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@heywhitney.bsky.social
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
About to start working on a new book, but I still think this one panel from Fake Blood might be the best thing I've ever drawn in my life. For the uninitiated: Fake Blood is about a kid who pretends to be a vampire to impress his vampire-obsessed crush, which goes about as well as you'd expect.
Two comic book panels with a girl in plaid and a red hat with ear flaps on the left, and a boy with purple hair on the right. They sit at a lunch table and the girl says, "Dude, you went all out. It's a big improvement." Indicating the boy's new outfit. The second panel the boy shouts, "THANKS!" As he shows off his fake plastic fangs. The word thanks looks like spit flying from his mouth.
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Sylessae @sylessae.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You build confidence by letting yourself feel insecure about your art skills and creating anyway.
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dr. izzy true @izzytrue.com · 11/09/2026
I wonder if I will ever live through a period where everything feels like its improving instead of slowing falling apart
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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 02/05/2026
Job hunting in a hostile environment. ✨
A three panel comic done in mostly a blue-purple ink. Frame 1: The artist, a tired person with their hair in a bun and a bag on their shoulder standing in the awning of a bus shelter. There's an ad on it that says "STOP HIRING HUMANS", above a woman whose face has been replace with the word "AI".
Frame 2: The bus comes, it's wrapped in an ad that also says "STOP HIRING HUMANS." The artist has a blank look. 
Frame 3: A plane has now arrived above the bus and the human. It's carrying an ad banner that also says "STOP HIRING HUMANS".
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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Okay okay I get it I get it
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Kaveh Taherian - NYCC - H26 @kavehtaherian.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Just in case you forgot... My book about ghosts, '80s pop stars, (not) haunted synthesizers, and following your heart instead of your follower count is still out there haunting bookstores everywhere! 👻🎹✨ Already read it? Tell me your favorite part/character/spooky moment!
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Kinda chic to make art with your own two hands.
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Happy gotcha anniversary to our sweet Shortstack 🥞 A whole year just flew by! He's really settled into life here with us. His favourites include: sweet potato chews, naps in a sun beam, zooming around the coffee table, and above all, his brother Fig. A good boy. A great boy.
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Turned 41. Bought art supplies and a tarot deck. Ready for another one. Let's go.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Comics people! This year if you want to vote in the Eisners (and didn’t receive an email saying you’re already registered), YOU MUST APPLY BY 13 MAY. Make your voice heard! Historians, educators, ✨ librarians ✨ and comic / webcomic creators should apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Who Can Vote
Those who are eligible to vote include comic book/graphic novel/webcomic creators (writers, artists, cartoonists, pencillers, inkers, letterers, colorists); comic book/graphic novel publishers and editors; comics historians and educators; graphic novel librarians; and owners and managers of comic book specialty retail stores.
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𝔾𝕆ℝ𝔸ℕ @gorangligovic.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Watching it tonight as well
Mulder and Scully, cartoon style.
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Roger @partlyhuman.com · 28/03/2026
youtu.be/tFELNIpeTjY
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McGuirk - New York Times
YouTube video by projectmayhem325
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AIPT @aiptcomics.com · 12/03/2026
😺 EXCLUSIVE @boomstudios preview: Baby Garfield is back! In Baby #Garfield #2, the tiny troublemaker discovers why Mondays are the worst and has his very first encounter with… lasagna. 🍝 By @hellocookie.bsky.social & @heywhitney.bsky.social! #comicsky Preview the hijinks before the 4/29 release:
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EXCLUSIVE BOOM! Preview: Baby Garfield #2
Two new baby Garfield adventures? No, we’re not kitten you!
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Bet you never thought you'd read the words "the death of creative passion in a society" in a Racc Pack review, but we get deep like that. Get ready to get the gang back together this April. Pre-orders are open! raccpack.com
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I need you to understand that you only get to make good art by making A LOT of bad art first. I promise you. The good art will come.
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Working on some new portfolio pieces 🪲🌿
A black and white drawing of two kids running through the jungle from a massive bug.
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
🍁🧣Happy Canada anniversary🍁🧣
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I’m not sure we’ve properly addressed how profoundly disturbing it is that America can largely shrug at the stashing of human beings in giant warehouses.
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Roger @partlyhuman.com · 06/02/2026
This should set off alarm bells. ONE IN FOUR Canadians experienced food insecurity while TWO OUT OF THREE of those did so while full time employed. And these numbers are rising sharply. There's an upcoming one time tax relief indexed by need but what then?
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
If they can continue this for 3 days the local economy will grind to a halt, I hope they can manage it, general strikes might be the only real weapon the people have left
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George @hannahtempler.com · 21/09/2025
also NYCC is coming up and i am begging u PLEASE wear a MASK!!!!!!! do it for georg
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Megan Matelonek @mmatelonek.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Free Piano (Not Haunted) @heywhitney.bsky.social takes a new note to cleverness, spookiness & coming of age story. I enjoyed the way this #graphicnovel is written/crafted! PLUS a great read for spooky season but also being true to yourself! Here is a little fan animation I made based off the cvr!
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I just don’t want “film a video and hope it goes viral” to be a “reasonable” expectation of authors!! I hate being on video! I am too awkward for video!
A screenshot of Mad Men of Don Draper yelling. The subtitle has been edited to read, “that’s why I write books!”
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Alex Jade @castlehavven.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I miss when AI meant adobe illustrator Btw I also hate adobe illustrator
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Big news!!! Free Piano (Not Haunted) is a Harvey Award nominee for Best Children’s Book! Huge thanks to everyone who’s supported this haunted little story. My 80s pop-star ghost heart is singing today. 💖🎹👻
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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
What a fabulous bookstore! I left signed copies and last last little KING at Back Cove Books in Portland, Maine after a very sweet storytime. So nice to see book friends too! @heywhitney.bsky.social @caswasshere.bsky.social #kidlit
Storytime book at Back Cove Books in Portland, Maine. THE KING OF BOOKS picture book and mini cutout of KING seen in front of an undersea mural. Book by Gina PerryLarge black drawing of THE KING OF BOOKS driving a book car while monkey and the most monster watch on. By Gina PerryBookshelf at Back Cove Books middle grade graphic novel section. Nathan Hale’s Bite, Cassidy Wasserman’s On Guard, and Whitney Gardner’s Free Piano featured.Photo of children’s bookshelf at Back Cove Books. Kittybunkport and Nellie’s Big Splash featured. Portland, Maine
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The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Victoria's Whitney Gardner explores fame, phantoms and free (not haunted) pianos in new graphic novel www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Victoria's Whitney Gardner explores fame, phantoms and free (not haunted) pianos in new graphic novel | CBC News
New graphic novel, Free Piano (Not Haunted), was inspired by an ad for a free piano, that was allegedly not haunted.
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
I spy Free Piano!
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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Free Piano (Not Haunted) is the newest graphic novel from @heywhitney.bsky.social and on today’s See Jurassic Right we chat about our mutual obsession with Goosebumps and the episode, “Piano Lessons Can Be Murder,” and more! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Just in case you missed it: Free Piano (Not Haunted) is officially an Indie Next pick! 🎉 Shoutout to indie booksellers for backing a book with ghosts, glitter, and one very cursed keyboard. 💖👻🎹 bit.ly/FPpreorder
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The Tony ™ @tonysadowski.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I just finished my copy of the new graphic novel “Free Piano (Not Haunted)” by @heywhitney.bsky.social and it is an absolute joy. Beautiful art, sweet and fun story with a moral that everyone who spends too much of our days online needs, and even a history lesson about the Prophet-5! Wonderful book.
Cover of the book “Free Piano (Not Haunted)”Beautiful sample image of the vibrant art in “Free Piano (Not Haunted)”
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Major thanks to @stevenraymorris.bsky.social who has been a huge cheerleader for me and this project! 🩷👻🎹
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
So what are we using instead of Spotify? I'm on android/PC. Or am I just going to have to go back to burning mix CDs?
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Roger @partlyhuman.com · 01/07/2025
Free Piano, @heywhitney.bsky.social's new graphic novel, is out today! We visited some of our local booksellers and Whitney signed some copies on this beautiful day! bookshop.org/p/books/free...
Whitney in a pink KN95 holding a newly autographed copy of Free Piano at Bolens BooksFree Piano on the New Releases end cap at Bolens BooksFree Piano on the shelves at Munro's Books, as the #3 bestseller in kids graphic novelsFree Piano on Indigo's website (major bookseller in Canada) noted as a Staff Pick
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Free Piano (Not Haunted) comes out TOMORROW 👻🎹 Today’s the last day for preorders and I’m feeling all the feels. Grab your Lip Smackers and hair scrunchies… things are about to get spooky, sparkly, and very, very 80s 💖 Thank you for all the love and support. Let’s do this. bit.ly/FPpreorder
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Free Piano (Not Haunted) comes out TOMORROW 👻🎹 Today’s the last day for preorders and I’m feeling all the feels. Grab your Lip Smackers and hair scrunchies… things are about to get spooky, sparkly, and very, very 80s 💖 Thank you for all the love and support. Let’s do this. bit.ly/FPpreorder
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
So @griffinmcelroy.bsky.social read Free Piano (Not Haunted) and said nice things about it and honestly I’m still recovering 💖🎹👻 It means so much to have a blurb from someone whose work I admire so much. And yes, the title might be a little misleading… but only in the fun way. bit.ly/FPpreorder
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Roger @partlyhuman.com · 19/06/2025
In this AI world, you should see what Whitney has done with pencils and LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF HOURS of effort. Free Piano is all about art as a labor of love.
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Joanne Starer @joannestarer.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
I wonder what it feels like to be well-rested.
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Preorders might seem small, but for authors like me, they mean everything. They will help Free Piano (Not Haunted) reach more readers, booksellers, and libraries. Thank you so much for supporting this haunted little book and the very human person behind it 👻🎹 bit.ly/FPpreorder
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Old man Gouda watching over us forever now. Thanks for everything, good boy.
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Jason, ex Inferis @benedictsred.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
“i asked chat gpt” “i asked grok” Jeeves would kill you where you stand
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Just in case you missed it: Free Piano (Not Haunted) is officially an Indie Next pick! 🎉 Shoutout to indie booksellers for backing a book with ghosts, glitter, and one very cursed keyboard. 💖👻🎹 bit.ly/FPpreorder
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Father’s Day is tough. My dad’s always put his quest for fame above everything else. I put all those dad feels into Free Piano (Not Haunted) It's the closest thing to a memoir I've ever written. About feeling left out of the spotlight, who to prove your worth to, and a ghost mentor from the 80s.
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Roxi Horror 💀🌸 @roxiqt.com · 15/06/2025
My roommate saw me put more cheese onto a frozen pizza & it was like I unlocked something in him. I saw the wheels turning as he realized we don't have to settle for the default amount of cheese the pizza overlords offer us. What goes onto the frozen pizza is in our control. We have the power.
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
If you were wondering what’s inside Free Piano (Not Haunted) it's all of this. 👻🎹✨ Ghosts, glitter, friendship drama, internet fame anxiety, haunted melodies, and a pop star who refuses to fade quietly into the afterlife. Pre-order now if you're ready to be haunted (in the fun way) bit.ly/FPpreorder
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Whitney🎨Gardner @heywhitney.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
✨ Big news: Free Piano (Not Haunted) is on the Indie Next List! I’m so honored! It means the world to have support from indie bookstores. Thank you for championing this haunted little book and for everything you do for readers, authors, and your communities! 💖🎹👻
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