Ethan M. Aldridge
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🏳️🌈 Bestselling Author, Illustrator, Cartoon Goblin. Latest book: DEEPHAVEN. Creator of the ESTRANGED series, THE LEGEND OF BRIGHTBLADE, and more. He/They
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THE PALE QUEEN is a dark fairy tale about Agatha, an aspiring astronomer who feels trapped in her small valley town, as she attracts the attention of a mysterious entity from the woods known as the Lady. The graphic novel is available to preorder now!
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Every year since we started dating, I've gifted my husband an illustration of us and our dog. Here is this year's artwork.
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Every year since we started dating, I gift an illustration to my husband of us and our dog. Here is this year's painting.
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When you're struggling to endure all the horrors, but it's also Pride Month.
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The Goblin.
A short comic about a mysterious creature living among the monks of a secluded abbey. 1/5
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So, I wasn't going to tweet about this, but with so many laws targeting queer kids getting passed, I think it matters; on the train into Manhattan today, I got cornered by a guy who started screaming homophobic, violent slurs at me. -
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One should think of gender the way we think of genre; as a largely arbitrary category with badly defined boundaries that mostly exists to sell you things.
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I'm thrilled to reveal DEEPHAVEN, a gothic horror mystery and my debut (illustrated) prose novel!
Guinevere 'Nev' Tallow comes to a secluded academy to escape the ruins of their old life, only to find themself stalked by a strange and ragged thing through the halls of the house.
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I just think more novels for adults should have nice illustrations in them.
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This example of how a scene is color-keyed, from the exhibit of Guillermo Del Toro's PINOCCHIO, is a fantastic demonstration of much storytelling you can do with color alone.
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Make sure you know why it's hidden before you try to find it
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The Black Rabbit, from Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio
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In the book NAUSICAA: WATERCOLOR IMPRESSIONS, Hayao Miyazaki penned commentary for many of the images. Here are a few of my favorites (thread):
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Something about winter makes me want to draw animals in fancy clothes.
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Instead of focusing on "style," focus on problem solving. Don't want to render every hair? How do artists you admire address that problem? Can their solution be adapted to how you work? Why or why not? Questions like these tend to be more productive to development.
Art question:
What advice would you give to fellow artists or new artists?
I want to read your toughs!♥️
#art
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The House keeps its own secrets. Based on my illustrated gothic horror books, the Deephaven Mysteries.
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With everyone excited about The Green Knight, here's a thread on the myth behind it. It's a story about strange games, beheadings, and a lot more gay kissing than you'd expect (spoilers, I guess? For a centuries old story???)
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Free yourself from reading challenges. Read as procrastination. Read as a bad habit.
"books you started in 2023 and finished in 2024 don't count" "audiobooks aren't real books" "rereads don't count" "ebooks aren't real books" do y'all actually enjoy reading or is it just a competition to you? answer quickly.
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I've lately seen folks on here say they've felt guilty for getting books (mine and other authors) from the library, or people insinuating some authors might be against libraries. This is nonsense, and here's a thread on how using your local library supports authors.
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Illustrations by Hayao Miyazaki for "The Nutcracker And The Mouse King" by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
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Again, I'm an adult, I can handle myself. But these laws can harm more than just the children and families in the states where they're passed. They give every bigot with violent intent the green light.
This will be, and is, leveled at kids who won't be able to defend themselves.
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I think a big reason why Dungeons And Dragons has become so popular with the queer community is that something about the game's format tends to push the importance of Found Family, something that means a lot to a lot of us.
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A friendly reminder for book reviewers that queer people don't exist in fiction just to teach straight people lessons about society. Sometimes they're just, you know, existing. Doing stuff. Just like real queer people.
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Among other horrible things this guy yelled, one thing on repeat was "THIS is why we gotta make laws to protect kids from you pervert f*gg*ts!"
Unfortunately, I've heard way worse. But I can't help but think this guy felt enabled by whole states targeting people like me.
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This single literary moment sparked an entire generation's obsession with horror.
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The Brooklyn Public library, one the largest public library systems in the country, is offering free digital library cards to teens nationwide, giving them access to their huge collection of ebooks and other resources.
Libraries across the country are facing an increasingly coordinated effort to remove books from shelves. With
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, BPL seeks to combat the negative impact of censorship. Learn more at
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I was reading a book when the guy noticed my sparkly nail polish from across the way.
Now, I was rattled, but I'm okay. I was with my husband, and I know enough to be able to disengage, and we switched cars as soon as we could. I'm an adult, and I'm REALLY tall. I'm pretty safe-
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I want to make clear that I and just about every queer person has had to face things like this and much worse throughout our lives.
I was lucky this time. But you never know what small signal it will take to tip a person from violent words into violent action.
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DEEPHAVEN is an illustrated gothic horror novel.
Guinevere "Nev" Tallow flees to a secluded academy, looking for a fresh start, only to be haunted by a ragged thing that stalks the shadowy corridors.
Reserve your copy now at your bookshop of choice!
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A lot of you have tall OCs, and as someone who is 6'5", I want you to know that life is mostly fetching things off the top shelf for the smalls in your life, hitting your head into stuff, and not fitting in most beds. Adjust your fics accordingly.
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I finished playing MUNDAUN last light, a lovely little folk horror game made of hand-pencilled textures. It took me a while to get into it, but when it hit me it really hit me. Eerie, strangely soothing, and surprisingly funny. I reccomend.
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Every year, since my husband and I started dating, I've given him an imaginative illustration of the two of us for Christmas. Here's the one for this year, inspired by one of our favorite spots in Brooklyn's Prospect Park!
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Today I'm remembering the modern horror classic HIS FACE ALL RED. Emily Carroll is one of the finest horror storytellers in any medium.
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If you're around bookish Twitter at all, you may have heard that Barnes and Noble is offering preorders on the cheap for the next couple days.
Well, wouldn't you know it, I do in fact have a gothic mystery novel coming out soon;
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Hayao Miyazaki's illustrations for "The Nutcracker And The Mouse King" by E.T.A. Hoffmann.
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"I love him, whether or no."— J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers
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Boc, the Best Boy. He is my beautiful child, an excellent tailor, and I hope he's around in the new Elden Ring story.
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Man, I don't know. I want to support original, small-budget storytelling. But where is the solidarity?
Even if they couldn't justify paying an artist to do 3 small spot drawings, there are tons of great examples of this stuff in the public domain. I don't get it.
The ‘LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL’ directors confirm that AI is used in the film.
“We experimented with AI for 3 still images which we edited further and ultimately appear as very brief interstitials in the film.”
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Look, you all know I'm not above a bit of affectation, but do you think I could pull off a cane? Like for fashion. This cane, specifically.
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Happy New Year! May your year be filled with guiding lights and good stories.
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