Ariana Maher

Alderdoodle - Illustration & Lettering Home of ornate art for indie game designers and publishers.

One of the most generous creators I know in the space @alderdoodle.bsky.social constantly gives people access to incredible art at no cost!

Not only that, she creates fantastic art for covers, cards, clothes and more 💕

www.alderdoodle.co.uk

Wonderful obit for legendary comics colorist Tatjana Wood in NYT.

Here she is holding her Eisner Hall of Fame Award in 2023. This photo makes me SO happy. Just look at that smile! Even at age 96, she knew what that honor meant.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...

Old work but was specifically made for today. Happy International Women's Day

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Just know that I admire you for looking after yourself and giving yourself some grace to rest. It's really hard to try to know oneself and even harder to be kind.

I'm in a better place but it's been a lot of work and a lot of therapy to help me work through it. I'm currently working on a blog post about how I try to keep myself focused and regulated while juggling multiple projects using an app. I don't know if it'll help, but I'll tag you once I have it up.

I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.

I'm serious, read it all please

ooh I loved working on that story! 💕 I also wish you had more.

Thanks! We're all proud of our work!

Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 7661 H.R. 7661 could restrict federal funding for schools over LGBTQIA+ and sex education content. Here's what's at stake and how to fight back.

Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 7661

Your scripts inspired me to be a more creative letterer. Especially when we did those classic WWII styled storylines. I hope we get the chance to work together again someday soon! ✨

HEY GANG - if you haven't read AVENGERS ACADEMY and are wondering what all the fuss is about, you can actually read the first four issues here at this link - no need to register or anything, just click and read!!! www.marvel.com/infinitycomi...

GLAAD MEDIA AWARD WINNER: OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices By Anthony Oliveira, Elsa Sjunneson, Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, Pablo Collar, Charles Stewart III, Alti Firmansyah, Minkyu Jung, KJ Díaz, Ruth Redmond, Dono Sánchez-Almara, Ariana Maher, Joe Caramagna (Marvel Infinity Comics)

I am so thankful for the gift of this recognition on behalf of myself and all of the crew on Avengers Academy. We strove week after week to make art worthy of our community – to deepen and enrich the world for queer, trans, and HIV+ representation and readership, to insist we belonged in these worlds of fiction and in the world that dreams them. We wanted both to illuminate queer stories told long ago and to trailblaze new paths forward. It was not always easy, but it was always worth it. I am so proud of this work, and so honoured to have it so celebrated. Thank you. Thank you to all the impossibly gifted collaborators on this project for all your brilliance, enthusiasm, and generosity: our regular artists Carola Borelli, Bailie Rosenlund, and Pablo Collar; our colorists KJ Diaz and Ruth Redmond; our letterists Ariana Maher and Joe Caramagna; as well as our numerous guest talents – who enriched this book week after week with their gifts and perspectives. Thanks too to our editors, Lindsey Cohick, Sidney Stubbs, Wil Moss, and founding editor and Sarah Brunstad who willed this book into life. Time and again this book redefined what could happen, how it could look and read, and above all who could be in a superhero comic, and I could not be prouder. And, with great admiration and profoundest appreciation, thank you to my community, for always lifting me up. Finding all of you has been the great gift of my life. This category is full of the fellow artists who showed me there was a place for us to create and to live in this world, and I live in the enduring blessing of their work. I said it when we ended, and I will say it here again: comics will mend your heart, if you let them. When I was a scared, lonely, closeted kid, the Marvel universe’s heroes were there for me when very little else was. That is a debt I can never pay back, but one I’ve tried with great travail to pay forward. I want to believe we have afforded a little of that same refuge to those who soug…

Amazed and honoured that AVENGERS ACADEMY has won the GLAAD Media Award for OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK!

This book pushed every boundary in this industry, and I am so grateful for the gift of these talented collaborators and this generous, uplifting community of readers. deadline.com/2026/03/glaa...

Every day 😭

A screenshot of the main screen for Two Dots. An absolute mess of circles and colors to encourage pay to play spending.

Every once in a while, I dust off Two Dots, pick through the absolute garbage UX and play a few levels before forgetting it exists again.

It's the epitome of enshittified game apps, but there's a dopamine-feeding puzzle game in there if you wade through the colorful sewage.

Congratulations, Anthony! I'm so happy that Avengers Academy resonated with so many people. The whole team put so much into these stories and this recognition means so much!

Sahar and Odai are a family close to me that needs help. Odai has suffered with a quadcopter shot in his foot for over 1 year now since i have known Sahar. She needs help getting him the surgery he needs. Every share helps. Thank you for sharing. #HelpSky #MutualAid

Remembering the weird way they mixed in Chinese culture and language just to give the world building a bit of flavor is one of many reasons not to reboot/revive this particular franchise.

If you're a letterer, I bet you're as excited for this as I am.

Oh my gosh! I had been meaning to watch that and it slipped my mind. Thank you! I'll check it out!

sometime tomorrow: I've got a couple thousand words about Romeo is a Deadman, Gorillaz, and crate digging being one of the nicest experience modern life has to offer. plus the usual updates about KENTA or Katsuyori Shibata. sign up or don't!

HI #ECCC WE’RE ALL READY FOR YA !!!

Come to table H6 for doomed gay shenanigans , AND you can grab old totes of mine with CRWN STUDIOS who run fulfillment for dual wield studio so you can snag some of my older merch ;)

I’m also in 2 stamp rallies !!!

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Would I enjoy a space western with a morally grey found family/crew? Sure!

Would I want more of this particular space western? Nah, I'm good.

Hi, Is anyone here looking for a comics flatter? 🙏 Im badly need to work for my family 🙏

Thank you,

We're back, babes! XD

I've gone through that far too often. I empathize completely. I hope your rest settles into something peaceful. I've had burnouts so bad, it would take a long while before I could feel like myself again.

Our new Artist Series of CBY merch has launched featuring this gorgeous @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social design. All proceeds go towards commissioning the next one. Support indie artists.

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Hope you have a great ECCC!

I miss visiting Chan's table at ECCC. 😭 Next time I get to go, that's the first place I'll visit. ✨

Rude. I didn't invite you.😭