This is so, so sad. Dan was such light in the world. I didn’t know him well, but I always enjoyed running into him at local comics shows. His work was full of that same energy - seeing it always makes me want to draw more.

体の小ささでキクイタダキとはりあうけど、声はめちゃくちゃでかいミソサザイ。 The wren is the king of birds, small but with a very loud song. #BirdArt

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

Let’s make 2026 the year of the bog. The world’s most unique and interesting plants, clean water, cooler climate. Bogs deserve our thanks, care, and deep respect. Please join me and love a bog today.

Happy #nationalbirdday Puffins! Art by @mariswicks.bsky.social Coming April 14th from @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #Birdsky #edusky #skybrarian #kidlit

Dec 24 penguin: The Galapagos penguin! Livin’ that equatorial life. Cheers!

素敵な夜を

Dec 23 penguin(s): A chinstrap pengie with two chicks. (drawn in sharpie and pencil on an old grocery list)

Pervushovisaurus and Baculites friends

Another action-packed week ahead 👀 Don’t miss out - stream with our broadcast partners, on the PWHL YouTube channel, or at thepwhl.com. Looking for how to watch in your area? Visit ➡️ thepwhl.com/en/where-to-watch

Dec 22 penguin(s): HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK

Dec 21 penguin: Winter Solstice! Thinking of all my penguin friends down in Antarctica enjoying 24-hour sunlight right now.

We drew some penguins today! Kiddo’s is first, on the left. Then mine. Then his again. I’m sorry if they’re too anatomically correct.

Dec 20 penguin: I was thinking about Ed Emberley’s great thumbprint animals books.

holiday plans

Starting in January, I will be amping up activity at @beyondxandy.bsky.social, including writing articles, recording video explainers, and working on a book about how studying genetics helped me accept that I was trans Please give it a follow to stay up to date 🏳️‍⚧️🧬

Dec 18 penguin: Okay, so…not a penguin. This is a black guillemot in its winter plumage! I saw one IRL yesterday! It was awesome and I screamed haha I have zero chill went it comes to nature

Why is it SO HARD to start a new sketchbook? Is this just me? Like I’ve been in weird sketchbook limbo for 2 weeks, drawing on scraps of paper…JUST START THE NEW ONE

Dec 16 penguin: The Little Blue (aka Fairy) Penguin. This little friend is the smallest of the 18 species of penguins. Don’t worry though; they’re still 🔥spicy🔥

Dec 14 and 15 penguin: Inside and outside.

railroad worms on a date

Dec 12 penguin: In which a bunch of my interests converge (penguins, queerness, hockey, vintage mascots/logos, my vast collection of ballpoint pens).

TYRANT LIZARD QUEEN Stomping your way October 27th 2026 Pre-order the tale that the book's artist @korybing.bsky.social has called "epic enemies to lovers toxic dinosaur yuri" and reveals T. rex as "who she really was beyond the myths and monster movies" according to @annaleen.bsky.social. 🦖

Dec 11 penguin(s): A whole bunch of them, because I just couldn’t help myself. These ones are inspired by the giant chicks (Ōtori-sama) from Spirited Away.

I know comics already take a long time, but what if I started doing stuff like this around the panels on page? hmmmmmmmmmm

Please everyone STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING and make these shrimp ornaments RIGHT NOW!!!! ✨🦐✨

Next up is my own market this Saturday! The Maybe Market is organized by me and Tory Woollcott with sporadic help from a few others. I thought maybe I’d start a little thread with all the vendor spotlights I’m posting to IG. #toronto #holidaymarket #themaybemarket

Do people still get new albums and read along to the lyrics while listening? This was one of my favorite things to do as a teen, and every once in a while I do it now, but usually with just a song or two.

Dec 10 penguin: It’s cold out there today.

Glad to see you, you gaggle of new followers. If you liked my gross dinosaur article, check out my books - like When the Earth Was Green. It’s full of science, biological grossness, and prehistoric beauty, too.

Anatomy of mouse 🐁 from 1916 featuring fold out details! ‘La souris (anatomie et dissection): planches coloriées à feuillets découpés et superposés’ by Jules Philippe Louis Anglas. UW-Madison’s Special Collections. #foldoutanatomy #animalanatomy #naturalhistory #scientificart #rarebooks #sciart

Dec 9 penguin: Just chilling.

Dec 8 penguin: At sea. Adélie penguins spend the Antarctic winter far from the shores of the continent. They chase the sunlight north, where it’s just ocean and ice. Is it a nice break from the noise of the colony? Or is it lonely? Probably depends on the individual penguin…

Dec 6 penguin: What if I had penguins in my backyard?

Dec 5 penguin(s): African penguins! This species was first one that ever did a deep-dive with (figuratively): we had them at the New England Aquarium and I needed to know my penguin stuff when taking with visitors. (drawn with an HB pencil on quad paper with my non-dominant hand)

TARDIGRADE RODEO!! If I can’t do it IRL, I will make a comic about it:

Your weekend will feel like this if you spend it with the right reading material. (Detail of “Dewdrop” comic by @mariswicks.bsky.social, available now in Paper Airplane vol. 1.)

If you wanted to gaze into the pointy, penguin mouth abyss:

Dec 4 penguin: ANOTHER Adélie. I’m sorry; they’re just the best to draw. They look like someone slapped googly eyes on them. Also, I have been reading a lot of Junji Ito’s comics and I think they’ve rubbed off on me…(drawn with an HB pencil on a page from my planner)

Dec 3 penguin: The mighty emperor penguin: largest of the 18 penguin species we have today. They can weigh up to 40 kg (88 lb). They stand up to 100 cm (39 in) tall. (drawn in Sharpie and ballpoint pens on another old grocery list)

Dec 2 penguin: Another Adélie, but a little more kaiju. Me on the bottom right for scale. (drawn in Sharpie on an old grocery list)

YES PLEASE DRAW PENGIES WITH MEEEEE

December 1 is Antarctica Day! (and the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959). I’m drawing a penguin a day for the month of December. If you wanna join me and draw pengies too, please do! Here’s a little Adélie penguin.

December 1 is Antarctica Day! (and the anniversary of the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959). I’m drawing a penguin a day for the month of December. If you wanna join me and draw pengies too, please do! Here’s a little Adélie penguin.

Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild Adélie penguin African penguin Atlantic puffin Nurse shark Moon snail

"Abandoned"science to study art. Figured I’d never make it as an illustrator, discovered museum ed through an Americorps job. Worked in informal ed for 20+ years, but kept drawing comics. Figured out how to smoosh together my love of science and comics and well, here I am.

ARTISTS! I need your help! In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend. Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...

I have been on media almost everywhere (locally) but here about this- let me give you an update about our work to protect a public park, an ecologically significant beach area, from being developed into a golf course.

The Nova Scotia Christmas tree is officially on its way to the oldest public park in America! Thank you from Boston to our northerly neighbors for well over a century of friendship & care.

Why do our neighbors in Nova Scotia send a Christmas tree to Boston each year? This tradition was born from a terrible tragedy in Halifax 107 years ago today, on December 6, 1917. 🧵