Stephanie Gerk

Me and my emotional support comics are ready for the week to end. Cheers to Friday!

the “stay silent” culture is killing any community rapidly. this shouldn’t be a place where predators are allowed to thrive

Dispatches from MN: it's getting really hard, guys. The media has left, the donations are drying up, and ICE is still here kidnapping people. It's hard not to be resentful that other people have the option of setting this aside for.other things.

Anyone here have connections at @halconscificon.bsky.social?
I’d love to explore the show one year and come as a moderator! I’ve heard nothing but good things about the show and would love to meet everyone on the East coast!

Hell yeah you did

This week from@madcavestudios.com, step into Disco Hippo Wonderland and witness the start of The Florida Hippopotamus Cocaine Massacre—a wild, blood-soaked, ‘80s-infused action comedy where Narcos meets Jurassic Park. Run to your local comic book shop before copies run out.

I WROTE A STAR TREK!!!

Thrilled to share that I wrote the Lower Decks entry for this year's #StarTrekCelebrations anthology, with art by the amazing @jlawrenceart.bsky.social !

Excited for you to get a look at it, so get your orders in!

As someone who LOVES pigeons, I thank you

Read the work (especially new) of the writers I love and admire in the industry to keep learning from them

I will fight everyone at Paramount to get a #StarTrekProdigy art book

It’s the season of COMIC CONVENTIONS and I’m back to the Fan Expo Vancouver as a Comics Moderator! Who will wander Artists Alley with me? So many new comics and creators to discover and I can’t wait. See you there!

The only thing I feel needs to be added to the AI discussion.

VA Chaplains in Massachusetts Told Not to Mention Slain Nurse Alex Pretti Alex Pretti is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts have been barred from mentioning his name.

Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at VA hospital in Minneapolis, was killed by officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol last month. He is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at VA facilities in MA have been barred from mentioning his name -- or even counseling nurses.
bit.ly/SilencingVAc...

Prepping for my FIRST EVER Bluejays baseball game later this year.
Anything I should know? 🙂 I’ve never been to a major league baseball game before

Graphic by Trung Le Ngyuen featuring a drawing of Liam Ramos with his bunny hat and Spidey backpack and a small smile. Text reads: "Comics 4 Liam / WE're asking artists to draw pictures for Liam Ramos that you think might make this particular boy feel happy and cared for. / Maybe drawings of things he might love; maybe pictures of Liam himself as you think he might like to be seen. / Please post your art with the hashtag #Comics4Liam and a link to comics4liam.com, which lists fundraisers for Liam and others victimized by ICE and links to organizations that support immigrants.

A few other guidelines: 1. Please avoid images of Liam in danger or sad. 2. Please avoid images that include violence or would otherwise by inappropriate for a five year old. 3. Please NO "A.i." USE AT ALL. 4. Please DO NOT POST YOUR IMAGE ON X (Twitter). Thank you!

Friends, we're thrilled to announce #Comics4Liam to encourage artists to draw pictures for Liam Conejo Ramos and share links to help Liam's family and other immigrants persecuted by ICE! Check out comics4liam.com and please do feel free to pitch in! Images by the great @trungles.com!

Spider-man’s so glad you’re home Liam ❤️

#comics4liam
Comics4liam.com

#spideysforliam

@sxbond.bsky.social Hey Shelly! I’m producer on a comics podcast (Comics Industry Insiders) and we’d love to reach out about interviewing you and discussing your work in comics!

100 FAQ On Making Comics Know the Basics. Avoid the Blunders.

Spend over 3 decades editing comics, you field a lot of loaded questions. Here are 100 of my favorites from art and english majors to industry hopefuls and seasoned pros. From oft-asked to oddball, the answers might surprise you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sxb...

Day job. Health insurance through your employer. Savings account. Do not quit whatever job you have, schedule around it.

HELLO! I’m not actually IN Vancouver, but in the interior but I’m often in town for events or friends! AND NOW HOCKEY??! ✨🤝 (if you’re a friend of @chaoticute.bsky.social then you must be pretty cool)

THEY’RE MY TEAM! As of last week I’ve decided after they decimated Toronto hehe

Your work will take exponentially longer to make than prose, and will garner a fraction of the attention. And you may work for ten years on something someone can blast through on a Saturday afternoon. You need to be OK with that, or you'll never be happy.

You are in a niche of a niche, and the potential audience is sized accordingly. If you manage to find a way to support yourself exclusively off of your comics output, that's awesome, but you've beaten the odds.

Don't go in EXPECTING to beat the odds.

Look at this ADORABLE book that one of my favourite artists @thejollity.bsky.social illustrated!

"Ya know, I’ve always suspected that Fred Kennedy and James Clark were deeply disturbed individuals. THE FLORIDA HIPPOPOTAMUS COCAINE MASSACRE confirms that suspicion." - @franktieri.bsky.social

Order cut off is Monday from @madcavestudios.com

Pre-order here: madcavestudios.com/news/these-h...

I think my cat is obsessed with watching TV with me

since DS9 is having a moment here’s a comic I made back in 2019 about what’s so great about this show, and how it compares to new trek.

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And then all the pressure falls on women to diffuse and navigate ALL these situations. When all we want to do is make comics and maybe have someone mentor us in comics

I’m hopeful to see more change and diversity amongst mentors and mentees in comics in the future.