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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 15/10/2026

Slimeback - [Fearsome Critter] - A peril met unexpectedly as it spends its time camouflaged as a large rock in bed of a stream. When stepped on, it instantly exudes a thick inelegant coating of slime! Causing unwary Maine fly-fishermen to slip into the drink! - samkalensky.com/products/sli... ‎

the slimeback turtle sits in the garden. Samkalensky 2026 (yo, thats me!)

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 13/10/2026

Onigawara - [Yokai|Charm] - Decorative Clay Roof Tiles; hand-sculpted to look like a grimacing “Oni” which appear to be leering downwards menacingly, almost as though they’re about to pounce! These apotropaic amulets guard against evil & ward away misfortune! - samkalensky.com/products/oni...

On the eve of my gazeebo, a fearsome oni sits! art sticker by samkalensky

[Print: "Roof Tile and Sparrows; Specialties of Mizuno in Imado" - by Toyota Hokkei, 1810's. image source "Mokuhankan"]

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 13/10/2026

another parallel critter said to eat hunters bullets is the whoppernocker: samkalensky.com/products/who...

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 13/10/2026

Dingbat - [Fearsome critter] - A strange denizen of RiceLake Wisconsin; it causes misery for deer-hunters, incredibly fast it makes a game of catching shots, dining on their lead bullets plucked from mid-air! it drinks gasoline as a chaser, forcing a long walk home. samkalensky.com/products/din...

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 12/10/2026

PSA/warning: so before the weekend just as I was leaving for the event, I got ripped off by an imposter/fake version of Japan market, this seems to be the same scam that I narrowly avoided at Nikkei place..😮‍💨 sadly this time they got me and lost about 300$ 🫩💸 that would have been the booth fee.

Events never make you pay them for insurance

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 10/10/2026

All set! See ya sooon 🥰✌️

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 07/10/2026

i love 'em so much!! You gotta google “はじめ狛犬“ if you havent seen 'em before. Theres a HUGE variety with faces ranging from cute to a lil scary. but they're all charming. – The one I drew is based on the pair found at Tenmangu Shrine in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.

the other one found at Tenmangu Shrine in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 07/10/2026

Hajime Komainu - [Yokai|Artifact] - Some of the earliest 'KomaInu' in Japan where made by stone masons who had no clue what a "komainu" was, so they made them without reference, relying only on rumors, their imaginations & memories, Results are very charming! ❤️ samkalensky.com/products/haj...

[Image source: Komainu.net found at Tenmangu Shrine in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture.](and my inspiration)

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 05/10/2026

Sachihoko - [Yokai|Charm] - Statues sitting in pairs a top of Japans old castles & wooden buildings, said to ward away fires! They vary in scale & material proving the wealth or nobility of the constructor; Famously Gold plated ones are seen atop of Nagoya castle! - samkalensky.com/products/sac... ‎

A gigantic carp with a fierce; dragon-tiger-like face. Sticker Art by samkalensky

the sticker again. a pencil sits below to show the scale, it says "NO AI HUMAN MADE!!"

The sticker and a mirrored pair sit atop eachother

A Sachihoko as it appears in hiroshiges 100 views of edo.

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 05/10/2026

Despite a frustrating morning i perservered

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 04/10/2026

So a few days ago my tengutake was removed from Etsy for policy violations, apparently their systems thought i was selling real mushrooms... (either way i look at it, its obviously a sticker, my whole shop sells only stickers.)

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 02/10/2026

💀✅ 🚫🤖 no ifs ands or buts about it

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 02/10/2026

Bakenokawa-goromo - [Kitsune|Tsukumogami] - An enchanted water-moss duck-weed overcoat which was once worn by the most nefarious of Kitsune; Tamama-no-mae. Perhaps, 3000 years after her defeat, the precious jade coat she wore took on her shape and beautiful looks... samkalensky.com/products/bak...

a beautiful lady combs her hair by the pond, theres no trickery a foot at all and certainly no tail and paws at the foot of her kimono. art sticker by samkalensky

the lady poses with a flower a color to match her tail~! --i mean eyes...

Toriyama sekien (Gazu Treasure Bokuro 1778.) “The Old Chinese tales about a three thousand year old fox who draped itself in water-moss and prayed to the north star to shape-shift into a beautiful woman must refer to this. So I dreamed.” - [Japandemonium illustrated. 2017]

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 02/10/2026

QRP with your skull art! 💀

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 01/10/2026

I'm gonna be trying for #ayokaiaday? – (We'll see if i can or cant keep up the pace.) – On The 9th 10th & 11th i'll be selling my work at a local Halloween event! (so consider the posts from the last few days as a pre-emptive make-up for that! ❤️) as usual support my art on patreon.com/samkalensky

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 01/10/2026

Kitsunebi - [Yokai|Kitsune] - Glowing multicoloured spectral orbs said to be breathed by magical Kitsune. Known to distract or lead people off of the beaten path, those that pursue will become hopelessly lost! it’s never a good idea to follow these flames... samkalensky.com/products/kit...

two naughty kitsune dance around with multicolored orbs floating aroudn them, a skull & bones are at their feet art sticker by samkalensky (thats me!)

[Gazu Hyakki yagyo 1776 by Toriyama Sekien]

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 30/09/2026

Tsurure-bi makes its earliest appearance in the Edo periods "Kokon Hyakumonogatari Hyōban" (古今百物語評判) by Yamaoka Genrin, 1686. - A collection of Kaidan (mysterious tales) - On the opposite page, This phenomena is labelled as "Nishioka no Tsurube-otoshi"

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 30/09/2026

Tsurure-bi - [Yokai Bonsai] - A cold flame that drops & bobs from pines in a teardrop shape. Said to be the same thing as a kodama (tree spirit.) Faces of beasts appear in the cackling fire but Tsurube-bi is not dangerous at all, as their the flame does not burn! samkalensky.com/products/tsu...

a cold blue flame drops from a tree! a concerned face appears in the centre of the fire. Tsururebi Art sticker by samkalensky 2026

Gazu Hyakki Yagyo" [1776] Toriyama Sekien

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 30/09/2026

Etsy sucks as usual… I think they thought I was selling actual mushrooms 🙃 it’s.. obviously a sticker

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 30/09/2026

Correct but he isn’t puppy

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 29/09/2026

...also! Hes also often mislabelled as “グラシャラボラス" or “Glasya-Labolas” in Akumakun. the connection between these two seems to be according to the infernal dictionary naberius rides him like amount into battle, so thats funny. 😆

The demon known as "Glasya-Labolas" aka Caacrinolaas

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 29/09/2026

I Had fun researching this one, I found a book from 1818 which talks about a witch in 1586 who apparently made a pact with Cerebus too! – on archive~ archive.org/details/hist...

1818 History of magic in france, contains mention of a witch making a pact with cerberus

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 29/09/2026

Marquis Naberius - [Demon.] – (aka 'Cerebus') – Said to be the most valiant of Marquis, and the 6th general of the infernal armies, commanding between 19 to 29 legions. "Makes men cunning in arts & science, rhetoric & persuasion, can restore lost dignities & honours." samkalensky.com/products/mar...

Naberius sticker by SamKalensky (yo thats me!), The canine heads from left to right appear to resemble a Dobermann, a CockerSpaniel & a Neopolitan Mastiff (all very popular breeds.) he wears a respectable, fancy, military jacket with a high necked, ribboned collar, something is tucked under his arm (a big captains hat, perhaps? it was a bit difficult to interpret.) what appears to be a rapier blade is tucked behind him [regardless of specifics, his outfit is an ensemble befitting of his title.] he has the legs, talons and tail of a ravenpart of my dictionary infernal collection of stickers follow and support for many more! https://samkalensky.com/product-category/demonology/dictionary-infernal/

[‘Cerbère’ as they where depicted in the 1863 illustrated edition of "Dictionnaire Infernal"]

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 28/09/2026

👺🍄 For a noh play starring a yamabushi and mushrooms see also "Kusabira." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp8C... & subsequently my buaku mask: samkalensky.com/products/bua...

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 28/09/2026

An old haiku about Tengutake mushrooms was written in 1824 by renown haiku poet, Kobayashi Issa, which goes... "此おくは魔所とや立る天狗茸" "kono oku wa masho to ya tateru tengudake" it goes somethin' like: "Tengu-shrooms sprouting at the dark entrance to these scary haunted woods!" 👻

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 28/09/2026

Tengutake ("天狗茸") - [Yokai Bonsai] - is the Japanese common name for a number of very dangerous toxic mushrooms in the Amanitaceae family (commonly known elsewhere as the "deathcap.") Fittingly, named after the equally dangerous, mythological "Tengu." 👺🍄 samkalensky.com/products/ten...

a mushroom sprouts from a log, it has a tengus scowling face👺 art sticker by samkalensky

a rather humerous picture of a tengu mask wreathed in lightning above a poisonous mushroom text reads: "The spirit of the Fly Agaric in Japan is the long nosed red faced Tengu. Whoever eats Beni-tengu-Dake (red tengu mushroom) will encounter the lively entity" B&W Snippet from 2001's "PLANTS OF THE GODS"

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 27/09/2026

Some fates are worse than death... [Bakemonno chakutōcho, 夭怪着到牒, 1788] - "The kappa drags humans into water and devours their innards, the victims are unable to ascend to heaven, becoming wandering ghosts that cannibalize each other." kokusho.nijl.ac.jp/biblio/10040... 😱

[Bakemonno chakutōcho, 夭怪着到牒, 1788] - https://kokusho.nijl.ac.jp/biblio/100401948/5?ln=en

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 27/09/2026

Shirikodama - [Yokai|Kappa] - 尻小玉 "ButtBall" - A mythical organ said to be a kappas favourite snack (apart from cucumbers.) located right behind the liver, its said to contain the human soul... if its removed, you'll lose all your energy or worse... samkalensky.com/products/shi...

art sticker by Samkalensky 2026 (yo thats me!) - a kappa holds a Shirikodama his hair is tied up and he wears a grass skirt

[河童尻子玉, 1798] a kappa and his victim. the stickers inspiration

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 27/09/2026

Cool spooky fog behind the city today

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 25/09/2026

Fluer is doing ok she’s an inside hen now since Millie passed over the summer. I give her attention as much as I am able ❤️

Sam with their hair up and fluer ( milliedufluer duccle chicken) on their arm

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 22/09/2026

Not exactly a webcomic? but a bestiary about cryptids and yokai, monsters from North American & Japanese culture! ❤️ i self produce stickers and try and post a new one at least once a week! • samkalensky.com • patreon.com/samkalensky

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 21/09/2026

Next event is nightmare before xmas market in October ❤️ see ya then!

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 20/09/2026

No towers today come say yo!

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 19/09/2026

Got some 🚫🤖 pencils made on a small run ❤️🥰 excited to see ya this weekend at sparkcg ❤️👻 Get em here: samkalensky.com/product-cate... or join my patreon at any teir and I’ll have one waiting for ya!❤️ Patreon.com/samkalensky

Sam’s hand holding a pencil that says “no ai! Human made!!!

Table spread with stickers and test page

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 18/09/2026

Uramaki roll out~! Posted 5 new sushi stickers & bite-size bio's today; all are freebies to read! <3 These are focused on the Canadian/N.American fusions; Uramaki (inside out rolls) following the California roll: I found a likely Chinese-gunkan-fusion too! :3 – samkalensky.com/product-cate...

Uramaki rolls, top left to bottom right: Dragon roll rainbow roll philly roll, california rol, BC roll!

Chuka Kurage - a chinese-japanese fusion gunkanmaki. not noodles! its marinated jellyfish! P:

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 18/09/2026

Dad came over excitedly saying ghost cheese!!!🧀 indeed. Ooooo 👻

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 16/09/2026

Hey Yo! I added a shiny new "🚫🤖" section to my site so that people can find this stuff easier! More to come of course. ❤️:3 samkalensky.com/product-cate...

a hand made Sticker And Badge SUPPORT HUMAN ARTISTS

an anti ai sticker showing a gray hand holding a pencil that says
"100% human made no ai"

I'll draw it all myself til the day i DIE. NO AI. Support human creatives.

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 16/09/2026

whee~ @sparkcg.bsky.social fest this weekend~ find me in the AA on the 20th, at the yaletown round house! Excited to see ya'll then!

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 15/09/2026

Date-maki - [Sushi/Foodlore] Sweeter than Tomago! These golden rolls are served at new years as part of “Osechi-ryori” supposedly symbolic of ‘wishes for wisdom’...It's said that eating Datemaki will make you smarter! (Sounds useful for a goof like me!) 🤔- Full post: samkalensky.com/products/dat...

With other common nigiri for eaten at new years see next

[an edo period design for a hand fan. – Hiroshige Utagawa, approx 1830.] – incidentally, the fancily cut bamboo leaves are an art form of their own as well! (it was a way for chefs to show off how good they are with their knives!) they also served as a wrap for picking up the sushi.)

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 15/09/2026

as you said i also table at cons, so hopefully i fit the vibe just so~!

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 15/09/2026

I've proudly catalogued over 200+ Cryptids (+Fearsome Critters & Yokai!) & i write extensively about 'em~ I self produce em as stickers & zines! ~ find my bestiary at samkalensky.com :>

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 14/09/2026

:I hopefully i hear back today...

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Samkalensky @samkalensky.com · 13/09/2026

Korōka - [Yokai|Tsukumogami] - A lonesome stone lantern which stood unlit for decades until after about a century, it became so dissatisfied that it manifested a flame spitting demon which ignites from its top! Now it breathes fire wildly all night! - samkalensky.com/products/kor...

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