Kristyna Baczynski

A photo of my stall covered in zines, comics and prints. I’ve collaged in a photo of my kneeling and praying plus lots of pictures of my cat.

All set up at GoodThingsMarket in #Hull today - here on Queen Street til 4pm with loads of amazing makers

A colourful busy illustration full of anthropomorphic objects surrounding a little lady holding a painting of a castle. The central text says “THRIFT GOBLIN”. Cartoon objects include a slightly angry teapot, keen jumper guy, content silver spoon, cursed mirror, insanely happy globe, winking seashell chair, sinister occult book and a lamp with boots on.

Thrift Goblin…. Because I’ll be gobblin up the weirdest second hand treasures at the charity shop.

Comic-style cartoon illustration, with the title “CAR SICK” in a green bubble at the top. Underneath is the text “This month my car had to go to the garage”, with a drawing of a poorly looking hatchback underneath, and a mechanic next to it saying “I, uh, dunno… something bad is going on in there”

Second panel of the car sick comic - a bubble of text reads “I should’ve known something was wrong when a weird drive over the Pennines stressed me out so much I had to put some Enya on”. Plus a drawing of me looking sweaty and anxious as hell in the drivers seat of a car, with the footnote “only Caribbean Blue can save me now”

Sometimes your car gets so sick, only Enya can save you…
(and a good mechanic of course)

From my latest page of diary comics!

So nice to see you! Hope you had a good afternoon nap 💤

Photo of my stall as a zine fair market. Lots of colourful books and comic on a blue tablecloth. Shiny stickers and brightly coloured riso graph prints of cool animals. There is a giant Moomin house behind the table!

All set up #BradfordZineFest! At the central library on Centenary Square til 4pm today - loads of amazing zine artists and free panels/workshops too!

My hand holding a Twin Peaks sticker. It‘s an illustrated design based on the “Welcome to Twin Peaks” sign Agent Coop passes as he arrives in town. With added coffee and cherry pie. Red and black colours. Cosy objects also in photo: lamp, oak leaf, owls, knitwear, black lodge mug.

“Diane, 11:30am, February 24th. Entering the town of Twin Peaks” - new stickers out now! kriski.etsy.com

A photo of my stall at a print market - a table with black and blue table cloth, covered in colourful prints, zines and stickers.

It’s #hebdenbridge print fair today! I’m here at the Town Hall until 5pm with lots of talented artists 👽💕

A colourful, illustrated print with the text HAG LIFE in the middle. Around it are lots of illustrated characters; a Baba Yaga house, a babushka throwing peace signs, cat in a headscarf, potions, cauldrons, occult books, moons, owls and witchy stuff.

As soon as the air gets a bit crispy I turn into the sixth spice girl 🌀HAG SPICE🌀

A colourful, illustrated print with the text HAG LIFE in the middle. Around it are lots of illustrated characters; a Baba Yaga house, a babushka throwing peace signs, cat in a headscarf, potions, cauldrons, occult books, moons, owls and witchy stuff.

As soon as the air gets a bit crispy I turn into the sixth spice girl 🌀HAG SPICE🌀

My hand holding three Star Trek fanzines I made. The cover features a cosmic illustration of The Enterprise-D spaceship, plus illustrations of Worf, Picard, Guinan, Troi, Data and Geordi. The zine title reads “Zine Me Up”

An interior page from the zine, featuring a wordsearch in Klingon. It looks impossible because it almost is, but the answers are at the back it’s ok. Worf encouraged you to hunt down the words like a warrior. The page title is WORFSEARCH.

Zine Me Up is reprinted and back in stock! Featuring the almost impossible Worfseach in Klingon kriski.etsy.com

Hot news: I’m entering the washi tape game. Prepare thyself for stationery sensations.

Truly, it’s a thrilling time for office gadgets

Got a label maker, made some labels. My apologies, cat approved labels.

Haha same

Groan. I wanted dinner party bork fest!

Omg! “People are why executives get ulcers”??!?! WHAT

You play as a dinner party guest, collecting hors d’oeuvres while trying to avoid inflaming your gastric sores and ruining the party (thus losing the game)

A display cabinet full of vintage board games and memorabilia. The main board game is called “ULCERS” - the box is bright pink, with mid-century illustrations of different people in frames on it.

It this the most intriguing board game you’ve ever seen?

What is the premise and object of the game? All answers welcome.

Yeah, I got one every day for a week too. Just sloppy AI compliments and then some scam to join. A new age of spam emails has dawned

Arcane knowledge ☠️

An illustration of a cool lady standing by a big bookcase. She’s wearing a rad outfit and big boots, reading a book. The bookcase is crammed full of books, zines, comics, scrolls and papers. It’s got an inky, comics aesthetic.

Baddies love books 📚 recent illustration work that I’m kinda obsessed with 👀 💕

Me taking a selfie in front of my stall at a print fair. I’m a woman with red hair and glasses. My table is covered in colourful stickers, wild comics and riso prints.

All set up @thearthouseuk.bsky.social in #wakefield! I have many printed treasures, and there’s loads of treasures printers here too 👽✨

Made up to be a guest at this year’s @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social

To be loved it to be changed… no you’re crying

Same! Used to hunt charity shops for them. Can’t wait to reread 👀

A photo of my many Garfield comic books laid out neatly. Lots of colours and illustrations of the big orange icon; eating lasagna, surfing, surrounded by flowers, dressed in denim, on a unicycle, sleeping with a teddy bear, holding a paintbrush, going on holiday. My babies.

Reunited with my childhood Garfield comics collection! Thank my mum for keeping these safe for two decades.
He was and always will be my passion, my muse, my orange oasis.

HUGE NEWS!
This comic art exhibition will run at the Mercer Gallery in Harrogate from 18th October 2025 til 26th April 2026.
If you’re visiting the Thought Bubble Festival this autumn, be sure to pop in (it’s right across the street!)
This is the incredible poster design by @kbaczynski.bsky.social!

A very detailed poster of an illustrated exhibition hall with the roof removed. We can peer inside and see lots of characters milling around, drinking, chatting, watching screenings and checking out comic art on the walls. The characters are all from Avery Hill graphic novels, and the colourful poster has a vapourwave sunset vibe. Text reads: “Vision & Labour - The Art Of Avery Hill. Mercer Gallery, Harrogate 18th Oct 2025 - 26th April 2026”

Here’s my Vision & Labour poster design, for @averyhill.bsky.social retrospective exhibition in Harrogate!
Opens 18th October, perfect timing for @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social

What characters can you spot from Avery books? (They’re all from Avery books)

My hand holding two sizes of my new print - it’s a super colourful illustration of a lady getting abducted by a UFO. A smiley alien flys their saucer, and our lady floats up a beam of light carrying a packed bag and throwing a peace sign. Cat friend is also coming along. Text at the bottom reads “Noping Out”

Noping Out prints are freshly prіntеd and in my shор! ✨ Four colours ✨

A wholesome UFO abduction fantasy to pass the time 👽💕

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A strange cartoon drawing that might be Sonic the hedgehog. He isn’t drawn correctly… the snout is big and he has more teeth than usual.

Sometimes it’s just nice to draw Sonic from memory. Strange blue hogs are good for you.