Finding in these days of chaos that I can’t focus until late at night, so here’s a daytime repost for anyone interested in joining us for maps & comics on Sunday!

I'm so thrilled to be welcoming @mapcenter.com for this month's free Community Zoom Call. On Sunday, February 1st we'll be talking about the intersection of comics and cartography and teaching YOU to map your own unconventional environs. All the details are here: www.patreon.com/posts/maps-f...

Hey it's me, your favorite Social Media Cryptid! I'm running a flash fundraiser for our local anti-ICE community network in Ventura County. These postcards are going out for $5 a pop. I'm @Lucy-Bellwood on Venmo. DM me with how many you'd like and a good mailing address and we'll make it happen 💛

My studio space in downtown Ojai has been a refuge during this last year of graphic novel-making, niche freelancing, community building, and, above all, caregiving. I'm doing a livestream tour at noon today if any of you digital friends wanna come say hello. www.patreon.com/posts/novemb...

Finally made myself a video of a cartoonist warm-up routine from @kriotaw.bsky.social's fantastic book DRAW STRONGER. It ain't high art, but it *has* gotten me to actually do the exercises after years of owning the book. Maybe it'll help you, too: www.patreon.com/posts/draw-s...

Deeply grateful to @sarahgailey.bsky.social for publishing this essay this week. I first drafted it a year ago, and so much has changed in the interim, but the first rain of the season blew through last night and today I'm on my knees, planting. So I guess some things haven't changed much at all.

Hello, Kind People Reposting This & Following Me on Bluesky! Glad you're enjoying this short primer. My luscious lockdown locks are gone, but I still stand by everything I said. I'm not much for feed-based social media these days, but you can always hang with me on Patreon: patreon.com/lucybellwood

Night shift 🌕

Been making a lot of stickers lately. This one has been a slam dunk with small children and seasoned academics alike. buyolympia.com/Item/lucy-be...

BECOME A CARTOONIST, THEY SAID. IT'LL BE FUN, THEY SAID.

Not gonna lie it feels extravagantly weird to post anything in a Twitter-esque container after spending the last four years in deep hiding from the wider web

Had the immense pleasure of designing a logo for the robot-run noodle house in @annaleen.bsky.social's forthcoming novella AUTOMATIC NOODLE! It's racking up starred reviews and comes out on August 5th. Big thanks to @monteiro.bsky.social for bringing me on to make goofy shit. automaticnoodle.website

QUEER WHALES! EMANCIPATION NARRATIVES! SCURVY! I’m infiltrating the International @melville-society.bsky.social Conference this week to bring you the latest and greatest in illustrated academics. (Full versions to come when I’m no longer sleeping aboard a Danish sail training vessel from 1882.)

Boats.