A really neat post from the great @jacobsouva.bsky.social!

it's cartoonist day. yeah, that's so

I’ve seen Staatliches used in the wild but I’ve never seen anyone make full use of the discretionary ligatures, which by the way aren’t available in the Google Fonts version of the typeface. www.typebrut.com/work/staatli...

I was thinking a lot about the connective tissue between #kidlit work I’m drawn to, the #kidlitart I aspire to, and what I write. It led me to name my kind of creative ethos. ☀️ open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...

This Saturday April 26th is Independent Bookstore Day! Now more than ever, the @americanbookseller.bsky.social and independent bookstores everywhere need our support. If you have time this weekend, visit and support a local independent bookstore in your area. www.bookweb.org/independent-...

JUST ONE WAVE is out today! I'm sharing some of my favorite details from the book on the blog: 100scopenotes.com/2025/04/15/6...

Sometimes I wish I drew weirder.

Ask me to do a trick!

“A.I. makes art accessible.” Art has always been accessible. There was like a six month period where I drew all the sketches for my comics with a lined notebook from the grocery store and a random green marker.

If we're doing Poetry Month then by gum we're gonna do it right. And 2025, for whatever reason, is already FULL of shockingly good poetry. Here's a taste. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/02/t...

When your agent's like "Write a script with THIS theme and pick an artist!" and you're like "HELL YEAH LET'S DO THIS!" But just because...y'all know anybody with a fun midgrade style who is currently looking for GN work? Feel free to put your own names in the hat (plus portfolios!)!

This Sunday in Middletown, CT! Looking forward to seeing all my kidlit comics peeps there!!!! 😍💖

Happy Jump-on-a-Stump Day! 🎉 Celebrate this gnome holiday with #GnomeAndRat: 1. Make up a stump-jumping song! 2. Find a stump! (A rock or a particularly nice square of sidewalk is good too!) 3. Get your excitement high and JUMP! Happy spring!

Here is a handout I made for my kid’s class last week, when I went in to talk to them about making books. I Frankensteined together a bunch of art I already had to make it, and filled other stuff in. But it was a big hit, so I’m sharing it here in case you know any kids interested in making books!

BANNED TOGETHER is out today 🔥💪 I’m proud to have played a small part in this powerful anthology about book bans and censorship—now more important than ever. 📚 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/768794...

Playing in Paris. #kidlit #illustration #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidlitart #MyYellowUmbrella #seekingrepresentation #read #drawing #MYU #playinginparis #digitalart

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Cue the confetti: GNOME AND RAT: TIME TO PARTY! is on the list of @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social GNCRT’s Best Graphic Novels for Children 2024! 🎉 www.ala.org/gncrt/2024-b...

A sketch of my neighbour, who became a painter in her seventies

🍩❄️❤️ Snow day with #GnomeAndRat!

Weakness #251: bugs doing people chores

Library True Fact! WE are, all of us collectively, The Library. When everything is returned at the end of the school year, I have tons of shelves and sections totally overflowing with books that have to be stacked up on top of the shelves because they will not fit.

TWO #GnomeAndRat books on TWO Betsy Bird lists means I get ice cream for breakfast!?!? afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/19/3...

Coffee! Comics! Connecticut (and adjacent)! Come join this chill group!

Wrote a bit about setting myself up for #kidlitart #kidlit artistic moments instead of playing it safe. “I know it will be ok, maybe even great in the end — but it feels a bit like doing a rubik’s cube in oncoming traffic.” 😉 open.substack.com/pub/jacobsou...

Two Tapirs!

Warm. #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

Toad, Incandescent with Rage

Fancy!

A is for ARTIST. A very talented artist for the new round of Animal Alphabets Project. @animalalphabets.bsky.social #AnimalAlphabets #Artist #bluefootedbooby #bird #animal #fun #painter #kidlitart #kidlitartist #illustration #childrenspublishing #childrenillustration #illustrator #JulianaMotzko

Yeehaw!!! #GnomeAndRat is on the 2024 Texas Library Association's LITTLE MAVERICK Graphic Novel Reading list! txla.org/news/2024-li...

The fire-breathing princess!

The Winged Princess!

texting my dude bartleby "you up scrivenin???" unbeknownst to me his frustrations with work have reached a fever pitch and my message inadvertently triggers his catatonic depression

Joyfully reporting that #GnomeAndRat is on Evanston Public Library's list of 101 Great Books for Kids for 2023!!! www.epl.org/announcing-e...

Gnome & Rat are trick-or-treating as Wizkit & Book this year! (A costume that comes with 🍩🥯🍞 CANNOT be wrong!!!)

Crow Facts! 🐦‍⬛

Day 17 of #inktober2023 , and the prompt word is DEMON. #inktober #inktober_2023 #inktober_Demon #penandink #drawing #illustration #spooky #halloween #kidlitart #kidlitUK

✏️Thwack! This li’l blue belt is here for #Peachtober Day 11: “Pencil”. They’re up to 3 colored pencils in karate class. 👏 . . #Peachtober23 #Peachtober23Pencil #kidlitart #kidlitillustration

The princess was missing...again.

Hi! I'm Lauren, a #kidlit author/illustrator who loves funny, offbeat stories told by highly animated characters! You can find me at www.laurenstohler.com or on Instagram (@lorstohler)!