I’m reporting from figure skating Nationals for an outlet that doesn’t even have a sports section. Nothing like an olympic year nationals, though. www.npr.org/2026/01/09/n...

today was a weird wordle for me: 😵‍💫 Wordle 1,665 X/6 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

One little single solitary strand of grey cat fur getting in the way of my dip pen is all it takes to draw my dear Chu-hi as Kimba the White Lion (my favorite cartoon as a little kid).

Hello! I'm going to join the first #kidlitartpostcard day of 2026! I'm Alec Longstreth, an award-winning cartoonist. Since 2004 I've been coloring graphic novels for major publishers and my goal this year is to start using that time/energy to make picture books! www.alecillustration.com

A thoughtful obituary for beloved cartoonist Dan Moynihan by Dave Kierch: www.tcj.com/remembering-...

Dec 25 penguin: Hope y’all had a nice break! I have continued to penguin it up.

New calendars. LFG.

it’s Hayao Miyazaki’s birthday. here are a couple of ink and watercolor on paper commissions i made several years back. fan art of Laputa, castle in the sky and Howl’s moving castle anime films respectively

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Starting the new year off with Chapter Five! Available to free Patreon members: www.patreon.com/posts/143680...

How long post-holidays will it take me to start remembering what day of the week it is again?

Some good news! Sloth Poopers are on sale at Safeway! "I poop candy!"

One of my favorite things about New Years is when @east-village-inky.bsky.social posts her 'one second a day' video for the year! So much singing and dancing! Also a cameo by @mcgrinch.bsky.social (and her zine)! youtu.be/OKUFY7_H_ig?...

For Christmas, I gave my nieces a personalized copy of Ghost Castle featuring themselves as the player characters, and the Kpop Demon Hunters, and me of course!

New year, new Nancy.

A new Isle of Elsi storyline starts today!!! Melissa Mathews in The Curious Classroom - Page 1 www.isleofelsi.com/comics/chapt... #fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics #isleofelsi #aleclongstreth [THREAD 1/3]

I love this video of @anomalily.net do a dance every day before for her @opb.org shift. (great outfits too) 💃💕 youtube.com/shorts/vxWyr...

The only creative project I finished in 2025 was the zine BIGGER THE CIRCLE that I made with Galen. A lot of people "didn't get it", but I'm pretty proud of it. 💕

Public Domain Day is coming — here’s what you need to know about characters like Betty Boop Betty Boop and Nancy Drew might be entering the public domain -- but artists should be careful how they use them, because copyright and trademark law is weird and complicated.

Knowledge is power #usps

My top 46 songs of 2025 (in order of when i first heard them): 1. Tunde Adebimpe - Magnetic 2. Franz Ferdinand - Hooked 3. OKGO - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill 4. Waxahatchee - Mud 5. Hamilton Leithauser - Burn the Boats 6. Esther Rose - New Bad 7. Kim Deal - Are You Mine (live)

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ME AND CRAIG!!! Please go watch our new short, I really like this one, I think you’ll find the sentiment very relatable

This skateboard deck has hung in my office for over a decade. RIP Dan Moynihan

The GoFundMe for Dalton's family still isn't fully funded: gofund.me/1510421b9

I FUCKING FINISHED MY GRAPHIC NOVEL FUTURE PROOF, 5 YEARS, 170 pages!! Also I beat Equilibrious Beast solo style and platinumed Elden Ring 💅🏻

new patreon post up. www.patreon.com/posts/146695...

We’ve lost amazing artist and Not My Small Diary alum Dan Moynihan. I will share the gofundme link to help his widow and young son 💙

Scrolling begets scrolling and posting begets posting...only action begets action

My top 46 songs of 2025 (in order of when i first heard them): 1. Tunde Adebimpe - Magnetic 2. Franz Ferdinand - Hooked 3. OKGO - A Stone Only Rolls Downhill 4. Waxahatchee - Mud 5. Hamilton Leithauser - Burn the Boats 6. Esther Rose - New Bad 7. Kim Deal - Are You Mine (live)

I love this live version of the new @themountaingoats.bsky.social song. 🎶"There's always a clock ticking somewhere."🎶 youtu.be/pv53gRqjvxY?...

Fun! @breenabard.bsky.social teaches you to draw! I've been needing this ! youtu.be/g_I-WDCyzlU?...

RIP Dalton Webb. Papercutter contributor and all around good guy.

This week marks 26 years of living in Oregon. Moving here didn't solve all my problems, but I'm happy I did it. I wouldn't mind living here another 26. 🦫

I dig this new GLADIE song. Punky Muffs vibes. youtu.be/fw7D_LvuAkQ?...

Made a new little song experiment! I love my Pocket Operators (this time playing with effects pedals!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=elfK...

RIP Tom Stoppard. I must have watched Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead a hundred times. Thanks for that.

JUST IN: Acclaimed playwright Tom Stoppard dies at 88

RIP Northwest Branch Library. You were small, but you were mighty. 😔

RIP Northwest Branch Library. You were small, but you were mighty. 😔

In this new episode, LQ and I discuss the Coen brothers’ RAISING ARIZONA! Specifically, why it’s important to get your dip tet. Listen on your favorite podcasting platform!

Just heard the terrible news about the passing of a much-beloved local artist, Dalton Webb, after a host of overlapping medical issues. He was a genuinely lovely guy and a tremendous illustrator. His first childrens book was published in September. daltondraws.com

In Memory of Elijah Brubaker, 1975-2025 www.tcj.com/elijah-bruba...

Elijah was one of our best, with a wry, unflinching vision and one of the deftest hands there ever was. Goodbye, my friend.

rip Elijah Brubaker, my friend and collaborator. www.tcj.com/elijah-bruba...

Portland just isn't a safe place to raise a family anymore.

Portland just isn't a safe place to raise a family anymore.