but also slowly expanding into other areas like music, voice acting, writing. That’s why we refer to users as creatives/creators, and I quite frankly don’t think it matters if we cater to a niche. This niche is huge and life is one big canvas. In this day and age, the internet is very hostile to creators, especially ones that cannot keep up with the algorithms that consume and churn ‘content’ at paces faster than creatives can make them. InkBlot is here to slow things down, have people enjoy the process and connect with others that do the same.
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Are the dnd dogs gonna be stickers? I have a poodle and play clerics and it’s too perfect 🩵

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no plans as of right now, maybe in the future! they didn't really sell as prints at my last show so i'm apprehensive on spending more $$ on them to turn them into stickers. maybe someday i'll pull the trigger and get a cricut machine ...

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My ma knows someone with one of those godawful expensive embroidery machines and as much as I want to ask to use it, I’d be embarrassed to request the things I want to use it for.

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my moms got one too, i need to see if she’ll teach me how to use it someday for gay vampire reasons

Are the dnd dogs gonna be stickers? I have a poodle and play clerics and it’s too perfect 🩵

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no plans as of right now, maybe in the future! they didn't really sell as prints at my last show so i'm apprehensive on spending more $$ on them to turn them into stickers. maybe someday i'll pull the trigger and get a cricut machine ...

i’m doing inventory today & hope to get my shop back up and running asap !!!

Obscure Webcomic - Round 1-B

Knight Run - Ongoing (untranslated)

A grim war story full of pain and politics and tragedy. And also knights fighting space aliens with swords.

It’s weird and flawed and the official translations are full of errors and the art is super rough early on but god I haven’t been able to get the story and characters out of my head for the last five years. Hoping that someone out there remembers this and maybe also found it really compelling (Anne Freaks unite)!

Lies Within - Hiatus

[no description given]

oh! i've read lies within! it's a vampires-and-demons comic about a guy (lys) whose neighbor turns out to be a vampire, and lys ends up possessed by a demon and also sleeping with/kind of dating his vampire neighbor while he gets brought up to speed on the supernatural side of toronto

it is on hiatus but only for a month while the author works out some life stuff!

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having “hiatus” here makes me sad hahaha i’ll be back in like three weeks i haven’t abandoned my boys anyway reblogging to lose!!!

Hey I voted for you! Me and uh. That other poster? Look I love it and I’m excited for the shenanigans when they come back.

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you’re supposed to vote for the comic you haven’t heard of 😅