Kathleen Gros
@kagcomix.bsky.social
I've made a bunch of graphic novels. Most recent: CAROUSEL SUMMER (kids) and I HATED YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL (adults).
I teach comics & illustration around Vancouver. I spend my spare time sewing.
Portfolio can be found here: http://www.kagcomix.com/
I teach comics & illustration around Vancouver. I spend my spare time sewing.
Portfolio can be found here: http://www.kagcomix.com/
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i just want to make quilts for all of my friends. i think it would be so fun to work in other ppls colour palettes.
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
i just want to make quilts for all of my friends. i think it would be so fun to work in other ppls colour palettes.
i just want to make quilts for all of my friends. i think it would be so fun to work in other ppls colour palettes.
November 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
i just want to make quilts for all of my friends. i think it would be so fun to work in other ppls colour palettes.
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This is still one of the best gags of all time and it's so era-specific
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is still one of the best gags of all time and it's so era-specific
a huge improvement in my life this week is carrying ear plugs to wear when i travel out on the expo line. those trains are SO loud it's kind of painful.
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
a huge improvement in my life this week is carrying ear plugs to wear when i travel out on the expo line. those trains are SO loud it's kind of painful.
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You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 PM
You can make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
The biggest step isn't getting good at art, it's being willing to make art that doesn't match the idea of "good art" in your head.
Making a lot of imperfect art is an essential step toward making perfect art; a counterproductive goal you shouldn't have anyway.
Just make art.
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The way this woman was treated is horrific and it's actually quite heartening to see so many boycott in solidarity.
A comics festival is not more important than what happened to her.
A comics festival is not more important than what happened to her.
‘Angoulême comics festival in crisis as creators and publishers declare boycott’
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Angoulême comics festival in crisis as creators and publishers declare boycott
French government withdraws funding after claims of toxic management and dismissal of staff member who lodged rape complaint
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The way this woman was treated is horrific and it's actually quite heartening to see so many boycott in solidarity.
A comics festival is not more important than what happened to her.
A comics festival is not more important than what happened to her.
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I have never felt so seen
I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I have never felt so seen
I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
I will scream an ear off about the tyranny of bloodless, joyless, rote hyperrealism for HOURS
usually i draw every panel in a graphic novel chronologically. start page 1 panel 1 and go through until the last panel on the last page. this time around i'm starting with the "easiest" panel on each page to warm up and then hopping around to the other panels on the page w increasing complexity.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
usually i draw every panel in a graphic novel chronologically. start page 1 panel 1 and go through until the last panel on the last page. this time around i'm starting with the "easiest" panel on each page to warm up and then hopping around to the other panels on the page w increasing complexity.
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Weird how this works
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Weird how this works
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
I've been watching hazbin hotel (i saw in my periphery that ppl are weird about it online so i've mostly avoided seeing commentary) & i think what i'm enjoying is that every character has "oh okay this is your blorbo you made up when you were 16" vibes & it's charming to see that fully realized.
November 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I've been watching hazbin hotel (i saw in my periphery that ppl are weird about it online so i've mostly avoided seeing commentary) & i think what i'm enjoying is that every character has "oh okay this is your blorbo you made up when you were 16" vibes & it's charming to see that fully realized.
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My first ceramics piece is out of the kiln!
I'm taking a college level course & it's been an interesting challenge. I've never done this before & it's both frustrating and freeing. The assignment was to throw a cylinder and then alter it. All additions had to be wheel thrown.
I'm taking a college level course & it's been an interesting challenge. I've never done this before & it's both frustrating and freeing. The assignment was to throw a cylinder and then alter it. All additions had to be wheel thrown.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
My first ceramics piece is out of the kiln!
I'm taking a college level course & it's been an interesting challenge. I've never done this before & it's both frustrating and freeing. The assignment was to throw a cylinder and then alter it. All additions had to be wheel thrown.
I'm taking a college level course & it's been an interesting challenge. I've never done this before & it's both frustrating and freeing. The assignment was to throw a cylinder and then alter it. All additions had to be wheel thrown.
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u folks want to see my 2nd ceramics piece?
the assignment brief was to create a vessel using coil building techniques. & then we had black + white slip to create surface designs.
the assignment brief was to create a vessel using coil building techniques. & then we had black + white slip to create surface designs.
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
u folks want to see my 2nd ceramics piece?
the assignment brief was to create a vessel using coil building techniques. & then we had black + white slip to create surface designs.
the assignment brief was to create a vessel using coil building techniques. & then we had black + white slip to create surface designs.
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!
Here are 5 other things to know:
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THE NEW VINE WILL TAKE YOUR CONTENT like everybody is excited because “vine is back and they don’t allow AI!!!” But that is only because they want new content to scrape for training AI. Don’t be fooled.
Just so it's clear. It's not allowing AI because it's trying to create a clean dataset for training AI. It's not because any of the involved parties actually care about human created art.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Demons can lie to you. You have to rebuke them categorically, rather than fold when they say the right words.
Vine is being rebooted under the name diVine, with funding from Twitter’s former CEO Jack Dorsey.
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
The app plans to feature more than 10,000 previously archived Vines and does not allow AI-generated content.
(divine.video)
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
THE NEW VINE WILL TAKE YOUR CONTENT like everybody is excited because “vine is back and they don’t allow AI!!!” But that is only because they want new content to scrape for training AI. Don’t be fooled.
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Raising property taxes in an overvalued housing market is actually economic justice
(Vancouver’s residential property tax rate is the lowest among all Canadian cities)
financialpost.com/real-estate/...
(Vancouver’s residential property tax rate is the lowest among all Canadian cities)
financialpost.com/real-estate/...
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Raising property taxes in an overvalued housing market is actually economic justice
(Vancouver’s residential property tax rate is the lowest among all Canadian cities)
financialpost.com/real-estate/...
(Vancouver’s residential property tax rate is the lowest among all Canadian cities)
financialpost.com/real-estate/...
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Oh hey that's cool! Carousel Summer is on the New York Public Library's list of Best Books for Kids 2025
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh hey that's cool! Carousel Summer is on the New York Public Library's list of Best Books for Kids 2025
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
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When I was young, I thought that when someone in a TV show or movie asked “Are you wearing a wire?” it meant “an underwire bra”
Whenever they asked women characters I was shocked at how rude and intrusive a question it was, but it did make scenes where they asked men that much more interesting
Whenever they asked women characters I was shocked at how rude and intrusive a question it was, but it did make scenes where they asked men that much more interesting
November 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
When I was young, I thought that when someone in a TV show or movie asked “Are you wearing a wire?” it meant “an underwire bra”
Whenever they asked women characters I was shocked at how rude and intrusive a question it was, but it did make scenes where they asked men that much more interesting
Whenever they asked women characters I was shocked at how rude and intrusive a question it was, but it did make scenes where they asked men that much more interesting
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I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
I’m sick of writing about dead trans people | Xtra Magazine
For 15 years, I hoped my words would change something. Now I’m grieving the world that could’ve been
xtramagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I wrote about the exhaustion and dissonance of writing about TDOR for the past 15 years
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this is basically the most effective thing you as an individual can do to fuck with ICE and good on this dude for dedicating his retirement to fucking with them
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
this is basically the most effective thing you as an individual can do to fuck with ICE and good on this dude for dedicating his retirement to fucking with them
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Oh hey that's cool! Carousel Summer is on the New York Public Library's list of Best Books for Kids 2025
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Oh hey that's cool! Carousel Summer is on the New York Public Library's list of Best Books for Kids 2025
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
www.nypl.org/books-more/r...
Thinking, today, about my high school's librarian who kept so many books by trans authors face out in her library displays. And how reading "the nearest exit may be behind you" from one of those displays opened my world up to the beautiful possibilities of an expansive understanding of gender.
November 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Thinking, today, about my high school's librarian who kept so many books by trans authors face out in her library displays. And how reading "the nearest exit may be behind you" from one of those displays opened my world up to the beautiful possibilities of an expansive understanding of gender.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I particularly want to stress that the violence we talk about trans people experiencing isn't just murder or domestic abuse or assault.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
The Alberta government putting out a statement for Trans Day of Remembrance two days after using the Notwithstanding Clause to override trans kids rights feels like parody at this point
"Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
"Our government remains a dedicated partner of transgender Albertans.”
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I particularly want to stress that the violence we talk about trans people experiencing isn't just murder or domestic abuse or assault.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.
There is also legislative violence—far too much of it. And we lose lives to that every year too.