Surrogate pregnancies are increasingly popular in tech circles, and the practice is expected to explode globally in the coming decade. It’s also shockingly unregulated. This is a story about what happens when it goes horribly wrong.

Less than 2 weeks until @smallpressexpo.bsky.social! We're excited to see nearly 50 cartoonists and small presses whose comics we distribute! Here's a map instructing you how to enjoy SPX if you want to pretend you're walking through the Radiator Comics website...that's a thing, right?

I have a comic on crucial comix! Check it out!

My mom and I will watch this anytime and anywhere… I love falling asleep to it.

I have a comic out today in Paper Airplane mag! It’s four pages and it has all the things I love: hiking, my family, my dog, and the blue ridge mountains! Available exclusively at PaperAirplane.pub by making a donation to support refugees and immigrants. Share it with anyone who likes to smile!

I wrote this a few years ago but I still feel this all the time haha. Do you have a favorite pen you HAVE to work with?

Some musings on birthdays in the last hour of my 29th birthday- how do you feel about birthdays?

I've been wanting to get back into watercolor recently but in the meantime here's an old piece I'm still love.

Anyone else terrified of roller coasters... just me? Cool, cool.

Ok reposting the animation since it doesn't appear to be working when I first posted it haha link to newsletter mercedescamposlopez.substack.com/p/hello-there

I made a little animation for my newsletter which you can read here: open.substack.com/pub/mercedes... It was fun although it took an ungodly amount of time ( Ben's claymation anyone?)

How things are going these days.

illustration inspired by nyc's chinatown fishmarket done for The Monkey King in Chinatown exhibition 🐵🐟

I made this lil 'zine' about a bizarre dream I had that I think was caused by watching grey's anatomy before bed plus I think I was reading Dune at the time?? Have you ever had such a weird dream that you woke up genuinely disturbed by your own mind? Bonus points if you can guess the GA episode.

Earlier this month I reached a deadline after working towards it for the last few months. It’s been all consuming and taken up all my time. This sticker I made last year is a pretty good representation of how I’ve been feeling lately lol 😂

me working on my graphic novel

Timelapse of carving my sunflower print. This is the largest piece I’ve worked on, and I’m pretty pleased with how it’s turning out. #sunflowers #timelapse #process #lino

Now Introducing…

Working on a new block print! It’s been a while since I’ve had time for this so it’s been very relaxing. #blockprinting

The Long Game part 1/4. A mini comic I did about Pokemon monopoly game pieces and fighting with siblings. I think those with siblings really connect to this one!

I'm sharing some of my older artwork here! If you've followed me on other platforms, you might recognize some pieces, but stay tuned for new ones that I've never shared before!

As usual, I'm truly impressed by everyone's hourly comic day contributions, and, as usual, I didn't participate 🥲 . This time, I have a good reason, as I'm overwhelmed with a tight deadline! This reminded me of an earlier comic I made, so I'm sharing it now!

Hello! I've had bsky for a while but haven't really posted on here but I wanted to start by introducing myself. I'm Mercedes- a cartoonist and illustrator. I do a lot of kids comics/illustrations but also non-fiction, science comics, and fantasy. Not sure if art vs artist is a thing here lol but: