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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I (really, really) don't want it to be fall yet, but if it has to be, at least I'm in Helsinki

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Boat cafe providing my daily serving of Eromanga

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This morning was a crappy morning 2/2 Someone ran my old author photo through their nasty ass slop machine and now I know what uncanny me looks like.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This morning was a crappy morning 1/2

The cat got into the freshly watered plant pot.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Is there a cat equivalent of hypermobile. Is his Warrior cat name Rubberpaw.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A few holes in a strawberry box for a very uwu frog eclipse

A cat avoiding looking at the cool sun 😎

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Why does this cat fall asleep like he's the aftermath of a ragdoll physics critical hit

Marimo with limbs splayed out, deeply asleep

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New kitty #1... Marimo is living his best plant life

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Yes I absolutely DID recreate a panel from my book with a ceramic paint-a-pony (incredible perfect stand was a gift from @weemina.bsky.social )!!!

The original panel of Starling from the graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A couple dust jackets did not survive the international journey, but honestly I think my book is pretty dang pretty without the jacket and will sell just fine ✨

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The hardcovers of The Golden Hour are going out of print, which means I now have 150 of the LAST EVER COPIES sitting in my basement unit for cons. (Thank you basement unit I love you basement unit.)

Basement shelving full of stock for comic cons

One of the last ever hardcovers of The Golden Hour!! (paperbacks are still in print, no worries)

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A very nice man lent us his wheelbarrow... his find was the star of the quarry, like holy moly

The other side of an enormous but broken ammonite fossil

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This weekend I dragged a bunch of my pals to go fossil digging in a quarry with me and we had a VERY GOOD TIME. Excellent belated bday, 10/10

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It's christmas baseball day, what game are YOU talking about

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

The version of this sculpture in Munich has one other particularly shiny part of him

A boar with a nose rubbed shiny, in Kansas City

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Wacom 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...

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Book tour is going pretty damn great

A feral horse and her foal on the Outer Banks

A different feral horse and her foal on the Outer Banks

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Said some very excited curse words when I opened my email!!

June 10 Indie Bestsellers List, Midsummer Sisters is #13

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Then 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!

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I'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)

Niki Smith's Midsummer Sisters graphic novel book tour

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

MIDSUMMER SISTERS is out TODAY!! please like my book!!!!

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'll be at Comic Salon Erlangen this weekend and helped organize a delicious sticker rally... Come by and feast with us!! Served up by me, @weemina.bsky.social @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social @senaeke.bsky.social @maehnds.bsky.social and aaron.draws!

Eat the Rich sticker rally Sammelaktion at Comic Salon Erlangen 2026

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

"A bittersweet ode to family bonds worth fighting for." ♥️

A quote from the Horn Book starred review for my graphic novel, MIDSUMMER SISTERS.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Hello Pi✨ Motte is just as black but a bit more blind

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Part 2 of the MIDSUMMER SISTERS cover design process, refined sketches... this was still pre-final-title!

Cleaned up cover sketch #1 of MIDSUMMER SISTERS, my next graphic novel

Cleaned up cover sketch #2 of MIDSUMMER SISTERS, my next graphic novel

Cleaned up cover sketch #3 of MIDSUMMER SISTERS, my next graphic novel

Cleaned up cover sketch #4 of MIDSUMMER SISTERS, my next graphic novel

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Sending out my spring newsletter later today~ sendfox.com/nikismith

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The first seven pages of my sapphic erotic comic PRICKLY PAIR are up on the brand new @filthyfigments.bsky.social website! It'll keep updating over the next month or two. I still love this one. One cocky idiot gets exactly what's coming to her.

Page one of my lesbian erotic comic PRICKLY PAIR.

Page two of my lesbian erotic comic PRICKLY PAIR.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Three boxes of Midsummer Sisters ♥️♥️♥️

A cardboard box from Scholastic that says BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Manben, as always: the absolute best

I thought, "If I work at a normal company, I'd be bullied to death."

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Anyone 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 !

Twelve different design sketches for the cover of my next graphic novel, MIDSUMMER SISTERS

Sketches 1-4 for the cover of my next graphic novel, MIDSUMMER SISTERS

Sketches 5-8 for the cover of my next graphic novel, MIDSUMMER SISTERS

Sketches 9-12 for the cover of my next graphic novel, MIDSUMMER SISTERS

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

At @comicinvasion.bsky.social all weekend, the most gorgeous comic festival around! Sharing a table with birthday kid @kinderstreichkaese.bsky.social 💖

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

I put birds in my book because birds are PRETTY COOL

Let's go birding in my graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS!

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I’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 ~~~

An ad for Comic Invasion Berlin on May 9-10.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Dangit yesterday was International CRAB DAY and nobody told me. Look at Quinn being gaaaay~~

A page from the graphic novel MIDSUMMER SISTERS, coming out June 2 from Scholastic/Graphix.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Go pick up some litter for earth day, I bet your gramma would be proud

A page from the graphic novel Midsummer Sisters. "Don't worry. I'll give you gloves." "This is SOOO GROOOSS."

A panel from the graphic novel Midsummer Sisters. "This is NOT why we came to the beach." Two sisters pick up trash.

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

just a bunch of really good hands, you know???

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Niki Smith @nikismithcomics.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Reread Crossplay for the first time in years (for REASONS??) and I'm pretty dang proud of 9-years-ago Niki! It's hot and cute and I drew some pretty good hands, if I do say so myself.