Publisher @fieldmouse.press, comics critic, educator, primary care provider. I help artists make beautiful books. Earnest to a fault. Header by MariNaomi. He/him.
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Gonna be shutting down the shop on Monday at midnight. You have until then to place orders.
On a related note, after these printings sell out, I will not be reprinting these editions. So, if ya want one, you’ll have to snag it soon.
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i’m getting top surgery in less than a month, the cats have fleas, and one needs dental work. i could use some help, so if you could share i’d be grateful ko-fi.com/gosshawks
Hi y'all, Recently we found out that my brother has a heart condition and will require extensive care.
To cover some of the costs I'm running fundraiser by taking up commissions. Most tiers are affordable so people get some good art while helping us out. Plus a $1000 for those who can spare more.💜💜
i’m about to do an artists residency on a very limited budget and i just found out it’s gonna cost $200 to check my bags 😬 if you’re feeling generous anything helps.
vemmo - doctopmaru
papal - doctopmaru@gmail
cshapp - doctopmaru
thank you.
Hey Diskette Fans! This is your first notice that we're putting together a fundraiser anthology for a new Riso. Sign up here for launch info. More details to come in the coming weeks, this is gonna be a good one.
diskettepress.com/pages/belove...
Looking at ways to raise the cold hard cash needed to print this comic. I don't have anything against kickstarter, but I'd rather just rely on preorders to help fund the printing.
Would you preorder this comic? It'd be about 68 pages, risograph printed, probably around $15.
All 50 pages of my new comic Shapes in the Kudzu are up on my patreon. It's about animals, driving, and the south.
I've got a bunch of different support tiers, but however much you want to give goes directly into the comic making jar.
Read it here: www.patreon.com/c/bensears/p...
SPX may be over, but I've finally gotten around to looking at footage from the big ol' comics weekend.
Here's a convo between Tinguu and Ryan Holmberg about 'The Cannibals', out now via @fieldmouse.press. This was part of a pre-SPX event at @fantomcomics.bsky.social!
youtu.be/1lnRKVezxzA?...
Today I received a book on loan from the Cleveland Public Library (hell yeah) and what I expected was the McNALLY EDITIONS reprint of the 1919 classic EX-WIFE by Ursula Parrott. What I got was the... 1989 reprint.
One thing I really did not expect about being a book publisher is the strange spam email I get because of specific books. Case in point? SOUVENIR by @saraluna.bsky.social — a gorgeous book about finding a way forward when all you want is to live in the past.
www.fieldmouse.press/shop/p/souve...
I now regularly get emails with offers of product catalogues, production samples, and other related materials for my successful "souvenir business."
The success is the beautiful and important book, but thank you random guy from Indonesia/China/Vietnam, it means a lot that you reached out to chat.
I've gotten multiple books this year where "final interiors will be full color" is printed somewhere on the cover or in the guts, and frankly, it just makes me want to throw the thing away. It's not a romantasy novel. I need to be able to evaluate the art, which includes, importantly, the color.
Come see Fieldmouse Press at a comics festival, zine fest, or show this Fall!
SF Zine Fest: 9/6
SPX: 9/12 + 9/13
CrockerCon: 9/20
A2CAF: 10/3
PCX: 10/10
Zinecinnati: 10/17
Zine Machine: 10/25
BEC: 11/14 + 11/15
MICE: 12/5 + 12/6
(And keep your eyes peeled for additional shows!)
Wrapping up Women in Translation Month with SWELL by Son Bo-Mi was a real pleasure. Translated by Janet Hong and published by @twolinespress.com. I didn't love everything in the collection, but the paired stories "Blanket" and "Blimp", as well as "The Love of a Scientist" were absolutely wonderful.
C'mon lovelies, let's move that needle! I know we're all strapped for THE MONIES (I'm feeling it just as much) but comics-focused mags are frighteningly rare these days, and it would be a shame to lose this one too.
Please donate if you can spare, please repost too?
#comicsky#comics#signalboost
I try not to get hyperbolic on here, but truly, if we can't get close to our funding goal for @solrad.bsky.social, the magazine will not be able to exist in its current format in 2026.
crowdfundr.com/support_solrad
I try not to get hyperbolic on here, but truly, if we can't get close to our funding goal for @solrad.bsky.social, the magazine will not be able to exist in its current format in 2026.
crowdfundr.com/support_solrad
Today’s Reading!
A frank childhood memoir by Matt MacFarland that marks his life’s milestones through visits to a kind elderly neighbour (Herb). Alternatingly biting and heartfelt.
Available in store and online! Along with a lots more @fieldmouse.press we imported this summer
littledeercomics.ie
There’s a story, where I come from.
“A Warning” is an 8-page comic drawn by @doctop.bsky.social and written by myself. You can read it in its entirety below, or purchase a high-res .pdf for a price of your choosing at the link (process edition available for $6USD):
hagaipalevsky.itch.io/a-warning
Exciting news indeed! Tsushima’s TERRITORY OF LIGHT and WOMAN RUNNING IN THE MOUNTAINS are two of my favourites, both translated by Geraldine Harcourt.
#WITMonth#BookSky 💙📚
Excited to see a new novel from Yūko Tsushima coming early next year, translated by Dennis Washburn. Her final novel, it begins in 1938 and covers over 70 years, drawing on details of her own life.
It is so unfortunate that @torontocomics.bsky.social is going back to the second weekend of May for 2027. Being on Mother's Day weekend is a death knell for me ever being able to attend, let alone exhibit for @fieldmouse.press. And TCAF is a great show, and we publish Canadian authors. Bleh.
We're raising funds for @solrad.bsky.social and need to hit our funding goal to keep it going in 2027. Get some great comics at a great price and help us make this happen!