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Trans cartoonist, colored pencil artist, nasty li’l woodland creature. Author of As the Crow Flies, Stage Dreams, and Other Ever Afters. Chair of Comics at California College of the Arts. They/them.
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An exciting opportunity for a teen from Vermont by the Vermont Department of Libraries and The Center for Cartoon Studies! Create Comics is for both beginner and intermediate students 16+! More info: libraries.vermont.gov/sites/librar...

Big news! We’re forming a union with Local 2110 UAW. In unionizing, we stake our claim in shaping the future of Abrams: a more equitable, ethical, and transparent working environment. Follow us for more updates!

it's official! HANS VOGEL IS DEAD, VOL. 2 is available for preorder! official release date is Dec. 2-3 b&n: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hans-vogel... amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/150673981... or your local bookstore! graphicpolicy.com/2025/04/03/e...

have you ever experienced blue-hair-to-blue-hair-communication

NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!* *(Well, maybe a dream.) Wanna be an Ignatz winning cartoonist, we’ve gotcha covered! Ignatz submissions are officially open from today, April 1st-May 31st. Only works published between June 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025 are eligible for the 2025 Ignatz Awards. Good luck! 🤞

hi again, cis folks! the comment period for the proposed rule to remove trans care from the ACA as an essential health benefit is open til april 11. context & guidance in the thread below. it doesn’t have to be hard; you can do it waiting for coffee. 13 days left, as of this post. please comment.

A comic by two Palestinians in Gaza, edited by Deena Mohamed (Shubeik Lubeik). All proceeds go towards supporting them. Please take a look: maamoulpress.com/To-The-World...

Not only was this one of the funnest book release parties I’ve ever gotten to attend, I also got to draw my new dating app profile:

STARTING SOON!

Hey this thing is still less than 1k comments, please add a comment if you can!!! Its quick and easy, and can be as simple as "Trans healthcare saves lives, do not remove it from ACA coverage". You can even copy paste that. Do it now!!!

mycology, man...

do you ever meet a creature and know instantly you would die for it

This was so fun!! Thanks to everybody who made it out tonight 💕

Are you a cartoonist who makes mini comics and hasn't had a solo work put out by a publisher? Apply to the CAKE Cupcake Award for a chance to win a free 1/2 table at the con, $400 to print a mini, and a cool party. Apps close on 3/28 so get it in! www.cakechicago.com/cupcake-award

love to be copyright-infringed by an evil megacorporation alongside all my friends :,)

have you ever encountered a scented candle formulated in a lab just to make you mad

post your green 🌱

Great article on why nazis love AI Art. No longer do memes and communicating agenda require nazis to have a single creative worker in their corner willing to sign off on a hideous vision of society, AI offers direct brain-worms-to-audience communication newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

A little sketch journal about discoveries made while bringing your Appalachian plant relationships with you to northern California.

Hey US-based artists, our government is preparing an executive order on AI & asking for public comment. Let's get some letters in (AI corps sure are)! You must submit by 11:59 EST tonight!! I made a sample letter with submission instructions. Copy mine & augment, or write your own! bit.ly/429UIIw

I think I just found some old pre-2005 Muni tokens on the ground? Never seen one before! San Franciscoans, please advise if this is a good omen or not

Mark your calendars!! I’m gonna be interviewing Laura Gao about their new book Sunday 3/23 at Silver Sprocket!! Come ask us questions about slow-burn queer romance comics and astrology-based love-life advice!!

I made foraged scallion cookies tonight using invasive three-corner leeks and my candied chanterelles…sometimes having a kitchen full of weird foraged ingredients makes you TOO powerful

If ICE agents are in your college dormitory, know your rights.

I candied a couple of yesterday’s chanterelles! The texture is “very soft gummy” and the taste is earthy, a little caramelized, and sort of…figgy, in a way?

I spent the day chanterelle hunting and accidentally brought home a stowaway!

Happy slide-on-your-ass-down-a-30-foot-ravine-cuz-you-spotted-a-patch-of-scarlet-waxcaps Saturday

If you’re in the Bay Area, mark your calendars and come celebrate a comics luminary with us Friday 3/21!! 🌸💕