This was so interesting to listen to thank you guys for picking it up !! I’ve gone through it a few times and really fancy hearing your guys’ thoughts about the comic and «The making of—» booklet 😭💗

#DVpit is returning in 2026 on Bluesky! A bluesky pitch event for creators from marginalized communities to pitch their unagented projects to agents and editors! #DVpit will be on Bluesky on Wednesday, September 30, 2026! go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info and stay tuned for more announcements!

Happy 3rd anniversary to us! With a new year, we have a BIG announcement 📢: we are now incorporated as a nonprofit organization and are changing our name to CARTOONISTS UNITED! Full changes will be rolled out by late summer. Read here for the full statement: cartoonist.coop/journal/cart...

I've been so focused on manga Ichiba I keep forgetting about my other May Plans (Alaska comics camp) 😭 busy month coming up....

lil bro and i finished watching all of Nicolas Winding Refn’s Pusher Trilogy and he was sad there wasn’t a lot of fanart for it…so we doodled a bunch together (these are mine hehe) #doodles

This is what I feel like giving people art advice:

henlo my friends... I will be selling my #comics at #mangaichiba at #fanime in San Jose on 5/24🌞 along with a bunch of other talented creatives (TBA)! If you have a minute, could you help me prepare adequately by filling out this interest form? Thank you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

capybaras garden

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on it 🫡 come to manga ichiba at fanime to see our doujin

I need turnout to be crazy good so I can eventually attend!!

as there is no apparent overhead (unlike physical products) and it is viewed as an immoral moneymaking scheme in the JPN fandoms that i've been a part of.

on another related note: differences between copyright law enforcement feel very different between US vs JPN. fanart is a gray zone but generally, making money off of established IP is "more black than gray" and it's self-enforced by JPN fandom spaces: ppl get called our for selling digital fanwork

event, whereas.. the US is huge, and traveling to a niche interest event could be a significant monetary and financial commitment for the attendee or the vendor. Maybe this is why anime cons got so big and multi-day, to make sure people are getting "more bang for their buck"?

I would add that geographical differences contribute to the scale/length of events. IIRC the main island of japan (honshu) is the same size as california. They have a higher concentration of people and thus have a robust public transit system that makes it easier for a cute lil daytrip to the doujin

I drew the cover💖 I can't wait for it to be published😊🎉🎉

As excited as I am for the Manga Ichiba doujin fest, I think the show really does kind of show what the structural, cultural, and economic differences between Japanese doujin gatherings and the ways artist alleys/zinefests usually are organized. It will be interesting to see...

OH AND if you are the sole author you also have to write the fucking thing before hand. I'm on script version 24 currently, thumbnails are on page 51. Comics are extremely hard to make and we are all Not Well for making them

This is wiiiild but also makes some sense to me bc when u draw only with pen for a while u start getting a feel for things....scary as hell though esp for professional work!!!!! I remember an episode of Manben where Fuyumi Soryo did the same with her manga pages 😭😭😭

One time, years ago I tweeted about how banana nut bread it is that some French cartoonists work so fast, how do they do it?? They must go straight to ink! And Joann Sfar responded to me and said "sometimes I use a pencil!" SOMETIMES I USE A PENCIL

It's Trans Day of Visibility, so I'm gonna outright say that the original mecha comic I'm releasing next month features a trans male protagonist who has to grapple with what strength and masculinity personally mean to him #bladeofseafoam

You draw a comic at least three times. Thumbnails to plan the panel layout and page count, sketches for writing, planning & text placement, inking. Then if you're nasty you can do the extra step of coloring/shading. (This is unless you're French and go straight to inks, the French are not real)

Really funny to me how over 90% of the applications for tables at a new doujinshi-focused event (Manga Ichiba) attached to an existing anime con (Fanime) were for BL doujinshi Could be a few factors at play here, but maybe that's just reflecting the current US landscape of doujinshi-type works

Older --> New, with the 4th being drawn just a few weeks ago! I am finally going to make my first printed graphic novel for Manga Ichiba!!! Show me YOUR black and white comics!! #art #doodle #manga #artistsonmastodon #mastoart #comic #monochrome

I will be tabling at Manga Ichiba, the doujin mart sub-event at Fanime this year! more details forthcoming as we get closer to the event 😇

FanimeCon has a brand new event coming in 2026 for inspiring artists that want to make and sell manga! Manga Ichiba is North America's first event dedicated to English-language doujinshi - information for artists will be coming soon!

So now that I'm back from Japan, I have some news! @spankmaths.bsky.social and I are going to be attending Manga Ichiba at Fanime! We're both debuting new souyo doujins, and I'll be brining the rest of my stock of Hypothesis.

Hi everyone! Here is a pg preview of my Final Fantasy 7 Rufus ShinRa x Tseng R18 🔞doujinshi "Chewtoy"-- a short 12 page story where Tseng must take an urgent business-related call.. at a very inconvenient time. 🤭 The doujinshi will debut at this yr's Fanime Manga Ichiba event

🫵 COME TO MANGA ICHIBA!!!! 🫵

mom came by while i was testing out decor for the event and when she saw the photo frame she put down food for me like this

be stoked!! also because i'll be there with my doujinshi of DA BOIZ and more

Before we get to the #yaoi we need to have some lore about the Capetian dynasty though!

sketching the cover for my #richphil doujin for Manga Ichiba, “QUOD AMES” (Something You May Love) i usually do covers last, but since I’m both drawing AND promoting the work, I thought it would be good to have a visual to go with it that communicates what I’m All About.

Silly drawing

I guess my love for KCD ends with 2 the narrative writing and translations of these games are entirely the reason they're as elevated as they are, they're gutting the very essence of what made it special. the translators are rightly celebrated, as per Tom McKay: www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_zt...

Happy weekend! 🦛 ❤️ Ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

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hello 👁️👄👁️ I will be appearing here (most likely in the all-ages timeslot as none of my comics have anything explicit) and selling some of the comics I have already made. Probably gonna have the following: -jayvik comic -tsukitsuru comic -usao zine -bnha hawks hallucinations (comes with a bonus zine)

Attending #FanimeCon 2026? Love Indie Comics and Manga? Don't miss the first Original English Language Doujinshi market in the USA, MANGA ICHIBA! An event focused on self-published #manga and #comics (and some games..) for an English-Speaking audience! #MangaIchiba

Aaahh, this looks like such fun! I bought a lotta Doujinshi when I went on a Japan trip some years ago and used to traverse the Late 90's Internet in search of it ❤️

as a culture we have really given "ideas" way too much credit. ideas are a dime a dozen. they happen all the time. the magic is way more in the doing, and the doing's diminished stature is linked to lack of respect for labor and, more recently, skill and expertise.

📣 NEW SAL JIANG ‼️ Ayaka is in Love with Hiroko vol 1 out now!

What We Will is co-designing this pilot alongside the AI Commons Project. We’re a worker center for people impacted by the AI economy, organizing and offering support through programs led by and for workers.

did you know I got into the fanime manga ichiba doujinshi fair? and I will be releasing a new doujinshi for it? 👀

My friends and I made a doujin circle and are creating an IDOLiSH7 themed anthology just for this event! If you're local to San Jose, come pick up our """special yaoi book""" 🥰 will post some sneak peek soon 👁️👁️

Attending #FanimeCon 2026? Love Indie Comics and Manga? Don't miss the first Original English Language Doujinshi market in the USA, MANGA ICHIBA! An event focused on self-published #manga and #comics (and some games..) for an English-Speaking audience! #MangaIchiba

Trying to get some comics work done as well as some tasks for Manga Ichiba. I really hope that the event can go well and that more comics folks can be a part of it!

The Knights of Guinevere show opens this weekend at Gallery Nucleus, here's one of my two pieces for the show! 💙🔹

Silver Sprocket retail location closing down seems like it was sadly written on the wall since the news about its struggles, but it's still just too bad. I've enjoyed the post SF Zinefest after parties there I've attended, and glad for the wonderful comics I've picked up from them