Futzing around with possible adaptations of What Is It? A handmade abecedarian I made in late summer.

Looking forward to speaking at 3x3's Nuts & Bolts conference next month. nutsandboltsconf.com

My Etsy shop is finally open after being closed all summer. While I have a handful of items for sale, it's really the choking poster than anyone buys... www.etsy.com/shop/simkinb...

I will be exhibiting at BOOKSMART, as part of the Art on Paper fair, which opens tomorrow evening. Located at Pier 36 (299 South St, NY, NY), with public hours Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. More details can be found here: ny.thepaperfair.com/booksmart/

New die cut stickers... objects from childhood. My copy of the Joy of Signing, and a Steinlen poster that was up in my kitchen growing up.

What Is It? A new silly handmade alphabet book.

I'll be exhibiting again as part of BOOKSMART at the Art on Paper fair in early September. ny.thepaperfair.com/booksmart/

Zine Making & Bookbinding is currently number 1 in new releases in Book Making & Binding on Amazon ("new releases" including forthcoming titles available for preorder). www.amazon.com/Zine-Making-...

Apparently Zine Making & Bookbinding, my forthcoming book with Chronicle Books, is already available for presale. If you order through Bookshop.org they're listing it at a slight discount. The release date is March 31st, 2026. bookshop.org/p/books/zine...

The morning I woke up with mosquito bites on my eyelids, sometime in the mid 1980s.

Drawings of photos I took outside the Sullivan Street Playhouse after seeing The Fantasticks for my 6th birthday.

A drawing of the Sullivan Street Playhouse circa 1985.

New stickers ordered yesterday. Hopefully they'll arrive in time for BOOKSMART in early Septetmber (part of the Art on Paper fair).

The same company that's buying CBS (and needs Trump's approval to do so) is also trying to buy Bari Weiss' website. It's a political decision.

Some book cover practice, in preparation for an upcoming fall course.

Futzing around.

Summer zucchini flower update.

A little pop-up (v-fold) practice.

The NYT’s big profile on Skrmetti is centered around a genuine factual error, accusing the movement for trans rights and ACLU specifically of being behind the lawsuit, when it was the Biden administration. It’s literally in the name of the case, US v Skrmetti.

A friend just texted to congratulate me on a forthcoming project, about which she learned from ChatGPT. Never mind that I am ... not currently writing a book on the divine feminine... ? Again, again, again: AI is bad and wrong and won't give you accurate info, friends. It's not a search engine.

No Kings designs adjusted for social media use.

Second attempt.

A first attempt at a No Kings poster.

Summer studio shenanigans.

On the off chance you've not yet seen, @brianlarossa.com, sending this your way.

The full program illustration for the Leah Ryan Fund's upcoming reading of The Wire and The Boy King in Queens.

From the archives: a portrait of Charles Dickens from 2012.

New work for the Leah Ryan Fund, for readings of The Wire and The Boy King in Queens taking place at La Mama on May 19th.

Let’s have a look at my bucket list real quick. Oh wow look at that. ✅ Make a @criterion.bsky.social Closet video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yfy...

“I wanted to like this class, but on the first day, he submerged us in a river instead of going over the syllabus, and that was kind of a lot.”

Hey #kidlit, I’m hiring a (paid) summer design intern. Apply today! 💙❤️ scholastic.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Extern...

Ice skating spread from a little book that didn't end up getting made.

From the archives: miniatures of things in my studio, from when I was making props for the puppets (2016).

From the archives: part of one of the illustrations for a short story called "Chins and Elbows" in subTerrain Magazine No. 70, from 2015.

Not to sound ungrateful or anything, but WAS THIS A OPTION THE WHOLE FUCKING TIME?!?!?!

A first stab at a Hands Off poster.

Another demo pattern, for another class.

From the archives: an illustration for a short story called "Gart's Girl" in subTerrain magazine No. 70 (2015).

Tonight's demo pattern from class.