Matt Emmons

The Amber Tree, this month’s riso print

I’ve always had a love for amber fossils, so this one was a great excuse to do a bit more reading on the prehistoric insects preserved within and trees that were responsible.

Very late to seeing this, but that’s not too much to say at all! It means the world to hear that, I can’t thank you enough

And lastly, this is the piece of fossilized amber my wife gifted me last year that got this idea started! It’s tucked away somewhere on the border too, but more importantly can anyone help identify the insect in there? I desperately want to know

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The Amber Tree, this month’s riso print

I’ve always had a love for amber fossils, so this one was a great excuse to do a bit more reading on the prehistoric insects preserved within and trees that were responsible.

Linnea Sterte’s World Heist and A Garden of Spheres, Book 1.

The Hanging by Aaron Losty, Daystar by Aaron Losty and Matt Emmons, and Winter King by Matt Emmons

This week I reduced my nightstand’s reading pile a bit by catching up with a few of my favorite cartoonists.

You can find them here at:
@decassette.bsky.social
@aaronlosty.bsky.social
@secondatbest.bsky.social

All three are truly exceptional storytellers and I hope to read more from them soon

Thanks so much Joseph! I appreciate you sticking around, and glad you enjoyed the books

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The Winter King is back! If you missed out on the riso edition, the second edition offset printing is here. This is probably my favorite sequence in the book, where a parade of ghosts gathers a few new members.

I’ll be shipping out preorders later this week, thanks everyone who already grabbed one!

Thank you!

Chipping away at this month’s riso print

Working on a bunch I can’t show (yet), but I did draw the fish from Over the Garden Wall when I was planning to put him in last year’s riso print from my patreon print subscription

This month’s is currently a three-way tie, if anyone wants to join up and help break the tie now’s the time!

My cat was looking a little like a sneak thief so I drew her as such. I feel like she’d be the type to betray you once, but then be a loyal friend after you escape her trap

The Apiarist, one of my first prints from the riso print subscription I started this year

Definitely going to do a weird western story with this one (after I finish the other three books in front of it)

The Apiarist, one of my first prints from the riso print subscription I started this year

Definitely going to do a weird western story with this one (after I finish the other three books in front of it)

Holiday woodchuck, colored over a scan of the riso print

This is risograph printing with extra digital color, not wood block!

Can’t believe I’ve never thought of that

Thank you Chris!

Holiday woodchuck, colored over a scan of the riso print

Hey guys!

I highly awared about our finances for the next year (everything's REAL bad) so i'm starting to look for a big cool coloring gigs for the next year - call me NOW if you wanna work with me in '26!

Pages from a few last comics made with @simonroy.bsky.social

And here’s the actual riso print, I always love seeing the difference in color between the mock up and final print

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Soup on a snowy night - this month’s riso print. I’m thinking this mouse traveler might be a bit of a recurring character, where we see glimpses of his journey through the seasons

Thanks so much Calvin! Glad to hear you enjoyed it

Finished this today, super good! Loved how many panels were absent of dialogue just letting you experience the scenery as the characters did, very contemplative in spots.

The physical book itself is great too, high quality printing/pages and a fantastic cover. It's clear a lot of love went into it

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Maybe even pick up a few books while you’re there, I don’t mind

Last call to get Gardener on sale! Use code BIGGARDENERSALE for 30% off while you still can. Here’s the pages introducing Jacob and Goo Man. Someday I’ll revisit this world as a ttrpg campaign setting, but my perfect ideal scenario would be an original Fallout-style isometric crpg. I can dream!

Congrats! Hope you get to settle in nicely