Recent sketch on a sunnier day outside Café Americain on the Leidseplein. 🌞

Protect independent journalists at all costs.

Feeling maternal, might delete later. 👑 A handmade birthday card for my one and only. Made with nib pens and my medium of the moment, Derwent Inktense pencils.

I made a reel showcasing the polished sample pages from my GN proposal. Too bad the music isn’t included. Just imagine Los Lobos shredding I Wanna Be Like You. 🐒

Sharing what I've learned about making book proposals with a few enticing sneak peeks at my pitch for Wolf House Fables: Tales of Dutch Resistance. Psst - pass it on! Especially to your pals in publishing. 😊 🦁 #graphicnovel #wwii #ya

Alex Jeffrey Pretti 💔 He was not resisting arrest. He was defending decency.

Spinning to create a plume of dust. Illustration for my novella Moondream

I published this a year ago today and am sorry to say that I was not wrong. #politicalcartoons #project2025 #activistart

I was very annoyed at not winning the big penis prize (due to my penis size being rejected by the judges for some reason) but now the big penis prize winner has given me the big penis prize so now everyone knows I have the big penis.

If you can crack the code, you’ll find out what my new book is all about! (Don’t worry, I have trouble deciphering my thumbnails, too.)

“I was not resisting arrest. I was defending decency.”

In memory of Renee Good. 💔🌼 I started drawing canaries a few months ago to celebrate free speech and share the sentiment freely. It’s also an exercise in awareness and vigilance. We do not want martyrs. We need to hear these strong voices sing. #reneegood #freespeech #activistart

Props to @amyinnl.bsky.social for becoming the 11th paid subscriber. 🙌👌😇

Y’all, I reached 10 paid subscribers on Substack last night, and I could not be more grateful. This is the easiest way to support me and my work while I move towards the Next Big Thing. More to come soon. open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...

Working on a low-stakes portrait commission today, and it freed me up to play with materials. I layered washes of Derwent Inktense pencils before daring to ink with a brush for the first time in ages!

Happy New Year! 🎆 🥂 open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...

Click through to see my festive New Year’s greeting and find out what I’ve learned from pitching covers to @newyorker.com 🍋 🥂

BEARING WITNESS now also published on graphic journalism website, @drawingthetimes.bsky.social 🙏 Eva drawingthetimes.com/story/bearin...

Your seasonal Fran-a-gram. 🎅

A really old one from my 23 Paper days :D

BEARING WITNESS. Making the case for art as activism and memory as defiance. Read my latest webcomic below. 👇

New awareness campaign

I went to great lengths to log into a U.S. government website from abroad, including showing a photo of the BACK of my original birth certificate, in which the only thing visible is a grease stain of unknown origin. Finger for emphasis. Thank you for your service. 🫡 🇺🇸

So… Hawkish – Page 2 Art by Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social Every facial-hair experiment except “guy who charges $19 for a cocktail.” My Before Sunrise era, my therapist’s theories… And yeah — I worked with Ethan Hawke today.

Loved working with @sobuttonscomics.bsky.social !

From @rameyer.bsky.social in our magazine: "Back when I was a kid, I was under the impression that women came in two distinct flavors... Good Girls & Bad Girls..."

Come visit me at… 📕 DRUK DRUK DRUK 🖼️ Paradiso Amsterdam Weteringschans 6-8 Sunday, 30 November 12.00-16.00 ☕️ My table’s next to the café on the balcony.

Cat finding the coziest spot vs. cat trying to recreate the experience.

A thoroughly nourishing Thanksgiving episode of All Songs Considered. Not a single turkey. 😉 🦃 @robinpr.bsky.social @npr.org

COMICS CAN BE ANYTHING. Take these sample pages from my book proposal for WOLF HOUSE FABLES. I’m inspired by gothic fairy tales and classic cinema just as much as traditional comics pages. www.rachellemeyer.com/portfolio/gr...

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🐤 GIVEAWAY 🎵 I would love to mail FREE SPEECH CANARY DRAWINGS to you and your friend. Just tag them in the comments and I’ll choose one pair at random by Nov 24. ✍️ A few made as commissions, portraits, and collabs over the past few weeks. @catherineholmes.bsky.social @amyinnl.bsky.social

“Have you guys thought about giving that Moon track a more reggae feel”

What’s that up on blue sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s a video tutorial on making word bubbles in @adobefresco.adobe.com as well as a post? Incredible!

What’s that up on blue sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s a video tutorial on making word bubbles in @adobefresco.adobe.com as well as a post? Incredible!

Rizzo rides again! Catch her in the November / December issue of The Texas Observer, now as a 6-page story. Previously seen in the Brussels Comics Museum and on Drawing the Times. @texasobserver.org @drawingthetimes.bsky.social

Another Free Speech Canary drawing, this one a portrait of my pal, poet Burgess the Rhymer. 🐤

Give me chocolate or give me death. ✊🍫 #happyhalloween🎃👻

It feels good to vote FOR something! So good I did it twice. 😉 🇺🇸 Mamdani for mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 🇳🇱 Partij voor de dieren @partijvoordedieren.nl

Celebrating Amsterdam’s birthday with a 20% off sale! Use the code Mokum750 at checkout. Just sold one of the last prints of this darling. ⛴️ 🍎 www.rachellemeyer.com/shop/

Farage: epic grifter

In 2018, this gentleman backed my Kickstarter for Faces on the Ferry, choosing a custom portrait tier. He sprung it on his ferry-loving girlfriend. Fast forward to 2025, and she surprises him with a portrait of their family of three on his birthday. Sweet, huh? open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...

Willful suspension of disbelief is my favorite “character flaw.” We couldn’t tell stories without it. 🕊️ One more page! Then a cover illustration for the proposal, and I’m done! For now.

I’m about a week away from finishing my book proposal for Wolf House Fables, my graphic novel. Here are a few sample pages from the “fairy tale” storyline. 🦁 ✨

Cannot express how happy I am to rediscover this album. Great for coloring fairy tale pages! 🧚 ✨ I owned the CD about 25 years ago and couldn’t recall the title. Sinead O’Connor’s fragile voice brought tears to my eyes.

This is how we win. By bearing witness and sticking together. 🐤

Fun, fast, fierce coloring session today for my graphic novel - Wolf House Fables (lions also welcome). 🐺 🦁

Featured in my latest Substack post - a recently commissioned portrait for John Adams Institute, last year’s cover for Oh Reader, and an illustration tip that’ll make your subject blush. 💋

We all need to shine brighter to make up for her absence. Thanks to my brother for sharing this with me. 🐒 www.pbs.org/video/jane-g...