Incidental Comics
Grant Snider, K. Woodman-Maynard, Kat Schneider, Jason McBride, Jono Hey, David Lasky, Haley WeaverImpossible thoughts and complicated feelings, illustrated. With bonus musings on how to live a creative life.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 171 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 15 days ago |
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Tired Feet, Full Sketchbook
For my very first trip overseas, I did something wild: I bought an expensive sketchbook.
I’ve always preferred inexpensive art supplies, as I don’t feel guilty for using them up quickly.1 But now that I’m a person who takes transatlantic...
Moon Bounce
I’ve been trying to capture the moon.
In comics.
On camera.
In my first picture book.
But trying to put moonlight on paper is like running after the moon—I never seem to get any closer.
I’m still chasing the moon.
Incidental C...
Introducing The Year I Stopped Drawing
What happens when you lose your creative voice?
When picking up a pencil feels like a crushing obstacle, what do you do?
When you lose your connection to the thing you love most, how do you get it back?
THE YEAR I STOPPED DRAWING is the...
A Puzzle
It’s National Poetry Month, a perfect time to read and draw poetry comics. I like poems that ask pose unanswerable questions.
Questions like: “Who am I?” “What do I want to become?” “Why is every puzzle on my shelf missing a piece?...
The Blue House
Last spring I visited Museo Frida Kahlo in Mexico City. I was in awe of the vibrant colors, the fountains and gardens under blooming jacaranda trees, the feeling of quiet genius in Frida Kahlo’s home studio. And I was moved by her li...
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Authors
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Creator of Incidental Comics and picture books. Keeper of sketchbooks, loser of pens.
Bestselling graphic novelist of Tuck Everlasting (Macmillan), comics coach, and lover of British murder mysteries. Author of Creating Comics Substack for artists who want to keep making art even when it's hard.
Kat Schneider is a comics artist and printmaker from the Greater New York area (aka New Jersey!). Her debut graphic novel, SOMEDAY PERFECT is set to be published by Random House Graphics in April 2026.
Freelance Book Ghostwriter, Best-Selling Author, Poet-Cartoonist, and Amateur Human. he/him
I write the newsletter Sketchplanations and am the author of Big Ideas Little Pictures. Also a product and design leader who makes music.
Seattle writer-artist David Lasky co-authored the graphic novel Carter Family: Don’t Forget This Song, which won comics’ Eisner Award in 2013. He regularly explores new possibilities in informational comics, abstract comics, and poetry comics.
illustrator, writer, worrier
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