More things that are OUT OF the author’s control: 📕 How (or *if*) the publisher markets your book (book trailers, ads, social media, award subs, etc) 📕 Whether your book makes any lists or wins any awards 📕 How readers respond to your book, period 📕 THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY WHEN YOUR BOOK COMES OUT

I created THE GHOSTKEEPER in Sept 2023, and I’m so so proud of it still ☺️ it’s a great book and I am in awe that I wrote and drew that whole thing! It hasn't won any awards or anything and it's by no means a perfect story, but I hope you'll give it a chance <3 👻 www.penguinteen.com/978059352666...

Worth noting that most of the people who say Bluesky is dead or useless are journalists, not organizers. Bluesky has been OUTSTANDING for me as an organizer. I've raised THOUSANDS of dollars here, gotten HUNDREDS of people to actual events, gotten LOADS of people to DO POLITICAL THINGS.

I wrote and drew a short comic for this!! 🥧 💖💜💙 There are a ton of incredible creators in this anthology, so sign up for pre-launch and mark your calendars!! 👀 👀

Omg you guys Sandslash is real 🥹🥹 we lived in a world of pokemon all along

Something i think developing artists need to ask themselves is "Am i looking for an art style, or am i looking to understand my personal identity better?" because often people ask me for advice about the former, when really they want advice about the latter.

Hey, #comics friends and X haters, I just posted this in Instagram. Please feel free to like and share if you're still over there so we can defeat the algo and get it seen! THANK YOU!!! www.instagram.com/p/DYSQjo8ES4U/

Pre-international-flight travel jitters while also trying to finish all the dayjob tasks so nothing goes wrong while I’m gone

Black Cats #art ✧ #cats ✧ #crossstitch

Pre-international-flight travel jitters while also trying to finish all the dayjob tasks so nothing goes wrong while I’m gone

I wrote and drew a short comic for this!! 🥧 💖💜💙 There are a ton of incredible creators in this anthology, so sign up for pre-launch and mark your calendars!! 👀 👀

Just in time for Pride Month, Bi Visibility Vol. 3: Bi Bi Bi goes live on Kickstarter June 1st! "A comic book anthology all about the Bisexual experience." www.kickstarter.com/projects/com...

Thank you all again for helping Sleeping Wizards fund on kickstarter!! If you’re just hearing about our dungeon-crawling comic for the first time, late pledges are still open, so you can still get a copy if you missed the funding window! 🏃 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

You: Please act normal; you need these people to like you. Me: Ok! People: hi. Me: You heard of these things called graphic novels?? They’re like comic books that are the length of novels, and employ compositional storytelling to—here, I’ll just start you off with these 20 first, you got a pen?

That’s my boy Dorian on the cover, and THANK YOU for the full-page GHOSTKEEPER feature, Penguin!!

There’s a few compounding factors to this: 1) algorithm-driven platforms 2) creators being accessible on social media (and thus easy targets for anger if they read comments/DMs) 3) many fans don’t know how to just sit with discomfort anymore; there must be someone to blame or to “fix” it for them

Eliza McLamb had an apt analogy abt modern fandoms: Fans no longer treat creators as creators. Fans treat creators like stock options they’ve invested in; like they’re part owners of a creator’s work just by *being fans*, and therefore get a say in what creators make/how they act. And it sucks.

HORIORROR - A Greek Folk Horror Comics Anthology is LIVE ON KICKSTARTER💠💀💠 A 140+ page folk horror comics anthology from established and upcoming Greek comics creators, now in English! www.kickstarter.com/projects/105...

When people compare AI to the industrial revolution, what they leave out: the IR was hell on earth for working people. Their pastoral lives forcibly destroyed, their new jobs dreary, dangerous, low pay, and monotonous compared to their varied work before. It took decades of violence to fight back.

Here’s a cleaner Wildwood promo pic, without all the text on it. It really gives you a sense of what the Landscapes department did. We hand made every asset you see here.

Watercolor from the great @artologica.net.

Hey lovelies, I need place to live starting July 1st! If you are in Portland or know anyone, please spread the word. I would like a 2 bedroom apt with an outdoor patio or garden, in North Portland or NE. I have a teenager and a cat. I am quiet, super clean, and will take care of any outdoor space.

And hey, if you've been collecting those Adam Hughes covers, sign up for his Patreon or buy a print from his online store, below. Adam is battling cancer, and anybody who freelances knows what an unexpected serious illness or injury does to your income. www.adamhughesofficial.com

the cool and fun artist game "am i charging too much or is the economy just really bad"

Mesmerizing first trailer for "Wildwood", the new stop motion feature film by LAIKA Studios. Full 4K video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=POne...

Matt Braly has revealed that his scrapped Sony Pictures Animation has been saved by a Thai studio called Monk Studios who helped do some work on both Wish Dragon and Ne Zha 2 and will be named Afterworld. Man, I have not been this hyped to see a revival since Nimona. So happy!

Ok i guess i'll try to upload my shop stock onto ko-fi If you'd like a headshot commission or just to chip in the price of a coffee, id be very grateful ko-fi.com/ianfayart bsky.app/profile/ianf...

Happy Nib & Ink Festival!! Check out 80+ indie comics in the NIF Marketplace, it’s like a mini shortbox comics fair! ✍️ I’ve put my dreamy comic SONDER up in the marketplace! This version is hi-def and comes with extra behind the scenes art! nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/son...

Everything sucks right now, but looking back through history, truly when hasn’t it?? (Especially for anyone marginalized.) I don’t think it’s being naive or a distraction to find joy and hope in life despite everything, I think it’s necessary really. I’ve come too far to be pessimistic.

I’ve just finished a 14-day streak of riding my bicycle for an hour every day, and it resulted in me having more energy for daily tasks and sleeping better, this is an outrage 😤

hey!!! in 48ish hours i'm hosting another week-long "thing jam".. it's like a game jam except your game can instead be a poem or a photo or a picture or a piece of performance art or anything else! it's non-competitive, open ended and intended as an excuse to have fun! 🤸 itch.io/jam/make-lit...

What it's like hanging out with me If there’s one thing I love, it’s a cozy potluck feast and or brunch with the gals (/gender-neutral) while we wax nostalgic and talk about life

May is also Mental Health Month! We’re living life on Hard Mode these days. But you’re doing the best you can with what you have, and that’s still an accomplishment worth celebrating. Take some time to enjoy a small moment from today, w/ intention and full presence of mind. You got this 🩵

💜🌿 poster commission for @wendysketches.bsky.social [ #art ]

this is an actual Bluesky Rule: if you have ever so much as exchanged a single like, you are required to hold up the book in the shop and say "hey my friend wrote this"

This causes multiple problems. Short gigs, lack of time to build momentum and audience, the crew trained to make this specific show are let go, hard to survive or feel safe. Show quality suffers, stories don’t have time to develop.

NOTICE: Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them

HAPPY #WEBCOMICDAY !! Thanks to our collaborators over at @screentonescast.bsky.social, you can very easily show off any new webcomics you pick up today! ✒️ cartoonist.coop/wcd ✒️

once again, just spitballing, what if we just provided for everyone's basic material needs

I have a part-time day job as a graphic designer, and it’s been an *enormous* relief to have a steady amount of pay coming in that I don’t have to chase down and send endless followup emails to get. It’s been tricky balancing my freelance around it, but the peace of mind is worth it.

Also, for whoever needs to hear this: Sometimes it's okay to punt. It's okay to pivot, retreat, take a beat and re-evaluate when things get unsustainable. The world is not set up with artist's success in mind. It's the failing of an unfair, imbalanced system, not the failing of you as a person 🤍

I've been trying to raise $100 for a late bill and groceries for days. Anything helps. Thank you. $0/$100 💕💸🏳️‍⚧️ #HelpSky #MABoost #FundSky #MutualAid #DisabilityAid #TransCrowdFund venmo.com/u/Onua-Ryder www.paypal.me/nevaronua cash.app/$OnyxOnua

I’m very impressed at how well preserved these flowers stayed in the inner pocket of a travel sketchbook, the colors still look incredible 🤩 (There used to be more of them, but a few must have fallen out at some point… so it goes 🤷 )

"What’s driving me crazy, then, is not the idea that AI exists or that people are using AI. It’s that I have a finite time on this earth that I mostly want to spend interacting with other human beings."

I think Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda deserve to be talked about in the same breath as Brubaker & Phillips or Morrison & Quitely. When they are together, it's guarateed quality. I loved them on X-23 and MONSTRESS. And I'm happy to see they've got a new project THE NIGHT EATERS.

pokopia has taken over my life

Have you taken a virtual stroll through the NIF Marketplace yet? There’s dozens of comics in all genres, come see these titles and many more! 🔎📚📖 nif-shop.cartoonist.coop #NIF2026 Art by @jackarais.bsky.social | Design by @asmodrawscomics.bsky.social

FOLKS. It's true... www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9ar...

The more time I spend working on (and in) comics, the more stunned I am that graphic novels even make it to shelves at all. The fact that more comic creators don’t just throw their hands up and quit halfway through is honestly incredible. Comic artists are powerful, and they deserve the world.