MANBEEEEEEEEN

Been feeling down about my creative practice recently but I’m out and about visiting New York, hoping to recharge and reset. 

come to scad dawg…

😔 so sad comic

Absolute best summer read that I’m going to make stickers! ⚾️

I adore these and the second one in particular makes my heart warm ❤️

A sad robo girl for a zine!

I just saw this at my local comic shop and holy shit it’s so good ❤️❤️❤️

It’s my first time reading him and holy shit

Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi!!!

It’s INSANE

Hardest sequence of all time

The Cartoonist Cooperative Digital Residency. Applications open in May (today). Paid opportunity to anyone around the world. Art is of the mascots, a pen and inkwell, getting beamed up into the matrix.

I'm proud to announce that I will be a judge for this NEW ONLINE RESIDENCY from the @cartoonist.coop!! We're looking to support comics that utilise the possibilities of websites and coding as a creative tool. $1000 USD, free hosting. Deets and FAQ here: cartoonist.coop/digital-resi...

A teapot……

Me reading Cross Game

hey hey, have no fear if you missed it last month, my horny, cronenbergian, lesbian, sci-fi, body horror comic, Expiry Date, is now available on my itch dot io! ✨🫁💃🏻🫁✨

🔗 plaest2k.itch.io/expirydate

MINDFUL (2025) 🍽️☁️

A terrifying force tbh

If only I had a gif of me shaking my ass to Manben rn….

I just think they’re neat! 🙂‍↕️

Close Reading Is For Everyone | Defector In Sigrid Nunez’s 2018 novel The Friend, a famous writer kills himself. Not long before, he complains to the narrator about readers: “People talking about a book as if it were just another thing, like...

Close reading is for everyone: defector.com/close-readin...

HANDSOME

Comic creator folks, how do you decide what side/passion project to do besides your “main” project?

Making comics journalism (or criticism, or advocacy, however you describe it) is a tremendously difficult thing. Andy's estimated "cost of doing business" at BF largely mirrors our own experience at @solrad.bsky.social. If you want independent, engaged media, please support it.

Ew!

an illustration of a living space set up, carefully curated for a painting, with a cat sleeping on a chaise lounge covered in a blanket, a plant to the right of the scene, and a bearskin rug on the floor. To the left is an easel with an unfinished portrait of a person sitting on said chaise lounge.

I recently wrote some lengthy criticism on fudanshi, be it straight or queer, and their participation in Shōwa era doujinshi and further cultural influences:

On Fudanshi: Image, the Subversion of Mecha and Queerness in Post-War Japan

retroanimechris.blogspot.com/2025/05/to-f...

A Mess: Self Publishing & Publishing | Adam Get more from Adam on Patreon

Some thoughts on self publishing & publishing. I've self published a lot now and I have a lot of feelings on how we talk about it versus traditional indie publishing.

www.patreon.com/posts/mess-s...

It’s coochie eating propaganda

There’s nothing more horrific than reality itself.

Here’s a comic I did about immigration, family separation and mass deportations.

Please go read! (1/8)