Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve been to: I don't think I've been to a concert since my parents took me to The Kingston Trio when I was maybe 7? Music does nothing for me. Like, it's just repetitive monologues with extra steps. Maybe not the point of this exercise, but that's me!

Cosmic Cadets: Accused! is out in just over 2 weeks!!! Inks @andyalvesart.bsky.social Colors @prips.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social Mystery! Adventure! Friendship! An all-ages #scifi #comics #graphicnovel following the kids of the crew of a ship exploring the galaxy.

The Nameless City books are both a beautiful all-ages rumination on moving past a history of colonialism, AND do that fun thing where the art on the spines carries over, so they look great on a shelf!

My fantasy trilogy The Nameless City got a great shout out in the New York Times this week! Yes, please read pick up my comics if your kid likes Rick Riordan please please 😅 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...

Cosmic Cadets: Accused! is out in just over 2 weeks!!! Inks @andyalvesart.bsky.social Colors @prips.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social Mystery! Adventure! Friendship! An all-ages #scifi #comics #graphicnovel following the kids of the crew of a ship exploring the galaxy.

This is Delarax! From Ben and my new comic coming out Dec9, Cosmic Cadets: ACCUSED! I love drawing his dumb face so much. @topshelfcomix.bsky.social #art #comic #cosmiccadets

The infinite potential of a new character and a new campaign, before the inevitable cavalcade of nat 1s destroys all hope. Character portrait by @andyalvesart.bsky.social #ttrpg #dnd #pathfinder #characterart

Yes, I did just sign into a website that sends me a security email every time I sign in, and yes, it is 10AM on a Saturday, but MAYBE that email I just got was an editor responding to the manuscript I'm on submission with, so yes, body, I would love a sampling of all your finest adrenalines, please.

Go make spooky comics with the punks!

Cleopatra in Space is one of my favorite series, so you know I lost it just a little bit when @mikemaihack.com called #CosmicCadets "everything I want in a sci-fi adventure story." Book 2 is out next month! art: @andyalvesart.bsky.social colors: @prips.bsky.social #comics #kidlit #kidscomics

I can’t begin to express how it feels to see your neighbors fleeing in terror. I cried all the way to work. Please take care of yourself, your neighbors and family. And if you can, give: alotrolado.org . AOL do direct service for migrants. We’ve raised $350K. They need more.

Cosmic Cadets: Accused! comes out in 5 weeks! If you know a #middlegrade reader who loves #sci-fi adventure, you can be a holiday gift-giving hero! #comics words: me inks: @andyalvesart.bsky.social colors: @prips.bsky.social @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social preorder: ow.ly/Pjqy50XjYg8

Calling all #CosmicCadets! Jimmil, Teiran, Felix, Nishika, and Bobby are back for an all new adventure, releasing Dec 9! With the Khonsu's mission on the line, the kids have to solve a brazen theft while avoiding the station security that thinks they did it! Preorder here: ow.ly/G3iT50XjYg7

While the crew of the ESS Khonsu is negotiating a treaty, someone robs their hosts… and every piece of evidence suggests Nishika is the thief! Preorder #CosmicCadets: Accused by Ben Crane & Andy Alves here!: https://ow.ly/G3iT50XjYg7 #OGN #CosmicCadetsAccused Cosmic Cadets

QRP with your horned art! 😈

And if you're a librarian or teacher, Andy and I would love to visit (in person in the Los Angeles area, or virtually anywhere) and talk to your students about how to make their own comic books!

Comics pros and reviewers, LMK if you want an ARC of my new sci-fi MG adventure, Cosmic Cadets: Accused! It follows the kids of the crew of a galactic exploration ship as they have their own adventures alongside their parents' www.topshelfcomix.com/catalog/cosm... Coming from Top Shelf/IDW on 12/9.

California Inc is a really excellent near-future geopolitical thriller, and the whole series is available now! Help them print the trade, and get an incredible deal on some of the fantastic variant covers!

I heard a desperate thumping behind my fence, beneath a tree. Worried a small critter had fallen from its nest, I took a stave off the fence to free it. Reader, it was a skunk. Ask me how I know.

SoCal friends near Long Beach! Me and some amazing creators are signing comics at the amazing shop @pulpfictionlbc.bsky.social Come talk comics with us and buy from small businesses! 12p-4p 10/18

This Saturday! Come by Pulp Fiction in Long Beach to meet some cool comics folks. I'll be there with my all-ages sci-fi adventure Cosmic Cadets. With the next book out in December, now's the perfect time to get caught up on this "heartfelt, thrilling escapade" (School Library Journal).

This was a really fun and wide ranging chat that brought in such a variety of expertise. Thank you for putting it together, Sean!

One of the players in the #BloodOnTheClocktower #boardgame I hosted last night asked for a piece of paper to take notes. Today, I found those notes.

Hey #LongBeach! In two weeks, I'll be at @pulpfictionlbc.bsky.social alongside awesome #indiecomics creators @solissequentials.bsky.social and Joe Ellis. Between the three of us, we should have something to interest just about anyone! Oct 18, 12-4PM Pulp Fiction Long Beach 3925 E Anaheim St.

Still looking for work! Reposts are appreciated (Also my website is temporarily down)

In today's episode of My Dog Doesn't Understand How to Couch...

Update: WE MADE IT JUST IN TIME! If you missed out during the regular campaign duration, we will have late pledges up for a few days.

2.5 hours left in the campaign and $65 away from upgrading every physical copy! Every extra dollar is an extra dollar we can give to the teams who made these 7 sci-fi comics of systemic friction.

Last call and we’re just a few pledges away from unlocking the stretch goal to upgrade the physical book.

BACKED!!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art... From @artebuen.bsky.social @bencranewrites.com

We're only $217 away from upgrading every physical copy of SYSTEMIC, with just over 9 hours to get there! If you've been thinking about backing this sci-fi anthology, but haven't yet, this is your last chance! 7 stories of folks fighting the systems that trap us. www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

23 hours left in the SYSTEMIC campaign. As Comicsbeat says: "If you are a fan of deep storytelling and a fantastic take on sci-fi, this is the project for you." We're so close to our next stretch goal, an upgrade for everyone getting the physical book. Help us make this book better for everyone!

If you're going to #LosAngelesComicCon, don't miss out on the WHAT CAN #DYSTOPIAN SCI-FI SAY ABOUT OUR DYSTOPIAN PRESENT? panel on which I will be appearing! The panel takes place on Sunday (9/28) at 1PM PST in Room 406A. #LACC

I backed SYSTEMIC Vol 1! by @bencranewrites.com + many others! It's on KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

48 hours left to get your copy of SYSTEMIC. 7 sci-fi comics about people trapped by forces larger than themselves from an all-star lineup of creators assembled by me and @artebuen.bsky.social. Check out the campaign to learn more and support #indiecomics. www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

2.5 days left in the SYSTEMIC campaign, and our biggest stretch goal is in reach! Thank you to everyone who has backed and helped spread the word on this sci-fi anthology about the fight against systemic forces. Let's finish strong! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

Thank you to @goodtimehat.bsky.social for shouting out SYSTEMIC! Overgrown is a really awesome game inspired by match-3 merge games that is absolutely worth a look. They're already funded and closing in on a major stretch goal. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/goo...

Ep. 275 of @thefanbaseweekly.bsky.social: Guests @zackquaintance.bsky.social (MACABRE VALLEY #1) & @chill.raptureburgers.com & Adam Douglas (SYSTEMIC VOL. 1) Discuss #Disney Bending the Knee & More of the Latest #GeekNews! Sponsor: @comix.one #PodernFamily fanbasepress.com/audio/podcas...

If you're anywhere near Nashville, go see Jason and grab a copy of SETTLE from him. It's one of my favorite reads of the year. It's full of warmth and love and interesting ideas and is a fierce defense of kindness. It is a balm in difficult times, and you should read it.

Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: SYSTEMIC, MACABRE VALLEY, SPACE RELIC HUNTERS, and four more projects you’ll love! In this week’s installment of The Beat's Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up: deep stories meet sci-fi fun, a violent mystery involving a reporter, a werewolf, and a priest! And five more…

Thank you to @comicsbeat.bsky.social for diving deep into why and how this anthology came together.

ONE WEEK REMAINS. Four separate stories, brought together as a record of mankind's last days on earth. Conquest. War. Famine. Death. As you've never seen them before. Back the oversized, 212-page cosmic horror hardcover TODAY. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ian...

Only 4 days left to back! I can't wait to read this anthology, and if you take a moment to read the synopses of the stories in this thread, you'll see why. Go give the campaign a look and back it if it sounds like it's for you. And pass the word along!

There's 4 days left in the campaign for SYSTEMIC, the comics anthology I've edited. These stories of people taking on titanic forces have only grown more relevant and urgent since we started this project. Let me tell you a little bit more about what you'll find in this 80-page book:

Update #6: The final few days! Time to spread the love PLUS: A shout out for UKGK 👹 www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

The Rapture is Tuesday and my #Kickstarter ends Thursday, so you have no reason not to back! Either you ascend, and it doesn't matter, or you can console yourself through a thousand years of torment with some bomb ass comics! www.kickstarter.com/projects/art...

MY INTERNET FRIENDS is a sci-fi horror manga about finding friendship and battling memes in the ruins of the internet. Would love to get some more followers on the series Bluesky account! We post new chapters every month, and side story 4komas every week. bsky.app/profile/myin...

Speaking of crossing things off a list... I updated my post-punk #StarterPack! Follow all the rad creators (that are here on bsky) I have had on my show here: go.bsky.app/DqYepXo

TODAY'S THE DAY! Join Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social, @noethematt.bsky.social, and @jopi.bsky.social for the ‘Get Involved in Local Politics’ Virtual Forum on September 21, 2025, to Learn How You Can Make an Impact in Your Community

Sightings: A Bigfoot Comic Anthology from Lonely Lemming Publishing is on Kickstarter now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...