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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

oh yeah I forgot IT'S HALLOWEEN SEASON which means it's finally time for It's Bitter to shine! please enjoy my 34-page horror comic about 3 teenagers on October 31st, 1994 keezyyoung.itch.io/its-bitter

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Halloween and #kidlitartpostcard day! 🎃 My name is Brooke Baum, I’m an author/illustrator, and I love to make goofball stories for goofball kids. Rep’d by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties. See more at brookebaum.com #kidlit #kidlitart

A black and white grid featuring goofy cats with silly expressions. Cats are done in simple line art and a limited palette featuring black, white, and orange.

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BrookeBaum.com

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Lele Saa @lelesaa.com · 01/10/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day This month, a comic inspired by the crows who come to our garden and drop walnuts on the shed to crack them. I keep the ones that don’t succeed in cracking 😅 👀 Portfolio www.lelesaa.com 📚 Rep'ed by Sophie Sheumaker at www.bookendsliterary.com ✉️ hello@lelesaa.com

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Manuel Molvar - Ilustración @manuelmolvar.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Niño, que es jueves de #kidlitartpostcard !🔥🔥 Soy Manuel Molvar, ilustrador disponible para libro ilustrado y cómic✨ Podéis ver mis trabajos en www.manuelmolvar.myportfolio.com Estoy representado por @litagentsaritza.bsky.social en @andreabrownlit.bsky.social Se agradece difusión! 🎃

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Jo Salazar (she/they) @paperyjoey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Hi October #kidlitartpostcard 🎃 It’s time to gather pumpkins for carving and cooking and casting spells! I’m Jo, a mixed-media artist who loves working on projects with whimsy and texture. Rep’d by @tajmccoy.bsky.social at @starlingliterary.bsky.social josalazar.com

A little witch, accompanied by her fluffy cat, carries a pumpkin to her dad. He is in the foreground at the dinner table in the middle of carving another pumpkin.

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Raquel Costa @littleblackspot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

HELLO, OCTOBER! 🍂🧡🎃 I’m ready for you! For your splendorous show of colours, for pumpkin spiced flavours, for cozy evenings sipping apple & cinnamon tea - and yes, of course, for spooky season and all such wonders we can expect from these glorious Autumn days. Bring it on! 😊 #KidLitArtPostcard

Kid Lit Art Postcard by author & illustrator Raquel Costa, featuring a blonde girl cooking pumpkin soup with her tiny mouse friend.

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Jess Golden @goldenillust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

We're under the moonlight for #KidLitArtPostcard day... Jess Golden, illustrator www.jessgolden.com

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Spooky Month 🎃, #kidlitartpostcard ! This year's pic is loosely based on the Wild Hunt at Samhain Charlene Chua, illustrator + author Portfolio - charlenechua.com Rep' by Tracy Marchini Literary #kidlit #halloween #cats #art

Illustration of a young girl wearing some kind of armor, holding a spear and riding a big black cat. She is accompanied by 3 wolf puppies. In the sky are other adult riders of the Wild Hunt. A large full moon is in the night sky. Autumn leaves swirl about in the foreground.

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Clary Huang @claryillustration.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day 👻🧛‍♂️ What’s happening in Dracula’s library? Hi Art Directors, Editors, and Book Designers! Clary here 👋 I’m a #kidlit #illustrator based in the U.S. I’d love to work on any fun Halloween stories with you 🎃 ✨ Rep’d by Tracy Marchini Literary 🖥️ claryillustration.com

In a dark, dusty library full of cobwebs, a little ghost just stumbled upon a book on the shelves. What the ghost doesn’t realize is that Dracula’s portrait on the wall has come to life around the corner. What’s going to happen next? Will the black cat give the tiny ghost a heads-up about it?

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy October and Spooky season! 🦇🎃 #kidlitartpostcard 👋 Hi, I'm Cat. I love drawing spooky things, but I'm afraid of the dark and would never enter an abandoned mansion at night, no matter what 🤷‍♀️🫣😁 catarinaoliveirastudio.com I'm looking for cover art gigs - thanks!

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What are you afraid of? Do you need a push to get you past your fears? Happy #kidlitartpostcard day. My name is Mark Hoffmann and I’m a kidlit author/illustrator. I am proudly rep’d by @thet2agency.bsky.social #kidlitartpostcardday #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration

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Ronni Runyon - Illustrator 🎃 @ronnirunyonillo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy spooky #Kidlitartpostcard October! 👻 I'm Ronni and I would absolutely love to illustrate a project surrounding my favorite holiday, Halloween 🎃 ADs and editors, I'm open to picture books, middle grade and more! ronnirunyonillustration.com 🧡

Kids dressed in halloween costumes entering a spooky monster mansion, some are scared and some are excited. The monsters are a witch, a werewolf, a vampire, an alien and frankenstein's monster. They are all excited the kids are here!

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Johanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

No doubt discord’s takeaway will be “people just brigaded the survey in bad faith, there’s no way AI could possibly be THIS widely and unanimously unpopular among our users”

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a cartoon character in a suit and tie stands in front of a fire escape

ALT: a cartoon character in a suit and tie stands in front of a fire escape

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Anu C. @anumation.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Warm up. Bringing back mystical, moody, feminine art in 2026 🔮

Two women face each other with their braids tied together by a ghostly ribbon

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Gustavo Rinaldi @gusrinaldi.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

⚽️🐉 to finish the week #kidlitart #fantasyart #illustration #BRArt

Drawing of a red dragon trying to bite a soccer ball played by a boy on the beach.

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Alternative colorway

An illustration of a comet hitting an ice cube that says "ABOLISH ICE" with "No human is illegal" in the bottom left corner

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Johanna T 👻 📚 @johannamation.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Hey US & UK friends! Wanna buy books & comics for Cyber Monday but don’t want to support Big Corpos? Try Bookshop dot org! Part of every $ goes directly to indie bookstores! 📚 I made a ton of booklists for comics—must-reads, starter packs for kids & teens, and more! bookshop.org/shop/johanna...

ANZU
AND THE
REALM & DARKNESS
MAI K. NGUYEN

THE MAGIC FISH
TRUNG
LE
NGUYEN

Johanna Taylor
Graphic Novel Starter Pack (for Kids - ages 7-12)

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Bree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 09/11/2025

When it gets dark and cold all I want to do is eat snacks and not move. Truly I was meant to be a small woodland creature.

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 06/10/2025

Hey #kidlit illustrators! I'll be (virtually✨) presenting my “Design Can Make or Break Your Picture-Book-Dummy” talk to the Maryland chapter of @scbwi.bsky.social on November 3rd @ 7PM, and will also be offering portfolio/picture-dummy reviews. Register today! 💙❤️ ▶️▶️▶️ www.scbwi.org/events/MDDEW...

The open slide of my "Design Can Make or Break Your Picture-Book-Dummy" presentation:

1. Your Book
2. Your Layout
3. Your Typography
4. Your Art
5. Your Pitch

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Nothing fills me with a sense of dread quite like the work of artist Chris Van Allsburg. When I was very young, his illustrations terrified me just as much as the ones in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, but in a way I didn't even have words to describe yet. He was liminal before liminal was cool

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Deadly Knitshade @deadlyknitshade.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The first ever VERY TINY COMICS ANTHOLOGY #1: MONSTERS is stomping over the hills and is coming to @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social in November * 25 EXCLUSIVE Very Tiny Comics * 25 Comic Artists * 25 brand new stories * 25 limited edition Very Tiny Comics * All from a gargantuan retro gumball machine

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Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com · 21/10/2025

I did it, I opened my box of author copies #kidlitart

Woman leafing through a picture book (The Abominable Snow Dancer by Steph Lau)

A stack of 24 The Abominable Snow Dancer books laying flat, with a 25th on top, slightly open. The cover shows a yeti in a tutu prancing under the spotlight. Unicorns watch from below the stage with varying expressions from excited to angry

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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Also worth noting that he wrote that poem to amuse his children while he was waiting in line at the bank, and now every day someone is trying to tell us that you need AI to tell your kids a story. Skill issue.

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JLMeyer @jenniferlmeyer.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Happy Ace Week🖤🩶🤍💜 #aceawareness

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 18/10/2025

One of my fave photos from today. Loved that the folks leading the chants were regularly including trans rights. WHEN TRANS RIGHTS ARE UNDER ATTACK, WHAT DO WE DO? STAND UP FIGHT BACK!

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 19/10/2025

My wife, www.allierex.com, who is a brilliant artist, has work up in a group show at Gowanus Open Studios rn. If you’re in NYC, pass through tomorrow. The whole show is well worth your time! 💙❤️ Gowanus Wharf 240 3rd Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11215

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Clara @claraarti.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

El poster de Frankenstein hecho por James Jean... esto es lo que pasa cuando contratas a un artista... lo necesito ya...

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 19/10/2025

Thanks to Orion for posing like a perfect gentleman and to Scott for representing at No Kings while I was a hemisphere away but there in spirit!

A crayon drawing of a black cat holding a No Kings sign.

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Pearl Low | 劉寶珠🧋 (they/them) @pearllow.bsky.social · 18/10/2024

Oh I've gotten a bunch new followers! Hey I'm Pearl (they/them)! A Cantonese-Jamaican Director in Animation. I also work in publishing🤎 You can check out my latest project "Wheels & Roses" which is a Sailor Moon meets roller derby coming of age story 🛼✨ youtu.be/AETU1450uWQ?...

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Pearl Low | 劉寶珠🧋 (they/them) @pearllow.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

BOOTH 1221~!!!!

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Aubo 🏳️‍⚧️ @aubryjoi.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Spooky stickers dropping soon! 🎃👻🐈‍⬛ [ #cuteart #artshop #merch ]

A hand holding three stickers. One is a ghost long cat, one is a cute vintage style black Halloween cat, and one is a maroon cat with a pumpkin head.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Buy a lovely tentacle pot! Safe shipping all around the world due to my magic bubblewrap skills

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Lenny Wen @lennywendraws.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

My illustration process for VAMPURR cover, written by the fangtastic @justincolonbooks.bsky.social and published by @mackidsbooks.bsky.social VAMPURR is available for pre-order wherever books are sold! #picturebook #illustration #paintingprocess #coverillustration #cat #vampurr

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Inês Dinis @inestheunicorn.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Spooky Silly bats to make your heart skip a beat! 🦇 these polymer clay hairclips will make your outfits extra spooky this season! They're on the shop along with fierce bat stickers!🖤 inestheunicorn.com

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Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

greetings i have made another zine, this is about how i got my hands on a knife at age ~9 (individual pages in the replies) #internationalzinemonth #minizinejuly2025

a green booklet shaped like a knife against a background of wood planks

the green booklet is now opened to showcase the pages which flip out like a pocket knife blade

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Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

last knife zine bros !! (for today, i will be binding more in the near future)

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Today is Bookshop Day, a day to celebrate ALL bookshops on our high streets. Bookshops are an integral part of an author's livelihood, and we celebrate all the talented booksellers who share their guidance and expertise. Visit your local bookshop today and show them your support. #bookshopday

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 10/10/2025

An illustrator alerted me to the attached email. Someone is impersonating me! Offering #kidlit illustrators fake deals! This is not me! The deal-structure/schedule is insane. The deadline is quite friendly?! 10 picture books in 3 years?! Please let me know if you receive an email like this!

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Catarina Oliveira ✦Illustration✦ @catoliveirastudio.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

It gives me immense joy when I discover an artist I admire has a Bluesky account I can follow. I’ve stopped following people on IG (won't see their posts anyway), and yes, I bookmark their websites, but this is my happy place to stalk people and their art :) #kidlitart

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Bisexual Kaiju @bisexualkaiju.myatproto.social · 06/10/2025

So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people? Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help! A thread!

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