Nancy Day 10!

I like the part in the elements of style that's just a list of everything the authors hate seeing ppl use in writing. RIP strunk and white you would've hated being online

Introducing my new comic book font, Girl Kisser 🧡🤍💖 It's all-caps, really pretty, super soft, and comes with a wide range of glyphs. It's hand-drawn with a micron pen and hand-traced into vectors, and it's perfect for comic book dialogue. You can find it over here: ko-fi.com/s/b1e9cc34d4

I love fake dating books where the characters are like yeah it always goes wrong in books but this is real life so we'll be fine like oh little do you know you are ALSO in a book!! Ohohoho!!!

I'm flipping between the original and a translation I borrowed from the library and the translator decided to translate гад as reptile which is not a choice I would've made personally. Imo.

Over @comicsbeat.bsky.social today, my husband @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & I have a spoiler-free review of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy! Please click through to read 🖖🏻

My part-time hours got cut, other Opportunities have not panned out, so I am now Very Available for freelance work! I can do: - proofreading - editing - copywriting - drawing comics - teaching you/your child about comics my email is my handle at gmail dot com if you want to reach out! :)

Trying to read the brothers karamazov again and it's acting kind of like a literary dwarf bread in that every time I open the book I get through 2-10 pages before coming up with many other activities I could be doing instead

my book WILL be out this year in JULY through @darkhorse.com and that IS exciting!! preorder it!! put me on your podcast!! let me come to your bookstore and talk to it!!! i want to do all of those things!!

I wish I'd thought sooner to explain to tradpub editors that illustrating a graphic novel is not like writing a prose novel or illustrating a picture book, a 250-page GN is actually like illustrating eight picture books.

Accidentally stayed up late reading all of solanin for the first time. Why did I do that now it's 1 am and I have the zoomies like a cat or something I feel like I need to run around in circles and scream I can't believe that was inio asano 20 years ago and he just kept getting better at comics

Two things: 1) I feel like I knew this existed but entirely forgot and now I want to read more 2) I loved Lynch's work from the first time I saw it but beyond that, his answer when asked about "what was that they did of “I don’t know,” he said, “but it does something to him, doesn’t it?” is perfect.

Im so so so sorry to be hounding for help over and over but this year is ending on a very rough note for me. Im short on bills, funds for transportation to doctor appt & a procedure next week, and grocery money. I know i keep asking for help. Im sorry, I really am. Things keep happening.

every day I wake up and think are you fucking kidding me

You will too! Let's go 2026!!!!!

Happy New Year ✨❤️‍🔥

I forgot this was also in 2025 but also I made a short comic for the webtoon contest that did not win lol

the main comic I made in 2025 was this and it was pretty cool imo

my mother is taking advantage of the plumber's crush on her to get our faucet fixed on new year's eve. с новым годом to all

A quick snapshot of all the manga I had the honor and pleasure of working on in 2025—the majority of which are all out now, with a few coming soon in early 2026. Excited to continue making manga in 2026!

final project of the year! i made an accordion book! first time with this fold, first time making covers, and first book entirely traditionally illustrated and assembled, so i'm very excited about that. a little danse macabre!

i'm nami and i do gallery art, fanart, and comics (in that order)! all my gallery art is traditional/analog ink and paint; my fanart is usually digital. gallery stuff website: www.namioshiro.com cute stuff website: www.namicastle.com email: minami.w.oshiro @ gmail

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HAPPY #meetthewebcomic meet CONJURING CUTLASSES 💜⚔️ an all-ages webcomic about a town struck by a magical sword fighting battle royale and the kids who fight to compete and... fall in love?!?! Read it here!: Conjuringcutlasses.com WEBTOON: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/co...

BREAKING. Enormous news in the hockey romance world... I am thrilled to announce that CHECK, PLEASE!: YEAR FIVE, a brand new volume of Check, Please! will be serialized in 2026. #omgcp 🏒🥧💕

Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/

everyone clap I wrote a post where I talk about my comics that I make for once open.substack.com/pub/mashazar...

THIS WEEK ON ANIWIRE... I wrote about Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit for @taiikupodcast.com's Anime Secret Santa!

john waters' 1995 christmas card with steve buscemi as him

why do so many people think you put a comma after the word "but" this is literally never correct

TODAY mashazart.substack.com/p/leap-and-s...

TOMORROW

if I'm not gonna be successful no matter what artistic pursuit I do might as well just do whatever I want forever huh

Do you want to control how and where you post your comic? How about avoiding censorship on platforms? Consider backing Comix Cleric! The team is whipping up something webcomickers have been missing for many years- an accessible way to host your webomics!

Once again it’s the time when I post the stack of books I designed which were published within this calendar year. This was a year of many changes! Next year will look very different (full of manga lol), but as always I’m so grateful for every artists’ trust. I love making your books shine.

Drawing a new comic here are 2 faces with no context

Fieldmouse has under 48hrs and only needs less than $1k to make this book happen. I'm so excited and hope they hit their goal. ALSO I'm directly sharing their proof image from the kickstarter page because COME ONNNN look at that exquisite cover.

Went to a Literary Event on a whim and ppl were shocked I had business cards lol everyone brings business cards to the comics events I go to but it just occurred to me Literary People have much less incentive to make nice business cards and bring them to things than artists who table at shows lmao

Honored to have contributed to this year’s Publishers Weekly Graphic Novel Critics Poll (and stoked to share space with fellow Beat editor @mashazart.bsky.social!) Some really great comics came out this year. Read them!

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The new revenge thriller manga Roar: A Star in the Abyss is back with Volume 3! After a tense dinner, Misato reconnects with Junya and regains her confidence. With a fresh look, she auditions alongside Ayane—can she claim the spotlight? https://ow.ly/KBt550XymK4

it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools

Today!! mashazart.substack.com/p/it-is-holi...

TOMORROW!!!

Also added to the shop: tote bags, sticker sheets, and individual stickers! Not to mention all my minicomics and prints... come by, come buy! mashazart.bigcartel.com

If you liked the landscapes I've posted here recently, I'm selling the originals! Get an original watercolor illustration here just in time for the holidays! mashazart.bigcartel.com/product/orig...

My little sister showed my mom hazbin hotel and my mom said in a tone of deep disgust "very ugly drawings" lmaoooo

If you love nonfiction, check out Bill Griffith's incredible biography of his great grandfather and namesake in PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY! Then, if you feel inspired to make your own comics, MAKING NONFICTION COMICS will give you an incredible crash course from Nib editors Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris.