We will see a great many things… yes, I do believe we will. “Going Up” is a new comic drawn by J. Marshall Smith and written by myself. You can read all of it below, or—if you wish to show your support—buy a high-res .pdf on Gumroad for a price of your choosing. 5987842792553.gumroad.com/l/GoingUp

House Sparrows

Putting together something for an upcoming reading. These two panels are still some of my favorite drawings from the whole book.

Hey my virtual book club is reading Berger and I want my cool art mutuals to join! You don't have to be a patron, I'm just using patreon to keep things organized: www.patreon.com/posts/book-c...

Sketchbook

Voting for my next virtual book club ends on Monday! You don't have to be a patron to vote or join book club.

If you're in the St Louis area, come say hi! I'm giving away an original drawing and hanging out at my favorite comic shop!

A lot of people's time, expertise, and money has been dedicated to making sure Americans are not ready for a true general strike. The good news is tomorrow we get a one day practice run. Preparing for the big one means reducing your expenses, building support networks, and helping others prepare too

What a lovely review!

You can now vote on what my next Virtual Book Club will be! You don't have to be a patron to vote or join up, but space is limited. www.patreon.com/posts/next-b...

2026 sketchbook drawing no. 6

I like drawing the news in my journal. I wish I had different news to draw.

Five minutes, twenty degrees, a dozen people. #IceOutComics #IceOutMpls

Profoundly tired and discouraged after spending all day alternating between the news and trying to wrangle administrators to on-board me properly at one of my jobs. But then I remembered... ...its book club night! If you want to hang out on zoom and talk about Eleanor Davis' "Why Art?" tonight, lmk

I'm returning to St Louis for a special US release party/signing at the wonderful @bettysbooksstl.bsky.social in a few weeks. Come say "hi" and toast my new book coming out.

Starting a new semester at one of my jobs tomorrow! Getting to teach comics is so great and my three hours of commuting means lots of audiobook time. I'm going to finish The Summer Book tomorrow and maybe start Age of Innocence.

Hey friends, my online shop (my primary income) was closed for the past month but I just finished a small website update and re-opened the shop! I'm all done with preorders and my new book Testament is officially for sale! Plus fun holographic stickers! www.jmarshallsmith.com/shop

One of the great joys of being a freelance artist and adjunct professor is having to navigate the self-employed health insurance obstacle course every year.

My birthday is this weekend and, as is my habit, here is a fresh profile pic for my next year of life.

Sister Phil doodle.

Heyyyyy who would like to read an extremely good comic involving androids and space travel and religion; if that’s you then I think Testament by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social would be your thing and you should snap up a copy www.bulgilhanpress.com/store/p/test...

I got rejected from a job I wasn't even sure I wanted and the disappointed was surprisingly piercing. I guess I let myself hope for something without realizing it. That's okay. Trying to remind myself that what I really want is to be working on my next book anyway.

One of my favorite drawings from last year is the new Patreon print for January/February!

Looking at some behind the scenes sketches from Testament for a interview. I still love this drawing of Sister Judith

“In the woods where snow is thick, bars of sunlight lay like pale fire.” (Catherine Mansfield) 🎨 Eyvind Earle #wintersky

Updating the Big List and starting a new one with slightly more refined goals every year is my favorite part of new years.

Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.

Reminder: I’m updating my patreon pledge options tomorrow, but you can lock in that sweet 2018 rates before then.

Very much enjoying my first watch of The Thin Man

7/86 sopranos episodes painted!! lol here are 4 of the better ones

Happy Christmas Eve! #kidlitart #watercolor #gouache

Artbooks for Christmas ❤️

there are some ppl who really disregard the opinions of non-creatives (which in some cases, i agree), but if it's something like readability of an image u really gotta listen to them lol. if even a child cannot distinguish your figure from the background u really gotta go back to the drawing board

Something from the sketchbook. Feeling very grateful for the opportunity to travel for so many shows this year but the state of my savings, my road weariness, and lack of time to actually make art suggests I should cool it with the travel next year.

I know that I am supposed to be cool and aloof or whatever, but it really means a lot to me anytime someone writes to me to say they liked my book or includes it in some kind of end of year list. It is surreal and I'm so grateful anyone would read my work much less take the time to write to me.

thank u @bulgilhanpress.com @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

Come say hi to me at CALA!

“Moominmamma cooks a real magic potion following Grandmother’s infallible recipe”, by Tove Jansson, as used on the cover of 1989’s exhibition catalogue of Jansson’s work as shown at Finland’s Tampere Art Museum.

You know what I like? Drawing

Good news for people who are cool and sexy and like defying AI by directly supporting crusty goblins with ink on their hands! Good news if we're friends and you've been wanting to support my work but haven't yet! I'm updating my patreon and you can lock in your legacy patronage before new years.

How long should one have to ask their landlord to fix the heat before they stop paying rent?

Things I love: Drawing my little pictures, reading books, watching my partner play Winter Burrow. Things I don't love: after weeks of asking my landlord not fixing our heat as we are heading into proper winter. Soon we will be living Winter Burrow except we don't have a cute fireplace.

In less than a week, MICE returns to BU's Fuller Building and we'll be there at Table 47B! We'll have our entire available catalog along with our brand new titles: Slices of Life and Testament! See you there 😁 @massmice.bsky.social

Woman With Black Moths. Giving this drawing away today.

I've made about $17k all year, INCLUDING my adjunct teaching job. There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.

Coming soon to @okcomics.bsky.social! Complete with an exclusive signed book plate! Testament by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social from @bulgilhanpress.com! One of my favourite reads of the year… so I wrote a little review. Pre-order your copy here: okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...

Damn, if only there were some guidance in the gospels about whether you should listen to a rich guy offering you money

HOSTILE PLANET IS NOW FULLY FUNDED!!!!!! Still plenty of time to back- onward to our first stretch goal: www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...