Colleen Frakes
@colleenfrakes.bsky.social
Rhymes with "rakes" or "lakes". No relation to the Star Trek guy. I write and draw lots of stuff.
Rep'd by Susan Hawk of Upstart Crow Literary.
Trans rights. Free Palestine. We're all in this together.
(She/they)
http://www.tragicrelief.com
Rep'd by Susan Hawk of Upstart Crow Literary.
Trans rights. Free Palestine. We're all in this together.
(She/they)
http://www.tragicrelief.com
KNOTS, a middle-grade hair drama! www.harpercollins.com/products/kno...
PRISON ISLAND, Washington State had its own Alcatraz! lernerbooks.com/shop/show/19...
IRON SCARS Book 1 ko-fi.com/s/bdf8aafcdf and 2 ko-fi.com/s/4114890fbf island kids get caught up in a war between witches and fairies
PRISON ISLAND, Washington State had its own Alcatraz! lernerbooks.com/shop/show/19...
IRON SCARS Book 1 ko-fi.com/s/bdf8aafcdf and 2 ko-fi.com/s/4114890fbf island kids get caught up in a war between witches and fairies
December 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
KNOTS, a middle-grade hair drama! www.harpercollins.com/products/kno...
PRISON ISLAND, Washington State had its own Alcatraz! lernerbooks.com/shop/show/19...
IRON SCARS Book 1 ko-fi.com/s/bdf8aafcdf and 2 ko-fi.com/s/4114890fbf island kids get caught up in a war between witches and fairies
PRISON ISLAND, Washington State had its own Alcatraz! lernerbooks.com/shop/show/19...
IRON SCARS Book 1 ko-fi.com/s/bdf8aafcdf and 2 ko-fi.com/s/4114890fbf island kids get caught up in a war between witches and fairies
In Seattle we have 50 different words for rain and no word for friend.
Roughly a decade ago, the term "atmospheric river" seemed to enter common usage. But today is the first time I ever heard reference to a specific strength—I guess we've got a category 5 atmospheric river in Seattle right now. Is this new, or have I just not been paying attention?
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In Seattle we have 50 different words for rain and no word for friend.
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December 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Monday update for paid members, including cat pics
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Cursed 53-54 | Colleen Frakes
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December 7, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
December 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
here are Ranganathan’s 5 Laws of Library Science.
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
1. Books are for use.
2. Every reader their book.
3. Every book its reader.
4. Save the time of the reader.
5. A library is a growing organism.
they can be read as a directive for technical efficiency. i read them as an ethical commitment. 📚
The Center For Cartoon Studies has been around for 20 years now, and (as far as I know) we've only lost 3 alumni. Two of them to alcohol.
Please get help if you need it:
AA (aa.org), smartrecovery.org, or samhsa.gov helpline, 800-662-HELP (4357)
Please get help if you need it:
AA (aa.org), smartrecovery.org, or samhsa.gov helpline, 800-662-HELP (4357)
December 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Center For Cartoon Studies has been around for 20 years now, and (as far as I know) we've only lost 3 alumni. Two of them to alcohol.
Please get help if you need it:
AA (aa.org), smartrecovery.org, or samhsa.gov helpline, 800-662-HELP (4357)
Please get help if you need it:
AA (aa.org), smartrecovery.org, or samhsa.gov helpline, 800-662-HELP (4357)
Reposted by Colleen Frakes
In my opinion comic book artists should get paid a dizzying amount of money for their work. And also they should have assistants and apprenticeships
December 7, 2025 at 3:59 AM
In my opinion comic book artists should get paid a dizzying amount of money for their work. And also they should have assistants and apprenticeships
Reposted by Colleen Frakes
A single $1 million endowment would keep the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco running indefinitely.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 1:10 AM
A single $1 million endowment would keep the Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco running indefinitely.
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday!! #bandcampfriday
And there's a new Protomen album:
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
And there's a new Protomen album:
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
Act III: This City Made Us, by The Protomen
15 track album
theprotomen.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It's Bandcamp Friday!! #bandcampfriday
And there's a new Protomen album:
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
And there's a new Protomen album:
theprotomen.bandcamp.com/album/act-ii...
Found in a box of files from 2008!
They're rock hard
They're rock hard
December 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Found in a box of files from 2008!
They're rock hard
They're rock hard
We still have fun
December 5, 2025 at 6:32 AM
We still have fun
I didn't know it was Dragon Age Day!
My opinions are obviously biased because @lee.scheinbe.im gave me insider knowledge, but Veilguard is a good game, Solas deserves to suffer, and Dragon Age 2 is the best one.
My opinions are obviously biased because @lee.scheinbe.im gave me insider knowledge, but Veilguard is a good game, Solas deserves to suffer, and Dragon Age 2 is the best one.
happy Dragon Age Day everyone, this series unironically changed my entire life, helped fix my depression, and reunited me with my friends
also I will never shut up about Alistair Therein
🎉🎊
also I will never shut up about Alistair Therein
🎉🎊
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I didn't know it was Dragon Age Day!
My opinions are obviously biased because @lee.scheinbe.im gave me insider knowledge, but Veilguard is a good game, Solas deserves to suffer, and Dragon Age 2 is the best one.
My opinions are obviously biased because @lee.scheinbe.im gave me insider knowledge, but Veilguard is a good game, Solas deserves to suffer, and Dragon Age 2 is the best one.
I got two more of these scam emails this morning, one pretending to be @lizaachilles.bsky.social and another from the "Eloise Hypelit Book Club" 😑
🎶 Can't scam money out of me I don't have aaaaany! 🎶
🎶 Can't scam money out of me I don't have aaaaany! 🎶
New scam alert: silentbook.club/pages/cautio...
This one really sucked and I'm mad about it. I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET TO DO A COOL THING AND THEN YOU ASK FOR MONEY AND FREE BOOKS? Argh! That's just mean.
This one really sucked and I'm mad about it. I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET TO DO A COOL THING AND THEN YOU ASK FOR MONEY AND FREE BOOKS? Argh! That's just mean.
Caution: Scammers are impersonating Silent Book Club
It has been reported to us that scammers are impersonating Silent Book Club cofounders and local chapter organizers. They are asking authors for money in exchange for being featured. Silent Book Club...
silentbook.club
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I got two more of these scam emails this morning, one pretending to be @lizaachilles.bsky.social and another from the "Eloise Hypelit Book Club" 😑
🎶 Can't scam money out of me I don't have aaaaany! 🎶
🎶 Can't scam money out of me I don't have aaaaany! 🎶
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Next year will be the 10th anniversary of Raised on Ritalin's publication. It would be a great opportunity for a publisher or university press to re-publish a 10th anniversary edition. It deserves a wider audience. I would love to see that happen!
raisedonritalincomic.blogspot.com
#adhd
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#adhd
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Next year will be the 10th anniversary of Raised on Ritalin's publication. It would be a great opportunity for a publisher or university press to re-publish a 10th anniversary edition. It deserves a wider audience. I would love to see that happen!
raisedonritalincomic.blogspot.com
#adhd
raisedonritalincomic.blogspot.com
#adhd
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Vaccinating babies against hepatitis B is a simple recommendation that saves lives—one based on solid science, & that has led to a dramatic drop in preventable infections and deaths.
Ending this recommendation will cost lives. RFK Jr. must answer to Congress.
Ending this recommendation will cost lives. RFK Jr. must answer to Congress.
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Vaccinating babies against hepatitis B is a simple recommendation that saves lives—one based on solid science, & that has led to a dramatic drop in preventable infections and deaths.
Ending this recommendation will cost lives. RFK Jr. must answer to Congress.
Ending this recommendation will cost lives. RFK Jr. must answer to Congress.
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My “Hex Ice” graphic is available for free as part of the @justseeds.bsky.social “Abolish ICE” collection!
Go to justseeds.org/graphics to download it along with tons of other art.
Go to justseeds.org/graphics to download it along with tons of other art.
December 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My “Hex Ice” graphic is available for free as part of the @justseeds.bsky.social “Abolish ICE” collection!
Go to justseeds.org/graphics to download it along with tons of other art.
Go to justseeds.org/graphics to download it along with tons of other art.
I got another idea for a holiday card.
Cat has been here the whole time!
Cat has been here the whole time!
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I got another idea for a holiday card.
Cat has been here the whole time!
Cat has been here the whole time!
It's Giving Tuesday!
If you can afford to donate to Short Run, they're good people:
shortrun.org/donate/
If you can afford to donate to Short Run, they're good people:
shortrun.org/donate/
Donate - Short Run
Over the past 14 years, our yearly comics and arts festival has grown into a highly anticipated community event, important to artists and audiences alike for its celebration and showcasing of experime...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's Giving Tuesday!
If you can afford to donate to Short Run, they're good people:
shortrun.org/donate/
If you can afford to donate to Short Run, they're good people:
shortrun.org/donate/
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
New scam alert: silentbook.club/pages/cautio...
This one really sucked and I'm mad about it. I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET TO DO A COOL THING AND THEN YOU ASK FOR MONEY AND FREE BOOKS? Argh! That's just mean.
This one really sucked and I'm mad about it. I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET TO DO A COOL THING AND THEN YOU ASK FOR MONEY AND FREE BOOKS? Argh! That's just mean.
Caution: Scammers are impersonating Silent Book Club
It has been reported to us that scammers are impersonating Silent Book Club cofounders and local chapter organizers. They are asking authors for money in exchange for being featured. Silent Book Club...
silentbook.club
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
New scam alert: silentbook.club/pages/cautio...
This one really sucked and I'm mad about it. I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET TO DO A COOL THING AND THEN YOU ASK FOR MONEY AND FREE BOOKS? Argh! That's just mean.
This one really sucked and I'm mad about it. I THOUGHT I MIGHT GET TO DO A COOL THING AND THEN YOU ASK FOR MONEY AND FREE BOOKS? Argh! That's just mean.
December 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Cursed 51-52 | Colleen Frakes
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November 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Comic for free Patreon members! Updates every Sunday-
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