This Saturday we're joining dozens of zine makers at the Anchorage Zine Fair! Join us at The Nave from 12-6p for a self publishing smorgasbord! #alaskasky

Gravenstein has a complex backstory

Come join me while I do graphic recording and make some community based comics in Seward, Ak on October 25 + 26th.

Hang in there, struggling artists

More zine fun at the Seed Lab (across from the Ancborage Museum) today from 10 to 5. Classes all day.

A starter pack!

The Spenard Palm tree is back!

Embracing the chaos. Making comics. Part of the Saturday morning programming for the 24-hr Zine Thing Fling Ding at the Seed Lab. >Alt text for details<

I absolutely love it whenever Stardust picks somebody up.

was gonna mic-drop there but actually i just thought: 34) finishing creative projects is a skill in and of itself. if you want to be able to finish large, complex projects, you have to _practice finishing things_. which usually means doing smaller projects.

My wife has wonderful memories of going to Storybook Glenn in Aberdeen Scotland in the 80s. Every picture of every character she has shown me looks like this.

You'll probably have to blow it up or look at this on a big screen, but here is how anyone can make a little 8 page zine that they can use to write a story, write about their favorite things, a personal experience or make a mini comic. Fold some paper and get your thoughts out there!!

Leila del Duca @leiladelduca.bsky.social has filmed a video visit with Helioscope in our new location! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBXe...

Does anyone have experience with #Neuland markers? I'm considering finally getting a set for graphic recording because the obscure ones I was using (Sakura Permapaque)are a pain to source. I was wondering what color/marker combinations folks use? The options are dizzying.

This is why it's so important to work on projects that you are passionate about, especially starting out. You're not going to be making a living, so you might as well be not making a living doing something you love that will shape the direction of your career instead of grasping at crummy gigs.

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen won two Eisners for good reason—Matt Fraction & @stevelieberart.bsky.social made a comic that’s smart, hilarious, and totally unique. I got to sit down with both of them to talk about how it came together. New Helioscope video here: youtu.be/Dd4uonwOvhI

EVERYONE SHUT UP TREMORS IS ON YOUTUBE FOR FREE youtu.be/GHB9pqO5tCs?...

On "talent" as it relates to the arts: At a talent show, people break boards, they breakdance, they break into song. Some of the talents showcased require formal intention and lots of work. Some simply require a propensity and enthusiasm. 1/

i just did a workshop with kids about making comics. emphasized that ANYONE can make comics. you don't have to be a "good" artist. you find a story that matches your art style and you do it and it's awesome. and a kid who NEVER PARTICIPATES got out from under a desk and PARTICIPATED and had a blast.

In conclusion: just let kids draw, you contemptible clowns.

Someone made the mistake of trying to chat me up in line to get ice cream about signing their petition to repeal #RankedChoiceVoting. Never underestimate my willingness to shill an old project. If you need to educate anyone about #RCV, let me and AARP Alaska help! youtu.be/xkDQdOgWS64?...

DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.

Discovered my new motto at my comics class in Homer today. Making choose your own adventure comics with this being the ultimate win.

So many of the best trends in comics today can be traced back to the debut of Flight Magazine in 2004. Check out the reissue of that seminal anthology here inklorebooks.com/series. They even reprinted my somewhat bizarre afterword (it was odd in 2004; it's even odder now)!

Art table at Bosco’s not-a-comic-con was a big success. Little folks sitting for hours doodling away.

If you missed it, there's a new Murderbot short story at: reactormag.com/rapport-mart...

The person I usually send stuff like this to is asleep, so here you go. # Five Best Taskmaster Episode Titles Based on Contestants Describing Their Own Performance 1. Absolute Casserole 2. I've Been a Bit Ill 3. Roadkill Doused in Syrup 4. I Can Hear It Gooping 5. The Integrity of the Product

the art of packing lunches for daycare #comic

Like I promise your ‘bad ref’ is very helpful actually

I’m just going around giving free classes and making comics for the rest of the month. Come join me.

Remember when BARBIE came out and there were months of online discourse about it and then you went and saw BARBIE and it was an excellent, funny, well-made film? SUPERMAN is an excellent, funny, well-made film.

You never know. You might unintentionally help someone who really needs it.

The things you make are more enduring than the feelings that you are having. Please keep making things. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4QS...

far be it from me to tell scientists how to do their jobs but i feel like there might be value in surveying the <365 hot dogs per year demographic

It’s summer and time for free comics classes at every Anchorage Library branch all July (and a wee, tiny bit of June). All ages. All abilities. All free!

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The 100s best movies of the 21st century so far is Hundreds of Beavers

I'm getting the word out about the Alaska Bookmobile's art camp. There are 10 spots left and they are pay what you can. If you know any kids between 10 and 16 who are looking for some summer art fun, let them (and their parents) know so they can register!

I don't want to alarm anyone, but hoopla has a whole dang 2025 eisner nominees section. You can just... read them all. For free. And support your local library at the same time. 😱

It gives me total Liquid Television / 90s Seattle public access vibes in the very best way.

Gang, if you have a @play.date, season 2 of games includes an absolutely deranged app called Blippo+. It's like turning on a TV in a Meow Wolf universe. You need to download it and fire it up right now.

A very kind assessment of our little three-ring circus 💛

"11 a.m. Our tour guide asks if anyone has any questions, and boy, do I ever. Twenty-three, to be specific."

Rob Salkowitz @robsalk.bsky.social interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Tessa Hulls at @forbes.com. www.forbes.com/sites/robsal...

I was able to play test with the crew. The Swedish @davidmalki.com is a genius gamemaster!

Pre-ordered mine! Cassidy is a delight!

This is incredible (and was really printed in the NYT in 1974)

1955 "Grimaces, Kotzebue" by Jean-Philippe Charbonnier. The French photographer is using a French meaning of "grimace," meaning to make a funny face. #alaskahistory #alaska

the two bluesky feeds

Hey Juneau friends! Hope to see you at the Alaska Robotics Mini-Con event at the Alaska State Museum. X’unei Lance Twitchell, Waatsasdiyei Apayuk Yates, and I will be presenting from 2-3 pm on writing for Molly of Denali, Saturday, May 17th. minicon.alaskarobotics.com/2025-schedul...