J. Marshall Smith - CALA 31B
@jmarshallsmith.bsky.social
Comic Artist/Writer in Baltimore - Testament, Good Girl Laika, Solace County
https://www.jmarshallsmith.com
https://www.jmarshallsmith.com
Updating the Big List and starting a new one with slightly more refined goals every year is my favorite part of new years.
January 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Updating the Big List and starting a new one with slightly more refined goals every year is my favorite part of new years.
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
Reminder: I’m updating my patreon pledge options tomorrow, but you can lock in that sweet 2018 rates before then.
December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Reminder: I’m updating my patreon pledge options tomorrow, but you can lock in that sweet 2018 rates before then.
Very much enjoying my first watch of The Thin Man
December 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Very much enjoying my first watch of The Thin Man
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7/86 sopranos episodes painted!! lol here are 4 of the better ones
December 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
7/86 sopranos episodes painted!! lol here are 4 of the better ones
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December 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Artbooks for Christmas ❤️
December 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Artbooks for Christmas ❤️
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there are some ppl who really disregard the opinions of non-creatives (which in some cases, i agree), but if it's something like readability of an image u really gotta listen to them lol. if even a child cannot distinguish your figure from the background u really gotta go back to the drawing board
December 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
there are some ppl who really disregard the opinions of non-creatives (which in some cases, i agree), but if it's something like readability of an image u really gotta listen to them lol. if even a child cannot distinguish your figure from the background u really gotta go back to the drawing board
Something from the sketchbook.
Feeling very grateful for the opportunity to travel for so many shows this year but the state of my savings, my road weariness, and lack of time to actually make art suggests I should cool it with the travel next year.
Feeling very grateful for the opportunity to travel for so many shows this year but the state of my savings, my road weariness, and lack of time to actually make art suggests I should cool it with the travel next year.
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Something from the sketchbook.
Feeling very grateful for the opportunity to travel for so many shows this year but the state of my savings, my road weariness, and lack of time to actually make art suggests I should cool it with the travel next year.
Feeling very grateful for the opportunity to travel for so many shows this year but the state of my savings, my road weariness, and lack of time to actually make art suggests I should cool it with the travel next year.
I know that I am supposed to be cool and aloof or whatever, but it really means a lot to me anytime someone writes to me to say they liked my book or includes it in some kind of end of year list. It is surreal and I'm so grateful anyone would read my work much less take the time to write to me.
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I know that I am supposed to be cool and aloof or whatever, but it really means a lot to me anytime someone writes to me to say they liked my book or includes it in some kind of end of year list. It is surreal and I'm so grateful anyone would read my work much less take the time to write to me.
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thank u @bulgilhanpress.com @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social ❤️🔥❤️🔥
December 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
thank u @bulgilhanpress.com @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social ❤️🔥❤️🔥
Come say hi to me at CALA!
December 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Come say hi to me at CALA!
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“Moominmamma cooks a real magic potion following Grandmother’s infallible recipe”, by Tove Jansson, as used on the cover of 1989’s exhibition catalogue of Jansson’s work as shown at Finland’s Tampere Art Museum.
December 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“Moominmamma cooks a real magic potion following Grandmother’s infallible recipe”, by Tove Jansson, as used on the cover of 1989’s exhibition catalogue of Jansson’s work as shown at Finland’s Tampere Art Museum.
You know what I like?
Drawing
Drawing
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
You know what I like?
Drawing
Drawing
Good news for people who are cool and sexy and like defying AI by directly supporting crusty goblins with ink on their hands!
Good news if we're friends and you've been wanting to support my work but haven't yet!
I'm updating my patreon and you can lock in your legacy patronage before new years.
Good news if we're friends and you've been wanting to support my work but haven't yet!
I'm updating my patreon and you can lock in your legacy patronage before new years.
December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Good news for people who are cool and sexy and like defying AI by directly supporting crusty goblins with ink on their hands!
Good news if we're friends and you've been wanting to support my work but haven't yet!
I'm updating my patreon and you can lock in your legacy patronage before new years.
Good news if we're friends and you've been wanting to support my work but haven't yet!
I'm updating my patreon and you can lock in your legacy patronage before new years.
How long should one have to ask their landlord to fix the heat before they stop paying rent?
December 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
How long should one have to ask their landlord to fix the heat before they stop paying rent?
Things I love: Drawing my little pictures, reading books, watching my partner play Winter Burrow.
Things I don't love: after weeks of asking my landlord not fixing our heat as we are heading into proper winter. Soon we will be living Winter Burrow except we don't have a cute fireplace.
Things I don't love: after weeks of asking my landlord not fixing our heat as we are heading into proper winter. Soon we will be living Winter Burrow except we don't have a cute fireplace.
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Things I love: Drawing my little pictures, reading books, watching my partner play Winter Burrow.
Things I don't love: after weeks of asking my landlord not fixing our heat as we are heading into proper winter. Soon we will be living Winter Burrow except we don't have a cute fireplace.
Things I don't love: after weeks of asking my landlord not fixing our heat as we are heading into proper winter. Soon we will be living Winter Burrow except we don't have a cute fireplace.
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In less than a week, MICE returns to BU's Fuller Building and we'll be there at Table 47B!
We'll have our entire available catalog along with our brand new titles: Slices of Life and Testament!
See you there 😁 @massmice.bsky.social
We'll have our entire available catalog along with our brand new titles: Slices of Life and Testament!
See you there 😁 @massmice.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In less than a week, MICE returns to BU's Fuller Building and we'll be there at Table 47B!
We'll have our entire available catalog along with our brand new titles: Slices of Life and Testament!
See you there 😁 @massmice.bsky.social
We'll have our entire available catalog along with our brand new titles: Slices of Life and Testament!
See you there 😁 @massmice.bsky.social
Woman With Black Moths. Giving this drawing away today.
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Woman With Black Moths. Giving this drawing away today.
I've made about $17k all year, INCLUDING my adjunct teaching job.
There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.
There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.
Just saw someone claim that authors who want to be paid for their work are "class traitors" because we "only let the wealthy" read our books, and I think I need to go into the woods to scream into the night for a bit.
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
It's $5, not your first-born child! I need that $5 for health insurance!
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I've made about $17k all year, INCLUDING my adjunct teaching job.
There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.
There is this idea that anyone working in the arts has wealthy family help, and sure some do, but a lot of us are simply poor. If you enjoy someone's work please pay them for it. It is not greedy to want to be paid for your labor.
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Coming soon to @okcomics.bsky.social! Complete with an exclusive signed book plate!
Testament by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social from @bulgilhanpress.com! One of my favourite reads of the year… so I wrote a little review.
Pre-order your copy here: okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
Testament by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social from @bulgilhanpress.com! One of my favourite reads of the year… so I wrote a little review.
Pre-order your copy here: okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Coming soon to @okcomics.bsky.social! Complete with an exclusive signed book plate!
Testament by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social from @bulgilhanpress.com! One of my favourite reads of the year… so I wrote a little review.
Pre-order your copy here: okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
Testament by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social from @bulgilhanpress.com! One of my favourite reads of the year… so I wrote a little review.
Pre-order your copy here: okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...
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Damn, if only there were some guidance in the gospels about whether you should listen to a rich guy offering you money
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Damn, if only there were some guidance in the gospels about whether you should listen to a rich guy offering you money
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HOSTILE PLANET IS NOW FULLY FUNDED!!!!!!
Still plenty of time to back- onward to our first stretch goal: www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
Still plenty of time to back- onward to our first stretch goal: www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
HOSTILE PLANET IS NOW FULLY FUNDED!!!!!!
Still plenty of time to back- onward to our first stretch goal: www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
Still plenty of time to back- onward to our first stretch goal: www.kickstarter.com/projects/715...
I just dropped a big old post on Patreon with pictures from my trip to England, videos of my home NOT burning down, me unboxing my new graphic novel and NOT crying, and sign ups for the next artist/writers book club which will be Friday, Jan. 16th on Zoom.
www.patreon.com/posts/englan...
www.patreon.com/posts/englan...
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I just dropped a big old post on Patreon with pictures from my trip to England, videos of my home NOT burning down, me unboxing my new graphic novel and NOT crying, and sign ups for the next artist/writers book club which will be Friday, Jan. 16th on Zoom.
www.patreon.com/posts/englan...
www.patreon.com/posts/englan...
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Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.
November 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Anyway time to post this again.
AI is a tool of fascism.
AI is a tool of fascism.