Thank you to the @graphicmedicine.bsky.social Int'l Collective for spotlighting Fanbase Press' upcoming Middle Grade series, SHRUB, which features...well, a shrub...on a cross-country adventure, exploring grief & connection! @shaneport.bsky.social @andyalvesart.bsky.social @libcomix.bsky.social

EXCITING NEWS via @comicsbeat.bsky.social: Hit the Road with a Sentient SHRUB for Fanbase Press’ Cross-Country Adventure Exploring Grief & Connection - Coming to @kickstarter.com @shaneport.bsky.social @andyalvesart.bsky.social Click to be notified on launch: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fan...

Scattered Futures is LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! Please go check out this quiet #sci-fi #indiecomic of hope and optimism, written by me and illustrated by @sierrabravoart.bsky.social @jnyfmg.bsky.social and @m3rtyn.bsky.social, with a cover by @carlydraws.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...

Also excited to tease @fanbasepress.bsky.social's upcoming middle grade Graphic Medicine series, SHRUB, written/created by @shaneport.bsky.social, illustrated by @andyalvesart.bsky.social, and lettered by Oceano Ransford!

Come pick up a great holiday gift for the middle-grade reader in your life! Or bring them so we can say hi! Cosmic Cadets is a "stellar choice for middle-grade comics fans" (Booklist), and "everything I want in a kids off on their own adventure" (Mike Maihack, Cleopatra in Space).

Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews @bencranewrites.com and @andyalvesart.bsky.social on the Release of the Sequel Graphic Novel, ‘Cosmic Cadets: Accused!,’ with @topshelfcomix.bsky.social

“Brimming with hijinks, #mystery and a ton of heart, Accused flies further and funnier past its predecessor. Cosmic Cadets is everything I want in a ‘kids off on their own’ #sci-fi #adventure story." — Mike Maihack #CosmicCadetsAccused is on sale today! #OGN #kidlit #kidscomics

Cosmic Cadets: Accused is out today! Yay! Here are a bunch of drawings of the kids!

Intelligence is knowing every sword form, strike and stance there is. Wisdom is knowing that sword it too big for the little ones. Colors are a bit of a mess. #pathfinder #dnd #characters #art

Creator copies of Cosmic Cadets: Accused! arrived, and this book is gorgeous! I cannot wait for y'all to get your hands on it in just a few days! A great gift for a middle-grade reader! Get it here or at your favorite local comic or book store: ow.ly/26Wf50XBtCz #comics #unboxing #scifi #kidscomics

Come hang out with us for a launch day event celebrating the newest Cosmic Cadets! Tuesday at 2PM PST www.youtube.com/live/6m5SEsd...

@andyalvesart.bsky.social and I are taking Cosmic Cadets on tour to Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, and Oakland. Come say hi and get signed copies of our all-ages sci-fi adventure comic just in time for Christmas! Andy might draw something if you ask nicely! @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social

Jose Pimienta makes incredible comics you should go read right now. Once you're done with that, consider listening to them, and pick up a copy of Cosmic Cadets: Accused! which releases TOMROROW! Thank you @jopi.bsky.social! #comics #kidlit #scifi @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social

With the dwarven ties to ancestry and being a refugee and a person who communicates with spirits all painted a really sad tale. And the charisma dump and he'd be so depressing. #art #pathfinder #dnd

I was so happy rolling poppet and then a threads witch. I'm playing a poppet right now in a campaign and they are so unsettling. It's fantastic. #art #dnd #pathfinder #poppet #witch

Trying out something new. I saw a video on tiktok of a guy drawing randomized DnD characters. I'm doing the same thing with Pathfinder. It was a lot of fun. #dnd #art #pathfinder

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

These two are cursed for me. They were the first characters I drew, but the video was lost. And then, here, my camera over heated and stopped recording twice. And then I forgot to post it yesterday. Enjoy #startrek #art #lowerdecks

When a surrealism is the most real. These birds are great. #art #tucaandbertie #speckle

Another request! Touta Matsuda from Death Note. I am very happy with this. I drew Ryuk for Death Note earlier because he has a more interesting character design. But this goofball. In a cast full of overly serious intellectuals, this one was the best. #art #anime #deathnote #toutamatsuda

Benoit Blanc from The Knives Out movies in his fantastic swimming costume. I am so excited for the next one coming out. #benoitblanc #art #wakeupdeadman

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

Two Predators for you. I drew one for a charity art auction at Heroes Con last year. I don't have a video of it, but drawing that first one really wanted me to make a index card version. I miss that first piece. It was big. #art #predator

Spoilers for Frosthaven. This was one of the absolutely most fun classes to play for me. He was such a beast! #art #frosthaven #boardgames

The Mindthief from Gloomhavem, my husband and my other most played game. We like out co-ops. #art #gloomhaven #boardgame

Some spirits from the boardgame "Spirit Island". Probably my partner and my most played game. #spiritisland #art #boardgame

I had way too much fun making this little promotion. But yes, Cosmic Cadets: Accused is coming out next month!! Here are some pages. I think Priscilla Tramontano's colors are just extraordinary. #art #cosmiccadets #comics @idwpublishing.com @bencranewrites.com

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

And here concludes the Dimension20 series with Van Chapman from the recent Cloudward, Ho! @vornietom.bsky.social 's character. She was so much fun. #art #dimension20

I drew this a while ago and posted it on Twitter. Hadn't put it here yet. Some audio of Gerard from @dimension20.bsky.social 's #NeverAfter. #animatic

Brian Murphy's Gerard from @dimension20.bsky.social 's #neverafter. Frankly, I was considering drawing only Murph's characters for all of these since he's so often my favorite. But, I think the variety is more fun. #art

Spoilers for Zac's character in Starstruck Odyssey. So many names and characters. Normal Takamori. Prince Valdrinor. But most of all, Skip. @dimension20.bsky.social #Starstruckodyssey #art

Lou Wilson's Amethar Rocks from a Crown of Candy. With six season of the main cast, and six cast members, each is getting one. @dimension20.bsky.social #crownofcandy #dimension20

More Dimension20! I'm drawing a character from every main cast season. Pete from Unsleeping City. @dimension20.bsky.social #unsleepingcity #art

I want one person to get the joke in this. This is Fig from Dimension 20's Fantasy High. #art #fantasyhigh @dimension20.bsky.social

Hilda is an incredibly adorable cartoon based on an equally adorable comic. #art #hilda #comic

Another book I just finished. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by @shannonchakraborty.bsky.social Tropey, but in the best way. Just an overall good time romp of a book and very much looking forward to the next one! #art #books #theadventuresofaminaal-sirafi

I think I'm going to draw characters from books I'm reading. This is Dex and Mosscap. A traveling therapist and their very adorable robot friend having tea. It's from "A Psalm for the Wild-Built" by Becky Chambers. #art #apsalmforthewildbuilt

Steve and Cesare from Worthikids's Bigtop Burgers. The ancient feud between clowns and the undead. #bigtopburgers #art

I guess this is clown week? Ryuk counts as a clown. #art #pomni #digitalcircus

What a weird guy. Happy October. #anime #deathnote #art

I grew up on this series. As much as it pretends to be dreary, it's a delight. The language, the antics, the creativity, the world was incredibly entertaining for my preteen mind. Also gave me a young fascination for snakes. #art #aseriesofunfortunateevents

The Gentleman With the Thistledown Hair from #jonathanstrange&mrnorrell Loved the show, loved the book. Loved this guy's "name". #art #books

Saru from Discovery. I love how Doug Jones moved as him. It felt appropriately alien. #art #startrek #discovery #saru

#Xenomorph #art #alien RWAR! rwar.

I'm glad cartoons are weird. #art #invaderzim #cartoon

Another request! Siffrin from In Stars and Time. I actually have no idea who this is, but they are very cute and were fun and easy to draw. #art #siffrin #instarsantime

The first season of this show came out when I was in college. It's wild it's getting a second season now. The animation style was a blast #art #anime #pantyandstockingwithgarterbelt

Something about being a regular guy on a crew full of basically gods and somehow being able to hold your own is very interesting to me. #sogeking #art #usopp #onepiece