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Madi tries to look out a frosted over window “it’s January 18th and I have to head into Minneapolis for a comic show. I’m regretting this choice almost as soon as I wake up. It’s so cold that my windows have frosted over and I can’t see out of them. When I check my app it says it’s about -5 degrees f “

Madi drives with the heat blasting “ I bundle up in as many layers as I have. Double scarves, winter gloves and wool lined boots. I clear frost off the car in record time, it takes me seconds, not minutes. Even so, my fingers are numb before I even get into my car, it takes 15 minutes with the heat blasting before I can feel them again”

Madi trudges through the snow “I don’t have to walk terribly far after I park. But the snow is needed like and painful. By the time I get to the door I’m crying and snotty.” Madi is crying

Madi looks at her phone, a man is being dragged by ice from his home wearing nothing but a short blanket hastily covering his shoulders but not his chest or legs, boxers, and crocs “ I finally get home and check into the news. Immediately I see a photo of a man not far from me who was taken from his home by ice today. They didn’t let him out on any clothes before dragging him out into the cold. And I think about frosted windows, numb fingers, and needle like snow”

Oh and he was a U.S. citizen. #iceout #iceoutcomics #iceoutminneapolis #iceoutmpls #iceoutsaintpaul

Cover art for Ghost Slappers by Mad Sparrow. Jenny sits behind a dollhouse with doll sized ghost hunters investigating the inside cut out. She holds Rick Dickerson up to inspect him as he shines a light in her face

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Mad stands talking on her phone “I live in the Minneapolis area, my parents live in Iowa and I give my mom a call once a week when I can.” “Hi mom” “what’s wrong” “there’s a rip in my bedsheet”

A picture of a huge rip in a bed sheet text reads “I’m so tired. A man who works at my school was kidnapped on his way home from work. Whenever I go out I see more cars abandoned in the road I’ve been seeing so many suvs without license plates”

Madi looks out her window at an suv with dark windows across the street the text reads “they’re shooting people, using gasses that cause cancer on civilians, they’re raping detainees. They’re causing car accidents and kidnapping their victims. And we have whistles.”

Madi rips the sheet further “I havnt even scratched the surface on how bad it is, on how bad I worry it will be. And this stupid sheet is ripped. And it’s the only problem I have that I can solve today.”

Had a phone call with my mom today. #iceoutmpls #iceoutminneapolis #iceoutcomics

Did a little digging and as a traveling counselor I’ve stayed at Hilton owned hotels 27 times in the last 5 years. In the next five that will be 0. Since this country only cares about money I’m calling on my fellow travelers to do and say the same #boycotthilton

Calypso Nova a blue tiefling wizard first year at strixhaven

Arash Ruzegar, a half elf first year at strixhaven

Mallory dreamer, a human wizard at strixhaven

Demetria Kline, a human sorcerer at strixhaven

Drew some new player character tokens for our Strixhaven game! Two players yet to be revealed, thanks @fightmeimsmol.bsky.social @alexmitchell.bsky.social @royalghostmarch.bsky.social @tintipping.bsky.social for playing another game with me!

Cool rainbow trout tattoo by Sean earl , pokeapolis over on Instagram

Day one healing but I got a good photo of my new tattoo~

Cover art for Ghost Slappers. Jenny sits behind a dollhouse while doll sized Ghost hunters investigate the inside of the house. Jenny holds the shows host, Rick Dickerson, up to her eye to examine him as he shines a flashlight in her face.

Montage scene of Jenny fixing up and renovating her new flip. The panels are separated by blue painters tape instead of the typical border

Jenny makes a sandwich that night, but hears something spooky that interrupts her from her dinner. She grabs a knife

Jenny follows the noise out of the kitchen, up the stairs and to a crawl space door to the attic. Shes gripping her knife and looking anxious

In a desperate attempt to prove her her house isn’t haunted, Jenny invites a group of reality tv show hunters (the Ghost Slappers) to investigate the home. #BluePit💥 #BluePit #A #NA #PN #W #Q #LGBT

Cassie the cow fibolg in a rodeo clown outfit

Close up of Cassie the cow firbolg in a rodeo clown outfit

✨I’m 30 now✨

Hi #PlaylistPitch ! Here’s a playlist I made for my nearly complete graphic novel Ghost Slappers, about a woman trying to prove her house isn’t haunted by hiring reality tv ghost hunters to check it out! open.spotify.com/playlist/4GQ.... #A #GraphicNovel

The Ghost Hunters that you brought in to investigate your home set up a spirit box in the attic, but all it does is play “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel 65 clearly and continuously through the cheap staticky speakers. #PlaylistPitch #A #GraphicNovel

I want to also state that I’ve really really loved working with POME, and they’ve been extremely kind in this transition! The story is so much better for having worked with them and @murdersheedited.bsky.social

💔💔Hey folks, I’ve been waiting for POME to make their announcements and now that they have, I’m sorry to say that the future of my novel, Ghost Slappers, is a little uncertain! The project is nearly complete and I’m currently seeking a publisher/agented representation.

Mica(the cat) is being very loud as she munches on her cat food, Mad sings her name “mica mica”

Mica is an absolute freak and dribbles kibble all over the floor “mow!” “Oh my”

Quality family time

Repost, 2020

Awhile back I did a 4 page comic for a kickstarter hosted by my friend, @madsparrow.bsky.social ! Though it never officially went to print, I am still incredibly proud of this piece.

I've never posted it anywhere, here's the first page!

[ #spoopyart #comic #comicartist #nightmare ]

This piece was one of my favorites it deserves some love!

Starter pack of mad sparrow in a dress and button up, with her e reader, tortoise, mug, pickles, ice cream, and games

Doing trends late and posting them when no one’s online~ #starterpacknoai

Drawing of a blue eyed blond haired cow firbolg

Still and less blurry version

Made this a couple days ago. My cow firbolg Cassie is flirting with a snake goddess

Why even have a dark mode on an app if it’s going to play a bright white ad in the middle of using it

“Why didn’t you come to meatball night”
“I didn’t know there was a night for meatballs”
“Yeah you did, I invited you in the … group… chat…”

How was your weekend?
✨I found out that my mom has a secret family group chat that includes all my immediate family except for me ✨

Theres plenty of ideas that I started and don’t feel like picking back up because they aren’t worth the time investment. Deciding that something has run its course and you’re done with it isn’t failure. I’m really excited to see what you make moving forward

I think the space away from the project really helped me grow as a cartoonist and story teller, and I’m happy to be diving back in but spending time away reminded me that I WANT to finish it.

<3 listen for what it’s worth I stopped making ghost slappers shortly after graduating for a lot of the same reasons. Then I spent a few years playing with some other ideas and decided to go back to ghost slappers like a year ago for an in print only version

Just sharing a comfortable moment I had coming home tonight.

Creeping carefully into your room you lift your window, letting in that last warm breeze before the storm reaches you, hoping to catch the last breaths of the accordion song, there’s a delay and then, quietly, the last two lines of the song drift up from the street below

Walking home on an unseasonably warm night at the edge of spring, the sky flickering occasionally with lightning from a distant storm, the first splash of a drizzle begins to dot the sidewalk. You near the soft light of your porch and hear an accordion played gently from the porch across the street

Anyway so far what I’m learning is that I really spent a LOT of time on my phone doing nothing and that replacing that time with something I enjoy doing has been good for my brain.

I am not really a fast reader it just turns out I have a lot of little pockets of time throughout the day where I’d pull my phone out and scroll and scroll. I still used to read a lot (last year I read 20 books?)