Also also !!!! If we sell out of Cosmic Cadets: Contact, we can reprint it with my new name. But don't get it because of that, get it because it's amazing and the colors and writing are fantastic.
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ALSO! I've been working on this very cool comic with Fanbase press for the last year called Shrub! I love it so much! The kickstarter is launching soon!
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Happy Trans Visibility Day! #tdov
I'm a trans! Look at me being visible! Weeeeeeee!
I draw comics. Cosmic Cadets:Accused just came out.
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We are trying to get it nominated for a Ringo for kids books 11 and under. Anyone can nominate.
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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
Yay! It has been such a joy working on this. I'm really proud of what we've made.
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:
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This is my partner. I am so excited to see this made! It's really cool and just so beautiful. If you like hopeful stories in this broken world and sci-fi, check it out.
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
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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
weird little alien child. #alien #art #comic #cosmiccadets @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
weird big alien child. #alien #art #comic #cosmiccadets @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
Cosmic Cadets is out today! Weeeeee! #art #comic #cosmiccadets @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
#art #comic #cosmiccadets @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
Now with tags! #art #comic #cosmiccadets @idwpublishing.com @topshelfcomix.bsky.social
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!
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An image of the cover of Cosmic Cadets: Accused! next to a box of text reading "If you're looking for a fun adventure with wonderful characters, packed action, and explosive colors, Cosmic Cadets is the book you want to pick up! It's a comic full of fun and charm" -Jose Pimienta, Author of Twin Cities.
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
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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
A trope arrows graphic for Cosmic Cadets: Accused! - Kids solving mysteries! - New alien friends! - Ridiculous disguises! - False accusations! - Friendship and family! - Gravity hijinx! - Stand-alone sequel!
Cosmic Cadets: Accused! is out in just over 2 weeks!!!
Inks @andyalvesart.bsky.social
Colors @prips.bsky.social
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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
