TONIGHT TONIGHT at 7pm at The Native It's the CAKE Afterparty hosted by Bianca Xunise! Readings by Jonni Peppers-Go Lions @punkratkid.bsky.social, Eddy Atoms, Koreangry, @bethhetland.bsky.social, Bianca Xunise (in duet with Mercurio) and myself! WINE GHOST WIL BE THERE and you should come too!!🍷👻

Sunday night close out CAKE weekend with a reading and afterparty hosted by Bianca Xunise with music by Mercurio! Readings by Jonni Peppers-Go Lions @punkratkid.bsky.social, Eddy Atoms, Koreangry, @bethhetland.bsky.social, and @sagecoffey.bsky.social (who made this poster!) 7PM 2417 N. Milwaukee Ave

New add to 2025's favorite comics: The Ardent by @cantocomics.bsky.social via @fieldmouse.press I loved reading this work, but I'm most impressed by the way Antonowicz flirts with some really dark moments, but then balances a comedic whimsy in a way that doesn't feel like tonal whiplash.

🎉 We are thrilled to announce the 2025 Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize winner: Tender by Beth Hetland (@bethhetland.bsky.social) from @fantagraphics.bsky.social! Learn more about the 2025 awardees here: www.psu.edu/news/univers... #BookSky #GraphicNovels #BookAwards

Also for Indie Bookstore Day tomorrow we’re giving out for free some exclusive little Riso prints we made for the occasion. Your choice of gold or teal. While supplies last. If yer doing the book crawl keep in mind we’re near Plot Twist, and not too far from BucketOBlodd, and Skunk Cabbage Books.

Help out Fieldmouse Press. They make amazing books that you can get here, or donate to their gofundme. This shit is crazy and they are putting out ground breaking work that needs to exist. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Next week ERIS is launching on Kickstarter! Don’t miss this insanity! Sign up for pre-launch via the link in my profile.

🚨 NEW VIDEO! 🕳️ For the 30th anniversary of Charles Burns' seminal horror comic "Black Hole," Comic Sans presents a very special EXTENDED EDITION of our episode with @bethhetland.bsky.social — with over 10 MINUTES of all-new content! 🤯 📺: yt.comicsanspod.com/s02-black-hole-extended Join us as... 🧵

Things come FULL CIRCLE as cartoonist and educator @bethhetland.bsky.social makes her triumphant return! In an episode full of TWISTS AND TURNS, Beth RUNS RINGS around our hosts as she attempts to BRING THEM AROUND on Uzumaki by Junji Ito. 🎧: l.comicsanspod.com/s03e07 📺: yt.comicsanspod.com/s03e07

Somebody get @cashbrowns.bsky.social a wiki page already!!!!

GUESS WHO’S A BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEEEEEEEEE

Hey cis-friends, here’s another quick way to help trans folx in your life. Leave comments on all three. Tell your friends. Pass it on.

Yesterday on my way home from school after 5:15pm I realized it was still light out and I felt such a blast of happiness (and of course thought of @tugboatcity.bsky.social )

In private or incognito mode you can fill it out ♾️ until they change it back. (Click NO for was this page helpful at the bottom)

Oh hey it’s the year of the snake! Here’s a drawing of a snake I made.

E07: Uzumaki by Junji Ito — FEATURING the queen of horror, cartoonist @bethhetland.bsky.social 👑 🧟‍♀️ E08: Roaming by @dirtbagg.bsky.social & Mariko Tamaki Grab a copy of these comics and read along with Yan and Nat! #ComicSansComicClub 📚

HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE!!!

All of these creators had really significant years in 2024 so you can vote for them in the Breakout Talent category in the BF Awards: @bethhetland.bsky.social @bhanupratap.bsky.social J. Webster Sharp @lookhappy.bsky.social @mollieray.bsky.social. Vote here: www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

Book/Comic thread for 2025 and the year started off strong with this absolute banger by @bethhetland.bsky.social Gross, engaging, brilliant body-horror that absolutely delivers.

Holy cow! So incredibly honored to be nominated for Break Out Talent by @brokenfrontier.bsky.social !!!! It would mean so much to me to have your vote. 🥰🥰🥰 www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

Today is a ten year adoptiversary for my black and white baby. These two are so cute they made a heart shape ❤️❤️❤️

I’m nominated for Best Comics Illustrator AND Best Comics Writer in the Chicago Reader! 🗳️🗳️Vote for me!🗳️🗳️ bestof.chicagoreader.com/arts-and-cul...

Phew! Tender book tour for 2024 has concluded!!! Thank you everyone who came out, stopped by, tuned in, and told friends! I’m back home with my boys for a snuggly winter break ❄️❄️❄️

Saturday! Join me online for an interview, short reading, and q&a about Tender! www.nypl.org/events/progr...

I’m number two!!!!

Starting on December 1st and running the whole month of December, we'll be open for submissions for shorter (16-56 pages) works. We're looking for challenging and delightful work in a variety of genres, but we do have some guidance for interested artists: www.fieldmouse.press/submissions

Tender is a book NPR LOVES!!! apps.npr.org/best-books/#...

I’m one of them!

Congratulations to @maassive.bsky.social, @plutarian2.bsky.social, @therightram.bsky.social, @joannestarer.bsky.social, @kharyrandolph.bsky.social, @bethhetland.bsky.social, @aiww.bsky.social, Maria Sweeny, MAKIHIROCHI, and Taiyo Matsumoto and everyone that worked on these books!

This is the way….

Will Bluesky alert you if you’re on a list? (Hello new followers!)

Tabling at Staple + Stitch Art Book and Print Fair this weekend! If you’re in Chicago, check it out, it’s the very first year and it looks AMAZING! 3-9 Friday, 11-6 Sat + Sun

have said this before & will say it forever: please don't apologize if you got my book from the library, each time you check out a library copy you support a writer, & we'll all really, really need libraries—& libraries will need us & our support—in these years to come

I reviewed the graphic novel Tender, a freaky bit of body horror by @bethhetland.bsky.social. It has memorable imagery and thought-provoking ideas about the expectations society places on women. Tender, by Beth Hetland: The real horror is societal expectations open.substack.com/pub/matthewb...

I was on NYPL’s committee to determine the 50 best graphic novels of 2024! The link is here if you want to see the whole list: www.nypl.org/books-more/r.... Congrats to @imagecomics.bsky.social and @evandahm.bsky.social for making graphic novels that made the list!

@tugboatcity.bsky.social happy birthday!!!!🎈🎁🎂🎉🎊

IDW’s new payment plan for creators is exposure? If this is true that per-page budget is insanity. Also- young creators out there. Publishers who pay an insulting page rate with the assurance you’ll make great royalties are lying.

I’m giving a keynote to a room full of High School teachers tomorrow about how to engage gen alpha…who am I????

Well well wellllll

I love you @smallpressexpo.bsky.social you made me feel like an extra special guest. Thank you thank you thank you 🥰🥰🥰

ESS PEE EX!! Table H10B! We got two secret itemsssssss

Only 2 days left to vote for the Harvey’s (if you’re eligible!) voting closes on Sept 6th at 11:59pm EST.

If you’re a cartoonist, librarian, educator, work in publishing or a book store that sells comics, you’re eligible to apply to vote!!!! It would mean the world to me if you applied for a vote (it takes less than 5min) www.showclix.com/application/...

Still getting used to this platform! I’ll be doing a reading with Conor Stechschulte and Jeremy Tinder at @howlingpages.bsky.social on Thursday and running a scavenger hunt with fabulous prizes! Details and clues on Insta

Cartoonists who work digitally: is there a way you’ve found to sell originals? I don’t mean like NFT or the file.

Just one more day until you can read these new releases: Tender by Beth Hetland and Grievous Angels, Trout Masks, and American Beauties: 1970s Rock & Roll Photography of Ginny Winn by Pat Thomas and Jessica Hundley are out tomorrow!

Sam Thielman’s review of Tender by Beth Hetland in The New York Times perfectly captures the sense of foreboding and horror in this debut psychological thriller—head to ow.ly/BhCF50QY7FL to read the full piece!

COMIC NEWS INSIDER 1490 - MoCCA Fest: Beth Hetland! I chatted w/ @bethhetland.bsky.social at MoCCA about her new graphic novel TENDER, horror, teaching & more! #ComicNewsInsider #MoccaFest2024 www.comicnewsinsider.com/2024/03/epis...

"a psychological horror story [with] cringe-inducing, sickening body horror" Allison Manley reviews Beth Hetland's graphic novel "Tender" for @thirdcoastrvw.bsky.social thirdcoastreview.com/2024/03/11/r... @bethhetland.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social

Do I know anyone in San Diego???