Issue 25: Organizing Events, QZZF, + More!
Organizing events for the Co-op with a cute graphic, tabling at Queer Zest Zine Fest, Cartoonber pages, the Queen of Horror, and more!
Hello hello, friends and good folk!
Happy November! I hope you had a fun Halloween if you celebrate or a nice night if you don’t, and I hope November is filled with good company and good food for you all 💖
IN THE STUDIO
These last couple of weeks have been ridiculously busy, but I managed to squeeze in a graphic of our mascots Inkling and Nibford for an upcoming Co-op event I’ve planned for December 1 to January 7 called the Co-op Holiday Gift Exchange!
It’s going to be a Co-op-wide event for all of our members to share digital gifts with one another, like artists offering line art for colorists to practice on or writers to offer scripts for artists to create and so on. My hope is that it will encourage a sense of community while offering opportunities for Co-op members to practice their craft and teamwork. I’m super excited to launch this in a month and hope to make it an annual event!!
Speaking of events, I’ve also organized a NYC Co-op Cookie Exchange for those Co-op members in the NYC area (or who can get here lol) that I’m also very excited for. I’m super looking forward to meeting some of my Co-op neighbors offline!
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Thanks to some uh, questionable, service at CVS recently, I learned that Novavax, a protein-based COVID vaccine (as opposed to an mRNA COVID vaccine), requires most people to get two doses, spaced at least 3 weeks apart, potentially more. (Immunocompromised people may need more than two doses; check with your doctor!)
So if you’re going to be getting or have already received the Novavax shot, be sure to check with your medical providers about getting that second shot! You can reference this CDC document for details.
Page 3 of that same document also shares what length needle you need to ensure you receive the full dosage of the shot. Fat people at my size require a 1.5” needle, while smaller folks may need anywhere from 0.5” to 1” needles. Be sure to check this with your vaccine provider!
You can also get Novavax at the same time as your flu shot, btw. Good luck and stay safe out there! 💖
NOVEMBER ONGOINGS
I’m excited to share that I’ll be participating in this year’s Queer Zest Zine Fest, a 100% virtual event running November 9-17, featuring a virtual artist alley, live-streamed workshops, and social meetups!
This will be my first time tabling at an event, and I’m looking forward to the experience and to meeting all the cool people tabling, presenting events, and attending there. So if indie zines and comics are your thing, come check us out next week! 💖
IN THE SHOP
Abundance (2021)
8.5″ x 11″ / 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm. Watercolor and ink on 100% cotton watercolor paper.
CARTOONBER
I’m happy to report that Cartoonber is going strong, and it’s been so fun to see everyone’s work coming to life! I love the range of interpretations of the prompts and seeing how folks work together and hype each other up. Truly so wonderful! If you’re interested, you can check out the Co-op’s BlueSky page to see some of the comics that got shared with us 👀
I also have my team’s first page to share with you all— this was my first time coloring someone else’s work and as part of a team, and it was such a fun experience! It’s a little intimidating but also empowering to be trusted as part of the process, and I’m pleased with how our work turned out.
Credits: Script by Joan Zahra Dark, line art by Lief Bennett, colors by Jessi Eoin, and letters by Bruce Delo
Page two should be going up tomorrow on social media, and our next posting dates after that are November 16 and November 30, so you‘ll see more then!
You still have plenty of time to join us for Cartoonber if you’re interested! You don’t have to be a Co-op member or have experience making comics to participate and have fun with us this fall 😄 Check out the graphics below and join us on social media!
Read about Cartoonber on the Co-op Journal —>
ESIMS FOR GAZA
Art by Tan Juan Gee
Someone recently redeemed a ticket with me through the Cartoonist Cooperative’s eSIMs for Gaza campaign, and I was super glad to give them some of my art in exchange! That reminded me that I should remind y’all that you can get my Comics + Art Collection #1 which has fifteen micro comics and fifteen illustrations (along with two disability pride stickers if you’re in the U.S.) if you donate an eSIM!
We have a ton of other Co-op members also participating— you should check out what folks are offering and consider donating an eSIM today!
View eSIMs for Gaza Campaign —>
COMMUNITY FEATURE
Fellow Co-op member and Queen of Horror Gigi Murakami‘s comic RESENTER up on Viz free for you to read! With enough readership, there’s a chance that this could get picked up for a series, so if you’re looking for a good horror comic and the chance to help out a cool creator, go give this a read!
RECENT READS + FAVORITES
All the comics I’ve had time to read the last couple weeks are submissions for the Nib + Ink Fest 2025 (as of writing this, I’ve made it through 86 of the 130 we’ve had submitted!), so I can’t share those, but here are some of my favorite things from the past few weeks:
Eating: Korean beef tacos and my recipe for super fluffy vanilla sugar cookies
Watching: Scariest House in America + Life (2017)
Listening: Chillhop Essentials Fall 2024
How about you? What have been some of your favorite things lately?
Hope the start of the month is kind to you 💖 Thanks for reading!
