Caitlin Cass

A bespectacled woman stands at a two-year olds birthday party and suggests timidly: “Before we blow out the candles, can we just like, briefly acknowledge the fascism?”

And now it is the BEST REALITY-BASED WORK winner is announced, which goes to Suffrage Song: The Haunted History of Gender, Race, and Voting Rights in the U.S., by Caitlin Cass (Fantagraphics) @fantagraphics.bsky.social @caitlincass.bsky.social #eisners #sdcc2025

Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.

Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

What's happened since?

A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.

protesters surround federal detention center in Los Angeles

Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

Suffrage Song is up for an Eisner Award in Best Reality-Based Work! I made this explainer to summarize and help inform the voting. Please share if you know anyone who might be eligible to vote! Voter Registration is on Comic Con’s website.

#eisnernominated #eisnerawards

It’s a great drawing! :) Thanks for making the poster!

illustrated poster promoting a comic reading event at Gutter Pop Comics in Buffalo, NY this Friday, April 11th at 7:30 pm. Free to attend! Caitlin Cass, Falynn Koch, Alex Squier, and Nick Daniels will be reading.

I won't be reading at this one, but I drew the flyer and will be there to hang out and help out. Come through and see @caitlincass.bsky.social and @falynnk.bsky.social and Alex Squier and Nick Daniels at @gutterpopcomics.bsky.social this Friday if you're in the Buffalo area!

Ever wonder why Medieval art is so weird? I wrote a blog post about it for the College Book Arts Association. Read it at: www.collegebookart.org/bookarttheory/

Is it good when foreign press describes our next presidential election as theoretical?

I see I missed a y in the first apocalypse. I don’t think I can replace the image without deleting the post but here’s a corrected image!

A comic on the occasion of international women’s day.

Cover image of Imagining Disaster comic featuring burning buildings

Here’s a preview of the first issue of Imagining Disaster. This project will fold together memoir and history to explore how ideas of disaster have evolved in the popular imagination over the last 500 years.

It’s a great time to subscribe to the postal constituent if you want to follow along!

Alt Pub Omaha Zine Fair Supporting The Arts, Strengthening Our Community.

Zine fair tomorrow in Omaha!
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Vote for Best Graphic Non-Fiction in the Broken Frontier Awards. Nominees include Tim Bird, Maria Sweeney, @schnumn.bsky.social, @caitlincass.bsky.social, Fernando Trueba and Javier Marascal. Vote here: www.brokenfrontier.com/broken-front...

Self-Publishing and the Black American Narrative - JSTOR Daily Bryan Sinche’s Published by the Author explores the resourcefulness of Black writers of the nineteenth century.

Self-Publishing and the Black American Narrative:
Bryan Sinche’s "Published by the Author" explores the resourcefulness of Black writers of the nineteenth century.
—via @jstordaily.bsky.social @jstor.bsky.social

Celebrating another important Nebraskan today as I head to Lincoln to talk about Suffrage Song at the Bennet Martin Public Library. Talk is 2-3 today (Dec 7) in the Pooley Music Library on the second floor! #susettelafleschetibbles #brighteyes

Susette La Flesche, Inshata Theumba (Bright Eyes) Illustration.

It’s good to be reminded that Native Americans were not considered people in the eyes of U.S. law until 1879. Ishata Theumba served as an interpreter in the Standing Bear vs Crook case which changed this. She was also a writer and lecturer who travelled the world to advocate for indigenous people.

Aw, I worked on my graphic history there a year and a half ago. A lovely place to make comics. :)

Did you know that SOLRAD is always looking to give a permanent digital home to really amazing comics?
Is your comic amazing? SOLRAD wants to host it!!

The 30 Best Art Books of 2024 This expansive genre includes any title with a bearing on the multifaceted art world — from Audrey Flack’s memoir to Caitlin Cass’s “Suffrage Song.”

Suffrage Song made this quirky @hyperallergic.com list :)

hyperallergic.com/968703/the-3...

Works for me! Added.

I've added you :)

Added!

Stack of books: The culture of Calamity: Disaster and the Making of Modern America by Kevin Rozario, Like Love by Maggie Nelson, and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson.

Nightstand stack. Because apparently I only read books with alliterative titles now.

Honored to be book clubbed! Thanks Ian!

Why’s he so angry?

Oh this is definitely on the reading list. Less for subject more for structure/ expansive topic reasons but can’t wait to read. Thanks!

I will check it out, thanks!

I teach comics at the university of nebraska omaha! Will you add me? :) thanks!