i love making comics for kids but genuinely hate how the tagline "great for reluctant readers" gets applied as though it's some consolation prize for kids who feel dumb & not an actual art form to be appreciated in & of itself

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE HAPPY HELLO SUNSHINE DAY!! ☀️☀️☀️

Only a week left before the start of @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social ! Getting so excited to see everyone's work and all the reader's reactions! Here's the 3rd preview from 'Despite, despite, despite'. 💝

💖 Hi~ I've recently been hired as Illustration & Creative Lead at The Story Division, helping publishers with graphic novel projects. I'm currently updating our artist database & looking for a wider range of art styles. Cartoonists: post sequentials, website, availability below. No DMs/emails plz!

i love debbie's work & i would have been obsessed as a 7 yr old!! make sure the kids in your life find this

I got to write a piece for the @barnesandnoble.com blog about the making of THE FARAWAY FOREST!! 🥰 You can read it here: www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/debbie-...

Such a fun time at the Brooklyn Book Fest yesterday playing Pictionary with @johngreenart.bsky.social and @thatstevebehling.bsky.social with the best prompts from @calistabrill.bsky.social! Grateful for our very enthusiastic young crowd 🙂‍↕️

On the lookout for short term illustration gigs!! I'm a queer disabled illustrator working primarily in kidlit looking for new projects including covers, album covers, editorial, posters, etc! please share if you can 😘 💝 jaymebrodie.com 💌 [email protected]

@debbiefong.com saw Wally face-out on display at kinokuniya!

Realized I forgot to share my updated event list here! For the rest of the year I’m doing a mix of artist tables and panel events for The Faraway Forest—I hope to see you there! ☺️

AUGH!

Ok if you insist!!

Why does it feel so wrong to have taken the twenty dollar bill I found in the street while walking my dog.

In keeping with tradition, I left signed copies of THE FARAWAY FOREST all over my neighborhood of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn this afternoon! I’ll post the locations below: 📚 Ovington between Ridge Blvd & 3rd Ave

Buggie stamp washi with some ✨✨ Gold foil ✨ ✨ #washitape #stationary

it’s here and so so cute! congrats on your new book @debbiefong.com 😊🎉

I made a printable "chaos goblins" character sheet just for fun! A high-res download is up for free on itchio. (5e compatible) >>> torisharp.itch.io/goblins

✨OUT TODAY!✨ We're welcoming these newest releases — Share this post with your friends to spread the love!🩵

I spent the past week covered in paint but it was all worth it for… my first ever WINDOW DISPLAY! 🥹✨ So happy with how it all came together 💖 You can check it out at Books of Wonder in Manhattan!!

Today's the day! THE FARAWAY FOREST is finally hitting shelves everywhere 💖 If you're looking for a cozy & comforting story, I hope you'll consider picking up a copy for yourself or a young reader in your life! 🌲📮 Order links: www.debbiefong.com/thefarawayfo... 💌 #kidlit #bookbirthday

I spent the past week covered in paint but it was all worth it for… my first ever WINDOW DISPLAY! 🥹✨ So happy with how it all came together 💖 You can check it out at Books of Wonder in Manhattan!!

After 2 years, I'm finally releasing My Father Was a Good Man digitally! This queer horror story follows the journey of a girl who hunts down the wolf that killed her father, but learns things aren't always as they seem. Reposts appreciated❤️, but it at the link below🔗⬇️

Working on a secret project 👀 …let’s see if I remember how to use these 😆

the faraway forest by @debbiefong.com came in the mail today ^___^

What people are saying about THE FARAWAY FOREST… 👀 Only ONE WEEK until Wally! 🥰 thefarawayforest.com

Years ago I commissioned Grayson to make a 3d Wally! 🥹 You can get your own cute lil guy and help out a talented artist at the same time! Details in his post below 👇

Wylde Pak is out now! I'm really thrilled that some of the design ideas from my early vis dev made it into the final show 🌸

Studio mates ✨

Only 3 weeks until WALLY! 🥹 Can’t wait for you guys to meet him and all of his forest friends 💖 Preorder links: thefarawayforest.chroniclebooks.com

JELLYBOX ANIMATED A REBECCA SUGAR MUSIC VIDEO?!? WHAT?!?!? 🤯

I keep seeing people cosplaying as a French character w/ baguette strapped to their back and… this was not the game I pictured it was going to be from 😂

looking forward to the weekend with these stickers!

Bene & me

I will say the thing that AI does really well is emulate that precise feeling of meeting someone new, and they seem amiable and pretty verbose, but over the course of the conversation you start to realize that they’re very stupid.

If I have a dazed, far-off look in my eyes—sorry, I was just thinking about the man-trapped-in-the-Chicago-bean conspiracy theory again 🙂‍↕️

All set up at Anime NYC! This is the first time I feel like I’ve really filled the 8ft table! 😤 Come say hi at table V31 all the way in the back corner 👋

I made some cute pens

surprise i just dropped a new article! i had a lot of thoughts about how people don't know how to engage with fiction, which ties into chatgpt delusion & book bans among other things. big thanks to @cxorlando.bsky.social for telling me to write about it when i posted a throwaway insta story

ITS HERE! My mini zine for my strawberry milk zine! Best part: they won’t spoil in your fridge because it’s made of paper! troubledminnesotan.bigcartel.com/product/stra...

Only 3 weeks until WALLY! 🥹 Can’t wait for you guys to meet him and all of his forest friends 💖 Preorder links: thefarawayforest.chroniclebooks.com

Moment of zen 🌤️ Woke up to see the sunrise this morning in Acadia National Park where we’ve been camping. Last time we were here was with Cooper in 2018 🧡

Plus side of getting stuck in transit hell yesterday was that I got to read Alex Krokus’ new graphic novel, which was beautiful and funny 🧡

do people post comics here... anywho! a really old one! Dragon Whiskers (2019)

The fact that someone would think Next Stop deserved an ALA award is beyond mind-blowing 🤯🥹 Thank you, Horn Book!

📢 Taking a poll for a thing... 👀 What are you favorite snacks to get at 7 Eleven or Family Mart in Taiwan?

Comics for emerging and early readers, and for parents and caregivers to read aloud, focus on big-feeling topics this season, such as finding friends in a new school year and venturing away from home

📢 Taking a poll for a thing... 👀 What are you favorite snacks to get at 7 Eleven or Family Mart in Taiwan?

went sicko mode and made a giant post about making custom brushes from scanned images... maybe it will be useful to someone. (This is a free post.) www.patreon.com/posts/making...

Why didn’t anyone tell me the Dandadan theme song was such a banger

Here at Sunny Day Art Market until 7pm today! Had to scale down to a half table but we are making it work!! Come say hi 👋🤓 (26 Bridge St in Brooklyn!)