MK Reed - @ SPX K4B

Moving & updating websites this week. Domain nonsense might take a minute, & some emails might drop, but mkreed.carrd.co til my .com is set straight.

Wandering Cat's Cage by Akane Torikai is an elegiac manga about gender, community, family, control, class, love, and what makes life worth living at the end of the world--out now! ow.ly/FrUf51019vy

I have over a hundred extra copies of my various foreign language editions. I’d love to place them in good hands! I’m offering a free book giveaway (to USA & Canadian recipients only, at this time). Please fill out this form, and pass it on! Thank you! docs.google.com/forms/d/1h4E...

Oh also weekends don't count as work days. WEEKENDS DON'T COUNT AS WORK DAYS!!

Good rule of thumb: Estimate how long the work will take and ADD 30% more time! Then if that fits in your schedule, accept. If it doesn't, say why.

😭Scripts need time of day😭

This is a GREAT comic, get a copy immediately, I insist 👍

Oh hey it's the Fred Meyer that Kroger closed down because there's like 3 QFCs and/or Safeways a mile in each direction and they were gonna merger. If that quote's real, they've got my vote.

Fall Travel: Seattle! Portland! Los Angeles! www.alec-longstreth.com/news/fall-tr... I'll be at Short Run Comix Fest 11/7 and then hosting Info Sessions for @cartoonstudies.bsky.social on 11/13 in Portland, OR and 12/5 in Los Angeles, CA All events are free and open to the public!

Update: FOUND. The service is Bookbub.

The livestream of my masterclass starts at 10:15 pst today and it's FREE! See me talking about my career & comic making process & do some drawing!

Reminder that there is a livestream of my comics talk at the @writersfest.bc.ca tomorrow at 10:15 PST, which I believe is free? I watched @piaguerra.bsky.social & @ianboothby.bsky.social 's talk yesterday from the comfort of my drawing desk, it was a good listen. writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

When ever I feel bad I should remember that people also said Diogenes was just doing it (being annoying) for attention.

New trailer for our video game about big, sexy ships and the complicated crew members who run them! Available to play now during Steam Next Fest! Trailblazers: Into the March www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY1T...

PUMPKINS.

Picked up a PHENOMENAL zine by @zoewood.bsky.social about Videodrome and how it predicted the worst parts of Web 2.0 and my head is blown clean off I LOVE ZINES

Popped into my head after 3 decades for absolutely no reason. youtu.be/XzHDvzGmmw0?...

Today is the PORTLAND ZINE SYMPOSIUM! Come on down to this Portland institution (25 years old!) and check out all the cool local art!! I’ll be there! @krisevans.bsky.social will also be there!

Chapter 2 of Locy Cryptids starts today! Our heroes will meet the Pacific Tree Octopus- www.patreon.com/posts/172110...

No blowtorch shots bc hands were full, but tiny pin!

Check out this virtual No Kings comics event, organized by @gregpak.net! smashpages.net/2026/10/14/n...

Just realized, after singing the little "make coffee" song my partner made up in the first days in our relationship, we have been together for SEVENTEEN years 🙀🥰

Fun fact: A book club probably isn't going to ask you if you're interested in being one of their picks. I've gotten several AI invites from obvious frauds asking me if I'd like to be selected. They don't disclose, but are detectable with a question: "What did you have in mind?"

Signed up for a blowtorch related one day class next week, living the dream.

I don't say this because I'm worried about my job, but I'm worried about YOU! Hire colorists! We will work with you to get the style you like. And just knocking off 2 hrs pp = 44 hours per book!

people will say "did you know the creator of ... has a weird fetish" as if anything other than a weird fetish could possibly compel you to suffer through the creative process

TOMORROW! ALL THE BEST ARTISTS!

This should be a great panel! Look at this wonderful panel I will be part of!

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

THIS is why we're building Comix Cleric. You shouldn't live in fear of your stories vanishing because of someone else's decisions. You should be in control of your stories. We're currently in Early Access, but you can check out our features here: comixcleric.com/features

Gonna expand on this a bit, 'cause it seems Tapas is going down sooner than anticipated. If you plan to migrate to Wordpress, I personally advocate for buying a hosting+domain and install WP yourself rather than getting a site on wordpress(dot)com. wordpress.org

I am begging people to think about things before they propose them. If you really care about student literacy, how about we start with reinstating the requirement for staffed libraries in every school? We have students struggling with core skills. And y'all want to throw the slop products at them.

Glad we're excited about opera today because MusicDrama.net has updated again! It's the the most lesbian opera ever written by two straight men about a himbo twink and a middle-aged princess… a show about a breakup that sounds like the end of the world… Strauss & Hofmannsthal's DER ROSENKAVALIER!

The kids are alright.

Your periodic reminder that reviews help authors in all kinds of ways. If you love a book, please consider leaving a review in whatever online space you're in. Thanks for your support!

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

Again I am begging all LEGIT people running cons, signings, talks, events, etc. to stop using Ai to write your emails. What's happening is ALL THE SCAMMERS/CONMEN are ALSO using it, and so your emails are basically indistinguishable from them. They give off slop vibes EVEN IF YOU ARE LEGIT.

My spouse got so excited at Resident Evil by the actor who played the Umbrella Corp exposition man being same guy who didn't let Jimmy Taco steal his lines in I Think You Should Leave.

FYI, from Toocheke. They added a Tapas migration feature.

New Book! New Book! ENJOY. ENDURE is a travel journal from my time in Vietnam 2023. AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 27th (Cause it's World Tourism Day) You can go look at my storenvy for more. A few other items got updated as well. meredithmcclaren.storenvy.com I am doing it. I am doing the commerce thing.