💛 Flember: The Golden Heart, the fifth and final book in my series of illustrated novels, is out TODAY! 💥 An epic conclusion to the series, filled with heart-racing action, ridiculous inventions, strange weirdo characters, fart jokes, the sweetest moments and huge explosive set pieces!

Just stumbled across an incredible duo.

Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶

OG blue-haired lib. #SerenityRose

So weird to feel good about anything!

Just want to take a moment to personally apologize to Arnold Schwarzenegger for voting “yes” on Prop 50. (Wanted to fight fascism!) As a gesture of goodwill I have purchased one copy of Total Recall on blu-ray (used).

The "people like it" flavor pairs well with the "fulfillment" flavor.

David Lynch altar for the Día de Muertos celebration at Hollywood Forever.

My neighborhood started exploding with cheers and fireworks just as Ami and I got to the end of Weapons and I thought “Yeah, this movie IS good, right?” #baseball

If you like my posts (and my work) you'll like my Patreon, which has a lot of stuff I don't post here. $1/mo unlocks hundreds of art, comics and essay posts. Higher tiers unlock access to art sales, signed book sales, scripts and other materials and print PDFs. The support helps us tremendously #thx

Absolutely nuts to me that nobody's made Nightbreed into a streaming series yet. Just think of all the cool little guys!

Frankenstein (2025) is just beautiful. I’ve always loved how @realgdt.bsky.social can’t help but wear his heart on his sleeve in everything he makes. We should all be like that. (Love those Bernie Wrightson vibes!)

Is there crying on Halloween?

Gonna have a new batch of watercolor muffins up at my ko-fi.com/rikkisimons/... tomorrow. Friday at 10AM PST! Get ‘em while they still hot (with Krylon fixative spray)!

Heaven is full of deceased loved ones who are eager for your death so you may rejoin them. Just a spooky little Halloween thought for you.

It’s his time soon

It’s Wednesday Art Day! And that means I’ve uploaded 12 watercolors to my Ko-Fi Shop Please check this link: ko-fi.com/rikkisimons/...

Yuri Norstein once came to CalArts and showed us some stunningly beautiful scenes from his in-progress feature The Overcoat. Still in-progress 25 years later. Hope it gets finished!

SHOCK CITY has been out for a whole year?? That’s INSANE. Why not celebrate by getting a copy, leaving it a review, or hurling it at a child’s head today! shockcity.co

Neil Gaiman’s books were hugely important to me for decades, but the moment I learned he was a scumbag I stopped engaging with his work and have been shocked by how little I think about it now. It’s not that hard! There’s so much stuff!

Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."

From: Angel's Egg (1985), dir. Mamoru Oshii, Studio Deen Oshii's career suffered after this film flopped in the '80s -- but it became one of his defining works

Went to the John Carpenter show to chew gum and have fun. And I was all out of gum (confiscated at door).

PERFECT combination of book and director. Exciting!

Thinking again about how we all used to bring lil' plastic pitchforks to goth shows in 2002. Still have some of mine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyIW...

OUT TODAY! I still can't believe I got to draw a variant cover for Hello Halloween #1 (complete with an R.L. Stine story) AND IT GLOWS! Grab one from your local comic shop.

When Spaceballs came out in 1987, every adult was saying “What? Who cares about this anymore? Little late, Mel!”

They were angry about the Cracker Barrel logo.

Fun fact: every copy of my kids' horror book SHOCK CITY comes with a full set of the Epstein files. My publisher argued it wasn't "appropriate," but I held the line. Probably should have mentioned this last year. shockcity.co

i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w

For sure Carmen Sandiego didn’t rob the Louvre because she would’ve taken the whole building.

Something I drew in 2024. Seems appropriate to repost today!

This is what I wore to my wedding.

Really enjoyed Moonflow! It’s funny and gross, and features an inspiring vision of dutiful cat stewardship. @bitterkarella.bsky.social didn’t blow it here! (Cool perverts only.)

FINALLY some good news from this administration!

Had a dream that @misterabk.bsky.social was proofreading my short story for proper English slang usage. He strongly and repeatedly suggested I begin the story with the word “PSYCHOANTHROPHAGUS.” I don’t believe this is common slang in England, but am open to being corrected.

It’s that time of year again, time repost the best thing I ever made

Fun fact: every copy of my kids' horror book SHOCK CITY comes with a full set of the Epstein files. My publisher argued it wasn't "appropriate," but I held the line. Probably should have mentioned this last year. shockcity.co

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

This is the only movie that matters to me now!

This is cool as hell! Hope This Is Fine Dog is okay after that ordeal.

i feel like i need to share this oldie but a goodie today

BAM. You’re all stone now. No regrets!

Heyo! I’m going to be in Melbourne Florida this Sunday for the Melbourne Toy and Comic show! Stop by and reassure me as I think too hard about airport control towers! Woo!

Sarah has fixed Jerry's eye color on the Nerd Inferno cover. Those who complained must now pick up a copy or you will be cursed. First step, your plants die. Second, your pets run away. Third...well, it involves teeth. Avoid potential calamity with a simple purchase. More info: tinyurl.com/yfw59k2r

🚀 Bunny Vs Monkey: Intergalactic Monkey Business is out NOW! Book eleven in the best-selling comic series drags our cute chaotics up into space, as the fate of the whole world depends on them! ✨ I really hope you like it ✨ (Published by @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social)

We are changing our antifa secret handshake to slap-slap-fistbump-fistbump. Then you snap your fingers once, eat everyone's pets, and make everyone within 50' instantly become trans. Pass it along.

Californians, let’s call (916) 445-2841 to tell Newsom’s office to sign the following pro LGBTQ+ rights bills before the deadline: AB 82/SB 497 AB 1084/SB 59 SB 418 AB 554 AB 728 AB 678 SB 590 SB 450