Ash & Ink Studios

Imprint of Michelle Lodge - Creator of comics and graphic novels. Devotee of all things coffee and chocolate.

[Eileen Steinbach @SG_Posters]

Sketch vs Final.

[Ash & Ink Studios @ComicLodge]

This is impossible.

[House Of Horrors @HouseOfHorrorCo]

Choose one from each row! 🍿

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

this is the type of job we are fine with AI taking over

[Ash & Ink Studios @ComicLodge]

@CoffeeTimeComix I’ve been noticing this as well. 😕

[Jimmy Palmiotti @jpalmiotti]

Every city should have a comic book art museum.

[Ewan Morrison @MrEwanMorrison]

For those who say "AI saves time". Time for what?
If it's replacing time spent working in the arts then it's killing the slow intimate process artists love to be immersed within.
Time to do what?
Time to confront existence? Or to distract yourself with scrolling through slop?

[grovy @grovymango]

Why does every tech development just feel like it's leading us to this

[TokuJay @TokuJay]

Real artists are losing their jobs, missing out on work, struggling to make a living or support their families, etc. because of a supposed "new way of working."

Passion is being replaced by prompts, and the ignorance shows.

The apology needs to be as loud as the disrespect.

[Nostalgia @nostalgiaa]

Black Swan vs Perfect Blue

[Ash & Ink Studios @ComicLodge]

This movie is fantastic. Every scene. Every line.
Perfection.
No notes.

[☠️ Lilith Lovett ☠️ same @ on 💙☁️🦋 @LilithLovett]

Thought this movie was a bit exaggerated when it first came out.

Re-watching it after 2024? It's not far fetched at all.

[Jimmy Palmiotti @jpalmiotti]

If you abuse or abandon an animal, you are the bad guy.
Simple as that.

[Giada Belviso @GiadaBelvi_art]

New project 🤫

Go comics🔥

[Ewan Morrison @MrEwanMorrison]

Pope Leo - with wise words warning about AI.

[Dave Mullins @_DaveMullins]

Here's the thing with AI… Artists are having their work STOLEN by multi BILLION DOLLAR AI companies to train their AI models and those companies are profiting off unpaid and stolen work.

That is theft and it is illegal.

If these multi BILLION DOLLAR AI companies want to contact the writers, artist, filmmakers, costume designers, graphic designs, musicians, animators, etc and offer to PAY THEM for their work to be used in their training models… then fine, that is the artist's choice. It's essentially the artist selling their work at a price the artist sets. AI companies can afford to pay artists, artist cannot afford to have their work stolen.

If the AI companies don't pay for work with consent of the artist… IT'S THEFT and should be punishable under copyright right law.

TLDR: fuck you, pay me.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The obsession with apocalyptic stakes in action films is exhausting. Not every story needs the fate of the world. Smaller conflicts can feel more immediate, more personal, and often more thrilling.

[Brian Duffield @BrianDuffield]

GET FUCKED AI! This is what the people need.

[Ash & Ink Studios @ComicLodge]

This show is awesome.

[Vivian @suchnerve]

I LOVE WHEN FILM CREWS AREN’T AFRAID OF COLOR AND LIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Del @TheCartelDel]

This take is unpopular because it’s real immature, btw.

I’ve literally watched white classmates develop real empathy for Black people because of To Kill a Mockingbird. Fiction can expand how folks understand motivation, fear, contradiction. The shit essays and self help books barely touch.
Autobiographies always have a spin but good Fiction often doesn't tell you what to think. It drops you into situations where every choice costs something, and you have to sit with ambiguity and imperfect decisions, which builds REASONING.

I've learned about West African traditions, Constantinople's politics, and political struggles of the Ottoman Empire from fiction. Malcolm Gladwell is cool, but he didn't improve my vocabulary like Ursula K. Le Guin.

Fiction isn’t just entertainment. It’s mental rehearsal for being human. Escaping into a book can be as good for your brain and self regulation as meditation.

And yeah, let me add one more chaotic perception I've had: Many “non-fiction only” men I've met are uncreative as hell and tend to treat women like achievements.

[tranthony bourdain @grimywaifu1025]

god how i wish we lived in a society where everyone didn't fucking hate each other