Wrote a letter about September, and some books I read!

Aidil is gathering funds to pay medical bills for his 17yo brother Azoz. He's been badly injured in March in an airstrike. If you can, please donate and spread the word. Thanks. ko-fi.com/evacuateazoz...

Hi everyone! Today is #kidlitartpostcard day! ☻ I’m Juliana Salcedo, a Colombian illustrator based in Spain. I love to work with limited palettes and clean lines, and I am fond of typography. I’m repped by Susan Hawk @ UpstartCrow Literary ✒︎ www.jusabar.net #kidlit #kidlitart

The last Mojčica comic strip is here 💙 #childhoodmemories #comic

PONS is doing great. Is that site also run by AI now? Instead of translation it does rhymes now.

It's Thursday, so let's have pizza!

🐷Coming Sept 2! Preorder Now! 📚The latest in the punny-money series by @kimberlywilson.bsky.social & yours truly, which teach early financial literacy 🙏 Preorders make a huge difference to how well a book does! #kidlit #picturebooks #elementaryteachers #teachersofbluesky #kidlitart

Yet again new EU packaging directive. As if any of these regulations will help the planet and make people grow more conscious about how to dispose waste. When will EU realise their splendid union is in every imaginable way connected to the rest of the world too?

It's Thursday!

Just jumped on Bluesky to share these news: Do join us tomorrow!! I might bring one of my pigs or Mr. Mole to Gab 'n' Doodle with Mark!

"gender is no longer a mundane box to be checked on official forms, and surely not one of those obscure academic disciplines with no effect in the broader world. [...] it has become a phantasm with destructive powers, one way of collecting and escalating multitudes of modern panics." Judith Butler

Some people.

SAVE THE DATES!!! July is ready to knock us over with talent through and through. Just look at these names! Join us on insta. @edvere.bsky.social @dapsdraws.bsky.social @mocculere.com #kidlitart #kidlitillustration #kidlit #kidlitillustrators #kidlitartists #illustration

Just sent out this month's newsletter. As always, you can read it on my Substack!

Growing a new habit with some of our hens - they like to stand on my shoulder while I'm scooping their poop!

As my Spanish is advancing, I'm now reading chapter books and am feeling quite proud about it. I finished reading this one last night:

konačno mi je stigla ova divna knjiga još divnije @mocculere.com, prekrasno, predivno, proljetno

Just sent out April's newsletter!

While looking at interior design photos these days, I spend more time figuring out if it is AI than actually looking at details I was curious of looking at in the first place.

Read In Limbo by @jdebbiel.bsky.social yesterday and ohhh it was good. Highly recommend!

My mom just showing me a glimpse into what fb is like these days and accidentally turning me rabid.

Picopaco comes out tomorrow! I will bake something sweet and make pizza. Looking forward to having a glass of Lambrusco, too. To become a published author sounds quite dreamy, doesn't it?

Well, I just realised my Europe-centric mindset only thinks about BCBF these days, so the booth number is actually incorrect (but correct if you are at TXLA). You can find my Picopaco at BCBF at Flying Eye Books stand, most probably where all the British publishers are usually!

If you are at BCBF, you can take a look at my PICOPACO at Flying Eye Books stand (booth 1641)!

My monthly newsletter was sent out today! About Picopaco's birthday happening this Thursday, some book recommendations and a house fly rag doll.

I love when I come across a song that I used to listen to on repeat and it scratches my brain so well once again! Angèle's Flemme is definitely one of them.

Picopaco has been sitting on my desk for over a week now. It’s here. Finally. And it’s real. Very real. Or is it? Can you see it too? Picopaco hits the shelves this spring, on April 3rd. You can preorder it now (which would be of great help!) here: flyingeyebooks.com/book/picopac... Thank you!!

It's Thursday!

I received my copies earlier today and if I may say so, it looks really pretty :,-) (btw hi Flying Eye Books, didn't know you were on Bluesky too!)

A couple of minimal seascapes from last summer. Both were inspired by a vacation in Greece 🌊 #art #painting #landscape #abstract

Tomorrow I'm sending out my monthly newsletter, saying a bit more about Picopaco and the things I've enjoyed this month! If you would like to, add your name to the readers' list: substack.com/@mocculere

My debut author/illustrator picture book, my dearest PICOPACO, publishes in April 2025! It finally feels very real, oh my.

I have a couple of wonky designs available as t-shirts and long-sleeved shirts on my Everpress shop. 🦇 Check them out: everpress.com/profile/denis-angelov #art #illustration #t-shirt #merch #shop

I've switched back to Gmail browser because 1 important scheduled email hasn't reached the recipient (perhaps 2, as I'm still waiting for a response) and I still feel clumsy navigating myself through the app. BUT there's Gemini now, a fancy AI crap that "helps you write". So, I might reconsider.

I've skipped last week's Childhood Memories comic, but have prepared the next one on time! Hop on my reader list if you want to get it straight to your inbox when it publishes.

Today's Childhood Memories comic is about the moment I learnt how to read. (If you understand Slovene, you will spot which textbook helped me figure it out, ironically!)

I switched from Gmail in my browser to mac's default mail app. Now I'm paranoid I'm missing out an important email. Also, why are there thousands of adjustable settings?

Hi #kidlitartpostcard! 👋 I'm Juliana, a Colombian illustrator working on picture books, and stationery. I work with thick pencils, acrylics, and digital colours. I'm repped by @agenthawk.bsky.social at Upstart Crow Literary. portfolio: www.jusabar.net

I only have 14 copies left of my dear Mr. Mole calendar. It's 21€ now + shipping. Shipping worldwide. Please share if you can! mocculere.etsy.com/listing/1802...

I'm changing my profile picture across all online platforms, so here it is! I made a lot of earthworm friends this year, as I worked in our vegetable garden. I like to hold them and watch them stretch and shrink. Some are super slimy, too!

Here, on Bluesky, how do we call our posts? They are not tweets. What sound does the sky make? A *blue* sky in particular?

Just a reminder – I'm going on vacation soon, so if you would like to have Mr. Mole calendar before the end of the year, please place an order this week, so I can prepare it before leaving! :o) #calendar

Tomorrow I'm posting my monthly newsletter - this time about upcoming exhibitions, Mr. Mole and the fact it's been a year and a half since I've been sharing Childhood Memories! You can add your name to readers' list and get it straight into your inbox: mocculere.substack.com

If you want a calendar for 2025, Mr. Mole would be happy to keep you company throughout the year! mocculere.etsy.com/listing/1802... (if you don't buy at Etsy, do message me!)

How to delete tweets for free! 👇

This morning I went to the post office to drop all the orders. The lady at the desk put customs documentation in a plastic sleeve and then stuck it so recklessly on each envelope that I gasped as many times as there were envelopes :.-) They look horrible!

My Mr. Mole calendars are here!! mocculere.etsy.com/listing/1802...

This Thursday I'm skipping my weekly comic but there's only so much time in a day and I need a day off! Instead, I'm announcing a big shop update so if you haven't yet subscribed to my mailing list, you can do it now, if you fancy hearing more from me. Thanks! :-) substack.com/@mocculere

MY TIPS FOR FIGURATIVE PAPERCUT COLLAGE (a thread) 1) You can use any paper with color to make up your shapes, but I like to paint my own sheets of paper to get nice textures. I've mostly use acrylic paint on regular crappy printer paper. Acrylic doesn't reactivate from the glue!

This week's comic #mojcica is one of my favourite ones, drawing-wise. It's about my teeth (which I'm terribly conscious of now as an adult but had a completely different feelings about as a kid). It publishes this Thursday! www.mocculere.com/comics