It’s true.

i think abt this constantly and like with everything in 'worldbuilding' i end up vibes-forward. you can't actually make a real fictional place; you can't imagine language outside of history; you are building a Feeling of something within the reader on the basis of what they do and don't recognize

Artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away.

ICE vehicles have been seen this morning in the Corcoran and Powderhorn neighborhoods/ South Minneapolis. It would be great to get extra support from community today. Please help out in your local area. 1/

absolutely gutting. persepolis was the first comic that showed me the things you can bring to light with the act of making comics

good jam I heard while writing today www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hfc...

My recent trip to Polish/Czech mountains reminded me of working on this series of illustrations for the Carved in Stone book 🖤

Happy Pride. My werewolf-western-horror-romance story DARLIN' AND HER OTHER NAMES is now a weekly webcomic. The first 6 pages of Part 1 are up now. 🐺❤️🌿 darlin.webcomic.studio

🏳️‍🌈HAPPY PRIDE, GAYS AND GHOULS 🏳️‍🌈 We're Non-Newtonian Gender Fluid - a trans-owned, enthusiastically queer art & accessories shop with a taste for the strange and monstrous. Follow us for updates on the REAL cool stuff we have planned for this month, and check out our wares at www.nngenderfluid.com!

You can pick up several books I've worked on at a discount this month! 🏳️‍🌈 🌟 🏳️‍⚧️ Queers at the Table is 30% off over at Arsenal Pulp with the code PRIDE: arsenalpulp.com/Books/Q/Quee... And Meal (plus several anthologies I've been in) is 30% off over at Iron Circus: store.ironcircus.com/collections/...

I AM THE SEA

Desperate for peace in her small village, a woman makes a oath, only to cross the deal when the time came to pay the debt... THE GOBLIN THRONE launches today, featuring ORIGINAL, ONE-OF-A-KIND PAGES in colored pencil as backer rewards! Once gone, they're GONE! 📚 www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

The BART dragon dance started as a whimsical idea for a wall scroll painting a few years ago, and is now a real life prop that I bring to Bay Area transit-related rallies and celebrations. 🚃🚃🚃

happy pride! I hope you can find ways to be with your community this month!! my personal three pillars of pride are the queer liberation march, the dyke march, and a mandatory day at NYC's historic queer & trans beach, jacob riis. here's a little 1-page zine I made about it:

hello, americans: it’s pride!!!! another great month for YELLING AT OUR REPS!!! follow authors against book bans, make calls, write emails and postcards, LET’S GOOOOO

We are thrilled to announce the 2026 Minicomic Award Winners!! 🧵1/2

I have two modes when reviewing ambitious films (especially horror)

outdoing myself with this one 🍃 #wip #wlw

Bsky is apparently gonna start flagging whole accounts as nsfw soon so if you don't already know about your moderation settings, highly suggest switching nsfw from Hide to Warn; otherwise many creators will completely vanish from your timeline when they roll this out.

Favorite podcast genre is “media criticism by women who narrowly escaped a career in counterintelligence”

this really amazing artist i follow on tumblr just finished an incredible mural ;u; www.tumblr.com/nattousan/81...

When people ask for shipping supplies recommendations I do not hesitate to link refuseuline.com Quite literally I just reference this, there are so many options that are better and not evil.

I! Love!! Boosters!!!

Cuba has spent years sending the world doctors and nurses while we starve them to death

comics portfolio review be like:

BIG WIN: 8-5! We just passed a temporary data center moratorium and I was proud to be lead author alongside my colleague Jason Chavez, @jchavezmpls.bsky.social 🧵

Today at @oddmartmn.bsky.social!

I realized I have free will, so here's a quick Motoko.

I'm returning to @oddmartmn.bsky.social in Minneapolis tomorrow for FLOP 2026! Stop by my table from 12 to 4 pm, and then go down the street to Dreamstate Cafe for a celebration of the late Diana Green (thanks to Sally Madden of Thick Lines Podcast for organizing!)

very easy to argue that lou wilson is the funniest man alive

HR 2616, text below, just passed today in the House. Now it's time to call your Senators & tell them to vote NO ON HR 2616/S 2251 (and the very similar bills: HR 2617 & HR 7661 which aim to ban all trans books from every public school in the country!) www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

Lynn Ann Conway 86 Natural Causes 💖🏳️‍⚧️ news.engin.umich.edu/2024/06/the-...

When Minneapolis felt under heavy siege, people from everywhere helped and reached out and it was really heartening and made a difference. Memphis deserves that too, all the more so because there appears to be a concerted effort to keep their occupation out of the news

I was away when this was announced, so this is late but hey I got a grant! I'll be one of six artists making comics about King County Rapid Ride bus lines, telling stories of the communities they serve and the history of our region in transit! Very excited

they are also gonna *fine people* for overuse of water in the restricted period and are asking your neighbors to snitch on you

Thank you so much for the lovely review!! 🥹

I've posted my supersized sketchbook for April and May over on my Patreon. Check it out to see some sketches from the Queer Food Conference, some Al Hirschfeld style mimicry, and some musings about train travel! www.patreon.com/posts/patreo...

Context: A lack of adequate rent relief during Covid-19 lockdowns hurt a lot of businesses in Minneapolis and NIMBYs are pretending that bike lanes were the sole cause.

my comics deadline planner is almost 10 years old! the version I use has changed a lot since then; I'm working on a little update that I'll share when I finish a resources page for my website. in the meantime, here's the ancient version! please make a copy & edit to fit your needs & schedule!

v amped to have gotten to work on this with Nicole Wong, the Bay's foremost expert on mahjong. the Chinese game gets its cultural appropriation moment, and Wong will regale you with all the tea www.coyotemedia.org/traversing-t...

Hey so if you're in the USA, the FCC is floating the idea of making shows put a warning up if they include or discuss trans people and trans lives. A short paragraph saying this is messed up would help a lot! You gpt less than a week. Submit your comment by May 22: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

I'm so thrilled to share the cover of my next book, 🍞 Unauthorized Bread: A Radicalized Graphic Novel 🍞 Based on the story by @doctorow.pluralistic.net, adapted by @theyoungdoyler.bsky.social and me. Coming out from First Second on April 20, 2027. Preorders open! us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

If you’ve been dreaming about building your very own webcomic site, Ren will be your guide to the pros and cons, and demonstrating with a live how-to! Making a Webcomic Site on Sunday, May 17th @ 8pm EDT on Zoom #NIF2026 nif.cartoonist.coop/event/making...

Mifepristone is still widely available but if you don't have access to it, safe medical abortion is possible with just Misoprostol! Excerpt from Abortion Pill Zine by myself, @isabellarotman.bsky.social & @marniegalloway.bsky.social on miso. Full zine here: www.silversprocket.net/2024/09/17/a...

😈 THE GOBLIN THRONE PT. III BEGINS TODAY! From now til the end of the finale, I'll be posting a page a day here: thegoblinthrone.com I also drew a little FAQ:

gwen does fantastic work as usual on some of the 401,000 trans people who’ve had to flee hostile territory in their own country in the past 18 months.

lady of the shard is ten years old. well, it turned ten yesterday, but i didn't draw anything in time. but it's ten years plus one day old today. thank you to everyone who's ever thought fondly of it.

Looking for work for the upcoming months; please consider me for your TTRPGs, video games, book and album covers, etc. etc. Check out my bitsy games if you're interested in my writing. Contact me via my website or email. 👋

Chad Johnson is CEO of 'Grain Weevil'. His son did robotics competitions in high school, which inspired this little fella that breaks up hardened surfaces & levels grain to ensure it behaves like a liquid, avoids clumping. This probably saves 10-30 human lives a year. NO BOOTS IN THE GRAIN.