Reposted by KiriThe Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 01/09/2026⭐ #Fiction #HBReviewoftheWeek MIDSUMMER SISTERS by @nikismithcomics.bsky.social (Graphix/Scholastic): "A bittersweet ode to family bonds worth fighting for." www.hbook.com/story/review... 042
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New kitty #1... Marimo is living his best plant life 1191
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Lorelei and The Laser Eyes is one of the most unique ways of losing 18 hours of my life. I wish there was many hours more. ✨ 000
Reposted by Kiriinzaenity (COMMS OPEN!) @psalidodont.bsky.social · 22/04/2025paleozoic menagerie #paleoart #prehistoric #art #aquatic 192026765
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Wacom asked me to be part of their Pride Month series (along with a few of my fave cartoonists, great taste)! My longer interview just went up on their blog, too: community.wacom.com/en-us/celebr... 15516
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Then comes upstate NY! Kansas! Utah! Tues 6/16, Medina, NY with @authorsnote.bsky.social and Katie Risor! authorsnote.com/events/51514... Fri 6/19, Kansas City, KS! rainydaybooks.com/event/2026-0... Sun 6/21, Salt Lake City, UT! www.kingsenglish.com/events/54095... Hope to see you there! 021
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I'm leaving this week for a little MIDSUMMER SISTERS book tour! Come say hi! First up is North Carolina! Where the graphic novel takes place!! Fri 6/12, Chapel Hill with @flyleafbooks.bsky.social : flyleafbooks.com/event/offsit... Sat 6/13, Outer Banks: www.instagram.com/p/DZVECvmhz0o/ (PONIES) 132
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 02/06/2026MIDSUMMER SISTERS is out TODAY!! please like my book!!!! 67919
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Today, you left. There are poppies blooming everywhere I look. 0102
Reposted by KiriBird 🌲 @birdwarde.bsky.social · 22/05/2026stop generating crap you look stupid! 🐟 37148745846
Reposted by KiriFreibeutershop/ Schwarzer Turm @schwarzerturm.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Zum Comic-Salon haben fünf tolle neue Bücher für euch und uns vorbereitet: - „Kauboi und Kaktus“ 1 und 2 von Christian Schmiedbauer - „The Complete Gerd & Grendil von @maobul.bsky.social - „Crossplay“ von @nikismithcomics.bsky.social und - „Endangered“ von @ikorth.bsky.social In Kürze mehr! 0187
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 20/05/2026CROSSPLAY is coming out in German! Just in time for Comic Salon Erlangen next month 073
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Happy World Eel Day! I made these tote bags a couple of weeks ago, and will have them at Comicsalon Erlangen. 020
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I made a risograph zine about grief, being in between, and what's left behind. Each one comes with a little pouch of poppy seeds to plant in memory of someone. All the plants in When You Go are associated with the underworld in Greek mythology. 4168
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Manben, as always: the absolute best 1199
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Anyone else like cover design behind-the-scenes as much as I do...? Because wow we went through a lot of sketches for MIDSUMMER SISTERS! The title change came maaany months later... Spectacular designer was, of course, @shecallsmecdawg.bsky.social ! 092
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Look at all the lovely birthday eels people at @comicinvasion.bsky.social drew for me today ✨✨💕 031
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 09/05/2026At @comicinvasion.bsky.social all weekend, the most gorgeous comic festival around! Sharing a table with birthday kid @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social 💖 2204
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Almost ready for @comicinvasion.bsky.social this coming weekend! Debuting my Fisch Tisch next to @nikismithcomics.bsky.social ✨ 084
Reposted by KiriGINCO-Award @ginco.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Nominierte im Manga Spotlight - Herzlichen Glückwunsch!🐢🎉 Die Short List jetzt auf ginco-award.de 💓 Rabenfluch 3: Zauber und Schatten von LIAN Dust, Band 3 von weemina Schneesturm ist erst von Mandy Jensen Shadow over Raventower, Kapitel 4: The Fool von Lorenzo Canu Blühende Begierde von Senaeke 0197
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I’ll have some books and whoole lot of minicomics and zines at @comicinvasion.bsky.social on May 9th and 10th! Sharing a table with @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social ~~~ 063
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Dangit yesterday was International CRAB DAY and nobody told me. Look at Quinn being gaaaay~~ 0131
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/04/2026more seriously, this is Midsummer Sisters's fourth starred review and it has me feeling pretty emotional and incredibly grateful 062
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/04/2026give me a thousand horse books and I will draw every single one of them!! ⭐⭐🐴⭐⭐ 1183
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 13/04/2026huhu Schland, I have a new ✨anti-AI✨ reaction pic for you, spread it far and wide (und als gratissticker bei cons!) 5350182
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Probably should have posted this NOT two hours before closing, but I'm at the Queer Markt in Karlsruhe today! Together with @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social and @weemina.bsky.social ✨ 2124
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Midsummer Sisters comes out in EXACTLY TWO MONTHS hoooly cow. Is it really almost summer. I could really use some summer!! 0143
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I'm at @ggbavaria.bsky.social in Munich, sharing a table with @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social all weekend! 0122
Reposted by KiriMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Don't be fooled by this bill's name-- this is a book banning bill that will exclude LGBTQ books from all public schools NATIONWIDE. Call your congresspeople and tell them to VOTE NO on this nakedly bigoted book banning bullshit. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...congress.gov 41187961
Reposted by KiriElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026MAKE AN EMERGENCY DONATION to Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate there and they are overwhelmed with requests. CO borders KS, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out. GO DONATE. tcpipeline.orgtcpipeline.orgTrans Continental PipelineQueer Relocation Nonprofit in Denver, Colorado 2836723567
Reposted by KiriKatharina Netolitzky @kathineto.bsky.social · 25/02/2026To everyone who lives in Bavaria: Please don't forget, that there are local elections on March 8th! Every vote against the right wing partys and for democracy counts ❣️ 0101
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Trying out making linocut patches! This one is. A shout-out to all the yacht-sinking orcas out there. Eat the rich! 081
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 21/02/2026The German publisher for Ruined put a giant "NO AI" label on the cover on Amazon, I love that this is becoming a positive marketing point 07413
Reposted by KiriNiki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 17/02/2026Happy Year of the Horse (book)!! I just counted and there are 25 horses on this two-page spread. Damn. 1223
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 14/02/2026I made 20 linocut fish stamps and here are some of the things I printed with them ✨✨ (including one super exclusive collab with @weemina.bsky.social!) I'll have these at GG Bavaria in March! 130
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I'm going to make a swarm of fish stamps because I can. 050
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Printing more raven zines (took two days off to do art and rest!) 020
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 10/01/2026@weemina.bsky.social and @nikismithcomics.bsky.social decorated my little printing press for me and I couldn't possibly be more in love with it ✨✨ 020
Kiri @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social · 06/01/2026This is both so deeply funny and beautiful to watch. 010
