Carey Pietsch

An angry character shouts in the distance, “I hope they step on a million stray legos. I hope they get an ingrown pube!” A second character in the background responds, “Jelly you gotta not yell about pubes in public. Also, mind the ice.” A nervous young person with freckles and short hair hides behind an evergreen bush in the foreground.

Yay it’s my book’s birthday; don’t yell about pubes in public

This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things

I’m always happy to sign them when I’m tabling at cons! I’m unfortunately done tabling for the year but hope to be back at it in 2026!

I'm really excited to get to do a signing at NYCC this year! I'll be at @01firstsecond.bsky.social's Booth #3300 at 1 PM on Thursday, 10/9!! See you there!!

The third bench in bilewater…………

It’s so annoying that we all have to just continually point out how rules around/between decorum and violation are applied asymmetrically to vulnerable groups versus the people who are always hassling them, and it’s extra insulting that the people in charge are trying to lol it away.

This one made me lose it! I was only able to do it with the hive charm that refills your last health unit lost over time + lots of breaks

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Unfortunately I came to this area to escape the suffering of the high halls enemy gauntlet so I’m locked in… but not tonight lmao

If I have met your cat(s) in real life or we’ve shared a meal I would love it if you could reply/DM me a picture of them in a cute/funny pose! Drawing a tiny one-page personal zine w lots of cats and would rather draw known cats where possible-they won’t all fit but would be fun to include some!

The only part that has actually made my thumb and ZR finger hurt so far is trying to climb mount fay after the first bench. Don’t like it

I keep thinking about this piece. It feels so odd to have someone put into words what I suspected. I think the ideal authors for current publishing's standards are influencers/celebrities: built-in audience, unrelated income streams, someone else does their PR/comments moderation, willing to shill

it took me less than 5 minutes to do my 3 calls.

"i saw on the news trump is threatening to shut down the government if democrats don't bend the knee over trans healthcare. i will never vote for [rep] again if they give up trans healthcare. i would rather the government shut down."

that's it.

Cruising crackdown in Penn Station bathroom puts at least 20 men in ICE custody State and city laws prohibit local police departments from turning people over to ICE. That restriction does not apply to the federally run Amtrak Police Department.

What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color

Every queer press org should be picking up this story

So far the biggest downside to going from hollow knight replay right into silksong is: it did take me a full 25 hours to realize that holding down the dash button made hornet keep sprinting

Does anyone ever try to sell original art at comics shows? Every time I've done this people are so squeamish about touching an original watercolor, even if it's in a plastic sleeve. And they sell very few, even if I price them super low. Any tips?

Also it took like, 1-2 years for each batch of 30 to sell & some of them went online later. And I was making a lot of hi-viz fanart; I think if I tried the same thing now it would be harder for a number of reasons! Interesting puzzle to think about

these were also all postcard-sized & I displayed them laid out but slightly overlapping in individual transparent sleeves in a slightly raised/angled display tray to make them feel a little less precious-- had the same problem with people not wanting to touch them otherwise! it's tough!

I sold original ink drawings w/ limited greyscale marker tone of fantasy prop designs back in ~2018 for $40-70 each & they found homes-- but I think it helped that I had posted them all online as a series leading up to the cons; people who bought them had usually seen them & wanted their fave

Formal post soon, but for the first time in eight (!) years, I'm open for illustration & short comics work! I'd love to do more TTRPG equipment & character designs/ illos; book covers; & book interiors. I also love making short comics & would love to be a part of more anthologies! www.careydraws.com

thank you! The last GN is really something special & I'm excited to get to talk more about it soon!!

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Formal post soon, but for the first time in eight (!) years, I'm open for illustration & short comics work! I'd love to do more TTRPG equipment & character designs/ illos; book covers; & book interiors. I also love making short comics & would love to be a part of more anthologies! www.careydraws.com

THIS SATURDAY!!!! inside & outside Brooklyn Artery and Taylor & co! Masks recommended & provided! more info at their site: dicecomix.cargo.site Last con of the year for me :3

it's worth a shot! it's a really through walkthrough and I haven't personally checked the refund policy but I bet they'd be happy to talk about it if for some reason it doesn't work.

happy to talk about it if you ever run into the same issue!! they're great & the one time I had to email customer support they even helped me find an adapter to daisy-chain my old VGA cables that actually worked lmao

costs $11 and has easily saved me hundreds of dollars I would otherwise have to spend on """upgrading""" perfectly good tech because wacom gave up on supporting their drivers w newer mac os. once again the second another company makes a spring-loaded flex nib it's over for wacom

If you're trying to get an old wacom to work w newer mac OS, I can't recommend the "Connect my tablet" app highly enough!! they're not paying me to say this lol. got my 2013 cintiq working 6 years ago AND got the same model cintiq AND a ~2011? intuos working on a much newer OS today. lifesavers!!!

thank you!! Thankfully I had a current backup that transferred over successfully, but my data-life absolutely flashed before my eyes

I am here as the ghost of christmas bad futures to tell you that my desktop’s SSD completely and irrecoverably failed last week without warning!! Kind of it to wait until art fixes were in but STILL. [static] GB of work only saved by physical & digital backups; please keep yours current, that’s all