Raina Telgemeier

During our spring tour for The Cartoonists Club, @goraina.bsky.social and I presented to several hundred families in Evanston. A more peaceful, beautiful setting would be hard to imagine.

Iz - a white person with short dirty-blond hair wearing a black t-shirt - behind stacks of The Cartoonists Club on a table holding up a large purple sign that matches the title font and reads “The Cartoonists Club”.

Graphic for the Cartoonists Club event. Text reads “Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud LIVE & IN-PERSON! Saturday, October 25th at 6 pm. Glendale Performing Arts Center at Glendale High School, 1440 East Broadway, Glendale, CA 91205. Get Tickets Now! bit.ly/cartoonists-club.” The background is a numcwh of different colored smiley faces making different faces.

This is the last chance to get tickets for our BIGGEST EVENT OF THE YEAR!

Meet bestselling author @goraina.bsky.social and legendary creator @scottmccloud.bsky.social on Saturday, October 26th at 6 pm at the Glendale Performing Arts Center.
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Awww, Thanks Everybody❣️

What a privilege to share this honor with the great @goraina.bsky.social—AND to share the spotlight with our wonderful co-nominees: @tonyweaverjr.bsky.social, @rrremylai.bsky.social, @whitneygardner.bsky.social, @kamigarcia.bsky.social, Brittney Williams, & Kay O'Neil!

Why Tony Weaver Jr. Wants Everyone To Embrace Being a 'Weirdo' With his graphic novel memoir, which he calls "the nerdy kids' instruction manual for self-love and self-confidence," Tony Weaver Jr. wants to change how people may think about reading.

Tony Weaver Jr. Is Promoting Literacy, Raising Mental Health Awareness and Combatting Racism — All Through Comics

#GraphicMedicine

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My latest graphic novel, Flip, is out tomorrow! ✨

HIRE RAY!!! They are so good, dedicated, and professional. I truly love working with them!!

A child’s drawing of a horse with human hands driving a car, with a note: You were right: this *is* hard —Nora

I like to close out my talks sometimes by trying to draw my least favorite things as quickly as possible (horse, hands, car 😒).

A note arrived after one of these talks. I love it to bits. It’s going on a wall.

Kids graphic novel event; The Cartoonists Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud at Town Hall Seattle. October 21, 2025; 6:00PM.

Listen up, fans of kids' graphic novels! 📣 Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud, creators of THE CARTOONISTS CLUB, will join us for an off-site event Tuesday, October 21st! The event will take place at Town Hall Seattle, starting at 6 pm (doors open at 5 pm). Get your tickets soon!

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I’ve been working on 9x12” Bristol for a while! At this point I’m printing all my layouts from digital, penciling analog, and then I either ink with a brush or work with a digital inker. (Hi @cavetoonist.bsky.social!) The actual physical margins vary a little bit, but the proportions are locked!

Yeah, i work with wide margins on my boards, but the ruling is all to spec for Graphix’s template. I don’t do a ton of full bleed.

'What do you think would happen if we combined Smile with Understanding Comics?’ Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud have the answer - The Comics Journal Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud talk to Gina Gagliano about their collaboration, The Cartoonists Club.

“To allow kids to see themselves as a creator, not in the model of somebody else, but in what inspires them and what makes them want to be storytellers.”

@goraina.bsky.social

#libcomix

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Wonderful news, but a big surprise for me; I didn't think we were even eligible for 2025! 🎉

As someone who has lived my whole adult life in cities deemed “dangerous”—NYC, NOLA, and SF—I think a lot about how dense cities require patience, calm, and tolerance in the midst of social difference, which are of course exactly the civic virtues that the right resents being told to cultivate.

Along with five other amazing graphic novels. Not a bad one in the bunch. Congrats to everyone!

The Cartoonists Club is nominated for a Harvey Award!! @scottmccloud.bsky.social

this thread (in response to colin kaepernick's "make comics with AI" venture) is just spot on.

for extra context, great coverage from the beat and popverse last year:

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HARD CO-SIGN!!!

Pencil, paper, done.

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.

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More dates for The Cartoonists Club tour are live with ticket links! Come see @scottmccloud.bsky.social and I in Seattle, Vancouver, Los Angeles, and Santa Cruz in October!

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I launched my webcomic today! 🚀✨ VALOR is a sci-fi comic about a team of salvage operators who grapple with what it means to be human after discovering an illegal humanoid robot abandoned on a derelict transport ship. I'd be so delighted if you check it out!!! :3 valorbot.webcomic.ws

🧵Loved The Cartoonists Club by @goraina.bsky.social and @scottmccloud.bsky.social ! It’s a ‘how to’ disguised as fiction for kids. A love letter to making comics. The comics community is one of those where everyone involved is there because they truly love comics. This graphic novel…
#KidsGN📚💬

Just a typical month-long book tour. 😆

YouTube video by JJK 🗯️ graphic novelist From Zine to Comics Queen! Raina Telgemeier's Origin Story

From Zine to Comics Queen! Raina Telgemeier's Origin Story

Enjoy this interview with Raina from the archives!

I position these episodes as evergreen, so you and your readers may learn about how their favorite book creators got their start!

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There’s Milkwood, but they don’t open applications til April (for summer 2026 sessions).

I aim to leave everyone in tears 😘

SDCC is in full swing. Here’s my schedule for today (Friday!)!

I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.

But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.