Laura Garrison

Inspired to make this after taking an infuriating survey about how I use genAI at work, WHICH I EXTREMELY DON’T.

Something I love about original production drawings is how often you can see eraser marks. If even the best artists don’t get it exactly right on the first try, then I don’t have to, either.

This tiny vase I bought to hold lost cat whiskers is amazing. Easily my favorite knickknack.

QRP with your skull art! 💀

"For too long, words were not prompts typed with fingers to create life-affirming stim. They were stacked in tiring rows like this. Clumped together, they were called 'sentences.' Many sentences make a paragraph. And a book is just hundreds of paragraphs that seem to never stop." buff.ly/oZe8zx4

Artists, drop some creepy art. ✂️

I wish they would update me with photos of my package enjoying landmarks and roadside oddities along the way. “Here’s that cosmic horror anthology you ordered enjoying a craft root beer at the Mystery Hole in Ansted, West Virginia.”

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I almost never use the horn while driving because I have this vague idea that startling people is rude. But someone was daydreaming at a green light today and I couldn’t remember how to honk, so I just shouted TOOT TOOT with a note of desperate urgency—and it worked! They moved!

Found my Ed Emberley books, so that’s the theme for this week’s lunch notes.

What are some books with really good prologues? I need examples for a class . . .

Might possibly be considering thinking about becoming interested in starting a small shop for these . . .

I just dug mine put today! Might assign it for one of my fall classes. My favorite of Wrightson’s. (Okay, maybe second to FRANKENSTEIN ALIVE, ALIVE.)

Update: it’s not perfect, but I still like it.

New button design in progress ✂️

The idea that a book could be considered inapprop for kids because it's "too difficult" doesn't sit well with me. Let 'em try. If it's too hard, they'll put it down. But give them a chance to rise to the challenge.

Only 10am and she’s already succumbed to the heat.

Because what goes around comes around, if you see this (and would like to join in), share a circle, a disc, or something round.

The Mel Brooks quotation I think of most often is “Tragedy is when I cut my finger; comedy is when you fall into a sewer and die.”

Found this excellent Bradbury collection at the used bookstore today! Pulp covers are the BEST.

I have so, so many t-shirts, but I will find room for this one from @harebrained.bsky.social . Preordered one for my husband, too. AND they support Chicago youth art education. www.harebraineddesign.com/products/onl...

Even in Star Wars land, these infernal temptations plague me.

✨ quote repost with your art that has stars ✨ ✂️

The universe is testing me.

ALIEN, SPLICE, and this classic:

So we’re playing a review game in intro to fiction writing, and ME: This clichéd advice reminds writers that even when you love a character or scene, you have to let them go if they don’t serve the story. STUDENT: . . . ME: It’s a three-word sentence. STUDENT, confidently: Cut that shit!

Victorian ladies be like

My 7yo decided to open her own tattoo studio; she put together a flash book last night.

Post your favorite film from the year you turned eighteen. AMELIE is also how I discovered my favorite painter, Michael Sowa.

A colleague with a button-maker asked me for an anti-AI design, and I can’t think of any better use of my time and energy!

• MARIGOLD BAKES A CAKE, Mike Malbrough •REMY AND LULU, Kevin Hawkes •THE AMULET, Michael McDowell •CERTAIN DARK THINGS, Silvia Moreno-Garcia •DARK ENTRIES, Robert Aickman

Idea: a Muppets remake of MY DINNER WITH ANDRE. Keep Wallace Shawn, Gonzo plays André, Fozzie is the waiter, periodic cuts to the restaurant kitchen where the Swedish Chef is preparing their meal. Rowlf plays the Sati piano piece at the end.

I probably owe Magritte’s ghost an apology for this.

I probably owe Magritte’s ghost an apology for this.

Peterson’s Field Guide to Moths is also a game-changing collection of insults:

My daughter just asked me if there are any women Leprechauns, in case anyone was wondering what I’ll be thinking about at 2am tonight.

🎵 Set sail on the Pequod. Met my roomie, Queequeg; Captain had a knee peg— Mo-no-mo-ni-A-cal, baby! Hey, I must tell thee About this big whale: I ‘lone escaped him, So call me Ishmael.

Gonna be settin’ off some Independent Thought Alarms today.

The view from my desk—I looked up and saw a cardinal, but not soon enough . . . #WorstBirdPic #PhotoFailFriday

31 December 1995. Still the perfect goodbye.

This is what being married to me is like.

Issue 130 is hatched and wriggling! New stories and poems! www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=9117

Artist! Quote with your most detailed art!

We can’t afford a $1M trailer slot 😔 But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️ If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!

One of the few aesthetic delights reserved for extremely nearsighted folk is gazing at a well-lit Christmas tree with one’s glasses off.

DRACULA (Bram Stoker) REBECCA (Daphne du Maurier) CHARLOTTE’S WEB (E. B. White) ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE (Benjamin Alire Sáenz) (oops; that’s four)

Lolita On the Waterfront Inception

You will be visited by three spirits.

Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come