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Hourly Comics Day 2026, the annual draw-your-day marathon cartooning challenge open to one and all. Most folks finish on the day itself or the next day. I'm one of the stragglers (I take notes, then draw later). #HourlyComicsDay2026 #conpossible #steampunk #madameaskew #chickensoup #possum #cat
Cartoons for Hourly Comics Day 2026 #1: 8 a.m. cook breakfast; 9 a.m. watch tv (couple watching scene from Westminster Dog Show); 10 a.m. Decide to attend Conpossible, a steampunk convention; 11 a.m. car driving to event. Hourly Comics Day 2026 #2 (at Conpossible) 12 p.m. Bearded man talks about "Arctic Explorers" pointing to picture of a dirigible; 1 p.m. "Friendly Faces" - drawings of four attendees; 2 p.m. Vendors: cartoonist samples jam that supports "B.J.'s Serpentarium, a homeless shelter for lizards," nearby is a booth that sells tiaras. Hourly Comics Day 2026 #3. 3 p.m. Parasol Dueling; 4 p.m. Compliment Dueling - woman with teal hair holding open fan says "Your smile lights up the room!" Woman with pink hair facing her holding a folded fan says "I love your teal hair!"; 5 p.m. person sleeps in chair while con organizers thank everyone. Hourly Comics Day 2026 #4. 6 p.m. cartoonist driving home and stuck in traffic. 7 p.m. Fix dinner. Drawing of ingredients for chicken soup - chopped carrots, spinach, chicken, celery, onion - plus cheese and a rice cooker; 8 p.m. Eat, Talk. Smiling cartoonist holds bowl of chicken soup while listening to partner describe a possum chasing a cat. 9 p.m. - on: Draw!
February 12, 2026 at 6:44 AM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #inktoberday10 #sweep #inktobersweep #broom #witchesbroom
B&W cartoon-style drawing: at left, the bottom half of a broom in mid-sweep. In addition to stirring up clouds of dust, it is also stirring up spiders, bats, a moth, a sprite, a small four-legged, horned demon, and a toad. Text at top reads "Inktober / Oct. 10 / Sweep".
October 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #inktoberday9 #inktober-heavy #heavy #Godzilla
B&w cartoony Godzilla foot/scaly leg planted in cityscape, with crushed buildings and flattened cars beneath and around it. Text at top reads "Inktober / Oct. 9: HEAVY".
October 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #inktoberday8 #reckless #temerario #squirrel #ardilla #powerline #líneaeléctrica
A squirrel atop a telephone pole readies itself to leap onto one or two wires below that are attached to the pole, ignoring the connected fuses and transformer that indicate the wires are "hot" (electrified). Text at top: Inktober / Oct. 8" Text at bottom Reckless / Temerario. (Temerario is Spanish for "reckless".)
October 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
A few years ago Batman had an alien starfish sidekick named Jarro. Some fans think it made the best Robin ever. You can search the internet for the rest.
#Inktober #inktoberday7 #starfish #Jarro #Batman #DCComics #JarroRobin #superherosidekick #sidekick #starfishdreams
B&W drawing in simple cartoon style of a starfish asleep in a jar, its single, central eye closed. Thought bubbles emanating from it float toward a drawing of Batman. He is leaping down - knees bent, arms extended out wide. A small starfish -- wearing a short-sleeve onesie (one-piece outfit) with a big letter "R" on the chest -- leaps next to him. Text above drawing reads "Inktober 2025 / Day 7: Starfish"
October 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Nearly caught up. #Inktober #inktober2025 #inktoberday6 #inktoberpierce #anissapierce #DCComics #Thunder #hairybatmonster #fangs
B&W simplified cartoon of DC Comics superheroine Thunder, with power lines emanating from her hands. She is looking up apprehensively towards a large, hairy, fanged and batlike creature descending on her from behind. Text at top of page: Inktober 2025, Oct. 6, Pierce. Text at bottom of page: (Anissa Pierce "Thunder" copyright DC Comics)
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
#Inktober #inktoberday2025 #inktoberday5 #deer #trickortreat #candycorn
B&W line drawing od a deer in a ghost costume, holding a pumpkin-shaped pail in its mouth. Text: Inktober / Beware the beast / With antlered horn / Who only asks / For candy corn. / Oct. 5 / Deer
October 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #inktoberday4 #murky #nightfishing #swampmonster
Cartoony b&w sketch of boy holding a kerosene lamp looking into dark water while leaning out of a skiff or rowboat. A fishing pole sticks over the gunnels behind him, line in water. In the water below, fish swim by the fishing line and a humanoid monster looks up from the depths. Bubbles rise from it and pop above the water's surface. High overhead a thin crescent moon barely illuminates a pair of flying bats in the cloudy night sky and the swamp below it. Spanish moss drips from trees. Text below monster reads "Oct. 4 Murky".
October 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
#Inktober #Inktober2025 #inktoberday3 #crown #crow #autumnleaves #crowcrown #sticksceptre #drawdaily
Simple b&w line drawing of a smiling crow standing on a tree branch in front of a full moon, holding a stick in its mouth and wearing a wreath of leaves on its head. Text above the bird reads: "Oct. 3 CROWn"
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
A curséd coiffure. #Inktober #Inktober2025 #inktoberday2 #weave #witch #snakehair
Profile of smiling witch proudly displaying her long hair, interwoven with live snakes. Text: "Oct. 2 Weave" Signature: L.J. Anderson.
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Will this be the year I post a drawing for every #Inktober prompt? Or draw only in my sketchbook to avoid A.I. scraping? My cartooning skills aren't great, but i hate feeding an amoral algorithm. #Inktober2025 #inktoberday1 #Inktobermustache #mustache #draweveryday
Drawing of a carved smiling pumpkin in front of a spiderweb with a large spider hanging down in front of the pumpkin's "nose" so the spider resembles a "mustache". A mouse viewing the spider at right raises its arms in alarm. Text at top: "Inktober 2025". Text at bottom of page: "Oct. 1, Mustache"
October 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Sharing today's quick sketch attempt. One should practice drawing the human figure with paid, bare-assed human models...but it's cheaper and more fun to draw musicians (clothed). #2 HB pencil on Strathmore 400 Series recycled, acid-free, 60# paper.
#sketchpractice #bluegrass #music
Small wire-ringed sketchbook open to a rough pencil drawing of eight bluegrass musicians seated in a circle playing various string instruments - 3 guitars, 2 banjos, dobro, fiddle and upright bass. Caption reads "Maysville Bluegrass Jam, July 1, 2025." A plastic mechanical pencil lies next to the sketchbook.
July 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
At #HeroesCon June 20, 2025: artists raise money for Parkinson's Disease research, thanks to @teamculdesac.bsky.social #Drink&Draw. I drew dogs. #CharlesVess sat near me and drew Spider Man. Many participants, including kids! Much fun for a good cause.
Cartoon of various dog breeds (a panting pug, grimacing Shi Tzu, happy mutts, bassett hound, poodle, growling dachshund) with the words "yip! Yip! Yip!" scattered btween images. Caption at top: "Open Casting Call for Krypto" Over-the-shoulder view of Charles Vess inking Spider Man on a small square coaster. Close-up of Spider Man drawn on a Team Cul de Sac coaster, being inked with crosshatches by Charles Vess. The coaster was later sold to raise money for Parkinson's Disease rearch. Coasters with various artwork displayed on a dark tablecloth at Heroes Con annual Drink & Draw.
June 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
A lot of rain = lots of different toadstools and mushrooms! Sharing an older cartoon with photos of recent fungi pop-ups.
Headline at top: "How to tell mushrooms from toadstools." 1. Top left panel depicts two different umbrella-shaped fungi. The grey, smooth-capped one is labeled "Mushroom". The yellow, bumpy one with a thick stalk is labeled "Toadstool". Caption below them says "Mushrooms have smooth caps." 2. The top right panel bears a closeup of the gills that line the underside of the smooth fungi. Caption below it says "And gills." 3. The next panel at lower left shows the same two fungi and that one has a thick stalk. It is captioned "Toadstools have thick stalks -" 4. The fourth panel at lower right shows a small man in green and brown clothing taking a nap as he lies against the toadstool stalk. Caption says "- and attract gnomes." Plate-sized, light brown mushroom cap. Next to it for size comparison is a foot wearing a dark blue sneaker. Sneaker and mushroom cap are both about the same length. White, popcorn-shaped fungi (a toadstool?) bigger than the toe of the shoe that is placed next to it for size comparison Another unidentified species of large mushroom. The cap, the color of caramel and bright orange, is also nearly the size of the sneaker-clad foot next to it.
June 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Last year's gardening challenges. This year so far: weeding. (Why can't critters eat the weeds?)
May 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Big list o' small shows.
#indiecomics #smallpress #zines #comics
mildpain.art/zine-fests
ZINE FESTS + SMALL PRESS SHOWS | Mild Pain
Active zine fests, small press shows, indie comics expos, and art book fairs in the U.S. and Canada. A free and accessible list for finding a show near you!
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April 15, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Your sketchbook isn’t judging you. Your unfinished projects aren’t judging you. But your cat might be. Keep drawing anyway. 🐱🎨
April 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
#CartoonistsClub book tour tips #3: Be creative with audience help. #4: Show kids how to brainstorm ideas. “What kind of story could these pictures illustrate?” One reply: "A seal sees a girl learning karate, and learns it and takes over the world!”
@scottmccloud.bsky.social @goraina.bsky.social
Foreground: Kids in audience facing a stage raise hands to suggest stories inspired by a sequence of three photos depicted on a large screen that hangs above the stage. Standing on stage in front of the screen, left to right, Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud face the audience. McCloud is holding a microphone to his mouth and appears to be speaking. Three large photos featured on the screen depict, at left: a girl in a martial arts class facing right; at center: a seal's head rising out of water and facing the camera; at right: a young boy and old bearded man seated on a couch high-fiving each other. The three photos were selected from many smaller photos that are aligned in rows above and below the large featured photos.
April 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Kids book tour tip #2: Instead of drawing solo, draw using audience suggestions. Raina designed a badge for the #CartoonistsClub (Atlanta chapter), with design and motto help from the audience. (The winning motto: "It's not Art if it's not Messy.")
#graphixbooks #littleshopofstories #cartooning
Drawing of a gold-colored shield shape with a red ribbon hanging from it. In the center of the shield is a star. On the shield above and below the star are the words "It's not Art if it's not Messy." The word "if" is inside the star.
April 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Kids book tour tip #1: Get kids excited. Kiki the cat & Rags the dog, pictured in the cartoon, figured in an "argument" between @goraina.bsky.social and @scottmccloud.bsky.social over which animal was best. The audience took sides and cheered enthusiastically.

#CartoonistsClub #cartooning
Two adult speakers stand holding microphones on a stage in front of and below a big film screen. On the screen behind them is a cartoon drawing of the speakers labeled "About Us...". Below the words, at left: Raina Telgemeier, drawn wearing eyeglasses, jeans and a short-sleeved shirt, sitting cross-legged and holding a mouse-shaped toy in her left hand. On the floor around her are sheets of paper, pencils, an iPad, and an orange cat. At right: Scott McCloud, also wearing eyeglasses, t-shirt, jacket and jeans, sits at a desk, facing left, drawing a picture of a lightbulb (representing an idea) on an upright computer screen. To his right, just below his left elbow, a dog's head peeps over the desk. Below the screen, left to right: the real-life Raina stands under her caricature and gestures towards Scott standing at the right below his caricature.
April 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
“Now when I see a blank page, I think about all the things you can do with it. Comics are all about potential.” - @scottmccloud.bsky.social, on overcoming his fear of drawing on new (“good”) paper. Cartoonists Club book tour, Decatur, GA, April 8, 2025.
(Thank you, #littleshopofstories!)
Scott McCloud stands smiling on a stage. He stands in front of and below a large screen, which hangs in front of dark curtains. On the screen is a drawing of a school notebook containing lined paper, plus a pen, pencil and eraser, and the words: "Reason #1 Anyone Can Make Comics!" In the foreground can be seen the backs of heads of a couple people in the audience, as they face away from the camera and towards McCloud.
April 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
When you can't get a WebGlaze account: Mo Willems drew a cat to help AI bots better represent his art. (Original post at www.instagram.com/p/DHx5f4lxvC...
(@officiallyofficialmo Instagram account.)
Cat drawn in Mo Willems style, in green marker ink.
March 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Ah, Spring.
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#Spring #flowers #birdnest #nests #pollen #allergies
Person on left,looking up at a mostly bare tree on the right, at a lone pink flower that has just bloomed. Yellow dust swirls from the flower in the branches. Flower blooming sound effect: "Pop!" The person exclaims "Ah!" Same scene. More pink flowers burst into bloom. Sfx: "Pop!" "Pop!" "Pop!" More yellow dust. Person leans back while looking up and exclaims "Ahh!" Up in the tree, a bluebird brings a twig to an empty nest. Same scene. Many more pink flowers are bursting into bloom all over the tree. Sfx: "Pop!" "Pop!" "Pop!" "Pop!" “Pop!”, etc. The bluebird now sits on a nest full of eggs. There is more yellow dust swirling in the sky, over the tree, around the trunk, over the ground and by the person. The person leans back further, exclaiming "Ahhhhh!" The tree is now covered with pink blooms. Yellow-orange dust fills the air. The person leans forward and sneezes a HUGE sneeze. Sfx: "CHOO!" written in very large letters. Yellow, orange and light green particles spew from the person's nose and mouth and over and through the letters of the sound effect, towards the tree. Pink petals litter the ground where the force of the sneeze has blown them off the branches. The bluebird flies away from its nest of eggs and the force of the sneeze.
March 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
redclaycomics.bsky.social
Expect to see a bunch of these March 29th @flukeathens.bsky.social
schweizercomics.bsky.social Chris Schweizer @schweizercomics.bsky.social · Dec 6
Dug out this old "guide to making minicomics" handout from my teaching days for a youngster... thought y'all might find it helpful! 1/5
March 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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beiman-nancy.bsky.social
It's the first day of Spring. See the rest at www.gocomics.com/furbabies/2025/03/20
March 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM