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aleclongstreth.bsky.social
(he/him) Award-winning, Eisner-nominated cartoonist, illustrator, and animator. Living and working in Santa Fe, NM, USA! https://www.alec-longstreth.com/
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Create Comics workshop packs in the essentials for producing comics is led by this incredible comics teaching team: Daryl Seitchik ’18 and Filipa Estrela ’21! July 28-Aug. 1 For more info: www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops/cr...

Return to Sender is out today! I wrote a little bit about it and where it came from (and where I came from!) over here: verabee.substack.com/p/return-to-... Take a look, pick up a copy, share it with a kiddo. <3

“Of course I know him; he’s me.”

an end-of-semester motivational Nancy for anyone who needs it

Isle of Elsi Adventures #9 is now available! www.alec-longstreth.com/news/isle-of... This issue wraps up the "R.J. Jr. in the Underground Underground" storyline! #selfpublishing #indiecomics

Here's my long comic essay about breaking up with Harry Potter and JKR's increasing transphobia. Please boycott the new TV show and all of her future projects ✨ #harrypotter #transphobia #jkrowling redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/718...

The Center for Cartoon Studies is thrilled to announce the 13th annual Cartoonist Studio Prize winner whose work exemplifies excellence in cartooning! Evil Eyes Sea by Ozge Samanci and Autobiography Has Become A Stone In My Shoe by Peony Gent. Congratulations!!

A last Rat Cruise post, as we finally reach Adak Island: open.substack.com/pub/verabee/...

Went for a run to try and clear my mind of ...EVERYTHING that is going on right now. Came home to the new book by two of my favorite cartoonists ( @goraina.bsky.social @scottmccloud.bsky.social ) in my mailbox. bookshop.org/p/books/the-... 💜🤍🩵

I've been experimenting with printing flip books using Mixam and had a breakthrough recently, which I documented in this public Patreon post: www.patreon.com/posts/flip-b... Might be helpful for any other animators out there who want to give this a try! #animation #flipbook

CCS loves zine fests! This spring we’re helping sponsor zine fests all around the country. If one of these is local to your area, swing by to support your local zinesters who pour their passion for a wide variety of topics into handmade self-published zines and minicomics!

Forage Like a Bear available NOW at Spit and a Half! Micro-essays on Nature, Family and Life by author Chris Fink, with simple illustrations by yours truly. Low-key, and plainspoken in that classic Midwestern manner, and beautifully printed by Bored Wolves www.spitandahalf.com/product/fora...

BANNED TOGETHER edited by Ashley Hope Pérez is out now! And it feels even more timely than when we were putting together this collection... pick up this wonderful anthology of comics, stories, essays, and resources to combat book bans wherever books are sold except amaz*n :)

This year’s @cartoonstudies.bsky.social Will Eisner Spring Lecture featuring award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Eleanor Davis, whose work explores deeply personal and political themes with striking visual storytelling. 4/17 at 4:30pm. Special thanks to the Will and Ann Eisner Foundation.

IOE 7 is complete! www.isleofelsi.com/2025/03/ioe-... #fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics

My book, SPEECHLESS is out March 4th wherever books are sold. Here’s my March tour dates.

Wizards need rest too

Revised the ol' "Schweizer Guide to Spotting Tangents" lecture. 1/2

Attention all art students, art teachers, hobbyists, and more—if you know anyone who would want to spend a week in Vermont learning how to color comics, send my workshop to them! Excited to teach this summer. 🖍️🎨 www.cartoonstudies.org/workshops/color-for-comics-online/

R.J. Jr. in The Underground Underground - Page 113 www.isleofelsi.com/comics/ioe7/... This is the final page of this storyline (you can read the whole thing for free!). It's also the *400TH* page of Isle of Elsi! 🥳 #fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics

The deadline to submit your entry for The Cartoonist Studio Prize is this Friday, February 28! For more information, visit: cartoonstudies.org/studioprize

Hey, friends! Here are some thoughts on using planes in your compositions.

Process post showing how I made a page from my graphic novel SPEECHLESS (out 3/4 from Graphix) colors by @charmgardens.bsky.social

The two award categories for the 13th Cartoonist Studio Prize are Long-form Comic of the Year and Short-form Comic of the Year. Submission deadline is 2/28! More info: cartoonstudies.org/studioprize

R.J. Jr. in The Underground Underground - Page 112 www.isleofelsi.com/comics/ioe7/... #fantasy #middlegrade #webcomic #comicsforkids #kidscomics #allagescomics

Less than two months to go until The Cartoonists Club drops on April 1st! Here's an official list of our kick-off bookstore events this spring and fall—and yes, there'll be other appearances during the year! Stay tuned as @goraina.bsky.social and I unveil our labor of love!