I am founding a not-for-profit website where independent comic creators and small publishers can easily sell their works to libraries, plus provide other services. Called (for now) the Comics Librarian Commons, this will be an online hub bringing independent creators and librarians together.

It's pub day! I AM A SLIME MONSTER is officially out in the world today! This is book 3 in the SUPER MAGIC BOY SERIES. Hugo and Dino have to stop an evil slime monster from making humans dumb by destroying all the books in the world. Can they do it? Or will this be the last book you ever read?

RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3 might have our same old heroes, but it’s got all new villains. #comics #kidlit #childrensgraphicnovels #middlegrade

The birth of our solar system - at last, closing up the penultimate page of this mammoth chapter exploring the origin of the universe in all its swirls of different sorts... It's been a long trip. And there is, to be sure, a lot going on on this page :) Onward! #Nostos #Unflattening 2

Comics meditation with Tom Spurgeon. This is a line from one of my favorite essays by Tom, “All of These Things That Have Made Us” from 2011 on The Comics Reporter. #comics #graphicnovels

Happy Thanksgiving! #comics #kidlit #graphicnovels

A great early Spy vs. Spy strip by Cuban cartoonist (and creator) Antonio Prohías. This strip leverages the grammar and form of comics to tell the story, which is a hallmark of the SVS comics. Really inventive, playful, imaginative cartooning.

Here’s a little comic strip featuring Hugo & Dino. Apologies to Bill Watterson! If you’ve read the Super Magic Boy books, you’ll know Calvin & Hobbes was a major influence! #comics #kidlit #calvinandhobbes

It’s application season! Come make comics with us in the MFA program in Creative Writing at USF. For cartoonists and comics writers! 3-year program with no tuition, an annual stipend, health insurance, and teaching opportunities. Questions? Email me at [email protected].

We might only be halfway through fall semester, but I’m already getting ready for spring.

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country. Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

I AM A SLIME MONSTER will be here in just a couple of months! Hugo and Dino face off against a Slime Monster from outer space who intends to take over the planet. Its plan? Destroy all the books on Earth to shrink human brains and make them easier to conquer. Out 12/16 from Random House Graphic

I don’t have to draw anything right now, so I have time to play around with different styles #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks

SEVEN days left until the Isle of Elsi Book Three Kickstarter launches! The prelaunch page is up if you want to click the "Notify me on launch" button: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon... #kickstarter #selfpublishing

Just finished penciling my next book: RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3! Right now it’s at 221 pages. It took me about 3 months to pencil it all. I spent a month before this thumbnailing out the visual composition, so I could focus on design in pencils. #comics #kidlit #childrensbooks #graphicnovels

How to Write for Children #3 #webcomic #kidlit #childrensbooks

How to Write for Children #2 #kidlit #childrensbooks #webcomic

How to Write for Children #1 #kidlit #childrensbooks #webcomic

Let the erasure begin

More reasons to be anti-AI

No Kings Day in June: 5-6 million people 2,169 communities 27 countries The sequel is going to be even bigger.

Are you taking part in the #SapphicSeptember readathon and looking to add some graphic novels to your TBR? Here’s a list of 20 queer graphic novels with sapphic main characters to add to your bookshelf: (There's a list of book titles, authors in the alt text) #booksky #sapphicbooks

We had our first not-as-hot day in Florida, which, for some reason, always reminds me of my favorite Tom Spurgeon essay from The Comics Reporter, "All of These Things That Have Made Us." www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/si...

I just backed How To Touch Grass on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/pow...

Only 50 pages left to pencil! Here’s a scene from pretty late in RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3. The dogs do a lot more shape-shifting in this one. #graphicnovel #kidlit #childrensbooks

From Jeanette Winterson, “Imagination and Reality”

Prepping for my fall class, The Ends of Imagination, in the Honors College at USF.

This is the first step towards creating a one-party state. If it works in Texas, they’ll do it all over the country. Bye, democracy, it was a nice idea while it lasted.

Action sequences usually take me a few different passes to get right. I’m not a natural action/fight scene drawer, so my first couple sketches aren’t always exciting or interesting enough for me. #kidlit #graphicnovels #childrensbooks

Today’s work-in-progress. The family takes a trip to the new space museum! #kidlit #graphicnovels #childrensbooks

Today’s work-in-progress. The family takes a trip to the new space museum! #kidlit #graphicnovels #childrensbooks

Today’s behind-the-scenes look at RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3! What on Earth is going on here? #kidlit #graphicnovels

Look, if someone can get me those Yo Gabba Gabba figures at #SDCC I will reward you handsomely.

Progress update on RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3! Chapter 6 was a tough one. It just didn’t come together how I’d planned it so I had to do a lot of revising and rewriting. Cartooning is just solving a giant puzzle, anyway. More than halfway done with the pencils! [Font is just a placeholder, relax!]

Loved this book. Familiar Face by Michael DeForge. 10/10!

Behind the scenes of RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3! RP and MB attend the book release party for the two dogs’ new comic, Two Good Dogs. (Don’t worry, the font is a placeholder.) #kidlit #graphicnovels #comics

Behind-the-scenes of RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3! I think Moon Bear has every reason to be concerned… #comics #graphicnovels #kidlit

I appreciate how much optimism I have when scripting. Illustrator-me is more of a pragmatist.

I had a small part in crafting the world of Takoro, so it's awesome to see Attack Peter's monster living as a toy from Mondo! mondoshop.com/products/tak...

This is a perfect comic. Sweet and beautiful and raw. The best thing I've read in a long time.

The script is done! Now the easy part: draw the whole book...

Moon Bear sketch to start the day

Always cool finding your book at the library!

Got to hang out with some Muppets at the Museum of the Moving Image. Amazing Henson exhibit. #Muppets #jimhenson

Just finished the script for chapter 6 (of 11) for RED PANDA & MOON BEAR 3! Here’s a little peek at the opening scene of chapter 1. #comics #graphicnovels #superheroes

So psyched to return to the Red Panda & Moon Bear universe! In this book, we’ll learn a whole lot more about the portal and the related mysteries in the town of Martí! I don’t have a release date yet, but I’ll share more as I go! #comics #graphicnovel #cartoon #kidlit #childrensbooks

Working on this time snake creature for my next kids’ book. Cool? Too weird? It can manipulate time and comes from another dimension.

I got these almost 20 years ago as a wedding gift. Still one of my favorite comics/universes of all time. #mignola #hellboy #bprd

This is my 2025 secret project! And…it’s not a book!

I’m subbing in a school library for a few weeks & couldn’t pass up making diary comics of some memorable moments. Here’s the first one! ❤️📚❤️📚 #comics #schoollibrary #libraries #librarian