One of my favorite creators walks you through how to do one of my favorite things.
07.03.2026 03:10
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One of my favorite creators walks you through how to do one of my favorite things.
I love how watching my studio mates who are more talented illustrators than I work has influenced my approach to comics pages. I’ve usually cared 90% about story beats and 10% on art, but, you know, a beautiful illustration of a mundane moment *ain’t bad*.
Okay, for real this time. I'm doing a cozy livestream from Helioscope. Drawing the next page of my upcoming book.
Hey there! I'm currently chilling and doing a cozy drawing livestream over at matthewbogart.live. Feel free to swing by if you fancy hanging out in the studio with me.
Drawing comics is a constant game of trying to trick my brain into working on a page for just a little while longer.
A stylized, high-contrast illustration in warm yellows and oranges. In the foreground, a simple line-drawn figure rides a bicycle up a curved hill. Behind them, rounded clouds and rolling hills fill the background. Large, partially visible bold letters at the top spell “IT IS,” cropped by the frame.
Some of my favorite pages I've ever drawn are in this 15-page comic called "It Is." Made it as a thank-you for supporters. Patrons can check it out here: www.patreon.com/post...
I've always admired cartoonist Lucy Bellwood for her occasional 'rambles' she does on her Patreon - just chatting into her phone about her creative life. If you're interested in honest conversations about the creative process, you should check out her Patreon.
Working on a story about seemingly meaningless gestures - those small things that mean something only to you. Like keeping a lucky rock in your pocket all freshman year because you're convinced it's why you met someone you care about. Or sticking a note in hole the wall before you plaster it up.
This is a photo from a 70s sci-fi movie if I've ever seen one.
Cool!
A quickly drawn picture of a woman's face. She's smiling with long blonde hair and saying "Holy shit. Can I see it?"
Want a weird old comic? Here's a 20-page "chaos book" I drew in 18 hours using 27 prompts from Patreon backers. There's a blind date, a monocled lobster, and a Waffle House.
www.matthewbogart.ne...
Anyone else obsessively cleaning their home this morning trying to feel like they have some kind of control over the world?
Get on this quick!! #comicsarecool
John Green: "It drives me bonkers when successful people fail to acknowledge that risk is a privilege... I've worked just as hard on unread novels as ones that sold millions." Everybody needs to hear this.
TITLE: "Drawing for longer" Comic page displayed on drawing tablet showing characters in conversation with blue coloring layer, next to open Kevin Nowlan artist edition book propped on desk at Helioscope Studio.
New free patron post about a technique that has kept me drawing when I'm exhausted. www.patreon.com/posts/151559...
Yeah. Do what you need to do to hold yourself together as best you can, and finding joy places is part of that. I fell into a TTRPG rabbit hole over the last year or so partially because I knew I needed to both see people IRL, and find some joy in order to take care of my mental health.
BAM! BAM! BAM! and BAM!
We've just unlocked Page 4 of our Steve Lieber-drawn backup story to the new TREKKER: THE TIES THAT BIND graphic novel.
ONE PAGE LEFT TO GO!
Get in on the latest, most explosive chapter in Mercy's long trek-- but jump quick! ONLY EIGHT HOURS LEFT: TrekkerKickstarter.com
Dylan Meconis (in purple with glasses) talking to Emmett & Gordon Graham, Emilie Kelly, Claire Scott, & Matthew Bogart
A screenshot of a podcast player with the Comic Lab podcast episode list. Pulled up, period. The most recent episode features Dylan as a guest.
I just listened to Dylan Meconis give a great talk about comics in the studio for hours yesterday. Now I go to put on the Comic Lab podcast during my morning shower…
Jesse and I spent close to a year trying to solve a plot problem that didn't have a solution. Wrote about what it's like to accept that, and what comes next.
Dylan Meconis (in purple with glasses) talking to Emmett & Gordon Graham, Emilie Kelly, Claire Scott, & Matthew Bogart.
A mentorship day at Helioscope. Dylan Meconis @dylanmeconis.bsky.social is sharing her expertise about working with traditional publishing. Jeff Parker is giving storytelling feedback to a couple of young artists who have been studying with @jasonmcnamara.bsky.social!
You know what I love about comics? The rough-and-tumble nature of it. The ability for anybody, with a couple of bucks, to mark things on paper and take them to a local copy shop and make a zine. That's how I got started, and it's still the most magical part.
I love the Doubleclicks. So cool to see them making music.
Don’t skip the quiet beats because they feel unimportant, they're where the reader falls in love with who they're reading about.
Hooray for making cool little useful things for yourself.
A person sits at a cluttered desk, head resting in one hand in a posture of exhaustion or frustration, working in front of an open MacBook laptop. Papers, notebooks, and documents are spread across the desk. Behind them, a large window lets in natural light, revealing bare winter branches and a hint of red foliage outside. Two lamps flank the workspace, and bookshelves with various items line the wall to the left. The overall mood is dim and contemplative, the backlight from the window silhouetting the figure.
Hey cartoonists: What's one thing related to your process you wish you could automate in your creative workflow? I'm thinking about writing about how cartoonists can use Mac automation to help with some of the mundane work and I’d love to make a tool as an example that doesn’t help only me.
My ECCC Pre-Show Commission List is now OPEN-
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Yes. Very much so. One good snow, that coincidentally melts entirely within a day or two and leaves no sludge. I'll take one of those, please.
AAAAH! That almost makes me wish we had gotten snow this year.
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