THE ZEIT ZEIGER (2026-04-20)

a drawing with a pink palette of a teenage girl in profile

Iman’s doctor indicated she might have hearing damage, and her father needs help paying for the cost of a hearing test. Any help you can give would be amazing ❤️

chuffed.org/project/1286...

oh fuck yessss

The cover for my next novel, CHIMERA, is here.

Skin dancers, cannibals, kinslayers, monsters. The Vargers are many things, but family always comes first.

Cover illustration by Xuanwei Su
Cover design by Esther S. Kim

Pre-order it here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

mr possum laying on his back between his little cat bed and my lap

mr possum enjoying a face scratch

mr possum all curled up cutely against my lap

learning how to be loved

mr. p's eye lives to see another day....he just needs to have a piece of his third eyelid removed (surgery date pending)

Credits: Art by Jackarais | Design by Nero Villagallos O'Reilly A super cool and radical poster for “Nib and Ink Fest - May 1st to 31st 2026” under the title is the Cartoonist Coop’s mascots Nibford (a dip pen) and Inkling (an ink pot) racing along the page on skateboards with comic books and pages flying all around them. Text below reads “A free month-long online-first comics festival featuring: Marketplace / Workshops / Panels / Round tables / Portfolio Reviews … and more! Join us at nif.cartoonist.coop” with the coop logo and a QR-code at the bottom.

The Cartoonist Coop's Nib and Ink Fest is BACK!

Join us from May 1st to 31st for a whole gamut of events and comics to read!

Check out nif.cartoonist.coop for all the deets!

based on The Lantern Bearers by maxfield parrish ✨
#witchhatatelier

we have unlocked: making biscuits and purring. now we're going to watch the last half of the house with laughing windows together 😌

our office??? *MYYY office. he’s my temp assistant.

he is immediately so much more relaxed being stuck in a cage in our office than he was being menaced by the gray brothers outside

possum acquired

Excuse me! Mods! MODS! This isn’t Non-Sexual Nudity!!! This is Sexually Explicit (cartoon)!!!!!!

THE ZEIT ZEIGER (2026-04-13)

Help a family of 7 to survive in Gaza, organized by Alice Marta Mussio Hello, we are Vera and Alice from Italy, we want to collect donati… Alice Marta Mussio ha bisogno del tuo sostegno per Help a family of 7 to survive in Gaza

Samah is dealing with so much - school fees for her children, her mother's medication and treatment, on top of rats in her family's living space (where she still needs to pay rent!!)

Please help ease her burden.

gofund.me/8e00a2897

Two new illustrations from the upcoming expanded edition of my Alien: Isolation book, which is being published by @lostincult.co.uk later this year.

Art by @cdsart.bsky.social

A mountain lion paw

A mountain lion face resting against the glass of an exhibit

Big kitties like to nap in windows to absorb sunbeams too. Saw this guy at the Albuquerque Zoo last week.

A Polaroid of me next to my mixed media art piece displayed on the top portion of the gallery wall

My artist statement: ‘Outer Blue’ depicts my back and forth desire to fit into the mold of what it means to be a Black woman, yet feeling like a strange entity in my own body: stretched thin, fragmented, and billowing. The figure in the piece stands between a dotted horizon, looking directly at the viewer. They stand strong, but there’s a wavering element to their stance against the dark blue background that is hesitant. The iridescent sphere hovering over the elongated form serves as a balancing act that is my gender; one that has me teetering between female, male and nothing I can quite comprehend.

Delayed life/art update for Bluesky:

I was part of my first gallery show w/ an original piece for the first time in about a decade. The show ‘Black Queer GRITS (Girls Raised In The South) was so beautiful & I can’t thank everyone enough. ‘Outer Blue’ is the name of my piece and I’m so proud of it 💙

new job SUX and i am probably quitting by the end of the week LOL so!!!! FIVE SLOTS OPEN!!!!!! COME AND GETTEM ko-fi.com/pepperbloom/...

This Is No Way to Live Feelings of powerlessness can be insidious.

My latest is a reflection on the cycle of dread, disaster, and temporary reprieves we’re all navigating, what that cycle is doing to us, and how we can avoid losing ourselves to it.

This edition also includes a roundup of must-read pieces that have helped me think about this moment.

Man in critical condition after shooting involving ICE agents along I-5 in Stanislaus County The acting director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) identified a man shot by federal agents Tuesday morning in Stanislaus County.

I would like to talk more about how ICE shot someone else yesterday and he is in critical condition! The coverage is really horrifying because DHS is giving a similar story to the one they gave about Renee Good and so much news coverage is just buying it. Please talk about Carlos Mendoza Hernandez.

[Event flyer is a photo of a fluffy black cat, rolling around on top of books called “The Container Gardener’s Bible” and “Containers,” with digital hand writing on top] Hazel presents: Plant & Seed Swap Saturday, April 11 2-5pm At COME FOREVER A masks-required mutual aid space 342 Hewes Brooklyn Seeds - cuttings - plants - supplies

I’m hosting a plant & seed swap this Saturday, 2-5pm, at Come Forever! To give away, I’m bringing:
-various vegetable, herb, and flower seeds
-blank seed packets
-spider plant babies

Last year, I got jostaberry and currant cuttings at the swap, which are now thriving. This year, who knows?!?

teeny tiny little black widow spiderlings

consequences of letting these slings live back in 2024 but in my defense. look at them…

sowing: relocating 10+ black widow spiders from the back garden bed
reaping: backyard cats not dead

pic of the garden with three cats circled in red

cat garden

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

Massacre upon massacre in Beirut in the last hour. AUBMC announced a “code disaster.” Over 100 airstrikes in 10 minutes across the country. One hit right behind my house. Sirens ambulances & the smell of sulphur. The city is in total chaos the people in complete panic

There is no ceasefire in Lebanon. Israel has been bombing Lebanon non-stop since last night. If anything Israel is expanding its war on Lebanon.

You are being lied to

This is making it difficult for her to study, and it’s also just a constant discomfort she shouldn’t have to endure. Any help is appreciated!

Save Abdul Turkiya's Family From Genocide Hello

Abdel Majeed needs to raise ~$160 to buy his daughter Iman new glasses. She’s been wearing the same pair for three years, since she was 11. They no longer fit her face and the prescription is out of date.

chuffed.org/project/1286...