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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I totally forgot about #inktober! But coincidentally, I wind down with character sketches in the afternoons after intense mornings of storyboarding and script writing, so here’s yesterday’s pick of the litter.

Thunderpaws in repose, inked w a #2 sable brush.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I haven’t drawn a gag cartoon in over a year, so it was nice to find out that this one popped up in The Wall Street Journal! Thanks for the heads up, @lynnihsu.bsky.social.

Couple seated at diner. Man looks distressed, woman comforts him with the text: "It may be darkest before the dawn, but afterwards, there are breakfast tacos."

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Working out the main character’s cat, Thunderpaws, who is quite a character himself. This is my favorite doodle of the morning. Who said that all cats are elegant? Mine’s a total goofball.

Thunderpaws in an awkward position, licking his chest.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The latest UURo time banking note has landed! Designed and drawn by yours truly for Amsterdam community initiative Buuuro.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Pleased to announce that I’m now represented by David Hale Smith of InkWell Management. Starting off strong right out the gate with a two-book deal that I’ll tell you more about soon. Let’s make (beautiful, cool, compelling) comics! inkwellmanagement.com/client/rache...

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Dutch word of the day: Plons(en). Best I can translate, it’s like “taking a dip” – recreational splashing around. I’ve seen it used a lot during the current heatwave. How are you refreshing yourself? 🌞💧

Girl diving into an abstract wave forming the letters PLONS-en

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Full-page reveal of MyTOPIA in the Sunday @nytimes.com thanks to my pal Marisabina Russo.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Unpacking in the new studio, rediscovering old artwork with a fresh spring vibe. 🌸 Oh Reader 2024 spring cover, digital print: www.rachellemeyer.com/product/oh-r...

Thumbs from the assignment, print for sale

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

New studio ready for occupation! 🎉 Now I just have to finish boxing up the old studio. 😭 The agony and the ecstasy.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Check out TIMES LIKE THESE featuring an updated version of my previously published webcomic, WELCOME CLASS OF PROJECT 2025. Proceeds benefit the ACLU. ✊🚩 @tonywolfness.bsky.social @cosmiclion.bsky.social

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

This digital drawing was inspired by a glorious sunrise that I saw behind the Faralda Crane Hotel as I was cycling to my former studio space. I was so smitten with the beauty that I got up early each day that week to spend a few minutes sketching its vibrancy. www.rachellemeyer.com/product/sunr...

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Preening over two of my beauties. The UURo is a physical manifestation of a local time banking program, offering an alternative to capitalism and promoting community growth. For more of my illustration work, go to my website: www.rachellemeyer.com

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

An ode to moms and creative women incubating new projects on #internationalwomensday 🎵🐤

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Random drawings from the past week that aren’t for jobs, just for me. ✍️ ❤️

One of my free speech canaries - “Your unseen devotion is valuable.”

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Recent sketch on a sunnier day outside Café Americain on the Leidseplein. 🌞

Wee drawing of a woman enjoying a rare glimpse of sun

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Feeling maternal, might delete later. 👑 A handmade birthday card for my one and only. Made with nib pens and my medium of the moment, Derwent Inktense pencils.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

I made a reel showcasing the polished sample pages from my GN proposal. Too bad the music isn’t included. Just imagine Los Lobos shredding I Wanna Be Like You. 🐒

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

If you can crack the code, you’ll find out what my new book is all about! (Don’t worry, I have trouble deciphering my thumbnails, too.)

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

In memory of Renee Good. 💔🌼 I started drawing canaries a few months ago to celebrate free speech and share the sentiment freely. It’s also an exercise in awareness and vigilance. We do not want martyrs. We need to hear these strong voices sing. #reneegood #freespeech #activistart

I was not resisting arrest. I was defending decency. Drawing.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Working on a low-stakes portrait commission today, and it freed me up to play with materials. I layered washes of Derwent Inktense pencils before daring to ink with a brush for the first time in ages!

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Happy New Year! 🎆 🥂 open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Your seasonal Fran-a-gram. 🎅

A drawing of Fran Lebowitz muttering, “Bah humbug, pretend it’s a holiday.”

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

I went to great lengths to log into a U.S. government website from abroad, including showing a photo of the BACK of my original birth certificate, in which the only thing visible is a grease stain of unknown origin. Finger for emphasis. Thank you for your service. 🫡 🇺🇸

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Come visit me at… 📕 DRUK DRUK DRUK 🖼️ Paradiso Amsterdam Weteringschans 6-8 Sunday, 30 November 12.00-16.00 ☕️ My table’s next to the café on the balcony.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Cat finding the coziest spot vs. cat trying to recreate the experience.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

COMICS CAN BE ANYTHING. Take these sample pages from my book proposal for WOLF HOUSE FABLES. I’m inspired by gothic fairy tales and classic cinema just as much as traditional comics pages. www.rachellemeyer.com/portfolio/gr...

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🐤 GIVEAWAY 🎵 I would love to mail FREE SPEECH CANARY DRAWINGS to you and your friend. Just tag them in the comments and I’ll choose one pair at random by Nov 24. ✍️ A few made as commissions, portraits, and collabs over the past few weeks. @catherineholmes.bsky.social @amyinnl.bsky.social

Exercise your voice even when you think no one is listening.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Rizzo rides again! Catch her in the November / December issue of The Texas Observer, now as a 6-page story. Previously seen in the Brussels Comics Museum and on Drawing the Times. @texasobserver.org @drawingthetimes.bsky.social

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Another Free Speech Canary drawing, this one a portrait of my pal, poet Burgess the Rhymer. 🐤

Canary in a fedora performing open mic poetry with caption, “Your truth is poetry for our ears”

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Give me chocolate or give me death. ✊🍫 #happyhalloween🎃👻

“Hard candy must have been what passed for treats before chocolate was invented."

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

It feels good to vote FOR something! So good I did it twice. 😉 🇺🇸 Mamdani for mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 🇳🇱 Partij voor de dieren @partijvoordedieren.nl

Sketchbook with drawing of Mamdani eating an apple and a goat chomping on a watermelon.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Celebrating Amsterdam’s birthday with a 20% off sale! Use the code Mokum750 at checkout. Just sold one of the last prints of this darling. ⛴️ 🍎 www.rachellemeyer.com/shop/

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

In 2018, this gentleman backed my Kickstarter for Faces on the Ferry, choosing a custom portrait tier. He sprung it on his ferry-loving girlfriend. Fast forward to 2025, and she surprises him with a portrait of their family of three on his birthday. Sweet, huh? open.substack.com/pub/rachelle...

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Willful suspension of disbelief is my favorite “character flaw.” We couldn’t tell stories without it. 🕊️ One more page! Then a cover illustration for the proposal, and I’m done! For now.

2 comic panels:
Dove: And… SNAP! Cornelius became invisible.
Rosie: REALLY??

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I’m about a week away from finishing my book proposal for Wolf House Fables, my graphic novel. Here are a few sample pages from the “fairy tale” storyline. 🦁 ✨

Title and facing page, Chapter 3 Wolf House Fables

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Fun, fast, fierce coloring session today for my graphic novel - Wolf House Fables (lions also welcome). 🐺 🦁

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I became a Dutch citizen today. Here’s a mock “Droste effect” photo of a photo to prove it. #iamsterdam❤️

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Yesterday, I made a few Free Speech Canary drawings at the rainy art market and gave a couple away. Today, I’m sending the remaining canary to a musician friend in NYC and whipping up a new one for a drawing exchange with the excellent @catherineholmes.bsky.social Embrace action, however small. 🐤

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Free speech! Free art! Freebird!! If you are in Amsterdam TODAY, come see me and get your Free Speech Canary. 20-9-25, Saturday, 13.00-17.00 Krugerplein, Amsterdam Oost

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Got a wee sketchbook in Paris and finally took it out for a spin on the ferry.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I’d say EAT THE RICH but I wouldn’t deign to chew on these gamy jackasses.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

A random person shouted out “You have beautiful hair!” as I cycled to work this morning. Considering that I haven’t been to the hairdresser in 6 months and get scads of targeted ads for mature ladies about hair loss, I’ve decided to allow myself to feel good about being uncut, frumpy and free.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

A book proposal for a graphic novel is a slog, let there be no doubt. I was reminded of @annelamott.bsky.social and her “bird by bird” advice while working on this particularly feathery passage this weekend, making my mark, panel by panel. 🐦 ✍️

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Sneak peek at my graphic novel in progress, Wolf House Fables. Chapter 2, which jumps back in time 50 years, distinguishes itself from Chapter 1 with sepia-tone sketches.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Here’s my recent attempt. Our day will come, @korenshadmi.bsky.social !

New Yorker cover pitch: The night is still young

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Screenprint in progress this weekend: MOKUM PRIDE 🇳🇱🚢🌈

Mokum pride artwork - ship with scheepsvaartmuseum in background

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Working on this beautiful heron today with those @adobefresco.adobe.com vector brushes I mentioned in the post. Here’s how it’s going so far.

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

A drawing I made a few years ago to commemorate the time that Ozzy Osbourne dropped in at @bookpeople.com Fellow coworkers might recall the story about the bagel. Rest in peace, you crazy diamond. 🥯🦇

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I was working on two comics projects last week and used that template for both. It’s my second stage of early brainstorming. I like how they are easier to file away sequentially, especially when you have a lot on your mind!

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Rachelle Meyer @rameyer.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A rejected cover sketch for @newyorker.com. This was my second pitch and first time getting a response, so I’ll count that as a win! 📱 Inspired by a couple of screen junkies seen on the streets of Chelsea. My title: “The night is still young.” Keep it real, lovebirds.

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