My favorite Christmas present

Its time

Currently reading @tkingfisher.com 's excellent new novel Hemlock & Silver. I love her intricate, lived in fantasy worlds and delightfully off beat characters. Always excited to pick up a new book by her.

I went to the grocery store on Christmas Eve and now I need to lie on the couch for an hour to recover.

Got my latest pottery pieces! So happy with how this vessel turned out.

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed my take on The Mummy. I liked drawing it a lot.

OK, what's worse: job hunting via hook & spaceship or using LinkedIn?

Cosi Little Universe - Episode 12! How will Cosi pick her first GigJig job when there's so many to choose from?! That may not be the biggest thing she needs to worry about. Enjoy!

Yall will tell me the minute Ryoko Kui starts publishing a new manga, right? I have your word on that?

There's a point when I'm doing writing work where it just feels impossible it'll ever get done. I have no more thoughts in my head to put on the paper in front of me! But then suddenly I'm past that point & the words are all on the page and it's just like FUCK YES WRITINNNNNNG I AM A GOD

My upcoming middle grade graphic novel Inbetweens got its second starred review! This one is from Kirkus: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

When it is Your Toy

I think I'm getting to the end of Hades 2's story (already defeated Chronos, now trying to find the 3 Fates) & I've enjoyed the whole experience of playing this game so much. I love looking at every part of it, I love that there's a god mode for someone Bad at Games (me!), I love all the characters.

Whenever I am feeling overwhelmed by the awfulness of A*I slop & the companies pouring billions into this garbage technology I go leave a nice comment for an artist whose work I enjoy. Does it help our current situation? No. Does it make me feel better? Honestly, not really. But I do it anyway. 🤷‍♀️

Canadian friends: here's a petition to stop AB and SK from Notwithstanding their anti-trans-healthcare legislation (this will make sense to Canadians). Don't let them shield their bigotry from Charter scrutiny! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Creature

Me to everyone at Tim's Holiday work party last night: "Want to see pictures of my cat?"

Good news! We’ve extended the application deadline to exhibit at TCAF 2026 or suggest programming. We know life, art, and admin can be extra hard to juggle before the holidays, and we want to ensure everyone has a little more breathing room. Apply by December 29 at 11:59pm ET www.torontocomics.com

Doing some planning so I can (hopefully) start a newsletter in the new year. I have my list of things I'd like to talk about/create for the newsletter, but are there any topics in particular people would be interested in reading about from me?

It's been a little while but let's get back to posting work animation! Next up is rough animation from season 1 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. First up, a slo-motion walk. My first scenes on the show, what a way to start! It took about a month to animate. Enjoy! #animation #tmnt

For someone who hasn't been in school for 20 years I sure have a lot of stress dreams about being in school. 🙃

Worked out for an hour so I can eat a ton of goodies at Tim’s work Christmas party tonight.

"your cat only loves you because you feed her" yes! of course she loves me because I feed her! She is a tiny vulnerable creature with no way of caring for herself! If you lived at the mercy of giant god-like beings 10x your size who fed & cared for you & petted you wouldn't you love them too?

Damn, this was wild. What a ride.

New Christmas tree ornament

Today's pottery. Can't wait to see this fired!

Guys I don't wanna brag about how cute my cat is but look at herrrrr

This is my animator origin story! I saw it when I was 10-11ish and from that point on the only career choice for me was to be an animator.

For the first time since SKTCHD returned, I changed out my subscription page pull quotes, and some very kind folks had some very kind things to say about the work I do. Chip's one made me cry, for real. Want to read the work they're talking about? Subscribe to SKTCHD! sktchd.com/subscriptions/

My upcoming middle grade graphic novel Inbetweens (which is based on my mixed experience at animation college) got a starred review in School Library Journal! YAY! www.slj.com/review/inbet...

I LOVE THIS

I'm so weak. Maple is highly food motivated & when she cries at me that she hasn't been fed (even though I just fed her) I'm like "baby want more food of course here you go I love youuuu" & give her whatever she wants.

We're hiring at Arcanaut Studios with our project Star Wars Fate of the Old Republic. Take a look: www.arcanautstudios.com/careers

Today is the LAST DAY to bid on an original watercolour painting by me of Ripley from Alien! The auction benefits @torontocomics.bsky.social , and shipping is Canada only (sorry). Bid here: www.torontocomics.com/product-page...

As if an icon like Miss Piggy would ever be into Geoff Keighley.

My tummy hurts which I'm sure is also Disney's fault.

At least cats will never disappoint me.

Disney this morning proving the end of that four hour Defunctland video correct: they would prefer to be a tech company, not an entertainment company.

Me: *opens document, changes one word* Me: Well, that's enough work, time to take a break & check bluski!

Morning zoomies 😂

Watching Cat TV (the window)

First Second delivering new (or upcoming, really) comics from @faitherinhicks.bsky.social and @elrevel.bsky.social makes for a very, very good mail day. (Apologies for the dim lighting, Alaska in winter is unforgiving!)

A woman in my pottery class found out I was a cartoonist & bought 4 of my books for her daughter. Another woman brought homemade cinnamon rolls made with pumpkin spice eggnog. Man, pottery class rules this semester.

Woke up with a sore back (cause old) and a zit on my cheek (cause somehow I'm going through puberty)????

Oh my god

Oh dang, I missed this! These are incredible, Karl!

So wonderful waking up every morning to this precious little girl

Shaved belly, very soft, very warm, must touch

Another fine example of one of my favorite genres: a group of people venture into a cold inhospitable land & are hunted by something inhuman. This story is told by a trans man who sneaks aboard a Shackleton-like expedition to Antarctica.