Kate Bugstrop

She was ruthless

It was great to see you! Hope you enjoy your mini!

I only had a few minutes to escape my table and browse but I was DELIGHTED when my partner bought me several goodies from you! Cannot wait to put them up!

I'm standing behind my table of zines,a comic,a box of buttons,and a stand display of stickers. I'm a light skinned person with a curly pink short haircut and shaved sides. I'm wearing a button down short-sleeved shirt and have rainbow glasses.

A stack of my story comic called Eat at Lu's, which has a cartoon weevil holding a food tray above her head with the top of a flower on it, face-up. She's waving. She's also holding a notepad.

Thanks to @massmice.bsky.social for welcoming me this year! Was super nervous but pulled off my first story comic just in time! Thanks also to everyone who took home some creatures, left me a Doodlebug, and chatted bugs and birds. Love my nature nerds! #indiecomics #naturecomics #bugart #insectart

Great to see you too! Thanks for the shout-out!

My partner: This does a really good job of capturing what Aklu sees in Olli the first time they meet. I totally agree!

I'm halfway through the third book and my partner is done, and we've been combing the internet for art. We are DELIGHTED to see your depictions!!!!!

Small brown and tan jumping spider viewed from the top

Small brown and tan jumping spider from a three-quarter front view. He's sitting in a crevice in a fencepost.

Saw my first jumping spider of the year yesterday! This little shy baby let me get a few photos before hiding back in the fence post. Possibly Genus Pseudeuophrys. #invertfest #salticidae #jumpingspider #arachnerd

Big fuzzy bumblebee in a light purple azalea flower, side view

Big fuzzy bumblebee in a light purple azalea flower, top view

Hey hey it's a fuzzy bee day! Here are some bumblebees to kick off #invertfest!

Yeah and I have NO arm strength. Last time I attempted a rope swing into a river I met the bank very quickly.

Imma need to pet one of these immediately

Beautiful, and underlining my belief that they are wholly friend-shaped

I need to try this. Except imma try to pretend to be a potato.

To try and show the world that we are not all like this

Alternate idea: Buy pins, shirts, and other things from local artists that make it clear what kind of American you are.

Asking the really important questions today: if you are a "giraffic designer" do you:

A. Design giraffes
B. Design FOR giraffes
C. ARE a giraffe, and a designer

#showerthoughts #graphicdesign #giraffes #wordplay #poll

Aaah I forgot alt text. My black cat laying on his back with his feets in the air

Here, take this.

I'm just wondering how far down your face would go before it stops.

"Calls themselves a god/is actually baby" I actually call myself a potato so am I doing something wrong?

Agreeeed

Photo of me, light skinned round faced person with a curly short mohawk and bright red-pink hair, rainbow glasses and a wide eyed expression. I'm holding a piece of pizza with both hands in front of me. Collaged on top of the photo is one of my drawings: a cartoon raccoon with a similar wide eyed expression holding a piece of pizza in front of them.

It's the same picture. #dontbesuspicious #raccoon #pizza #trashpanda #animalart #lifeimitatesart

And both cute pics to boot!

They're both members of the family of beetles called Coccinellidae and will gladly eat the aphids from your garden!

Right? I just don't think the stylist who said she likes fig newtons but doesn't like figs is going to change her mind with that information, you know?

An anomalocaris, a shrimp-like prehistoric creature with prominent claws and stalk eyes, depicted here with cartoonishly sad watery eyes, next to text "I'm a creep." Directly below it is the same anomalocaris singing its heart out. Text, "I'm a weirdo!"

Radiodont head

Overhearing people at the salon talking about figs. Must resist talking about fig wasps. Must resist.
#bugnerd #figwasps #wasps #insects

Classic!!

Dis mine

I just wanna tickle its belly