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Kirk Reedstrom
@kirkreedstrom.bsky.social
USA Today Bestselling author/illustrator of funny kids books with heartfelt characters and a little bit of mayhem. Creator of the Duck & Moose graphic novel series (Disney-Hyperion).

Represented by @anacrespobooks.bsky.social

He/Him

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Somebody write this picture book about Rockalina making her first turtle friend. 😭😭😭

www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
For 50 years, Rockalina the turtle lived on a kitchen floor. Now she has a new friend
The Oreo-sized baby turtle represents a turning point in Rockalina's recovery: Spending time with her own kind.
www.npr.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but there is a pattern for creating cross body bags in the shape of BIRDS. Pigeon, duck, chicken, blackbird, loon, you name it! 🤩
Fly Away Crossbody - Bird, Chicken, Duck Bag PDF Sewing Pattern - Mad Made — Madison Moore
This is a PDF sewing pattern for the Fly Away Crossbody Bird Bag. This is a confident-beginner pattern that will easily become your go-to everyday bag and favorite handmade gift! It includes three di...
madison-makes.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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WASHINGTON AND OREGON CARTOONISTS: Seattle's bus service is commissioning 6 artists for public art pieces, 2 each, of local stories, 16-32 pages, over 2026, for $54k per artist, to be freely distributed over their ridership.

details here: www.4culture.org/grants/movin...
Moving Stories: Short-Form Graphic Novels for King County Metro Transit RapidRide
King County Metro and 4Culture seek six artists to create short-form graphic novels that illuminate community stories along new and existing RapidRide lines.
www.4culture.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Hey all,

The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.

Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.

You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
What have been your #LCS local comic shops over the years? Mine (not counting bookstores):

• Bedrock City Comic Co - Houston, Tx
• Excalibur Comics, Cards & Games - Shreveport, La
What have been your #LCS local comic shops over the years? Mine:

Teenager: Graham Crackers Comics - (defunct) Glendale Heights, Ill. location

Adult: Capstone Comics (defunct) - Austin, Tx.

Big Brother Comics - Sacramento, Calif.

Big Planet Comics - Washington, D.C.

Anyone Comics - Brooklyn, N.Y
December 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Then we have @ambersparks.bsky.social Happy People Don't Live Here. What a magical novel filled with ghosts and humor and aching!
Happy People Don't Live Here
Check out Happy People Don't Live Here - Just past the edge of summer, Alice and her daughter, Fern, arrive at the Pine Lake Apartments--a former sanatorium occupied by an ensemble of peculiar neighbo...
bookshop.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Somebody write this Wallace & Gromit movie.
November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Post your favorite "Lord of the Rings" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:

Snarky Puppy
Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
Charlie Hunter
Punch Brothers
Those little animatronic parrots at Disneyland
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

John Williams
Jerry Goldsmith
Ennio Morricone
Philip Glass
The Rolling Stones
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

Dead & Co
ELO
Stevie Nicks
Gogol Bordello
Kraftwerk
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Oof. What a movie.
Thanksgiving's tomorrow, so it's time to stay up late and watch old movies! Tonight, I'm watching Scarlet Street. I've never seen it, and I'm watching it on Kanopy thanks to my public library.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGZj...
Scarlet Street 1945 Trailer HD
YouTube video by Screenbound Pictures
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Thanksgiving's tomorrow, so it's time to stay up late and watch old movies! Tonight, I'm watching Scarlet Street. I've never seen it, and I'm watching it on Kanopy thanks to my public library.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGZj...
Scarlet Street 1945 Trailer HD
YouTube video by Screenbound Pictures
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I want a stop motion adaptation of Natalie Lloyd’s The Key To Extraordinary directed by Vera Brosgol.

bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Time for a Black Friday Sale! For the rest of November, everything on my Ko-Fi store is 20% off with the code BF2025.

Now's your chance to grab some cats, rabbits, vampires, and more!

ko-fi.com/warpvector/l...
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Oh, you brave iconoclasts, coming out against pie. Who is as cool as you? Nobody.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Loved seeing this article about sea otters and their incredible importance to coastal ecosystems. Some interesting tidbits here for ODDER fans! 💙🦦
Sea Otters May Be Small Marine Mammals, But Their Effect on an Ecosystem Can Be Huge
Their fur is so soft it almost led to their extinction, but otters’ recovery has been a boon to Pacific kelp forests, a key habitat for other sealife
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships.
November 25, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love.
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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Shut up and deal, Charlie Brown.
Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, Charlie Brown.
Forget it, Charlie Brown, it’s Chinatown, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Now and again, especially in Autumn, I think of Strega Nona—and how clutch it would be if someone made Tomi DiPaola branded pasta shapes
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Thanks! Thanks so much! Thanks for reaching out! Can't wait to connect! Can't wait to hear more! Looking forward to our conversation! Looking forward to hearing from you! Let me know! Let me know if this works for you! Let me know if this works for your schedule! Let me know when you're available!
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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you are privy to a great becoming and recognize nothing, charlie brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Yeah? Well, you know, that's just like uh, your opinion, Charlie Brown.
Forget it, Charlie Brown, it’s Chinatown, Charlie Brown.
You’re a sick fuck, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Drew got me to rewatch this masterpiece:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Usy...
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Saw this super rad car outside of the Whole Foods tonight. Cowabunga.
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM