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John Wenz Art

@johnwenzart.bsky.social

I make comics, zines, paintings, collages, drawings, and more because I can’t sit still Chicago-based instagram.com/dumbartfinsta art.johnwenz.com

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thene @thene.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv...

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…because these covers are a microcosm of the entire conflict; Walden's book is mostly built on writing and other objects left by Sylvia Drake, Charity Bryant, and others. Her work includes many elements from these records that Cleves does not refer to in her book, and many of her interpretations of those records are different from Cleves's interpretations, often intentionally so. In addition to her historical basis, Walden's book includes fictional dialogue and story elements that are original to her work, some of which are inspired by Walden's own life.

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Drawing that says “anhedonia august is in!” And a man with a beard and ghost tail saying “it’s 8. Can I go to bed?”

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

One of my favorite pages from my collage zine, Cryptic

Jimmy Carter and an alien on opposite corners of a page with fragments of articles about UFOs littered around including "Alien contamination alert!", "Do unseen powers direct our lives", "the riddle of the flying saucers", "was there ever a spaceman at the pentagon", "space people walk among us" and "a plague of aliens".

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Dowager

An acrylic painting woman in a black robe with a long bill and a waddle across it. Her hair is in a tight bun.

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I let a case of pareidolia in the under layer take over and played “Bread and Roses” over and over and this is what came out of it.

A geeen face surrounded by chunky lines of white and color

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

For a show @saturn2169.bsky.social is putting together around objects with menacing auras at Demo Brewing here in Chicago

a banana with tendrils and eyes sits in a red fruitbowl on a table with an apple, an orange, and a bowl of skulls.

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

My first Chicago art show at Ravenswood Reproductions for their Low Brow Group Show

Fat man standing by three paintings. One is a nude green goblin with a red brick background. Another is an amphibian man emerging from a river. The third is a bar full of cryptids and aliens.

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I had “Heart of Saturday Night” stuck in my head the whole time I painted this.

A bar full of aliens and cryptids. There is a grey alien smoking beam the Sandown clown. A Fresno Nightcrawler. A reptilian. Bigfoot. A hairy humanoid. There are cheesy posters of a weird green lady and a Cthulhu like creature as tacky cheesecake wall posters.

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

That first time seeing Prodigy

Comic with a child watching tv. Two members of prodigy are singing “breathe”. The child says “these guys are scary. They probably smoke.” One member says “smoke a cig, John, or we will kill your dog”. The says “god don’t be mad, I like this song.” God points a finger and says “hope you’re ready for longer in puberty.” The child says “fuck” and god says “i heard that”

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

My wife named him Hugo

A nude yellow ambphibian man by a river (acrylic painting)

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Finally got the tattoo I’ve wanted for a while (my first)

Nancy from the Ernie Bushmiller cartoon brandishing a hammer

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

A creature goes to a beach where a turkey vulture drops something on him

The creature catches a pile that appears to be an unusual carcass and then says “every damn vacation”

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Fun with collage

Collage: An elf chasing the outline of a man and pregnant woman. There are cigarette packs around them and it says “guaranteed! First step to a powerful, healthy and handsome boy!”

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

We can all have fun with collages

A giant baby on top of a collage of excerpts about alien abductions and pictures of aliens

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Working on a zine about when I worked at the dump picking trash

A cartoon detective next to a drawing of a catalytic converter that says “it’s 10 pm. Do you know where your catalytic converter is?”

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Andrea Pearson (she/her) @saturn2169.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Aquatic Panda Distro is excited to announce that Issue #0 of Cran Magazine is now in our online shop! Cran (like "crayon") Magazine is a new anthology series by Aquatic Panda Distro. Each Issue is based around a new and interesting subject and includes indie comics, puzzles, games, trivia and more!

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

In my want to explore platforms as alternatives to Instagram, I’ve started putting some of my comics on Webcomic Studio. Some links: lowmediums.webcomic.studio grayskies.webcomic.studio nightmares.webcomic.studio

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Nightmares and Other Concerns

An anthology comic that mixes spooky, funny, and autobiographical elements. Print copies available at johnwenz.store.

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John Wenz Art @johnwenzart.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A cycloptic creature with a beard stealing apples from a tree. There’s a cave and hills in the background and a half moon. It’s night. It says “honestly sometimes I just kinda wish I was a weird genderless cave creature that only emerged at night to steal food from gardens at the nearby village” and below that “it’s good to have a dream. I think this one is attainable. “

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