Gravenstein has a complex backstory
28.10.2025 06:31 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0@postmarks.bsky.social
Alaska’s Dad. Illustrator, art educator and graphic recorder in Anchorage, Alaska. Former tiny crime fighter and current community advocate. Social links: https://postmarks.graphics/links https://Postmarks.graphics
Gravenstein has a complex backstory
28.10.2025 06:31 — 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0Community Convening in Seward Ak 10/25 and 10/26. Community Convening SEWARD, ALASKA October 25-26, 2025 at the K.M. Rae Building A gathering of local organizations, community members, and stakeholders working towards a Just Transition to share knowledge, collaborate, and develop actionable solutions together. This is a FREE event with breakfast, lunch, and childcare provided. Pre-registration required, space is limited.
Learn to draw comics on 10/25 at 4:30 pm at the K.m. Rae Building. In Seward, Ak A fun, no-stress class to practice our drawing skills and warm-up our imaginations. We'll discuss what you love about Seward and make simple posters highlighting adventures in your home, from the wilderness to the seas. FREE ALL AGES, FAMILY FRIENDLY CLASS WITH MATERIALS AND SNACKS PROVIDED!
Come join me while I do graphic recording and make some community based comics in Seward, Ak on October 25 + 26th.
15.10.2025 19:33 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0I did learn that her favorite ice cream was Cookies n’ Cream. She thought the golden Oreo pointed out as something new to try was a bit much. I tried.
09.10.2025 03:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I can’t imagine it’s going well one on one. One woman approached me while I was in line getting ice cream within kids. Didn’t have any points to sway for the repeal apart. The impression I got was that they see the reasons as so self-evident there is no need to persuade.
09.10.2025 03:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Hang in there, struggling artists
04.10.2025 13:29 — 👍 13764 🔁 3148 💬 82 📌 60Instructions for making an 8 page zine.
The tables are littered with prompts and helpful guides along with all the supplies anyone could need.
04.10.2025 14:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Last night it was packed with all type of zinesters and set by Chubby Bird (with a zine of their lyrics so we could follow along).
04.10.2025 14:55 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Zingo board of zine prompts.
Chubby Bird band zine with all their sweet lyrics so you could follow along with their live show.
More zine fun at the Seed Lab (across from the Ancborage Museum) today from 10 to 5. Classes all day.
04.10.2025 14:55 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A starter pack!
03.10.2025 21:38 — 👍 32 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0Hopefully she can bring her craft to the governor’s race. This election year needs real time parody songs, preferably from the candidates themselves.
03.10.2025 02:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I was hoping for her to show up and do her song. It was a fun time without, but it could have been amazing
03.10.2025 01:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The Eyes of Spenard and Spenard Palm tree at 30th and Spenard rd.
Spenard Palm tree at 30th and Spenard rd.
The Spenard Palm tree is back!
02.10.2025 05:53 — 👍 9 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0New Class/Zine Workshop as part of @anczines Zine Thing Fling Ding on October 4th at 10 am at the SeedLab, downtown across from the Anchorage Museum. All-Ages, All-abilities, All Free. Taking inspiration from Blind Boxes, Japanese Gachapon vending machines and other bits of random delight, we’ll be making comics using characters randomly drawn from prompts using scenarios drawn from the ‘Cauldron of Doom’, then making tiny zines. Never made comics? Don’t have any ideas? This will be the perfect low-risk, high-reward comics hangout session on a Saturday morning. Kids, families and everyone else welcome.
Embracing the chaos.  Making comics.  
Part of the Saturday morning programming for the 24-hr Zine Thing Fling Ding at the Seed Lab.  >Alt text for details<
I absolutely love it whenever Stardust picks somebody up.
23.09.2025 05:29 — 👍 112 🔁 16 💬 4 📌 1was gonna mic-drop there but actually i just thought:
34) finishing creative projects is a skill in and of itself. if you want to be able to finish large, complex projects, you have to _practice finishing things_. which usually means doing smaller projects.
My wife has wonderful memories of going to Storybook Glenn in Aberdeen Scotland in the 80s.  
Every picture of every character she has shown me looks like this.
You'll probably have to blow it up or look at this on a big screen, but here is how anyone can make a little 8 page zine that they can use to write a story, write about their favorite things, a personal experience or make a mini comic. Fold some paper and get your thoughts out there!!
28.08.2025 22:36 — 👍 296 🔁 138 💬 1 📌 4Leila del Duca @leiladelduca.bsky.social has filmed a video visit with Helioscope in our new location! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBXe...
27.08.2025 20:20 — 👍 38 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 5Thankfully, I just rooted around and found some samples from a seminar years ago that I forgot about. I forgot how nice they are in the hand. (And they still work!)
19.08.2025 20:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Colors are hard for me so I was thinking of a core set of 4-six colors and getting some outliners, BigOnes and TwinOnes, then I can build from there.
19.08.2025 20:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Nice. That’s what I do digitally, so maybe I need to look back and see what my go-to colors are.
19.08.2025 20:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Does anyone have experience with #Neuland markers? I'm considering finally getting a set for graphic recording because the obscure ones I was using (Sakura Permapaque)are a pain to source. I was wondering what color/marker combinations folks use? The options are dizzying.
19.08.2025 18:13 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0This is why it's so important to work on projects that you are passionate about, especially starting out. You're not going to be making a living, so you might as well be not making a living doing something you love that will shape the direction of your career instead of grasping at crummy gigs.
15.08.2025 21:26 — 👍 313 🔁 99 💬 2 📌 2Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen won two Eisners for good reason—Matt Fraction & @stevelieberart.bsky.social  made a comic that’s smart, hilarious, and totally unique.
I got to sit down with both of them to talk about how it came together. New Helioscope video here: 
youtu.be/Dd4uonwOvhI
EVERYONE SHUT UP
TREMORS IS ON YOUTUBE FOR FREE
youtu.be/GHB9pqO5tCs?...
On "talent" as it relates to the arts:
At a talent show, people break boards, they breakdance, they break into song. Some of the talents showcased require formal intention and lots of work. Some simply require a propensity and enthusiasm. 1/
i just did a workshop with kids about making comics. emphasized that ANYONE can make comics. you don't have to be a "good" artist. you find a story that matches your art style and you do it and it's awesome. and a kid who NEVER PARTICIPATES got out from under a desk and PARTICIPATED and had a blast.
07.08.2025 17:45 — 👍 1745 🔁 392 💬 19 📌 27In conclusion: just let kids draw, you contemptible clowns.
07.08.2025 17:54 — 👍 570 🔁 62 💬 3 📌 1The ParkStrippers!
05.08.2025 22:53 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Final thing, if your political cause attempts to interrupt my choice between a scoop of “Moonbeam Ice Cream” and “7 layer bar Dulce De Leche”, you’ve already lost me.  
Like RCV, maybe split scoops are the only way forward to the best option for me and Ak.