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Graphic novelist, full time illustrator, Global U.S. Illustrator Coordinator for SCBWI. (Is having six cats too many? I didn’t think so.) https://artistjerrybennett.substack.com/ https://linktr.ee/artistjerrybennett
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Latest Substack chatting briefly over cool comic layouts from JH Williams. open.substack.com/pub/artistje...

'Hackman was expelled from (acting) school after three months for ‘not having talent.’ I am highlighting this quote for my fellow artists. do your thing.

Again, please, Generative AI (chatbots, image generators...) demands crazy amount of energy and water and increases carbon footprint. When you use it, you are not just stealing copyrighted material and looking super clumsy, you are also accelerating global warming.

A quick friendly neighborhood drawing demo for a school visit today. #demo #quickdraw #timelapse #spiderman #spidey #marvel

Had a fantastic time conversing with John Patrick Green, creator of InvestiGators and Agents of S.U.I.T., at Best of Books last night! Love learning of all the unique ways creators find their publishing path! #kidlit #comics #graphicnovel #investigators #agentsofsuit

Meet Gray Squirrel in all his anxiety-ridden glory! This book was inspired by Sarah Silverman’s bit about how squirrels can’t find most of the nuts they bury. Their forgotten nuts become THE FOREST! I HAD to write a book about it & that’s how GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! was born. 🔗pre-order now! #kidlit

I’m on a mission to normalize putting googly eyes on things that need googly eyes. #kidlit #kidlitart

I love character design. Here’s an example of playing around, taking a real world thing and adding fictional elements to create a character. I try to do this often to keep my mind active and stay creative. #comicart #characterdesign #kidlitart #procreate substack.com/@artistjerry...

A friend (and excellent comic writer) from the other side of the pond and I created a perfect little activity book for kids at comic cons, and I love it.

One of the very first collaborations I did with Glamorella’s Daughter writer, Charles J. Martin! Still a fave!

I highlighted my time at the SCBWI NY Winter Conference in my latest Substack! Time to subscribe, YO. open.substack.com/pub/artistje...

Hello! We are Kids Comics Unite, an organization devoted to supporting and growing the careers of kids comics authors and illustrators since 2019. You also may know us from KCU Pitchfest and our Intensive! Check us out at kidscomicsunite.com and join our community! We’d love to see you there :)

Get your pitches ready! KCU Pitchfest is a gallery showcase of unpublished graphic novel projects that are reviewed by a panel of top agents and editors! Enter your pitch and you have the chance to catch the eyes of the best in the business. kidscomicsunite.com/kcu-pitchfes... #kidlitgn #kidlit

Celebrating Black Excellence in Sport this #BHM with a #SportFirstsEdition series of legendary, trailblazing athletes! Let's start with JACK JOHNSON. The first African-American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908. He held onto the belt until 1915. #BlackHistoryMonth #Day1

Authors & Publishers posting about illustrated books, pls credit the ILLUSTRATOR. Doing a #CoverReveal? Credit illustrator & designer. Not only are you helping boost artist but it shows people that you or your publisher hired a HUMAN artist. #PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social

It’s fascinating to see how different The Wild Robot’s design is from the books to the movie. I think @peterbrownstudio.com’s version would have translated well into a cinematic version. Just quickly playing with what that could have looked like. #kidlitart #thewildrobot #illustration #procreate

This is what you need this morning.

This has been such a fun GN series. And that art is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.

Friend and kids comics agent, Janna Morishima, has written the most comprehensive guide to pitch a graphic novel. (And the KCU Pitchfest is coming quickly!) kidscomicsunite.com/everything-y...

Morning sketch play. All these characters will surely end up in a story, but who knows? #sketching #kidlitart #kidlitgn

I’m sharing stuff in Substack that won’t be shared here, including more personal things and my art, so I hope you will subscribe! It’s basically my newsletter! open.substack.com/pub/artistje...

Join #SCBWI Ohio-North for our February Novel Craft Critique Night! WEDNESDAY 2/26 7-9pm. Participants will have time to read a few pages or chapters of their MG/YA novel and get live feedback. Or listen, learn, and give feedback of your own! www.scbwi.org/events/febru...

I’ve been long inspired by LeUyen Pham’s picture book/graphic novel work, and need to have have more of that kind of energy and loose vibe in my linework. I’m going to play more, as I’ve needed more play in my life. I hope you’re always be learning and playing. #kidlitart

I did a sticker for INFINITE WORLDS magazine a few years ago, and as I looked through older files came across some alien designs I loved.

Happy book birthday to THE GOOD SHEPHERD AND THE STUBBORN SHEEP, by Hannah E. Harrison! Her profound and humorous text accompanies her gorgeous new illustration approach to interpret a classic parable in a fresh charming way that will penetrate the hearts of any age. (That linework is FIRE.)

Thx @anneawh.bsky.social for this photo from #scbwiNY25 event collab w/Society Of Illustrators @soi128.bsky.social + @scbwi.bsky.social! L to R: @thejerrybennett.com @danacarey.bsky.social @debbieohi.com (me!), @paulozelinsky.com & Cecilia Yung. My 1st SCBWI Illustrators' Committee intro! #KidLit

Registration will stay open until 6pm ET. And the class starts **tonight** 2/4, at 7:30pm ET: metrowestwriters.myshopify.com/products/the...

Home, where the cat-warmed laps are.

I’m living the PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES scenario. The new and improved title: SUBWAYS, BUSES AND MISSED FLIGHT.

Debbie is such a beacon of passion and wisdom. So blessed she is in our community! And I also owe so much to @scbwi.bsky.social!