My secret is out! So nice to finally meet you

Finally made some larger versions of a few of my prints, Whale Fall and Ashitaka prints are now available in 8.5x11” or 11x14” sizes

All Second at Best is a small press focused on comic books, apparel, ttprgs, and risogrph printing.

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Finally made some larger versions of a few of my prints, Whale Fall and Ashitaka prints are now available in 8.5x11” or 11x14” sizes

A new flock gathers at the old cathedral. This month’s riso print for the print club! I had so much fun with this mosaic border

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It’s a regular theme on the print club so that might be right up your alley!

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A new flock gathers at the old cathedral. This month’s riso print for the print club! I had so much fun with this mosaic border

Join up on the print tier to get one, or pick one up from the site for full price

Thank you! It was tedious but in a fun way, definitely going to have to do it again for a book cover down the road

Driving myself mad with a mosaic border for this month’s riso print

Driving myself mad with a mosaic border for this month’s riso print

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US shop logo over an eagle and the star spangled banner

Not an April fools joke: I've opened a US SHOP!
All orders ship domestically:
- books and riso prints ship from Philly
- b/w prints ship from Utah
Now you can get my stuff for cheaper than ever. No tariffs!

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3graphic novels by Matt Emmons resting on a quilt on a lap. Council of Frogs, the Winter King, and DAYSTAR

I received a shipment of absolutely gorgeous graphic novels today from the mind and pen of @secondatbest.bsky.social Trying my best to let them inspire me to get to work on my comic project and not despair that I will never be this good.

Anteater traveler on a leisurely stroll

The main fix for my burnout has been my patreon print subscription because I’ve carved out a way to be self indulgent creatively while learning, and still making a bit of money off of it. Which then helps grow convention/website sales too.

All this to say it’s always a lot of work, but it can work

On the burnout side, I think I’m always teetering on the edge of burnout, but the majority of my work being self published and personal makes it less severe than when I’m only doing freelance work. It’s become harder now having a baby in the mix, but it’s made me more economic with my time

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To make travel sustainable I use credit card benefits (skymiles/hotel points) to travel comfortably for very little. I also have my own riso printer to have my own means of production. Plus building a body of my own work means I’m not reliant on freelance and can afford to say no to bad jobs

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On the financial side, it’s doing several things at once - I self publish my own comics (Kickstarter/my own website/ads/0wholesale), travel to conventions (10-20 per year), mixed with occasional freelance and a small bit from my patreon (join my riso print tier!). I wear a lot of “hats”

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Termite-people waiting expectantly, now in color. The termite kingdom awaits as I continue to chip away at Those That Inherit the Earth

A screenshot if a text, Sender: also check out the hat i got lol Photo of a hat with a crab smoking a cigarette Responder: is that a lobster smoking (two spaces) weed

I would like to thank @secondatbest.bsky.social for this great Mom text today that I will be saying at my cats for the rest if the week

I’ll be randomly giving the original border illustrations away to four patrons on the paid tiers of my patreon (though the print tier subscribers are much more likely to win)

www.patreon.com/secondatbest

Thank you Goran! I want to do a western story so badly this is me trying to figure out what it would be

I’ll be randomly giving the original border illustrations away to four patrons on the paid tiers of my patreon (though the print tier subscribers are much more likely to win)

www.patreon.com/secondatbest

Desert Vigil - desert animals paying their respects to a lone cowboy for this month’s riso print

Get more from Matt Emmons on Patreon creating Comics & Risograph Prints

Join up on the riso patreon tier to get one for less than in the shop and see all the different iterations this one went through. Or pay full price at on the site

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Desert Vigil - desert animals paying their respects to a lone cowboy for this month’s riso print

I might be able to help! I’m shipping stuff out weekly already, what’s a few more

Traveling begins once again, come visit wherever happens to be in your neighborhood and say hi, get books, prints, etc. etc.