Maya Henderson

Blind Alley No. 369

pinterest is a platform for collecting and saving OTHER people's images. just awesome to think about how many people have saved my art on their pinterest boards and i have no say or consent on how that will be used to train ai even if i *did* have an account and disabled these settings :)

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i’m not an artist, i’m not an illustrator, but a stupider third thing: i’m a cartoonist

I still need to go through and check for inconsistencies (of which there are many) BUT the main work is done.

I did it….im done…. A week ahead of schedule.

A photo of an in progress comic page shown on a computer screen taken with a phone camera.

ONE AND A HALF PAGES LEFT!!! 😤

ppl on tiktok are going "omg we're about to have an art renaissance like in the 1920s, music and stories are gonna be great" girl how 😭 you already don't support the artists that we have right now and most of yall are using chatgpt and devaluing actual human-made artwork.

A word balloon saying “AI makes art more accessible” above a sketchy drawing of Beethoven at a piano. Below, it’s says “Beethoven was literally deaf. Stfu and pick up a pencil.”

If you use GenAI, you’re not welcome here #NoAI

Barnes & Noble preorder graphic for the graphic novel My Sister the Werebeast, showing the cover and preorder code preorders25 to use at checkout

If you’ve been wanting to preorder my new graphic novel My Sister The Werebeast it might be the PERFECT time! Barnes & Noble is running a 25% off preorders sale, so good time to make use of the offer to preorder whatever books you’re looking forward to!❤️ www.barnesandnoble.com/w/my-sister-...

linkedin post screenshot: Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally) Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

annoying comics tip: take a minute after every scene to double-check that your characters' accessories are all accounted for

Neecy and Nay Nay books 3 and 4 are discounted at Barnes & Noble until Friday (4/25)! Use code PREORDER25 to get 25% off!

NANCY BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER HERE COMES THAT BRAINY PEST WITH HIS BIG WORDS COULD I INDUCE YOU TO IMBIBE AN EFFERVESCENT NECTAR INFUSED WITH THE SAVORY FLUID OF CACAO ? NO - - - AND SHUT UP THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF YOUR OBTUSE MENTALITY I WAS OFFERING TO TREAT YOU TO A CHOCOLATE SODA

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 19,1966

The best one for me was when I was 20 or so, a lady asked me to draw her children’s book, then got angry with me when I asked what it was about and how many pages it was. 🤣

My advice to all budding artists is if your mom’s friend’s cousin’s neighbor’s whomever asks you to illustrate her children’s book idea…just run. Run and never look back.

Honorable mention to this guy who also knows exactly how I’m feeling.

I’m so close! Less than 20 pages left. 🫠

Mood board for what it feels like to ink 200+ pages of a graphic novel on your own

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That would be sooooo cool!

Wah!! Thank you! 💕❤️

Hello Bluesky 👋

A cover for the book "Neecy and Nay Nay and the Tangled Hairy Mess." Two young, medium skinned Black girls standing in front of a hair salon smiling and hugging.

Two young girls walking side by side, smiling at each other against a pale yellow background. One girl is brown skinned with black hair and the other girl is fair skinned with brown hair.

A Publishers Marketplace deal report from February 28, 2025. Francesca Lyn's HISTORY COMICS: THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, following three young Black enslaved people as they navigate their escape through secret routes and safe houses, introducing notable historical figures they meet along the way, illustrated by Maya Henderson, to Robyn Chapman at First Second, for publication in Spring 2028, by Lori Steel at SteelWorks Literary for the illustrator (world).

Hi! My name is Maya and I'm a Black illustrator and author. I'm the artist for the chapter book series NEECY AND NAY NAY from Little Bee, and HISTORY COMICS: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD from First Second (Spring 2028). My debut middle grade graphic novel, BRAINBOW, comes out Fall 2026 from Little, brown. 🥰