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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Opening page of my new book. Couldn't have do it without you, Dottie ❤️

Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I'm hosting a virtual art hang slash therapy session called CARTOONIST BESTIARY in which we'll transmute our artistic dilemmas, anxieties, habits into weird beasts. JOIN US: Tuesday, August 4, 7-8 PM ET kidscomicsunite.com/workshop/kcu-tuesday-draw-jam-with-ira-marcks/

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Non-perishables for the dystopian pantry

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I'm pretty darn excited to finally type these words: My next graphic novel, Snake Night, slithers into bookstores next fall 🐍✨ It’s a creepy cartoony adventure about two friends intent on decoding the secret to transmutation. More soon.

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I was a challenged reader as a kid (and still am) so it feels extra meaningful when a teacher uses my books as a part of a classroom reading challenge.

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Helen Rosner @hels.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

It’s autumn so it’s time for me to repeat my demand that Over the Garden Wall get a stage adaptation

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Eric Colossal @ericcolossal.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

> Use toilet I don't know how to use that > Open toilet It's already open > Use butt Where do you want to use it on > Toilet I don't see a toilet here > Look toilet You see a porcelain toilet > Use butt on toilet You can't use that here. Suddenly your butt explodes. You should have used the toilet!

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Hey, how's your summer going? Good to hear. Me? Not bad. Spending most of my days drifting down the River of the Dead.

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I’ve been working on this story that opens with a young boy waking up under a tree that’s been struck by lightning. I’ve drawn it a few different times, trying to find the right, I don’t know, tone? This latest version has a bit of humor to it, which is probably good for a kid’s book about death 🖤

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I've been waiting my whole life for someone to ask me

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Llewellyn @llewellynrose.bsky.social · 20/08/2023

notan studies! The Passion of Joan of Arc Black Sunday The Night of the Hunter

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Watercolour study by Maurice Sendak for a set piece for a production of Ravel’s opera, “L’Heure Espagnole,” that opened on 22 July 1987 at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in England.

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 11/06/2025

Not to be unkind, but I am so impatient about the “what’s the point of making my little zines/comics/crafts/art when the world is on fire” sentiments. I get it, but saving the world is not a responsibility shouldered by your art! That’s what being a neighbor, a friend, and hell, a citizen is for!!!

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

If an artist inspired you—even forever ago—tell them. We share the cool stuff when it happens, but most of our time is spent being quietly uncool. The one thing we can count on is knowing we’ve inspired others to chase their own cool things. This is a nice reminder ❤️

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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 14/06/2024

If only someone TWO RACECAR-DRIVING SISTERS could tell me KEEP WINNING DEADLY RACES IN EXOTIC LOCATIONS how to effectively TO HUNT THE ULTRAWEALTHY VAMPIRE pitch my novel WHO KILLED THEIR FATHER to a publisher THE PROMINENT TRANSYLVANIAN LEFTIST

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

It's been a really tough summer for me financially, but lucky for you that means I'm VERY EAGER to take on new freelance projects. Illustration, comics, writing stories, jokes and more. I can do it all! philintheblanks.com

ink and watercolor illustration of four kids accidentally summoning some kind of ancient ghost king

six panel comic about living in an apartment and tying to identify the sounds coming from the apartment below

ink and watercolor illustration of a tiny weird bumpy little wizard guy and his pet, out for a walk amongst the flowers and mushrooms and grass

ink and watercolor illustration of an artist and his masterpiece

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Another experiment in my afterlife side project. Every one of these gets me a step closer to turning this little weird idea into a book. How many more steps?! I have no idea!!

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 06/07/2025

They finally made the milk from that hotel

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Today is my birthday! 🎉 Check it out - I was just gifted this shirt made from amazingly soft vintage fabric and handmade by @mauramarcks.bsky.social it’s the most comfortable, fun, and flowy thing I’ve ever worn. ❤️

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Katt Kirsch @kattkirsch.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

If you haven't played @tommchenry.bsky.social 's masterpiece of interactive fiction, and you enjoy the kinds of media I do, I am *begging* you to give this a go. This was such a "oh shit, games writing is back!" moment for me, and I'm so glad to know and play games with Tom today. Go master a horse!

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Shark summer book tour in full effect

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

If you ban Calvin and Hobbes you’re a straight up fascist son of a bitch and that’s that

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Himbo Beefcake, PhD 🔞💪 @jendrawscomics.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

One thing I think ppl are trying to avoid is the "my character looks so much different on page 100 than they did on page 1" but I think that's inevitable no matter how much you prepare - 100 pages into your comic you'll develop a visual shorthand that you simply won't have on page 1! It's OK!🤠

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Great thread! I'm shouting out Shark Summer by @iramarcks.bsky.social since today is the 50th anniversary of Jaws today. Such a fun graphic novel. Love all his books! iramarcks.com

Cover of a graphic novel for kids. Shark Summer by Ira Marcks. Ocean, lighthouse, small town, and boats in the foreground. Ominous great white in the background of a sunset. Main focus is a group of young kids, one with a film camera.

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

How am I celebrating the JAWS 50th anniversary? With a tour around the setting of the shark movie that inspired my shark book in the setting that is celebrating it's 50th anniversary!

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Megan Peterson, NBCT @mspetersonmiddle7.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

@iramarcks.bsky.social educating & entertaining my Ss during our 2nd Annual Ira Marcks visit! Already looking forward to our next visit 🙌 and his next story! 🦈 🎥 …🐍??? #authorvisit #graphicnovels #readersarewriters

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Dave Scheidt @davescheidt.com · 22/05/2025

blog.reedsy.com/literary-age...

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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Cleansing the TL with an actual Calvin and Hobbes strip. Imagine thinking AI could ever replace this.

Bill Watterson draws an incredible sci-fi landscape like it's no big deal for a Sunday Calvin and Hobbes strip.

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Phil McAndrew @philmcandrew.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Oh hey! My adjunct teaching gig ends for the summer in a couple weeks which means I'm EAGER to take on new freelance projects of all shapes and sizes. I have almost 20 years of experience as a professional illustrator, cartoonist, and writer. I would love to make something with or for YOU. Yes, you.

Adventure Time comic book cover illustrated by Phil

A short comic about having downstairs neighbors, written and drawn by Phil

A very timely political illustration, drawn by Phil

A short comic about Christmas, written and drawn by Phil

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Hey gang, here’s that animator I mentioned during the Twitch stream that I think everybody should be going apeshit over: k. pakiz, AKA Moon County. It appalls me that their latest animation has less than 1,000 views, let’s fix that. (CW: some gore, brief satan-penis.) youtu.be/XTXesoHO53Q?...

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Basketball Explorer Presents: The Shot Doctor

YouTube video by Moon County

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Maia Kobabe @redgoldsparks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Here's my long comic essay about breaking up with Harry Potter and JKR's increasing transphobia. Please boycott the new TV show and all of her future projects ✨ #harrypotter #transphobia #jkrowling redgoldsparkspress.com/projects/718...

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The Problematic Author

The online portfolio of Maia Kobabe.

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

A weekend in Rochester, NY talking careers in comics. First time back at RIT since I graduated forever ago. Studied New Media, burned out on computers by senior year and ended up drawing at a light table in the hallway. Still looking for that analog/digital balance. Let me know if you figure it out.

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

New faces, chewed pencils, graph paper doodles, parking by the loading dock, recycling initiatives, Smartboard cables, 60 cent milk cartons, confusing artwork celebrating FedEx, and lots of drawing. Another month of school visits in the books.

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Eric Colossal @ericcolossal.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Hey everyone! I'm super excited to share my fully animated book trailer and 12 page sample chapter I made for my new book: 👻 Ghost Town! 👻 It's a 250 page kids-on-bikes story about ghosts, grief and goo. Lots of goo! Pop over here to check out the sample chapter! rutabagacomic.com/ghosttown/

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

It took 23 years but I finally got my book signed

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

I’ve set a new personal record for “most notes on desk that have nothing to do with what is on the monitor”

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Making adjustments to this beach scene

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Ira Marcks @iramarcks.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Back at my Black Cat project

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