Comic buds, how's the comic scene on here? I've fallen behind on the times, help me catch up. Is this where everyone hangs out now?

Glad I finally read The World is a Funny Page I & II by @nicorodriguez.bsky.social Super dynamic and has a lot of fun visuals, the COLORS really shine! Definitely some of Nico's best stuff yet! There's a flashback in Part II, just a small moment but resonates deeply for me 🥲

See the full exhibitor list at www.comicarts-sa.com/2025-exhibit... @nicorodriguez.bsky.social is just one of the nearly 100 comic creators that you can meet at C.A.S.A. on Nov 15! Comic Art - San Antonio Saturday, Nov 15th 10am-5pm Red Oak Ballroom 618 NW Loop 410 San Antonio, TX 78216

HEROESCON weekend is upon us! I will be in Artist Alley at table 1490, right next to Indie Island! Come hang!

Bizarro Saves! Strip #1

Last haul pic! Brian Blometh, @doomdazed.bsky.social @mydadisdracula.bsky.social @nicorodriguez.bsky.social @bryankellydraws.bsky.social Dori Talifero, bsky.app/profile/almo... Visaje Art Dispensary, @queenofpuns.bsky.social, @regularcandy.bsky.social/@carefulkittybooks.bsky.social, & Ghost Hause!

The wheel of emotions after watching the Rockets in the playoffs this year. The same can be said about watching the NBA draft lottery. Oof.

MORE #SUPERMANDAY Superman and Agent Cooper eat pie in a restaurant where David Bowie is the waiter by Paul Hornschemeier, Golden Age Party by @dylanhorrocks.bsky.social, Bizarro by @nicorodriguez.bsky.social, and Jimmy Olsen by @ngoziu.com

Some of my comics that will be on my table @stapleexpo.bsky.social ! Just a week away, April 12th-13th 🤘

Come see this wonderful panel at STAPLE! Just two weeks away!

Back ORSON now!

ORSON WELLES is live!

Prepare for lift-off!

STAPLEGATORS GALORE! @typeterson.bsky.social @regularcandy.bsky.social @nicorodriguez.bsky.social @kennon9.bsky.social

Detective STAPLE! is ready for the show on 4/12 🤘 @stapleexpo.bsky.social I'll be tabling at the show along with a bunch of wonderful comic heads!

Coming soon to a wall near you! The STAPLE! 2025 poster! Design by cadesmithart.wordpress.com with Staplegator by Kazu Kibuishi! Keep an eye out around Austin for these, admire them, but please don't steal them till after the show! Distributed by motorbladeatx.com!

A comic series called SPEAR set in the world of Genndy's PRIMAL... I had a blast with this page. What do you guys think? Fun idea? I know that I'd read the heck out of it! Finished page-->thumbnail

Only you can write and draw that comic you’ve been dreaming about making. So do it and be proud of the book you make.

The World Is a Funny Page is the comic series that I've been working on for the last year. After MONTHS of mulling over it, I have landed on the best descriptive analogy for the book. It’s artsy Indiana Jones. Pulp adventure, art crimes, surrealism, detective-craft, and more. Comics are the best.

Robot Tod by @farel.bsky.social is a beautiful comic and needs to be on your pull list. Run to your LCS and snag it ASAP I had so much fun with the book. Here's a doodle of ol' Toddy boy. I talk more about the comic in this week's newsletter. Link in comments!

The Thing Thang #jackkirby #marvel #fantasticfour

I've often said that if I could contribute to one franchise it'd be PLANET OF THE APES. Fell in love with the movies when I was just a wee lad, and I love the new ones. Can't wait for what's to come after KINGDOM. It's a franchise that keeps on giving! Here's a sketch of my guy Dr. Zaius.

New comic and LP record release coming soon. #comic #music

From “Donut & The Cheeseburger”, a comic I published in 2024 as the campaign began, but some of it still feels relevant.

Blockhead is the BEST comics podcast out there. Host and artist @geoffgcomics.bsky.social talks to cartoonists and has lovely conversations. It's my favorite thing to listen to when I'm drawing or when I'm daydreaming about going home and working on comics. Creators/fans - check out Blockhead ASAP!

Lex and Supes in the sketchbook.

Phantom Road by Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Walta is, as the kids say, a BANGER. A slow-burning, surreal horror-fantasy with down right beautiful art. Check it out. Here's a drawing of the nightmarish walkers that infiltrated my dreams after reading volume 1.

Fun stuff and updates in the newsletter this week! nicorodriguez.substack.com/p/save-your-...

I'll be tabling at STAPLE! this year... check out all of the awesome creators! See ya there🤘

Random graphic novel, trade paperback or comic related book from my collection. WEST, NOT SOUTH HC A full color crime-comedy story about a mouse and his associates doing bad, bad things. It's Bojack Horseman meets the Coen Brothers. Writer & Artist: @nicorodriguez.bsky.social

Apollo 13 - Hanks with a side of Paxton and Bacon. . . Illustration for @citizenmilton.com series "The Best Movies According to Some Guy Named Milton". milton.substack.com/p/the-best-m...

The publisher rejection email life cycle... Hero or villain origin story??

Social media is hard. Make it easy on yourself and signup for my free newsletter, all centered around making comics. You get my posts sent directly to your email, just like a good ol' fashioned newspaper. This week, come for Godzilla, stay for comics! nicorodriguez.substack.com/p/peaks-vall...

THE BEST MOVIES ACCORDING TO some guy named MILTON essay series launches today! Check it out: milton.substack.com/p/people-on-...

New to Bluesky. This Summer, I published a graphic novel called WEST, NOT SOUTH. It's a wild, wacky, and surreal crime-comedy story. It's a hoot!

Nico gets it. BEAR PIRATE VIKING QUEEN. #comics #imagecomics #comic

Uploading this gem from a while back. Here we have an illustrated comic of how my buddy and I engage in heated Pokemon matches---to which of course--I always win. pt. 2

My sketchbook after reading Bear Pirate Viking Queen. Man, this book was a visual force. Definitely in my top books of 2024

Give Nico ‪@nicorodriguez.bsky.social a follow. He's a cartoonist based in HouTX. His recent GN "West, Not South" is a darkly hilarious anthropomorphic Coen-Bros style story. And he's doing a really cool documentary chronicling the making of his next series: substack.com/@nicorodrigu...

Who wants a spot on the indie comics train? go.bsky.app/CJbRjeK

Hey, everyone! I'm a cartoonist. Making comics is my game. I also have a Substack where I post all sorts of cool comics and creative content. Check it out! nicorodriguez.substack.com/p/a-substanc...